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also help at the All Iowa Showdown where all the champions from their respective showdowns come to compete for the Best in Iowa in Beef, Swine, Goats and Sheep, both market and breeding. I have had the opportunity to work alongside so many people that I look up to as mentors, friends and they all become family to me. We care how each other’s families are doing and we support each other, no matter whose child placed better. My biggest influence has been announcing the Iowa State Fair 4-H Cattle shows.
The first year I was asked, I thought how hard can this be, I love to talk. I walked in not knowing what to expect and looked around that pavilion and thought I was going to be sick when they showed me the show order and all the names I was going to have to read and what if I messed up. I have learned that all I can do is my best and I have had many of families come to help me pronounce their name correctly and I do my best with phonics and I can still mess them up. You have to be able to laugh at yourself and only try you best each and every day. My three children were all involved in showing.
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