A32-LancMt*r Farming, Saturday, January 15, 19M
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
HARRISBURG (Lancaster
Co.) — Brad Linton, the 17-ycar
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lin
ton Jr. Kirkwood, walked away
with top honors in the junior steer
show at the Farm Show. The nam
ing of the grand champion steer is
always a media highlight of the
show and Brad found himself in the
limelight as soon as Judge Dennis
Suzanne Bishard showed the champion Angus heifer In
the Junior breeding beef show.
Banks from Michigan State pro
nounced his Angus, Maine-Anju
crossbred steer named “D.C” the
winner. The grand champion was
the champion lightweight steer in
the crossbred show and weighs
1,203 pounts.
Reserve grand champion honors
went to Jonathon Stockdale from
Armstrong County. Jonathon had
the reserve champion in the
crossbred division and his steer
weighs 1,335 pounds.
Champions were also named by
breeds. In the Angus show, Tammi
Grubb had the champion and Jen
nifer Dunleavy had the reserve
champion.
In the Hereford/Polled Hereford
show, Travis Reid had the champ
ion and Kyle Zerbe had the reserve
champion.
Simmental winners are Wade
Myers Myers champion and
Matthew Messick reserve
champion.
In the Other Purebred class Jes
sica Lori had the champion and
LaDonna Miller had the reserve
champion.
HESS NAMED
One of the annual events at the
youth beef shows at the Farm Show
is the awarding of the J. Ira Coble
award given to outstand youth
leaders. This year the winner was
Elvin Hess, the long time 4-H beef
and dairy leader in Lancaster
County. Elvin farmed for 34 years
on a dairy farm near Strasburg. He
has been a Red Rose Beef Club
leader fdor 36 years and also was a
4-H Dairy Club leader for about the
same length of time. Elvin has been
an outstanding promoter of 4-H
because as he says “I love kids!”
JUNIOR BREEDING
In the junior beef breeding show
in the morning, breed champions
were named in five major breeds.
In the Angus breed, Suzanne
Bishard had the grand champion
and Brett Bishard had the reserve
grand champion.
Wade Myers had the champion
Charolis, and Stanley Reever had
the reserve champion. In (he
Limousin breed Windy Schink
ovec had the grand champion, and
Joleen Kirschner had the reserve
champion.
In the Hereford show, Charles
Vogel had the champion and Curt
Linton Shows Grand Champion Steer
Stockdale had the reserve grand
champion.
And Derrik Carlisle had the
champion Simmental, and Keith
Carlisle had the reserve grand
champion.
JR MARKET STEER
Clan 1 LlghMfMit; 1. Tom B. Nawphar;
2. Brian Mllar; 3. Sara How*.
Oaaa 3 Llahlwalahl: 1. Brad Litton; 2.
Curt Stocfcdala: 3. Erie Bariihalmar.
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Charles Vogel with his brother Luke show the champion
Polled Hereford heifer.
Jonathon Stockdale shows tha reserve grand champion
steer.
Brad Linton shows th» grand champion Junior market steer at the Farm Show. Boyd
Wolff, state agriculture secretary, makes the presentation.
Derrlk Carlisle shows his champion .Slmmental heifer.
Elvln Hess, Strasburg, receives the J. Ira Cobla Award
from Dave Coble for eupporttve efforts as a 4-H leader.
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