ill T7T7Tff^^^Kr~V^^HHrj^^^^^BaßJ^'ts^^pL^^^H VOL 34 No. 47 The high 4-H team at the All American judging contest In Harrisburg this week is (I to r):Joe Delong, coach; Tom Wiker; Matt Wanner; Matt Welk, alternate; and Earl Keefer, show director. See story Page A-25. At the 33rd annual dairy princess pageant, Anne Marie Mitchell (center) of Berks County was crowned PA Dairy Princess. First Alternate Mary Werner (left) represent ing Beaver-Lawrence counties, and Second Alternate Angela Spickler of Lancaster County will assist the new princess. Turn to page Bi 8 to read about the pageant. Photo by Lou Aim Good. PAFC Awards Banquet Honors Curtis And Baker HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) The Pennsylvania Association of Farmer Cooperatives (PAFC) recognized two of its leaders at its annual meeting September 25 at the Harrisburg Sheraton-West. Dr. Samuel M. Curtis, head of the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education and pro fessor of agricultural education at The Pennsylvania State Universi ty, received the PAFC Distin guished Service Award and Way ne Baker, employee of Cumber land Valley Cooperative and a dedicated supporter of coopera tive education, received the Mas ter Educator Award. Both awards were presented at the awards ban quet, according to PAFC Execu tive Director Carol BuckhouL Curtis has a lifetime record of dedicated interests in and service to agricultural cooperatives which began on the Curds family farm in northeastern Pennsylvania. The Curtis’ were member-users of sev eral cooperatives with leadership involvement as part of the com Four Sections mitment. In his present position. Dr. Curtis is responsible for sup porting joint educational prog rams on cooperative education before PAFC and Penn State. He is currently the chair of the Joint Cooperative Business Education Policy Committee with PAFC - the committee that provides over all guidance and direction to both organizations. Dr. Curtis is a graduate of The Penn State University with bache lor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in agricultural education. He is a member of numerous pro fessional societies and organiza tions including; Phi Kappa Phi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Alpha Tau Alpha, Phi Delta Kappa, Ameri can Association of Teacher Edu cators in Agriculture, American Vocational Association, Pennsyl vania Agriculture Teachers Asso ciation, National Vocational Agri culture Teachers Association, and Vocational Administrators of Pennsylvania. He is a member of (Turn to Pago A 27) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 30,1989 50c Per Copy Love Rides Auctioneer’s Gavel At Kauffman Sale BY EVERETT NEWSWANGER Managing Editor ELIZABETHTOWN (Lancas ter Co.) —Love rode on the head of the auctioneer’s gavel here Tues day as the first heifer in the ring at the Penn Springs Holstein disper sal was knocked-off twice for pro ceeds to support the S. June Smith Center in Lancaster and Ephrata. And little three-year-old Mitchel Kauffman, the reason for the bene volent sale opening, won the hearts of his fellow sale-goers as he scrambled around in the saw-dust doing his imitations for the local TV cameraman, patted the head of his heifer for this reporter and acted as cheer-leader in the sale ring for the bidding. First, the sale staff of Backus Associates bought the heifer for $BOO and returned their purchase to again be sold to Fred McCar thney, Dry Run, for $lOOO. Mitch el, who has Down Syndrom, is the son and grandson of Penn Springs farm owners Steve and Judy Kauffman and Robert and Mim Kauffman. Dorothy Booth, a volunteer (Turn to Pago A 34) Pennsylvania’s Finest Parades At Annual Junior Dairy Show BY PAT PURCELL HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Junior dairy exhibitors from 4-H clubs and FFA chapters gathered in Harrisburg on Monday to compete in the 34th Annual Pen nsylvania Junior Dairy Show. This show is the culmination of months of work for junior exhibitors from across the Commonwealth. This show also officially begins a full, fast and exciting week of national dairy breed shows and sales known as the Pennsylvania All-American show. More than 800 head of dairy cattle from the Holstein, Jersey, Guernsey, Ayrshire,. Milking Shorthorn, and Brown Swiss breeds paraded through the three ring show held in the large arena of the Farm Show complex. KILE To Feature Challenge Of The Breeds . JgARBISBURfS A unique Saturday evening program is being planned- for the 1989 Key stone International Livestock Exposition, to beheld October S-8 in the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg. This event, the “Chal lenge Of The Breeds” will pit four internationally recognized horse breeds, the Appaloosa, the Ara bian, the Paint and die Quarter Horse, against each other in an evening of fun and mastery. The animals, two from each breed, will be chosen by their respective breed associations. In order to compete, the horse must be owned by a Pennsylvania resident. Mitchel Kauffman with parents Steve and Judy wants you to see his heifer that was sold In the Penn Springs Holstein dispersal with proceeds to the S. June Smith Center for spe cial children. $12.50 Per Year HOLSTEIN Anissa Kensinger of Petersburg took the grand championship of the FFA Holstein show and the reserve grand tide with two ani mals bred by the Fosters of Peters burg. The Huntingdon County exhibitor is a member of the Ray stown Area FFA member. The grand champion was a tre mendous 3-year-old, Globe-Run G Word Trisha. Trisha was sired by Globe-Run Glendell Word. The reserve champion was a stylish 4-year-old, Globe-Run Valiant Tanya, sired by S-W-D Valiant Deanna Sparling of Troy in Bratffiord County took the junior championship of the FFA Holstein show with Maple-Flat Melvin Happy, an intermediate yearling (Turn to Pago A2B) * The sklents in which each hors? will be entered include: ” •'Pteasure Driving- Horses are aSked to perform both ways at a walk and trot ■ English Pleasure- In English tack, horses will perform both directions at a walk, trot and a canter. • Hunter Hack- In addition to performing on the rail, the horse will be asked to take two jumps. • Western Pleasure- In western gear, the horse will walk, jog and lope in both directions. • Western Riding- The horse performs a prescribed course (Turn to Pag* A 26)
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