County News

Submitted by James W. Bailey

The Barren County Cattlemen’s meeting was held Thursday evening August 18th, 2022, at Barren County High School Trojan Academy. During the meeting Mr. Ivan Pedigo of CPC Commodities presented a program on the Grain Markets and announced that everyone was invited to attend the CPC Fall Field Day which was held September 8th. Pictured from left to right representing CPC Feeds are Gary Botts, Ms. Teri Atkins, and Ivan Pedigo. Pictured far right is Ms. Taylor Craine, Secretary of the Barren County Cattlemen’s Association. A delicious steak dinner was served which was sponsored by CPC FEEDS.

Submitted by Sheryl Boyd

The 23rd annual Christain County Cattlemen’s Lonestar Championship Rodeo was held August the 19th and 20th and was a huge success. The money from the rodeo goes towards our scholarship fund. We gave nine $2,000 scholarships this year. We started Friday morning with a special needs rodeo that included five school buses full of special needs kids. Lonestar did a short version of a rodeo performance. They had face painting, petting zoo, backyard bouncer dummy roping, hay ride and we fed them lunch and of course we supported beef. Thanks to the cooking crews, we cooked 700 all beef hotdogs, 800 hamburgers and 470 ribeye sandwiches. Also on the menu was 147 pounds of brisket sandwich or brisket nachos.

Submitted by Megan J. Parker

During their June meeting, the Estill County Cattlemen Association awarded the first Eric Baker Scholarship to Cheyenne Lamb. Lamb, who is currently attending her third year at Eastern Kentucky University, is majoring in Agricultural Education. She is also the Vice President of Delta Tau Alpha, which is the Agriculture Honors Society at EKU. The Estill County Cattlemen Association established this $500 one-time scholarship after the sudden loss of Eric Baker in September 2021. Baker served as the Cooperative Extension Agent for Agricultural and Natural Resources for Estill County for 22 years. He was an active member of the Estill County Cattlemen Association and a prominent fixture for the agriculture community of Estill County. Pictured are Cheyenne Lamb, scholarship recipient, and Danny Callahan, President of the Estill County Cattlemen Associationw.

Submitted by Jessica Barnes