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Sisters Win
ELIZABETHTOWN A pair
of belted Hampshire crossbreds
won the Elizabethtown Fair Mark
et Hog Show for a pair of sisters-
Karen and Melissa Becker,
daughters of Marlin and Nancy
Becker, Manheim R 3.
For Karen who had the grand
champion from the middleweight
division winning was not new
since she had won the prestigious
junior market hog grand champ
ionship at the Stale Farmshow and
also topped the Manheim Farms
how for the last two years.
But for little Melissa this was
only her second show, and she
maneuvered the heavyweight
champion into the reserve grand
champion spot under the watchful
eye of Judge Keith Bard, a Cam
bria County hog farmer.
When asked how they keep
coming up with these winners,
Becker family members said you
need to start with a good prospect.
The Beckers also keep their entries
in an exercise lot rather than on a
slanted floor.
Other winners in the opening
night activities included: Tracy
Bollinger, champion lightweight;
Sharon Haldeman, reserve champ
ion lightweight; Dennis Halde
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Ellen Lewis sold her market lamb to Leroy Fox, Fox
Markets, Middletown, for a record $7.75 a pound.
Kunzler 111 for $2.00 a pound. Kunzler also purchased
Karen Becker’s champion hog for $5.00 a pound.
E-town Auction Lamb Sets
When the sold was said at the
Elizabethtown Fair Livestock
Auction, some impressive prices
could be reported. 'At* $7.75 a
Hog Show
weight and Tayler Stumpf, reserve
champion heavyweight. The plac
ings according to Judge Bard are as
follows:
Lightweight
187-204
1 Sheldon Heisey 2 Gerald 0 Swanger 3
Sheldon Heisey
207-212
1 Tracy Bollinger 2 Steven Heisey 3 Heath
er Haldeman
213-216
1 Shawn Haldeman 2 Steven Heisey 3
Shawn Haldeman
217-218
1 Denise Haldeman 2 Tracy Bollinger 3
Doug Musser
Middleweight
218-221
1 Denise Haldeman 2 Chad FolKerS Gerald
D Swanger
223-226
1 Sheldon Heisey 2 Steven Heisey 3 Chad
Folker
226-231
1 Steven Heisey 2 Dwayne S Coble 3
Jeremy A Coble
234-236
1 Karen Becker 2 Gerald M Boyd 3 Jamie
Brown
Heavyweight
238-242
1 Jason Miller 2 Melissa Becker 3 Karen
Becker
242-245
1 Linda M Baum 2 Brad Wagner 3 Brad
Wagner
246-253
1 Melissa Becker 2 Karen Becker 3 Brad
Wagner
254-258
1 Tyler Stumpf 2 Melissa Becker 3 Brad
Wagner
261-270
1 Linda M Baum 2 Melissa BecKer 3 Duane
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pound, Ellen Lewis’s champion
market lamb sold to Fox Markets,
Middletown, for a fair record. Wil
lie The Butcher from Stauffers of
The Becker sisters Karen (L at je Keith Bard the
grand and reserve grand champion at the Elizabethtown Fair.
Musser Wins First Championship
BY PAT PURCELL
“It’s about time,” was all Doug
Musser had to say as he left the
show ring at the Elizabethtown
Fair Beef Show on Wednesday
night with the grand champion
trophy.
“I’ve been doing this for seven
years and this is the first time I won
the championship. It’s about
time,” said Musser, the 16-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Z.
Musser of 566 Green Tree Road,
Elizabethtown.
For seven years Musser has
been raising beef steers in 4-H and
FFA as projects and this was his
first champion. Musser’s time had
certainly arrived. As he walked his
grand champion, named Beef, to
the bam, his second steer was
being selected as the reserve
champion.
Musser’s 1230-pound grand
champion is a crossbreed Angus,
Chianina, Simmenlal and Here
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Doug Musser captured his first grand'championship at the Elizabethtown
Fair Beef Show with his 1230 steer.
Record
Kissel Hill bought the reserve
champion lamb shown by Jessica
Stoltzfus for $4.50 a pound.
The grand champion steer for
Doug Musser was purchased by
In E-town Beef Show
ford. He was bred by Ollie Bennett
of Frederick, Md.
Cumberland County extension
agent, David Hartman, judged the
15-steer event. Hartman selected
the steer because of its excellent
height and length and uniformity
throughout.
‘This steer clearly dominates
the group we have here tonight,”
said Hartman.
This grand champion, although
may not have seen the winner’s
circle before, has been in the spot
light before. Beef made an appear
ance in the television commercial
for Kunzler’s all-beef franks a few
months ago.
The reserve champion named
Buckwheat, weighed in Wednes
day night at 1180 pounds. He an
Angus-Chianina bred by Fred Frey
of Quarryville.
In the showmanship and fitting
competition, Dwayne Coble of
Dauphin County took the senior
Kunzler and Company Inc., Lan
caster, for $2.00 a pound. The
prize steer had been used for a
Kunzler television commercial
earlier this year. Chris Kunzler 111
also bought Karen Becker’s
supreme champion hog for $5.00 a
pound. The reserve champion hog
■Michelle Nissley, 2. Derek
Nissley, 3. Daryl Coble.
Mediumweight (910-1120)
1. Deb Wogelmuth, 2. Joe Gar
ber, 3. Tim Foreman.
Heavyweight (1135-1195)
1. Doug Musser, 2. Diane Muss
er, 3. Marsha Dehmay.
Division 2
(Steers to be sold)
1. Doug Musser.
Division 1 Champion
Doug Musser
Grand Champion
Doug Musser
Fitting and Showmanship
Senior
1. Dwayne Coble, 2. Doug
Musser, 3. Michele Nissley.
Junior
1. Diane Musser, 2. Deb Wogel
muth, 3. Corey Dehmey.
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showmanship award in the beef
show.
Division 1
Lightweight (610-820)
shown by Melissa Becker was pur
chased by Hatfield Packing Com
pany at $3.50 a pound.
Average for the 80 hogs in the
sale was 87 cents a pound. In the
lamb sale 44 head averaged $1.76
a pound. Only one steer the grand
champion was sold.
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