812-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 21,2002
South Mountain Fair’s Open
Beef Show Adds Supreme Classes
Pictured above is the champion Here
ford female of Justin Diehl at the South
Mountain Fair Open Beef.
above, was judged the Hereford champion
and the supreme champion bull at the
South Mountain Fair Open Beef Show.
Beef Club
The champion Shorthorn female, above, Fair Show
at the South Mountain Fair Open Beef The York
Show was owned by Kelsey Delapliane, County Beef
Gettysburg. Club 4-H
Fair Show
Northampton County 4-H took place Aug. 10 at the 4-H
At Camp Shehaqua Center Exhibition building with
One of the sizzling events for
4-H’ers this summer was 4-H
camp at Camp Shehaqua in the
Poconos. Each year, Northamp
ton County 4-H members may
choose to spend a week at Hicko
ry Run State Park in the Poco
nos. The 4-H camp is used by 30
county 4-H programs.
This year, Northampton Coun
ty had 25 campers and four
counselors at Camp Shehaqua.
They experienced nature first
hand by seeing bears, turkeys, a
fox, and thunderstorms, to name
a few.
Camping with Northampton
County also are Lehigh, Schuyl
kill, and Carbon counties.
4-H campers select a morning
workshop during which they
complete a 4-H project. The
morning workshops that campers
could choose from include World
Traveler, Paul Runyon’s Forest
ry, Feathered Friends, and Sci
encing with Snails.
E)uring the afternoons, they
could hike to the lake, try the
low-ropes course, swim in the
pool, or explore nature through
art.
The champion Simmental female,
above, was also chosen the supreme
champion female at the South Mountain
Fair Open Beef Show.
GETTYSBURG (Adams Co.) The 80th South
Mountain Fair Open Beef Show this year featured su
preme female and male classes, which gave each
breed a chance to earn top honors.
Top winners were:
HEREFORD
Champion female Justin Diehl, Fairfield
Champion bull Liz Hitz, Littlestown
Reserve female Greg Daugherty, Dover
Reserve bull Kevin Diehl, Fairfield
LIMOUSIN
Champion female Heart Felt Farm, Gettysburg
Champion bull. Heart Felt Farm, Gettysburg
SHORTHORN
Champion female Kelsey Delapliane, Gettysburg
SIMMENTAL
Champion female. Tom Vossler, Mt View Farm, Gettysburg
Reserve female' Tom Vossler
Supreme champion bull' Liz Hitz, Littlestown, Hereford champion
bull
Supreme champion female - Tom Vossler, Mt View Farm, Sim
mental champion female
York County
Matt Trestle as judge.
The champions are as fol
lows:
HEIFERS
Champion Angus Kyle Grim
Reserve champion Angus Kim Long
Champion Charolais Katie Myers
Champion Hereford Jennifer Shultz
Reserve champion Hereford Katie
Shultz
Champion Limousin Tina Brown
Reserve champion Limousin Shane
Baldwin
Champion Shorthorn Kate Livingston
Champion Simmental April Daugher-
Reserve champion Simmental Apnl
Daugherty
SUPREME CHAMPION
Kyle Grim
Champion bred and owned Kyle
Grim
STEERS
Division 1 Champion Donald Sun
day
Division 1 Reserve champion. Jenn
ifer Shultz
Division 2 Champion and reserve
champion Richie Heineman
Division 3 Champion Kim Long
Division 3 Reserve champion Jamie
Welsh
GRAND CHAMPION
Richie Heineman
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
Kim Long
SHOWMANSHIP
Novice Katie Shultz
Junior Jennifer Shultz
Intermediate Kim Long
Senior Jamie Welsh
Champion Jamie Welsh
Reserve champion Kim Long
Beth Baer Receives
4-H
York Fair 4-H Special Award
The 2002 York Fair 4-H Spe
cial Award recipient is Beth Baer,
Glenville. She is the daughter of
Brian and Ruth Baer whose sons,
Jason and Philip were also in
4-H.
Beth is a member of the York
County 4-H Beef Club and the
Glen Rock 4-H Community
Club, where she has completed
projects in foods and nutrition,
cake decorating, counted cross
stitch, candlemaking, rocketry,
beadwork, stepping stones, teen
leadership and many others.
Over her 10-year tenure in
4-H, Beth has consistently en
tered her steers and at least 10
other 4-H projects each year at
the York Fair. Beth began exhibi
ting at the York Fair when she
was S-years-old. In addition, she
has entered several of the York
Fairs’ Special Foods contests,
garnering third prize in the Sweet
Team Treat Championship and
second place in the senior divi
sion of the Kids Cookie Contest.
Currently, Beth is a freshman
at York College of Pennsylvania
and she works as a horticultural
ist with Poplar Hollow Farm in
Glenville. She is a member of the
American Junior Angus Associa
tion, Pennsylvania Junior Angus
Association and Pennsylvania
Cattlemen’s Association.
Top winners at the Franklin County 4-H Beef Club’s
Steer Show: From left, Nicholas Wingert, grand champion
steer; Judge Colby Ferguson; and Lindsay Upperman, re
serve champion steer.
Franklin County 4-H
Beef Club Show
It was a hot day for the annual
Franklin County 4-H Baby Beef
Clubs Market Steer Show at the
Franklin County Fair. There
were 17 exhibitors competing.
Colby Ferguson from Thurmont,
Md., was the judge.
Ferguson judged the exhibitors
on their showmanship abilities in
three different classes according
to their age and their market
steers in five different classes
according to their weight. He
shared positive and negative
comments on how to improve
their techniques.
Kevin Stahl of Mercersburg
was chosen as the champion
showman. Nicholas Wingert of
St. Thomas showed the grand
4-H
HAPPENINGS
Susquehanna County Youths
Receive Memorial Award
The family of Guy Wells has
established a memorial award to
be given at the Harford Fair dur
ing the Red and White Youth
Dairy Show. Exhibitors of the
Red and White champions re
ceived embroidered fleece blan
kets or a framed Red and White
Bonnie Mohr print.
The junior champion was
Hunsinger Sunset Ruby-Red
owned and exhibited by Kaitlyn
Depew, daughter of David and
Annette Depew, Springville.
Kaitlyn enjoys spending time at
Byron and Pat Hunsinger’s
where she keeps her show calf.
Abbey Puzo, daughter of Mary
and Doug Puzo of Montrose re
ceived the junior reserve champi
on award showing her spring
yearling Goff Farms Sabrebeny-
Red. Abbey is a Susquehanna
County dairy ambassador and a
member of the Watrous Comers
4-H Club. Abbey has been show
ing cows since she was 4 years
old. Abbey has shown Jerseys,
Holsteins and Red and White
Holsteins.
Shana Mack’s senior
2-year-old O-Mac Oakes Hot
Amber-Red was the senior cham
pion. Daughter of Dean and Jane
Mack, Shana lives near Brooklyn
and is a member of the Bora to
Show 4-H Club. She has served
as dairy maid and a dairy ambas
sador in Susquehanna County
and has been exhibiting dairy an
imals in 4-H and at the Harford
Fair for seven years.
Goff Farms Aubrey-Red
champion steer. Lindsay Upper
man of Chambersburg showed
the reserve champion steer in the
4-H division. In the open divi
sion, Nicholas Wingert showed
the grand champion steer.
Other placings of the show are
as follows:
SHOWMANSHIP
Novice class 1 Lindsay Upperman 2
Jered Lehman 3 Jenna Lehman
Intermediate class 1 Jaclyn Upperman
2 Nicholas Wmgert 3 Manah Morns
Senior class' 1. Kevin Stahl 2 Shawn
Meyers. 3 Mathew Stahl.
Lightweight. 1 Jaclyn Upperman. 2
Mathew Stahl. 3. Andrew Dice.
Medium weight' 1. Micah Hawbaker 2
Kristina Dice 3 Ben Beidel
Light heavyweight. 1 Nicholas Wmgert
2. Jenna Lehman 3. Manah Moms
Medium heavyweight. 1 Lindsay Upper
man. 2 Jodi Meyers. 3. Shawn Meyers
Heavyweight 1. Logan Miller 2. Kevin
Stahl. 3. Alex Young.
owned by Dan Puzo received the
senior reserve champion award.
Dan has been a member of the
Watrous Comers 4-H Club for
eight years showing black and
white and red and white Hol
steins. Dan has exhibited dairy
cattle at the Harford Fair for 11
years. He lr • Montr ie
and
his g
par- J
en t s
are,
Doug '
and
Mary
Puzo.
Chester County 4-H
Benefit Auction
An auction to benefit the
Chester County 4-H program
take place rain or shine, Satur
day, Sept. 28 at the Romano 4-H
Center located on Route 322 in
Honey Brook. The silent auction
will begin at 3 p.m., followed by a
live auction at 6 p.m.
Various items for auction will
include gift certificates from local
businesses and restaurants, ad
mission tickets to area' attrac
tions, specialty gift baskets, as
sorted pet foods, plants, quilts,
artwork, antiques, and collecti
bles. Auction proceeds will help
raise funds needed to expand the
Romano 4-H Center.
For more information about
the auction, or the 4-H Program,
please call Penn State Coopera
tive Extension at (610) 696-3500.