Friends will raise money for Cody DeTrolio memorial with his steers
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WARDEN – Friends of Cody DeTrolio, along with Cody's fellow FFA members, are looking to raise as much money as they can for a memorial scholarship.
To that end they have a steer – Cody's - they're selling at the Adams County Fair next month.
Cody died in a traffic accident in June. He would've been a senior at Warden High School this fall.
“He was one of the good kids,” Warden FFA Advisor Todd Kisler said. “Everybody liked Cody,”
More than 850 friends and family attended the funeral.
Cody had already started on his fair projects when he died. He was raising two steers, one for 4-H competition at the Grant County Fair, the second for FFA competition at the Adams County Fair.
His family kept the steers, with the intention of using any of the money earned for a scholarship in Cody's memory. There's also discussion of a fund to help Warden students with ag projects, Kisler said.
“They want to be able to help kids in agriculture,” he said.
The 4-H steer was up for auction at the Grant County Fair stock sale, in a scene that generated a lot of emotion. Kisler said he hadn't been able to confirm a price, but it may have gone for $10 per pound, or possibly even more than that.
The FFA steer was reserved for the Adams County Fair, Kisler said, and Warden FFA steer exhibitors will take care of it and show it.
“They're all going to help with it,” Kisler said.
That fair is scheduled for Sept. 16-19 in Othello. Persons who want to donate to the fund can bid during the stock auction, Kisler said, which is scheduled for Sept. 19.
After the stock auction, the family has asked that the beef be quartered and the quarters be sold, and that money added to the proceeds, Kisler said.
The FFA already had a scholarship, and that's going to be renamed the Cody DeTrolio Memorial, Kisler said. Whether or not the money raised by the family will be added to the FFA scholarship or used to set up a separate scholarship hasn't been determined yet, Kisler said.
In the meantime, people who want to donate to the FFA scholarship in Cody's name can mail contributions to Warden High School, 101 W. Beck Way, Warden, WA 98857.
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