fd-Lancaster' Saturday, October I '¥Bs-2003 B £ids * Kornef v' 1 Manheim Farm Show Wraps Up Final Fair Fling Stealing the show is the youngest sheep exhibitor, who makes certain the lamb is standing correctly. Two-year-oid Sierre Zim merman, daughter of Sarah and Jay Zimmerman, Reinholds, won the nonse rious sheep showing event. Handing out Red Gate Farm ice cream made with goat’s milk are Joel Geib, 12; Stephen Geib, 11; and Di anne Kensinger. In the 5-7-year-old division, these champions in the Barnyard Obstacle Race, from left, are Corin Costelie, Caleb Dehart, and Kacie Eberly. LOU ANN GOOD Food And Family Features Editor MANHEIM (Lancaster Co.) Showing sheep may last for hours, but the event sure wasn’t boring at the Manheim Commu nity Farm Show last week. To lighten the atmosphere be tween showing breeding and market lambs, the final fair of the season interspersed non-serious showmanship competition. Parents and toddlers entered the show ring to mimic the re quirements judges look for in se rious showmanship. Forget show manship garb, there was Eugene Bollinger in swim trunks and lounging on a beach chair while showing a market lamb. Another exhibitor must have thought showing sheep was dangerous. He wore a hard hat and orange vest while guiding his lamb around the show ring. Another contestant was dis qualified for showing a goat in stead of a lamb. And Judy Zurin got things a bit confused when she gripped a show stick to chase her lamb, as if it were a hog. A bit oblivious to all the com motion was 2-year-old Sierre Zimmerman who concentrated on making sure her lamb was set up in the proper stance. Her anti cs so impressed Wendall Landis, judge, that Sierre won the compe tition. The event provided some comic relief during an evening of intense competition which was the intent according to Carlos Peters, who planned the event. Happening at the opposite end of the fairgrounds were races and obstacle courses for kids of all ages. In the barnyard obstacle course, participants needed to jump a fence, dig a potato, place an egg in a basket, and run to the finish line. Other events include a sack race, water balloon toss, chicken chase, and a pig race. Manheim wraps up the final event during Lancaster County’s fair season. Photos by Lou Ann Good, food and family features editor Showing sheep requires a hard hat and orange vest according to this showman dressed for the event. What’s a kid to do while waiting his turn to race? Climb the fence, of course. Dressed for the beach and lounging on a beach chair is sheep exhibitor Eugene Bollinger. Dear Twig: I saw a deer last winter and It was tan. I saw a deer last summer and It was reddish-brown. 1 saw a deer this morning, a beautiful fall morning, and It was gray. Do deer change color? From The Ohio Stale University - specifically the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDCI and Ohio Stale University Extension Smile for the camera. This duo wearing matching sunbonnets In the nonseri ous showmanship division are typical of the original costumes showman wore. I ** % •'V*' lecd ted to tenca ;ry irush >\ a 76 'hue) rwis»e them belter :olor m oul it fall is recian Don I)
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