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Annual Cheese Auction Fundraiser Returns to Lewis
County Fair July 19
Published: July 15, 2022 at
08:00 a.m.
By: Event Notice
Annual Cheese Auction Fundraiser Returns to Lewis
County Fair July 19
 The Lewis County Dairy Industry Building
Committee is excited to announce their 28th Annual Cheese
Auction. The auction is generously
sponsored by Lowville Producer’s Dairy Cooperative. Lowville Producers is donating all of the cheddar cheese and specialty cheeses for the
auction. Five-, ten- and twenty-pound blocks of cheddar cheese will be
auctioned plus specialty cheeses to include Chastinet,
Gouda, Peppadew, Swiss, Muenster, Steakhouse Onion and more.
Joseph Bush of LJ
Bush Livestock and Trucking will be donating his services as auctioneer.
Everyone is
invited to attend the cheese auction at the Lewis County Fair on Tuesday,
July 19, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. in the cattle show
ring. The “Big Cheese” bid will be the highlight of the auction. A twenty-pound block of cheese will be
auctioned as the Big Cheese and the high bid for the block will be
“matched” by Kraft Heinz.
Gary Rosiczkowski, Superintendent of the Dairy Industry
Building, will be MC for the festivities and as always will be wearing his
well-known “cheese hat.” Lewis
County Dairy Ambassador Megan Klossner will give
comments followed by a parade of Enhancement Calves. Presentations to be
made will include the Young Farmer Award, Senior Farmer Award, and
Agricultural Society Hall of Fame.
The Hall of Fame recognition will be imprinted on our annual
commemorative wooden box containing two pounds of cheddar cheese. These boxes and cheese are fully
sponsored by Kraft Heinz and will be for sale all fair week for $20 in the
Dairy Building Kraft Heinz Booth.
Proceeds of the
auction will used to support events and activities for local youth involved
in agriculture.
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