BANGOR – A special lamb was auctioned Aug. 1 at the Bangor State Fair for the Azure Dillon Scholarship fund through the Maine 4-H Pine Tree Foundation.

Dillon, the daughter of Paul and Genie Dillon of Exeter, who was an active member of the Penobscot 4-H Sheep Club, died in a car accident last December.

A local farm run by Hannah Holmquist donated one of Dillon’s lambs, a Southdown breed, to the Penobscot club. The club raised the white-faced lamb and got it ready for the fair, explained Stacey Guerin of Glenburn, a leader of the club.

Lambs raised by Dillon had been grand champions at the Bangor State Fair for “numerous years,” she said. “When she stepped out into the ring you knew Azure would win.”

Dillon also was known for her harp playing, and had won awards for writing, but 4-H held a special place in her heart.

“She really had a great knowledge of sheep,” Guerin said. “She could wow them every time.”

The lamb was raised by Justine and J Spencer of Glenburn and sheered for the fair by Gabriel and Peter Guerin of Glenburn.

The sheep was sold at auction at $6 a pound to Ivan McPike of Fitzco Farm in Hermon, bringing a little more than $600 to the scholarship fund.