4-H'ers Learn Showmanship Tips At Reid Day
BY MARGIE FUSCO
Cambria County Correspondent
GREENSBURG - Lightning
crackled and rain drove down.
Inside the Westmoreland County
Fairground bam, the cattle were
nervous and so were their han
dlers. “This is the first time we’ve
had rain for the event,” said
county 4-H advisor Joann Logan of
the July 19th field day. Then she
explained that the storm ac
counted for only part of the ner
vousness.
Last year there was no field day
in the county before the fair. The
day of fair judging, a steer that
was being unloaded broke loose
and injured a spectator. “We
thought we’d better give the kids
more experience in handling the
animals before they got in front of
a crowd this year,” Logan said.
With the help of judge Robert
Logan, a 4-H graduate, the young
steer handlers got a thorough and
supportive critique. Praise for the
winners with strong emphasis on
how much they’d worked with their
animals, accompanied by pointers
to the others on how to handle their
steers better made the lessons
easy to take.
Despite the rain and the chores
waiting at home, the youngsters
stayed. There was little of the
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usual chatter in the bam. They
held onto the fence boards, the
youngest looking between the
planks. They watched and learned.
The showmanship competition
was held in sheep, hogs, and goats
as well as beef, and a special
competition was held for con
formation judging, including an
adult division. Other judges for the
event were Dorothy Harr, sheep;
Paul Winklosky, hogs; and Marcy
Jones, goats.
Results are as follows:
Sheep
Ages 8-11
1 Wade Kling. Mountain View 4-H,
2 Heath Lilley, Chestnut Ridge, 3
Jennifer Vmsek, Mountain View
Ages 12-14
1 Rachel Obrowski, Blue Ribbon, 2
Tracey Bridge, Mountain View, 3
Willie King, New Alex Ag.
Ages 15-19
1 Rhonda Roe, Oak Hollow, 2
Brenda Oranzik, Oak Hollow
Goats
Ages 8-11
1 Rachel Jamison, New Alex Ag ,
2 Cindy Hull, Scottdale Ag, 3 Tim
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Nettie EvanKo, New Alex Ag, 3
Jessica Stutzman, Mountain View
Ages 12-14
I Lottie Trice, Blue Ribbon
Beef
Ages 8-11
1 Ryan Shaw, 2 Melinda Orczeck,
3 Jason Rice
1 Becky Bates 2 Jason Mc-
Williams. 3 Loretta Brinkley
Ages 15-19
I Todd Lilley, 2 Belinda Mc-
Williams, 3 Kris Long
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Ann McWilliams adult, Rachel
Obrowski, senior, Jennifer Vmsek,
junior
Denise Kessler, Kelly Boyd and
Rhonda Garling received ribbons
and certificates for their work in
raising a Seeing Eye puppy during
a recent meeting of the Franklin
County Seeing Eye Puppy Club.
These 4-H members are now
working with a second puppy.
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Judging contest winners at the recent Westmoreland
County 4-H Field Day model their prize hats. They are, from
left, Ann McWilliams, Jennifer Vinsek and Rachel Obrowski.
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