SPOKANE - For more than eight decades, several Dayton and Waitsburg families with FFA (Future Farmers of America) and 4-H have made the annual trek the first full week in May to the Spokane Fairgrounds to compete in the Junior Livestock Show of Spokane May 3 - 7. This year was the organization's 76th year.

The Farley children - Jared, Drew and Amy - represented Waitsburg. They brought four steers, two of which sold, the others being prospect steers. The first day they received reds, then blue ribbons for fitting and showing. They made presentations like the Dayton participants described below...