York County's Strausbaugh Captures Coveted Jr. Market Lamb Banner
HARRISBURG Visions of
leaping sheep may not be the
answer to insomnia, but Jeff
Strausbaugh Knows that well-toned
sheep make Farm Show cham
pions. The 9-year-old York County
youth constructed jumps in the
bam, then put his market lamb
through the paces every night.
The exercise program ap
parently gave “Scooter,” his 128-
pound Suffolk wether, die muscle
tone needed to capture the judge’s
attention, for at show’s end the
purple and gold champion banner
was handed to Strausbaugh.
The banner, one of the most
coveted sheep awards presented at
Farm Show, is given to the youth
with the best market lamb. The
junior market lamb show was held
Wednesday afternoon in the Farm
Show building in Harrisburg.
Strausbaugh, the son of Greg and
Chris Strausbaugh, York, ex
plained that the exercise course
constructed in the family’s bam
consisted of four jumps. Each
night, he led the lamb over the
Laura Folker receives congratulations iroi jnnsylvania
Lamb and Wool Queen Gwen Gray after she received the
reserve champion market lamb plaque.
Sheep showmanship winners were, from left, Geoff Powell,
Glenn Heffner and Kristin Chupp.
hurdles in preparation for Farm
Show competition.
Fielding hugs and handshakes
from enthusiastic friends,
Strausbaugh said he was feeling
both happy and surprised about his
win. The champion market lamb is
quite a coup for a youngster
exhibiting in his second Farm
Show. “You don’t do it too often,”
Strausbaugh’s mother said with a
glowing smile. Once is about all
you can hope for, she added.
Strausbaugh purchased Scooter
from Pine Haven Farm in
Newville.
On his way to the grand cham
pion title, Scooter picked up the
light heavyweight championship.
In the final round of competition,
he was up against the seven other
weight division champions and
reserves.
The overall reserve cham
pionship went to a 217-pound
Suffolk-cross wether exhibited by
Laura Folker of Lancaster County.
An experienced hog showman,
Folker was exhibiting her first
lambs at Farm Show. She has
raised hogs for a number of years,
but took on sheep as an FFA
project this year. She owns two
lambs, her market lamb “Cap
tain” and a carcass lamb. She
purchased the market lamb from
B and B Livestock in Ohio.
Like Strausbaugh, Folker
prepared her lamb for the show by
putting him through an exercise
program. She said she walked
Captain a mile each night on a race
horse track near her grand
parent’s home.
Although she was obviously
pleased with her success in sheep
competition, Folker is still un
decided about continuing with
sheep. Her mother reports that
parting with them at sale time is a
little tough to take. Laura is the 15-
year-old daughter of Tony and
Edith Folker, New Holland.
Other division champions in
cluded Bobbi Jo Keiter, Cum
berland County, champion
lightweight, and Joyce Heffner,
Berks County, reserve light
weight; Donna MacCauley,
Chester County, reserve champion
middleweight; Rob Keiter,
Cumberland County, reserve
champion light heavyweight;
Kristin Chupp, Lancaster County,
champion heavyweight; and
Rachael Hixenbaugh, Beaver
County, reserve champion
heavyweight.
Jr Market Lambs
Class 1
1 Tammy McCloskey 2 Patrick Zagrodnichek
3 Coray McConn
Class 2
1 Joyce Heffner, 2 Wayne Hixenbaugh 3
Jennifer Schnabel
Class 3
1 Bobbi Jo Keiter 2 Scott Myers 3 Virginia
Hicks
Champion Lightweight
Bobbi Jo Keiter
Reserve Champion Lightweight
Joyce Heffner
Class 4
1 Donna MacCauley 2 Melissa Trostle 3 Chris
Stress Pileup Problem Present In Farming,
Agribusiness, Says Family Specialist
BY GINGER SECRIST MYERS
Adams County Correspondent
BRUSHTOWN - “Farmers
consider themselves hardy stock.
They do not want to admit that
there is such a thing as stress,
but... There’s a lot of stress pileup
today in farming and ag related
businesses,” said Dr. James
Van Hom. The Penn State Ex
tension family life specialist spoke
on “Living with Stress” at the 71st
annual meeting of the Adams
County Cooperative Extension
Association held Jan. Bth at the
Brushtown Fireball.
Over 250 people gathered for the
annual banquet and meeting which
featured highlights of the 1986
Extension program, presentation
of special awards, election of six
new Executive Committee
members, and Dr. Horn’s
presentation.
Dr. Horn noted that the
agricultural community suffers
from stress as evidenced by its
end-products: stress-related
illnesses, increasing family con
flicts, and the rising number of
suicides within the ag community.
Horn emphasized, “When the mind
is under a lot of pressure, the body
reacts. When the body is under
stress, the mind reacts.”
Horn listed several symptoms of
stress including not only physical
illness and depression, but also
difficulty in concentration, in
creased irritability, weight gain or
loss, difficulty in doing ordinary
tasks, drug or alcohol abuse, and
chronic fatigue.
However, stated Horn, stress is
not all bad. Stress helps with
reaction time when our automatic
responses are needed. The
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excitement when 9-year-old Jeff captured the champion
market lamb banner. They are, from left, Alicia, Chris, Jeff
and Greg.
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1 Lon Tyson, 2 John Eaton, Jr, 3 Krista
Hetrick
Claw 6
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1 Rob Kaiter 2 Nancy MacCauley 3 Glenn
Heffner
ClawS
1 Joe Kuzemchak 2 Garth Sweigard 3
Michelle Arment
Claw 9
1 Jeff Strausbaugh 2 Megan Souder 3 Mark
Brubaker
Champion Light Heavyweight
Jeff Strausbaugh
Reserve Champion Light Heavyweight
Rob Keiter
problem comes when we have
stress overload and do nothing to
relieve it.
Horn presented a “Preventive
Maintenance” checklist for
dealing with stress, stating,
“Farmers do it (preventive
maintenance) for their tractors
and buildings. We need to do it for
ourselves.”
He prescribed:
• Develop a positive outlook for
dealing with crisis.
• Define your work; cut it into
manageable slices.
• Learn to accept what you
cannot change.
• Talk over your troubles with a
trusted confidant.
• Learn to relax and to pause in
life.
• Work off tensions and develop
self-renewing diversions.
County 4-H Agent Jared Tyson
recognized four families with
certificates of appreciation for
hosting IFYEs from Greece this
past summer. These included the:
Russell Redding Family, Frank
Ludwig Family, Michael Grimm
Family, and the Chester Tyson
Family.
County Executive Board
York County 4-H Council
York County 4-H Council
members met Jan. 7 at the 4-H
Center in Bair. Tracy Miller
reported on National 4-H Congress,
Jessica Price gave a report on the
York Recreation Commission and
Barb Brenneman reported on the
Class 10
1 Kristin Chupp, 2 Rachael Hisenbaufh, 3
Troy Waggoner
Claw 11
1 James Parletf 2 Brian Trace. 3 Jodie Frantz
Claw 12
1 Kristy Bishop. 2 Lae Hayes, 3 Becky Weber
Champion Heavyweight
Kristin Chupp
Rwerve Champion Heavyweight
Rachael Hixenbaugh
Grand Champion
Jeff Strausbaugh
Reserve Grand Champion
Laura Folker
Junior Lamb Showmanship
1 Geoff Powell. 2 Lon Tyson 3 Kim Bishop
Intermediate Lamb Showmanship
1 Kristin Chupp 2 Darth Sweigard 3 Brian
Trace
Senior Lamb Showmanship
1 Glenn Heffner 2 Tracy Frantz 3 OonWehr
President Kay King recognized
two of the Executive Committee’s
retiring members for serving for
nine consecutive years. They were
Miriam Zepp, New Oxford, and
Glenn Kime, Gardners. They were
not eligible for re-election. Newly
elected to the 21 member county
wide Executive Committee were:
David Benner, Bonnie Kuntz,
Barbara Platt, Tim Weiser, David
Reinecker, and Dr. Patricia
Whittaker.
County Extension Director
Thomas Piper concluded the
awards presentations with the 1986
Extension Leadership Award
which went to Glenn Kime, Gard
ner. Selection for this annual
award is determined by vote of the
full Executive Committee.
In his introduction, Piper
characterized Kime saying, “The
man we honor has been a tireless
leader in serving his community.”
Kime was the first FFA Keystone
Farmer in Adams County. He has
been an active leader in the poultry
industry both locally and on the
state level. He has also been active
on the Tyrone Township Planning
Commission and with numerous
other civic groups.
Senior Exchange.
Other reports were given by
Oona Horn, officers training, and
Sue Eisenhart, committee sign up.
The next meeting will be held
Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the 4-H
Center.