A2B-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 9, 2003
Lebanon Youth Parade Champions At The Main Event
‘Major’ Wins Grand Champion Steer, Nets $3,600 From Moss’s
ANDY ANDREWS
Editor
LEBANON (Lebanon Co.)
Before youth paraded their grand
and reserve champion animals
through the sale ring, Megan had
a few words about her steer.
Lebanon’s grand champion
steer used to be a “major pain,”
and for its efforts, exhibitor
Megan Fuls nicknamed him
“Major.”
Yet the market steer became a
major winner for Megan, picking
up grand champion market steer
in competition last week at the
Lebanon Area Fair.
“He was stupid acting,” said
Megan, commenting on her
heavyweight champion Angus
crossbred, weighing' 1,304
pounds. “He was a major pain to
manage.”
Megan, 17, is the daughter of
Kevin and Karen Fuls, Richland.
The senior at Conrad Weiser
High School purchased the steer
at Sunrise Club Calves. Megan
said she exhibited the 2001 cham
pion at Lebanon Fair.
Hoss’s Steak and Sea House purchased the grand champion Lebanon Area Fair mar
ket steer for $3,600 at the sale late last week. From left, Carolyn Keene, fair queen; Rob
Billet, district manager, buyer; and Megan Fuls, exhibitor.
Lebanon Area Fair reserve champion market steer, exhibited by Joe Tice, far right,
sold for $l,BOO to Dutchway Farm Markets. From left, Carolyn Keene, fair queen; Steven
Habecker, Dutchway; and Tice.
“The calf just stuck out from
the rest when he was purchased,”
noted Kevin.
Major was purchased by Rob
Billet, Hoss’s Steak and Sea
House district manager, for
$3,600 at the sale late last week
at the Lebanon Area Fair
grounds.
Megan plans to show at the
Keystone International Livestock
Expo (KILE) in October and the
Farm Show in January.
Joe Tice exhibited “Johnson,”
a 1,312-pound reserve champion
market steer. Joe, 21, is the son of
Tom and Deb Tice, Lebanon, and
a graduate of Northern Lebanon
County High School.
The reserve heavyweight steer
is a Maine Anjou/Shorthorn
crossbred purchased from Randy
Mullinix, Kiwanis, 111. The re
serve champion sold for $l,BOO to
Dutchway Farm Markets, repre
sented by Steven Habecker.
Joe said the steer, as a calf, ex-
hibited “tons of muscle and was
sound.” This was his first Leba
non Fair championship, and he
plans to exhibit at KILE and
Farm Show.
Joe’s brother, Nate, was cham
pion at the 2003 Farm Show,
noted Joe.
Other steer winners: champion
light heavyweight went to Craig
Ziegler, Myerstown. Champion
middleweight went to Amber
Daub, Fredericksburg. Champion
lightweight went to Jen Camp
bell, Annville. Emily Whitmoyer,
Fredericksburg, exhibited reserve
champion light heavyweight. Re
serve middleweight went to
David Ziegler, Myerstown, and
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All photos by
Andy Andrews, editor
Grand champion hog, exhibited by Ben Wenger, front,
was purchased for $1,600 by Country Fare Restaurant,
Myerstown and Palmyra. From left, Katy and Doug Horst,
and at right, Carolyn Keene, fair queen.
Grand champion market lamb at Lebanon Area Fair was
exhibited by Melissa Risser, Lebanon, and sold for $l,OOO
to Fredericksburg National Bank. From left, Martin Dau
bert, buyer; Carolyn Keene, fair queen; Wilmer Stoner,
buyer; and Melissa.
The auctioned cake netted $3,600 at the Lebanon Area
Fair livestock sale late last week. Holding the cake are,
from left, Morgan and Margeaux Firestine.