N...m>y 14, i»»i_ At DaupMnfaJßee, BY SHEILA MILLER HARRISBURG - Dauphin County 4-H Beef Club members started out a two-day show schedule Monday with their county's Round-Up competition, held here at the Farm Show Complex. From Harrisburg, many of the 4-H’ers trailered their steers to neighboring Lancaster County for the District show, held Tuesday. Fifteen-year-old Dwayne Messick, Elizabethtown, claimed two championship ribbons at Monday’s event first for his Ctuanina heifer, and second for his Angus x Ctuanina steer. Intermediate champion showman was Becky Webster, Halifax. This is the fourteen-year-old’s third year of 4-H competition. gr«. ~.dfnpi jy lyr. Messick. The Blue Sky Jet Set daughter has earned numerous purple ribbons in her show road career, taking top honors at KILE and Eastern National last month. Eleven-year-o. .e -ss 1980 heifer is a bred and owned daughter of Elizabethtown, exhibited his Simmental heifer PoHed challenger out of Messick’s Galiant to her second consecutive grand championship in the female division of the show. The April Messick entries take championships Thu was the second year in a row that Messick, the son of Alvin and Fern Messick, took top honors in the Chianma female division. His entry at last year’s Dauphin County Round-Up was pinned grand champion, too. This year’s entry, Blue Sky Princess, an April 1980 heifer, was chosen as grand champion by Round-Up judge Terry Shearer, of Pigeon Hills Farm, Abbottstown, along with the judges at the recent- Keystone International Livestock Exposition and Eastern National shows. Messick explained he purchased the champion’s dam at a Chianma sale in Wnghtsville and bred the Dwayne Messick, 15, of Middletown showed his Angus x Chianina crossbred steer to grand champion honors at Monday’s Dauphin County cow artificially to Blue Sky Jet Set. This year that same cow produced twin calves to add to the Lower Dauphin High School student’s growing herd of 20 head. Judge Shearer’s selection for champion steer was Messick’s first place heavyweight. The 1260- pound steer, named Buddy Row, was purchased by Messick from Nittany Farms, State College. This was the fust tune Messick’s project steer won a purple, ribbon, although his last year’s entry was tagged reserve grand champion. Coming in a close second in the steer show was Kaye Sweigard’s Angus x Chianina steer “10”. This nearly perfect steer was previously tagged grand champ at Dauphin County’s 4-H Fair, held in August. It was selected as champion lightweight in com petition at KILE. Neither Kaye’s steer nor the experienced showman and cat tleman herself are strangers to the Farm Show arena. In her last year of 4-H competition, Kaye has earned an enviable tan bark record of championships and the trophies to prove it. The freshman at Harrisburg Area Community College, is the daughter of Kenneth and Mane Sweigard, Halifax. Another Sweigard also left the Round-Ui Monday event with, a cham- ' the fourteen-year-old daughter of pionship. Monique Sweigard, the Debbie and Melvm Lebo, Halifax, fifteen-year-old daughter of Her black steer, an Angus x' Eugene and Jamce Sweigard, Chianina cross was bred by Halifax, showed her home-bred Eugene Sweigard. Angus x Chianina steer to win It was a championship day for senior champion showman honors, eleven-year-old Mike Messick, the The steer, B.J. (Black Jack) was son of Mylm and Dons Messick, the reserve, grand champ at the Middletown. The young cattleman Dauphin County 4*H Fair aftd was chosen as top showman m the placed second in its class at KILE, junior competition and also earned Intermediate champion * championship ribbon with his showman'was Rebecca Webster, (Turn to Page D 4) f&L t >jF Kaye Sweigard, Halifax, completed her final county round up competition by showing her Angus x Chianina steer, “10", to the reserve grand champion slot. Monique Sweigard, Halifax, demonstrated her "cool” in the showring and won senior champion showman honors. Beef Round-Up. Judging the show wa r Terry Shearer, manager of Pigeon Hills Hereford Farm, Abottstown, York County.
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