A34-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 28, 1993
Sister
C. J. HOUGHTALING
Tioga Co. Correspondent
WHITNEYVILLE (Tioga Co.)
Two pairs of sisters tied for the
top awards of premier breeder and
premier exhibitor amongst heavy
competition at the Black and
White Open Dairy Show during
the Tioga County Fair held Satur
day, Aug. 14.
Teresa and Trisha Mcllwain,
daughters of William and Diane
Mcllwain of Canton, and Olivia
and Charity Courtney, daughters
of Harold and Sherty Courtney of
Mansfield, paraded their animals
with professional pride numerous
times around the arena, collecting
ribbons and gamering the points
which tied them for the premier
awards.
Teresa showed five cows and
two heifers, while Trisha showed
One heifer. The Mcllwain girls
have been members of Country
Warriors 4-H club 11 and 4 years
respectively, and have showed
animals every year. Teresa, 19.
served as the 1992 Tioga County
Fair Queen and attends Penn Tech
at Williamsport, where she is
majoring in occupational therapy.
Trisha, 12 years old, attends
school in Canton.
Olivia showed two milking
cows, one dry cow, and a summer
yearling. Charity showed two
cows and a calf. Also participating
in the Courtney family showing
Brenda Robson Hodder of
Mansfield led her Jersey
Bren-Deiite Daffodil, a Junior
2-year-old, to grand champ
ion in the open division.
Matt Nlckaton of Wallsboro holds his grand champion
market lamb for buyer Clyde Beard of Cowanesque Valley
Livestock Market.
Teams Tie For Top Honors At Tioga Shows
were the girls’ brother Hal with a
calf and father Harold with a cow.
Olivia, 14, and Charity, 12, both
attend Mansfield High School
while Hal, 9. is a student at the
Warren L. Miller Elementary
School. The three siblings are
members of Classical Cows 4-H
group and have been showing ani
mals six, four, and one year,
respectively.
Other top awards went to Her
man Bishop of Roaring Branch,
junior champion; Brenda Robson
Hodder of Mansfield, reserve
junior champion; Ty-Ly View
Farms of Trout Run, senior
champion; and Olivia Courtney,
reserve senior champion.
Gordon Wood of Mansfield,
whose own cows were well repre
sented throughout the competi
tion, spotted the senior and reserve
senior champions well before the
judge made his selections known.
A respected cattle judge, Wood sat
on the sidelines and mentally
compared his animals to the others
in the arena. Of the two cows
which were later named senior
champion and reserve senior
champion, Wood said. “(Paul)
Moyer’s (of Ty-Ly View Farms)
cow and Courtney’s cow are both
fine animals. There’s no question
in my mind that they are winners.
Moyer’s cow lacks the power up
front that Courtney’s cow has, and
Courtney’s cow has longer teats,
which is good, but both animals
deserve to win.”
The Henry Cooper Memor
ial Award was presented to
Brett Glgee of Knoxville for
his supreme champion ewe.
Matt Watkins of Llttla
Marsh presants hit grand
champion market hog to Gil*
bert Harris, representing
buyer Hatfield Quality Meats.
Grand champion Ayrshire
In the open division Is Blue-
Devils Star Buttercup, a four
year-old owned by Kevin E.
Wales, Jr. of Mlllerton.
Grand champion Guern
say in tha 4-Hand open divi
sion* is Cast las King Flash
Gloria, ownad by David L.
Krlnar of Mansfield.
Paul Moyar, center, laada aanlor champion Holstaln c
Panlow Irma Jathro of Ty-Ly-Vlew Farm In Roaring Branch
while Olivia Courtnay, right, holds har raaarva senior
champion Holstein Etbam Enhancer Bute Buddy. Both
animals also took grand champion and reserve grand
champion, respectively. Dairy Maid Jennifer Johnson, left,
presented the awards.
Tioga County Dairy Princess Rebecca Bechtel of
Covington took grand champion Brown Swiss with her
6-year-old Shady Creek Ida Isabel! K.
Joseph Sweely’s 3-year-oid Jersey Stonay Knob Briga
dier Valeria took grand champion In the 4-H and Vocational
Dairy Show.
Stacey Graves of Little Marsh leads her grand champion
market steer in the arena at the Junior Livestock Sale.