Fancy Flock Flyers spin, weave their way to championship LEBANON Lebanon County kicked off their week-long Farm-City celebration last Friday evening with a Sheep to Shawl contest and farm equipment display at the Lebanon Plaza Mall, along Route 72. The grand champion team in the Sheep to Shawl contest was a group of women who called themselves the Fancy Flock Flyers. Team members included Carol Buskirk, Harrisburg; Joanne Higgins, Harrisburg; Jimmie Hep ford, Summerdale; and Diane Dilger, Lebanon. They were the first team of three spinners and one weaver to complete their shawl in a time of 102 minutes. The shawls, which had to be a minimum of 20-22 inches wide, 70 inches long, with at least 5 inches of fringe on each end, were judged by Dotty Lewis and Phyllis Robinson of Lancaster The judges explained they were looking at the shawls’ designs, along with the team members’ spinning and weaving ability, their speed, and their team identification (costumes;. The championship team’s shawl was auctioned off after the contest and sold to Rich Brandt Farm Sales for $l7O. The reserve champion shawl was created under the skilled hands of the Ridley Creek Craft Guild from Chester and Delaware counties. Team members included Ann Bates, Suzanne Keenan, Debby Sax, and Louise Buis. Bidding stopped at $l6O for the reserve champion shawl, going to Mrs. Carl Wenger, Myer stown Each of the remaining The winning team receives the championship rosette from Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Chet Heim. Members of the Fancy Flock Flyers are, from left, Joanne Higgins, Harrisburg: Diane Dilger, Lebanon; Jimmie-Hepford, Sum merdale; and team captain Carol Buskirk, Lmglestown. Pa. Meats team in top ten at American Royal KANSAS CITY, Mo The the overall contest in Team memoci,' nao to Pennsylvania 4-H Meats placings and oral reasons identih 24 cuts of retail Judging and Identification with 1839 points out of a meat giving the tvpe of team placed in the top ten in possible 2070 points Winning animal the wholesale cut stiff competition at the the contest was the Virginia retail cut and correct National Contest, held here 4-H team with a score of 1925 method of cooking The Pa in conjunction with the points team placed fifth in this American Royal on , division, with Ken Sundai November 12-13 m judging, the Pa placing fifth individuals The team, consisting of tcum look third place Team Brj an Palmer Ken Sunday, rnemner Brvau Palmer ; n total placing-! of he-f Mark Cbaugh and Michelle p'aoed third w ith an in- po r K and retail classes Pa Bankert all from York dr.iduaJ score of 139 out of i.jj came »n mntn wit*’ Counts placed seventh in Jsopoints Vimva wi’-eno' Ih< '■ortt 1 -' championship shawl. The shawl was created in one hour and forty-two minutes. three shawls sold for $l5O each The third place team was called Quiet Valley’s Spinster Web, Monroe County. Team captain and weaver was Barbara J. Lord. Her spinners included Sue Oiler, Maryellen, Mross, and Sandra Temll. In fourth place were the Fiber Fanatics of Cum berland County. The four member group consisted of Giftny Leber, captain; Sharon Worley; Jane Eggleston; and Ruth Clark. And in fifth place were the Thistledown Spinners 1716 Cumberland County team was made up by Florence Seidler, Ruth Singleterry, Margaret Loy, and Carolyne Winslow. The fleeces for the contest were shorn from Corriedale crossbred sheep, provided by the Ben Bow family, Annville. Daughter Julie Bow performed the shearing. The event was sponsored by the Lebanon Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Lebanon Plaza Mall Association. Assisting in the event was the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Five Commodity Queen were on hand for the opening night of Lebanon’s Farm-City Week celebration at the Lebanon Plaza Mall. Posing for a quick picture are Lebanon County Dairy Princess Bev Burkholder; Adams County Apple Queen Tami Lovaugh; and Pa. Lamb and Wool Queen Lauren Putnak. Also part of the festivities were Pa. Red Cherry Queen Lauri Roth and Pa. Honey Queen Becky Fisher. Cumberland County's Fiber Fanatics concentrate on knotting-off their shawl. Their finishing time was 104 minutes two minutes off the champion team’s time. With feet treddlmg and fingers guiding, the spinners from Monroe County’s Quiet Valley Spinster Web conjure up images of days-gone-by when spinning fleeces into wool yarn was not only an art but a necessity. jM ikfe ‘SI* 3 . >- jk - am v V * V. ig the five completed shawls are wea\ Thistledown Spinners, fifth place, Ruth Clark, Fiber Fanatics fourth place, Barbara Lord, Quiet Valley s Spinster Web, third place. Deborah Sax, Ridley Creek Craft Guild second place, and Carol Buskirk, Fancy Flock Flyers, first place Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 22,1980—P23 , A,-** ..v W - v . .1 XT . y*- ? ' , *■ ■% l * V. 4*5,.
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