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CENTRE HALL, PA PUREBREDS CROSSBREDS 40 LAMBS SELL AT 6:30 PM FOLLOWED BY 150 PIGS 1994 CHAMPIONS AND RESERVES • SUPREME CHAMPION PIG AT YORK FAIR • RESERVE PIG AT MIFFUN COUNTY FAIR • CHAMPION LAMBS AT CAMBRIA AND UNION COUNTIES • RESERVE JUNIOR CARCASS PIG AT K.I.L.E. • CHAMPION PIGS AT CENTRE, LYCOMING AND FRANKLIN CNTYS. • CHAMPION PIG AND RESERVE LAMB AT BEAVER COMMUNITY FAIR • CHAMPION AND RESERVE LAMBS AT MIFFLIN & CLEARFIELD CNTYS. • CHAMPION AND RESERVE lAMBS AT MIFFLIN & CLEARFIELD CNTYS. • CHAMPION AND RESERVE HAMPSHIRE PIGS AT CENTRE COUNTY • CHAMPION AND RESERVE YORKSHIRE PIGS AT CENTRE COUNTY • RESERVE DUROC PIGS AT CENTRE COUNTY 25% CREDIT REFUNDS ON CHAMPIONS AND RESERVES CONSIGNORS FIGS LAMBS Dave Holloway Dave Harpster Kim Witmer Eugene Berkey Harold Harpster Ben Bow Family Charles & Mark Hall • Circle K. Suffolks M-J-D Club Pigs (Fetterolfl For More Information Contact: Ken Fetterolf Dave Harpster RD. #2, Box 124 Box 146 Centre Hall. PA 16828 Boalsburg, PA 16827 814-364-1623 814-466-6669 Food Stand Provided By Centre Hall 4-H AO Club Keith Bryan, instructor and coach of the Penn State Livestock Judging Team, directed the con test, assisted by former members of Penn State Judging Teams and current members of the Penn State Block and Bridle Club, and employees of the Pennsylvania Beef Council, all who helped with organization, scoring, official placings. and contest questions. BEEF EXPO LIVESTOCK JUDGING CONTEST RESULTS BEGINNER (28 contestant*) 350, Georg* Millar (HedgesvHl*. WMt Virgi nia); 348, Jenny Mower (BelhMwm, Pennsyl vania);.342, Shane Smithston* (Whitehall, Maryland); 316, Michelle Blaueh (Jonestown, Pennsylvania); 315, Jessica Schmidt (Dm more, Pennsylvania): 312, Ben Welst (Lees port, Pennsylvania); 309, John Kinney (Eli zabethtown, Pennsylvania): 309, Jillian Lan glais (West Greenwich, Rhode Island); 305, Nathan Tice (Lebanon, Pennsylvania); 303, Nathan Schaeffer (Delta, Pennsylvania). INTERMEDIATE (41 contestants) 346, Michelle Common (Carlisle, Pennsylva nia); 341. Lisa Reid (Strasburg, Pennsylvani an Justin Harward (Forest Hill, Maryland): 332, Jen Smithson (Whitehall, Maryland); 331, Chad Miller (Knox, Pennsylvania): 329, Ann Lead (Myerstown, Pennsylvania); 328, Ryan Spatz (Lebanon, Pennsylvania); 327, Jeramlah Arnold (Schaefferstown, Pennsyl vania); 326, Blaine Brown (Hershey, Pen nsylvania); 325, Dawn Miller (Hedgesville, W Va.). ADULT (21 contestants) 348, Soon Nelson (Forrest Hill, Md.); 342, Scon Brown (Mill Creek, Pennsylvania); 339, Linda Hower (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania); 337, Chris Kling (Washington. New Jersey) 330, Robert Hess(Mount Joy, Pennsylvania); 328, Wallace Hanward (Forest Hill, Mary land): 327, Jen Reynolds (Doylestown, Pen nsylvania); 325, Michael Common (Carlisle, Pennsylvania): 323, Ricky Smithson (White hall, Maryland); 317, Donna Dietrich (Ham burg, Pennsylvania). 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