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Vol. 39 NO. 39
Southwestern Pennsylvania
Holstein Show
Opens Fayette Fair
DUNBAR (Fayette Co.)
Though the monster trucks made
the headlines in the community
daily, it was the Southwestern Pen
nsylvania Championship Holstein
Show that kicked off the Fayette
County Fair on July 30.
The cool weather contrasted the
hot, sticky environment some have
come to expect at the fair. Several
people in the barns wore long
sleeved shirts and hooded sweat
shirts as they prepared their
animals.
Attracting 66 entrants this year,
the show grew slightly in number
from last year. Some of the
increase came from northwestern
Plan Visit To Ag Progress
ROCKSPRINO (Centre Co.) Activity at the Russell E. Lar
son Agricultural Research Center has increased dramatically as
preparations are underway for Ag ProgreefpPays Tuesday through
Thursday, August 16 to 18. The center is mated nine miles south
west of State College on Route 45. This year's theme, “Penn State
Ag Sciences... We're More Than YptiJluok!" centers on food
safety.
This exposition annually draws about 300 exhibitors and 50,000
people to participate in one of agriculture’s premier educational
events. Lancaster Fanning's issue next week will feature exten
sive preparatory coverage of the schedule of events, and messages
from exhibitors who will be at the show. In addition, to help you
plan your visit, see Page D 2 this issue for an early review of the dai
ly schedule and a layout of the grounds.
Kirst Takes Home Champion
Beef Honors At Lebanon
I Roxanne Kirst. 18. left, paraded her 1,250-pound Angus/
■ Slmmental steer, Fozzy, to supreme beef champion on
■Tuesday at the Lebanon Fair. At right Is Larry Weaver, show
■Judge.
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region entrants. That show was
canceled because of concerns
related to bovine viral diarrhea
(BVD).
Judge for the show, James Bur
dette of Windy Knoll View Farm,
Franklin County, has been active
both as a judge and showman in
local, state, and na'tional shows.
The well-organized show com
mittee, chaired by Smock dairy
man Rick Allen, befitted from
improvements made in the arena,
especially the public address
system.
The crowd cheered as the win
ner in the first class was
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 6, 1994
Premier Breeder and Premier Exhibitor of the show was Allen-HIII Dairy. In the
photo are from left, kneeling, Shelby Allen, Joel Winder, and Clinton Allen. Standing
are Sandy Allen, Rick Allen, Taylor Allen, Courtney Allen, Danielle Allen, Ron Allen,
and Lisa Allen.
Dupuis Puts Mark In Dairy Promotion
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Elizabeth “Betsy” Dupuis
is well known across the state,
even if her name may not be.
As communications director of
the Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion
Program, she has been a familiar
face to those heavily involved with
the state’s dairy promotion efforts.
She was one of the first-hired to
work for PDPP as an independent
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
NORTH CORNWALL (Leba
non Co.) “Fozzy,” a
1,250-pound Angus/Simmental
cross shown by 18-year-old Rox
anne Kirst, was honored as
supreme champion at the market
steer show on Tuesday afternoon
at the Lebanon Fair.
The show was held despite
widespread concern about bovine
viral diarrhea (BVD), which
reduced the size of the steer show
to only 15 animals, a third of the
size originally planned, according
to Ken Winebark, county exten
sion agent
Roxanne, 18, daughter of Roger
and Fern Kirst Fredericksburg,
obtained the calf from her uncle,
Richard Kreider, Prescott. The
cross, from the heavyweight class,
bested the reserve shown by Kyle
Fleener, 10, Robesonia. Kyle’s
steer, “Charles Barkley,” a Maine
Anjou/Angus/Chianina that won
reserve from the heavyweight
class, was obtained from Kyle’s
great-grandfather, Elmer Steh
man, Robesonia. Kyle, 10, son of
Tim and Sarah Fleener, Robesoni
a, will attend fifth grade at Ft. Sell
ers Elementary.
This was the first champion
ships for both exhibitors.
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agency, and under a now 5-year
old dairy promotion partnership
between promotional agencies
which raised the value of dairy
promotion dollars.
In 1991, she stood for hours in
the Main Lobby of Farm Show
Complex, in front of the famous
first butter sculpture of the state
Farm Show, and, in tour-guide
fashion, talked to crowds of youth
and passersby about the dairy
industry and the bulter sculpture
and its creator.
Though she says she prefers Jerseys, Betsy Dupuis
squeezes an inflatable Holstein with the milk promotion
logo, while behind her Is a Jay Bell wall growth chart, and a
bronze milk can Is next to her. All these promotional items,
and many, many more have been imprinted in some way
over the past five years by Dupu is, as a promotions special*
Ist and then as communications director for the Pennsylva
nia Dairy Promotion Program. She is now pursuing a law
degree that she says she hopes to use to help landowners
and agriculturalists fight for their rights.
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She has been in the middle of
crowded baseball stadiums with
celebrity milking contests, helped
organize and man events such as
•BidflMin State Tailgate Promotion,
wine and cheese events in the
PiicSnos, in the streets of Philadel
phla promoting ice cream, in
stores, in cities and schools, etc.
She has been interviewed on
radio and television and by news
paper media countless times. She
has prepared and disseminated
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