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STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) The 69th Penn State Dairy
Science Club Dairy Exposition
will be held today at the Ag Are
na, beginning at 8:30 a.m. with
cattle fitting and showing compet
ition among club members and
other interested Penn State stu
dents. A champion fitter and
showman will be named in each of
three divisions: amateur, interme
diate, and professional, from
which the show’s Grand Champ
ion and Reserve Grand Champion
will be crowned.
In addition to tye competition,
several fun events are planned for
all ages, youth to alumni. Penn
State President Joab Thomas will
participate in the annual celebrity
milking contest, and several facul
ty members will get into the spirit
of competition as they try to win
the calf showmanship contest.
Other special events include a
milk chugging contest, calf dress
ing, alumni showing contest, and
cow pie bingo.
Conference
(Continued from Pago A 23)
Our technicians were asked to
name something good about
working for Pa. DHIA, and the re
mark I heard far mote than any
thing else was, “I love and care for
my farm families.” They really
love you. and care for your future.
God Bless them, and God Bless
you!
Our laboratory and]
field training program
has just completed the
quality certification
from National DHIA.
The lab scored a 99 per
cent. The field service
scored a pass. National
DHIA QC now scores
field service only pass
or fail. Historically we
have always scored 100
percent I wish the scor
ing system had not
changed because it does
not give a true picture of
our field service. I can
assure you that they are
the best in the country.
Our DRPC service will
be scored later in the
summer. I wish that
these scores were public
information nationwide.
If it were, Pa. DHIA
would rank near the top,
if not the top.
We are in the process
of making some
changes in State Col
lege. The West College
Avenue office will be
closed, June 30, and we
will all move into the la
boratory building on Or
chard Road. Also, we
are making some per
sonnel changes in our
milk testing laboratory.
All of these changes
are for economic rea
sons, so we can provide
the best service at com
petitive prices. How
ever, during the next 2
months our turn around
time may slow down
some. I ask you to be pa
tient with us until our
new people get better
trained at their work.
We, at Pa. DHIA are
honored to serve you. If
you have any concerns,
please write or call me at
800-344-8378. Our Pa.
DHIA members and
their profitability are the
Penn State Dairy Club Exposition Today
The culmination of the day’s
events will be the annual awards
and recognition banquet, where
club members will be rewarded
for their work throughout the year.
Awards will also be given to win
ning dairy judges from the spring
contest. Dairy Science Club
Young Dairyman and Dedicatee,
and the Department of Dairy and
Animal Science Distinguished
Dairy Science Alumni.
Penn State’s 1994 Outstanding
Young Dairyman is Mary Ann
Keith, a 1990 Dairy and Animal
Science alumnus. During her
undergraduate education at Penn
State, Keith served as secretary of
the Penn State Dairy Science Club
in 1988 and president in 1990. She
also was an Ag Advocate and the
1988 Ms. College of Agriculture.
Keith was a founding member and
1990 president of Sigma Alpha
sorority, a member of the Coaly
Society and Alpha Zeta fraternity,
and 1990 Outstanding Senior in
the College of Agricultural
Sciences.
Currently, Keith is agriculture
administrator at Mid-State Bank,
where she evaluates loan requests
and handles agriculture transac
tions fev new and existing custom
ers. She also lends a hand on the
family farm as night and relief
milker. In addition, Keith volun
teers with various state and local
community organizations includ
ing the Pennsylvania State
Grange, Penn State College of
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Penn State Dairy
Exposition Dedicatee
The club has named Robert
“Whitey” McKown its 1994 Club
Dedicatee. Bom and raised on a
dairy farm in Apollo, Pennsylva
nia, he came to Penn State in 1947
after attending Clarion State
Teacher’s College. As a dairy pro
duction major, McKown was an
active member of the Penn State
Dairy Science Club. He was
named Grand Champion Show
man at the 1948 Dairy Expo and
1949 winner of the spring judging
contest He also competed on the
Penn State Dairy Judging Team,
finishing fifth high individual at
the Waterloo contest. McKown
also found time to play varsity
basketball at Clarion State and
Penn State.
Upon graduation in 1951, he
became farm manager at Wemers
ville State Hospital, a 1250-acre
farm in Bedes County, where he
and new wife Jeanne purchased
their first registered Holsteins.
In 1956, they moved to Sandy
Creek, New York, where
McKown became editor of the
Pennsylvania Holstein News. He
currently is senior vice president
of livestock advertising for Hols
tein World . In addition to oversee
ing their advertising programs,
McKown reports on Holstein
shows, sales, meetings, and other
related events. His work has taken
him across the United States,
Canada, Japan, and Korea.
McKown’s original herd grew
to about 100 head. Over the last 14
years, twenty Excellent Holsteins
were bred at MooKown Farm in
Belleville, New York, with many
other Excellent cows raised on the
farm. The herd has earned several
PBR awards, and its 1993 classifi
cation BAA was 107.2 percent,
with a DHIR average for 47 lacta
tions of 24,099 lb. milk. 822 lb.
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Wolff commended President
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