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Jara pictured with mom, Joan, and dad, Jerome, at her graduation from Kansas State University. am very blessed to have them in my life.” While in college, Settles was a decorated member of the livestock judging team at Butler County Community College, where she won oral reasons at the American Royal and the North American Livestock Exposition, was a member of the Maine-Anjou junior board and was a member of the Kansas State University horse judging team. She graduated from Kansas State Summa Cum Laude with a bachelor of Animal Science degree with a business option. Stewart was born and raised in Kansas, where his family owns and operates Mid Continent Farms in Washington, Kan. As a 4-H member, he was an AllAmerican livestock judge and was active in FFA. He too attended Butler on a livestock judging scholarship. He is currently balancing law school with being a beef, swine and sheep leader for the Farmington Kansas 4-H club. Both Jara and Tucker were members of the national champion livestock judging team at Butler
and were awarded All-American honors. “Ever since I attended Butler, I had law school in the back of my mind,” he said. “I enjoyed reasons, which is very much like litigation in a courtroom.” He didn’t know he was destined to go to law school until Kansas State. That is when he realized he could better serve his family and industry by becoming a lawyer. “In the last few years, agriculture has increasingly been attacked on many levels by special interest groups,” he said. “That was the driving force behind my decision.” Stewart also credits his family with his desire to become a lawyer and for his quick adaptation to law school. He believes his family helped him learn to ask the right questions, while making logical connections to support his arguments. “My dad certainly taught me the logic and reason needed in law school and the ever so important phrase think before you talk,” said Stewart. Both students believe dedication is a necessary part of being involved in a junior organization, on a livestock judging team and in pursuing their law degrees. The junior national and the contests presented there, helped them prepare for law school. Reasons are like litigation and the hours spent on the repetition of
Tucker, with fellow Kansas junior Maine-Anjou members, Tera Rooney and Bailey Clanton, competing in the fitting contest during the 08’ junior national. brushing hair is like studying for the next class challenge. “There was always a thrill about preparing and While attending Butler Community College both Tucker and Jara were members of their livestock judging team.
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