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THE COMMERCE (GA) NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2007 -- PAGE 11A Locals Honored At Young Farmers' Show Left to right are Round Robin Showman win- Walker, sheep judge Caroline Black and swine ner Amanda Stephens, beef judge Brandon judge Rachel Byers. The Jackson County Young Farmer Association recently sponsored a new educational livestock Showmanship event for all of the Jackson County FFA chapters and 4-H mem bers. Twenty-five students learned skills that they could use when showing their cattle, sheep, and swine . The two-day event was held at the Jackson County Live stock Facilities Sept. 28-29. Stu dents practiced and got personal training on their showmanship skills Friday evening. The Showmanship Round Rob in competition was held Saturday and was split into species and age brackets. One junior and two senior champions were selected in each of the livestock species; each was awarded a $20 gift. The Young Farmers sponsored the event to encourage students to practice their skills, become more proficient in each of their areas, and have a greater ap preciation for the difficulties in showing different species. This was accomplished by having all of the senior winners compete against each other; by showing cattle, sheep and swine. Todd Shultz, Young Farmer advisor, said, “This was a great learning and community event for all of the students and their families. We hold many activi ties for each of the species indi vidually, however, because we do not have a county fair students miss out on coming together as a group and promoting their livestock projects in Jackson County.” In addition, the competition promoted how true showmen should present themselves. The students presented their animals in a professional manner; they helped one another in working with the different species, and were congratulatory when the competition was over. The winners in each of the species were: Cattle: Junior - Sa mantha Allen; Senior - Brianna Bryant and Jackson Fischer; Sheep: Junior - Newt Gilman; Senior - Amanda Stephens and Sarah Whitaker; Swine: Junior - Mercedes Lakhicharran; and Se nior - Becky Shirley. The winner of the Round Robin competition was Amanda Stephens, who was awarded $100 from the Jackson County Young Farmer Associa tion. Tree Farm Helping Troops' Families Celebrate The Holidays Playhouse To Be Given Away To Benefit Habitat For Humanity The Jackson County Habitat for Humanity is selling tickets for a one-of-kind children’s playhouse to raise funds for the construc tion of the county’s eighth Habitat house. The 10 by 8 playhouse features a front porch with carriage lights, and dormer windows with win dow boxes filled with pansies. Construction of the house was supervised by Stan Beeco, owner of Beeco Construction and a Jackson County Habitat board member. 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A local Christmas tree farm is doing much more than providing fresh, fragrant Christmas trees for holiday enjoyment this year. The 7 G’s Farm, Nicholson, is part of a national effort, Trees for Troops, which will provide more than 15,000 real Christmas trees to military families across the United States and overseas. Since 2005, Christmas tree farmers and retailers have donat ed their own trees for the Trees for Troops program. The Christ mas SPIRIT Foundation, the non profit that implements Trees for Troops, received many requests from the public on how they could help. This year, consum ers will have the opportunity to purchase a tree at the 7 G’s Farm that will be delivered to a military family in the United States. Con sumers can come during Trees for Troops weekend, Friday, Nov. 30, through Sunday, Dec. 2, to purchase a tree for a military family. The Christmas SPIRIT Foundation also welcomes mon etary donations. “We are very excited to be a part of this program,” said Greg Smith of the 7 G’s Farm. “This is a great way for consumers to become di rectly involved with the Trees for Troops program and allow more military families to receive a tree for this holiday season. Providing memories at this time of year is extremely important, especially HGT'/ 1 ; home on pert and 3ighi Choico Pat Simpson for families with loved ones serv ing our country.” Trees for Troops began in 2005 when FedEx, which donates the shipping of the trees, and the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation provided 4,300 real Christmas trees to military families at five bases in the U.S . and overseas. In 2006, the program almost tripled when FedEx and the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation delivered nearly 12,000 trees to military families at 25 bases in 17 coun tries. 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