South Mountain Fair Honors Champions
GETTYSBURG (Adams Co.)
Melissa Jeffcoat, Littlestown,
showed the grand champion 4-H
steer at the South Mountain Fair.
Melissa received a permanent
plaque from the South Mountain
Fair. Liz Hitz, Littlestown, show
ed the reserve grand champion
4-H steer and received a plaque
sponsored by David Jeffcoat
Building and Remodeling.
Justin Diehl, Fairfield, was
named champion 4-H fitter. He
received a rotating plaque from
K-Hill Farm, Abbottstown, and
permanent plaque from the
South Mountain Fair. Bert Mar
tin, Orrtanna, was selected re
serve champion 4-H fitter and re
ceived a plaque sponsored by
David Jeffcoat Building and Re
modeling.
Bert Martin, Orrtanna, was se
lected champion 4-H showman.
He received a rotating plaque
from Elva Ward, East Berlin,
and permanent plaque from the
South Mountain Fair. Justin
Diehl, Gettysburg, was selected
reserve champion 4-H showman
and received a plaque sponsored
by David Jeffcoat Building and
Remodeling.
Record Drought Continues In North Texas
DALLAS, Texas For about
a year now, Pennsylvania pro
ducers have begun to recover
from what many consider to be
the worst drought in state histo
ry-
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Champions in each weight di
vision were as follows:
Champion lightweight Owen Weikert
Reserve champion lightweight Cami
Topper
Champion middleweight Chris Jeffcoat
Reserve champion middleweight Justin
Diehl
Champion heavyweight Melissa Jef
fcoat
Reserve champion heavyweight Liz
Hitz
Fitter winners in each class
were as follows:
Advance fitter 1 Bert Martin
Senior fitter 1 Melissa Jeffcoat
Intermediate fitter 1 Justin Diehl
Junior fitter 1 Luke Reichart
Showman winners in each
class were as follows:
Advance showman 1 Bert Martin
Senior showman 1 Melissa Jeffcoat
Intermediate showman 1 Justin Diehl
Junior showman 1 Courtney Meyer
The 2000 Adams County 4-H
steer program will conclude
Thursday, Oct. 26, with a show
and sale at the South Mountain
Fairgrounds near Arendtsville.
The sale is scheduled to begin at
7 p.m.
Contact Darlene M. Resh, ex
tension 4-H agent at (717)
334-6271 or (717) 624-4525 or
Karol Sherman, 4-H leader, at
(717) 259-0006 for more informa
tion.
from a deepening drought seems
far away.
According to Farm Bureau, a
history-making drought in north
Texas has all the signs of contin
uing for days and weeks to come.
The forecast elsewhere in the
state isn’t much better.
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Bert Martin, Orrtanna, was champion showman and reserve champion fitter and Jus
tin Diehl, Fairfield, was champion fitter and reserve champion showman at the 4-H
Market Steer Show at the South Mountain Fair. Presenting plaques on behalf of David
Jeffcoat Building and Remodeling, the Elva Ward Family, and K Hill Farm is Candice
Flickinger, Adams County Beef Queen, and Stacey Menchey, Adams County Beef Prin
cess.
The record of 58 consecutive
days without rain in the region
first set in 1934 was tied on
Sunday, which had been repeat
ed in 1950.
The National Weather Service
forecast this week calls for con
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ceeding the century mark along
with dry skies. Area meteorolo
gists are predicting 65 to 70 days
without rain.
A 58-day drought interval first
occurred in Texas from May 25
to July 21, 1934 during the Dust
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they’ve already lost $595 million
this year to the parched condi
tions, Texas Agriculture Com
missioner Susan Combs said.
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