A2C-L«nco»ter Fanning, Saturday, October 5, 1996
Westmoreland
DAVID HIEBERT
Westmoreland Co. Correspondent
MUTUAL, (Westmoreland
Co.) The sale of over 300 ani
mals and carcasses at the West
moreland County 4-H/FFA lives
tock auction netted about
$106,500 for budding livestock
producers in a sale here August
24.
In introductory remarks before
the sale, William C. Kelley, West
moreland County extension direc
tor, praised the volunteers —
parents, 4-H leaders and other
adults that made the 4-H prog
ram workable. Kelly lamented the
situation in neighboring Allcgh
ney County where the fair had to
be canceled due to lack of support.
Kelley challenged Alleghney
County to put on the kind of prog
ram demonstrated in Westmore
Isti'f Capets, Latrobe, sold her 60 pound Grand Champ
ion Market goat for $300.00 to Mike Fisher, Greensburg.
Selected auction results:
owner, city
Kristina Bierbower, Latrobe
Krystal McCracken , Derry .. . . .Reserve Grand Champion Market Lamb
Missy Capets, Latrobe
Amanda Dias, Latrobe
James Buttermore, Mt. Pleasant... Grand Champion Market Steer
David Cambruzzi, Darragh
J J Hinder, New Derry
Justin Ross, Latrobe
Brennen Bierbower, Latrobe
Kristina Bierbower, Latrobe
Justin Ross, Latrobe
Kevin Rubnght, Jeanette
Kristina Bierbower, Latrobe
Krystal McCracken, Latrobe
Russel Steele, Greensburg,
Scott Lenhart, Latrobe
4-H/FFA Livestock
land. But he said they “couldn’t
afford it” unless the effected a fair
using community minded citizen
volunteers that want to see it hap
pen. In Westmoreland County, the
volunteers start at the level of the
4-H leaders and goes on up to the
21 member fair board, all who
serve without remuneration.
At the end of the sale volunteers
demonstrated the exact spirit of
which Kelly spoke. When the last
animal filed out of the ring, the
people that had already been
working at the fair all week
cleared the sale arena of the auc
tion lay out, and made the building
available for the teen dance which
followed in the evening.
Many buyers and 4-H particip
ants included amounts from their
purchase for the 4-H Scholarship
Fund. According to Joanne Logan,
.animal
Grand Champion Market Lamb
Grand Champion Market goat
.Reserve Grand Champion Market goat
Reserve Grand Champion Market Steer
Grand Champion Market Hog.
Reserve Grand Champion Market Hog
Grand Champion Lamb Carcass
Reserve Grand Champion Lamb Carcass
Grand Champion Hog Carcass
Reserve Grand Champion Hog Carcass
Grand Champion Pair of Lambs
Reserve Grand Champion Pair of Lambs
Grand Champion Market Rabbit
.Reserve Grand Champion Market Rabbit
extension agent for youth, the goal
of the fund is to “meet all requests
for scholarship money beyond
high school.” In 1995, it’s third
year,, the fund granded six $5OO
scholarships. The scholarships are
paid in the students’ name directly
to the university or college of their
choice. Any Westmoreland 4-H
member is eligible to apply.
Grants are made on the basis of
need, participation in 4-H and
leadership skill exhibited.
More on the
Westmoreland County Fair:
For years, fair officials have set
an attendance goal of 100,000 and
continued that goal in planning
this year’s fair. In 1995 attendance
came to 91,000 shattering the pre
vious 72,000 record set in 1992.
Attendance includes paid admis
sion, grandstand events and week
long exhibitor and commercial
passes. This year the board
included an additional weekend in
the schedule starting off with
country music performer, Aaron
Tippin, on Friday evening, August
16.
But the attendance record? As
in previous years, it was the
weather. A storm came through
Friday evening Aug. 23, keeping
the crowd small and the total
attendance withered at 93,500.
The 100,000 goal remains a barri
er be broken. Next year?
In another measure of participa
tion by the community, the West
moreland County Fair Board
issued about 11,000 exhibitor
checks totaling about $34,000.
The premiums for these exhibitors
are advertised and follow specifies?
rules for hundreds of speciGc
entries such as: clothing design,
photography, baking ana garden
ing specimens. Next year, fair
organizers have decided that they
will not mail the exhibitors fair
books to this year’s exhibitors.
Rather, distribution will be
through local agriculture stores
and via insertion in local news
papers. Entries are due next year
on August 1, 1997. In all about
4,000 commercial and non
commercial exhibitors partici
pated this year.
Hog to Ray Overdorff of the Westmoreland Mall Shop and
sale price Save * or 77,8 weighed in at 265 lb. for Hinder,
$903.00
.$296.70
$300.00
.$225.00
$3,042.00
.$3,673.50
.$1,457.50
$1,225 00
$364.00
.$429.00
$747 00
$453.00
$207.40
.$224.00
.$ 66.94
$71.25
Kristina Bierbower (center), Latrobe, sold her 129 pound
Grand Champion Market Lamb for $903 to National City
Bank, here represented by Trudy Olsen, manager of the
Norvelt National city branch, and her son Tyler. Kristina
had many duties during the fair. In addition to showing her
lambs and hogs, she was also selected as fair queen.
his Grand Champion Market Steer sold to Hoss’s Steak
House. Buttermore, shown here with Hoss’s mansgers
Glenn Martin from the Greensburg location, and Jim
Sebeck from the Murrysville store, had the animal Judged
top out of 48 entrants. However, sale-wise he came in sec
ond to the Reserve Grand Champion which earned
$3,673.50 for its owner David Cambruzzi, Darragh, from
Lourel Highlands Animal Hospital, Somerset.
$106,000