A36-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 4, 2003
Two Colors
DEANNA CUNFER
Carbon Co. Correspondent
PALMERTON (Carbon Co.)
No one planned it that way, but
only two colors appeared in the
ring during the Carbon County
Fair beef show.
Everything was black and white
for Judge Cheryl Fairbaim, Chest
er County extension director and
breeder of Angus cattle, the day
she judged the breeding beef, mar
ket steer, and dairy beef competi
tion at the Carbon County Fair.
Starting with the 4-H and open
breeding beef competition, Fair
baim only had one breed to review
Angus. As her 4-H champion fit
ter and champion showman she se
lected last-year member, Justin
Cunfer, son of Dennis and Deanna
Cunfer of Never Done Farm near
Lehigh ton. Cunfer is a second-year
student at Penn State University
Park majoring in animal science
with a career goal of large-animal
veterinarian.
As her champion heifer calf,
Fairbaim selected Cunfer’s April
2003 spring heifer calf, NDF
Blackbird Brandie 301, daughter of
W V U Grant 1423. Cunfer’s
spring yearling heifer, the April
2002 daughter of WVF HB Atlan
tic Natl Merit, NDF Majestic Meri-
Tia 201, then received the champi
on yearling heifer rosette.
Grand champion Angus heifer
and the supreme beef heifer banner
went to NDF Blackbird Bridget
101, the January 2001 cow from
Cunfer’s cow/calf entry. This
daughter of GAR Commitment
captured the same honors at the
fair last year for Cunfer.
All three champions of Cunfer
were bred and owned and part of
his Angus and Angus-based herd
of 22 animals that started with his
first 4-H heifer bought in 1999.
Moving to the 4-H market steer
competition Fairbaim selected Lee
Shoenberger, 15-year-old son of
Dan and Ann Shoenberger, Palm
erton, as champion fitter with
brother, Kerry taking the reserve
fitter award. Lee is in the 10th
grade. Kerry, 17, is a senior at Le
highton High School.
Brubaker Judges Carbon Fair Sheep Show
DEANNA CUNFER
Carbon Co. Correspondent
PALMERTON (Carbon Co.)
Clyde Brubaker of Lebanon judged
the recent 4-H market lamb and
4-H and open breeding sheep
shows at the Carbon County Fair.
A breeder of crossbred and pure
bred Hampshire sheep, Brubaker
sells club lambs as well as being an
independent contractor for a min
eral supply company.
In the 4-H market lamb fitting
and showmanship competition,
Brubaker selected Ashley Barry,
16, daughter of Guy and Priscilla
Barry of Countryside Acres near
Lehighton as his grand champion
fitter and grand champion show
man, saying he liked the way she
walked the lamb and had no prob
lem keeping her eye on the judge.
Barry will be a senior at Lehighton
High School this year. She raises
sheep, goats, and poultry on the
family farm.
Barry saw her 110-pound entry
from the heavyweight class named
grand champion market lamb.
Brubaker described the lamb as
having a lot of balance with a well
muscled lower leg. During the an
nual 4-H livestock sale, Barry sold
her champion lamb to the Chas. S.
Snyder New Holland dealership of
Tamaqua for a $750 bid.
Barry’s 100-pound medium
weight lamb was named reserve
grand champion. The lamb sold to
Gilbert Pittinger for $650 during
the annual 4-H livestock sale.
In the 4-H breeding show, Bru
baker named Laura Mazur as his
champion fitter and champion
showman.
In the 4-H and open Shropshire
competition, Mazur’s bred-and
owned ewe, Too Busy Acres Isa
bell, received the grand champion
Shropshire ewe rosette.
In the 4-H and open Suffolk di-
Black And White
The champion showman honors
went to Kerry Shoenberger. Re
serve showman ribbon went to
Josh Kemmerer.
Not knowing before the event
that all the entries of the market
steer competition were Angus,
Fairbaim, an angus breeder herself,
was amidst a familiar color as she
selected Kemmerer’s April 2002
entry sired by WVF HB Atlantic
Natl Merit as the champion market
steer. Fairbaim described the
1,291-pound champion as being
clean in his front end, the heaviest
muscled of the competition, and
having a tremendous hind quarter.
During the annual 4-H livestock
sale, Kemmerer sold his champion
to the Chas. S. Snyder New Hol
land dealership for the high bid of
$2,000.
Kemmerer, 18-year-old son of
Violet and the late Leroy Kemmer
er of Big Creek Farms near Le
highton, also breeds and shows
dairy and Boer market goats. This
being his last year of 4-H eligibility,
Kemmerer is a second-year student
at Penn State Lehigh campus ma
joring in ag engineering.
The reserve champion market
steer rosette went to Kerry Shoe
nberger’s 1,283-pound entry. Gew
Farms purchased the reserve
champion for $1,700 during the
4-H livestock sale later that week.
Black and white then filled the
ring as Fairbaim reviewed the 23
entries of the dairy beef competi
tion. Weights for the entries ranged
from 404 to 698 pounds divided
into five classes.
As her champion fitter of the 16
exhibitors in the dairy beef compe
tition, Fairbaim selected Lee Shoe
nberger with brother Kerry follow
ing into the reserve fitter spot. The
brothers also captured the same ti
tles earlier in the market steer com
petition.
Senior showman Ashley Barry
was tapped as the champion show
man with Kari Bauchspies from
the intermediate division, being
named reserve champion show
man. Barry, 16-year-old daughter
of Guy and Priscilla Barry of
Countryside Acres near Lehighton,
vision, Barry’s two bred and owned
spring ram lambs took grand and
reserve champion ram honors.
Mazur exhibited the grand
champion Suffolk ewe, a yearling
Brubaker called very complete and
correct with a lot of balance. The
reserve champion Suffolk ewe title
went to a yearling shown by Barry.
In reviewing the Montadale
breed entries, Brubaker selected
Mazur’s bred-and-owned ram
lamb. Too Busy Acres Showßiz, as
the grand champion Montadale
ram. Mazur’s Too Busy Acres Iris
followed as the reserve champion
ram.
Mazur’s ewes received the grand
champion and reserve champion
Montadale ewe titles.
In the other breeds division,
Barry competed with her bred-and
owned Suffolk crossbred ewe lambs
with her Countryside Acres 66 re
ceiving the grand champion title
and her Countryside Acres 65 ac
cepting the reserve champion ro
sette. Both ewes were bom in April
2003.
Ending the sheep show, Brubak
er selected Mazur’s Too Busy Acres
Showßiz from the Montadale breed
as the grand champion 4-H and
open grand champion ram of show
and Mazur’s Too Busy Acres Free
dom, a Suffolk, as the 4-H and
open grand champion ewe of show.
The fair posted the following re
sults:
4-H MARKET LAMB SHOW
FITTING AND SHOWMANSHIP
Senior fitting: 1. Ashley Barry.
Senior showmanship: 1. Ashley Barry.
Intermediate fitting: 1. Laura Mazur.
Intermediate showmanship: 1. Laura
Mazur.
Champion Fitter Ashley Barry.
Reserve Champion Fitter Laura Mazur.
Champion Showman: Ashley Barry.
Reserve Champion Showman: Laura
Mazur.
WEIGHT CLASSES
Lightweight 1. Laura Mazur.
Medlumweight 1. Ashley Barry. 2. Ash
ley Barry.
Judge Cheryl Fairbaim selected the
1,291-pount entry of Josh Kemmerer, Le
highton, as the grand champion market
steer of the Carbon County Fair. Kemmer
er, 18, sold his champion to the Chas. S.
Snyder New Holland dealership for a high
bid of $2,000 at the annual 4-H livestock
sale.
is a senior at Lehighton High
School. Bauchspies, 14, is the
daughter of Jeff and Pam Bauch
spies and also attends Lehighton
High School.
In their first year to complete the
dairy beef project, Stephen and
Kevin Bond, 13 and 11, respec
tively, rose to the top as Stephen
saw his 624-pound entry from the
light heavyweight class capture the
grand champion honors. Fairbaim
described the champion as having
a lot of bone, muscle through the
hind quarter, and room to grow.
Kevin Bond’s 677-pound winner
of the heavyweight class was de
scribed as having a tremendous
loin, heavy muscles, and standing
on a lot of bone as Fairbairn pres
ented Kevin with the reserve cham
pion rosette. The brothers are sons
of Ken and Lee Bond and also
completed the market swine proj
ect this year.
Hometown Farmers’ Market
purchased the champion of Ste
phen Bond for $1,400 during the
4-H livestock sale. Palmerton Ga
rage Doors was the top bidder at
$1,115 for Kevin’s reserve champi
on dairy beef.
Ewe breed champions are shown with the supreme
champion ewe of the Carbon County Fair. From left are
Ashley Barry with her grand champion Suffolk crossbred;
Sarah Miller with the Shropshire champion ewe; Rebecca
Cunfer with the Montadale champion ewe; Laura Mazur
with her Suffolk champion ewe and supreme champion
ewe. The Shropshire, Montadale, and Suffolk are owned
by Mazur. Clyde Brubaker judged the event.
Heavyweight: 1. Ashley Barry- 2. Ashley
Barry.
Bred and owned by exhibitor 1. Laura
Mazur. 2. Ashley Barry.
GRAND CHAMPION
Ashley Barry
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
Ashley Barry
4-H AND OPEN BREEDING
SHEEP SHOW
FITTING AND SHOWMANSHIP
Senior fitting: 1. Ashley Barry.
Senior showmanship: 1. Ashley Barry.
Intermediate fitting: 1. Laura Mazur.
Intermediate showmanship: 1. Laura
Mazur.
Champion Fitter Laura Mazur.
Reserve Champion Fitter Ashley Barry.
Champion Showman: Laura Mazur.
Reserve Champion Showman: Ashley
Barry.
BREEDING CLASSES
SHROPSHIRE
Spring ewe lamb, bom after January 1
1, Laura Mazur.
Ewe, bred and owned by exhibitor 1
Laura Mazur.
GRAND CHAMPION EWE
Laura Mazur
Fill Ring At Carbon Beef Show
The fair posted the following re
sults;
4-H BREEDING BEEF
FITTING AND SHOWMANSHIP
Senior fitting: 1. Justin Cunfer.
Senior Showmanship: 1. Justin Cunfer.
Champion fitter: Justin Cunfer.
Champion showman; Justin Cunfer.
4-H AND OPEN BREEDING BEEF
BREED CLASSES
ANGUS
Spnng heifer calf: 1. Justin Cunfer.
Grand Champion heifer calf: Justin Cunf-
Spring yearling heifer: 1. Justin Cunfer.
Grand Champion yearling heifer Justin
Cunfer.
2-year-old heifer; 1. Justin Cunfer.
Grand Champion angus heifer: Justin
Cunfer
Reserve Champion Angus heifer- Justin
Cunfer.
Heifer, bred and owned by exhibitor 1.
Justin Cunfer. 2. Justin Cunfer. 3. Justin
Cunfer.
Cow/calf. Justin Cunfer.
SUPREME BEEF HEIFER
Justin Cunfer
4-H MARKET STEER
FITTING AND SHOWMANSHIP
Senior fitting: 1. Lee Shoenberger. 2.
Kerry Shoenberger. 3. Josh Kemmerer.
Senior showmanship: 1. Kerry Shoe
nberger. 2. Josh Kemmerer. 3. Lee Shoe
nberger.
Champion fitter: Lee Shoenberger.
Reserve Champion fitter: Kerry Shoe
nberger.
Champion showman: Kerry Shoenberg
er.
Spnng ram lamb, bom after January 1; 1
Ashley Barry. 2. Ashley Barry.
Ram, owned and bred by exhibitor: 1
Ashley Barry. 2. Ashley Barry.
GRAND CHAMPION RAM
Ashley Barry
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION RAM
Ashley Barry.
Spring ewe lamb, bom after January 1:
1. Laura Mazur. 2. Laura Mazur.
Yearling ewe, bom 9/1/2001 to 8/31/
2002: 1. Laura Mazur. 2. Ashley Barry. 3.
Laura Mazur.
Ewe, bred and owned by exhibitor: 1.
Laura Mazur. 2. Laura Mazur. 3. Laura
Mazur.
Pair of lambs, any age, either sex 14-H
class only): 1. Laura Mazur. 2. Ashley
Barry.
GRAND CHAMPION EWE
Laura Mazur
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION EWE
Spring ram lamb, bom after January 1:1
Laura Mazur.
Yearling ram, bom 9/1/2001 to 8/31/
2002:1. Laura Mazur.
Ram, bred and owned by exhibitor; 1.
Laura Mazur. 2. Laura Mazur.
Stephen Bond, 13, Jim Thorpe, is shown
with his 624-pound champion dairy beef of
the Carbon County Fair. With Bond is udge
Cheryl Fairbaim. Bond sold his champion
at teh annual 4-H livestock sale to Home
town Farmers’ Market for $1,400.
SUFFOLK
Ashley Barry
MONTADALE
Reserve Champion showman: Josh
Kemmerer.
4-H MARKET STEER
WEIGHT CLASSES
Lightweight; 1. Lee Shoenberger.
Mediumweight: 1. Kerry Shoenberger.
Heavyweight: 1. Josh Kemmerer.
Grand Champion: Josh Kemmerer.
Reserve Champion: Kerry Shoenberger
4-H DAIRY BEEF
FITTING AND SHOWMANSHIP
Senior fitting; 1. Lee Shoenberger. 2.
Kerry Shoenberger. 3. Ashley Barry.
Senior showmanship: 1. Ashley Barry. 2.
Scott Cunfer. 3. Kerry Shoenberger.
Intermediate fitting: 1. Jonathan Kuehn
er. 2. Kari Bauchspies. 3. Laura Mazur.
Intermediate showmanship: 1. Kan
Bauchspies. 2. Laura Mazur. 3. Stephen
Bond.
Junior fitting: 1. Sarah Kuehner. 2. A.J.
Sevnn. 3. Taylor Patterson.
Junior showmanship: 1. Taylor Patter
son. 2. Sarah Kuehner. 3. Kevin Bond.
Champion fitter: Lee Shoenberger.
Reserve Champion fitter: Kerry Shoe
nberger.
Champion showman: Ashley Barry
Reserve Champion showman: Kan
Bauchspies.
4-H DAIRY BEEF
WEIGHT CLASSES
Lightweight; 1. Lee Shoenberger. 2. A.J.
Sevnn. 3. Ashley Barry.
Heavy lightweight: 1. Josh Kemmerer. 2.
Nicholas Simmons. 3. Ashley Barry.
Mediumweight; 1. Rebecca Cunfer 2.
Scott Cunfer. 3. Rebecca Cunfer.
Light heavyweight: 1. Stephen Bond. 2.
Taylor Patterson. 3. Kan Bauchspies.
Heavyweight: 1. Kevin Bond. 2. Taylor
Patterson. 3. Sarah Kuehner.
Grand Champion: Stephen Bond.
Reserve Champion: Kevin Bond
Shown is Ashley Barry
with her grand champion
market lamb of the Carbon
County Fair with Chester
Snyder representing the
Chas. S. Snyder New Hol
land dealership that pur
chased the champion for
$750 at the 4-H livestock
sale.
GRAND CHAMPION RAM
Laura Mazur
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION RAM
Laura Mazur
Yearling ewe, bom 9/1/2001 to 8/31/
2002:1. Laura Mazur. 2 Laura Mazur.
Ewe, bred and owned by exhibitor 1
Laura Mazur.
Pair of lambs, any age, either sex (4-H
class only); 1. Laura Mazur. 2. Laura
GRAND CHAMPION EWE
Laura Mazur
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION EWE
Laura Mazur
PERENTAGE SUFFOLK
. ? p I!. ng S we l^ nb ’ bom after January 1-
1. Ashley Barry. 2. Ashley Barry 1 '
Ewe, bred and owned by exhibitor 1
Ashley Barry. 2. Ashley Barry.
Pair of lambs, any age, either sex (4-H
class only): 1. Ashley Barry. 1 M
GRAND CHAMPION EWE
Ashley Barry
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION EWE
Ashley Barry
GRAND CHAMPION RAM OF SHOW
Laura Mazur
GRAND CHAMPION EWE OF SHOW
Laura Mazur