810-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 8, 1991
Rambunctious Lambs Attract Crowds At Bedford
LINDA WILLIAMS
Bedford Co. Correspondent
BEDFORD ( Bedford Co.)
The first annual Bedford County
Sheep and Wool Field Day was
held at the Bedford Country Fair
grounds on Saturday, May 18.
Young people from the Young
Shepherds, Shawnee Lakers, and
Bedford Sheep Clubs sponsored a
lot of fun events which had both
young and older participants.
A Lamb Olympics was compos
ed of an obstacle course and those
in the game had to lead a s lamb,
sometimes rambunctious, through
a maze of straw tunnels, under and
over fences, and through rubber
tires.
The categories included one
celebrity race with Bedford Coun
ty Commissioner Kim Coon; local
plumbing business owner, Clair
Kniscly; Coach Room Restaurant
owner, Bob Barnhart; and Bedford
Mayor Jim Edwards being helped
by 4-H members.
Heather Schaeffer and her grandmother, Charlotte, plac
ed first in one division of the lamb dressing contest. They
are from the Friends Cove area of Bedford.
Commissioner Kim Coon and his yoi >ig> ipei
Myers of Bedford Valley work their way through the maze.
A lamb-dressing event followed
with various age groups dressing
sometimes patient and sometimes
otherwise lambs with 13 odd
pieces of clothing.
Local sheep shearer Karl Kauf
man did a sheep shearing demon
stration. Tom Culvert of Somerset
spoke on rotational grazing and
there were lamb spinning and dy
ing demonstrations.
A highlight of the afternoon was
a lamb cooking contest with Belly
Slayton acting as the official
judge. Lamb dishes prepared by
area cooks were varied. When
judged and set out for the public,
the food disappeared quickly.
The day ended with a lamb
judging contest and a market lamb
sale.
“It was a big success, much bet
ter than we had hoped for,” says
Dick Dale of the Bedford County
Extension Office. “It will definite
ly be repeated next year.”
The sheep maze was set up in the fairgrounds where crowds gathered to watch
teams lead their sheep through the maze.
Jake Schoonhoven of Lancaster and Stephen Sweet of
This girl dresses her lamb Alum Bank share a baby lamb. The little girl in the last
during competition. frame is Megan Keller.
Visitors at tha Bedford County Campgrounds enjoyed a spinning demonstration.