VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) There were 218 entries at
the 4-H South Central District
Dairy Show held Monday in the
Small Arena of the state Farm
Show Complex and 125 of those
qualified for state-level
competition.
Youth from the seven counties
of Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin,
Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon and
York showed their dairy cattle in
an effort to qualify for the state 4-H
show, set to be held Sept. 20, also
at the state Farm Show Complex.
Among the five breed shows
held Monday, eight qualifying
blue ribbons were awarded to Ayr
shire exhibitors, 24 blue ribbons
were awarded in the Brown Swiss
breed, nine in the Guernsey breed,
54 to Holstein exhibitors, 27 to
those who showed Jerseys, and
three to Milking Shorthorn
exhibitors.
Judges for the dhows were John
Burket, of East Freedom, who
reviewed the Guernseys, Ayrshire
and Holstein cattle, and Mary
Shank Creek, of Hagerstown, Md.,
From the left, Candi Garber shows .the reserve grand
champion Guernsey, while Brian Smith show the grand
champion. Also shown is Midge Deavon, Franklin County
dairy princess.
who judged Brown Swiss and
Jersey cattle.
The youth are also judged on
their showmanship. Judges were
Robbie Shaw, of Fairplay. Md.,
and David Hill, of Shippensburg.
Evident of the depth of the Hols
tein show was (he fact that there
were nine blue ribbons awarded
just in the intermediate yearling
class from 23 animals entered:
eight blue ribbons in the senior calf
From the left, Lebanon County Alternate Dairy Princess Karen Heilinger presents a
grand champion ribbon to James Justin Burdette, while Stephanie Wagner holds the
halter of her reserve grand champion and receives a rosette from the Lancaster Coun
ty dairy princess.
class; six in the junior yearling
class; and six in the junior calf
class.
In the Holstein breed, cattle
shown by James Justin Burdette,
of Mercersburg, Franklin County,
took both the grand and senior
championships and the junior
championship of the show. The
Burdette’s grand champion was a
senior 2-year-old, Windy-Knoll-
View Pizazz-ET. (His brother
Kyle showed the second place
senior 2-year-old.) Burdette’s
junior yearling, W-K-V CC Pear-
ET, was the junior champion.
Stephanie Wagner, of Myer
stown, Lebanon County, con
tinued a winning streak with her
aged cow, Ju-Vindale Tradition
Bobbie, receiving the reserve
senior and grand champion pink
rosette of the breed show. Bobbie
won the Lebanon County Holstein
open show and took home the
supreme dairy animals of all youth
shows at the Lebanon Area Fair for
Wagner.
Wagner also displayed her
showmanship skills, winning the
championship in the senior divi
sion, for exhibitors aged 14 to 19
years old.
Also from Lebanon County,
Bryan Hostetler, of Annville,
showed Dale-Pride Arthurs Pre
cise, an intermediate yearling to
win the reserve junior champion
title of the Holstein show.
The county group competition
in the Holstein show led by Frank
lin County, Cumberland County,
and Lebanon County was third.
In the Jersey show, the Dietrich
From the left, Elizabeth Smith holds the halter of the grand champion Brown Swiss
of the South Central District 4-H Dairy Show, white Alicia Mase holds the halter of her
reserve grand champion.
sisters, Emily and Melanie, of
Newburg, Cumberland County,
showed the grand and reserve
grand champions, respectively
Emily’s Carrock Sooner B Frosty,
a 4-year-old was grand champion;
Melanie’s aged cow, Donna’s
Legend Delaura, was reserve.
The junior champion of the
Jersey show was a senior calf, SV
Toptin Lupy, owned by Melanie
Balmer, of Manheim, Lancaster
County.
The reserve junior champion
was Pleasant Valley Stftifouck Pat
ty, an intermediate calf, owned by
Heath Ann Carbaugh, of Cham
bersburg, Franklin County.
Also, in the county club compet
ition,' although it wasn’t con
firmed, a 4-H leader has said that it
was the first time that Cumberland
County won the district competi
tion. They were followed by
Franklin County.
In the Brown Swiss breed, Eli
zabclh Ann S m ith, of Denver, Lan
caster County, showed the grand
champion animal, a junior 3-year
old. K&Q JK Willctte.
The reserve grand champion
was an aged cow shown by Alica
Masc, of Lebanon, Meadow Hill
Titan Agatha. Agatha was also the
featured Brown Swiss of the Lcba-
nes
From the left, John Leib helps Jesse Stambaugh shows
his senior champions. John holds.the halter of the reserve
grand champion, while Jesse holds the halter of his grand
champion, while Midge Oeaven, Franklin County alternate
princess presents awards.
non Area Fair.
Garrett Mase, Alicia’s brother,
showed the junior champion
Brown Swiss, a senior yearling,
Meadow Hill Johnny D Prell-ET.
Larissa Mellott, of St. Thomas,
Franklin County, showed the
reserve junior champion Brown
Swiss, a senior calf, IE La-Mcl-Lo
Rocket Tomeka.
In the Brown Swiss county club
competition, Lancaster County
was first, York second and Cum
berland third.
In the Ayrshire breed, Jesse
Stambaugh, of Spring Grove, York
County, showed the senior and
grand champion, a senior 2-year
old, Triplfc-J Gemini Andy, and the
reserve grand champion, a 5-ycar
old that won’t sec further competi
tion this year in 4-H, Ray-Knoll
Liberator’s Angie.
The junior champion was shown
by Dayrl Maul fair, of Jonestown',
Lebanon County, an intermediate
calf, Masonic-Homes Mandate
Candy.
The reserve junior champion
Ayrshire was shown by Jason
Stambaugh. also of Spring Grove.
It was a senior yearling. Goodies
Welcome Kasey.
York County was the only coun
ty to compete in the Ayrshire and
rovi
Guernsey county group class.
In the Guernsey breed, Brian
Thomas Smith, of Denver, Lancas
ter County, showed the senior and
grand champion Guernsey. Blue
Mountain View King Sparky, a
4-year-old.
Candi Garber, of Waynesboro,
Franklin County showed the
reserve senior and grand champ
ion, also a 4-year-old, Romert
King Leora.
The junior champion was a
junior yearling shown by Todd
Morris, of Fawn Grove, York
County, Moracre Herald Jezebelle.
The reserve junior champion was a
senior calf shown by Emily Dawn
Stuff, of Mercersburg, Franklin
County, Walnut Lane Jasper
Isabel!.
In the four-animal Milking
Shorthorn breed show, the senior
and grand champion animal was a
junior 2-year-old, Three Springs
Courtney, shown by Becky Corn
man, of Carlisle, Cumberland
County.
Heather Crowl, of Airville,
York County showed the junior
champion and reserve grand
champion, an intermediate year
ling. Spruce Hill LT Lisa; and the
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