Page 117 Lincoln Daily News 2025 Logan County Fair Jul/Aug 2025 Even though entries may have been small, the quality of animal was great, and the judge struggled from time to time to make an appropriate decision and often said that there was no one animal in the class that stood head and shoulders above the others. Because the day was starting out quite warm, and there is also a concern for the safety and well-being of swine in heat, the classes moved through quickly and kids were working up a sweat just moving their animals from the bedding barn to the show barn. At the end of the class shows, the championship drive featured the first-place winners from each class. In the end the Grand Champion Gilt went to Paxton Lora with William Boerma taking the reserve. Third place was Colton Olson, Fourth Reed Naughton and fifth went to Luke Prestegaard. Lora not only took the championship pennant in the gilt division but also had the honor of winning the Don Crane Memorial Traveling Trophy. His name will be added to the winner plaques on the trophy, and he will get to have it in his trophy and pennant collection for the next 12 months. Because the weather was really hot to start the show, the classes moved quickly and at the end of the gilt drive there was only a couple of minute break before starting the barrow show. For this portion of the swine show, there were entries in every purebred class but again the numbers were pretty small in some of the classes. The highest number of showmen was found once again in the Crossbred classes. The show was moving along quickly until the storm hit. Rain was coming down in sheets and the wind was coming into the barn blowing the sawdust flooring clear across the barn. The rain was drifting into the west end of the barn and those who had dressed for the heat wished for a while that they had brought a coat or a sweater. The show was moving along, but kids and pigs were getting soaked. The heavy rain started at 11:30 a.m. during the Duroc class. It was announced that the class would finish, then the show would take a pause to see how the weather developed. At the other end of the barn there was a similar situation. The 4-H youth who would be showing cattle on Thursday morning were scheduled to start bringing in their show steers for class weighin. Again the announcement went out for Continued --
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