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read my profile sign my guestbook Name: Lowell Birthday: 3/23/1948 Gender: Male Interests: Shepherding the flock: Both souls and cattle Occupation: AE Dairy Message: message me Website: visit my website Member Since: 7/25/2007

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Sunday, August 23, 2009

	2009 State Fair 4-H As I said in the earlier post I had no footage of the 4-H day on Tuesday at the State Fair. Michelle Zinnel came through for us however and we have a couple of pics and videos from that day to show you. 2009 State Fair Champion 4-H Limousin Heifer - Ultimate Love
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State Fair 2009 Results

We had a fairly successful State Fair this year. Although the heifer Winona and the Cow/Calf Combo Taylor and Wyatt both got last in their class they were all pretty good animals. The competition is pretty stiff at the State Fair. Ultimate Love, however, came through again as she did at the Junior Expo. She took 1st in her class and then was Reserve Champion in her Division. The champion in her division was the overall reserve champion Limousin so we were pretty high up there. The next day Ultimate Love was in the 4-H competition and was picked as the champion 4-H Limousin Heifer which meant she got to walk in the Parade of Champion Breeds and was on Iowa Public Television. The State Fair is a hard thing for Ginger and I to be involved in because we always have to get back to school so unfortunately I have no footage of the 4-H day. Time to start preparing for the Iowa Beef Expo in February.

The Setup!

Hard at work!

The Grandkid Gang!

Staging for the big show!

The Ultimate Love Fan Club!

Shea pretending to be a farmer at the Little Hands on the Farm, (his favorite place in the whole world)

Vying for 4-H champion

2009 4-H Iowa State Fair Champion Limousin Heifer!!!!!!

Class Show

Ultimate takes 1st in class!

Judges Comments

Division Reserve Champion

Taylor and Wyatt

Imitating the pigs that Shea saw after spending the day at the State Fair and
sporting the logo of his favorite college team.

Al and Shea (BFFs)

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Sunday, August 16, 2009

It's State Fair Time!

Less than 24 hours away Niki and Maddy will be showing at the Iowa State Fair. Grandpa Lowell took the fencing and equipment to the cattle barn at 12 a.m. on Saturday. Early Saturday a.m. the Hermon gang took the cattle. They are in the same barn as last year. It's by far the cleanest and nicest one on the fair grounds! (Only a year old)

Below are some pretty typical scenes at the cattle barn... Lowell working and the kids hanging out.

They will have their first show at 10 a.m. on Monday. We're hoping for a good one! The arena is the same one as last year for all you LoHe fans! :smile:

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Thursday, August 06, 2009

Hermon History

We visited the Gardner Cemetery several times this last weekend and we snapped several pictures of headstones. Here is I think how some of the Hermon History goes:

JJ Hermon (1814-1892) and wife Hannah (1818-1882)
WJ Hermon (1842-1924)(Kansas Cavalry) and wife Elmira (1843-1927)
Frederick Hermon (1875-1940) and wife Elsie (1881-1961) sister Rose Hermon? (1871-1950) brother Earl? (1886-1930)
Children of Frederick and Elsie
Ray Hermon (1903-1997) and 1st wife Lois (1908-1961) and 2nd wife Esther (1914-1996)
Elma Hoffine (1907-1993) and husband Chester (1904-1994) (Marilyn Ford and Carolyn Rankin's parents)
Beulah Gottstein (1909-1977) and husband Clifford (1910-2002)
John Hermon (1913-1999) and wife Mildred (1913-2009)
Elmira is buried elsewhere and Tom is still living

I also dug the baby gravestone out from underneath some shrubs. I think it might be the baby of WJ and Elmira?

On grandma's side we have the Seamands. I'm not sure about these:
David Seamands (1851-1948) and Nancy (1856-1940)
2 Sons:
Oscar (1893-1965) and Viola (1897-1981)
T. Arthur (1881-1962) and Vira (1890-1986) parents of Mildred Hermon

Dad, is this all correct do you think?

JJ Hannah

Elmira WJ

WJ and Elmira's childred?

Ray and Lois and Esther

Elma

Beulah

Grandpa and Grandma

David and Nancy Seamands

Oscar and Viola

T. Arthur and Vira (Mildred's parents)

T. Arthur and Vira's old house:

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The old farm house

I probably shouldn't admit this but we stopped by Grandpa and Grandma Hermon's old farmhouse where they lived 1976-1997 and snuck inside to take some pictures. Apparently no one has ever lived in it since they sold it. It was sad. I did get a picture of the back bathroom of a winter mural that grandma had painted above the bathtub. Dani has more pictures. She was more brave than I was.

And we snapped a few pictures of their previous farm where dad grew up but only the barn is still there.

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2009 State Fair 4-H

State Fair 2009 Results

It's State Fair Time!

Hermon History

The old farm house