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Page C4 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 1, 1993

A message from Brandy
Rafuse of the 4-H Sham-
rack Club.

The 1993 year has been
-very successful for the
Shamrock. 4-H club. Our
club has. projects -
Tabbiis, sheep, beef end
woolcraft.*

We have cared for our
animals © for ~ months,
putting our time and
energy into - preparing
them for our achievement
day. a

_ We are going to show
our projects in the fair,
competing with each
‘other and hoping to win
that blue ribbon. We
invite everyone to come
‘out and-see our snowy
white. lambs,- adorable,
cuddly rabbits and our
‘big-eyed | steers. .

~ Our grand finale is the
4-H auction where we sell
‘our market animals. This.
year the auction is at 1:30
pm. on Sunday, Sept. 5
in the beef ring at the
‘Skeena Valley Fall Fair.

The -Shamrock 4-H
members would like to
thank all. of our 1992
auction supporters.

Brandy Rafuse,

Club reporter.

Rearing skills ©

One club. that is. regularly
involved with the Fail Fair's

animal displays is the 4-H -
. Shamrock Club,

The 4-H concept began in
Manitoba over 75. years ago. The

"Terrace “branch: started -12 -years

ago and now boasls 16 members.
Originally, the club was meant
for farm children who had grown

up in an agricultural setting.

However, it now includes kids of
varying backgrounds.

For example, some clubs

include snowboarding == and
skateboatding among their
activities.

Members must be between
eight and 19 years of age. Once

they pass the upper limit, they:

may become a group leader.

Jen and Danny decided to
raise sheep because steers
are simply too big.

4-H. stands for Head, Heart,
Hands and Health.

The club’s goals are heads of
clean thinking, . hearts to greater

" loyalty, hands to larger service

and health for better living for
community-and country,

In the past club members from
Terrace. have iravelled to

. Vancouver, Britain and Japan for

various events. _

Kirsten Muller is a 13-year-old
who has been involved with the
club for five years.

She’s going to be entering

* Archie; her Hereford steer, in the .

on show again

Fair and has been raising him
since last December..

At 18 months, Arch will weigh
in at the Fair at about 1,050
pounds, Kirsten expects the beef

bids to be near the average price

of $1.60 per pound, -

She will also be entering the

woolcraft division,

which - is
another 4-H activity,

This year will once again sce ~

entries from the Ansems family.

Jennifer (14), Dan (12) and |

Michael (8) are each raising a
sheep — Mickey, Rambo and
Moe, respectively.

_ Jen and Danny have each been
in the Shamrock club for four
years, while this is Mike’s first
year
. They say that they decided to
raise sheep because steers are
simply too big.

: TPs fun, but it’s: not easy,”?
notes Danny, who adds, that the
sheep need to be regularly
sheared and bathed... =...

: The trio is also raising? ‘some:

show rabbits — Cocoa, Oscar and
Muffy,

Brandy Rafuse, 15, has been
with aH for eight years. She’s
raising a lamb named Ezekiel. In
her ‘first couple years with the
club, she reared goats, but has
since switched to what is her
favourite project.:

“Trevor Muller is Kirsten’s
brother and a junior beef leader in
the club. He’s 19 years old, and
was a club member for 11 years.

- His duties include helping club
members get their cattle ready for
presentation at the fair. He also

gives the kids an idea of how to 7

judge animals,

IN THE: ‘RING again this year will be Jennifer and Dan Ansems. As last year. (above) they'll be .
parading thelr sheep in front of the judge and hoping their rearing etforts bring a rosette.

~ guctioneer almast since the fair's.

Leo makes sure price right

One of the highlights of the annual Fall Fair is

the auctioneering that takes Place | ‘during

Sunday afternoon.
- Actually, there’s two auctions. At 1:30, prize

livestock is sold off to the highest bidders, while

‘such «as.

-.- handicrafts and baked goods, are placed on the
auction block at 5: a0 p.m. as the last event of the
‘fair. ©

entries from other categories,

Regular attendants of the fair. wil notice a
familiar face calling the shots at these events.
That’s: because Leo DeJong has been the
beginnings.
He's also the treasurer for the Skeena Vailey
Fairs Association,

According to DeJong, he has been the man on
the selling mike for the past 25 years. ‘Although
he didn’t claim this esteemed title the first year
the fair was held, he.bas been. -auctioneering
every year since then.

In addition, he’s headed every 4-H auction
since that event was included in the fair about 15

. Years aga.

DeJong’ doesn’t just go out and perform his
duties on 8 whim. His flair for selling was
instructed by an auctioneering course he took in

Leduc, Alberta in 1974. After completing the 10-.
day affair, he received his official diploma from
the Western Canada School of Auctioneering. As

‘far as DeJong knows, it’s the only auctioncering
school in western Canada.

Since then, DeJong has used his tools of the -
trade to run auctions for a -variety of
organizations, including Ducks Unlimited and
the REM Lee Theatre. .

T's obvious that he enjoys running the events, .

“T just love it - I like to sell things,’® he says,

“t's like being on a stage. I put a lot into it”

One of the more pricey items sold by DeJong
at past fairs included a prize lamb that went for -
$9.00 a pound. Considering the animal weighed —
about 100 pounds, that adds up to one expensive
ewe.

Proceeds from the 4H Hivestock sales go to the
respective owners, while money raised from the .
sale of crafts, baked goods, etc. is used to help
pay for various Fall Fair expenses.

DeJong estimates that about 5,000 people.
turned out for last year’s fair, and he’s looking
forward to the upcoming version. -

“We're looking for a bigger and better fair
this year,’’ he says. -

Good Luck to.all

--during Fall Fair

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