Short On Numbers But Long On Quality At Denver Fair
MICHELLE RANCK
Farming Staff
Although numbers may not be
the hallmark of Denver’s sheep
show, top-notch animals showed
up to compete in the market and
breeding classes.
Judged by Dr. Robert Herr of
Narvon, owner of Nix Besser
farm, the Denver sheep show
was marked by quality in both
market and breeding sheep divi
sions.
“We had a very strong market
show tonight,” said Dr. Herr.
“Some of the best of the state
are here,” said Herr of the breed
ing sheep show. “You don’t have
with Jen Zimmerman’s Horned Dorset taking home grand
champion and Radell Peters’ Dorset with reserve.
DENVER FAIR
JUNIOR SHEEP SHOW
SHOWMANSHIP
CONTEST RESULTS
4th year and over exhibitors' 1. Jen Zim
merman. 2 Sarah Boyd. 3 Radell Peters.
2nd and 3rd year exhibitors. 1 Sheldon
Zimmerman. 2. Samantha Dissmger. 3
Enn Felak
Ist year exhibitors. 1 Jen Hughes 2.
Krista Hemsey 3 John Hemsey
Champion showman. Jen Zimmerman.
Reserve champion showman: Sarah
Boyd.
MARKET LAMBS
LIGHTWEIGHT
Class 1: 1. Knsta Heinsey. 2. Joelynn
Donough. 3. Samantha Dissmger.
Class 2; 1 Radel Peters. 2. Samantha
Dissmger. 3. Jen Zimmerman.
Class 3. 1. Travis Donough. 2. Joelynn
Donough 3. Jimmy Zimmerman.
Lightweight champion: Travis Donough.
Lightweight reserve champion: Joelynn
Donough.
HEAVYWEIGHT
Class 1: 1. Jimmy Zimmerman. 2. Jen
Hughes. 3. Ryan Donough.
Class 2: 1. Sarah Boyd. 2. Sarah Boyd.
3. Enn Felak.
Class 3; 1. Ryan Donough. 2 Andrew
Gerhart. 3. Andrew Gerhart.
Heavyweight champion: Sarah Boyd.
Heavyweight reserve champion. Ryan
Donough.
Grand champion market: Sarah Boyd.
Reserve champion market: Ryan Do
nough.
PAIR OF
MARKET LAMBS
Class 1:1. Jen Zimmerman. 2 Joelynn
Donough. 3. Samantha Disslnger.
KILE To Conduct Shepherd’s Lead Line
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Who looks better, the
sheep or the shepherd?
Judges will tell at the Key
stone International Livestock
Exposition (KILE) Shepherd’s
lead line competition Saturday,
Oct. 7 at noon at the Farm Show
Complex.
The objectives of this class are
to present a class of yearling
ewes in a most attractive
manner and give spectators an
opportunity to see the best of the
sheep industry.
quite the numbers but you cer
tainly do have the quality.”
In the market lamb show,
grand and reserve champions
came from the heavyweight divi
sion.
Champion showman of the
Denver fair, Jen Zimmerman,
18, took “Sheree,” a Horned
Dorset, to the champion ewe
spot over the other breeds. Zim
merman selected Sheree from
more than 65 breeding and mar
ket sheep at her home farm in
Reinhoids.
“I think it’s neat that two
Dorsets won,” Zimmerman said
of the champion and reserve
champion ewes.
Class 2. 1. Radell Peters. 2 Erin Felak
3. Jimmy Zimmerman.
Class 3. 1 Sarah Boyd 2. Andrew Ger
hart. 3. Ryan Donough.
Champion pair of market lambs. Sarah
Boyd.
Reserve champion pair of market lambs.
Andrew Gerhart.
BREEDING SHEEP
CHEVIOT
Ram 1 year and under 2: 1. Jimmy Zim
merman. 2. Travis Donough.
Ram lamb under 1 year 1 Amber Shell
enberger. 2. Amber Shellenberger.
Champion ram: Jimmy Zimmerman.
Reserve champion ram' Travis Do
nough
Ewe 2 years and over 1. Travis Do
nough.
Ewe 1 year and under 2; 1. Amber Shell
enberger. 2. Jimmy Zimmerman.
Spnng ewe lamb' 1. Amber Shellenberg
er. 2 Travis Donough.
Champion ewe. Amber Shellenberger.
Reserve champion ewe; Jimmy Zimmer
man.
DORSET
Ram lamb under 1 year. 1. Radell Pet
ers.
Champion ram; Radell Peters.
Ewe 2 years and over: 1. Radell Peters.
2. Radell Peters.
Ewe 1 year and under 2: 1. Radell Pet
ers. 2. Sheldon Zimmerman. 3. Amy
Haines.
Fall ewe lamb: 1 Radell Peters.
Spnng ewe lamb: 1. Sheldon Zimmer
man.
Champion ewe’ Radell Peters.
Reserve champion ewe; Sheldon Zim-
The normal procedure at a
livestock show is for the animal
to be all primped and lovely, but
in the lead line competition, the
leadsman is also in the limelight.
Both are to be dressed fashiona
bly in their best wool outfit (at
least 80 percent wool).
Not just another pretty face
can steal the show. The
herdsperson must not only look
great, but the sheep must also
show their modeling talents. The
contestants and the sheep must
be able to work together in the
Radell Peters, 17, Eliza
bethtown, comes to the Denver
fair because of tradition. Peters
won reserve champion ewe with
his Dorset.
“I’ve been here for nine
years,” said Peters. “It’s a nice
show, a fun show, there’s no
pressure.”
“It’s a laugh-, have-fun, show
your-sheep fair,” agreed Zim
merman.
Show grand champion ram
placing went to “Dakota” and
Jimmy Zimmerman, 16, also of
Reinholds. Zimmerman also
shows beef on the show ring cir
cuit. Jen and Jimmy are the chil-
merman.
Breeder's flock 1. Radell Peters
HORNED DORSET
Ram lamb under 1 year 1 Jen Zimmer
man '
Champion ram Jen Zimmerman
Ewe 1 year and under 2 1 Jen Zimmer
man
Spring ewe lamb 1 Jen Zimmerman 2.
Jen Zimmerman
Two ewe lambs 1. Jen Zimmerman.
Champion ewe: Jen Zimmerman.
Reserve champion ewe: Jen Zimmer
man
JACOBS
Ewe 2 years and over 1. Amy Haines
Spring ewe lamb. 1 Amy Haines
Champion ewe Amy Haines
Reserve champion ewe' Amy Haines
NATURAL COLORED
Ram lamb under 1 year. 1 Ryan Do
nough
Champion ram. Ryan Donough.
Ewe 2 years and over. 1. Ryan Donough
Ewe 1 year and under 2- 1 Ryan Do
nough
Spnng ewe lamb. 1. Ryan Donough
Champion ewe Ryan Donough
Reserve champion ewe: Ryan Donough
Breeder's flock-1. Ryan Donough
OXFORD
Ram 1 year and under 2 1 Joelynn Do
nough
Champion ram. Joelynn Donough
Ewe 2 years and over- 1 Joelynn Do
nough
Ewe 1 year and under 2 1 Joelynn Do
nough.
Spnng ewe lamb: 1. Joelynn Donough.
2 Joelynn Donough
Two ewe lambs: 1. Joelynn Donough.
Champion ewe; Joelynn Donough.
Reserve champion ewe' Joelynn Do
nough.
Breeder's flock 1. Joelynn Donough
ROMNEY
Ram lamb and under 1 yean 1 Mark
Brennen. 2 Mark Brennen 3. Stacy
Haines
Grand champions of the market lamb classes include
Sarah Boyd, Ephrata, with “Deno,” which won grand
champion honors and Ryan Donough, Manheim, and “Au
tumn” going home with reserve champion placing.
ring.
Spokespersons point out the
virtues of wool at ringside. It is a
product that has been around
forever and in recent years is
making a well-deserved come
back.
KILE is sponsored by the
Pennsylvania Livestock Associa
tion in cooperation with the
Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture and the Pennsylva
nia Farm Products Show Com
mission.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 30, 2000-817
dren of Jay and JoAnn Zimmer
man.
First-timers and experienced
show ring sheep paired up to win
in the class. Sarah Boyd’s
“Deno” took home grand cham
pion market lamb, a winner al
ready this year in the show ring,
and Ryan Donough’s “Autumn”
won reserve champion in the
lamb’s first show ring appear
ance. Donough, 16, Manheim, is
debating about taking Autumn,
actually born in the spring, to
more of the season’s upcoming
shows.
“I wasn’t sure how she was
going to do,” said Donough. “ 1
was pretty surprised.”
Jimmy Zimmerman, 16, Reinholds, took his South
down, "Dakota,” to a grand champion placing at the re
cent Denver fair. Mary Burke, 17, Denver, fair queen run
ner-up, and fair queen Jessica Anderson, 17, Denver,
gave out ribbons during the sheep show. At right, Joe
lynn Donough, 13, Manheim, took her Oxford to the re
serve champion ram spot.
Champion ram. Mark Brennen.
Reserve champion ram. Mark Brennen.
Ewe 2 years and over: 1. Mark Brennen.
2. Stacy Haines. 3. Mark Brennen
Ewe 1 year and under 2 1. Mark Bren
nen. 2 Stacy Haines. 3 Stacy Haines.
Spnng ewe lamb' 1 Mark Brennen. 2.
Mark Brennen 3 Stacy Haines
Two ewe lambs 1. Mark Brennen
Champion ewe Mark Brennen.
Saturday Is Family Day
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) The Keystone Interna
tional Livestock Exposition
(KILE) has chosen Saturday,
Oct. 7 as Family Day at the
Farm Show Complex.
Lebanon Valley Farmers/Ful
ton Bank is sponsoring the
“Agri-Kid Olympics” at noon.
The Olympics is a fun time for
kids as they compete in such
farm-related events as sack
races, wheelbarrow races, laugh
ing contest, horseshoe pitch, and
hog-calling contest.
Boyd, 19, Ephrata, is a sopho
more elementary education
major at Millersville University.
This is her 11th show ring sea
son. Besides winning the market
lamb show, Boyd took home
champion pair of market lamb
honors. Andrew Gerhart took
home reserve champion. Boyd
also won reserve champion
showman.
Many of the Denver fair’s
sheep show participants will be
showing their animals at the up
coming Ephrata, New Holland
and Manheim fairs.
A complete list of results are
as follows;
Reserve champion ewe Stacy Haines
Breeder's young flock 1 Mark Brennen
2 Stacy Haines
SOUTHDOWN
Ram 1 year and under 2 1 Jimmy Zim
merman
Champion ram Jimmy Zimmerman
Ewe 2 years and over 1 Jen Zimmer
man 2 Samantha Dissmger
Ewe 1 year and under 2 1 Jen Zimmer
man 2 Jimmy Zimmerman 3 Jimmy Zim
merman
Fall ewe lamb 1 Jen Zimmerman
Spring ewe lamb 1 Jimmy Zimmerman
2 Samantha Dissmger
Champion ewe Jen Zimmerman
Reserve champion ewe Jen Zimmer
man
SUFFOLK
Ram lamb under 1 year 1 Andrew Ger
hart. 2. Andrew Gerhart
Champion ram Andrew Gerhart
Reserve champion ram Andrew Ger
hart
Ewe 2 years and over 1 Andrew Ger
hart
Ewe 1 year and under 2.1 Andrew Ger
hart. 2 Andrew Gerhart
Fall ewe lamb 1 Andrew Gerhart
Spnng ewe lamb 1 Andrew Gerhart 2
Andrew Gerhart
Two ewe lambs 1 Andrew Gerhart
Champion ewe Andrew Gerhart
Reserve champion ewe Andrew Ger
hart
Breeder's young flock 1 Andrew Ger
hart
Breeder's flock 1 Andrew Gerhart
Grand champion ram Jimmy Zimmer
man
Reserve champion ram Joelynn Do
nough
Grand champion ewe Jen Zimmerman
Reserve champion ewe' Radell Peters
Ihe Kiddie Pedal Power
Tractor Pull, sponsored by Ever
green Tractor Sales at Myers
town, is a special event very
similar to the big tractor pulls
seen at many county fairs. Chil
dren must preregister previous
to the event, which will be at 3
p.m. The event is limited to 80
participants.
Kessler’s “Barnyard” is open
all week long providing a unique
experience for the children to
actually touch farm animals
such as calves, sheep, and pigs.