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Chris Reigard, who represents himself and co-buyer Wayne
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BEDFORD (Bedford Co.)
Caf Sooner Bonnie, a two-year
old Jersey owned by Julia Batch
elder of Paris. Kentucky, sold for
$2,300 at the annual Pennsylvania
Jersey Club Spring Sale giving her
the honor of taking the highest
bid.
She was bought by Chris Reich
ard of Chambersburg, bidding for
Wayne Stiles and Bradley Reich
ard. Stiles is the owner of Spring
Valley Jersey Farm while Reich
ard owns Reich-Dale Jersey. The
two bought the cow in partnership.
The sale was held at the 4-H
building at the Bedford Fair
grounds in Bedford.
“Overall bidding,” said event
chairman, Don Stonerook, was
good. Calves averaged SSSO and
cows, $1,043.48.
Three No. 1 frozen embryos
were all sold with proceeds going
to benefit the PJCC Youth Scho
larship Fund. The embryos were
from Star Point Jerseys.
Pol of Gold average was $7OB.
The Pot of Gold began in 1981.
This year, the award will go to the
junior bom between January 1,
1975 and January 1, 1987 whose
calf purchased in this sale will
make the highest production re
cord on her first lactation, provid
ed they calve before reaching 30
months of age.
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A junior may not purchase an
animal consigned by a member of
his immediate family. A junior
may purchase only one Pot of
Gold consignment per year. All
animals must be tested in a DHIA
or DHIR herd owned by purchaser
or the purchaser’s parents.
The 1993 winners were Emily
Norman with Windy Acres Brass
Top Doris who won $290 and Joy
Vance with Brigadier Samson
Cricket who won $174.
Twenty-five percent of the
Rep. Miller Honored
By Agricultural Society
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
State Rep. Sheila Miller (R-
Beiks) has recently been named
Penn State Gamma Sigma Delta
Outstanding Alumna for her
active support of agricultural com
munities in Pennsylvania.
Gamma Sigma Delta, an Honor
Society of Agriculture, recognized
Miller’s services on behalf of the
Pennsylvania farmers, as well as
through the positive image she
projects regarding the importance
of the state’s agricultural industry.
Stanley E. Curtis, head of the
Department of Dairy and Animal
Science at Penn State, presented
Miller with the award.
“Sheila Miller’s contributions
to Pennsylvania agriculture, and
to the commonwealth as a whole,
already have been enormous, and
their ramifications will be far
reaching and long-lasting,” Curtis
said.
“Sheila Miller was distin
guished herself, since her days
with the Soil Conservation Ser
vice and then Lancaster Farming
newspaper. She has been extreme
ly helpful to the agricultural com
munity: through direct service to
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Calves owned by Donald and
Jill Stonerook, Martinsburg; Ra
laine Jerseys, Everett; Todd and
Patty Stroup, Greencastle; Bill
and Susan Dietrich, Newberg;
John and Cindy Batchelder, Quar
ryville; Jerry and Deb Moose,
Mercer; Fredric J. Knepper, Hus
tontown were sold at this year’s
pot O gold.
Auctioneer for the sale was Art
Kling. Larry Beach, Dick John
son, Dominic Poligardo, Don
Stonerook, and Alvin Vance were
on the sale committee.
Rep. Sheila Miller
agriculturists in her various posi
tions, as well as through the posi
tive image of agriculture she con
sistently conveys to the general
citizenry,” Curtis said. He also
praised Miller for her involvement
on other community programs
aimed to improve society as a
whole.
Miller graduated
Cum Laude from Penn
State University in
1974, with a Bachelor’s
of Science Degree in
General Agriculture. At
Penn State, she was
inducted into the Phi
Kappa Phi and Gamma
Sigma Delta Honor
societies, as well as the
honor society for the
College of Agriculture -
the Coaly Society.
A member of the
House Agriculture and
Rural Affairs Commit
tee, Miller has drafted
several agriculture
related proposals, most
recently a bill concem
ing farmland
preservation.
“It was a wonderful
feeling to be honoreld
by my alma mater. Penn
State has given me a
solid background in
agriculture that I have
relied on throughout my
career. I thank them for
the honor, and pledge to
continue to be an advo
cate for Pennsylvania’s
farmers,” Miller said.
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