The Saline ag community came together at the Saline Fair Youth Livestock Auction.
Young Dean Zink showed two pigs as people sat in the stands, waiting to bid. To give you an idea,
After Dean sold to the first bidder, the crowd erupted. Then he brought his second one out. Again, after the auctioneer sold it off, the crowd erupted in applause.
Things got a little emotional in the auction ring
And then Dean’s mom, Jen, was on hand to comfort her son.
I recognized her from Saline Township meetings, and I was beginning to piece it together.
We took a couple of group pictures, and then it was on to the next kid auctioning their pigs…