Brother BY LOU ANN GOOD DENVER Jenny Wenger battleda 135-pound Suffolk to win first place for her brother in the Market Lamb Division at the Den ver Fair on Thursday night. The Grand Champion Showman Gary Crills displays his trophy and his Suffolk who enabled him to win. ary-eyed Tracy and Gina jntes jten as Terry Kauffman, Denver Sheep Show’s coordinator, tells the audience why the sisters won the Special Exhibi tor Award. « , WUiußeg TMol Molimui Ltd t IWLEU Uhwatoms liu 7321 lib And Sister Duo Show Top Market Lamb At Denver Fair Jenny on the chin, but she hung on and kept smiling. After receiving the trophy, from their own Ram. “Because twelve-year-old Brad Wenger they’re so lively I didn’t think we hugged his sophomore sister and had a chance,” Jenny admitted, said, “Thanks, Jen, I couldn’t have But whatever their sheep had, dt ' it without you.” the judge, David Lytle a Hamp- \ s *» 4 ♦ V Brad explained that all of their nine sheep are a lively bunch bred With TrueC,rit Rampage, ife the end of the trail. | Give fem one last meal. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September t 9, 1987-A3l jnny .nger had a difficult time q g their energetic Suffolk, but they earned the grand cham pion market lamb trophy and numerous other top awards. * shire breeder from New London, liked because both Jenny and Brad won numerous ribbons at the 4th year Denver show slated as second largest sheep show in the county. Teary-eyed Tracy and Gina Montes, Lititz, accepted the Spe cial Exhibitor Award and explained how thrilled they are since last year, their first for sheep showing, they had experience a tragedy. Then, the two daughters of Marilyn Montes, lost a sheep during a Manheim show from a polio virus. The sisters have four Oxford, Becky, Peaches, Autumn Surprise, Dora Dee and a Hamp shire named Thermador. Gina, a twelveth-grader, said her interest in sheep was launched while participating in Warwick High School’s FFA program. Her eleventh-grade sister became mes merized by the cute antics of Gina’s first sheep and this year joined her sister in the sheep show pen. Both girls won numerous awards for their ewes and lambs. This was the first year the show presented a Special Exhibitor Award. Terry Kauffman who is in charge of the sheep show explained that this year they wanted to do something special for the participants. It isn’t based upon sheep or showmanship but recog nizes the outstanding helpful qual ities the winner shows toward other participants and guests. A complete listing of Denver Sheep Show winners follows: Showmanship (Turn to Pag* A 42)
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