A36-Lancastor Farming, Saturday, September 23. 2000
Best Friends Again Share Champion Spotlight At Solanco Lamb Show
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
QUARRYVILLE (Lancaster
Co.) In a repeat performance
from last year, two best friends
won champion honors at the So
lanco Fair Sheep Show Wednes
day afternoon.
Tiffany Dean, left, won grand champion market lamb and Allison Hughes, right, won
reserve at Solanco Fair. Ron Miller, center, judged.
Denver Fair Posts Livestock
Grand champion sale steer, weighing 1,110 pounds and
shown by Clay Brubaker, far right, was sold to Fulton Bank
for $995.
Kent Good, representing Hatfield Quality Meats, left,
purchased the 249-pound Denver Fair grand champion
hog shown by Amy Becker for $570.
Tiffany Dean, Strasburg, won
grand champion market lamb
and Allison Hughes, Lancaster,
won reserve —just like last year
at Solanco.
Show judge Ron Miller, Penn
sylvania Department of Agricul
ture division chief, livestock and
fairs, Bemville, picked the
heavyweight champion shown
by Tiffany.
“It makes you appreciate the
whole package,” Miller said of
Tiffany’s 142-pound
Hampshire/Suffolk ewe.
DENVER (Lancaster Co.) —■
The Denver Fair Beef Show and
livestock sale were conducted
here recently.
Kent Good, representing Hat
field Quality Meats, purchased
the 249-pound grand champion
hog shown by Amy Becker for
$570.
Blue Ball National Bank pur
chased the 239-pound reserve
champion, shown by Nathan
Manbeck, for $5lO.
Grand champion sale steer,
weighing 1,110 pounds and
shown by Clay Brubaker, was
sold to Fulton Bank for $995.
The 1,315-pound reserve
champion steer, shown by Matt
Manbeck, was sold to New Hol
land Sales Stables for $960.
The beef show was conducted
Friday at the fair. Judge was
Travis Werley.
Following is a list of show
placings.
DENVER FAIR
BEEP SHOW
RESULTS
SHOWMANSHIP
Seniors; 1. Kyle Zerbe. 2. Matt Manbeck.
3. Jimmy Zimmerman.
Juniors: 1. Clay Brubaker.
PREVIEW STEERS
Medium Weight: 1. Kyle Zerbe.
Light Heavyweight: 1. Matt Manbeck.
Champion; Matt Manbeck. Reserve: Kyle
Zerbe.
HEIFER SHOW
HEREFORD
Summer Yearling Calf: 1. Kyle Zerbe.
Junior Yearling Calf: 1. Kyle Zerbe. 2.
Jimmy Zimmerman. 3. Jimmy Zimmerman.
SIMMENTAL
Summer Yearling Calf: 1. Matt Manbeck.
SUPREME CHAMPION HEIFER
Kyle Zerbe
RESERVE
Matt Manbeck
SHOW AND SALE STEERS
Lightweight; 1. Clay Brubaker. 2. Jimmy
Zimmerman.
Medium Weight; 1. Kyle Zerbe.
Heavyweight: 1. Matt Manbeck.
GRAND CHAMPION
SALESTEER
Clay Brubaker
RESERVE
Matt Manbeck
AH Denver Fair
Photos By
Preston Whitcraft
Ephrata Review
Tiffany, 14, is the daughter of
Gary and Joan Dean, Strasburg.
Tiffany is in the eighth grade at
Martin Meylin Middle School.
The ewe was purchased at a
sale conducted by Tim and
Sarah Fleener, Robesonia, in
April.
Tiffany noted that she and Al
lison Hughes, who won reserve
champion, are best friends who
help each other out to a point
in the championship.
But how they care for the
lambs up to show time remains a
“secret,” said Tiffany.
Tiffany didn’t believe she was
in the competition at all, think
ing Allison or another competi
tor, Brian Mull, would win.
Tiffany exhibited at the Jack
pot Show in Somerset County,
4-H roundup, and at the Ag
Progress Lamb Skillathon and
Show. She plans to show at the
Keystone International Live
stock Expo (KILE) and Farm
Show.
Reserve shown by Allison
Hughes was the 128-pound light
heavyweight division winner,
“Tigger,” a Suffolk/Hampshire
wether. .
Allison, 14, is the daughter of
Chet and Marie Hughes, Lan
caster. Allison is in the ninth
grade at Lampeter-Strasburg
High School.
Allison named the lamb
Tigger based on the Winnie the
Pooh character. She wrote a
paper for her language arts class
in school, noting the lamb jumps
so much and is hard to control
Sale, Beef Results
The 1,315-pound reserve champion steer, shown by
Matt Manbeck, far right, was sold to New Holland Sales
Stables for $960.
Blue Ball National Bank purchased the 239-pound re
serve champion Denver Fair hog, shown by Nathan Man
beck, left, for $5lO.
sometimes, just like the Pooh
character, according to her
father, Chet.
Chet noted the lamb was ob
tained from Don Witt, Cham
pion, Fayette County.
Allison plans to compete at
the West Lampeter Community
Farm Show next week and, per
haps, at state Farm Show.
There were 47 exhibitors and
76 lambs at the show in the new
livestock building.
The show helped christen the
new, 16,800 square foot exhibits
building at Solanco Fair.
Following is a list of show
placings.
SOLANCO FAIR
SHEEP SHOW
RESULTS
SHOWMANSHIP
Class 1 (16-18 Years Old): 1. Brian Mull.
2. Jessica Schmidt. 3. Garrett Neff.
ClasA2 (14-15 Years Old): 1. Allison
Hughes. 2. Becky Gordon. 3. Brent Landis.
Class 3 (11-13 Years Old): 1. Tiffany
Dean. 2. Debra Young. 3. Kristi Garrett.
Class 4 (8-10 Years Old): 1. Jaymi McMi
chael. 2. Kelsy Binkley. 3. Katrina Frey.
Champion; Bnan Mull. Reserve: Allison
Hughes.
MARKET LAMBS
Lightweight Class 1 (66- 92 lbs.): 1. Nata
sha Moss. 2. Katnna Frey. 3. Sarah Henry.
Class 2 (96-100 lbs.): 1. John Schmidt. 2.
Abby Funk. 3. Kayla Huyett.
Class 3 (101 -107 lbs.); 1. Brent Landis. 2.
Jessica Schmidt. 3. Ben Railing.
Lightweight Champion: Brent Landis.
Reserve; John Schmidt.
Middleweight Class 4 (109-114 lbs.): 1.
Brent Landis. 2. Debra Young. 3. Knsti
Unger.
Class 5 (115-116 lbs.): 1. Briari Mull. 2.
Kelsy Binkley. 3. Becky Gordon.
Class 6 (117-120 lbs.); 1. Bnan Mull. 2.
Allison Hughes. 3. Brad Leaman.
Middleweight Champion: Brian Mull. Re
serve: Brian Mull.
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