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Article: AUCTIONEER FALLS SHORT AT CONTEST
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- Roanoke Times & World News
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- October 20, 2006
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Eddie Wagoner "gave her a whirl" Thursday. But competition was
fierce, and the 29-year-old auctioneer from Independence, vying for
one of eight slots to attend the 2007 World Livestock Auctioneer
Championship in June, did not make it to the final round.
"It was a very tough competition," Wagoner said afterward.
"There's a bunch of us that didn't make it." Many of the contestants,
he added, were "top-quality professional auctioneers."
Thursday's competition at the Wythe County Livestock Exchange was
one of four regional competitions held around the country, drawing 20
contestants, some from as ...