A22-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 19, 2000
Lehigh County Roundup
Moves To Allentown Fair
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming StafJ
ALLENTOWN (Lehigh Co.)
To attract additional buyers,
spread the word about 4-H, and
educate the community about
agriculture in general, the
Lehigh County 4-H Livestock
Council has relocated the
annual roundup.
The roundup returns to a
former site, this time the Allen
town Fairgrounds, on Saturday,
Sept. 2, during the Allentown
Fair.
In the past the roundup was
conducted in September at the
Schnecksville Fairgrounds. But
to attract buyers and reach out
to urban homeowners and busi
nesses, the roundup has a new
home.
The roundup show, to be con
ducted simultaneously with live
stock judging events at the fair,
features about 12 sheep, 40 hogs,
and about a dozen steers. The
roundup sale is Saturday, Sept.
2, at 3 p.m. in the Livestock Tent
at Allentown Fair.
Not only will the roundup sale
attract downtown buyers, but
will showcase the work all year
long by the 4-H members.
In the past, the Schnecksville
Fairground location proved
useful. But the 4-H kids put in a
lot of work that the greater
public just didn’t see, according
to sheep club leader Cheryl Ben
necoff.
“It was a nice show,” she said.
“But there was nobody there to
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see it, except family and
friends.”
Bennecoff noted the chal
lenges trying to get buyers to the
roundup sale.
According to Steven Bruch,
Lehigh County extension agent,
the Allentown Fair organizers
have been “supportive, and have
helped us get this together,” he
said.
Bruch noted that several
broadsheet posters and flyers
have been printed. Many will be
distributed at regional fairs and
local businesses to advertise the
roundup’s new location.
4-H’ers in the county have
been working hard with their
petting zoo tent. Parents, lead
ers, and 4-H members took turns
at the photo fundraiser booth at
the Schnecksville Fair. They
also put the petting zoo up at the
Allentown Fair. The petting zoo
provided information about the
4-H clubs and teaches the public
about animals.
The experience at the zoo,
Bennecoff said, helps 4-H mem
bers learn how to “deal with
people and to educate the public
about animals,” she said.
Todd Bennecoff Jr., Todd Sr.
and Cheryl’s son, is the sheep
club president. John
Strawbridge, son of Donna
Strawbridge, is the swine club
president. Adam Rabenold, son
of Tom and Donna Rabenold, is
president of the beef club.
The fund-raiser at the petting
zoo helps educate the public,
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Looking forward, reaching higher
“which is what 4-H is all about,”
said Cheryl.
The roundup also helps the
Allentown Fair, she noted,
drawing people in from around
town to see the Lehigh County
4-H livestock clubs in action.
Ralph W. Zettlemoyer Auc
tion Company has donated its
services for the roundup. Buy
back sponsors are Leesport Live
stock Auction for beef and sheep
and Leidy’s Meats for the swine.
Registration for the roundup
sale is scheduled during the Al
lentown Fair.
For more information about
the roundup sale, call Steven
Bruch, extension agent, at (610)
391-9840 or Todd Bennecoff Sr.,
Livestock Council president, at
(610)285-6582.
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