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Kylee Winner shakes hand of Dave Knapp (Dave Knapp Ford) for supporting her Grand Champion Lamb.
The Lamb sold for 8000.00 dollars. CNO photos by Brandy Lewis
Grand and Reserve lambs score big with local buyers
By: Brandy Lewis
GREENVILLE- It took until division five, a lamb weighing 137lbs
to claim the title of Grand Champion Lamb at this years Great Darke
County Fair. Kylee Winner from New Weston, Ohio and member of Jackson
Friendship 4-H club was the owner of "Mac." A 15 year old
sophomore who attends Ansionia is continuing a family legacy.
With mom, Kelly Winner, a 4-H alumni and siblings Carson and Cameryn
showing this year good things are bound to come.
Winner reveals the hardest part of raising lambs was the "long hours
out in the barn getting them trained." On the other hand, "it is
rewarding seeing the hard work pay off."
Her advice for novice showers is to "never give up, always try your hardest."
Winner has taken lambs to the Great Darke County Fair for five years
but is still sad to see the lamb go after the sale. She had "Mac"
since April of this year and doesn't show anything else at fair.
Winner's Grand Champion lamb sold for 8000.00 dollars and father, Kevin
Winner, said that the family would like to thank Dave Knapp Ford, North
Star Hardware and R & J Enterprises.
The Reserve Champion lamb was shown by Paige Gehret of Yorkshire.
She is a member of Darke County 4-H Beef and this was her first year
showing a lamb.
The Reserve Champion lamb came from division three with a total of six
divisions. Each division had 15-20 lambs in it but the numbers didn't
stop Gehret. An 11 year old in 6th grade at Versailles Middle
School is use to an intense show. When she is not showing lambs
she is showing steers in the Beef Barn.
Gehret said "it's pretty fun showing a lamb. It's like an extra
pet that you have.' She will be sad to see "Stuzy" go but plans on
taking another lamb next year. Mother, Jill Gehret, says
"Tears have already been shed."
Ian and Isaac, her brothers, helped her with her lamb project along
with parents Gary and Jill Gehret. Gehret states "The hardest part of
taking a lamb was practicing before fair because you don't know how
your lamb will act."
Advice for 4-H members who want to take a lamb is to "try your hardest. Work a little bit everyday and work as much as you can."
Gehret's Reserve Champion Lamb sold for 4000.00 dollars. Gehret
would like to thank buyers from Greenville Technology, Superior
Implement, Dave Knapp Ford, Commissioner Mike and Linda Rhoades and
Jeff and Deanna Wuebker.
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