Grumbine Judges Blue Valley Swine Show
DEANNA CUNFER
Carbon Co. Correspondent
BANGOR (Northampton Co.)
The 4-H market swine compe
tition was recently conducted
during the Blue Valley Farm
Show.
Judge for the event was Dennis
Grumbine, former Farm show di
rector and past president of the
Pennsylvania Livestock Associa
tion (PLA). A lifelong farmer and
livestock producer, die Lebanon
County resident has been involv
ed in county fairs and the 4-H
program all his life.
For his champion fitter Grum
bine selected Nicole Kondziela,
19, from the senior division.
Kondziela, daughter of Tim and
Terry Kondziela completed her
last year of 4-H eligibility and
will be starting her second year at
Green Mountain College, Ver
mont, majoring in secondary ed
ucation with a concentration in
history.
For his reserve fitter, Grum
bine went with the winner of the
junior competition first-year
member Hanna Bauman, 8,
daughter of Mel and Anita Bau
man, Bangor. Bauman is in the
fourth grade at DeFranco Ele
mentary School and completed
the sheep, dairy goat and market
swine projects this year as well as
belonging to the Backtrackers
Horse 4-H Club.
Champion showman honors
went to Jennifer Hower, 18,
daughter of Ned and Linda
Hower, Bethlehem. In her first
year of the market swine project,
Hower is a recent graduate of
Nazareth High School and is at
tending Northampton County
Community College working to
wards a major in elementary and
special education. Hower also
completed the beef breeding,
market steer, and horse produc
tion projects and is a member of
the Northampton County 4-H
teen council.
The reserve showman title
went to Joel Geiger, 18-year-old
son of Sherwood and Kathy Gei
ger, Danielsville. Geiger will be
continuing his education at Penn
State-Lehigh Campus majoring
in Ag Business. Geiger, a member
of the livestock and Clever Clo
ver Community 4-H clubs, and
Northampton County 4-H teen
council and has served as a 4-H
ambassador and attended the
4-H National Congress. Geiger
also received the champion bred
and owned market swine banner.
In reviewing the entries,
Grumbine selected the
257-pound Duroc/Hampshire
cross gilt from the heavy weight
class of first year member Hanna
Bauman as his grand champion
market hog.
The reserve champion market
hog rosette went to the 219
pound winner of the medium
weight class exhibited by Andrew
Hower, 12. In his third year of
the 4-H swine project and fourth
year of 4-H, Hower will be in the
seventh grade at Northampton
Middle School. Hower, son of
Blair and Amy Hower, is also a
member of the Clever Clovers
Community 4-H club and com
pleted the potato judging project
this year.
Geiger and Kondziela, respect
hilly, then captured the champi
on and reserve champion pair of
market hog titles.
The fair posted the following
results:
4-H MARKET SWINE
FITTING AND SHOWMANSHIP
Senior fitting; 1. Nicole Kondziela. 2. Tra
vis Hahn. 3. Steven Hunsicker.
Senior showmanship: 1. Joel Geiger. 2.
Nicole Kondziela. 3. Travis Hahn.
Intermediate fitting; 1. Laura Dewalt. 2.
Josh Bauman. 3. Kelly Hower.
Intermediate showmanship: 1. Kelvin De
walt. 2. Kelly Hower. 3. Laura Dewalt.
Junior fitting: 1. Hanna Bauman. 2 Jenn
ifer Hower. 3. Elena Poliskiewicz.
Junior showmanship: 1. Jennifer Hower.
2. Elena Poliskiewicz. 3. Hanna Bauman.
Champion fitter Nicole Kondziela.
Reserve champion fitter Hanna Bau
man.
Champion showman. Jennifer Hower.
Reserve champion showman: Joel Gei
ger.
4-H MARKET SWINE
WEIGHT CLASSES
Light lightweight; 1. Joel Geiger. 2. Alex
Poliskiewicz. 3. Kelvin Dewalt.
Lightweight: 1. Jennifer Hower. 2. Alex
Poliskiewicz. 3. Steven Hunsicker.
Light mediumweight: 1. Laura Dewalt. 2.
Elena Poliskiewicz. 3. Kelly Hower.
Mediumweight: 1. Andrew Hower. 2. Nic
ole Kondziela. 3. Hanna Bauman.
Heavy mediumweight: 1. Nicole Kond
ziela. 2. Jennifer Hower. 3. Travis Hahn.
Medium heavyweight; 1. Josh Bauman.
2. Joel Geiger. 3. Nicole Kondziela.
Heavyweight: 1. Hanna Bauman. 2. Nic
ole Kondziela. 3. Joel Geiger.
Champion market hog: Hanna Bauman.
Reserve champion market hog: Andrew
Hower.
4-H MARKET SWINE
PAIRS CLASSES
Lightweight: 1. Nicole Kondziela. 2. An
drew Hower. 3. Laura Dewalt.
Mediumweight: 1. Hanna Bauman. 2.
Nicole Kondziela. 3. Kelvin Dewalt.
Heavyweight: 1. Joel Geiger. 2. Josh
Bauman. 3. Steven Hunsicker.
Champion pair market hogs: Joel Geiger.
Reserve champion pair market hogs;
Nicole Kondziela.
Joel Geiger, 18, of Danielsville, is shown with his champion bred and owned market
hog at the Blue Valley Farm Show, Bangor. Geiger was also named the reserve champi
on showman of the competition. Dennis Grumbine, Lebanon County, judged the event.
First year member Hanna Bauman is shown with her grand champion market hog of
the Eastern Pennsylvania 4-H Livestock Show at the Blue Valley Farm Show. Dennis
Grumbine judged the event.
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