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The breakfast was prepared by the sons of the Legion
and the tickets sales for the breakfast were divided between the FFA
and the Legion youth baseball program. Tickets sold ahead of the
event by FFA members went to the FFA. Tickets sold at the door went
to the baseball program.
Inside, the breakfast consisted of scrambled eggs,
fried potatoes, sausage gravy with biscuits, crispy friend bacon,
ham, fruit salad and sugary sweet donuts and donut holes.
At the center of the room were tables filled with
merchandise for the FFA silent auction. Guests placed their bids on
those items until 10 a.m. when the silent auction closed, and the
live auction began.
The live auction was called by local auctioneer Ty
Tucker. Serving as bid spotters were Ty’s brother Cody Tucker and
FFA Alumni Troy Rawlings.
Thirty-three items were offered up in the live
auction. A few of the items were farm related such as bags of seed
corn, jugs of herbicides. Others were home related such as
decorative windmills, grass seed, coolers, camp stoves, fire pits
and more. Then there were the food items. Pies, cakes, cookies and a
bucket full of food cards from regional eateries were very popular
items at the auction, bringing in healthy bids.
During the live auction it was shared that Wayne
Sheley was present for breakfast and he was being called out as the
oldest member of the LCHS FFA Alumni Association at the age of 99.
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Item number 24 on the sale bill proved to be an
interesting sell. LCHS Ag Teacher and FFA Advisor Schempp announced
that two of the current FFA members, Joe Dahmm and Joshua Gleason
were offering themselves up as a team providing two days of labor to
the highest bidder. She said that the two had a strong work ethic
and the winning bidder would get their money’s worth of hard work
from the two.
Each of the guys had a chance to pitch their sale a bit, and both
commented that they were hard workers, knowledgeable in many areas,
but also capable of picking up quickly on any task that might be new
to them. The promised that they would give their all to any project
and would not be caught slacking off on the job.
Then the bidding began, and it was lengthy but finally the winning
bidder was announced. John and Annie Coers of Coers Family Farm won
the two days labor at a price of $700. The Coers son Jayce is also a
current FFA member. As the winning bidder was announced someone
called out loudly asking if that meant Jayce would get a day off
from working on the family farm. The question was answered with a
quick “NO” from his parents.
The laborer bid was almost twice that of the next highest bid. A
Milwaukee M18 inflator with battery and charger included and donated
by Remmington Seed went for $375. Two half hogs were donated by
Garrett Apel and brought $300 and $325.
The road trip Meals bucket included gift cards for
Arby, Darden, Texas Roadhouse, Starbucks, Red Lobster, Cracker
Barrel, Chipotle and Wednesday brought #240.
Joan Dahmm donated a German chocolate cake that brought $250, Amy
Naughton pie brought $200, Cookies made by Lyssa Kirgan brought
$190, two pies donated by Annie Boyer brought a combined $185, and a
tea ring pastry made by Mary Ellen Johnson brought $65.
In total the live auction brought in $6,155 to benefit the LCHS FFA.
The money taken in from the day will go toward FFA projects
throughout the school year as well as an FFA scholarship.
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