Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LOCKPORT — Stacey Johnston is counting sheep all day at the Niagara County Fair in preparation for the 4-H sheep show at 5 p.m.

Trying to imagine fat, fuzzy white lambs, jumping one by one over a fence, is a well-known remedy for sleeplessness. When I used to try this, I would insert a dapper black sheep with a red bow tie now ...

You don’t do this in your sleep. No, this kind of sheep counting will be done upright and awake, by wide-eyed, intrepid volunteers scattered about the sweeping San Gabriel Mountains, equipped with pen ...