A34—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, September 3,1983
SC 4-H’ers parade through Bi,
HARRISBURG - One hundred
seventy-six 4-H club members
from seven counties exhibited 251
blue ribbon winning dairy project
animals Monday in the 16th Annual
Southcentral District 4-H Dairy
Show held at the Farm Show
Building, Harrisburg.
The entries from the seven
Southcentral Pennsylvania
counties included, 16 entries from
Adams County, 33 entries from
Cumberland, 27 entries from
Dauphin, 44 entries from Franklin,
62 entries from Lancaster, 28
entries from Lebanon, and 41
entries from York County.
Included in the in the animals
exhibited were 128 Holsteins, 27
Brown Swiss, 49 Jerseys, 18
Ayrshires, 27 Guernseys and 2
Milking Shorthorns.
Type judge for the Brown Swiss,
Guernsey and Holstein breeds was
Lee Majeskie, Dairy Specialist
from the University of Maryland,
who coaches the Maryland 4-H and
collegiate dairy judging teams.
Mike Stiles of Virginia judged
the Ayrshire and Jersey type
classes. Majeskie and Stiles,
judging in side by side rings,
worked in a coordinated effort that
moved the classes through the ring
in good time. They gave the
exhibiting 4-H members and ob
servers concise and exacting
reasons for their placings.
During the course of the show,
exhibitors who did an outstanding
job of fitting and showing their
animals were given a Master
Fitter or Master Showman Award.
No champions were selected in
these categories. Judges for these
fitting and showing awards were
In stiff competition in the Holstein breed, Tom McCauley
came out with top honors as his very dairy junior 2-year-old
won the Grand Champion. Reserve Champion went to a 4-
year-old exhibited by Jennifer Weimer. Pictured with the
champs is Judge Lee Majeskie.
•'t to Doug Fiedt, for his
reserve Champion aged cow, and the Grand went to Judy
Mase for her 3-year-oW. Making the presentation was Lan
caster County Dairy Princess Boni Gochenaur.
Jane Pepple, Oxford, and Jason
Myers, Maryland.
Glenn Shirk, county agent -
agriculture, and show manager,
estimated 400 spectators were
present during the day. Shirk also
noted that the top blue ribbon
animals in each class are eligible
to compete in the Pennsylvania
Junior Dairy Show which will be
held Monday, September 26, at the
Pennsylvania State Farm Show in
Harrisburg. 4-H members are
limited to exhibiting two animals
m the Junior Show.
The district show was sponsored
by the Cooperative Extension
Service of The Pennsylvania State
University. Extension personnel
did an excellent job of coordinating
the show. Classes ran beck to beck,
in two side by side rings, without
delay or confusion. Adult volun
teers working as ring checkers,
nng managers, class starters, ring
clerks, and sanitary engineers,
helped the show run smoothly.
A very dairy, extremely sharp,
junior 2-year-old exhibited by
Thomas McCauley of
Elizabethtown, won the Grand
Champion of the Holstein breed, in
competition with 127 other
Holsteins. The young cow, Queen
Star Sexy, is a Sexation daughter.
She took the Grand Champion title
at the Lancaster County 4-H show
and was the Junior Champion at
last year’s Elizabethtown Fair.
McCauley is a member of the
Lancaster County 4-H Dairy Club,
and is in his third year of showing.
Reserve Grand Champion of the
Holstein breed went to Jennifer
Weimer, New Oxford, Adams
County. Jennifer exhibited a
Marvex daughter, Elsie Weim-
Sharr Marvex, to win the title. In
her fourth year of showing dairy
cattle, Jennifer will be taking two
4-H animals and two FFA animals
to the Junior Dairy Show. Jennifer
is a member of the Adams County
Dairy 4-H Club and is a sophmore
at New Oxford High School.
In the Guernsey breed Douglas
Layman, 17, a member of the
Quincy-Washington 4-H Club, won
the Grand Champion with his aged
cow, Hoovervilie Winston Janice.
Doug has been showing for nine
years, he exhibited two animals in
Monday’s show, both are eligible to
go to the state show.
The Reserve Champion, went to
McCulloughs Choice Dona, a junior
2-year-old, exhibited by 12-year-old
Jeff McCullough. Jeff is a member
of the Blue Mountain 4-H Club.
Patty Dreisbach, Pennsylvania
Jersey Queen, presented a brother
and sister team from Hamburg
with the Championship titles in the
Jersey breed. It was the second
consecutive year that Doug and
Tina Martin stood side by side in
the winners circle. Doug, 18,
captured the Grand again this year
with his 4-year-old, Top-O-Hill
Milestone Faithful, who claimed
the same title last year. Tina won
the Reserve Grand Champion with
her junior 2-year-old, Cowdale
Samsonite Delight. Doug and Tina
are both members of the Green
Castle Atrium 4-H Dairy Club.
Both exhibited four animals each
in Monday’s show, and both will
taking two animals each to the
state show.
Judy Mase, 11, a member of the
NoSoAn Dairy Club in Lebanon
took the Grand Champion in the
Brown Swiss breed with a 3-year
old, Jessie Improver Lena, bred by
her brother Gary.
The Reserve Grand went- to
David Feidt, 18, for his aged cow,
Ramy Design Rochelle. Feidt is a
veteran showman, having
exhibited dairy cattle for 11 years.
He is a member of the Dauphin
County 4-H Dairy Club.
And, another brother-sister team
from Millersburg took the
championship titles in the Ayrshire
breed. Debrorah Shetterly took the
Grand with her senior 2-year-old,
Sycamore Meade Champ’s Luvie,
as her brother, Steven next to her
with the Reserve Grand, Sycamore
Meade Champ’s Bessie, a 3-year
old.
A listing of the top three winning
exhibitors in each class follows:
MILKING SHORTHORN
Show Result*
Junior Calf
1. Christine Young, Newville.
S-Year-CHd
1. Christine Young.
Junior, Senior, Grand
and Reserve Grand Champion
Christine Young
HOLSTEIN
Show Results
Junior Heifer Call
1 Jody Reasner. Shtppensburg, 2 Eric KeMer
Gettysburg, 3 Stephanie Wagner, Jonestown
Intermediate Heifer Calf
1 Robert Barley Washington Boro 2 Bryan
Hostetter. Annviile. 3 Rodney Myers Cham
bersburg
Senior Heifer CaW
I Lela Mummert. East Berlin. 2 Thomas Barley,
Washington Boro, 3 Amy Shoemaker, Dover
Junior Yearling Heifer
1 John F Stamy IV. Mechamcsburg. 2 April
Wmgert. Chambersburg. 3 Bndgett Boyer York
Senior Yearling Heifer
t Bndgette Boyer. York. 2 Nelson Bomgardner,
Ono. 3 Beverly Meyers. Chambersburg
Junior Champion
Bngetie Boyer
Reserve Jr. Champion
Nelson Bomgardner
Jr 2-Year-Ofd
1 Thomas McCauley. Elizabethtown 2 C E
Hubbard HI. New Cumberland 3 Steve Eckstine
Mercersburg
Sr 2-Year-OW
2 C £ Hubbard 111. 2 Bonita Eshleman,
Chambersburg 3 Dale Balmer. Lebanon
3-Year-OW Cow
1 Kelly Krebs Glen Rock 2 Adam Sonnen,
Richland 3 Michelle Corman Mechamcsburg
A-Year-OW Cow
1 Jennifer Werner new Oxford 2 Rebecca
Dyarman Shippensbprg 3 Karen Shertzler
Lancaster
Aged Cow
1 Kathy Ourboraw Gettysburg 2 David Lentz.
Lebanon. 3 JenmferStauffer. Ephrata
Semor Champion
Thomas McCauley
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Deborah as the Grand Champion of the Ayrshire breed.
Deborah's brother, Steven, won the Reserve Champion with
his 3-year-old.
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Grand Champion aged cow. Jeff McCullough on the right won
the Reserve Champion for the Guernsey breed for his junior
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Pa. Jsrsey Queen Patty Dreisbach presented Doug Martin
with the Grand Champion trophy for the Jersey breed, his
sister, Tina, won the Reserve Champion with her junior 2-
year-old.
Reserve Sr. Champion
Jennifer Werner
Grand Champion Female
Thomas McCauley
Reserve Grand Champion Female
Jennifer Weicner
County Group
1 York. 2 Lancaster. 3 Lebanon. 4 Adams. 5
Cumberland, 6 Franklin, 7 Dauphin
AYRSHIRE
Show Results
Junior Heifer Caff
1 Michelle Kerdeman Manheim. 2 Donna
Sbetlerly. Millersburg
Intermediate Heifer Calf
1 Lisa Keefer, Millersburg 2 Fred Esbenshade
Quarryville
Senior Heifer Calf
1 Anita Brommer, Conestoga
Junior Yearling Heifer
1 Deborah Shetterly Millersburg. 2 Anita
Brommer
Semor Yearling Heifer
1 Sherry Keefer; 2 Earl Eshelman. Quarryville
Kristina Esbenshade. Quarryvilie
Junior Champion
Sherry Keeler
Arena
Reserve Jr. Champion
Deborah Shetterly
Jr. 2-Year-Old
1 Heather Hemley, Lebanon
Sr. 2-Year-Otd
1 Deboray Shetterly; 2 Anthony Spnchler, Mt
-toy
3-Year-OWCow
1 Steven Shetterly, Millersburg. 2 Angela
Spickler, Mt Joy
4-Year-Old Cow
1 Max Brommer, Conestoga
Aged Cow
1 Heather Hearnley
Senior Champion
Deborah Shetterly
Reserve Sr. Champion
Steven Shetterly
Grand Champion
Deborah Shetterly
Reserve Grand Champion i'\v
Steven Shetterly %J)
County Group
1 Dauphin 2 Lancaster
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