World Dairy Expo
(Continued from Pege A 26)
for sale by craft exhibitors and
unique dairy-related -souvenir
items are available through the
Purple Cow Gift Shops. Also sche
duled for the 1987 World Dairy
Expo are an antique tractor pull,
recognition awards banquets and a
chance to see the best dairy cattle
in North America.
Two Holstein cattle sales, as
well as sales of each of the other
five breeds competing at the show,
will offer the best genetics avail
able from each breed. The sale
line-up this fall starts with the
World Premiere Colored Breeds
Sale featuring Ayrshire, Guernsey,
Jersey and Milking Shorthorn
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beginning at 5:00 P.M. on Wed
nesday afternoon. Brown Swiss
sell in a separate offering at 6:30
P.M. on Thursday. The first of two
Holstein sales is also on Thursday
at 4:00 P.M. The Genetic Connec
tion Sale offers Holstein embryos
from the top genetics of the Hols
tein breed and features top cow
families both in terms of numbers
and production. The traditional
World Premiere Holstein Sale
begins at 7:00 P.M. on Friday,
October 2.
Scheduling for the 1987 World
Dairy Expo includes; September
30: National 4-H & Intercollegiate
Dairy Cattle Judging Contests,
Central National Ayrshire, Milk-
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Sale; October 2: Central National
Brown Swiss & Holstein Shows,
Wisconsin-Stylc International
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Sale; October 3: FFA Dairy Judg
ing Events, Central National Hols
tein Show; October 4: Junior
Showmanship Contests, Midwest
Regional Jersey Show, Antique
Tractor Pull and the selection of"
America’s Supreme Champion
Cow.
Commercial exhibits remain
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HARRISBURG Five veteran
employees of the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture (PDA)
have been recognized for outstand
ing service, Agriculture Secretary
Boyd E. Wolff announced today.
Receiving awards as Outstand
ing Employees of 1987 were John
L. Longenecker of Elizabethtown,
Bureau of Plant Industry; Mary A.
Pickens of Conneaut Lake, Region
I headquarters; George A. Snyder
of Halifax, Bureau of Farm Show;
and Michael J. Frendak of Lans
ford and Ogden C. Bacon of Mid
dletown, Bureau of Fods and
Chemistry.
“These five are representative of
the finest men and women who
serve the Commonwealth and the
Pennsylvania Department of Agri
culture,” Secretary Wolff said.
“They can be regarded as outstand
ing among the Department’s many
outstanding employees.”
The award winners were hon
ored at the Department’s fourth
annual Recognition Awards Din
ner, Sept. 14 at the Manada Hill
Inn Restaurant north of
Harrisburg.
Longenecker joined the Bureau
of Plant Industry 15 years ago as a
plant pathologist and was prom
oted to division chief of the Feed,
Fertilizer and Lime Division in
1980. When the division was
merged with the Pesticides Divi
sion in 1985, Longenecker was
named chief of the combined
Agronomic Services Division. He
also has served on the ad hoc com
mittee suggesting guidelines for
legislative action on the recently
amended state Pesticides Act
Pickens joined the Region I
office staff in Meadville in 1971 as
SOUTHAMPTON The
Sinking Valley Local of Atlantic
Dairy Cooperative District 20 will
meet Sept. 21 at 8 p.m. at the Tyr
one Township Building.
The purpose of the meeting is to
elect officers, delegates and alter
nate delegates for the coming year.
Davjd C. Hileman, Tyrone, is the
current Local president.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 19, 1987-A27
PDA Employees
Honored
Sinking Valley Local
a Clerk Stenographer I. Increased
duties and responsibilities subse
quently prompted her reclassifica
tion and promotion to Clerk Sle
nographei 111. Region I officials
credit her with “valuable know
ledge of State Government sys
tems and with expediting automo
tive reports.”
Snyder was first employed by
the Bureau of Farm Show as a,
Tradesman Helper 17 years ago
and currently is classified as an
.Electrician. Farm Show officials
who nominated Snyder for the
honor said his abilities “have
enabled us to provide outstanding
electrical service to individuals
and organizations who lease our
facilities . . . and to improve our
overall operation."
Frendak, a 30-year veteran with
PDA, is considered by his peers as
“the old pro.” He began as an Agri
culture Products Supervisor and
presently is assigned to the Foods
Division at the Region 111 head
quarters in Tunkhannock. He has
assisted other government agen
cies, and the support he has pro
vided PDA’s Bureau of Govern
ment Donated Foods program in
Region 111 has achieved significant
savings.
Bacon has served in all phases
of milk sanitation and regulation
since joining the Bureau of Foods
and Chemistry 26 years ago. He
has held the post of Regional Sani
tarian and Laboratory Certification
Officer. In his current post in state
headquarters in Harrisburg, Bacon
is Chief, State Milk Rating Officer.
He has been instrumental in imple
menting a number of important
milk-related studies and programs.
Nominations will also be taken
for District 20 director, as current
Director Byron E. Sollcnbcrger’s
term expires this year.
Atlantic Dairy Cooperative rep
resents 4,100 dairy farm families
in Pennsylvania, New York, New
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Vir
ginia and West Virginia.
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