Farming, Saturday, September 20, 1997
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
QUARRYVILLE (Lancaster
Co.) - A stylish, black, four-year
old with a near perfect looking
udder was named grand champion
of the Solanco Fair Holstein show
Thursday. Welk-Shade Sterling
Kizzy won the title for Mark and
Kristina Welk, Quarryville.
Christi Knight, Airville in York
County, showed the reserve grand
champion. Woodbine Elijah Ver
nia showed as a three-year-old and
was also named grand champion of
the youth show.
Caleb Crothcrs from Rising Sun,
Maryland, had the junior champion
of the open show that was also
named reserve grand champion of
the youth show.
Trisha Knight had the reserve
junior champion of the open show.
Wengdales Farm owned by
Robert and Greg Wenger, Quarry
ville, received both the premier
breeder and premier exhibitor
awards. Lebanon County dairyman
John Bombgardner was the judge.
Robert and Greg Wenger of Wengdales Farm won both
the premier breeder and premier exhibitor awards.
Best Friends Share
Champion Spotlight
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
QUARRYVILLE (Lancaster
Co.) Not only did Allison
Hughes win her first Solanco Fair
swine championship Thursday
afternoon, but she shared the spot
light with the reserve champion,
her friend Tiffany Dean.
“1 just want you to write that Tif
fany and I are best friends,” Alli
son told Lancaster Farming as she
held the supreme market hog
Allison Hughes, right, won supreme champion swine at
Solanco Fair on Thursday. At left Is show judge Cheryl
Falrbalrn.
Kizzy Wins
Top placfngs are as follows:
Spring calf, 1. Jill Galbreatb; 2.
Joseph Hushon; 3. Candance
Knight
Winter calf, 1. Trisha Knight; 2.
Harmony Miller; 3. Greg Wenger.
Fall calf, 1. Greg Wenger; 2.
Shane Hall; 3. Aaron Trimble.
Summer yearling, 1. Justin Hail;
2. Christi Knight; 3. Sara Jo Greek.
Spring yearling, 1. Caleb
Crothers; 2. Shane Hall; 3. Christi
Knight
Winter yearling, 1. Lindsey bur
ton; 2. Matthew Groff; 3. Rusty
Herr.
Fail yearling, 1. Jacob Hushon; 2.
Benjamin Welk; 3. Robert Wenger.
Dry cows, 1. Greg Wenger; 2.
Michael Bollinger.
Jr. 2y, 1. Justin Hall; 2. Tom Herr;
3. Jacob Hushon.
Sr. 2y, 1. Mark & Kristina Welk;
2. Randy Wenger; 3. Rusty Herr.
3y, 1. Christ! Knight; 2. Mark &
Kristina Welk; 3. Robert Wenger.
4y, 1. Mark & Kristina Welk; 2.
Justin Hall; 3. Greg Wenger.
sy, 1. Sheri Bollinger; 2. Robert
Wenger; 3. Robert Wenger.
Showmanship, 12 y and under,
Justin Hall; Shane Hall; Trisha
Knight 13y and over, Harmony
Miller; Brandon Webb; Michael
Bollinger.
trophy.
Allison, 11, is the daughter of
Chet and Marie Hughes, Lancas
ter. Allison showed “Maryanne”
(named after her favprite character
in the TV series, “Gilligao’s
Island”), a 245-pound Hampshire
crossbred gilt that won the middle
weight division.
Chet Hughes, Allison’s father
and Lancaster County livestock
agent, said the hog was AI sired
A3l)
Solanco Holstein Show
Winners at the Solanco Fair Holstein show are from left, Trisha Knight with the
reserve junior champion; the junior champion owned by Caleb Crothers; Chrlstl
Knight with the reserve grand champion; and Kristina Welk with the grand champion.
Solanco Fair Exhibitor Makes Steer
‘Work’ For Championship
Justin Wlmer, left, won champion si
Schmidt won reserve.
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
QUARRYVILLE (Lancaster
Co.) —Justin Winter believes that
steers should work for their
champion ribbon.
Literally.
His secret place the water at the
bottom of the hill. When the steer
wants to eat, make him walk 100
yards uphill to get to the feed.
It was that kind of “work for it,
earn it” strategy that netted the
supreme steer trophy on Thursday
evening at the Solanco Fair.
Justin, 14, son of Debbie and
Richard Wimer, Quarryville,
walked his Angus/Chianina
crossbred steer, Buddy, to supreme
champion. Show judge Greg Krue
ger, Angus breeder from Coates
ville, said he believes the steer
would hand up a' really good
carcass.
Justin obtained the steer, mid
dleweight champion of the show,
from a Weaver and Maclntyre
Club Calf Sale in Lititz. The Sol
anco High School 9lh grader spent
about two hours of work before the
show, washing and clipping the
steer.
The steer learned to exercise
himself—simply by walking 100
iteer at Solanco Thursday evening. Jessica
yards up a steep grass/rock slope
from the water trough to the
feed. Another ingredient to
championship success for Justin
has been feeding a combination
calf grower and cracked com.
This is Justin’s one and only
show for the year, though he hopes
to attend state Farm Show some
day. He is a member of Solanco
FFA.
Reserve champion was captured
by Jessica Schmidt for her
purebred Angus steer. Jessica, 15,
is the daughter of Laurie and Pete
Schmidt, Drumore.
Laurie said the steer was bred in
the fair hometown at Twin Oak
Farms. Last year, Laurie said Jessi
ca also won reserve champion at
Solanco with another purebred
from Quarryville.
The steer Jessica showed this
year. Twin Oaks Power Buzz
(“Buzz,” named after the popular
character in the film ‘Toy Story”),
was shown at the Penn State Beef
Expo in March.
Jessica walks with the steer
“constantly,” said Laurie. Jessica’s
steer was the reserve champion of
the middleweight division. Jessica
is assistant secretary in the Red
Rose 4-H Beef Club and is secret-
ary of the 4-H Woolics Club.
Jessica will be showing at the
Keystone International Livestock
Expo (KILE), Manheim Fair, and
state Farm Show.
Also, for the first time, Solanco
Fair began a fitting contest, of
which Jessica won senior
champion.
There were a total of eight exhi
bitors and the same number of
steers. Following is a list of show
placings.
SOLANCO FAIR
MARKET STEER
SHOW RESULTS
Lightweight (1085 lbs.)- 1 Jim Pellicao.
Champion; Jim Pellicao.
Middleweight (1252-1280 lbs) 1 Justin
Winter. 2. Jessica Schmidt 3 Loren Her
shoy. Champion; Justin Wimer. Reserve
Jessica Schmidt.
Heavyweight (1350-1385 lbs ) 1 Bryan
Byers 2. Jen Pierce. Champion Bryan
Byers Reserve. Jen Pierce.
SUPREME MARKET STEER
Justin Wlmsr
RESERVE
Jessica Schmidt
SHOWMANSHIP
Juniors: 1. Loren Hershey. 2. Linford Her
shey. 3. Jim Pellicdo.
Seniors: 1. Jessica Schmidt.
FITTING
Seniors; 1. Jessica SchmidL Champion:
Jessica Schmidt.