82-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, June 8, ’1996
GAY BROWNLEE
Somerset Co. Correspondent
SOMERSET (Somerset Coun
ty) The 1996 Somerset County
Lamb- and Wool Queen, Jenna
Svonavec, from Rockwood, dur
ing the next year, will carry the
torch of the Somerset County
Lady Shepherds that calls people
to eat lamb and wear wool.
The crown was placed on her
sleek, dark hair at a dinner held on
May 21, at the Oakhurst Tea
Room by the Somerset County
Lady Shepherds and the Somerset
County Wool Growers Asso. She
succeeds Kami Hillegass of Fair
hope.
A 16-year-old Rockwood Area
High School junior and daughter
of Joe and Rose Svonavec, Jen
na’s enviable sewing ability
hand and machine has put her
in fine company. Her Fashion Re
vue and Make It Yourself With
Wool entries had a winning quali
ty that proceeded to state level
competition after doing so well at
the district level.
To the Keystone International
Livestock Exposition she went
with the shorts and jacket she con
structed during her fourth year in
4-H.
A reliable family member who
picks up the slack in the busy six
member household, where she is
the second eldest child, Jenna says
she wishes she had enough time to
construct other garments for her
own wardrobe.
With school, however, and
with the Somerset County 1996 Lamb and Wool Queen,
Jenna Svonavec, lambs are cute and fun. Seated on the
open staircase In the Svonavec home, she holds.the chub
by animal that usually decorates her bed.
Lamb And Wool Queen Promotes
Fashion And Taste Sheep Provide
working parents dad for Svon
avec Inc. and Casselman Enter
prises; mom at Family Health
Care; sister, Danielle, 18, also em
ployed her days are filled. She
doesn’t mind helping with cook
ing, cleaning, ironing, and occa
sionally watching over her nine
year-old sister, Breigh, and Jor
dan, her five-year-old brother.
There’s also girls’ volleyball
and basketball, school band, chor
us and the super-comoul'nc club,
vying for the honor student’s time
during school months.
She says she wonn’t forget
when she discovered through the
instruction of her grandmother,
Grace Svonavec, the joys of cro
cheting. It was an auspicious day,
as well, for other reasons. “I’ll al
ways remember it was the day of
the flood last February,” she said,
recalling how quickly the deep
snow melted and caused flooding
throughout the state.
“I like crocheting best because
it goes faster than knitting,” said
Jenna, a former Leadline winner
with the best handmade garment,
and also an owner of the best lamb
in the registered class.
Her most recent project
crocheting a wool scarf is more
challenging than the simple wash
cloths she did at the beginning and
potentially, somethin’g she may
enter to be judged at the county
fair in August
For nine years she’s had 4-H
projects in the High Ridge 4-H
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Club and belongs, as well, to the
Laurel Hill 4-H Club.
Jenna’s two lambs will be at the
Sheep Sense Field Day at the
county fairgrounds in Meyersdale,
on June 22. They are kept at her
grandparents’ nearby farm, along
with some breeding sheep her
family owns.
“I like having them,” she says.
“They’re fun. I’ve grown attached
to them.”
During the summer, Jenna’s of
ficial activities will find her entic
ing folks to sampel lamb bologna
at the Somerset County Day At the
Farm held at Harold Shaulis’s
spread, on June 23; serving lamb
sandwiches at Mountain Craft
Days in early September, and
again serving lamb sandwiches
during the Cambria-Somerset
Farm City Week at a Johnstown
mall, later in the season.
There will be various parades,
fairs, and lamb shows where the
product she’s promoting will
benefit from her public visibility.
She’ll execute the duty of present
ing ribbons, banners, and plaques
to showmen.
Following are two super recipes
from her mother’s Five-Star Col
lection by Oxmoor House, Inc.,
that Jenna wants to share. They
can be whipped up for an outdoor
barbecue or served inside at a
family supper.
GARLIC-GRILLED
LAMB CHOPS
6 (1-inch-thick) lamb sirloin
chops
Vi cup soysauce
'A cup cider vinegar
3 cloves garlic, minced
3 tablespoons honey
2 teaspoons ground ginger
V*. teaspoon ground mustard
'A teaspoon pepper
Trim excess /at from lamb
chops; place in shallow dish.
Combine soy sauce and remaining
ingredients; stir well. Pour over
lamb chops. Cover and marinate
in refrigerator for at least 8 hours.
Remove chops from marinade,
reserving marinade. Grill chops
over medium coals 8 to 10 min
utes on each side or to desired de
gree of doneness, basting fre
quently with marinade. Yield: 6
servings.
SPICY BROILED
LAMB CHOPS
4 (1-inch-thick) lamb loin
chops
'/ cup olive oil
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon curry powder
1 clove garlic, crushed
14 cup lemon juice
2 tablespoons grated onion
1 teaspoon ground ginger
V* teaspoon salt
Place lamb chops in a shallow
container. Combine lemon juice
and remaining ingrediients, stir
ring well; pour over chops. Cover
and marinate in refrigerator for
two hours.
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Somerset County’s 1996 Lamb and Wool Queen, Jenna
Svonavec, 16, Rockwood, RD 2, points to the wool outfit
that in Leadline competition was judged the best hand
made garment. Opposite are the wool trousers that she
made.
Wearing her latest creation a sweatshirt with a lamb
on front, Jenna Svonavec the 1996 Somerset County Lamb
and Wool Queen, enjoys the porch swing at her family’s
rural home near Rockwood.
Remove lamb chops from mar- to desired degree of doneness,
inade. Place chops on a rack in turning once and basting often
shallow roasting pan; broil six in- with marinade mixture. Yield: 4
ches from heat for 20 minutes or servings.