COURT HOUSE – As another Cape May County 4-H Fair fades into history, recollection of the sale of Susanna Allay’s 92-pound lamb is sure to live as a record. That’s because on July 18, at the livestock auction in the Coover Pavilion, a buyer paid $14 per pound for Allay’s project. A member of Milky Ways 4-H Club, she raised and entered one of only two lambs in the fair.
Cody Hanek, a member of Barnyard Buddies, did very well too, with his lamb fetching $8.70 per pound.
A sampling of other prices paid for livestock, raised by members of Barnyard Buddies 4-H Club including Sam Barry’s hog, which was sold for $3.90 a pound, and first-year member Ethan Hartley’s hog, which brought $3.80 a pound.
As auctioneer Eugene Glembocki scanned the crowd of bidders, who were anxious to buy some quality, locally-raised livestock, elsewhere on the fairground members of Tightlines 4-H Fishing Club were selling peanuts while another club member, Tommy Campbell, sat in the dunking booth waiting for a well-pitched ball to knock loose his seat and plunge him into the water.
At the entrance of the midway was the exhibit that got its fair share of oohs and aahs, staffed by members of P.P.A.W.S. 4-H Club, that’s People and Puppies at Work for Sight. Members spend their time raising puppies that become Seeing Eye dogs for the blind. Stealing hearts by the dozen was Pax, a 3.5-month-old black German Shepard with perky ears and piercing eyes. Comfortably plunked on a blanket with a bandana that noted the project, the pooch won many fans.
But then, Ozzie, a 10-month-old golden retriever, who paired up with Michael Saul of Upper Township for a photo, also won his fair share of adorable looks from passersby.
Music drifted through the air and mingled with the tantalizing smell of barbecued chicken, popcorn, funnel cakes, and cotton candy. Master Gardeners showed their prize plantings as Jersey Cape Beekeepers amazed the curious seated among thousands of working bees, displaying bees working overtime doing what they do.
In the Lockwood Building, lighted brighter than in the past, club exhibits and blue-ribbon-winning projects were displayed.
See 2014 4-H Fair Categories & Winners here: http://goo.gl/LgU4KW.
Wildwood Crest – Several of Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks have created quite a bit of controversy over the last few weeks. But surprisingly, his pick to become the next director of the FBI hasn’t experienced as much…
