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24 THE BRANDON SUN • ROYAL MANITOBA WINTER FAIR • MARCH 26-31, 2018

Lane Nykoliation, left,
shows his steer at last
year’s Royal Manitoba
Winter Fair, while
brother Ty, below, is seen
clipping his heifer during
last year’s fair. Ty, who is
now 12, and Lane, 10 —
who are from Crandall —
are at least the third gen-
eration of their family to
show livestock at the
Winter Fair, following
both their parents and
their maternal grandfa-
ther, and perhaps even a
great-grandfather.
(Submitted photos)
Nykoliation boys

carry on family’s

showing legacy at fair

BY TYLER CLARKE their maternal grandfather,
Ronald Sangster.
It takes constant renewal for Allan, the family’s patriarch,
traditions to carry through more said that his grandfather could
than one generation, and the have very well shown cattle at
Royal Manitoba Winter Fair has the annual show, adding another
a fresh base of youngsters keen generation to the family’s legacy,
on pushing it forward. but he’s uncertain.
Siblings Ty and Lane Nykoli- Cattle farming is a proud tra-
ation are at least the third gener- dition that Allan said he looks
ation of their family to show forward to seeing his children
livestock at the Royal Manitoba continue, and is a fire that he
Winter Fair, and they’ve already commends the Winter Fair with
lined up their cattle. stoking.
Ty, the eldest of the two at age The event’s annual cattle show
12, is bringing five, including two is geared toward youths. While
market steers and three heifers. recent generations’ interest in
Lane, 10, is bringing one mar- cattle farming has been evapo-
ket steer and one heifer. rating during recent decades, it
All seven are approximately remains healthy at the annual
one year in age and were fair, where approximately 60
raised by the siblings at their youths have registered 110
family’s 300-head cattle farm at head of cattle by press time, with
the Westman community of entries still coming in for this
Crandall. year’s event.
Both of their parents showed
cattle at the Winter Fair, as did » Continued on Page 26