Somerset Fair Livestock Sale GAY BROWNLEE Somerset Co. Correspondent MEYERSDALE (Somerset Co.) On Saturday, Aug. 26, some 330 market animals in the Somerset County Fair Junior Livestock Sale brought a total of $173,039 when the columns were tallied for the 40 steers, 66 lambs and 224 swine that passed through the sale ring. You couldn’t have asked for a better weather day for the 100th fair’s annual sale, which found Walker’s Farm Service, Somer set, buyer of the grand champion steer, leading the charge as pre mier buyer and Lincoln Supply and Equipment, Somerset fol lowing close behind, during six hours of non-stop selling. The grand champion steer brought a hefty $4.50 per pound to rack up a price tag of $5,670 for 14-year-old Shawn Troutman of Wellersburg. After years of all out effort, Troutman’s steer this time hit the jackpot, taking hon ors, also as county-bred champi on and club calf sale champion. Dan Miller’s reserve champion More Uses For Herbs YORK (York Co.) Do you have herbs to harvest, but aren’t sure just what to do with them? Come to “More Uses for Herbs” on September 21 from 7-9 p.m. at the York County Ex tension Office, 112 Pleasant Acres Road, York, PA 17402. steer sold for $2,710 or $2 per pound to Hoss’s Steak and Sea House in Somerset. Miller is from Meyersdale. Kayla Wedge of Meyersdale had the reserve champion Coun ty Bred steer which sold for $1.35 per pound or $1,856.25 while Heidi Svonavec’s champion sen ior showman steer sold for $1.65 or $2,062.50. In all, the per pound average for steers was $1.50. Brooke Ritchey’s grand cham pion lamb brought $750 or $6 per pound from W.J. Brant of Rock wood. Ritchey’s address is Hynd man, but she lives near WeUers burg. The reserve champion lamb owned by Jessica Darr, Somer set, sold for $7 per pound to Shade Landfill, Inc. for a total of $Bl2. The home grown lamb owned by Gabriel Svonavec also went for $7 per pound and came out to $BB5 from Yachere Feed, Inc. Rockwood. The champion County-Born lamb owned by Nicole Shultz of Rockwood, sold for $5.50 per pound, or $676.50. The class will be taught by Master Gardener Dennis Maw hinney who will share ideas and techniques for using herbs in vin egars, oils, butter, sugars, salts, baking, teas and crafts. Cost for the class is $3. To register, send a check payable to “ESSF” to At $2.03 per pound, lambs had the highest average of the three species auctioned off. Jeremy Hay, Rockwood, saw Laßue Meat Processing run the bids to $3.75 for his grand cham pion swine which totaled $941.25. The reserve* champion swine of Lucas Svonavec, also from Rock wood, was purchased by Laurel Bank at $5 per pound or $1,255. Jesse Brant’s champion county bom swine went for $2 or $472, while the champion home grown swine of Megan Koras brought $2.25 per pound or $589.50. The overall average for swine was $1.56 per pound. The resale of some 46 animals generated $6,496.30 for the Som erset County 4-H/FFA Schol arship Fund. Time was allotted between selling the steers and lambs to aware the 2000 schol arships. The recipients were Dara Arnold, April Coberly, Amanda Darr, Rian Smith, Jes sica Lynch, Bill Sines, Dan Mill er, Jesse Brant, Sarah Thomp son, Lucas Svonavec and Mindi Countryman. Penn State Cooperative Exten sion, 112 Pleasant Acres Road, York PA 17402. Or call Bekah at (717)840-7408. Venison Cooking Competition Raises Standard INDIANA (Indiana Co.) The judges at this year’s Panache d’Or Venison Cooking Competition were tough demanding what seemed perfection from the nine competing chefs. As all gathered for evaluation in y / —-)j CLOSED SUNDAYS, NEW YEAR, rgSLj EASTER MONDAY, ASCENSION DAY, WHIT MONDAY, OCT. 11, THANKSGIVING, fiadlHE CHRISTMAS & DECEMBER 26TH FISHER’S FURNfIURE, INC. NEW AND USED FURNITURE USED COAL & WOOD HEATERS COUNTRY FURNITURE & ANTIQUES BUS, HRS. BOX 57 MON.-THURS.B6 1129 GEORGETOWN RD. 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Many of them are being canned in pint jars instead of quarts. I don’t especially like leftovers at a meal, but it is sur prising how things can be com bined to make a new dish. There are toys on the sofa and books on the floor as the grandchildren were here. They listened to the news with us and then we took a walk. Their little bright eyes saw cucumbers that the chefs kitchen at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, cri tique of plates was taken con structively, for, as one judge stated, “That which doesn’t kill you, will only make you strong er.” The competition, hosted Au- I missed in the garden and so I canned a few more pint. Now there are 68 jars on the shelf. As they are always hungry, I’d made shortcake with peaches and I gave them each a dish of dessert. Next they played with small crackers and finally ate them except for the crumbs on the floor. They even persuaded me to play a card game with them. I’m not very good at sitting down to play as I think of too many things that should be done. But, 1 can see that it does teach them numbers and me pa tience. All three children get on the school bus in the morning. They play soccer and football after school and I am always anxious about their safety. Most of our grandchildren are involved in sports and our own children are coaches for teams. Many young people do not have enough work at home to keep them busy, but ours always did. Even so, they belonged to many clubs. can Culinary Federation (ACF) sanctioned it, giving it new status in the culinary world and raising the standard of performance. The first year of ACF sanctioned competition was hosted by its Groundhog Chapter in Indiana. The goal of the annual compe tition is to promote North Ameri can farm-raised venison to chefs and the public alike. Three certified ACF judges, critiqued the plates according to ACF’s contemporary competi tion rules. 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