Goat Blazes Path As First-Ever Supreme Over All Species At E-town Fair Lt. Gov. Mark Schweiker and Dorothy Mentzler present a trophy to Amanda Grube who shows the supreme breeding champion over all breeds at the Elizabethtown Fair. nough sells to Ted Bowers of First Union Bank for $325. With them is Elizabethtown Fair Queen Monica George. Sarah Zurin sells her supreme champion steer, a shorthorn named Chessie, to David Yeisley, Hoss’s Steak & Seahouse. With them is Elizabethtown Fair Queen Monica George. LOU ANN GOOD Lancaster Farming Staff ELIZABETHTOWN (Lancas ter Co.) Amanda Grube and her LaMancha dairy goat Sa mantha blazed a path for the species when judges selected it as supreme over all breeding champions at the Elizabethtown Fair. “I’m glad to represent the first dairy goat to receive this honor,” the 15-year-old Amanda said. “It’s an honor that is long overdue,” said Lori Little, judge for the event and livestock ex tension agent. The supreme gen erally goes to larger animals such as a cow, beef, sheep, or swine. The five-year-old homebred LaMancha has been winning shows every year in many places for its outstanding dairy charac teristics. Amanda has been a veteran winner since she was three years old and started showing for the family’s Ziegenfeld Farm (Ger man for goat and pasture). Daughter of Tim and Roxanne Grube, Amanda helps with the herd of 60 goats. She also is the president of the county 4-H goat club. The champion species was se lected prior to the livestock sale on Aug. 24. Others contending for the title included a South down aged ewe shown by Step hanie Kauffman, Mount Joy; a 3-year-old Holstein shown by Blake Brubaker, Manheim; a Simmental steer shown by Courtney Wolfgang, Dauphin Co.; and a New Zealand White rabbit shown by Benjamin Mow rer. Mount Joy. In addition to selecting the su preme animal over all breeding species, judges also selected a su preme market animal over all breeds. Lynn Brandt, Middle town, swept that competition with her 262-pound hog, a cross bred of Yorkshire, Hampshire, and Duroc. Virgina Groff of Groff’s Meats presents a trophy to Lynn Brandt for showing the .supreme champion hog over ail market species. j, Mai ,-.uto Aucv n pays the highest price ever for a goat at Elizabethtown Fair. The grand champion meat goat, shown by Brian Geib, Manheim, sold for $1,400. With them is Elizabethtown Fair Queen Monica George. Although Lynn lives on a hog and dairy farm, she said it was ’-the first time she entered a hog at Elizabethtown. Other species contending for the supreme market title in cluded a homebred market lamb shown by Joelyn Donough, Man heim; a Shorthorn steer shown by Sarah Zurin, Mount Joy; a Boer-crossbred goat shown by Brian Geib, Manheim; and pen of California rabbits shown by Tina Myers, Manheim. After selecting the supreme breeding and market champions, the 4-H and FFA market ani mals were auctioned by Harry Bachman. Brian Geib was the happy re cipient of the highest price ever paid for a goat in the history of the Elizabethtown Fair. Man heim Auto Auction paid $1,400 for the 75-pound champion. In cidentally Brian’s been claiming the champion market goat for the past four years. The Manheim Auto Auction also purchased the reserve mar ket goat shown by Carolyn Ken singer, Manheim. Joelynn Donough’s grand champion lamb sold to First Union for $325. John Tracy’s re serve champion market lamb sold to Lebanon Valley Bank for $270. The grand champion pen of rabbits sold to Farmers’ First Bank for $3OO. Ken Myer, fair president, paid $l6O for the re serve champion rabbit pen. Hoss’s Steak and Seahouse (Turn to Page B 14) Blizzard, John Tracy’s reserve champion market lamb, sells to Mike Flre stine of Lebanon Valley and Fulton Bank. With them is Elizabethtown Fair Queen Monica George.
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