BIS-Lancasttr Fannins, Saturday, Fabruary 2,1985
BY SALLY BAIR
Staff Correspondent
HERSHEY - It was a showcase
of Pennsylvania products - all
arranged to please both the eye
and the palate, and to show what
the state’s number one industry
can achieve. This fourth annual
Keystone Cornucopia, held
Monday at the Hershey Convention
Center, treated the 600 visitors to a
taste of Pennsylvania’s finest
agricultural products.
Hors d’oevres for the social hour
ranged from breaded mushrooms
to catfish spread (in Penn
sylvania!) to the more traditional
Lebanon bologna and pretzels.
The feast continued through
dinner, where groaning tables held
the buffet, which included roast
beef, curried lamb, pork chops,
chicken and turkey a la king. A
wide variety of vegetables
enhanced the meat, and rools and
butter were available in abun
dance.
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This is how the ice cream toppings appeared before the guests sampled them. But
when everyone had had their fill of the sticky, tasty toppings, the scene was much dif
ferent.
BY JOYCE BUPP
Staff Correspondent
SEVEN VALLEYS - York
County’s 4-H baby beef club
members hosted their annual
banquet last Saturday evening,
with an awards program
culminating in the recognition of
Jim and Brenda Eisenhour as the
1985 Citation Award winner. About
two hundred members, buyers and
guests enjoyed the beef dinner at
the Seven Valleys Fire Hall.
Former 4-H steer exhibitors
Walt Keeney, center, received a tribute at the York beef
banquet for his thirty years of service to the county’s 4-H
program. Presenting the award were county 4-H agent
Roxanne Price and beef club president Jamie Kohr.
Keystone Cornucopia highlights state's finest foods
Pennsylvania’s official drink,
milk, was the drink of the evening,
and sparkling apple cider was
offered at each table.
It was a dessert lover’s heaven.
Ice sculptures adorned the dessert
tables, which featured apple
dumplings, luscious peaches and
goat’s milk fudge. But the table
which was most difficult to reach
because of the crowds was the one
which featured a seemingly en
dless amount of ice cream with fix
your-own sundae toppings.
In welcoming the legislators and
farmers who attended the dinner,
Pennsylvania Secretary of
Agriculture Penrose Hallowell
pointed out that Pennsylvania’s
number one industry is a $3 billion
industry which employs 20 percent
of the state’s workforce.
Hallowell said, “We ask your
support. We can’t continue this
exceptional production without
your help.”
York Co. 4-H baby beef club honors Eisenhours end members
themselves, the Eisenhours are
long-tune leaders and supporters
of the beef club program. Their
children, James, Jr., Sandy, Susan
and Tammy Eisenhour Thompson,
have continued the family 4-H beef
steer and breeding projects
tradition, and Tammy was this
year’s only graduate from the
county’s beef program.
The Eisenhour family owns
Cedar Hill Farm, Wellsville Rl,
with a herd of 125 beef cows on 370
acres of rented pasture and farm
jngry guest gets a healthy helping of meat as she goes through the food line at the
Keystone Cornucopia Monday night.
Jim and Brenda Eisenhour were named the 1985 Citation award winners by the York
4-H beef club. Flanking the couple are beef club president Jamie Kohr and extension
agent Tony Dobrosky.
ground, plus a 63,000-bird laying
flock. In addition, they manage the
Warrington Green Farms and its
registered Angus and Angus-cross
herd, owned by the Doctors George
and Lois Kushner.
For many years, the Eisenhours
have hosted the regional livestock
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Guests could choose from several flavors of goat milk fudge.
judging contest at the Kushner
Farm, on the edge of Wellsville,
along with assisting with
numerous other 4-H activities,
including hosting the annual
hay ride.
Jim is a director of the South
Central Pennsylvania cattlemen’s
association and member of the
state Angus Association. Brenda
works with the Angus queen
program and is a member of the
Angus Association’s ladies
auxiliary, and is an organizational
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