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PLEASE NOTE
GARDEN SPOT
RED ROSE DHIA
ANNUAL MEETING
IS FEBRUARY 2
This year, the Garden Spot Red
Rose DHIA Dairymen of Lancas
ter County and their families will
meet at the Ronks Fire Hall in
Ronks, Pa. for their DHIA ban
quet on Feb. 2. This banquet will
begin with a family-style lunch at
11:45 a.m. Their entertainment
will be Jay Irwin, retired extension
director of Lancaster County. He
will present a slide show of agri
culture in Romania to the group.
Marci Hamish. Lancaster dairy
princess, will be a guest speaker.
This year’s agenda will also
include speakers Robert Kindig,
Pennsylvania’s National DHIA
representative: Norman Herhsye,
Pa. State Director, District 18; and
David Slusser, Pennsylvania’s
new general manager. Tickets can
be purchased by calling Jay Risser
at (717) 392-4589.
ADDITIONAL NEW
MEMBERS THAT DID NOT
GET IN OUR NEWSLETTER
ADAMS COUNTY
Mark Gieron
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The registration deadline fra* the
PA DHIA Annual Meeting is fast
approaching. If you would like to
attend the 6th annual meeting,
please nil out the registration form
that was enclosed in with your re
ports in December and January
and send it to PA DHIA. Orchard
Rd„ University, Park, PA 16802.
If you have not received the regis
tration form please give us a call at
1-800-344-8378 and request one.
The agenda for this year’s an
nual meeting will begin with re
gistration at 10 a.m. This year
marks the 25th anniversary of in
corporation and represents a time
when the association and its mem
bers celebrate numerous accomp
lishments and progress made in
serving Pennsylvania Dairy In
dustry throughout the associa
tion’s rich history.
The agenda will consist of an
Exhibiting Trade Show by various
Ag related sponsors. Also a Ladies
Program for the two-day event
and a wonderful educational and
enjoyable program for the mem
bers.
Speaker Gordon Conklin, Edi
tor Emeritus of the American
Agriculturist in Ithaca, N.Y., at 1
p.m. will address with his remarks
entitled “Toward the 21st Cen
tury.”
Michael O’Connor, Professor
of Dairy Science, Penn State will
speak to the members of PA
DHIA on BST late Friday after
noon.
A panel made up of Robert Kin
dig, Pennsylvania’s National
DHIA representative; Phil Dukas,
CEO of National; Frank Omer,
Pennsylvania DHIA Board presi
dent; Dave Slusser, Pennsylvania
general manager.
PA DHIA MEMBERS
ANNUAL MEETING
IN STATE COLLEGE
This panel will address many
interesting subjects. Also there
will be an open forum for mem
bers to ask questions on issues
from National and State DHIA.
and how this affects them as mem
bers.
The evening of February 18
will feature an Awards Banquet
beginning at 7 p.m.
The annual meeting will begin
on Friday, February 18 at 1 p.m.
and end on Saturday, February 19
at noon.
A program on Friday morning
will also be offered to anyone in
terested in attending. This pro
gram has been offered to county
chairmen/presidems as an orienta
tion but is open to anyone on
county committees that would like
to attend. Topics such as National
DHIA and National Cooperative
Dairy Herd Improvement Pro
gram (NCDHIP): their organiza
tional structure, authority and
roles. NCDHIP Official Rules;
what they require, how they are
enforced; DHIA Services; what it
To Commemorate 10th Year
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
The Pennsylvania Dairy Pro
motion Program is to hold an an
nual meeting for dairy producers
on Feb. 7 at the Nittany Lion Inn,
State College.
The meeting will commemorate
the 10th anniversary of Pennsyl
vania Dairy Promotion and review
current activities conducted to
promote dairy products in Penn
sylvania. The meeting begins at 10
a.m. and concludes by 3 p.m.
The meeting is to feature com
ments from Pennsylvania Dairy’s
standing committee chairpersons.
This will include a review of the
entire program, the financial sta
tus of the program and commen
tary about localized promotion ac
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ics such as Governing Documents
(current bylaws, articles); Organi
zation Structure (district, local
committees); 1994 Bylaws and
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vices: * Membership Develop
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bilities direct counties and
independent counties.
This year will also affer a His
tory Room at the Annual Meeting.
Available for sale will be a year
book recognizing herds on test 25
years or more with any continuous
testing program with PA DHIA.
Don’t miss out on the fun, send
your registration to PA DHIA,
DHIA Service Center, Orchard
Road, University Park, PA 16802
or by calling NOW for a reserva
tion 1-800-344-8378.
tivities. The 1993 “Promoter of
the Year” will also be formally re
cognized during the meeting.
Following the business meeting
in the morning, Harry Houston,
formerly of the Tennessee Farm
ers Cooperative, will offer his mo
tivational thoughts about leader
ship in agriculture. Houston has
spoken before many agricultural
groups*
The afternoon program in
cludes a complete review of Penn
sylvania Dairy’s 1993 activities.
From advertising to nutrition edu
cation, a wide variety of promo
tion activities will be reviewed for
producers. In addition, new fluid
milk advertisements will be un
veiled to dairy producers.
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