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2014 Logan County Fair
The family that “sleeps well”
Logan County Fair Special Feature
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oday we are honoring one of those families that
make the Logan County Fair what it is and keeps
it going. Hard working, the Coers family of New
Holland represents generations of raising sheep.
The fair has a number of longstanding 4-H
families who volunteer in various capacities
with the fair and Logan County 4-H while
their children are active and even after they are
grown.
The John and Annie Coers family of New
Holland are a prime example. Showing sheep
at the fair has been a tradition for the Coers’
family. John says, “My dad David showed
Hampshire sheep for the nine years he was in
4-H, and I have showed Montadale sheep at the
Logan county fair for 36 years.”
John also notes, “I was assistant sheep
superintendent for two years and then became
superintendent for the 4-H sheep.”
Coers has held the position of both
superintendent and open sheep assistant
superintendent for 10 years.
It is definitely a family affair for the Coers.
John says, “My kids have been showing
Montadales for the last 10 years and now have
added the Tunis and Corriedale breed. My
brother Jim has been involved also by showing
the Cheviot breed. My wife Annie has been
right there involved with me.”
On show day, even more family gets involved.
John says, “My mom Roseann and my dad
David, my brother Jimmy and his wife Erin,
along with their kids Adam and Taylor, my
kids Chelsea, Austin, Alex, Alec and Jayce.”
At times his brother Jared, wife Melissa, and
their kids Caleigh, Keeghan, Meghann, and
Madyson travel all the way from Connecticut to
participate.
Extended family even gets involved, as cousin
Nick Davis has been bitten by the sheep
showing bug. John said, “It gives you a lump
in your throat to see it all come together and
to see your wife by your side and your whole
immediate family working together.”
John says that much of the preparation is done
prior before the fair as “sheep are washed two
or three times and each one is trimmed for two
hours.”
Story By Angela Reiners
