Plainfield Farmers’ Fair Posts Swine, Beef Results
DEANNA CUNFER
Carbon Co. Correspondent
BANGOR (Northampton Co.)
Daryl Bomgardner, Selins
grove judged the 4-H swine and
open beef shows recently con
ducted during the Plainfield
Farmers’ Fair, Bangor. Bom
gardner, a Penn State graduate
where he was a member of the
livestock judging team, is a sales
representative for Hoober Equip
ment Inc.
In reviewing the contestants of
the 4-H swine fitting and show
manship contests Bomgardner
said there were several things he
was looking for. When judging a
showmanship class he said he felt
the two most important things he
looks for are: first, keep the hog
between you and the judge, and
secondly, he wants to see eye con
tact between the exhibitor and
the judge. With the recent
changes in fitting 4-H animals,
Bomgardner said it seems the
“clean and dry” policy is now the
acceptable method in preparing
your market swine for show.
However, he stressed, “No one is
opposed to using water” and
after the show he took time to
demonstrate how the use of water
can improve the appearance of
colored pigs during competition.
For his champion showman
Shown is champion market hog of 4-H Swine Show ex
hibited by Kelly Hower. Also shown is Daryl Bomgardner,
judge of the event at Plainfield Farmers’ Fair.
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Bomgardner selected Nicole
Kondziela, Moore Township. De
scribed as a smooth and calm
showman, Kondziela first won
the senior showmanship class.
Laura DeWalt, Easton, winner of
the junior showmanship class,
was then awarded the reserve
champion showman ribbon.
Kondziela will attend Green
Mountain College this fall plan
ning to major in education.
During the fitting competition
Kondziela again topped the sen
ior class moving on to be named
the champion fitter. Reserve fit
ter honors went to Josh Bauman,
winner of the junior fitting class.
Moving on to the weight class
es, Bomgardner said he was look
ing for a big framed, heavy mus
cled and lean animal as his
choice for champion. He found
exactly that as he selected the
234-pound Hampshire entry of
first year member, Kelly Hower,
describing the champion as being
the deepest in quality of the
heavyweight class, heavy mus
cled and widest based, big framed
and lean.
For his choice as reserve cham
pion of the show Bomgardner se
lected the 173-pound Duroc entry
of Kondziela.
Later that afternoon, Bom
gardner judged the open beef
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show. In the market steer compe
tition, the 1,235-pound Angus
based entry of Gwen Wagner
named Wyatt was tapped as the
champion market steer. Bom
gardner described the winning
entry of Wagner as being square
and bold.
Plainfield Farmers’ Fair queen,
Jennifer Hower, 17, of Bethlehem
then led her 1,345-pound Angus
steer. Rusty, into the reserve
championship spot. Later in the
open beef breeding competition,
the junior yearling heifer. Just
Enuff Circle A Sabrina, the
March 2001 daughter of Circle A
2000 Plus and Wakefield Scaara
Sarah 818, exhibited by Hower
was named the champion Angus
female of the show and later the
reserve overall female.
Champion Simmental heifer
and the champion overall female
title went to Strawberry, the Nov.
2000 senior yearling entry, owned
by Jesse Poliskiewicz, 19, Bangor.
Poliskiewicz is a freshman at
East Stroudsburg University as a
criminal justice major.
Reserve champion Simmental
honors went to Elena Poliskie
wicz with her summer yearling
heifer entry. Elena, 11, a sixth
grade student at DeFranco Ele
mentary, also received the cham
pion cow/calf award for her
2-year-old cow, Snickers, with a
Feb. calf at side sired by Power
Stroke.
In the showmanship competi
tion of the open beef show Bom
gardner selected Wagner as his
champion showman with Hower
following in the reserve champi
on showman position.
The fair posted the following
results for the 4-H swine and
open beef shows:
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annual county event, Sept. 13-21.
“We are very proud of the new
arena that has been built in time
for this year’s fair,” said J.R.
Ramsburg Jr., president of the
fair’s board of managers. “But we
could not have gotten this monu
mental project done without the
help and assistance of many area
individuals, businesses and sup
porters who underwrote the are
na’s cost.”
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Shown is Gwen Wagner with her grand champion mar
ket steer of the Open Beef Show. Daryl Bomgardner
Judged the event.
4-H SWINE SHOW
FITTING X SHOWMANSHIP
Junior fitting: 1. Josh Bauman 2. An
drew Hower. 3. Laura DeWalt.
Junior showmanship' 1 Laura DeWalt 2.
Kelvin DeWalt. 3. Josh Bauman
Intermediate fitting. 1 Steven Hunsicker
Intermediate showmanship 1 Steven
Hunsicker.
Senior fitting 1. Nicole Kondziela 2 Joel
Geiger 3. Travis Hahn.
Senior showmanship 1. Nicole Kondzie
la 2. Joel Geiger. 3. Travis Hahn.
Champion fitter Nicole Kondziela.
Champion showman. Nicole Kondziela.
WEIGHT CLASSES
Light lightweight: 1 Kelly Hower. 2 An
drew Hower. 3. Josh Bauman.
Lightweight. 1. Nicole Kondziela 2. Ste
ven Hunsicker. 3. Josh Bauman.
Middle weight: 1. Joel Geiger. 2. Nicole
Kondziela. 3 Andrew Hower.
Heavyweight: 1. Kelly Hower 2. Joel Gei
ger. 3. Laura DeWalt.
Pairs: 1. Joel Geiger 2. Kelly Hower. 3.
Nicole Kondziela.
Champion market swine- Kelly Hower
Reserve Champion market swine- Nicole
Kondziela
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who really made this arena be
come a reality,” Ramsburg
added.
Kicking off the fair’s equine
events will be the 4-H English
horse and pony show at 9 a.m.,
Saturday, Sept. 14.
The draft horse and mule
show, a long-time favorite among
spectators and participants at the
fair, gets under way in the new
arena at 8:30 a.m., Sunday, Sept.
IS. A ribbon cutting for the arena
will be at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday
as part of the draft horse and
mule show. The Maryland Capi
tal Park Police equine colorguard
will make a special appearance
during the ribbon cutting ceremo
ny.
Sunday’s show will be judged
by Chip Lawrence of North Car
olina and Jennifer Biddle of
Pennsylvania. The daylong show
will feature halter classes as well
as the popular antique farm
implement class, the hitch and
cart classes. Halter classes are for
exhibitors with registered Bel-
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OPEN BEEF SHOW
MARKET STEERS
Lightweight. 1 Gwen Wagner
Medium weight 1 Gwen Wagner 2
Paul Wagner 3 Jesse Poliskiewicz
Heavyweight 1 Jennifer Hower 2 Alex
Poliskiewicz
Champion market steer Gwen Wagner
Reserve champion market steer Jennifer
Hower
OPEN BEEF BREEDING
ANGUS
Junior yearling heifer 1 Jennifer Hower
Champion Angus female 1 Jennifer
Hower
SIMMENTAL
Senior heifer calf-1 Elena Poliskiewicz
Summer yearling heifer 1 Elena Polis
kiewicz.
Early junior yearling 1 Jesse Poliskie
wicz.
Senior yearling 1 Jesse Poliskiewicz
Cow/calf- 1. Elena Poliskiewicz 2 Jesse
Poliskiewicz.
Champion Simmental female Jesse Po
liskiewicz
Reserve champion Simmental female
Elena Poliskiewicz
Frederick Fair
gians, Clydesdales, Percherons or
Shire, Suffolks, geldings and un
registered mares. Judging is
based on the animal’s conforma
tion and animal condition.
“The draft horse and mule
show continues to be a popular
event at The Great Frederick
Fair,” said Ramsburg. “The hal
ter classes are certainly educa
tional because this is where the
public can learn.how these ani
mals are supposed to look and
what they have been bred for.”
The hitch and cart classes are
the entertaining portion of the
show, both for the exhibitor and
the spectators. “This is where the
public can see how these exhibi
tors have trained these horses
and mules to work together in
team hitches and pull carts and
antique farm equipment,” Rams
burg said. “It’s a great example
of how farm work used to be
done.”
On Wednesday, Sept. 18, is the
Old Fashion Day Parade of horse
drawn buggies, carriages and
carts starting at 2:30 p.m. in front
of the grandstand.
Rounding out the week’s horse
events will be the 4-H Western
Horse and Pony Show at 9 a.m.,
Sunday, Sept. 22.
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