A34-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 16, 2003
Dietrich Exhibits Her First Grand Champion Ram At Kutztown
All photos by
Andy Andrews, editor
ANDY ANDREWS
Editor
KUTZTOWN (Berks Co.)
Year one of competing at the
breeding sheep show brought a
championship to Kutztown High
School sophomore Karen Diet
rich, who won supreme champi
on ram Wednesday here at the
Kutztown Fair.
Karen, 16, daughter of Debbie
and Lynn Dietrich, Lenhartsville,
showed a Dorset fall ram to
championship on her first year of
bred sheep competition.
Karen purchased the Dorset
ram from Harold Tyson, Kemp
ton. She picked the lamb because
“his ears were really cute,” said
Karen. “He has the length of
body and breed characteristics
(necessary to compete).”
Karen plans to show at Allen
town and Oley fairs, in addition
to Farm Show.
“Queeny” was truly a champi
on for exhibitor Amanda Miller.
The Tulpehocken High School
senior exhibited the Southdown
yearling ewe to supreme ewe
Wednesday at Kutztown Fair.
Amanda, 18, daughter of Ron
and Joan Miller, Bemville, has
exhibited champions before at
Kutztown.
Amanda plans to show at Al
lentown, Oley, York, Keystone,
and Farm Show.
In market lamb competition,
Chad Weyer also points out this
is his first championship, win
ning with “Cocoa,” a crossbred
Suffolk and Hampshire ewe.
Chad, 16, is the son of Randy
and Carol Weyer, Mohrsville.
The junior at Schuylkill Valley
High School said this was his sec
ond year of showing at Kutztown
and he plans to show at Oley.
The lamb was obtained from the
Fleeners in Womelsdorf.
Reserve champion went to Jere
Essig, 10, son of Steve and Teri
Essig, Bemville. The Strausstown
Elementary fifth grader noted he
took reserve at Reading this year
and this is his first Kutztown
champion.
Jere, who nicknamed the
Hampshire/Suffolk ewe “Dusty,”
obtained the lamb from Fleeners.
Following is a partial list of
show placings.
KUTZTOWN FAIR
SHEEP SHOW
RESULTS
FITTING
Class 175:1. Amanda Mill
er. 2. Chad Weyer. 3. Amber
Shollenberger
Class 176: 1 Elizabeth
Kuebler. 2. Kellie Graeff. 3
Drew Ketterer.
Class 177:1. Amy Essig. 2.
Lonssa Lazarus. 3. Ryan
Lynch.
Class 178:1. Jere Essig. 2.
Shelby Ranck. 3. Melanie
Graeff.
Champion Fitter Amanda
Miller. Reserve; Jere Essig.
SHOWING
Class 181; 1. Amanda Mill
er. 2. Cathryn Levan. 3.
Amber Shollenberger.
Class 182: 1. Kellie Graeff.
2. Came Hartman. 3. Andrew
Reinert.
Class 183: 1. Lonssa Laz
arus. 2. Ryan Lynch. 3. Amy
Essig.
Class 184: 1. Shelby Rar
ick. 2. Jere Essig. 3. Melanie
Graeff.
Champion Showman:
Amanda Miller. Reserve: Cat
hryn Levan.
BLOCKING AND GROOM-
ING
Class 193; 1. Nicole Lynch.
2. Melanie Graeff. 3. Shelby
Ranck.
Class 194; 1 Ryan Lynch
2. Anne Hartman. 3. Mallory
Ketterer
Class 195- 1. Came Hart
man. 2 Kellie Graeff. 3 Eliza
beth Kuebler.
Class 196. 1. Cathryn
Levan. 2 Amanda Miller 3
Amber Shollenberger
Karen Dietrich, holding sheep, exhibited supreme
champion ram at Kutztown. In front are Amber Shollen
berger, Pennsylvania Lamb and Wool Queen; Annette
Lovell, Paoli, judge; and Dietrich. In back are the ram
class champion exhibitors.
Ewe supreme champion at Kutztown Fair was exhibited
by Amanda Miller, holding sheep. Front are Amber Shol
lenberger, Pennsylvania Lamb and Wool Queen; Annette
Lovell, Paoli, judge; and Miller. In back are the ewe class
champion exhibitors.
District #l9 Meeting Notice
Champion market lamb at Kutztown Fair was exhibited
by Chad Weyer, at right. From left, Amber Shollenberger,
Pennsylvania Lamb and Wool Queen; Jere Essig, reserve;
Annette Lovell, Judge and Weyer;
Rural Communities Cautioned
About Rabies Vaccine Bait
CAMP HILL (CUMBER
LAND Co.) Pennsylvania
Farm Bureau (PFB) President
Guy F. Donaldson encourages
the farm and rural community to
be aware of rabies vaccine bait
that is being distributed in the
fields and woods of western
Pennsylvania between August 11
and September 12.
“For the second consecutive
year, as part of the USDA Wild
life Services division’s Oral Ra
bies Vaccination Program
(ORV), bait will be dropped from
airplanes flying over rural areas
and scattered by hand in the
urban areas of western Pennsyl
vania in an attempt to eliminate
raccoon rabies, the most common
strain of rabies in the state and a
serious danger for both animals
and humans,” said Donaldson.
The Pennsylvania Farm Bu
reau, in partnership with USDA
Wildlife Services, encourages
members and the public residing
in Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver,
Butler, Crawford, Erie, Fayette,
Greene, Lawrence, Mercer, Ve
nango, Washington and West
moreland counties to take the
following precautions:
If you find bait near your
home intact and out in the open,
put a glove on to keep the fish oil
and odor off your fingers and
toss the bait into a wooded area
or place where a raccoon is likely
to find it and where children and
pets are not likely to be exposed.
If the bait is broken open, use a
paper towel or plastic bag to pick
it up and wash your hands as a
precaution.
To help ensure that raccoons
consume the bait pieces, keep
pets inside or on a short leash for
at least five days after baiting oc
curs in your area. The fish odor
may attract cats and dogs and,
while the vaccine will not make
your pet sick, it is not intended
for use to vaccinate animals
other than wildlife. If your pet
does ingest do not try to re
move it from the animal’s mouth
as the animal may bite, exposing
you to the modified live virus in
the vaccine. If your pet does eat
bait, the vaccine may remain in
its mouth for up to 48 hours, so
you should wash your hands
with soap and water if you come
in contact with your pet’s saliva.
If you are exposed to the vac
cine or need advice, contact the
Pa. Department of Health, 1-877-
PA HEALTH.
Contact USDA Wildlife Serv
ices at (717) 728-0700 if at any
time you observe a raccoon that
is sick or acting strange.