A2o—Lancaster Fannins, Saturday, February 14,1981
BY SHEILA MILLER
PARADISE More than 200
‘golden’ trophies of assorted
shapes and sizes filled a table the
length of one wall at the Dutch
Town and Country Restaurant
here on Saturday evening.
Members of the Keystone Quarter
Horse Association filled the hall to
over-flowing as they gathered in
Lancaster County for their Annual
Awards Banquet
It was the culmination of a
season of hard work and long hours
for the 310 members of KQHA, with
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following champion’s homes Mike McGrane and mother Dee
Dee, Collegeville, All Around Performance Champion; Wendy
Weatherby, Middletown, All Around Amateur Champion;
Rhonda Replogle, Woodbury, All Around Youth.
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Graduate Student Presentation
Award ($200) - A D Brede, Penn
State (co-author J M Dulch)
Title “Poa pratensis Seeding Rate
Affects Poa annua En
croachment.” Runner-up ($100) -
A S McCue, Cornell Umv (co
author R D Sweet) Title
“Summer and Fall Control for
Yellow Nutsedge ” Honorable
Mention L K Thompson, USDA
SEA-AR, Frederick, MD and
Virginia Polytechnic Institute,
Blacksburg, VA (co-authors G R
Leather and MG Hale) Title
“Ovule Culture for Testing
Maternal Regulation of Weed Seed
Dormancy.”
New officers for 1981 include
President, R.B Taylorson, USDA
SEA-AR, Beltsville, MD,
President-Elect, Stephan Dennis.
Stauffer Chemical Co, Dayton,
NJ, Vice-President Tom Wat
schke, Pennsylvania State
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‘Gold’ goes to
members hailing from eastern
Pennsylvania, Maryland,
Delaware and New Jersey. The top
winners in halter and performance
competition in the region were
recognized for their outstanding
accomplishments in the Quarter
Horse industry
The first grand champion
honored was the top scoring
stallion for 1980, Buddy Sweet,
foaled in 1977. He was shown by
Dark Hollow Farm, owner Alfred
Krusa; Wycombe The grand
champion mare was Cajuns Wild
Weed
society
University, Univeisuy t'A,
and Secretary-Treasurer, R R
Hahn, Cornell University, Ithaca,
NY.
Committee Representatives
appointed by Taylorson are
Awards, M G Schnappinger, Ciba-
Geigy Corp, Centreville, MD,
Weed Science Society of America
Representative, Dean L Linscott,
USDA-SEA-AR, Department ot
Agronomy, Cornell Umv , Ithaca,
NY, Editorial, C B Coffman,
USDA-SEA-AR, Beltsville, MD,
Sustaining Membership, Barbara
Emerson, Union Carbide
Agricultural Products Co , Inc ,
Ambler, PA, Public Relations,
Deborah S Clayton, Gibbs & Soell,
Inc , New York, NY, and Research
Co-ordinator, Richard Henne,
Campbell Institute for
Agricultural Research, Napolean,
OH
Next year’s meeting is scheduled
for the Sheraton Centre in New
York City, January 5-7,1982
Route 30 East Lancaster
Quarter Horse winners
Grand champion hips in the production
divisions of the Keystone Quarter Horse
Association went to: Merrill Shahn and Richard
Mentzer, Strasburg, grand champion mare;
Fire, a yearling, co-owned by
Merrill Shahn and Richard
Mentzer of Strasburg And Go With
Skip was the 1980 grand champion
Quarter Horse gelding, owned by
Dave Brechbiel, Waynesboro
The All Around Performance
Horse for 1980 was Brush Cut
Accepting the award on Saturday
were the horse’s owner, Mike
McGrane, and Mike’s mother, Dee
Dee McGrane of Collegeville Both
mother and son rode the horse to
OPEN HOUSE
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 19, 1981
FROM 10 A.M. to 3 P.M.
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★ An All-New Show Featuring the Allis-
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& fun for the whole family
★ See the better designed line of Allis-Chalmers
equipment on display.
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the top honors, taking first in
KQHA All Age Trail and All Age
Western Riding divisions
Middletown’s Wendy Weatherby
tied up the All Around Amateur
championship in KQHA com
petition riding Rocket Bar Forcast
to first place in four of five
divisions Weatherby and mount
came in at the top of the list for
Horsemanship, Trail, Bridle Path
Hack, and Hunt Seat Equitation to
earn the championship
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Alfred Krusa, Wycombe, grand champion
stallion; and Dave Brechbiei and daughter,
Leslie, Waynesboro, grand champion gelding.
The All Around Youth cham
pionship went to Rhonda Replogle
of Woodbury and her Quarter
Horse, Balli Hi On her way to the
top, Replogle also was the top
equestrienne in the 14-18 age group
in Horsemanhip, Barrels, Pole
Bending, and Showmanhip, and
was named the All Around Youth
in her age division
Recipient of this year’s KJQHA
Sportsmanship Award, an annual
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