A36*Lancsst«r Firming, Saturday, August 19,1989
Lean Hogs Dominate
BY BONNIE BRECHBILL
Franklin Co. Correspondent
GREENCASTLE (Franklin
Co.) “The 4-H’ers of Franklin
County have something, to be
proud of,” Dr. Michael Miller told
entrants in the 4-H Pig Club
Round-Up. “Nobody brought fatty
pigs.”
Miller, judge for the show held
at the Greencastle Livestock
Market August 12. had high praise
for the quality of the hogs he
judged. When considering the
class winners to pick his champ
ion, Miller said, “It’s unbelievable
that pigs this heavy look this
good.”
He chose as his champion a
235-pbund hog shown by Donnie
Sheiss of Chambersburg. The hog
sold later during the evening sate
to W.R. Sellers Buying Station of
Grcencasde for $4.10 per pound.
Sheiss plans to attend Penn State
this fall.
The reserve grand champion
was a 245-pound hog shown by
Todd Stoner. It also sold to W.R.
Sellers Buying Station for $4.10
per pound.
Champion pair honors went to
Darwin Meyers for his two
Elonco Students Excel At Youth
NEW HOLLAND (Lane. Co.)
Five students from Eastern
Lancaster County’s Garden Spot
High School recently participated
in the week-long Lancaster Coun
ty Youth Conservation School.
pai.
In the Youth Conservation School recently. Pictured: (back row, from left) Christina
Halls, Tiffany Peters, Gretchen Frederick, counselor; Lowell Grayblll, asst, director;
Bob Lauffer, Garden Spot env. ag instructor; Mike Llndenmuth, counselor; Kent Hal
sey. counselor; Andy Petershelm, counselor; (front row) Corey Kunkle, Bob Jenkins,
Alan Houck, Bruce Stjanr env. teacher.
iter Jd • rock and log
deflector as part of the stream improvement project on Mill Creek In the Lancaster
County Park.
237-pound hogs. They sold to
Hatfield packing for 9714 cents
per pound. Eric Sheiss took home
the reserve champion pair honors
for his 232-pound hogs, which
sold for $l.lB to Willard Agri-
Service Inc.
Vice president of marketing at
White Oak Mills, Miller was for
merly a professor at Penn State.
The sale averaged $84.39 per
hundredweight on 90 head,
including companion pigs. The
hogs weighed an average of 238
pounds.
Jeff Craig, owner of the Giecn
castle Livestock Market, donated
the use of his facilities. Craig
Kneppcr of Fulton County was
auctioneer. Trophies were donated
by the Chambersburg Branch of
York Farm Credit.
A partial list of winners
follows.
Clan I
1. Robert Thompson; 2. Rodney Weller; 3.
Lori Caufman.
Claes II
1. Darwin Brechblll; 2. Jenny Bricker; 3.
Roger Carbaugh.
Class 111
1. Darwin Meyers; 2. Seth Walk; 3.
Spencer Walk.
Class IV
1. Donnie Shelss; 2. Becky Stoner; 3.
Conservation School
Participating were: Christina
Halls, Alan Houck, Bob Jenkins,
Corey Kunkle, and Tiffany Peters.
The Yough Conservation
School involves a week-long resi
dent camping experience with
Franklin County 4-H Hog Roundup
Randy Brlcker.
Ossa V
1. Todd Stoner; 2. Steve Stoner; 3. Gregg
Weller.
Clasa VI
1. David Sheiss; 2. Dennis Brechbill; 3.
Wesley Long acre.
Claee VIII
1. Eric Sheiss; 2. Daren Stauffer; 3. Wil
liam Longacre.
Champion
Donnie Sheiss
Reserve Champion
Todd Stoner
Class Pair I
1. David Sheiss; 2. Braden Eaton; 3. Ran
dy Brlcker.
Class Pair II
1. Robert Thompson; 2. Todd Stoner; 3.
Bill Longacre.
Class Pair 111
1. Eric Sheiss; 2. Spencer Walk; 3. Roger
Carbough.
Class Pair IV
1. Darwin Meyars; 2. Valerie Bltttnger; 3.
Missy Bitlinger.
Class Pair V
1. Becky Stoner; 2. Wesley Longacre; 3.
Tim Stoner.
Champion Pair
Darwin Meyera
Raaarva Champion Pair
Eric Shelss
Junior Fitting and Shewing
Champion
David SheiM
Raaarva Champion
Spencer Walk
Sanler Fitting and Showing
Champion
Eric Shelts
Raaarva Champion
Donnio Shoita
Northern Lancaster County Fish
and Game Association serving as
the base of operations. The school
is co-sponsored by the Lancaster
County Conservation District and
the Federated ' ten of Lan-
Donnie Sheiss’s 235-pound grand champion hog sold to
W.R. Seller’s Buying Station of Greencastle for $4.10 per
Todd Stoner sold his 245 pound reserve grand champ
ion tiog toW.R. senertKßUyfrttfStlrtfon OTOreehcastlt «r~
$4.10 per pound. Paulßowders, right, did the bidding for
Seller’s.
caster County. Each student must
be sponsored by a conservation
organization and keep a notebook
of activities experienced and
knowledge gained so that they can
make a report back to the organi
zation which sponsored them.
Penn Dutch Sportsmens’ Club
sponsored Bob Jenkins and Tif
fany Peters; District II of the Pa.
Trappers’ Association sponsored
Christina Halls; Beartown Sports
men Association sponsored Alan
Houck and Northeastern Lancas
ter County Rod and Gun Club
sponsored Corey Kunkle.
Garden Spot alumnus Lowell
Graybill (a former Env. Ag stu
dent who attended the conserva
tion school while in high school)
served as- assistant director.
Counselors included Gretchen
Frederick, Kent Halsey, Mike Lin
denmuth and Andy Petcrsheim all
alumni of Garden Spot’s Environ
mental Agriculture program and
previous campers at the school.
Among the activities were:
orienteering, survival, soil conser
vation and erosion control, laying
out contour strips, building a rock
and log deflector as a stream
improvement device in Mill
Creek, safety and handling of fire
arms and archery equipment,
wildlife management principles,
aquatic biology, fly fishing, forest
management and wildlife habitat
improvement pracdcums.
The school utilizes a number of
volunteers and conservation agen
cy personnel as resource persons
throughout the week. Three exten
sive field trips were taken during
the week to add to the realistic fla
vor of the camp. Tuesday the
group toured the Frank Mycr farm
in Pequea Township to learn more
about various methods of reducing
erosion and conserving soil. Stu
dents had the opportunity to see
actual conservation practices
being utilized on the farm on a
firsthand basis and later laid out a
contour strip on the farm. Tuesday
they also spent several hours con
structing a stream improvement
device on Mill Creek within the
Lancaster County Park under the
supervision of the Pa. Fish Com
mission’s “Adopt a Stream”
coordinators.
They capped off their day with
swimming and volleyball at the
County Park and a chicken B-B-
Q. That evening the group heard a
presentation by Bob Mowrer on
the Lancaster County Conservan
cy and a role playing simulation
on the legislative process as
related to environmental issues
conducted by Representative Jere
Schuler.
Thursday’s activities included a
tour of the Ephrata Waste Water
Treatment Facilities and the Lan-
Chester sanitary landfill. After
lunch they conducted a selective
improvement cutting on Game
lands 52 under the supervision of
the Pa. Game Commission’s S.E.
Field Division Forester and Land
Manager;
Friday the group travelled to
Middle Creek Wildlife Manage
ment and culminated their week’s
activities with an envir-othon
competition. Awards were pre
sented to the following students;
Best Notebook: Christina
Halls, New Holland
Bushwackers (orienteering):
Warren Glose, Ephrata and
George Bard. Conestoga.
Trapshooter: Shawn Carpent
er, Lititz
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