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Cindy Lange-Kubick: The day it rained hundred-dollar bills at the county fair

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Cindy Lange-Kubick: The day it rained hundred-dollar bills at the county fair

• Cindy Lange-Kubick
• Jul 24, 2014
• Jul 24, 2014 Updated Jul 30, 2014
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Show steer Ralph earned nearly $8,000 at the Saline County Fair as a gesture of love for longtime 4-H member Breauna Derr (right) who was diagnosed with cancer last December. Her brother, Nathan (left), helps care for Ralph on Tuesday inside one of their sheds. 

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Breauna Derr (left) along with her brother, Nathan, and show steer, Ralph, smile for a portrait on Tuesday outside their home.

• KRISTIN STREFF/Lincoln Journal Star

Cancer patient and longtime 4-H member Breauna Derr smiles for a portrait on Tuesday outside her home. 

• KRISTIN STREFF/Lincoln Journal Star

Cancer patient Breauna Derr (front), along with her parents Kim and Andrew and brother, Nathan, smile for a portrait on Tuesday.

• KRISTIN STREFF/Lincoln Journal Star

Cancer patient and longtime 4-H member Breauna Derr (right) reaches in to say hello to her show steer Ralph as her brother Nathan holds him on Tuesday in the shed on their farm.

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Joel Weber of Dorchester hugs Breauna Derr of Friend after the sale of Breauna's steer Ralph at the Saline County Fair. Joel was one of the buyers.

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Cindy Lange-Kubick

Michael Scholz didn’t witness it, but he heard there was crying at the Saline County Fair Sunday.

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Show steer Ralph earned nearly $8,000 at the Saline County Fair as a gesture of love for longtime 4-H member Breauna Derr (right) who was diagnosed with cancer last December. Her brother, Nathan (left), helps care for Ralph on Tuesday inside one of their sheds. 

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Breauna Derr (left) along with her brother, Nathan, and show steer, Ralph, smile for a portrait on Tuesday outside their home.

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Cancer patient and longtime 4-H member Breauna Derr smiles for a portrait on Tuesday outside her home. 

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Cancer patient and longtime 4-H member Breauna Derr (right) reaches in to say hello to her show steer Ralph as her brother Nathan holds him on Tuesday in the shed on their farm.

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Joel Weber of Dorchester hugs Breauna Derr of Friend after the sale of Breauna's steer Ralph at the Saline County Fair. Joel was one of the buyers.

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