D2O-Umcaster Farming Saturday, July 1,1989
Poster Contest Winners
Announced
Noel Schieb, 16, of Chester
County is the grand prize winner
of the 1989 Pennsylvania 4-H
Poster Contest Marta Smith, 10,
of Somerset County took second
place in the show.
Schieb also won first place in
the 13-18 age group. Angela Cun
ningham, 13, of Washington
County took second placle and
Eileen Ashbaugh, 14, of Clarion
County took third.
In addition to being second
overall, Smith won first prize in
the 8-12 age group. Jennifer
Davies, 11, of Westmoreland
The 251 h annual Baltimore
County 4-H Fair will be held July
12-16 on the state fairgrounds in
Timonium, Md. This year, the fair
will run through the weekend, with
special events planned for Satur
day and Sunday. Fair hours will be
8:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. There
will be free admission, free park
ing, and free entertainment every
day.
Wednesday, at 6:00 p.m., the
fair will open to the public with the
crowning of the 1989 Farm Queen
during the Farm Bureau picnic,
which will feature Baltimore
County home-grown pit beef,
lamb, and pork, with salads, bever
ages, and dessert. Advance paid
reservations must be made with the
Farm Bureau at 301/666-1033.
Dinner entertainment will be pro
vided by “The New Beginnings,”
Maryland’s state 4-H entertain
ment group. Farm Queens from
1964 through 1989 will receive
special anniversary honors. The
annual Champion/Blue Ribbon
baked foods auction will follow
the queen contest with plenty of
pies, cakes, and bread for the high
est bidders.
' Thursday evening’s Style
Revue will precede an old
fashioned 4-H campfire with
stunts, skits, games, and fun for
all! Friday evening will feature an
auction of steers, sheep, and hogs.
Bidders will buy it “on the hoof’
and arrange to have it freezer
packed. Meanwhile, over in the
Cow Palace, “The Cutter” will be
presenting an evening of easy lis
tening music from the ’sos through
the ’Bos.
Saturdays, visitors should come
early for a full day of contests and
entertainment. Farm-fresh pro
duce will be on sale, county and
consumer groups will have dis
plays, the dairy goat and dairy
heifer shows will be in progress,
and ponies and horses, from minia
tures to draft horses, will be per
forming all day. Saturday even
ing’s free entertainment will be a
disc jockey dance in the Cow
Palace. On Sunday there will be a
nondenominational church service
at 11:00 a.m., an antique car show,
draft horse show, cow chip contest,
and a closing awards ceremony.
The Cow Palace willhouse the
usual indoor exhibits of food, clo
thing, photography, arts, crafts,
flowers, vegetables, and educa
tional 4-H booths. Rabbk- and
poultry exhibits, as well as the Pet
ting Bam, also will Ip the Cow
Palace. Beef, dairy, sheep, swine,
goat, dog, and Horse shows are
4-H
HAPPENINGS
County won second place in this
group and Greta Blum, 8, of
Washington County took third.
According to Jerry H. Reybum,
Penn State professor of agricultur
al and extension education, the
poster contest gives all 4-H’ers a
chance to express their ideas about
4-H on 14 by 22 inch poster
boards.
The winning posters were cho
sen from 115 entries judged by
Harry A. Carey, Penn State pro
fessor of extension information.
They will be exhibited in Pennsyl
vania malls and at the 1990 Farm
Show.
Baltimore County Fair Scheduled For Mid July
scheduled for Wednesday through
Saturday. Tractor, bicycle, and
automotive contests are also on the
schedule. A pet show, open to
non-4-H’ers and their pets, will
The Hunterdon County 4-H
Sheep Club held a field trip to the
Fieldstone Farm in Carversville,
Pa., for their May meeting. 20
members and parents attended.
A new member attending the
meeting was J.J. Dozier of
Flemington.
Danielle Riccioni of Fleming
ton reported that 4-H Day at the
Mall went very well. Many people
were interested in the club’s
exhibit.
Mike Everitt of Upper Black
The May field trip of the Hun
terdon County 4-H Herpetology
club was off to a very early start.
On May 6th, club leaders and
members visited Few Acres Herb
Farm in Delaware Township with
the Horticultural project as one of
their workshops. After lunch they
met other members of the club at
the Extension Center and went to
begin at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday.
Tours for groups will be conducted
on Thursday and Friday. Entries in
the Scarecrow Contest may be
constructed Thursday through
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Eddie reported on the New Jersey
Invitational Sheep Bowl. The
Senior team consisted of Lisa
Zachmann, of Pittstown, Mike
Everitt and Brian Freeh of Upper
Black Eddie. The Junior team con
sisted of Geneva Miller of Fle
mington, Jeff Everitt and Jaeme
Griffin of Pittstown. Both teams
placed second.
The June meeting will be a
Field Day at the Riccioni Farm in
Flemington. Daniell Riccioni will
be hosting it and B.J. Fugazzi is
Amwell Lake. After taking a
wrong turn and thinking the lake
was gone forever, club member
Josh Chou of Flemington was able
to guide the club back in the right
direction. Josh Chou and Robert
Sanchis of Hampton scanned the
shoreline for turtles and snakes in
Josh’s boat and they saw several
painted turtles and water snakes
Sunday.
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The Junior Show will be
August S, 1989 at the Kuehn Farm
in Flemington with Susan Kuehn
hosting it. This year the Burling
ton County 4-H Sheep club will
also be participating in it
The Flemington Fair was dis
cussed and it was decided that the
Fitting Contest will not be held; a
fitting demonstration will be
incorporated with the Sheep to
Shawl Presentation instead.
(one that was five feet long.)
Meanwhile, club leader Mr.
Sanchis and Ryan Muir of Fle
mington were walking around the
lake collecting specimens that
were studied and later released
back into their sites. The club
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