Dl4«Lancastar Fanning Saturday, Auguat 19,1989
BY PAT PURCELL
LEBANON (Lebanon Cp.)
With grand champion Holstein,
champion breeder-exhibitor,
grand and reserve champion Ayr
shire and junior champion Ayr
shire the Northern Lebanon FFA
chapter became number one FFA
chapter group in the 34th Pennsyl
vania Southeast Region FFA Dairy
Show held at the Lebanon fair
grounds on Wednesday.
Solanco was the runner-up with
Jersey reserve grand and Jersey
junior champions, Guernsey junior
and grand champions, a reserve
grand Holstein champion, and a
Holstein junior champion.
Contributing to Northern Leba
non’s success was David Lentz of
Lebanon. His 6-year-old, San-Bo
Mars Katie, earned Holstein grand
champion for the third consecutive
year. Katie is a Marshfield Eleva
tion Tony daughter and was bred
by Lentz, also.
Katie was also named grand
(light) of Northern Lebanon FFA won grand champion in the
Ayrshire show. Laura Harding’s Sycamore Meade Quality's
Penny (left) took the reserve grand title.
;y»vig (right) v
exhibited the Jersey grand champion of the Southeast FFA
show. Yeager also was named Jersey breeder-exhibitor.
Tom Arrowsmlth of Solanco FFA earned the reserve grand
champion title of the Jersey show.
show was exhibited by Randy Balthaser (left) of Hamburg
Area FFA. Reserve grand title went to Thomas Zartman, Jr.
of Cloister FFA.
Northern Lebanon and Solanco Shine At
Southeastern FFA Dairy Show
Fair FFA show in 1989 and 1988.
She has captured champion
breeder exhibitor for Lentz in the
Holstein breed for three years,
also.
Katie milked 27,897 pounds of
milk in 305 days. In 365 days she
produced 31,000-plus pounds of
milk wiht 980 pounds of butterfat
This year Lentz predicts produc
tion for 305 days to hit 25,000
pounds, but he says Katie will
hang on to do much more.
Katie is the daughter of an Ivan
hoe Star which Lentz’s gave to
him. Katie’s full sister just recently
ranked dead last in the senior calf
class at the fair show, but David is
not worried about her future. It
seems Katie started out that way
too, only she made even a poorer
showing in the heifer classes. He is
hopeful Katie’s sister will follow
in her hoofprints.
R. Michael Mellot of Solanco
exhibited the reserve grand
Holstein
Gretchen, bred by Kenneth Umble by Randy Balthaser of the Ham
of Atglen. Junior champion also burg area chapter with his strong
went to R. Michael Mellott & and powerful five-year-old, Vic-
Denise Click with their entry Col- tory Acres Westley Nadic, bred by
dsprings Beaut Tide-ET, a senior Dean and Brenda Daubert of Bem
calf. Reserve junior champion title ville. Thomas Zarttnan, Jr.'of the
was won by a Ceder Crest FFA’er, Cloister Chapter in Ephrata earned
Ammon Peiffer and his intermedi- the reserve grand champion title
ate calf, Great-View Noel Mars with his senior-2-year-old, Wind
Sherry. Mill Blend Calypso, bred by Wil
liam Daubert of Pine Grove.
Junior champion went to a Ham-
Brown Swiss
Grand champion was exhibited
San-Bo Mars Katie captured her third breeder-exhibitor award for owner David
Lentz (right) of Northern Lebanon FFA. Katie also won grand champion of the Holstein
show. Congratulating Lentz are Lebanon Dairy Princess Kynel Bomgardner (left) and
show Judge David Castroglavanni (center).
Northern Lebanon County FFA chapter was named top chapter group of the South
east Pennsylvania FFA Dairy Show. Pictured are: (from left) Gretehen Oberst, FFA
Advisor and ag ed Instructor; Gene Kreitzer, Sherry Donmoyer and David Lentz.
Champion breeder-exhibitor of the Southeast FFA Dairy Show was iresa Hill of
Northern Lebanon FFA. Presenting the award was Kynel Bomgardner,(left) Lebanon
County Dairy Princess and John Hess (right) Regional Vice-President.
burg area FFA’er, Tammy Ballh
astcr’s Indian Run Candy, a sum
mer yearling. Reserve junior went
to Randy Balthaser’s senior calf,
Northkill Creek N Orca.
Guernsey
Steven L. Wagner of Solanco
FFA chapter took all the champion
trophies home for the Guernsey
breed. Bo Joy Frank Misty took the
grand champion title. Misty earned
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