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    Grand champion!

    Posted on February 23, 2022

    Murphy is shown above with her family, as well as the swine judge and grand champion sponsors (left to right): Billy Murphy, Marion Sullivan, Billy Wayne Murphy, Caroline Murphy, Lindsey Utter, Grace Murphy, Opie and Paige Peavy, Valerie Murphy, Megan Murphy, Jaylan Holton and Debbie Calhoun; and (kneeling) Clay Corbett.

    For the second year in a row, Taylor County 4-H brought home a grand championship in the swine division of the annual North Florida Livestock Show & Sale, now underway in Madison County.

    Senior 4-H’er Grace Murphy (center) was awarded the coveted belt buckle for her champion swine, Wally. “God is good!” Murphy said of the win. The Taylor County High School senior has participated in the livestock show since she was eight years old, and this marks her final year of competition. “She has placed first in class several times, but this is her first grand championship,” 4-H Extension Agent Abbey Tharpe said.

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