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Intermediate showmen position their goats during the Round Robin Showmanship Contest at the 2017 Logan County Fair.
Schedule of Events ............................................................................3 Fair Personnel ....................................................................................6 Fair Donors ........................................................................................7 Parade Entry Form ...........................................................................8 Fair Royalty ........................................................................................9 Grand Marshals: Bob and Marilyn Kircher ................................. 13 4-H Perspective: Braylon Bruns .................................................... 16 66th annual Cowboy Breakfast ......................................................21 Extension agent J.D. Sexton ......................................................... 23 Branding heritage ........................................................................... 26 Fairgrounds’ new gates .................................................................. 28 Carnival rides .................................................................................. 29 ‘Thank you tickets’ for rodeo ........................................................ 30 Night Show .......................................................................................31
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Welcome to the Fair!
Schedule of Events
Sunday, July 29
Meshawa Memorial Open Horse Show — 8 a.m., Registration. 9 a.m., Show.
Thursday, Aug. 2
Superintendent Barbecue — 6 p.m., Gary DeSoto Building.
Friday, Aug. 3
Completed 2018 Horse and Livestock Recordbooks Deadline turn into Extension Office Creative Cooks Contest — 11 a.m., Sterling High School Demonstration Contest — 11:15 a.m., Sterling High School. 4-H Fashion Revue Judging — Noon, Sterling High School. Tractor Pull — 5:30 p.m., Grandstands 4-H Fashion Revue — 6 p.m., Sterling High School (public viewing)
Miss Rodeo Logan County Contest — 10 a.m., Gary DeSoto Building Ranch Horse Show — 1 p.m. Ranch Riding, Ranch Horsemanship, Ranch Cowhorse, Team Roping, Breakaway Roping and Ranch Trail
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between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Tuesday is strictly prohibited due to 4-H Interview Judging) Junior Horse Show Registration — 7-8 a.m. Performance Horse Show — 8:30 a.m., Exhibit Center. Showmanship, Halter, English Equitation, Western Monday, Aug. 6 Construction of Commercial Equitation, Western Riding, Reining Barn Office open — 1-7 p.m. Turn Exhibits or Booths until 10 p.m. (Construction of exhibits or booths in completed livestock record
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Barn Office open — 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m. General & FCS Project Interview Judging — 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Gymkhana — 9 a.m., Exhibit Center. Goat Tying, Barrels, Flags, Poles and Keyhole 4-H/FFA Barbecue — Noon-1 p.m., Pavilion. Members/family only. Sponsored by Premier Farm Credit & Better Electric. $2 per ticket until Monday, Aug. 6; $4 per ticket day of BBQ Optional release of over and underweight livestock — 2-4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 7 Bingo — 5-11p.m., Pavilion. SponLivestock Weigh-in — 6:30 a.m. sored by Knights of Columbus Swine, sheep, goat, beef, poultry See SCHEDULE, 4 and rabbit JVC • BLAUPUNKT • YAMAHA • PIONEER
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Wednesday, Aug. 8
Cowboy Breakfast — 6:30-7:30 a.m., Elks Club Barn Office open — 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Junior Market Sheep Show — 8 a.m., Exhibit Center. Pee Wee Goat Show Catch-It Contest Junior Market Goat Show — Following Sheep Show All commercial booths and displays in place — Noon Commissioner’s Cookie Jar — 4 p.m., under Grandstands 4-H & Open Class Food Sale — 4 p.m., under Grandstands Champion pictures — 4 p.m., Pavilion and Exhibit Center. General/Sheep and Goat BINGO — 5-11p.m., Pavilion. Sponsored by Knights of Columbus Carnival Rides open — 5 p.m. Catch-It Contests — 5:30 p.m.,
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Pavilion and Exhibit Center. FCS/ Swine and Poultry Carnival Rides open — 5 p.m. BINGO — 5-11 p.m., Pavilion. Sponsored by Knights of Columbus Mutton Bustin’ — 7 p.m., Grandstand Arena. Dick Stull Memorial PRCA Rodeo — 7 p.m., Grandstands. Support 4-H and FFA
Animals — After Beef Show-4 p.m. Deadline to enter in Livestock Sale — 2 p.m. Champions pictures — 3 p.m., Exhibit Center. Beef and Rabbit. Carnival Rides Open — 4 p.m. Round Robin Showmanship Contest — 4:30 p.m., Exhibit Center. Bingo — 5-11 p.m., Pavilion. Sponsored by Knights of Columbus Mutton Bustin’ — 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10 Dick Stull Memorial PRCA Rodeo “Tough Enough to Wear Pink” — and Miss Rodeo Logan County CorShow support of cancer research and onation — 7 p.m., Grandstands screenings Barn Office Open — 7 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11 Breeding Rabbit Check-in — Parade — 9 a.m., Downtown 7-8:30 a.m. Barn Office open — 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Official Rabbit Weigh-in — 7-7:45 Korrey Family Watermelon Feed a.m. — 10 a.m., Pavilion Junior Beef Show — 8 a.m., Stick Horse Rodeo — 10 a.m., Exhibit Center. Queens and Little Misses Junior Dog Show — 8 a.m., PavilCarnival Rides open — 11 a.m. ion Buyer’s Barbecue — 11 a.m. InviJunior Rabbit Show — 8:30 a.m., tation Only Poultry/Rabbit Pavilion. NJC Young Farmer’s Pedal TracTiny Tot Rabbit Show — 11 a.m., tor Pull — Sign up begins immediPavilion ately after Parade. Pull starts at Optional Release of Non-Sale See SCHEDULE, 5
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11:30 a.m., Pavilion. Enter Pet Rock Show & Race — Noon, by Exhibit Office Presentation of buckles to Logan County Junior Rodeo Winners — Noon, Sale Ring (must be present to receive award) Bud Van Berg Memorial 4-H/FFA Junior Livestock Sale — 12:30 p.m., Exhibit Center. Curtis Long Memorial Pet Rock Show & Race — 1 p.m., by Exhibit Office Hobby Wine and Home Brew Judging — 1 p.m., Beer Garden Cricket Races — 1:30 p.m., Pavilion Lion’s Club Friendly Dog’s “Tail Wagging” Contest — 2 p.m., East end of Pavilion BINGO — 5:30-11 p.m., Pavilion. Sponsored by Knights of Columbus Callie Jones / Sterling Journal-Advocate Grandstand Show — 8 p.m. Featuring Dustin Lynch, with special Class 3 middle weight competitors position their animals during the 2017 Junior Sheep Show. guest Spencer Crandall.
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Barn Office open — 1-3 p.m. PreDemolition Derby — 5:30 p.m., ey at Extension Office miums paid. Grandstands. All remaining livestock released Friday, Sept. 28 Carnival Rides open — 1 p.m. All 4-H & Open class exhibits Friday, Sept. 15 Livestock thank you cards due BINGO — 2-6 p.m., Pavilion. Sponreleased — 1-2 p.m. Pick up projLast day to collect premium mon- back sored by Knights of Columbus ects in display area
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Fair Personnel Logan County Commissioners
PRCA Rodeo — John Korrey Bull Riding — Tim Schaefer Security — Brett Powell, Sheriff Demolition Derby — Bill Dolan Building & Grounds — Chance Wright 2018 Miss Rodeo Logan County — Morgan Duncan
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Byron Pelton (Chair) Joe McBride Dave Donaldson Administrative Support Assistant — Jennifer Crow Fair Assistant — Kristine Rodine
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Morgan Duncan, 2018 Miss Rodeo Logan County
Morgan Duncan is the 18-year-old daughter of Chad and Amee Duncan. Morgan is a 2018 graduate from Caliche High School and plans to continue her education at the University of Findlay in Ohio. Throughout her years in the community Morgan has been active in 4-H, FFA,
FBLA, volleyball and church ministries. Morgan would like to recognize her generous sponsors Coy and Bernedett Marick for supporting her over the past year. Morgan is honored to have served as your 2018 Logan County Rodeo Queen and is excited to see you all at the fair.
2017 Miss Rodeo Logan County McKaylin Schreiner (right) places the sash on the 2018 MRLC, Morgan Duncan, during the coronation ceremony at the Friday night Dick Stull Memorial PRCA Rodeo at the 2017 Logan County Fair. Sara Waite / Sterling Journal-Advocate
Morgan Duncan, 2018 Miss Rodeo Logan County.
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Morgan Duncan, Miss Rodeo Logan County, visited with Rod Mari of Merino at the Colorado Sugar beet Growers Association Booth, where she tasted her first raw beet, during the 2017 Sugar Beet Days in Sterling.
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Rodeo and fair queens from throughout the region attended the Fourth of July Brush Rodeo during the rodeo's three-day run this past week. Miss Rodeo Logan County Morgan Duncan rode in the parade in Brush and carried a flag during the rodeo Grand Entry. Although she's almost lost in the crowd, Morgan is in the center, second row from the bottom in this group photo. 10 • JULY 27, 2018 • LOGAN COUNTY FAIR GUIDE
Morgan Duncan, right, Miss Rodeo Logan County 2018, rides in the For Peetz Sake Days parade. Riding with her is Miss Rodeo Cheyenne County (Neb.) Courtesy photo
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Brooke Sigmon, 2019 MRLC contestant
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Brooke Sigmon, 2019 Miss Rodeo Logan County contestant
Brooke Sigmon is competing for the Miss Rodeo Logan County title. She is 17 years old and is going to be a senior at Fleming High School, where she is involved in FFA, FBLA, Student Council, and is a part of the Fleming Lady Wildcats Volleyball team. She lives on a ranch near Fleming with her parents, Todd and Susan Sigmon. She enjoys spending time with her family, friends, and animals. In the future, Brooke plans to attend Northeastern Junior College and earn her two-year degree. She then plans to attend the University of Wyoming to earn her four-year degree in agriculture education. Brooke would like to thank her sponsor, Dinklage Feedyards.
Tobi-Beth Erickson, 2018 MRLC Sweetheart candidate
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Tobi-Beth Erickson, 2018 Miss Rodeo Logan County Sweetheart contestant
Tobi-Beth Erickson is the 13-year-old daughter of Brian and Heidi Erickson. Tobi-Beth attends Merino Jr. /Sr. High school; she is active in sports with the Merino Volleyball, Basketball and Track teams. Outside of school she is part of the Logan County Livestock Judging Team, 4-H Council and the Stirrups 4-H Club and enjoys helping with the 4-H Cloverbuds. During the summer, Tobi-Beth competes in the Meshawa Riding Club, Triple R Saddle Club, and Crook Bible Rodeo Club. She also attends the Platte Valley Bible Rodeo and Parry Prairie Bible Rodeo Camps. Tobi-Beth very much enjoyed being a Logan County Little Miss in the years 2012, 2013, and 2014, and she is very grateful to be a Logan County Sweetheart Contestant. Tobi-Beth would like to say thank you to those who helped her to achieve her goals.
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The contestants in the royalty program for the 2018 Logan County Fair.
14 Little Miss contestants participating in program The Little Miss program for girls ages 5-10 offers participants a chance to learn about what it’s like to be rodeo royalty. This year, there are 14 girls participating as Little Misses: Rylan Knorr is the 9-year-old daughter of Erin and Robby Knorr. Rylan enjoys reading, swim team,
and dancing. She will also show sheep, enter a quilt, and a ceramics piece in the Logan County Fair. Zooey Knorr is the 8-year-old daughter of Erin and Robby Knorr. She enjoys swim team, volleyball, dancing, and riding her pony, Spud. Zooey is excited to be See LITTLE, 12
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involved in the Logan County Fair! Alivia June Troutman, daughter of Todd and Megan Troutman, is 6 years old. She will be a first grader attending Ayres Elementary. She also has a brother, Riley, whom she loves very much! She enjoys pretending to doctor her pets and riding her horse, Harley. She is active in gymnastics, T-ball, and soccer and is excited to return to dance this year! Her hobbies include swimming, tubing, camping, grooming Harley, and making everyone around her laugh. Rylee Raffelson is 9 years old and the daughter of Rick and Leslie Raffelson. She will be a fourth grader at Peetz School. Rylee enjoys riding her horses, Biscuit and Willie, loves cooking, being creative and swimming. Livie Ziegler is the 9-year-old daughter of Brian and Danyell Ziegler and big sister to Garrett. She will be attending Campbell Elementary as a fourth grader this fall. She is a very active young lady who enjoys competitive gymnas-
tics, cheer, softball, volleyball, church and 4-H. She likes to get her fingers dirty outside in the garden, taking care of her 15 chickens and two cats, Frankie and Sammy. When she isn’t outside you can find her in the kitchen baking cakes. Livie hopes that everyone enjoys all the fun events at the Logan County Fair! Kelly Leighann Knight is the daughter of Bess Knight and the late DJ Knight. She is 7 years old and is going into the second grade. She loves playing with her two cats, especially Casper, and her friends. She enjoys swimming, and taking care of animals. Courtney Fehringer is the 9-year-old daughter of Nick and Stephanie Fehringer. She will be a fourth grader at Peetz Elementary. She loves animals and hopes to be a veterinarian some day. She enjoys riding her horse Hershey, playing basketball, soccer and hanging out with her friends. Reagan Brown is the 6-year-old daughter of Lee and Jennifer
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Emely Davis is the 7-year-old daughter of Ali and Justin Clinard and Bryan Davis. She will be a second grader at Caliche Elementary School this year. She enjoys reading books, dancing, and playing with her sisters. Aniston Marostica is the 7-yearold daughter of Ashley and Tony Marostica. She will be a second grader at Caliche. She enjoys taking horse lessons from Abbey Brower and riding Chip. She also enjoys spending time at the lake, helping her dad on the farm and playing with her brother, Easton. When she grows up she wants to run for fair queen and become a nurse and deliver babies. Ella Sonnenberg is the 8-year old-daughter of Kylan and Jami Sonnenberg and the little sister of Elijah Geren. She will be a second grader at Ayers Elementary. She enjoys crafting and riding horses. Her favorite hobby is caring for her calves, chickens and cats. She adores her animals, especially her cat, Bell Star.
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Robert and Marilyn Kircher have been involved with the Logan County Fair since the mid-1970s. Bob first became involved because his daughter was in 4-H. “I became more interested in the fair through her and thought that maybe myself and some other fathers could help out,” he said. “Helping out” turned into serving ten years as the Commercial Exhibits Manager. During Bob’s time on the board, he said, the commercial exhibits went from “very, very few to over one hundred.” He said the commercial exhibits See KIRCHERS, 14 Marilyn and Robert Kircher, 2018 Logan County Fair Grand Marshals
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were one way to help finance the fair. Over the years exhibits have included just about everything from farm machinery to automobiles. “It was fun to build it from nearly zero to over 100 when I left the board,” Kircher said. His business background made him the perfect fit for the position. Through the years, he gained experience in farming, livestock operations, owning an upholstery shop, a partnership in the local John Deere dealership, an irrigation business and fertilizer company. Other changes he witnessed during his tenure included putting the selection of the carnival company out for bids; a few changes in the livestock program and convincing the county commissioners to bring in better entertainment for the night shows. “The very first year that we got our plan to work we had Tanya Tucker here and it was very successful,” Kircher said. That was 1975. Perhaps the biggest contribution Sara Waite / Sterling Journal-Advocate to the fair came from a personal See KIRCHERS, 15 Bob Kircher presents belt buckles before the 2013 Bud VanBerg Memorial 4-H FFA Junior Livestock Sale.
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experience that Kircher had with his daughter in her first year as a 4-H participant. According to the 4-H father, his daughter took one of his horses to compete in the poll bending competition at the Junior Rodeo. She won the competition and received a small cash prize for winning. She took her prize money and spent it on carnival rides. On the way home, he was congratulating his daughter for winning. “She started crying. I said, ‘why are you crying? I told you I was proud of ya.’ She said, ‘I spent all of my prize money on the rides.’ I thought maybe we could do something to make it so you don’t spend your prize... Well, you know you can’t spend a belt buckle,” Kircher laughed. “At least you can wear it and be proud of it and have two functions. You can be proud and hold your pants up.” The experience between father and daughter resulted in 45 years of quality belt buckle prizes for hundreds of Junior Rodeo winners. Every year since that private moment between father and daughter, the Kirchers have provided approximately 16 buckles to be given to individual rodeo contest winners. The gold and silver buckles with a green
rhinestone are either square or oval and include the words “Logan County Fair,” the date and what event they won. Over the years, hundreds of such buckles were provided through the Kirchers’ business, Superior Fertilizer, and even though the couple has retired from business, they still plan to keep the belt buckle tradition alive. Kircher said this year’s buckles will have a “buffed antique look.” “Bob is so gracious and kind and he loves the kids. He’s done so much for the kids. He does it out of the kindness of his heart,” Marilyn said, adding that her husband takes great pride in handing out each buckle to the Junior Rodeo winners before the livestock sale. “The ones I think who really get the enjoyment out of it are the little ones,” Bob said, adding that years later, the buckles won at the fair often become precious memories for families to share. The couple called being chosen to represent the fair as Grand Marshals “a very meaningful experience.” “It does make you proud,” Bob said. “I appreciate it, but it is kind of a melancholy type of thing.” Marilyn, who stood with her husband through years of participating in the fair,
summed up her feelings: “I am proud of him because he’s invested a lot in the youth and helped so many young people,” she said. “With the 4-H sales; he’s contributed a lot to that not only from the animals he’s bought but through the belt buckles for the 4-H rodeo.” In a moment of reflection, the longtime Logan County resident reminisces about his years in Logan County, what agriculture means to the area and the benefit of a small country fair to the community: “I think agriculture has been very important to the area economically, culturally and every other way. I think the Logan County Fair is important because some of the people who don’t get a chance to have anything to do with agriculture maybe improve their understanding of agriculture and livestock. Because of all the exhibits they get a chance maybe to see things and understand what they normally would not on a daily basis,” said the man who has spent his life contributing to the community that he’s loved for over 80 years.
“At least you can wear it and be proud of it and have two functions. You can be proud and hold your pants up.”
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Brothers inherited the 4-H gene Braylon and Caiden Bruns, 3rd generation 4-H’ers, busy prepping for fair By Braylon Bruns
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4-H runs through my veins! My brother, Caiden, and I are third generation 4-H’ers. It wasn’t a question of if we would join 4-H but what projects we would choose. We tend to be overachievers and in our second and third year in 4-H, my brother and I are involved in a total of 19 projects all together. We will be exhibiting projects in breeding and market chickens, breeding and market ducks, market geese, market turkeys, swine, photography, woodworking, foods, and heritage arts. We also compete in the Creative Cooks Contest. On top of being involved in several projects, we both are officers in our club, the Proctor Peppers, and are involved in the County 4-H Council. Our 4-H year began back in October of 2017, with National 4-H week. My brother and I spoke at the 4-H Open House the Extension Office held in conjunction with National 4-H week. We shared our experiences with our many poultry projects, Creative Cooks Contest, and Demonstration Contest with prospective 4-H members and their families. We both enjoy talking about our projects and sharing our love of 4-H with whomever will listen. Being club officers — this is my second year as club reporter and my brother’s first year as club historian — we are very involved in our club. We helped set up our meeting schedule and serve on committees, like the club trip committee. In October, my club hosts an annual Halloween party. We helped decide where this party would be. We went to a corn maze this year, and invited friends and family whom we thought may be interested in joining the club. November brought our Awards Banquet and Grandparent Appreciation Night. We recognized the achievements of our club members from the previous year, welcomed new members, and thanked our family for supporting us through the past year. We also acknowl-
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edged our club officers. It is a great night to reflect on our accomplishments from the past year and look to the future and our new adventures. In December, the club held a Christmas party. The Proctor Peppers are known for our many community service projects. During our annual Christmas party, we always try to make a visit to an area nursing homes. We love giving little gifts and caroling for the people we visit. January, February, and March our club held project workshops. Our leader, Bonnie Amen, tries to bring in four or five different experts in a variety of 4-H projects to hold informative workshops. This gives our 60 members a chance to find out about the variety of projects they are able to take in See BRUNS, 17 Caiden Bruns wood-working in Papa's shop.
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4-H. These months are also a busy time for our family. We hatch some of our own poultry projects, from our mixed flock of some 200 birds. We also purchase chicks during this time. We raise our birds in a homemade stacked brooder. This is tough work. We feed, water and handle our birds several times a day. Young poultry need lots of special care and attention when they are young. Handling our birds when they are young keeps them calm and makes them easy to show when they are older. March is also when the Logan County 4-H talent show is held. My brother and I enjoy being involved in this type of group activity. This year our club did a skit about synchronized swimming. Our club won Grand Champion Juniors with our skit. Performing in front of others isn’t always an easy thing to do. The more I do it, the more fun it is for me. As 4-H members, we are required to do project demonstrations. These presentations in front of our club help develop our public See BRUNS, 18 Braylon and Caiden Bruns take their show pigs for a walk.
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BRUNS from page 17 speaking abilities and make it easy to perform in things like the talent show. In April, my brother and I got our show pigs. This is a third-generation project for us! My Papa, Kevin George, showed pigs in 4-H and FFA in Texas. He continues to breed and raise market and show pigs in Ovid. My mom and dad both showed pigs in 4-H. 4-H is actually where they met! This is our second year of showing pigs; we have only ever gotten pigs from my Papa. I like that I can be there when our show pigs are born and watch them grow, until they are ready to come to our house. Once we bring our pigs home, we spend hours and hours working with them. We spend time grooming, playing with and walking our pigs. We walk our pigs between 1/2 mile to a mile a day. This helps the pigs and ourselves get ready for the long classes at fair as well as build a bond and improve muscle. April is also when the 4-H Council Courtesy photo holds their annual 4-H Carnival. Braylon and Caiden Bruns with poultry projects during the 4-H Open House at the Extension Office during National This is a night of fun and games. It See BRUNS, 19 4-H Week.
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is also a fundraiser for both the Logan County 4-H clubs and 4-H Council. The Proctor Peppers had two booths this year, a pop bottle toss and a jumbo dart board. I love going to carnival and spending time with my family and friends. I also enjoy meeting the many 4-H members from clubs across the county. May is when the club does May Day baskets. The food members of our club, and any other member who wants to, put together food goodie baskets for seniors in the nursing homes. We pack bags full of baked goods, fruit and candy. We spend the afternoon delivering them and chatting with those we deliver to. I love visiting the nursing homes; it is great to put a smile on the faces of those we visit. The club also does flower pots as a community service project. We gather at Country Gardens and plant flower pots. We then deliver them to community members around the county that we think will enjoy them. Other community service projects we do include Relay For Life and fair window paintings. See BRUNS, 20 The Bruns family raises a variety of birds.
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We also fund raise by selling Palisade peaches. June and July bring LOTS of work. We are spending more and more time with our animals, now that we are out of school. We also focus on getting our other projects and record books done. My brother spends long weekends at my Nana and Papa’s, working on woodworking and heritage arts. Nana, Jennifer George, raises dairy goats and makes goat milk soap. Caiden decided he wanted to learn about soap making. Nana has helped him learn traditional soap making. Papa is also a great wood worker; he makes many things with wood. Caiden has always loved working with Papa in his shop. So, he is taking his second year of wood working. Caiden is learning how to make amazing things with my Papa. I have been working on my photography project. This is one of the hardest projects I have. This is my third year in it. I have to complete almost 20 different activities, picking over 60 pictures to display in my record book. Then I have to answer questions about those activities. These activities and questions help me explore my camera and my interest in taking pictures. I take hundreds of pictures to get just one that I want to use in my manual. I do try to take photos year round but I focus on my manual this time of year. We both are also baking and
cooking like crazy right now. We are both in Foods. This will be Caiden’s first year and my third year. We bake and cook all year; we have to keep track of all the foods we make for our record books. Right now we are perfecting our recipes for fair. Bonnie holds foods meetings to help us get ready for fair as well. She helps us decide on which recipe is best and how to improve the recipes so we do well at fair. We are also preparing for the county Creative Cooks Contest. For this contest, we must pick a theme, plan a menu and set a table based on that theme. We also have to make one of the dishes from our menu and serve it. We must know nutritional information about our menu and dish, as well as how to safely handle and serve our food. This is one of our favorite contests, because we can enter it as a team and we also don’t have to do a record book for it. Last year, my brother and I were Grand Champion Junior Team at the Colorado State Fair. We are hoping to do well at State Fair again this year. We first Courtesy photo / Sterling Journal-Advocate must win at the county level on Aug. Braylon and Caiden Bruns at work in the kitchen, putting together May Day 3. goodie baskets for one of the Proctor Peppers 4-H Club's community Caiden and I are also active in service projects. sports, bible club, the Crook and Sterling library reading programs, music and school activities. We stay very busy year round! We are grateful that we have supportive parents and family who help and encourage us in everything that we do.
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It’s not the Logan County Fair without a pancake breakfast served by the Sterling Lions Club. The annual 66th annual Cowboy Breakfast, the traditional kick off to the fair for over six decades, will be held Wednesday, Aug. 8, from 6 to 8 a.m., at the Sterling Elks Lodge. Breakfast goers will be greeted by Sterling Lions Club members as they flip pancakes on their megagrill in the cool, early morning in front of the Elks. Patrons will enter the Dome Room, take their choice of delectable breakfast items, and proceed into the ballroom where they will be seated by Lions Club members. Those needing assistance should look for friends in gold Lions vests ready to help them. As in past years, the menu will include pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, juice, milk and coffee. At approximately 7 a.m., those attending will enjoy a special program featuring Lion Jack Annan as Master of Ceremonies and a “welcome” from the Lions president. During the program, guests will learn about the history of the fair and also be introduced to the contestants for the 2019 Miss Rodeo Logan County, and Miss Rodeo Logan County 2018 Morgan DunSee LIONS, 22
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LIONS from page 21 can will be there to invite guests to the many activities out at the fair. Plus, there will be an introduction and recognition of the Grand Marshal of the Logan County Fair. This year’s Grand Marshals are Bob and Marilyn Kircher. The true highlight of the morning, and something the Lions take much delight in, is honoring Logan County’s pioneer families. This year Lion Jack Annan will introduce Logan County Pioneer Award honorees Sil Tadolini and Maurice Schaefer, who have made this county their home for many years and have contributed greatly to the community and to agriculture. Tickets for the Cowboy Breakfast are $7 and can be purchased at the door or from any Lion. Make plans now to come on down to the Sterling Elks Lodge and help the Lions Club celebrate “Country Fans and Cattle Brands” at the annual Lions Club Cowboy Breakfast on Aug. 8! Callie Jones: 970-526-9286, cjones@journal-advocate.com
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novice, though; Sexton comes to Sterling from Craig, where he was the Moffat County Extension agent for nine years. “We wanted to get back closer to the Front Range, but we didn’t want to be on the Front Range,” Sexton said. “And (Moffat County) is a oneperson office, so I really didn’t have a lot of time to work with livestock, which is really my first love.”
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SEXTON from page 23 team in the single-agent office. “When this (Sterling) position came open, it was perfect for us,” he said. “I wanted to be more of a team member and work with youth livestock members and livestock producers.” The Logan County position has plenty of opportunity for that. Besides the large 4-H presence, the county is a significant producer of beef, being home to no fewer than 13 feedlots. Sexton said one of his top priorities is helping livestock owners make their herds and flocks more productive. “Whether it’s herd health, reproduction, risk management, the challenge is always, how to help them survive in a business that it’s really tough to survive in,” he said. “What it comes down to is marketing animal protein that’s a safe, wholesome protein for the family.” The livestock industry has made long strides toward better animal safety, Sexton said, and the increased pressure to produce Jeff Rice / Sterling Journal-Advocate high-quality food is a good thing. See SEXTON, 25 Logan County’s newest Extension agent, J.D. Sexton, is looking forward to the Logan County Fair.
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“We’ve come so far in taking care of the welfare of animals,” he said. “The result is that we get a better carcass by doing that, and that means increased profitability.” There’s also the challenge of quality vs quantity — ag producers improve profits by increasing yield while consumers want higher quality. “As producers, whether it’s crops or livestock, we have to talk about quantity,” Sexton said. “Prices for commodities aren’t going to grow over time, so the way we increase our income is producing more. But the consumers are told they want quality. I’m not opposed to that. We can produce high quality, if they’re willing to pay for it.” Asked about the trend away from the “pretty cow” contests of tradition and toward more production-oriented projects like the Supreme Heifer program, Sexton said the trend is certainly useful, but there is still a place for traditional showmanship. “My mentality is I believe we’re using livestock to teach kids life skills,” he said. “They’re learning discipline, how to keep a schedule, learning a work ethic. They’re learning that
there’s a creature out there that depends on them for its feed and its health.” He said the livestock projects help the whole 4-H program, whether the 4-H’ers are in livestock, rocketry, or cake decorating. “The discipline is the same throughout the program, and a lot of times the kids not in the livestock programs see the kids with the livestock projects and are inspired to get involved. It’s a great way to recruit new youth to the ag world,” he said. The biggest challenge facing the livestock industry, Sexton believes, is getting those young 4-H’ers in a position to have their own livestock operations. It’s almost prohibitively expensive to buy the equipment and livestock needed to start up an operation, he said. “We’re faced with finding ways to pass these family farms and ranches on to the next generation, and we have to meet that challenge,” he said. “Otherwise, it comes down to monopolized, vertically integrated corporate business.” The extinction of the family farm, it
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is almost universally believed, would lead to much higher food prices. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Americans spend only 6.6 percent of their household income on food. The next lowest country is Singapore at 7.3 percent while Pakistanis, at the other end of the spectrum, spend nearly half their earnings on food each year. One reason Americans spend so little, the USDA says, is because Americans are overall wealthier than anyone else in the world, which skews the standings a little. But a more important reason is the productivity of American farmers and ranchers. U.S. producers are the most efficient in the world and highly competitive commodity markets help keep prices of foodstuffs down. That means farmers and ranchers have to work harder to keep input costs down. “The biggest thing is becoming really business minded,” Sexton said. “And that’s where the extension service comes in. We have tools they can use to keep their costs down and keep their farms and ranches in business.” Jeff Rice: 970-526-9283, ricej@journal-advocate.com
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A custom dating back centuries, branding gives owners a permanent means of identifying their livestock.
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In James Michener’s “Centennial,” real estate mogul Mervin Wendell adopts the slogan, “Slap your brand on a hunk of land,” with the clear implication that he’s happy to help with branding. It’s a telling indication of the role livestock brands have played in American history, especially in the West. And this year, Logan County brand owners are being invited to “slap your brand” on the Logan County Fair in the form of a display board of brands registered here. Fair Manager Todd Thomas recently showed fair board mem-
bers an example of the “brand board” that would be displayed in the foyer of the event center at the fairgrounds. The brand board is an idea John Korrey brought to the fair board last year and influenced the selection of this year’s fair theme, “Country Fans and Cattle Brands.” Originally Korrey suggested creating a large display made of wooden boards and inviting Logan County livestock brand owners to burn their brands on it for a fee. Korrey told the Journal-Advocate recently, however, that when he was in Torrington, Wyo., he saw a display he liked much better and forwarded a photo of it to Thomas, who presented it to the board. The Torrington display is a series of leather squares with brands
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laser-printed, along with other information, on the face. The squares are then affixed to a decorative wood framework and displayed in the Torrington event center. The Torrington display includes a replica of the brand along with the owner, explanation of the brand, year of registration, and registration location. “I thought having them lasered onto the leather would be better because then all of the brands would be the same size,” Korrey said. “You know, guys have different sizes of brands, and this gives some uniformity to it.” Korrey said the display won’t be ready for this year’s fair but should be up in time for the 2019 fair. And,
he said, the display will be expandable so people can continue to have their brands displayed. Meanwhile, he said, he may arrange to have people bring their branding irons and “brand” a temporary wooden display this year, in line with the fair theme. Livestock branding may seem like an anachronism in this age of microchips and hardy plastic tags, but there’s a good reason it’s still done. Brands won’t wash off, break off, or work their way out. The scientific term for a brand is “pyroglyphic,” or a written mark created by burning. Most histories of livestock branding date the practice to the ancient Egyptians, about 4,000 years ago, who started by See BRANDING, 27
BRANDING from page 26 burning their marks into the hides of their cattle. The modern word brand is derived from the word “brandr,” a word from ancient Norse meaning “to burn.” Around 950 A.D. a “brand” referred to a burning piece of wood. By the 1300s it was used primarily to describe a torch, essentially a burning piece of wood that is used as a tool. By the 1500s the meaning had changed to refer to a mark burned on cattle to show ownership. It was after livestock was branded that tradesmen began imprinting their own special marks on their wares, starting with brickmakers in ancient Egypt. From that practice we get the modern concept of “name brands.” Branding came to the United States from Mexico and became essential in the American West, where 19th century cattle herds roamed freely across the open range. Colorado is still an open range state, which means cattle can pretty much go wherever they want to; if you don’t want your neighbor’s bovines on your property it’s your responsibility to fence them out. Of course, most ranchers do some fencing to make it easier to find their cattle when the time comes; the animals are expensive and a good cow can produce tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of calves during a lifetime. A crucial part of any roundup was separating animals according to brands; calves were identified according to the cows they accompanied and were likewise branded. It was during this time that the unique language of American live-
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A section of the Torington, Wyo., brand board. The brands and other information are laser-printed on squares of leather.
stock brands developed. Brands have their own set of symbols and rules. A livestock brand is composed of a few simple letters and numbers, possibly in combination with a basic shape or symbols like a line, circle, heart, arc or diamond. Characters and, in some cases, whole brands can be embellished, reversed or rotated, and there’s a specific nomenclature for each of these variations. For instance, tilde-looking wings
attached to the top of a letter make it “flying” while lines attached to the bottom make it “walking.” A character or brand laid on its side is “lazy,” and upside-down makes it “crazy.” Thus, the letter “L” displayed on its side would be “lazy L.” Letters and symbols can be joined before being rotated or reversed, and additional markings over, above or alongside can make the brand hanging, rocking, barred or slashed.
The Colorado Brand Book contains more than 30,000 registered brands, and while the brand inspectors in Colorado are familiar with most of the local ones, their brand books are never farm from their reach. Anyone wanting to participate in the Logan County brand display can pick up a card that will be available before and during the fair, fill it out, and pay $200. Proceeds would go to help fund the Logan County rodeos.
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Two new wrought iron gates and entrances will greet fairgoers to the Logan County Fair this year. The fairgrounds crew has erected the gateways at the main entrance to the fairgrounds on Pawnee Avenue and at the south entrance off of the grassy parking area on Elm Street across from Sterling High School. The gateways are the brainchild of Fairgrounds Manager Chance Wright and part of Wright’s vision to enhance the appearance of the fairgrounds. Wright worked with Bob Pimple, a welding instructor at Sterling Correctional Facility, to design the gateways and Pimple and his
students did the work. “I had the general idea, and Bob worked on the design, based on what (materials) he had,” Wright said. “I’m really happy with the way it turned out. We’ve gotten some nice comments on them.” The gateways actually were finished a year ago, Wright said, but injuries and illness cut his crew down to bare bones and there weren’t enough people to get the job done. The gateways are part of Wright’s overall plan to spruce up the fairgrounds, as funding and manpower is available. Besides the gateways, Wright said wrought iron sliding gates will replace the hinged chain link gates at both entrances. Eventual-
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ly — as funding allows — all of the chain link fence on the west and south sides of the fairgrounds will be replaced with wrought iron. “We’ll start on the west side, along Pawnee Avenue, and do as much as we can,” he said. “There probably isn’t time to get it done before this year’s fair, but we’ll do it as soon as we can.” The south gate also has safety bollards across the entrance because it’s primarily a pedestrian entrance. Wright said some of the bollards are hinged and padlocked so they can be quickly removed in case emergency equipment needs to be brought in.
Eventually — as funding allows — all of the chain link fence on the west and south sides of the fairgrounds will be replaced with wrought iron.
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Complimentary rodeo tickets offered to service members
The Dick Stull PRCA Rodeo has a history of providing benefits for local groups and individuals, with the Tough Enough to Wear Pink night raising money to fund mammograms for women in need, and a portion of Thursday night proceeds going to support 4-H and FFA organizations. This year, rodeo chair John Korrey has found another way to give back through the rodeo, by providing what he’s calling “thank you tickets.” For Armed Forces Night, the opening night of the rodeo, tickets will be given to active duty and veterans of the U.S. military, including reservists and National Guardsmen. “This is our way of saying ‘Thank you for your service,’” Korrey said. “Everyone will get a little American flag, so we’re going to fill that grandstand with flags, we’re going to line the arena with flags, and there will be a special Grand Entry to recognize our military and our veterans.” The audience flags will be donated by various community members, he said. Thank-you tickets can be gotten wherever the rodeo tickets are sold. Tickets are on sale now at the Logan County Commissioners office. “They can show an ID if they have
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one, but no one will be turned away,” Korrey said. “And we don’t call them free because they’ve already paid for them with their service.” Active duty and retired military personnel have identification cards issued to them. Veterans who didn’t retire from the military can have their driver’s licenses stamped with the word “VETERAN.” Friday’s performance will honor area first responders and thank you tickets will be issued to members of Logan County fire and police departments. Those include Crook,
Merino, Sterling, Fleming, and Peetz fire departments, Sterling Police Department, Logan County Sheriff’s Office and Colorado State Patrol. The Stull Memorial Rodeo, sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, is a one-goround, two-performance rodeo. That means all scores from both performances are figured together to determine winners and placers. Rodeo fans are encouraged to plan to attend both performances to see a complete go-round. As usual, local and regional
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‘pokes will have an opportunity to compete for buckles during the Jim Mason Logan County Roping at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 5. The “county roping” includes barrel racing, break-away roping, ribbon roping and team roping and starts at 10 a.m. As soon as buckles are awarded for that event, the “open to the world” team roping will be held in the afternoon. The Logan County 4-H Junior Rodeo will be held on Wednesday evening in the Grandstand Arena and the PBR Extreme Bull Riding event is scheduled for Tuesday.
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Fans ‘Seein’ Red’ at Night Show Dustin Lynch headlines Saturday night
Country fans at the Logan County Fair are in for a treat, as hot star Dustin Lynch will headline this year’s East Cheyenne Gas Storage Night Show. Lynch will take center stage for this popular event with special guest Spencer Crandall on Saturday, Aug. 11 at 8 p.m. Dustin Lynch has a string of hits stretching back to 2012, a red hot live-performance reputation, and a fan base that’s growing exponentially, making him one of the hottest acts in modern country music. And with his third album for Broken Bow Records, “Current Mood,” Lynch is done flying under the radar. Lynch, a native of Tullahoma, Tennessee, attended Tullahoma High School and graduated in 2003. He started playing guitar when he was around 8 or 9 but soon abandoned it, and then picked it up again at 15. In early 2014, Lynch released his fourth single and the lead single from his second album, “Where It’s At (Yep, Yep)”. It became his first number one single on the Country Airplay chart in September 2014, and the album of the same name was released on September 9, 2014. “Hell of a Night” and “Mind Reader” were released to country radio as the album’s second and third singles, both of which also reached number one on the Country Airplay charts. “Seein’ Red” was released on July 11, 2016 as the lead single from Lynch’s forthcoming third studio
Performing before Lynch lights up the stage will be his special guest, singer/songwriter Spencer Crandall.
album Current Mood. It hit number one on the Country Airplay chart for the week dated February 25, 2017. “Small Town Boy” was released on March 20, 2017 as the second single. Current Mood arrived as one of the most adventurous, attentiongrabbing country albums of 2017, and it shows a bold next-generation superstar coming into his own. Performing before Lynch lights up the stage will be his special guest, singer/songwriter Spencer Crandall. The emerging artist from Nashville brings energy and life to his performances, connecting his audiences to the passion behind his music. His most recent release, the 52 Eighty Acoustic Mixtape, debuted at No. 1 on the iTunes Charts in March of 2018, and collected 125,000 streams on Spotify in its first month. Dustin Lynch
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