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Montgomery County 4-H team wins state championshipKansas A team of 4-Hers representing Montgomery County recently won the Livestock Skillathon Contest at the 2008 Kansas State Fair held in Hutchinson, Kan. This was the first time that a team from Montgomery County had entered this particular competition. Mary Reilly, daughter of Phil and Debbie Reilly, Cherryvale, was the high placing individual. Erin King, daughter of Kevin and Lois Lay, Coffeyville, and Kevin King, Cherryvale, placed sixth. Levi Clubine, son of Phil and Anita Clubine, Havana, was the ninth high individual. Tina Voelker, daughter of Chuck and Julie Voelker, Cherryvale, placed thirteenth. The team was coached by Phil Reilly and Chuck Voelker. The contest consisted of a variety of livestock related areas, including breed identification, meat cut identification and evaluation, feed identification, livestock equipment identification, and quality assurance and performance exercises. The team has now qualified to represent Kansas at the national contest held in conjunction with the North American International Livestock Exhibition in Louisville, Kentucky on November 17. The team will be soon holding fundraisers and gladly accepting donations to assist with the funding of their upcoming trip. If you would like to help, please contact the Montgomery County Extension Office at 620-331-2690. ===CUTLINE== The 2008 Kansas State Fair Livestock Skillathon Champion Team. From left to right, Levi Clubine, Tina Voelker, Mary Reilly, Erin King. (Courtesy photo.) 10/6/08 Date: 10/2/08
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