News : Chelsea Schminke shows Grand Champion Commercial Ewe at State Fair

Chelsea Schminke showed Grand Champion Ewes at Benton Co. & Iowa State Fairs.

Clayton Weltha of Baxter exhibited the Supreme Champion 4-H Breeding Ewe at the 2010 Iowa State Fair on Tuesday, August 17.

Eric Taylor of Bouton exhibited the Reserve Supreme Champion Breeding Ewe.

Van Horne resident Chelsea Schminke nabbed the Grand Champion Commercial Ewe award, while Kiley Everman of Allerton took the Reserve Grand Champion Commercial Ewe title.

Champions in the commercial division of the 4-H Breeding Sheep Show included:

White Face Influence Champion – Andrea Moser, Garden Grove

White Face Influence Reserve Champion – Samuel Huntrods, Collins

Black Face Division 1 Champion – Chelsea Schminke, Van Horne

Black Face Division 1 Reserve Champion – Kylee Silliman, Fremont

Black Face Division 2 Champion – Chance Deppe, Maquoketa

Black Face Division 2 Reserve Champion – Jason Kenny, Schaller

Black Face Division 3 Champion – Kiley Everman, Allerton

Black Face Division 3 Reserve Champion – Eric Taylor, Bouton

Champions in the purebred division of the 4-H Breeding Sheep Show included:

Suffolk Champion – Ben Newhouse, State Center

Suffolk Reserve Champion – Jessica Reiners, Muscatine

Hampshire Champion – Zachary Bobb, Wever

Hampshire Reserve Champion – Bailey Godwin, Grand Junction

Dorset Champion – Eric Taylor, Bouton

Dorset Reserve Champion – Samuel Huntrods, Collins

Other Meat Breeds Champion – Clayton Weltha, Baxter

Other Meat Breeds Reserve Champion – Clayton Weltha, Baxter

Other Wool Breeds Champion – Josie Wickman, Curlew

Other Wool Breeds Reserve Champion – Josie Wickman, Curlew

TIowa State Fair ended August 22. The 2011 Iowa State Fair – "Nothing Compares" – is set August 11-21. For more information, call 800/545-FAIR or visit iowastatefair.org.