Buncombe County Schools
Congratulations to Jax and Eli Holt! These Leicester Elementary School students won a major award at the Mountain State Fair this year!
As reported by the Asheville Citizen Times:
[Jax and Eli] get up at dawn to feed their animals and most recently raised a clutch of tiny chicks to enter into the Youth Market Broiler show at the N.C. Mountain State Fair.
The Holt brothers on Saturday won grand champion and reserve grand champion in the show.
In August, the boys' father, Michael Holt, longtime farmer and an an FFA teacher at Erwin High School, said some of the most poignant moments for local families can happen beyond the fair's midway.
"Some may come for the rides or the deep-fried Oreos," he said. But seeing the shows and the hard work the kids put into them might drive home one important point: "From the moment you wake up, everyone's life depends on a farm."
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