Poweshiek County 4-H'ers bring home top awards and honors at the 2022 Iowa State Fair.
Sheep Braxton Brand of the Sugar Creek 4-H Club received blue ribbons in Black Face Market Lamb and Intermediate Sheep Showmanship. Breckyn Brand received a purple with her black face commercial ewe. Breckyn also received a blue in Intermediate showmanship. Kaylia Fuchs of the Poweshiek Pioneers 4-H Club received Res. Champion in division 3 black face Ewe, a 5thoverall, and 2- 1st place purples for black face ewes. A 2nd place purple for a black face market lamb. From the 4 Bar H 4-H Club, Jackson Hutchinson received a purple with his speckled face commercial ewe as did Owen Kaltsas. Olivia Latcham of the Poweshiek Producers 4-H Club received a purple for a white face commercial ewe and a blue with a black face market lamb as well as a blue in intermediate showmanship. Dayton Mortvedt of the Sugar Creek 4-H’ers had a black face market lamb win Divison 3 Reserve Champion and place 4th overall with a purple. Also a Divison 5 Reserve champion placing purple. Two 2nd place purple black face market lambs and a purple in Intermediate showmanship. Horse Alea Bru of the Madison Moovers 4-H Club received Blues in Ranch Horse walk/trot and Barrel Racing (grade 7 – 9) a red in Pole Bending and a white in Flags. Rylee Mauss of the Sheridan 4-H Club won a reserve champion purple ribbon with her halter gelding, blues in western pleasure and western walk/trot, reserve purple in showmanship (grade7), blue in trail and white in western horsemanship. Market Beef Brooke Conover of the Sugar Creek 4-H’ers received a Blue in Beef Showmanship grades 9-10. A Res. Champion in Maine-Anjou Market Beef, 2nd purple. Will Conover received a 2nd purple in the Charolais class. Breeding Beef James Gruver of the Sugar Creek 4-H’ers received a blue in beef showmanship grades 11-12 and a 2nd purple in Foundation Simmental. Rylie Smith of the Sheridan 4-H Club received a purple for Showmanship grades 5-6. Her Charolais Breeding beef was named Champion and Supreme Champion with a 1st place purple. Meat Goats Hailey Heishman of the Poweshiek Pioneers 4-H Club received a 2nd blue with her Doe under one year and also a Purple. She received blues with her meat goat wether and her market meat goat. She received purples in Sr. Showmanship and market wether. Dayton Mortvedt of the Sugar Creek 4-H’ers had the Division III Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Doe placing first with a purple in the does under 1 year class. In the market class Dayton had a 5th overall wether receiving a purple and a Division Reserve champion, with a blue in Jr. showmanship. Rylie Smith, Sheridan 4-H Club, received a purple in Showmanship and 5th place Honorable Mention. Her Breeding doe under 1 year placed first in Division 1 with a purple and 3rd Honorable Mention. She also had a doe under 1 year that placed 2nd purple and 4th Honorable Mention in Division II. Peyton and Sawyer Tindle of the Deep River Helping Hands 4-H Club each showed a blue ribbon doe over 1 year of age. Poultry Cameyon James of the Sugar Creek 4-H’ers received a 2nd place blue and 3 purple ribbons for his breeding hens, a blue 3rd place with his duck. Swine Cameyon James of the Sugar Creek 4-H’ers received blues with both his Duroc and Herford breeding swine. Kinze Lacaeyse of the Poweshiek Pioneers 4-H Club received blues with her Yorkshire and Duroc breeding swine and a blue with her crossbred market barrow. Leyton Lacaeyse of the Poweshiek Pioneers 4-H Club received a blue with her Yorkshire breeding swine and a Purple with his crossbred market barrow. Rhylee Rodgers of the Sheridan 4-H Club showed 3 crossbred market swine receiving two 1st place purples and a 2nd place purple. Anna Slagle of the Sheridan 4-H Club showed the Champion Chester White breeding gilt also receiving a purple with it. 2 other commercial gilts received blues. Her crossbred market barrow received a blue. William Slagle of the Sheridan 4-H Club showed the Reserve Champion Yorkshire breeding gilt and also received a purple with it. His commercial gilt received a blue as did his two crossbred market barrows. Rylie Smith of the Sheridan 4-H Club received blue with her Yorkshire breeding swine and her commercial gilt. Aden Wolfe of the Sheridan 4-H Club showed a commercial gilt that placed 1st with a purple and Res. Champion Lightweight gilt, and a two others placed purple also. His Hampshire gilt received a blue as did his two crossbred market barrows. Horticulture Thea Larson of the Mighty Golden Clovers 4-H Club received 1st place blues in horticulture with her white onions, Swiss Chard, Eggplant, and Oriental Eggplant. 2nd place blues for white onions, winter acorn type squash, 2nd place red with her red onions. A 3rd place white with turnips. First place purple with Green snap beans, and other garden crops. A 1st place purple and a blue in Jumbo vegetables for her tomatoes. 2nd place purpled for green beans, Swiss Chard, 3rd place purple with her standard eggplant. She also received several reds and whites with other onions, potatoes and cucumbers. A 1st place purple with her Basil and a 4 herb collection as well as several blues with other herbs. There were eight purples and several blues in the Pepper, Tomatillos and tomato division also. Three purples in Vegetable combinations as well as other blues. Rosalee Leasure of the Poweshiek County Junior Master Gardeners received a 3rd place blue with her red potatoes a blue with green beans, a red with tomatoes. 1st place purple with a cocktail size tomato, blue with cherry tomato, 1st place purple with County Vegetable platter, and a blue 1st year exhibitor award. Slane McCue of the Mighty Golden Clovers 4-H Club received 1st purpled with his red cabbage and a county vegetable platter. A purple for cocktail type tomato. Blue for cocktail tomato and other vegetables, red for yellow onions and tomato. Grace Schalmo of the Mighty Golden Clovers 4-H Club received a 1st and 2nd place purple for her County vegetable platter and first year exhibitor. A purple for cocktail tomato, blue for green beans, cabbage, and zucchini and 2 for tomatoes, reds for potatoes and beets. William Schalmo of the Mighty Golden Clovers 4-H Club also showed horticulture with purples in County Vegetable Platter, Cocktail tomato, processing tomato, cabbage, eggplant and cucumbers. Blues in oriental eggplant, cocktail tomato, and reds in beets, onions, and various tomatoes.
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Manatt’s employees, vendors and customers gather at the companies 75th Anniversary Celebration in Brooklyn on Saturday, Aug. 27. Country music performers Tyler Rich and JT Hodges of Nashville performed at the family-friendly event. The event featured face painting, yard games, equipment simulators and a picnic-style dinner. It was an evening to connect, celebrate, and give thanks to the hardworking employees that make the company what it is today. Submitted photo From our founders to our future Manatt’s Inc. hosted a 75th anniversary celebration event at Manatt’s headquarters, 1775 Old 6 Road, Brooklyn, on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, featuring performances by Tyler Rich and JT Hodges of Nashville. It was a family-focused event that celebrated the hard work and dedication of Manatt’s employees, vendor partners, and customers.
Since 1947, Manatt’s has built, paved, and hauled their way across the Midwest and beyond. They have always been a family-owned and operated business but understand the importance and value their dedicated employees bring to work each day. “What sets us apart is our people,” said Adam Manatt, Manatt’s Vice President of Ready Mix. “Anyone can go out and buy the equipment; it’s the people we have on our team that makes us different.” The 75th anniversary event focused on honoring the company’s founding employees while celebrating current and future employees. “It speaks to the legacy of Manatt’s, that people are willing to spend their whole career here,” said Greg Manatt, Manatt’s Vice President of Fleet Management. “What better legacy is there than that?” There was something for everyone. From face painting, yard games, equipment simulators, and a picnic-style dinner, it was an evening to connect, celebrate, and give thanks to the hardworking employees that make the company what it is today. “What we do requires hard work. While things have evolved over the last 75 years, it has been 75 years as a family, with our employees all working extremely hard to get to where we are today,” said Brian Manatt, Manatt’s President. “We did not plan on the rain, but like any experienced contractor, we adjusted the plan. What an amazing celebration.” According to the Des Moines Register, up to 3” of rain fell across parts of Iowa late Saturday and early Sunday. Manatt’s Inc. values family, excellence, and human potential. In everything we do, we aspire to continually reset the standard by which all other construction material companies are compared. We build legacies through higher standards of work. The Grinnell Lions Club presented the Jim Urfer Spirit of Farming Award at Ag Appreciation Day on Thursday, Aug. 25 to the Lacaeyse family of Brooklyn. Pictured are, from left, front row: Kinze Lacaeyse; second row: Jessie Lacaeyse, Ilee Lacaeyse, Marvin Lacaeyse, Leyton Lacaeyse and Quincy Griffith. Joining members of the Grinnell Lions Club on the top row are: Joel Lacaeyse, Carol Meseck, Dean Lacaeyse, Al Lacaeyse and Lions Club member, Jenny Bos. By J.O. Parker The Grinnell Lions presented the Jim Urfer Spirit of Farming Award to a Brooklyn family who has deep roots in Poweshiek County and continues to plant more roots with each generation. The Lacaeyse family has been farming for more than a century and has learned some tough lessons. Nothing replaces hard work. There is a time for sacrificing, such as when they had to sell 80 acres to pay for the taxes in 1929. To this day, they still don’t own that farm. Marvin Lacaeyse, 93, and family received the honor at the 2022 Ag Appreciation Day held on Thursday, Aug. 25. Family, faith, and farming are the best words to describe Marvin, who today, carries on the farming tradition started by his grandparents and parents and is passing it along to the next generations. Marvin’s dad, Fred, took over their family farm when his dad died of pneumonia. The family had to be self-sufficient raising dairy cows, butchering chickens, selling eggs, and tending to the garden and orchard. During the depression, Agriculture Adjustment Association was started and allowed Fred to keep things afloat. Times were tough. Once things bounced back in the 1940’s, Fred was able to pay off the farm. Fred and Laura were committed to making a living on the farm and insisted on teaching those values to their children, Evelyn and Marvin. Marvin wasn’t very old when he learned how to drive the first tractor the Lacaeyse Family owned. It was a Fordson tractor with steel wheels. Marvin spent quite a bit of time at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Brooklyn while growing up. That is also where he married Delores Collum in 1954. Fred and Laura passed the faith down to their children. The couple were blessed with four children: Gene, Carl, Carol, and Dean. They started their farmstead just a mile down the road from his parents. The 80’s didn’t bother Marvin and Delores much. They held T-notes that paid great interest. In 1988, the Century Farm had a devastating fire. They lost the feeding complex, barn, corn crib, lean-to hog house, and much fencing. Prior to the fire, a new house was erected for Laura and the original house was tore down shortly thereafter. Today, Marvin’s son, Dean, lives in the house. Incorporating good farming practices has always been a priority for the Lacaeyse family. Marvin learned they have Tama Silty Loam, Shelby Loam, and Otley Silty Loam on their farm. The terraces are well tiled. They always use crop rotation and seed down the waterways with grass to conserve the soil on the rolling hills. Marvin continues to live on the farm he and the now late Delores built together. Marvin is thankful to see his values are shared and similar life lessons of hard work are experienced and passed down to the next generations. Nowadays, Marvin remains active in the family farm. He can often be found driving around in his gator supervising the next three-generations of Lacaeyse family members. The Lacayse family has acres in both Poweshiek and Tama counties where they raise row crops (corn, soybeans, alfalfa). They also have pasture for raising cow/calves, and they feed hogs. Marvin enjoys sharing his knowledge and wealth of local history with those who find a seat nearby. “It was a great event and I am honored to be chosen,” said Marvin following the presentation. Marvin is very proud of the roots he laid in Poweshiek County and the family he is raising here. Congratulations to Marvin Lacaeyse and his family for being Grinnell Lions Club 2022 Ag Appreciation Day Farm Family. Grinnell Lions Club member Al Maly gives Marvin Lacaeyse a pat on the back after he and his family were presented the Jim Urfer Spirit of Farming Award during the Grinnell Ag Appreciation Day on Thursday, Aug. 25. Marvin, 93, a Korean War Veteran, has farmed his whole life. Marvin Lacaeyse checks out the Jim Urfer Spirit of Farming Award he received at the Grinnell Ag Appreciation Day following the presentation in Central Park on Thursday, Aug. 25. At right is his daughter, Carol Meseck.
Lions honor former Grinnell sweet corn business with Agri-Business Award at Ag Appreciation Day9/11/2022 Members of the Grinnell Lions Club, shown in back, presented the 2022 Agribusiness Award to Rich and Connie Humphrey, long-time former owners of Humphrey Sweet Corn of Gilman. The business operated and sold sweet corn in Grinnell for 23 years with the Humphrey’s retiring in January of this year. By J.O. Parker
Even though this business is no longer running, the Grinnell Lions Club felt it important to recognize and present Humphrey Sweet Corn of Gilman with the Agribusiness Award. The award was presented to Rich and Connie Humphrey, long-time owners of the sweet corn business, at the Ag Day Celebration in Grinnell on Thursday, Aug. 25. It was presented to the couple for their past contributions to the community and business success. “We started selling sweet corn to help our young son earn money for college,” noted Rich. “The business thrived beyond our expectations thanks to all of our wonderful customers. We continued selling for 23 years and retired this January.” The couple raised 25 acres of sweet corn each year and operated a stand at the southeast corner of 5thand West Avenue from mid-July through Labor Day. “We are both very honored to be considered for this recognition,” added Rich. Members of the Grinnell Lions Club are shown with FFA chapter members from HLV/BGM, Montezuma and Grinnell during Ag Appreciation Day on Thursday, Aug. 25. The Lions, who hosts Ag Appreciation Day, presented each chapter with a $200 check at the close of the day. At this year’s Ag Appreciation Day, the Grinnell FFA hosted a petting zoo while the HLV/BGM chapter offered a kidde tractor obstacle course and the Montezuma FFA chapter hosted a scavenger hunt.
Julie Beach of Grinnell holds a Grinnell Community Guide publication while her husband, Scott, drives the family-owned Farmall tractor in the Grinnell Ag Appreciation Day Larry VanErsvelde Tractor Parade on Thursday, Aug. 25. The publication features a photo of Julie’s late father, Jim Urfer, who passed away in a car accident on May 21, 2013, the same day the publication was released. Jim, founder of Ag Appreciation Day, joined the family-owned Grinnell Implement Store in 1959 and remained with the company, alongside his wife, Molly, until retiring in 2003. Scott and Julie operated the store until selling it in March 2022.
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