DULancister Farming, Saturday, October 5, 1996
NEWPORT (Perry Co.)
“Your people have some of the
best lambs in the state and some of
the best trained kids,” said Dr.
Robert Herr, judge of the market
sheep, breeding sheep, and sheep
showmanship competitions held
recently at the Perry County Fair.
Herr has more than three
decades of experience as a sheep
judge, and judges about 12 shows
each year. He went on to explain
to the group that his job was made
difficult because of the excellent
work that 4-H leaders had done in
preparing their kids.
In addition to the sheep shows,
the fair featured market swine,
market steer, market goat, dairy
cattle, dairy goat, and rabbit com
petitions. Competition was espe
cially keen in the market sheep
and market swine shows. Show
manship competitions were also
held in conjunction with all of the
above shows.
Best doe of show shown by Helen Snyder.
Amber Hetrick, left, with her grand champion market
hog.
Sisters Amanda Nace, rigth, with her grand champion
market lamb and Veronica Nace with her reserve grand
champion market lamb. Sheep judge Dr. Robert Herr com
plimented show participants on the quality of lambs in the
show.
Showmanship Reigns Supreme At Perry County Fair
Members of the Perry County
4-H clubs showed the majority of
animals at the fair, although! FFA
members from Newport, Green
wood, and West Perry High
Schools also participated. Several
open competitors, including peo
ple from outside the county, also
showed animals at the fair.
Forty-nine market lambs were
shown at the fair. Amanda Nace
won grand champion with her
113-pound Dorset lamb. Her sis
ter, Veronica Nace, won reserve
grand champion with her
120-pound Suffolk. Becky Myers
was Master Sheep Showman, and
Casey Hines was reserve champ
ion sheep showman.
Market swine judge Larry
Arnold of Lebanon County told
4-H members to remember the
parents, leaders, and others at the
fair who worked so hard to help
with the livestock show. From a
total of 71 swine, the honors for
grand champion went to Amber
Hetrick’s 270-pound Hampshire
hog. Honors for reserve grand
champion went to Sam Lowe’s
246-pound Yorkshire hog. Aman
da Nace was Master Swine Show
man, and Josh Holman was
reserve champion swine
showman.
Rachel Finkenbinder and
brother Eric’s Limousin steers
won grand champion and reserve
grand champion honors. Rachel
was also Master Market Steer
Showman, and Christine Petersen
was reserve champion steer
showman.
Honors and grand champion
market goat went to Marijane
Wright, with Sam Lowe’s market
goat being named reserve grand
champion. The Master Market
Goat Showman was Bart Gill, and
the reserve champion showman
was Sam Lowe.
In the dairy cattle show, an
exceptional Holstein owned by
Amanda Myers of the Perry Coun
ty Dairy Club won awards for best
udder, senior champion Holstein,
grand champion Holstein, 4-H
senior champion Holstein, and
4-H grand champion Holstein.
Liza Haas was Master Dairy
Cattle Showman.
In the dairy goat show, Star
fire’s WBB Alloette 4*M, owned
by Helen Snyder, earned the titles
of best doc in show, senior champ
ion Nubian, and grand champion
Nubian. A nubian doe owned by
Kassy Snyder won honors for Best
4-H Doe in Show and 4-H Best of
Breed. Kassy was also 4-H Master
Dairy Goat Showman, with Sarah
Spangler taking honors for 4-H
reserve champion showman.
The meat pen of grand champ
ion market rabbits was shown by
Nicholas Campbell, who also won
the master rabbit showman award.
On the fourth night of the fair,
the master showman from each
livestock category were
assembled together to compete for
the title of supreme showman.
CHAMBERSBURG (Franklin
Co.) Extension Agent Philip
Wagner reports that 167 animals
were exhibited by 95 youth at the
40th Annual 4-H Dairy Roundup
held in conjunction with the
Franklin County Fair.
Larissa Mellon, St. Thomas,
exhibited the junior champion,
grand champion, and reserve
grand champion Brown Swiss.
Tammie Gloss, Chambersburg,
exhibited the reserve junior cham
pion Brown Swiss.
The grand champion Guernsey
was shown by Herbert Hoffeditz,
Mercersburg. Craig Hight,
Waynesboro, exhibited the re
serve grand champion Guernsey.
Emily Stuff, Mercersburg, ex
hibited the junior and reserve
junior champion Guernsey. In the
Jersey competition, Cory Mellott,
Mercersburg, exhibited the grand
and reserve grand champion. The
junior champion was shown by
Curtis Reichard, Chambersburg,
with Aaron Horst, Chambersburg,
taking reserve junior champion
honors.
In the Holstein show, Justin
Burdette. Mcrcersburg, exhibited
the grand champion and reserve
junior champion. Cory Meyers,
St Thomas, took reserve grand
champion honors and Amy Hart
man, St. Thomas, exhibited the
junior champion.
Marijane Wright with her grand champion market goat,
left, and Sam Lowe with his reserve grand champion.
Rachel and Eric Finkenbinder with their grand champion
and reserve grand champion market steers.
which was awarded after the parti
cipants had competed with each
other by showing all categories of
livestock. The Perry County Fair
is one of the few fairs that spon
sors this type of event Because
she had competed for supreme
showman at a previous fair, mas
ter steer showman Rachel Finken
binder allowed Christine Peterson,
Dairy Roundup
Franklin County
Other exhibitors placing first in
their classes included: Christopher
Goetz, Joanna Hoover, Megan
Meyers, Philip Mummert, Beth
Meyers, Jack Rotz, Amy Gloss,
Rachel Oliver, Christiana Mickey,
Brad Glessner, Nicholas Helman,
John Garber 111, Matthew Reich
ard, Barbara Reichard, Hannah
Koontz. Amanda Stoner, Donna
Garber. Aaron Hartman, Kyle
Burdette, and Rebecka Brake.
Whitney Meyers, Greencastle,
won the first year fitter award and
Sheena Wingert, Mercersburg,
took first year showman honors.
Junior fitters honors went to
Grace Webster, Greencastle, with
Benjamin Mickey, Waynesboro,
earning junior showman honors.
Autumn Zimmerman, Mercers
burg, was selected senior fitter and
grand champion fitter of the show.
In the showmanship competition,
Jill Middour, Waynesboro, was
chosen senior showman and grand
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the reserve champion steer show
man, to compete in her place. Sev
eral judges from different'lives
tock categories were involved in
the scoring process.
The judges awarded the title of
supremen showman to Lisa Haas,
with the title of reserve supreme
showman going to Becky Myers.
At
Fair
champion showman.
Juniors placing in the fitting
and showmanship competition
were Christopher Goetz, Whitney
Meyers, Melinda Reichard, Katie
Brant, Sheena Wingert, Dustin
Mull, Emily Stoner. Abigail Ston
er, Matthew Reichard, Aaron
Horst, Andrew Ryder, Elizabeth
Brake, Hannah Koontz, Melinda
Martin and Emme Mellon.
Seniors placing in the fitting
and showmanship competition
were Megan Meyers, Philip Mum
mert. Amber Zimmerman, Curtis
Reichard, Jack Rotz, Abby Gay
man, Stacy Goetz, Cory Meyers,
Matthew Martin, Amy Hartman,
Kara Oliver, Justin Burdette, and
Herbert Hoffeditz.
The best bred and owned ani
mal of the show was a 4-year-old
Jersey exhibited by Cory Mellon.
Type judge was John Burket,
East Freedom. Becky Sonnen,
Lancaster, was the fitting and
showmanship judge.