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Rappahannock students show out at annual farm show

by | Jul 18, 2024

From left: Allison Baldwin, Lexy Abdullah, Chloe Jenkins, Alexys Pearre, Ryleigh Keys and Bentley Brown at Saturday’s CMR Farm show. Not pictured, Anastasha Kaminski.
From left: Allison Baldwin, Lexy Abdullah, Chloe Jenkins, Alexys Pearre, Ryleigh Keys and Bentley Brown at Saturday’s CMR Farm show. Not pictured, Anastasha Kaminski.
Chloe Jenkins, 16, a rising junior at Rappahannock County High School, shows her steer at the Culpeper Madison Rappahannock Farm show on Saturday.
Chloe Jenkins, 16, a rising junior at Rappahannock County High School, shows her steer at the Culpeper Madison Rappahannock Farm show on Saturday.
Allison Baldwin, 8, shows her steer at the Culpeper Madison Rappahannock Farm Show Saturday.
Allison Baldwin, 8, shows her steer at the Culpeper Madison Rappahannock Farm Show Saturday.
Allison Baldwin and Chloe Jenkins, both of Rappahannock County, share a moment together during the competition at the Culpeper Madison Rappahannock Farm Show.
Allison Baldwin and Chloe Jenkins, both of Rappahannock County, share a moment together during the competition at the Culpeper Madison Rappahannock Farm Show.

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From left: Allison Baldwin, Lexy Abdullah, Chloe Jenkins, Alexys Pearre, Ryleigh Keys and Bentley Brown at Saturday’s CMR Farm show. Not pictured, Anastasha Kaminski. 

Rappahannock County students excelled at the 75th annual Culpeper Madison Rappahannock (CMR) Farm Show Saturday, showing off their livestock projects in the Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise arena. 

All of the participants placed in their competition or received a recognition, some receiving multiple, according to Sandy Falls, one of the leaders of the Rappahannock County 4-H Livestock Club. 

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Chloe Jenkins, 16, a rising junior at Rappahannock County High School, shows her steer at the Culpeper Madison Rappahannock Farm show on Saturday.

Awards won by Rappahannock 4-H students are:

  • Allison Baldwin, 8: Reserve grand champion in novice showmanship, second place in medium weight market steer, second place in bred and owned class. 

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Allison Baldwin, 8, shows her steer at the Culpeper Madison Rappahannock Farm Show Saturday.

  • Raleigh Keys, 15: first place in class for heavyweight market hog, third place in division, fifth place in class for novice showmanship, first and third place for art catalog for homemakers. 

  • Bentley Brown, 13: fourth place in class for market hog, fifth place in class for novice showmanship. 

  • Lexy Abdullah, 15: Fourth place in showmanship, ninth place in market with lamb, first place in class for market hog, third in division, five first-place awards, two second-place awards, two third-place awards and one fourth-place award in the homemaker’s building. 

  • Anastasha Kaminski, 12: second place for Rouen duck, fourth place in showmanship, first place in homemakers for her art puppet, second place in poultry skillathon, junior class. 

  • Alexys Pearre, 16: fifth and sixth place in market lambs, fifth place in lamb showmanship, fourth place in cattle showmanship, second place in heifer showmanship, grand champion in registered cow-calf pair. 

  • Chloe Jenkins, 16: third place in class for senior showmanship market steer, first place in class for feeder steer (lightweight) and fourth place in market steer, fifth place senior swine showmanship, fifth and sixth place in market hog.

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Allison Baldwin and Chloe Jenkins, both of Rappahannock County, share a moment together during the competition at the Culpeper Madison Rappahannock Farm Show.

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    Ireland joined Foothills Forum as a full-time reporter in 2023 after graduating from the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication with a degree in journalism and minor in music. As a student, she gained valuable experience in reporter and editor positions at The Red & Black, an award-winning student newspaper, and contributed to Grady Newsource and the Athens Banner-Herald. She spent three years as an editorial assistant at Georgia Magazine, UGA’s quarterly alumni publication, and interned with The Bitter Southerner. Growing up in a small town in Southeast Georgia, Ireland developed a deep appreciation for rural communities and the unique stories they have to tell. She completed undergraduate research on news deserts, ghost papers and the ways rural communities in Georgia are being forced to adapt to a lack of local news. This research further sparked her interest in a career contributing to the preservation of local and rural news.

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Ireland joined Foothills Forum as a full-time reporter in 2023 after graduating from the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication with a degree in journalism and minor in music. As a student, she gained valuable experience in reporter and editor positions at The Red & Black, an award-winning student newspaper, and contributed to Grady Newsource and the Athens Banner-Herald. She spent three years as an editorial assistant at Georgia Magazine, UGA’s quarterly alumni publication, and interned with The Bitter Southerner. Growing up in a small town in Southeast Georgia, Ireland developed a deep appreciation for rural communities and the unique stories they have to tell. She completed undergraduate research on news deserts, ghost papers and the ways rural communities in Georgia are being forced to adapt to a lack of local news. This research further sparked her interest in a career contributing to the preservation of local and rural news.