COFFEYVILLE, KANS. (August 14, 2019) – Andrea Blum’s wether named Taz was selected as the Inter-State Fair’s Grand Champion Wether.
The seventeen-year-old girl, a resident of Copan, Okla., has been showing at the fair in Coffeyville since she was ten years old.
She has shown sheep and goats, and loves animals. “I’ve been around animals my whole life,” she said, starting with bottle calves when she was young, and including horses and the goats the family raises.
She will be a senior at Copan High School this fall, where she will continue an internship she started this summer. During the school year, she will work from 7 am to 11 am each day at Conoco Phillips in Bartlesville, working in the information center on application rationalization, reducing the number of unused applications within the company.
In her last year of high school, Blum’s classes include composition 1 and 2, chemistry, and college algebra. She is a pitcher for the Copan High School softball team, vice-president of her school’s FFA chapter, a member of the National Honor Society, and on the Superintendent’s Honor Roll.
After high school, she will attend college and work towards a pre-veterinary degree with a minor in business.
She loved working with her sheep this summer. “I put the work into him,” she said. “I poured the feed to him, made sure he was exercised, and made sure he always had fresh water and hay every day. I worked with him every single day.”
Blum is the daughter of Martin and Cory Blum. She has a younger brother, Simon.
Reserve champion went to Dana Fesmire, Bartlett, Kan.
Judge of the day’s sheep shows was Cooper Carlisle, and sponsor of the Inter-State Fair Sheep Show was American Homes Realty. Sponsor of the showmanship contest was Hewlett Club Lambs. Complete show results follow.
Sheep Show Results, Inter-State Fair, Coffeyville, Kansas
Market Show Results
Grand Champion Market: Andrea Blum, Copan, Okla.
Reserve Champion Market: Dana Fesmire, Bartlett, Kan.
Dorset
Grand Champion: Dexter Small, Neodesha, Kan.
Reserve Champion: Emily Kunath, Elk City, Kan.
Hampshire
Grand Champion: Andrea Blum, Copan, Okla.
Reserve Champion: Dakota Pease, Chetopa, Kan.
Suffolk
Grand Champion: Payton Buck, Delaware, Okla.
Reserve Champion: Daylyn Fesmire, Bartlett, Kan.
Speckle
Grand Champion: Ava George, Oswego, Kan.
Reserve Champion: Kate Zwahlen,Oswego,Kan.
Natural
Grand Champion: Darla Fesmire, Bartlett, Kan.
Reserve Champion: Jaggar Fox, Caney, Kan.
Cross Bred
Grand Champion: Andrea Blum, Copan, Okla.
Reserve Champion: Jerin Cobb, Thayer, Kan.
Breeding Show Results
Wether Dam
Grand Champion: Dillon McNickle, Mound Valley, Kan.
Reserve Champion: Dexter Small, Neodesha, Kan.
Champion Dorset Ewe: Trey Doolittle, Chelsea, Okla.
Champion Hampshire Ewe: Carter Nash, Parson, Kan.
Reserve Champion Hampshire Ewe: Hank Robbins, Lenapah, Okla.
Grand Champion Registered Ewe: Carter Nash, Parsons, Kan.
Reserve Grand Champion Registered Ewe: Trey Doolittle, Chelsea, Okla.
Grand Champion All Other Breeds Ewe: Trey Doolittle, Chelsea, Okla.
Showmanship
Senior showmanship:
Dillon McNickle, Mound Valley, Kan.
Andrea Blum, Copan, Okla.
Dexter Small, Neodesha, Kan.
Dakota Pease, Chetopa, Kan.
Jerin Cobb, Thayer, Kan.
Junior showmanship:
Dana Fesmire, Barlett, Kan.
Ava George, Oswego, Kan.
Trey Newby, Caney, Kan.
Carter Nash, Parsons, Kan.
Katie Zwahlen, Oswego, Kan.
