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About The Blue Mountain eagle. (John Day, Or.) 1972-current | View Entire Issue (June 28, 2016)
shooting skeet, contestant’s may load no more than two shells per station at which they shoot. • Muzzles must be pointed in a safe direction at all times. When it is the contestant’s time to shoot, the muzzle must be pointed DOWN RANGE. • Walking around the range with a firearm is prohibit- ed, except to and from the firing line. • Contestants must conduct themselves as safe and responsible gun handlers at all times. If rules are not followed, points will be deducted from overall score. Serious infractions will result in imme- diate disqualification. Shotgun Trapshooting: contestants shoot one full round (25 targets) from the 16-yard-line of the trap field 52; one shell at each of 5 clay targets from the five positions on the trap line. Skeet shooting: participants shoot a full round of skeet (25 targets) from the appropriate stations on the skeet field. Participants will be shooting at 50 clay targets (25 trap and 25 skeet) for scoring. Participants begin the contest with 50 points for safety and 50 points for sportsmanship. Points will be deducted (in 5 point increments) for each infrac- tion as determined by the judges. Eye and ear pro- tection must be worn at and near the firing line to re- ceive point credits. Scoring One point will be awarded for each broken target, for a possible 50 will be computed as follows:. The shooting score is 25% of total score. Scores Safety 50 points possible Sportsmanship 50 points possible Ear Protection 25 points Eye Protection 25 points Shooting Score 50 points possible Total 200 points possible 4-H/FFA Auction Sale Saturday, August 13, 2016, 5 p.m. A. THE 4-H/FFA LIVESTOCK AUCTION IS A TER- MINAL AUCTION. B. Only ONE MARKET ANIMAL/MARKET PEN will be sold per participant and must be selected at Fair weigh-in. C. To sell an animal in the auction the contestant must have shown an animal, recognized as theirs by 4-H or FFA, in the showmanship class of the animal type they choose to sell. Members must be present to sell the animal through the auction unless they have a conflict with the 4-H/FFA portion of the State Fair or written excuse from their doctor. Permission must be granted from the 4-H Executive Council (for 4-H members) or the FFA Advisors (for FFA mem- bers). D. Only those animals which have been shown in their appropriate market class are eligible for the sale. E. Any animal may be withdrawn from the sale if done immediately following completion of its market class. F. Underweight and overweight animals sell by pri- vate treaty only. These animals are not eligible for auction or carcass contest. G. All market animals except beef will be weighed 2016 ★ GRANT COUNTY FAIR ★ PAGE 92 from 7:30 A.M. To 12 noon on Tuesday, August 23rd. Market steers will be held in the Beef Barn and weighed between 12 noon and 1:00 P.M. The weight of the market animal at weigh-in minus shrink will be the sale weight. Shrink will be 3% for animals shipped 0-10 miles; 2% for 11-25 miles; 1% for 26- 50 miles and 0% shrink for over 50 miles traveled. If shrink causes the animal to fall below minimum sale weight the animal can still go through the sale but will be sold at shrink weight. H. Rotation of sale order for 2014: A - Rabbits, B - Poultry, C - Beef, D - Sheep and Goats, E - Swine. Sale position will be conformation ribbon order with Grand and Reserve Champions selling first followed by weight class champions and reserve champions. I. All animals and birds are sold by the pound. J. Transfer of ownership of animals takes place at time of sale. Exhibitors provide feed from sale to s- laughter. Care and feeding until slaughter will be re- sponsibility of sale sponsor. K. If an animal is condemned in the slaughter process (because of disease, use of medicines, injury, etc.) the buyer will have their money returned and the seller will assume the loss. L. The use of tranquilizers is prohibited in the live- stock program. The use of all other drugs and growth promotants have to be used before the legal withdrawal time. M. A total of 5% of the Auction sale receipt is de- ducted from participant's checks. The Auction Committee receives 4% of total sales receipts for Auction expenses. The additional 1% is earmarked for Emergency expenses and Fairgrounds improvements. An additional $5.00 will be taken from each exhibitor’s check to pay for scale repairs and maintenance. N. Market animals must be accompanied by a signed affidavit (health certificate) stating that they have been fed no feeds containing prohibited proteins derived from ruminant animals. Also, that all pharma- ceuticals and chemicals have been used in compli- ance with label directions and withdrawals. Lambs must have a scrapie tag. O. Market animals must be accompanied by a signed County of Origin (COOL) affidavit. P. Any re-auction of an animal or initial auction of merchandise for the benefit of a party other than a 4- H or FFA youth shall be done at the conclusion of the animal sale. This animal re-sale or initial sale of mer- chandise will not be part of the livestock auction and is not the responsibility of the Host. The resulting fi- nancial transaction will be the responsibility of the beneficiary to collect and complete. Q. Purchase payments are due and payable at the end of the auction. The Host will collect a late fee equal to one and one half percent of the outstanding purchase balance from buyers each time they exceed a period of 30 days beyond the conclusion of the auc- tion. Late fees collected shall not be subject to the withholdings in paragraph two and five. Late fees will be distributed to the sellers on a prorated basis whose payments are being delayed by the slow payment. 4-H/FFA MARKET STEER CARCASS CONTEST All steer that data can be obtained for will automatical- ly be entered into the carcass contest. The outstand- ing carcass will have their names placed on the rotat- ing trophies sponsored by the Stockgrowers. 4-H/FFA Carcass Awards will be given at 4-H Achievement Day. 4-H COUNTY FAIR AWARDS 2015 To all of our Sponsors, Donors and Supporters. With your kind and generous donations, you have made these awards possible for many of our youth in 4-H. Thank you. We appreciate it! 1st Choice Auto Body 4K Livestock 96 Ranch Ace Hardware Adams, Gary and Verna Andy’s Plumbing & Sports, Inc. AZ Farms Bagett, Mark and Brenda Baldy Mt. 4-H Bank of Eastern Oregon Bar WB Bastian, John and Lindy Bauer Forest and Cattle Berry Creek Ranch Better Blooms and Gardens Blue Mountain Angus Boulder Creek Ranch Boyd Britton Welding Bupp, Tom and Sandy Carter, Donna Caughlin, Dr. Charles Clark, Rusty and Peggy Cole, John and Debbie Community Counseling Solutions Crown Cattle Company Dayville FFA Dickinson, Dennis and Linda Dowdy, Lenny and Sherry Duncan’s Truck & Equipment Repair Effie Stirewalt Memorial-Stirewalt Family Emmel Brothers Ranch Farrell, Terry and Linda Forrest Rocking Chair Ranches Freels, Douglas & Marlene Gardner Enterprises Gibco Ag. & Industrial Goldblatt, Dan and Jennifer Grant County 4-H Assoc. Grant County Chamber of Commerce Grant County Stockgrowers Grant Soil & Water Conservation District Grant Union FFA Green Thumb Garden Club High Desert Cattle Company Hitchin Post and J & D Logging Holliday Land & Livestock Huffman’s Market Ingle Butte Ranch IZ Ranch, LLC Izee Livestock 4-H Club JC Oliver Inc. John Day River Veterinary Center John Day True Value Johnson, Bill & Sandy Juniper Ridge Livestock 4-H Keerins Ranch Kline, Jeannie Komning, Dan and Sue Lemons, Margaret Len’s Drug Les Schwab Tire Center Monument FFA Moore, Mike and Billie Morris Ranch Mt. Vernon Grange Mund, Mitch and Jennie Namitz Family Nodine, Dean & Joyce