818-Lancast*r Farming, Saturday, August 3, 1991
Champion In Sheep Lead-Line Credits
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Fanning Staff
LEBANON (Lebanon) It
was a different set of judges and a
different year, but the senior win
ner was the same as last year’s at
the Sheep Lead-Line held at Leba
non Area Fair on July 30.
Fourteen-year-old Jamie Irwin
divulged her secret for winning.
“Smile, smile, and have lots of
fun,” she said.
And Jamie did smile as she
modeled a purple oversize sweater
spun from lambs wool and a fall
wool plaid skirt She accented her
outfit with black shoes and gold
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tight, were Marilyn Cattaginone, Sandl McLaughlin, and
Betty Martin.
From left, Lebanon Area Fair Queen Michelle Bushong, hands trophy and ribbons
to Jamie Irwin, Krista Hetrick, and Michele Ungemach.
Lebanon Area Fair Queen Michelle Bushong, left, hand* ribbons to Junior winners,
from left: Leah Bomberger, Rebecca Klelnfelter, Ann Leed, Katy Moyer, and Melissa
Moyer.
jewelry.
Jamie’s win did not depend
entirely upon her talents. Dutch
ess, her two-year-old registered
Corriedale, had a lot to do with the
win, for sheep are graded on alert
ness and cooperativeness in hand
ling by the judges.
Lead-Line competition prom
otes sheep and wool attire. The
eight contestants are judged on
general appearance and conduct
Their wool outfits must be attrac
tively designed and appropriate for
the age, size and type of contestant
The sheep.and contestant must
exhibit poise and ease as they walk
around the show ring. The sheep
must be property fitted and show
evidence of training for the event
Jamie owns three other sheep at
her home called Royal Steep
Farm. Her parents are John L. and
Linda A. Irwin. Jamie a 4-H Leba
non Sheep Club member is in the
ninth grade at Tulpenhocken High
School.
Second place in the senior divi
sion went to Krista Hetrick who
modeled a 70 percent black wool
suit accented with red boots, hat,
and carnation. Krista is a Harris
burg Area College graduate and
shows market lambs from the fam
ily's Dorset flock. A Suffolk ewe
accompanied Krista in
competition.
Third place winner was Michele
Ungemach who modeled a gray
wool suit that she made for Fash
ion Revue competition.
Junior Division
In the Junior division, last year’s
top two winners switched places.
This year, Leah Bomberger topped
the competition witff a red and
black checked jumpsuit and a
Dorset ewe borrowed from a
friend. She raises 20 to 2S Dorsets
on her parents’, Swen and Kathy
Bomberger’s, farm in
Fredericksburg.
Second-place went to Rebecca
Kleinfelter, 11, who modeled a
100 percent gray wool suit
accented with royal blue shoes,
gloves, and blouse. Her black hat
Smile ■* Fun For 2nd Win
Jamie li
petition to “Smile, smile, and have fun.
had a blue print scarf draped Judges were Marilyn Caltagi
amnnrf it. none, Marilyn’s School of Dance:
Fourth grader Ann Leed placed Sandi McLaughlin, Polled Dorset
third with a 100 percent gray wool breeder and director of Berks Co.
jumper. Katy Moyer and Melissa Sheep and Wool Growers; and
Moyer placed fourth and fifth Betty Martin home econanist at
respectively. Tulpehocken Junior High School.
Dressed For The Fair
Six-year-old jan Tice munches his favorite popcorn
at the Lebanon Area Fair. The son of Debbie and Tom Tice,
Fredericksburg, said that he comes to the Fair to see every
thing, but his very special event is watching the pig racing.
Dressed in a black hat, cowboy boots, western-style shirt
and Jeans, Nathan said, “I want to enter sheep like my
brother, Joseph, when I get older.” Nathan helped out at the
Fair by holding the sheep for contestants in the Lead-Line
competition.
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