The “Firethorne Stampede” auction team was high bidder for the Grand Champion Goat, Reserve Champion Broiler, Grand Champion Showman Lamb and several other top animals at the recent Katy ISD FFA Livestock Show and Sale.
FFA WINNER – Taylor High Senior Shelby Jasso, (center, left) a Firethorne Guide, shows off her prize-winning rabbit to Firethorne GM Wayne Meyer (center, right) and FFA students Caitlin Powers (left) and Shelby Wells (right) at the recent Katy ISD FFA Livestock Show and Sale. The “Firethorne Stampede” auction team was high bidder on Jasso’s rabbit, as well as the sale’s the Grand Champion Goat, Reserve Champion Broiler and Grand Champion Showman Lamb, among others.
The Firethorne team also bought the fourth place goat, eighth place rabbit, 14th place lamb and pig, plus 10 add-ons in the barn sale.
All money raised through the auction goes to support FFA college funds for Katy ISD students.
Stampede spokesman Wayne Meyer, who is also the master-planned community’s general manager, said Firethorne representatives were particularly excited to bid on a rabbit raised by a part-time employee who is also an active Taylor High FFA member.
“The Katy ISD FFA Livestock Show and Sale is always a highlight of the year. We especially were thrilled to purchase the rabbit raised by one of our own Firethorne Guide employees, Shelby Jasso, who is a senior at James Taylor High School,” Meyer said. “Shelby has done a great job as an FFA student and at Firethorne, where she’s worked after school and summers.”
The Firethorne Stampede participants included Mike Dinges, John Steffes & BKD, Lyndel Berry, Cliff Kavanaugh, Tax Tech, Terracon, Storm Water Solutions, Freed Advertising, Susan Farb Public Relations, Park Construction, Bluegrass Maintenance, Jones & Carter, David Weekley Homes, K. Hovnanian and Jefferson Development Company.
