Paws & Tails At the last meeting before the fair, on Aug. 11, the club members walked their dogs in circles, prac ticing commands and routines they’ve been working on: heel, sit, stay, left-about turns, about turns, recalls, finishes, sil/down, and im mediate down which is a life saving command. Irish Hill Shamrocks A club meeting was held Aug. 8 at Forest Lake Township Hall. The pledge was led by Seth Ever itt, roll and dues were taken, and Megan Fetterman read the min utes and a card from the Red Cross. Leader Fran Small asked the members to tell their age and what projects they were taking to the fair. Demonstrations were pre sented by Chantal and Shaloam Birchard, Jake and Justin Smith, Chris Stanis, and Jaime and Liz Holbert. 4-H’ers Win At Two Horse Shows Twenty-three Dauphin County 4-H’ers won ribbons at the Dis trict Six 4-H Horse and Pony Show held at the Lebanon County Fairgrounds on Aug. 16 and four 4-H’ers placed at the District Horse Production Show on Aug. 21 at the Shippensburg Fair grounds. Participants in the Horse and Pony Show were evaluated on how well the rider and horse per form together. Depending on the division, the top two or three place finishers at the Horse and Pony iue. v Now there's a belt , tnat DeatS iiinsini(tmii|mni(l( .1 . i * i xlr.i slrriißih uie tougnest > Equine Self-Storage Commercial more counties shared top honors in the 4-H small engine contest. A Montgomery County resident won top honors in the state 4-H elec- Iric/energy contest for the fifth consecutive time. Shawn Bender, 14, of Accident (Garrett County) was the senior champion among six contestants in the compact tractor event. Jus tin Watt, 15, of Middleburg (Car roll County) placed second. Justin won the junior championship last year. Christopher Dixon, 13, of Shawsville (Harford County) won championship honors among eight contestants in the junior age cate gory. Jeremiah Guard, 14, of Friendsville (Garrett County) was runner-up for the second consecu tive year. Jason Sellman, 16, of Wards Chapel (Baltimore County) won the senior 4-H small engine championship after placing a close second in this category last year. Brian Owings, 15, of New Wind sor (Carroll County) placed second. Adam Brower, 13, of Taney town (Carroll County) won the intermediate-age championship in 4-H small engine competition. Ja son Fringer, 9, of Smallwood (Carroll County) received junior second-place honors. Sam Evans, 11, of Griffith Park (Montgomery County) won the junior 4-H electric/energy contest. His brother, Ben Evans, was the 1996 winner in this event. m Lancaster Pamtlrtg; Saturday, September ivi997»m7 The club held its meeting on July 21. The members started with heeling and a few stays, then had some fun with the tire jump, bar jump, and the broad jump. They did more heeling and then went into figure eights. The day was finished by doing an exercise with the agility equip ment They had to go through the tire jump, bar jump, broad jump, weave around boxes, and do a sit stay on a card table. At the July 28 meeting, mem bers and dogs started out with heeling, then did sit down-stays, and stand-stays. They also did heeling tests. Heeling tests are when the dog is put on a sit-stay, takes two or three steps in any direction, and then is told to heel. Phone [^7l7-354-8222^' Twelve-year-old Lloyd Hardman 111 of Cumberland (Allegany County) placed second for the sec ond year in a row. There were no senior contestants. Senior division winners in last week’s state fair compact tractor and engineering contests are eligi ble to represent Maryland in the National 4-H Engineering, Sci ence and Leadership Event, scheduled Sept. 21-23. For the third consecutive year, this event will be held at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., and the Tippecanoe County fairground across the Wabash River in Lafay ette, Ind. Paws And Tails A LESSON WELL LEARNED... LANCASTER FARMING’S CLASSIFIED ADS GET RESULTS!