BY KIMBERLY HERR
FARM SHOW It is an honor to
win the grand champion title of a
class. It is also an honor to win
reserve champion But winning
both grand and reserve is a double
honor, one that four of the par
ticipants in the junior breeding
show at the Farm Show Wed
nesday can claim,
Kathy Weaver, of Bedford
County, swept the Cornedale
class, winning both grand and
reserve with two yearling ewes.
Less Lazarus, Lehigh County, also
claimed both honors in the
Rambouillet class, winning with
two ewe lambs.
The last two participants to
claim both honors were a brother
and sister combination. Gerald
and Barbara Rohrer, Lancaster
County, won champion honors with
a yearling Southdown ewe and
reserve honors with their South
down ewe lamb.
Other champion honors went to
William MacCauley, Chester County, took champion
with his Suffolk yearling ewe.
Fourteen-year-old David Schultz Jr. of Nazareth, Nor
thampton County, was selected the 1983 Dorset Youth of the
Year by the Pennsylvania Dorset Breeders Association on
Sunday following the breed competition at the 68th Farm
Show.
David owns 34 animals, including 30 ewes, one ram and
three market lambs, and has been exhibiting through the
Northampton County Livestock Club for the past six years.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. David Schultz, David, above,
receives his award, a sheepskin, from the Pa. Lamb and Wool
Queen, Aimee Sheeder.
Mike Koehler, Lehigh County,
grand champion in the Cheviot
breed with his ewe lamb. Donna
MacCauley, Chester County,
captured reserve honors with her
Cheviot yearling ewe.
Grand champion in the Dorset
breed went to Alicia Strausbaugh,
York County, for her ewe lamb
Reserve honors in that breed was
Margaret Herr, Lancaster County,
with a ewe lamb.
The Shropshire champion was
owned by Lisa Converse, Chester
County, with a yearling ewe. The
reserve title went to Joyce Harp
ster, Centre County, with a ewe
lamb.
And in the Suffolk class, William
MacCauley, Chester County, took
first with his yearling ewe, and
Sandy Hopple, Cumberland
County, took reserve honors with
her ewe lamb.
Judge for the show was Gary
Ricketts, Extension sheep expert
from the University of Illinois.
Winning championship titles in the junior breeder sheep show at the Farm Show were
from left, Alicia Strausbaugh, York County, with her Dorset ewe lamb; Mike Koehler,
Lehigh County, with his Cheviot ewe lamb; Kevin Vehovic, Indiana County, with his
Hampshire ewe lamb; and Less Lazarus, Lehigh County, with his Rambouillet ewe lamb.
Results of the show are as
follows-
Junior Breeding Show
Donna MacCauley first Donna MacCauley
second Mike Koehler third Mike Koehler fourth
Ewe Lambs
Donna MacCauley first Mike Koehler second
and third
Grand champion Mike Koehler reserve
champion Donna MacCauley
Class Cornedale
Yearling Ewes
Kathy Weaver first and second
Ewe Lambs
Kathy Weaver first and second Kathy Jo Rider
third and fourth
John Snowden first and second Matthew
Hetrick third Kyle Brown ♦ourth Kathy Jo Rider
fifth
Alicia Strausbaugh first Margaret Herr second
John Snowden third Alicia Strausbaugh fourth
John Snowden fifth
Grand champion Alicia Strausbaugh reserve
champion Margaret Herr
Class Hampshire
Yearling Ewes
lonors
Kevin Vehovic first Less Lazarus second
Kathleen Barom third Maiym Bronson fourth
Kevin Vehovic fifth
Kevin Vehovic first Richard Powell second
Allison Bronson third Richard Powell fourth
Kevin Vehovic fifth
Grand champion Kevin Vehovic reserve
champion Richard Powell
Class Rambouillet
Yearling Ewes
Ron Harmless first Less Lazarus second Ron
Harkless thud
Less Lazarus first and second Wendy Lazarus
third and fourth Ron Harkless fifth
Grand Champion and reserve Less Lazarus
Class Shropshire
Yearling Ewes
Lisa Converse first Joyce Harpster second
Matthew Snavely third Beth Myers fou'th and
fifth
Joyce Haprster first matthew Snavely second
and third Leonard Brown 111 fourth Sandra
Troxell fifth
Grand champion Lisa Converse reserve
champion Joyce Harpster
Class Southdown
Yearling Ewes
Gerald and Barbara Rohrer first and second
Melissa Trostle third Lehigh Co FFA fourth
Suzan Falvery fifth
Gerald and Barbara Rohrer first Lehigh Co
FFA second Gerald and Barbara Rohrer third
Lehigh Co FFA fourth Suzan Falvery fifth
Grand champion and reserve Gerald and
Barbara Rohrer
Class Cheviot
Yearling Ewes
Class Dor sets
Yearling Ewes
Ewe Lambs
Ewe Lambs
Ewe Lambs
Ewe Lambs
Ewe Lambs
Gerald and Barbara Rohrer, Lancaster County, took
champion honors with their Southdown yearling ewe.
Class Suffolk Sandy Hopple first Nancy MacCauley second
Wll , „ Barbara Jo Falvey third Tracy Brookover fourth
William MacCauley first Tracey Brookover William MacCauley fifth
second Tammy Styer third William MacCauley Grand champion William MacCauley reserve
fourth Barbara Jo Falvery fifth champion Sandy Hopple
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Also winning a’ championship title was Lisa Converse,
Chester County, with her Shropshire yearling ewe.
Ewe Lambs
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