LIMA, Ohio (WLIO) - It's show time for area 4-H and FFA kids as they hit the show ring for the T102 Junior Fair Livestock Auction inside the Union Bank Company Show Area. Those kids include brother and sister, Maci and Levi Kennedy, who have worked hard raising their lambs and more.
"Today, I sold lambs, and he sold for $1,000, and I still have the gallon goat milk to go in for," says Maci Kennedy, who sold her lamb for $1,000 at the livestock auction.
"Today, I sold my market lamb, and I got $1,200 today for him," says Levi Kennedy, who sold his lamb for $1,200 at the livestock auction.
Many kids in 4-H and agricultural fields carry on generational legacies, and that is exactly what the Kennedy siblings are doing.
"I'm the fourth generation to do this. We've gone to state, nationals, all around showing our lambs, and we raise them. They're all from our farm," Maci adds.
"My parents and my grandparents and my great-grandparents all had market lambs, and so, we just kind of went along with it and joined in on them," Levi adds.
Maci and Levi both say it feels good to get rewarded for their hard work, a life skill they will remember for the rest of their lives.
"It was amazing. It felt good just to go out there and sell him. It's sad because I will have to ged rid of him this year, but it felt good," Maci shared.
"It's taught me to work hard, and you'll get rewarded for how hard you work. It made me feel really good that everybody was interested and that a lot of people liked him," Levi shared.
