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Gallatin OATS Board members brainstormed for something new and different to go along with their popular basket raffle during the upcoming Chautauqua.
“Most auctions are for baked goods, quilts or afghans, things of a homemade nature,” said Beth Langley, Director of the Northwest Region for OATS. “Sometimes we get a car, a bike, or even a barbecue grill to auction off. We’ve had card playing nights and chili and spaghetti suppers to get money for new buses. But a goat? I’ve been with OATS for 20 years and this is my very first goat auction!”
Never put anything past the Daviess County Support Committee, who Mrs. Langley describes as “a bunch of go-getters.”
These inventive volunteers have gotten local rancher Coleen Grawe to donate the live goat. The buckling is still on his mother’s milk but will be weaned by the time of Chautauqua. He was born June 24, 2015. He is a Nubian cross.
Mrs. Langley said she’d be happy to win a goat at an auction.
“Would I keep it? Absolutely,” she said. “My parents live on a farm in rural Nebraska and my brother and I were always bringing something home when we were younger. I don’t imagine they would even blink when I drop it off.”
Be sure to stop by the OATS booth during Chautauqua in September. More information about time and dates will be provided as the event draws nearer.