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Landon Wolfe, 12, of Rush Township, leans against his dairy beef cattle on Sunday, when 4-H and FFA livestock exhibitors brought in their animals for the start of the Montour-DeLong Community Fair near Washingtonville.
Photo by Joe Sylvester/The Danville News
Goats fill the pens in the livestock area of the Montour-DeLong Community Fair on Sunday. The fair kicked off on Sunday evening.
Photo by Joe Sylvester/The Danville News
Travis Fogleman, 15, of Muncy, hoses down a Black and White Holstein on Sunday in preparation for this week’s competition at the Montour-DeLong Community Fair near Washingtonville.
Photo by Joe Sylvester/The Danville News
Travis Fogleman, 15, of Muncy, hoses down a Black and White Holstein on Sunday in preparation for this week’s competition at the Montour-DeLong Community Fair near Washingtonville. Groomed and ready, livestock set for competition 16 hrs ago
Photo by Joe Sylvester/The Danville News
Landon Wolfe, 12, of Rush Township, leans against his dairy beef cattle on Sunday, when 4-H and FFA livestock exhibitors brought in their animals for the start of the Montour-DeLong Community Fair near Washingtonville.
Photo by Joe Sylvester/The Danville News
Goats fill the pens in the livestock area of the Montour-DeLong Community Fair on Sunday. The fair kicked off on Sunday evening.
Photo by Joe Sylvester/The Danville News
Travis Fogleman, 15, of Muncy, hoses down a Black and White Holstein on Sunday in preparation for this week’s competition at the Montour-DeLong Community Fair near Washingtonville.
Photo by Joe Sylvester/The Danville News
Travis Fogleman, 15, of Muncy, hoses down a Black and White Holstein on Sunday in preparation for this week’s competition at the Montour-DeLong Community Fair near Washingtonville. WASHINGTONVILLE — The cows and other livestock came home — at least their home for the week — at the Montour-DeLong Community Fairgrounds on Sunday. 4-H and Future Farmers of America members brought more cattle, sheep, goats, lambs and rabbits than last year to the fair to get them ready for show and competition. Landon Wolfe, 12, of Rush Township, brought three of his animals, dairy beef cattle and goats. “There’s seven from the family,” said his dad, Dan Wolfe. Landon’s sisters, Raina, 15, and Kayla, 17, also brought livestock for judging at the fair. Raina brought dairy beef and goats and Kayla just dairy beef. “We’re doing weigh-ins at 7 o’clock tonight,” said Jackie Rapp, of Paxinos, a leader with the North-Mont 4-H Livestock Club. Rapp said the kids had to groom their animals to get them ready for the fitting competitions. The livestock fitting is this evening at 5, and the dairy fitting is Tuesday at 1 p.m. “They clip and fluff them up,” she said. “It’s kind of like a spa day.” The animals also have to look good for the competitions during the week. Nearby, Janie Schrock, a 4-H leader with the Columbia County Hare Raisers club, was checking the rabbit entries for the fair to make sure they were healthy. “Hopefully, we’ve done a good enough job, they don’t bring any sick rabbits,” Schrock said. Julie Cope, the fair’s livestock superintendent, said two local veterinarians — Jody Kull of Valley Mobile Veterinarian Service and Patricia Kitchen, owner of Leighow Veterinary Hospital — were checking livestock as they arrived to ensure they were healthy. Just outside another livestock area, Fogleman family members scrubbed and hosed off Red and White and Black and White Holstein cattle to get them show ready. Yvonne Fogal and her husband, Brian, of Muncy, were helping her sister, Rhonda Fogleman, and her husband, Wayne, owners of Glade Run Farm in Muncy. The Fogleman’s son, Travis, 15, said he was getting his cattle ready for the dairy fitting competition on Tuesday. In all, 430 animals are entered in the fair this year, said fair board member Kim Ovelman. She said there are 91 dairy cattle, 169 dairy goats, 50 breeding sheep, 31 market goats, 13 dairy beef, 16 market steers, 40 market lambs and 20 rabbits. “We do have more this year than last year,” Ovelman said. Free admission, free entertainment, parking $5, week pass $20 Tags