We’re putting the final wraps on the 2010 KAA Convention at the Wichita Airport Hilton.
Thursday night featured a meet-and-greet honoring past presidents.
Lynn Langvardt was the winner of the Kansas Livestock Bid-call Contest held in El Dorado on Thursday night. Last year’s livestock champion, Charlie Cummings, won the KAA Bid-call Contest this year at the [...]
12:25
Leaving now for Abilene, Kansas, to the Kansas eastern region bid-call contest. This is our first event with CoverItLive, so we’ll see how it works! More within the hour!
1:24
Nearly to the fairgrounds. 7 contestants to compete. I’ll post a roster when I get there.
1:28
90 degrees today. Going to be hot in the suit.
1:55
Lance Fullerton, John [...]
As we were searching for the links for our coverage of the KAA Winter Convention, we were surprised by the almost-complete lack of designations listed with each auctioneer on his or her respective staff pages. While it’s possible that all of the auctioneers for whom we were searching simply didn’t have any designations, we [...]
Read the rest of this entry »2009 Hall of Fame Inductees
Marvin Knopp
John Shoemaker
2009 President
Dave Webb
2009 President Elect
Andy Conser, CAGA, AARE
2009 Vice President
Jack Newcom
New Directors starting 2009
Megan McCurdy
Byron Bina
Eric Bloomquist
Presidential Award of Distinction
Richard Garvin
Livestock Contest Winner
Charlie Cummings
Rookie Contest Winner
Mike Boesker
Scholarship Award Winners
Adam Pounds
Callie McCaffrey
Logan Fullerton
Vendors
Global Auction Guide Media Group
High Plains Journal
Lions Federal Savings
Rose Hill Bank
Country Custom RV
Auction Flex
Parks Motors
First American Title
Ag Press
Midwest [...]
I recently took part in the Kansas Auctioneers Association bid-call contest at the Kansas State Fair. This was my third time competing, having also done so in 2002 and 2006. I’ve also seen other contests, such as the National Auctioneers Association International Auctioneer Championship and the Oklahoma State Auctioneers Association competition.
The NAA IAC this year [...]
UPDATE: This post is from the 2008 contest. View the recently-posted 2009 contest recap.
8:30am
Just passed Junction City, KS, on I-70 headed to the KAA bid-calling championship at the fair. I’ll be updating this post in real time today so long as I have a charge on my phone, so check back regularly.
10:30am
I made it here [...]
