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Saturday, August 18, 2018 OFF PAGE ONE MADDY: The bidding ended at $50 a pound, but add ons are allowed from others Page 10A East Oregonian pouring in, bumping it up to $78 per pound that day. First it was adults and busi- nesses, then other Umatilla County 4-H and FFA youths started contributing a por- tion of their proceeds. Lin- nell said as of Thursday sup- port is still trickling in, but the 143-pound market lamb has brought in $23,200 from more than 60 adults/busi- nesses and 50 youth. “We always say these 4-H and FFA kids are the cream of the crop,” Linnell said. Henry the lamb went on to resale, and Maddy said she is already looking for- ward to raising another lamb next year. “It was fun,” she said. Meanwhile Jenny said the money raised from the sale (Linnell said the fair won’t be taking a commis- sion off the top) will help the family with medical and travel expenses, and some will be put into a college fund for Maddy. She said in an email that the family has “decent” medical insurance that cov- ers a majority of Maddy’s medical bills — one three- week stay in the hospital earlier this year came out to $500,000. But they have high deductibles to meet each year and their premi- ums “skyrocketed” once they switched to coverage that would pay for more of those bills. At the same time, Maddy’s parents have had to miss a lot of work. “We have been life- flighted twice and ambu- lanced once from Kadlec to Seattle Children’s,” Jenny Continued from 1A weight that steroids in her treatment had caused her to gain, and color returned to her cheeks. “He gave her a purpose,” Jenny said. When fair time came, Maddy brought her lamb to the barns with the other youth and enjoyed a week at the fair. Like all 4-H stu- dents, when the youth live- stock auction rolled around on Saturday she found it bittersweet. “It was hard saying good- bye,” she said. Jenny said she had heard “rumblings” that commu- nity members at the auction were conspiring to make sure Maddy’s lamb went for a little extra, but she thought that meant $10 per pound. Instead, the price just kept rising as more people real- ized something special was happening and jumped in with bids of their own, then cheered on other bidders. Both Jennie and live- stock auction superintendent Marie Linnell described the atmosphere during the bid- ding as “electric.” Linnell said that even auctioneer Ford Bonney started chok- ing up as he continued to take bids. “It was like electricity was running through the air,” Linnell said. “The feel- ing there was incredible.” The bidding ended at $50 per pound, but the fair also allows “add-ons” from peo- ple who didn’t win an ani- mal but still want to con- tribute to the youth who raised it. The add-ons came Photo contributed by Marie Linnell Maddy Thomas, 11, stands with her market lamb Henry as the bids climb during the Umatilla County Fair Youth Livestock Auction. Totals for all lots sold at County Fair This year’s Umatilla County Fair Youth Live- stock Auction raised $480,750 on 251 lots, not counting the $23,200 raised for Maddy Thomas’ lamb. • The grand cham- pion market hog shown by Damon Maddox and the reserve grand cham- pion market hog by his twin brother Landon Mad- dox were each purchased for $10/lb. by Pioneer Hay Company. • The grand champion market steer by Isel Tejada Urenda was purchased by Meenderinck Dairy LLC for $10/lb. and the reserve grand champion by Macy Thomas was purchased by 9 Mile Ranch for $4.25/lb. • The grand champion market lamb by Macy Rosselle was purchased by Bracher Farms for $8/lb. and reserve grand cham- pion by Hunter Blake was purchased by All Ameri- can Heating and Cooling for $8.50/lb. • The grand champion market goat by Michael Rosselle was purchased by Farm Equipment Head- quarters for $10.25/lb. and the reserve grand cham- pion by Jace Otterson was purchased by All Ameri- can Heating and Cooling for $9.25/lb. • The grand champion market rabbits shown by Reece Gorham were pur- chased by Wilbur-Ellis for $300 and the reserve grand champions shown by Kayla Humphrey were purchased by Mid-Colum- bia Producers for $250. • The grand cham- pion market turkey by Landon Vandehey was purchased by Hermis- ton Rotary for $525 with the reserve grand cham- pion by Holden Summer- field purchased by English Hay and Gay and Alice Newman. • Averages: 121 hogs at $6.02/lb., 39 steers at $4.20/lb., 66 lambs at $7/ lb., 10 goats at $9.62/lb., 12 turkeys at $393 each and 3 pens of rabbits at $417 per pen. wrote. “Every time we travel we have fuel, food, and hotel costs as she gets too tired to make a one- day trip ... We live with the unknown and never know when we will have to pick up and stay in Seattle for an extended time.” The small community of Echo has been “great” about raising money, she said. In February Eastern Ore- gon Family Taekwondo in Stanfield raised $4,534. But during lengthy cancer bat- tles, Jenny said the fund- raisers tend to dry up before the bills do, so the family is humbled and extremely grateful to get such a gener- ous donation from the com- munity a year after Maddy’s diagnosis. Maddy also said she wanted to thank every- one for their support. Linnell said she has never seen anything like what happened on Satur- day, but the community has always been extremely gen- erous at the youth livestock auction in her 12 years as superintendent. With Mad- dy’s lamb, it was the high- est grossing auction to date. Without factoring in Mad- dy’s lamb, it was the second highest at $480,750 on 251 lots. Anyone who wants to add on a donation to Mad- dy’s lamb before the dead- line next Friday can email Linnell at mlinnell5@gmail. com or stop by the fair offices at the Eastern Ore- gon Trade and Event Center. ——— Contact Jade McDowell at jmcdowell@eastorego- nian.com or 541-564-4536. Cuomo backtracks on his ‘inartful’ remark: ‘Of course America is great’ ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo, run- ning for a third term and a potential candidate for presi- dent in 2020, acknowledged Friday that he was “inartful” when he said this week that America “was never that great.” The Democrat went on to expound on something that few elected officials ever need to spell out. “I want to be very clear: Of course America is great and of course America has always been great,” Cuomo said on a teleconference with reporters. 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