B2o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 1,1983
BY ROBIN PHILLIPS before the type judges, Richard E.
Staff Correspondent Keene, GUbertsviile, N.Y., and C.
HARRISBURG The 28th Michael Stiles, Clearbrook, Va.,
Pennsylvania Junior Dairy Show while they displayed their fitting
featured happy kids, proud skills to Judges, Jeffrey Miller,
parents, and a fine representation Harrisburg, and Ginger Myers,
of dairy cattle from across the Lattlestown. Showmanship was
state. Held on Monday at the Farm judged by Bonnie Miller, Towanda,
Show building in Harrisburg, the and Lon Sollenberger, Everett.
Junior Dairy show marked the There was plenty to see as two
opening of the Pennsylvania All breeds were judged at the same
American Dairy Show this week. tune in side by side rings. Master
There were many first tune Fitter and Master Showman
winners, a few excellent animals awards were given as the classes
returning from last year to repeat were being placed,
their victories. Holstein
The juniors paraded their finest “He just loved her size and
Jennifer Weimer and Charles Hubbard
Jersey grand champion belongs to Marilyn Deaven.
Brown Swiss champions include reserve of Kathleen
Kopistecki and the grand of Jeffrey Kennedy.
4-H & FFA exhibitors shine with pride
Holstein
Jersey
Brown Swiss
ve are shown with
scale," exclaimed Jennifer
Weimer, New Oxford, as she came
out of the nng with her Grand
Champion Holstein in the 4-H
Holstein show. Judge Richard
Keene nodded Elsie Weim-Sharr
Marvex to the championship and
also awarded her the Best Udder.
Owner Jennifer Weimer, the
daughter of Stanley and Rose
Weimer, when asked how her
family reacted to her victory, said
“They’reall thrilled/’
"Elsie” is a daughter of
Lawcrest Marvex-Twin and took
first place in the 4-year-old class
before receiving the Senior
Champion and Grand Champion
ribbons. Jennifer was also
awarded the Master Showman and
Master Fitter rosettes.
Reserve honors in the Holstein 4-
H show went to 14-year-old C.E.
Hubbard 111, New Cumberland,
with his Semor two year old,
Kowraygan Creek Lmuan Jean, a
daughter of Creek Bluff Elevation
Lester.
Junior Champion honors went to
an unbeaten junior yearling owned
by Constanced Ohlmger, Mohr
sville. The Ohlinger family was all
smiles as Connie and Reu-Hel
Farms Valient Cristy went to the
top of the line over the first place
senior yearling, C Houdale Tempo
Racheal, owned and shown by
Justin Doebnener who received
Reserve Junior Champion.
Brown Swiss
Top honors in the Brown Swiss
breed went to Lake Lane Fancy C
owned and shown by Jeffrey
Kennedy, Butler County. The son
of James and Rita Kennedy,
Jeffrey owns 7 animals and has
been successful at the Farm Show
with his Swiss.
Reserve Championship Brown
Swiss went to Kathleen Kopistecki,
Royersford, with her entry, DN
Delegate Dainty, a daughter of
White Cloud Doreen’s Delegate.
Winning comes easy for this pair
as they had the 1982 Grand
Championship here and Grand
Champion in the Brown Swiss
breed at the Farm Show for the
past two years. Kathleen is the
daughter of Stanley and Eleanor
Kopistecki and they milk a mixed
herd of Jerseys, Ayrshires, and
Brown Swiss.
Junior Champion Brown Swiss
went to Welsh Ponderosa King
Bobbi Jo, owned by Michael Welsh,
Bast Berlin. Shown by a friend,
Scott Cooper, since Michael was
representing Pennsylvania 4-H at
an engineering contest in Rich
mond, senior calf, “Bobbi Jo”, was
placed over the first place Junior
Yearling shown by Alan Meyers
who took the Reserve spot.
Milking Shorthorn
The Milking Shorthorn breed
was well represented. Three
Springs P.J. Bell, bred, owned and
shown by Christine Young,
Newville, was placed Grand
Champion over Three Springs
Lass, owned and shown by Blaine
Benson. Christine’s parents,
James and Linda Young were the
breeders of the Reserve Champion
and maintain approximately 100
milking animals on the Cum
berland County farm.
Kimberly Benson, Woodbury,
proudly showed her two heifer
entries to the Junior Championship
and also the Reserve Cham
pionship. The Junior Champions,
Three Springs Charmin and Three
Springs BR Jane, also bred by
James Young, Jive with their 14-
year-old owner on an all-purpose
farm. Milk is used to feed veal
calves as the Benson family keeps
their animals as 4-H or FFA
projects.
Guernsey
The Guernsey breed featured Co-
Hill Farms B A Rainy, a junior 2-
year-old and her 13-year-old
owner, Racquelle Fava, Scenery
Hill- Reserve Champion honors
went to first tune winner here, Jon
Guernsey grand champion and Racquefie Fava stand with
Lee Yost, of Guernsey Assn.
Deborah and Steven Shetterly are at halters of their grand
and reserve Ayrshire champions.
Milk'
Milking Shorthorn champions are shown with Elaine
Benson, left; and Christine Young.
Zollers, whose aged cow, Foxie
Spring Falcon Lady, was shown by
his sister, Sherri.
"Usually we get last place,”
Shem exclaimed, “this was the
first time any of our animals were
very successful in the Junior Dairy
Show.”
Junior Champion honors went to
Curtis Feathers of Bedford County
with Jr. Reserve Champion going
to Justin McMurrary of
Washington County.
Jersey
In the Jersey breed, Manlyn
Deaven and her aged cow. Faithful
Advancer Coleen, were awarded
the Grand Championship rosette.
Manlyn owns 30 Jerseys and had
purchased this Golden Faithful
daughter as a calf. Reserve honors
went to the 4-year-old entry of
Douglas Martin, Chambersburg.
Junior Champion rosettes were
won by David Black, Saegertown,
with his Junior Yearling daughter
of Gramhil Observer Poet. Carol
Oreisbach received Reserve
Ayrshire
Sh
th
ribbons with her senior yearling, a
daughter of Secret Baronet,
Ayrshire
The Sbetterly siblings dominated
the Ayrshire show with Deborah
Shetterly, Millersburg, receiving
the Grand with her senior 2-year
old, Sycamore Meade Champ’s
Luvie. Deborah also showed the
Reserve Junior Champion,
Sycamore Meade Lock’s Lovely, a
maternal sister to the Grand
Champion. Her brother, Steve,
showed his 3-year-old, Sycamore
Meade Champ’s Bessie, to Reserve
Grand Championship honors.
Referring to his sister, Steven
said, “She’s been beating me like
that all year.” The children of
Donald and Sandra Shetterly, they
explained that their grandfather
picks their show animals out of
their family’s ISO cow herd and has
always picked the “right ones”.
In the Holstein FFA show,
Jennifer Welmer exhibited the
Grand Champion, a 3-year-old
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