B4*Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 26, 1994
LaDonna Miller shows off her youth award presented at the annual Bedford Cattle
men’s Association banquet. She is being congratulated by Glenn Eberly, director of
Animal Meat Evaluation at Penn State University; and Barry Lawery, association pre
sident.
Teen Earns Cattlemen’s Award
LINDA WILLIAMS
Bedford Co. Correspondent
BEDFORD (Bedford Co.)
LaDonna Miller of Bedford RD 2,
took home the annual Youth
Award presented by the Bedford
Cattlemen’s Association at their
annual banquet held at Ed’s Steak
House.
A - freshman at Bedford High
School, LaDonna is the daughter
of Dave and Linda Miller. She
helps with all of the work revolv
ing around the family’s 100 head
of Limousin on their slightly more
than 100-acre farm.
Six of the Limousin are claimed
by LaDonna who has won numer
ous trophies and ribbons to testify
to her success as a young fanner.
Last year, LaDonna showed the
grand champion steer at the Bed
ford Fair and had the third overall
champion sleer for two years pre
vious to that. She also had the
champion home bred steer and a
champion junior fitting trophy.
At the Pennsylvania State Farm
Show, LaDonna took home two
seconds and a first and she was
second in her class in Keystone
competition in October. She also
showed the champion bred and
owned animal.
Guest speaker for the evening
was Glenn Eberly, director of ani
mal meal evaluation at the Penn
Slate University.
Eberly congratulated the Bed
ford cattlemen on their continued
successes and commented that it
was the most well attended ban
quet he had been to this winter.
He said an excellent group of
bulls will represent the cattle
farmers of Bedford County at the
upcoming Bull Sale at Penn State
in March.
Having recently attended the
National Cattlemen’s Banquet in
Reno, Eberly was enthusiastic
over the future of beef in America.
”We were made to realize that
we must start becoming a more
consumer driven organization,”
Eberly said. “We have strong
competition from the pork and
Garden
Symposium
YORK (Yoik Co.) Garden
ers with Spring fever are invited to
the Penn State Garden Sympos
ium on Saturday, March 19 from 9
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Lancaster
Farm and Home Center. Cost is
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State Cooperative Extension,
1383 Arcadia Road, Room 1, Lan
caster, PA 17601-3149.
Topics and speakers include:
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tions on the Garden of Eden by
Dr. Irwin Richman, Professor of
American Studies; Penn State-
Harrisburg. Wild Kingdoms in
Town and Country by James An
thony van Sweden, Oehme Van
Sweden & Associates, Inc., Wash
ington, D.C. Selection and Uses of
Shrubs in the Garden by Dr. David
Sanford, Penn Stale, Berks Cam
pus. Improvements in Flowering
Crabapples and Dogwoods by
Alan Michael, Penn State, Multi-
County Extension Agent, Incor
porating Water into Your Garden
by Virginia Crum, Lilypons Water
Gardens, Director of Marketing,
Buckcysville, MD, and Bulbs as
Companion Plants in the Land
scape by Brent Heath, The Daffo
dil Mart, Inc., Gloucester, Va.
poultry industries and we should
take a lesson.
“The consumer wants quality
and consistency but they also want
something that is quick and easy.
Quality is a piece of red meat that
people enjoy eating.”
Eberly admitted that negative
shows such as “60 Minutes,” have
had a negative impact on the beef
industry.
“The E Coli Jack-in-the-Box in
cident was also negative,” he con
tinued. “Unfortunately, through
all that bad publicity, it never
came out that the problem could
have been caused by dirty ice and
that the beef was most probably
imported.”
“MCA now has 37,000 mem
bers and you should be proud to be
a part of it,” Eberly concluded. “I
am very optimistic about the fu-
lure of beef in this country.”
Sam Wiley, a Bedford County
beef fanner, was presented with a
special recognition award for all
of the work he has contributed to
the organization.
Door prizes were awarded fol
lowing the meeting.
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Again!
Recently, I’ve been spending
time with several toddlers and pre
schoolers. What a treat! I think
one of their favorite words is
“Again!” I sang “Miss Polly had a
Dolly” with a two-year-old at least
five times in my living room and
then at least five more times on the
way to the pizza shop before the
adults managed to distract this
enthusiastic child. If I caught her
eye during the evening, she’d ask,
“Miss Polly?” And the negotiation
process would begin again.
I’ve also been cornered by a
preschooler to read to her. The last
sitting entailed the reading of four
to six books. I finally had to limit
it, saying ‘TTI only do two more...
One more. This is the last one...
Okay that’s the last one.” What is
it about children that makes them
want repetition? Invariably if you
offer to read a story, they select
the same one time after time. This
often happens with videos or
songs or games, too. Repetition. It
can be maddening for an adult.
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Children ages 18-months to
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their memory skills by asking
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and stories. They are also
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Children ask adults to make funny
faces or sounds again and again.
Each time the performance brings
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imitate. These, too, are important
intellectual and motor skills deve
lopment activities. And family
rituals of singing the same song
or reading the same story
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activity. Try to be open to a few
rounds of the song or game. Then
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warning. “I know you’re having
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sing the song two more times...”
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tomorrow on the way to
preschool.”
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By taking the time to do things
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same lime. Take a deep breath,
count to ten, and say, “Okay, one
more time.”
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