BlO—Lancaster Fannins, Saturday, May 10,1980
Students say chug
Terry Miller, Lynnport, Lehigh Co. braids his
entry's tail to get just the right look. Miller, a
senior, is a biology major hoping to get into vet
school. Showing dairy cows is practical experience,
he said.
Lynn Tilton, of Pennsylvania Farmer magazine,
and Kathleen Schiever, the 1980 Ms. College of
Agriculture, teamed up in the celebrity milking
contest.
brief appearance at Saturday's Expo
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UNIVERSITY PARK -
Lloyd Pease, of
Susquehanna County,
competed his way to the top
of the heap on Saturday at
the 55th Dairy Exposition at
Penn State.
Pease was selected as the
best dairy showman and
fitter at this year’s show,
defeating 114 other students
on his climb to the top.
His first championship
came in the K[olstein class,
where Lloyd and his bovine
partner strolled their way to
a purple ribbon.
Later in the afternoon,
Pease walked into the show
nng again. This time he was
competing against the best
showmen in all breeds—
Ayrshire, Guernsey, Jersey,
and Brown Swiss—in both
the professional and
amateur divisions. He
walked away with the
professional showman
championship, stepping up
one more rung on the suc
cess ladder.
The crowd cheered their
approval when the loud
speaker announced Pease as
the winning Penn State
student.
Pease got his toughest
competition from Lori
Sollenberger, from Everett,
Bedford County. Lon took
second in the overall contest
with her Brown Swiss
partner.
Sollenberger was the
champion fitter in the Brown
Swiss competition, and went
on to be selected as the
champion fitter in the
professional division.
For winners and losers
alike, it was a long day for
most of the students. They
were up with the chickens
putting the last minute
touches on their entries in
their effort to be the best.
The cows and the students
found the tune between
classes to be a test of
patience. A number of the
contestants walked away
with sunburns, along with
their ribbons.
But, there was fun along
with the air of competition in
the show ring. A milk
chugging contest left several
teams with the distinct smell
of curdled milk on their
shirts, and a quart of the
Creameries best in their
stomachs.
Six teams competed m the
calf dressing contest.
Spectators got a real show
while two students tackled
the fme art of ‘fitting’ a dairy
calf into an elaborate
costume. The winner, Super
Swiss, in her cape and
leotards, was given a run for
the money from a
provacative Jersey heifer,
Bovine Derek sporting
braids and an ankle
bracelet.
The winning fraternity
team was from Delta Theta
Sigma. In a time of 47%
seconds, Dan Greggs, Monte
DeFrancis, Ron Hoffman,
and Brian Campbell downed
four quarts of milk each and
raced for the finish line with
their empty cartons. This
marks the third straight
year the team from DTS
chugged the fastest.
Of the independent
chuggers, the lour man team
known as Bruct s RouaU
took home the blue ribbon
for the fourth year in a row.
In the celebrity milking
contest, Dieter Kneg of
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BY SHEILA MILLER
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Champion Holstein fitter was Dorene Weaver, Shamokin, Northumberland
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Lloyd Pease, right, was grand champion of this year's Expo. Reserve grand
champion honors went to Lori Sollenberger.
lia, took home the champion Guernsey showman honors.
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