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| Perquimans youngsters won two of the three most coveted awards in the steer judging on
} Wednesday at the livestock show. Leah Harrell's steer won grand champion, and Tiffany Nix
! on's steer won reserve champion. Left to right are Rebecca Cartwright of Camden County, 3rd
place winner. Tiffany Nixon, reserve champion, and Leah Harrell, grand champion.
^.Youngsters from Perquimans County stole all the awards in the hog judging, winning first,
; second, and third place. Left to right are Christy Layden, third place winner hogs, Charlie
; Layden, grand champion hog, and Eric Elsbury, reserve champion hog winner.
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? John Gordon, of Camden County, certainly didn't want his
~ lamb to be sold on Wednesday so he held on to it. John is seen
here in the lamb's pen prior to Wednesday's auction sale.
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Charlie Layden of BelvMere was the proud owner of the
grand champion hog ai the livestock show last week. Above
Charlie shows his hog during fitting and showmanship.
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In addition to doing well in the animal judging at the live
stock show Perquimans County youngsters also did well in
fitting and showmanship. In the junior division of hog fitting
and showmanship Perquimans County took first and third.
Winners were Christopher Gregory far left, and Christy Lay
den, far right. Also pictured is second place winner, Brian
Stallings, Pasquotank County.
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Squealing hogs, baaing sheep, and
children impatiently waiting to show
their animals in the ring, joined to
gether last Tuesday and Wednesday
for the 43rd annual Albemarle Area
4-H Livestock Show and Sale.
The Pasquotank Livestock Area
came to life with the sights and
sounds of the annual livestock show,
which featured lamb judging on
Tuesday, and hog and steer judging
on Wednesday before culminating
Wednesday evening with the annual
livestock sale at 7:00 p.m.
This year's livestock show featured
over 200 animals, and was the largest
show of this kind in the state, and
once again Perquimans County came
out a big winner.
Perquimans County took top hon
ors in the hog and steer judging con
tests winning grand champion hog,
grand champion steer, reserve
champion hog, reserve champion
steer, and third place in the hog
judging as well as several places in
showmanship judging.
According to Stan Winslow, Exten
sion Director, and Jeff Copeland,
Area Livestock Agent, of the Perqui
mans County Extension Office, the
show went very well, and they were
extremely pleased with the results.
Both commented on the tremendous
support received by the show from
the participants, their parents, and
county residents.
There were mixed emotions on
Wednesday evening as the sale be
gan, and many of the children cried
before their animals reached the auc
tion block, but as in years past the
sale went on.
This year the grand champion hog,
owned by Charlie Layden, son of
Douglas and Geri Layden of Belvi
dere, weighed in at 235 pounds, and
was sold to R. O. Givens Signs at a
price of $7.00 per pound.
The grand champion steer, owned
by Leah Harrell, daughter of Tom
mie and Sherri Harrell of Hertford,
weighed in at 1,270, and was sold to
the Perry Automotive Group, Inc. at
a price of $8.05 per pound.
The reserve champion hog, owned
by Eric Elsbury, son of Randy and
Pat Elsbury of the Whiteson Commu
nity, weighed 235 pounds and was
sold to the Perry Automotive Group,
Inc. for 13.50 per pound.
The reserve champion steer,
owned by Tiffany Nixon, daughter of
Ed and Barbara Nixon of Hertford,
weighed 1,145 pounds and was sold to
Farm Bureau Insurance Services of
Perquimans County, Lewis B.
Evans, for $1.50 per pound.
The third place hog, owned by
Christy Layden, daughter of Douglas
and Geri Layden of Belvidere,
weighed 240 pounds. It was pur
chased by Miller's Livestock for $2.25
per pound.
Perquimans County also won the
best pen of three steers out of the four
counties who participated.
The other three counties, which
participated were Pasquotank, Cam
den, and Gates.
In the showmanship categories,
Perquimans County also did well
winning several places.
Stuart Rayburn won third place in
lamb showmanship, senior division,
Christopher Gregory won 1st place
hog showmanship, junior division,
Christy Layden won 3rd place in hog
showmanship junior division. Matt
Williams won 2nd place and Leah
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Harrell won 3rd place in hog
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Local youngsters also did well in
steer showmanship, winning two of
six places. Michael Stallings won 1st
place in steer showmanship, juqibr
division, and Tiffany Nixon won 3frd
place in steer showmanship, senior
division.
Other area children who partici
pated in the livestock show included:
Amanda Nixon, Dabney and Drew
Woodard, Charity, Angel, and David
Cartwright, Travis and Patrick By
rum, Jeff Williams, Beth Boynton,
Becky, Brian, and Cindy Rayburn,
Marcia and Logan Perry, T. J. Lang
ley, William and Daniel Fowler,
Linda Layden, Suann Lane, Lynn
Trueblood, Michael and Kimberiy
Stallings, Matt Winslow, Patrick
Gregory, Neil Eure, Jeremy Curies,
Heather Ivey, Stephanie and Carson
Stallings, Kevin and Michael Rob
erts, Dayton Caddy, Hugh (Duke)
Caddy, and Travis Green.
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