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Oklahoma Youth Expo Ready for an Eleven Day Run March 11-21
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:45:29 CST
The 2011 Oklahoma Youth Expo is set for March 11-21, 2011 at State Fair Park in Oklahoma City. 2011 marks the 97th year of this great event. Since 1915 Oklahoma youth and their families have been making this event a tradition in their lives; a pinnacle to a year of hard work and through the years making this event not only the World's Largest Junior Livestock Show but an event which highlights the world's best and brightest young people. (Our picture is of one of those bright young people leading her heifer in the 2010 competition at the Oklahoma Youth Expo)
According to the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Youth Expo, Jeramy Rich, entries of livestock have exceeded 14,000 head with 7,000 young people entering those animals from all 77 Oklahoma counties. He expects that the 2011 OYE will award appoximately $1.5 million to the young people involved- not just those showing livestock but also those involved in the speech contest, as well as leadership and academic competition.
We talked with Jeramy about the final preparations ahead of the 2011 show- and you can hear our visit with him by clicking on the LISTEN BAR below.
In addition, Jeramy will be our guest on our Saturday morning, February 26th edition of In the Field on KWTV News9 in Oklahoma City. This segment airs during the morning news block that runs from 6 AM til 8AM each Saturday morning. The In the Field segment can be seen around 6:40 AM.
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