County 4-H team wins in Fort Worth

Wharton County 4-H members Colleen Krenek of Boling Shelby Rod, Bethany Weinheimer and Sierra Ledwig, all of El Campo, have taken first place Senior Team Brown Swiss and won first place Senior Team Overall in the Junior Dairy Cattle Judging Contest at the 2008 Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show.

The show was held on Jan. 13, in Fort Worth.

Junior show entries totaled 9,815 at this year's show.

Winning exhibitors are awarded cash premiums, which this year exceeds $92,005, in addition to monies generated from the sale of animals in the show's sale of champion steers, lambs, barrows and wether goats.

Besides record junior entries the show set an overall entry record of over 23,000 cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, donkeys, llamas, goats, poultry, pigeons and rabbits.

The stock show showcases the nation's dynamic livestock industry to over 950,000 visitors mostly from the Metroplex and surrounding areas.

Approximately 20 percent attend from other parts of the nation and 70 countries.

Besides livestock, the show includes educational exhibits designed to educate visitors on the livestock industry and provides four acres of shopping to suit most any taste.

Now in its 112th year, the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo features entertainment events for the entire family, including livestock shows, educational experiences and 30 performances of the World's Original Indoor Rodeo.