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AREA 6 LAND JUDGING CONTEST HELD
The South Central District Land Judging Contest was held southeast of Nelson
On October 8th, 2008 with 186 contestants from nine schools. Those schools
attending were: Red Cloud, Superior, Lawrence/Nelson, Sandy Creek, Blue
Hill, Hampton, Heartland, Fillmore Central and McCool Junction.
The contest results were: First place Team from Hampton - Kaylee Klute, Alex
Dose, Collin Friesen, Carson Klute; Second
Place Team from Red Cloud - Glen Brumbaugh, Weston Brinda, Pat Hoit, Ryan
Lammers; Third Place Team from Superior - Lacey Ward, Ross Utecht,
Jared Hass, J.J. Hoins; Fourth Place Team from Blue Hill - Emily Harrifeld,
Markie Coffey, Meggie Coffey, Carli Kohmetscher. The top
 three
teams will advance to the State Competition which will be held in
Scottsbluff on November 5th. Only one team from each school can
compete at the state contest, even if they rank higher in the contest.
The
event is sponsored
by the Little Blue NRD, Nuckolls County NRCS and Nuckolls County Extension.
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AREA 6 RANGE CONTEST HAS DAMP BUT RECORD DAY
There are more acres of rangeland than any other land category in Nebraska. Rangeland totals 24 million acres with an additional 1.5 million acres of land previously farmed seeded back to grasses. Together, these grasslands (range and pasture) occupy 52 percent of the state.
Rangeland is one of Nebraska’s most important and valuable natural resources by the dedication shown by students, instructors and testers who weathered the rain that continually fell during this year’s Area 6 District Range Judging Contest held north of Deshler on September 21st. There were 152 contestants, 58 Seniors and 89 Junior teams and 5 professional from nine schools. Those schools attending were; Aurora, Red Cloud, Superior, Waverly, Lawrence/Nelson, Sandy Creek, East Butler, Diller/Odell and Blue Hill.
The contest is sponsored by the Little Blue NRD, Thayer County NRCS and Thayer County Extension. The contests overall winning team was Junior Team Diller/Odell, Senior Champion Team was Superior (Patrick Carter, Mike Perrie, Tinkham and Ross Montgomery), Junior Champion Team was Diller Odell, Top Junior Individual was Janelle Rickstrew of Diller/Odell; Top Individual Senior was Patrick Carter of Superior and Top Professional was D.J Mottl of East Butler. Winners will advance to the State Competition to be held in Hamilton County the first week of October. It was noted that this years statewide District contest seen over 1,000 contestant a number that hasn’t been there in many many years.
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