2018 fair-print

2018 Logan County Fair Lincoln Daily News July 29 - August 5, 2018 Page 73 One key point he brought out to the youngsters was that of good sportsmanship. He talked to the kids, saying that when they are doing well and see someone else struggling a bit, to reach out and give that person a hand. If they are struggling to get a bird in the show cage, be a good sport and offer assistance if possible. He noted to the kids that it is the right thing to do and that it bodes well on the kind of person they are when they have the compassion to help others. One noticeable difference at this year's show was the absence of David Opperman. David with assistance from son Sam and daughter Meghan has overseen the 4-H poultry judging for the past several years. This year, the show was hosted by Sam and Meghan, who did an excellent job. Dad should be proud. At the end of the chicken division, Reed Naughton came out the big winner, taking the championship chicken trophy. Naughton had taken first in Chicken and first in Rooster. The championship would come down to the two birds face-to-face, so to speak. Reed's rooster was already in his judging cage and he went to grab his hen. When he returned, the judge smiled and said, don't bother putting her in the cage, she is the winner. This is Naughton’s second year to take the championship trophy. The Maxine Maxheimer Memorial Children Award for the Champion Chicken was pre- sented to Naughton by members of Maxine’s family. Left to right are Maxine’s grandson Tanner Stramp, Naughton, Maxine’s son Dale and granddaughter Jessa Maxheimer. Teresa Stramp, who normally stands to the side and takes a picture of the occasion for the fam- ily album, this year took her turn in front of the camera posing with Reed and her brother Dale for a second championship photo. The poultry show would continue with turkey and geese. In that show there were a couple of really nice looking geese, and one incredibly large turkey. Those birds had no doubt been taken very good care of and would go on to show well at the Logan County Fair.