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Prairie City FFA’s Jayden Winegar
was the Reserve Champion Beef
Showman at the Grant County
Fair.
Prairie City FFA member Shaine
Madden was the Champion Senior
Swine Showman at the 2019 Grant
County Fair.
Prairie City FFA member Cayden
Howard
was
the
Reserve
Champion Junior Swine Showman
at the 2019 Grant County Fair.
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Prairie City FFA’s Laken McKay, left,
won the Grand Champion Market
Hog and Lilly Rockhill won the
Reserve Grand Champion Market
Hog at the 2019 Grant County Fair.
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Contributed photos
Prairie City FFA’s Carson McKay
with his champion lightweight
steer at the Grant County Fair.
Prairie City FFA
starting year strong
By Katie Hire
To the Blue Mountain Eagle
We kicked off our summer
on the Fourth of July with our
annual barbecue. We hosted
our fundraiser in Prairie City at
the city hall. We started serving
food, which consisted of pulled
pork sandwiches, coleslaw and
chips, after the parade. We used
the money that we earned to go
toward our annual trips and CDEs.
On July 27 and July 28, we then
set up another fundraiser, serving
food at the Fiber Fest. We served
yogurt parfait one day and pulled
pork sandwiches the next.
Our next big event was the
Grant County Fair, which was
held Aug. 13-17 at the Grant
County Fairgrounds in John Day.
We also had the livestock judging
contest Aug. 13. Prairie City FFA
received first place overall with
a team consisting of Katie Hire,
Jayden Winegar, Hannah Wall
and Rilee Emmel — with Jayden
Winegar and Rilee Emmel plac-
ing in the top five individually,
and Katie Hire receiving cham-
pion senior livestock judge.
Grant Union FFA, with a team
consisting of Emily Updegrave,
Cinch Anderson, Parker Manitsas
and Ellie Justice, received second
overall. Receiving third was Day-
ville FFA with member Denali
Twehues. And, finally, receiving
fourth overall was Burnt River
FFA with member Averie Wenger.
Prairie City FFA also entered
a beginning team consisting of
Laken McKay, Cayden Howard,
Dalli Girvin and BettyAnn Wil-
son. They received first as well in
the beginning division.
The Prairie City FFA had a great
year with their market and show-
manship livestock. In the swine
section, member Laken McKay
received Grand Champion Mar-
ket Hog, and Shaine Madden won
champion lightweight. Senior
member Shaine Madden also did
well in the showmanship category
and received Reserve Champion
Senior Showman. Junior mem-
ber Cayden Howard received
Reserve Grand Champion Junior
Showman.
On the beef side, senior mem-
ber Carson McKay received
champion lightweight steer. Also
Maddy Way got a call back to the
championship senior showman-
ship drive along with Jayden Win-
egar. Winegar also got called back
for the champion overall beef
showman.
We are having our annual auc-
tion, which is Nov. 16 at the
Grange Hall in Prairie City. Times
for dinner and start of the auc-
tion will be announced shortly.
We hope to see you all there. We
also have our district soils, land
judging, ag sales and job inter-
view contests coming up in the
near future. We look forward to a
successful year. We are excited for
this year and many more achieve-
ments to come.
Katie Hire is the Prairie City
FFA Chapter reporter.