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FRANKFORT,
Ky. — Brenda Chandler has never missed a Kentucky State
Fair since her birth 40 years ago, and her daughter
is ready to compete for the first time in the junior
calf division during this year's fair.
The
Scottsville farm wife and her daughter account for two
of four generations of her family who have attended
the past 57 consecutive years of the Kentucky State
Fair, led by her parents, Everette and Fay Willoughby.
Growing
up, Brenda became active in 4-H and FFA and started
competing at the fair as a high school sophomore.
Brenda's
10-year-old daughter, Abbey, continues in her family's
footsteps with her first showing in 4-H at the fair
this week, in the junior calf division. Another member
of the family, Seth Blankenship, will show at least
eight classes of livestock as a high school freshman.
Twenty
family members will enter 17 livestock in shows during
the fair, which runs Aug. 19-29.
Clay
Bishop, the youngest member of the four generations,
is now 2 years old and is the great-grandson of the
Willoughbys. He was just 3 weeks old, cradled in his
great-grandmother's arms, when a family photo was shot
at the 2002 state fair. If Clay becomes a farmer, he
will be the sixth generation to work the family farm,
tracing back to Everette Willoughby's grandparents.
Adjacent
family farms in Allen County are all part of Willow-Bee
Farm in Scottsville, where the four generations specialize
in registered Brown Swiss dairy cows on 78 acres.
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Note:
Brenda Chandler can be reached at (270) 622-5636,
and the family will be in the cattle show barns starting
on Saturday.
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