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DEANNA CUNFER
Carbon Co. Correspondent
PALMERTON (Carbon Co.)
The 2002 Annual 4-H Livestock
Sale was conducted during the
Carbon County Fair recently.
The county that has seen tre
mendous growth in the member
ship of the Carbon County 4-H
Livestock Club saw 109 animals
parade through the sale ring as
auctioneer, Tim Houser, of
Houser Auctioneers Inc., New
Ringgold, accepted bids for the
project animals of the 33 mem
bers.
A buyer’s luncheon was pro
vided to all registered buyers
with the food donated by Walck’s
Restaurant, Parryville.
Starting the side was the dona
tion of a custom designed hand
made quilt in honor of the 100th
anniversary of the 4-H program.
The Miller family of Fairyland
Farm, Lehighton, paid for the
materials and hand quilting with
proceeds to be donated to the
Carbon County 4-H Develop
ment Fund. The successful bid
for the quilt went to Scott and
Tim Seltzer, Seltzer’s Nursery, at
a figure of $460. The Seltzers
were both members of the 4-H
Livestock Club of Carbon Coun
ty and now have children of their
Grand champion market steer of the Carbon County
Fair exhibited by Justin Cunfer was purchased by Houser
Auctioneers, New Ringgold for the high bid of $1,750.
Atkins Judges Blue Valley Farm Show Swine Show
DEANNA CUNFER
Carbon Co. Correspondent
BANGOR (Northampton Co.)
Dan Atkins, Lebanon, a former
breeder of swine and a graduate
of Penn State University, judged
the market swine show at the
Blue Valley Farm Show recently.
A dairy and animal science
major, Atkins was a member of
the meats and livestock judging
Shown is gram! champion market hog of
Bluo Valley Farm Bangor. From loft
is Judge Dan Lebanon, and Chris*
tiarf Q/aypr, 12, wtthher 221-pound grand
champion. Graved Ijrtha daughter of Paul
and Diane Graver OFLehigMon and a sev
enth-grade student at Lehighton Middle
School.
4-H Livestock Sale Posts
own starting their 4-H careers.
In an effort to raise money for
the Bunny Busters Rabbit Club
to host an ARBA (American
Rabbit Breeders’ Association)
rabbit show in the county, former
member Travis Hawk donated
two pens of rabbits for sale. Suc
cessful bidders for the two pens
were: Scott and Dawn George of
Hollyhock Farms, Palmerton, at
$95 and Miller’s Country Store,
Lehighton, for $BO.
Starting the sale of champions
was the grand champion market
steer of Justin Cunfer, 18. Houser
Auctioneers Inc., New Ringgold,
purchased the 1,344-pound
Angus for the high bid of $1,750.
The 236-pound grand champi
on market hog of Luke Graver,
10, was purchased by Hometown
Farmers’ Market owned by the
Robert Dunn family for $5OO.
Shanna Simmons, 18, then sold
her 65-pound grand champion
market goat to Mike Fegley, Fcg
ley Fast Fill Mobil for $4lO.
The successful bidder of Nich
olas Simmons’ 576-pound cham
pion dairy beef was Chas. S.
Snyder Inc., Tamaqua, while
Herman B. Snyder Plumbing, Le
highton, was the high bidder of
the 117-pound champion market
lamb of Ashley Barry.
teams while at Penn State and
currently works with the live
stock club and judging team of
Lebanon County.
For his champion fitter of the
market swine show Atkins select
ed Josh Bauman from the junior
first-year class. Atkins liked
the way Bauman had all the
points clean on the hog and had
j Judge
and Nicole. Kondziela, with the reserve
grand champion market hog of the Blue
Valley Farm Show. Kondziela was also
named-the reserve champion fitter and
showman of the competition.
Following is a list of the suc
cessful bidders of the reserve
champion animals with the ex
hibitor name and amount of bid:
reserve champion market steer of
Josh Kemmerer sold to Village
Center Mall, the Robert Dunn
family, for $1,300; reserve cham
pion market hog of Christiana
Graver sold to Palmerton Garage
Doors, Ned Biege, for $360; re
serve champion market goat of
Grand champion dairy hoof of the Car
bon County Fair exhibited by Nicholas Sim
mons was purchased by Chas. S. Snyder
Inc. of Tamaqua for $l,OOO.
Grand champion market goat of the Car
bon County Fair exhibited by Shanna Sim
mons was purchased by Mike Fegley of
Fegley Fast Fill Mobil, Andreas, for the
high bid of $4lO.
the hog looking real sharp for the
day’s competition. The champion
showman title went to senior Joel
Geiger who Atkins described as
being a very smooth and steady
showman and also complimented
Geiger on keeping the pig out
where the judge could see him.
Geiger, 17, is a senior at North
ampton High School and the son
Andrew Miller sold to Chas. S.
Snyder Inc. for $150; reserve
champion dairy beef of Chris
tiana Graver sold to Chas. S.
Snyder Inc. for $600; and the re
serve champion market lamb of
Luke Graver sold to Anthony
Landscapes Inc., Buckingham,
for $3OO.
The remainder of the sale (ex
cluding the champion and re
serve animals) saw the average
Grand champion market hog of the Car
bon County Fair exhibited by Luke Graver
waa purchased by the Hometown Farmers’
Market for the high bid of $6OO.
Grand champion market lamb of the
Carbon County Fair exhibited by Ashley
Barry was purchased by Herman B. Snyder
Plumbing and Heating, Lehighton, for
$4OO.
of Sherwood and Kathy Geiger.
Geiger has also started his own
swine breeding project with sev
eral litters to his credit.
Reserve champion fitter and
reserve champion showman hon
ors went to Nicole Kondziela,
Moore Township, from the senior
division.
For his champion market hog
of the competition Atkins select
ed the 221-pound winner of the
light medium weight hogs exhibi
ted by Christiana Graver. In de
scribing this champion Atkins
said the hog puts everything to
gether into a nice package in re
gards to the ideals of the indus
try. It was a nice showing kind of
hog with eye appeal but still put
together the desired carcass
package.
Graver, 12, daughter of Paul
and Diane Graver of Lehighton,
is in the seventh grade at Lehigh
ton Middle School.
Kondziela’s 233-pound Duroc
entry of the medium weight class
followed into the reserve grand
champion market hog spot At
kins described the reserve cham
pion as being big framed, lean
muscled, fresh in appearance,
and trim yet carrying a lot of
muscle.
Graver and Kondziela fol
lowed with the grand champion
and reserve champion pair of
market hogs, respectively.
Results
prices for market steers at $1,200;
dairy beef at $540; market hogs
at $256; market lambs at $194;
and market goats at $143.
The buy back program for the
sale that enabled individuals and
businesses that wish to support
the 4-H members but do not want
to keep the animal was provided
by Lees port Farmers’ Market,
Leesport.
The fair posted the following
results:
MARKET SWINE SHOW
FITTING AND SHOWMANSHIP
Senior fitting: 1. Nicole Kondziela. 2. Joel
Geiger. 3. Christiana Graver.
Intermediate fitting: 1. Luke Graver. 2.
Laura DeWalt. 3. Kelvin DeWalt.
Junior fitting: 1. Josh Bauman. 2. Kelly
Hower.
Senior showmanship: 1. Joel Geiger. 2.
Nicole Kondziela. 3. Travis Hahn
Intermediate showmanship; 1. Kelvin De-
Walt 2. Luke Graver. 3. Andrew Hower.
Junior showmanship: 1. Josh Bauman. 2.
Kelly Hower.
Champion fitter Josh Bauman.
Reserve champion fitter Nicole Kondzie
la.
Champion showman: Joel Geiger.
Reserve champion showman: Nicole
Kondziela.
MARKET SWINE SHOW
WEIGHT CLASSES
Light lightweight: 1. Andrew Hower. 2.
Andrew Hower.
Heavy lightweight: 1. Kelly Hower. 2. An
drew Hower. 3. Steven Hunslcker.
Light medium weight: 1. Christiana
Graver. 2. Luke Graver. 3. Joel Geiger.
Medium weight: 1. Nicola Kondziela. 2.
Christiana Graver. 3. Luke Graver.
Heavy medium weight: 1. Nicole Kond
ziela. 2. Steven Hunsioker. 3. Travis Hahn.
Heavyweight: 1. Joel Geiger. 2. Kelly
Hower. 3. Travic Hahn.
GRAND CHAMPION MARKET HOG
Christiana Graver
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
MARKET HOG
Nicole Kondziela
MARKET SWINE SHOW
PAIRS
Lightweight: 1. Josh Bauman. 2. Nicole
Kondziela. 3. Andrew Hower.
Medium weight: 1. Christian Graver. 2.
Luke Graver. 3. Joel Geiger.
Heavyweight; 1. Nicole Kondziela. 2. Joel
Geiger. 3. Travis Hahn.
GRAND CHAMPION PAIR
MARKET HOGS
Christiana Qravar
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION PAIR
MARKET HOGS
Nicole Kondziela