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2017 LOGAN COUNTY FAIR
LINCOLN DAILY NEWS
July 30 - August 6, 2017 Page 193
By Nila Smith
O
n Thursday morning, the last of the 4-H
livestock shows for this year’s Logan County
Fair were held in two locations on the north end of
the fairgrounds. While the Beef Show was going
on in the main show barn, the 4-H, Junior, and
Open Sheep Shows were taking place in the sheep
barn arena.
At the Beef Show this year, once again numbers
were down a bit compared to a few years ago,
but there was no lack of quality as Judge Dillion
Lemenager spent more than a fair amount of time
examining each animal.
Within the breeds and weight classes, most classes
consisted of two and sometimes three entrants. In
the first breed class of the day, Angus, there was
only one entrant for each weight. To expedite the
judging, all three animals were brought in at once,
they were scored and received ribbons, and the
champion of breed was determined with just one
show of the animal.
During the show, Miss Logan County Fair Queen
Meg Meeker was on hand to help present ribbons
and to share in a photo op of the Grand and
Reserve Champions at the end of the show.
Queen Meg is a Logan County native, hailing
from rural Emden. Her parents are Bob and Diane
Meeker. The Meeker family is heavily involved
in swine production of their family farm. Meg
has now aged out of 4-H, but when she was an
active member she showed animals in the 4-H
swine shows, and often faired very well in those
competitions.
On Thursday she noted that in her past history
with the livestock shows, much of her attention
had always been focused on the swine shows.
However, she said she enjoyed watching the cattle
shows, and was pleased to be able to be on hand
to congratulate each one on their efforts.
At the end of the day, as was the case on
Wednesday at the dairy show, the lady 4-Hers
dominated.
A very young and very excited Aidyn Barber took
Overall Grand Champion with her Herford Steer.
She enjoyed setting up for the cameras in front of
the green curtain at the end of the barn. She was
joined for the picture by her parents and her sister
who helped hold all the ribbons and plaques for
the picture. Judge Lemenager and Queen Meg
also joined in for the photo.
The Reserve Champion went to Ashlyn Hickey.
Thursday, August 3, 2017
low in numbers, high in quality
Beef
Steer
Show,