Chapter earns ribbons of purple and blue, accented by trophies of gold
Members of the Mountain Lake Area FFA Chapter recently participated in the competitive shows of the 2015 Cottonwood County Fair. The members exhibited their projects and/or animals for judging in the Agricultural Mechanics Show, Horticulture Show, Crops Show, Beef Cattle Show, Swine Show, Sheep Show and the Goat Show.
Many of those participants left the event, held at the fairgrounds in Windom, earning ribbons of purple and blue, accented by trophies of gold.
FFA Advisors include Tom Appel, Lindsey Brown and Stephen Funk.
Following are the Mountain Lake FFA Chapter members earning grand champion, reserve grand champion, champion and reserve champion winners.
Cottonwood County Fair FFA Agricultural Mechanics Show
+ Champion Wood Project – Levi Jahne (steel guitar).
+ Champion Metal Project – Alex Dunker (chain heart).
+ Champion Directed Project – Codey Hayes (fire ring).
+ Grand Champion Project – Levi Jahnke (steel guitar).
+ Reserve Grand Champion Project – Codey Hayes (fire ring).
Cottonwood County Fair FFA Horticulture Show
+ Champion Horticulture Exhibit – Madison Dahna (dish garden).
+ Reserve Champion Horticulture Exhibit – Madison Dahna (dried arrangement).
Cottonwood County Fair FFA Crops Show
+ Champion Bean Bundle – Nathan Regier (Channel 2207).
+ Reserve Champion Bean Bundle – Thomas Regier (Channel 2207).
+ Champion Soybeans – Selvin Lopez (Asgrow 2243).
+ Reserve Champion Soybeans – Jared Willaby (Asgrow 2243).
+ Champion Ten Ear – Jared Willaby (Pioneer 0407).
+ Reserve Champion Ten Ear – Jared Willaby (DeKalb 5378).
+ Champion Corn – Nathan Regier (DeKalb 5775).
+ Grand Champion Exhibitor Overall – Jared Willaby.
+ Reserve Grand Champion Overall – Nathan Regier.
Cottonwood County Fair FFA Livestock Show
Beef Cattle Show
+ Grand Champion Steer – Olivia Hopwood.
Swine Show
+ Champion Commercial Market Hog – Nathan Regier.
+ Reserve Champion Commercial Market Hog – Thomas Regier.
+ Reserve Champion Showman – Madison Dahna.
Sheep Show
+ Reserve Grand Champion Ewe – Hunter Dahna.
Goat Show
+ Reserve Champion Market Goat – Aleesha Jepsen.
+ Reserve Champion Goat Showman – Aleesha Jepsen.
+ A Butterfield-Odin Public High School student, Seth Pierson, a member of the St. James FFA Chapter, received a Reserve Grand Champion, Dairy, in the Dairy Cattle Show portion of the Cottonwood County Fair FFA Livestock Show.
Below is a photo gallery – courtesy of the Mountain Lake FFA – of the county fair grand champion, reserve grand champion, champion and reserve champion winners.
Not pictured are Jared Willaby (Grand Champion Exhibitor Overall Champion Ten Ear, Reserve Champion Ten Ear and Reserve Champion Soybeans – all in the FFA Crops Show), Thomas Regier (Reserve Champion Bean Bundle in the FFA Crops Show and Reserve Champion Commercial Market Hog in the FFA Swine Show), Selvin Lopez (Champion Soybeans in the FFA Crop Show) and Hunter Dahna (Reserve Grand Champion Ewer in the Sheep Show).
