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Show Reserve Champion steer price Dear Editor: As concerned parents, we would like to mention an incident that happened at the Uintah Basin Junior Livestock Show in Vernal last week. The 4-H program teaches honesty, being fair and making the best better. Evidently some people on the livestock show committee and the auctioneer don't know what it means. A ll-year-old boy, according to the judges, who are from the Utah State University, judged the boy's steer as Reserve Champion. This recognition was gained because of long, hard hours of work on his part. If the judges felt he had a Reserve Champion, what happened hap-pened to the fair sales price for that honor. Perhaps only the committee and auctioneer can answer what went wrong. But how do you answer the question for the boy who had his spirit killed. Perhaps it all depends on who you are and where you live. Is that the name of the game in being fair? Maybe, we as adults could learn a few lessons from the young people. All they know is what they are taught and what they see adults do. Wo believe it is a disgrace to the Livestock Show Committee to let happen what happened. Committee members within the various committees com-mittees have some responsibility. The stock show president and beef committee com-mittee apparently are exempt. What about the auctioneer? We've seen this same auctioneer spend more time selling an old hamburger cow. The purpose of the show is to stimulate interest among livestock breeders, members of 4-H clubs, and Future Farmers organizatioas of the Uintah Rasin in feeding and breeding Ix'tter livestock. . The objective of the show is to furnish Ihe breeders and feeders a medium through which they may display their jmim.iis in order to learn the fine educational features provided by the show, with particular emphasis on cooperation, showmanship, notations nn niarket demands, and to give the public a belter appreciation of the value and quality of livestock in the I intali Basin i 'nnccnii'd Parents CF.dKCK II HOUSTON MAKOIF. HOUSTON |