Sept/Oct 2023 Fall Edition

3rd Overall Steer Essie Mc Guire

4th Overall Steer Emily Scott

5th Overall Steer Harrison Blay

M y name is Holden LeVan. I am a junior at Triad High School in North Lewisburg, OH. My family and I live on a farm near Woodstock, OH. My father is a veterinarian at Woodside Veterinary Hospital which my parent’s own and operate, and my mother is an Oncology Patient Care Nurse Manager. I have 3 older brothers and a set of older twin sisters. I have been in 4-H since I was 9 years old and have always shown livestock. I participate in FFA and play varsity basketball. I am a member of the National Honor Society. In my free time, I enjoy working on

the farm, fixing and building things, and helping with the cows as well as the racehorses. My family raises beef show cattle as well as Standardbred race horses that we also train and race. While it is every showman’s goal to win the Ohio State Fair Market Beef show, I never dreamed that I would be able to accomplish that. I’ve worked hard at trying to get to that point, and have spent countless hours in the barn, from early mornings to late nights . I’ve managed my projects from the time that they were baby calves to the end point of their show career. I wouldn’t be able to accomplish any of this without the help of my family and friends. My brother Hadley and my sister Frani helped me everyday they could, morning and evening, with my steer.

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