HO-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 25, 2003 B m s A Peek At LINDA WILLIAMS Bedford Co. Correspondent BEDFORD (Bedford Co.) Samantha Adams, daughter of Kathy and Sam Adams of U.S. Route 220, Bedford, was one of the more then 20 Bedford County Farm Show participants. For Samantha, it was a first time experience, and one she had been looking forward to all year. Lucky enough to live near 4-H leader Ada Myers, and drawing on the experience of the whole sheep and goat raising Myers family, has sparked Samantha’s interest from the start of her ani mal showing experiences. With three goats and two lambs of her own, Samantha has participated in the Bedford Fair as well as Jackpot shows at Som erset, Indiana, and Bedford coun ties. In 2001, Samantha took first place in showmanship and fitting with her goat and first place in showmanship with her lamb at the Bedford Fair. She also showed the reserve champion goat that year. This year she planned to show both her goat, Vanilla, and her lamb, Hercules, at the Farm Show. However, one week before the Farm Show, Vanilla lost all of his milk teeth which disqualified it. Hercules came home with a third place. Samantha showed goats for Scott Myers at the Farm Show and brought him two fifth places. Bill Cuculis gets son William Jr., one year old, off to an Michelle . injappu, early start in learning the art of fitting cattle for the show Dave Lefever, ring. Sons Luke, 13, and Mitch, 11, also showed purebred Linda Williams Angus during the Farm Show. The Cuculis family operates Family First Farm, Seven Valleys. , “ m nr*. • Farm Show Exhibiting Hercules, Samantha Adams’s lamb, came home from the Pennsylvania Farm Show with a third-place win. Rome if# i # - T|r T ' I h > < ' * * * Jaclyn Upperman, 13, Chambersburg, readies show heifer “Babydoll” for the open show. Jaclyn, with six years of Farm Show experience, Is from Up-Hill Acres, op erated by her parents, Steve and Jane Upperman. Nicole Bodell fits market steer Peek-A-800 for the ring. Nicole has been showing cattle for 10 years. These snuggling kids were a favorite with Farm Show visitors.
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