Chester
GUTHRIESVILLE, (Chester
Co.) The Chester County 4-H
Dairy & Dairy Goat Awards Ban
quet was held on Thursday, Nov.
3, at the East Brandywine Fire
Hall. A fine ham dinner was
served to 100 4-H’ers and their
families and friends.
The Tri-Community Dairy
Club were in charge of the affair
and various 4-H members of the
clubs conducted the meeting with
Julie Sollenberger, Spring City,
serving as the emcee. Karen
Inhoff, Chester County dairy
maid, talked to the group about
milk promotion.
Russ Albright, Keystone Farm
Credit, gave the group an update
on the Chester Coullty 4-H Cen
ter. All the approvals for develop
ment of the site have been cleared
and the construction of a pole-
Production winners at the banquet were, from left, Kevin
Noian, Ayrshire; Julie Sollenberger, Guernsey; Tarik
Gaffney, Jersey; and Jody Hewitt, Jersey.
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Partial In-Ground Tank Featuring Commercial Chain Link Fence
(5’ High - SCS approved)
• Retaining Walls • Bunker Silos
• Manure Storage, Etc.
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barn for animal housing and
showing plus access lanes will
begin soon. So far, $325,000 have
been pledged or donated toward
the total goal of $750,000 and he
thanked the dairy community for
the fine job they did in raising
$29,000 at their cattle sale in
April. He urged all 4- H members
and their families to continue to
seek sources of funds.
The Chester County Kids Dairy
Goat Club and the Tri-Communi
ty 4-H Dairy Club presented an
outstanding music program at the
end of the meeting, including 4-H
alumnus Tiffany Yeager’s singing
and dancing and musical instru
ment numbers by several of the
club members. The program con
cluded with a six-piece band fea
turing Amy Hewitt on drums.
The awards section of the pro-
gram began with the 4-H Dai
Goat awards. Trophies were pi
sented to the high individual pi
ject book scores in each cl
based on the quality and coi
pleteness of their book and thi
performance at the county rout
ups in July. Melissa Wen
Phoenixville, captured the hi
achievement award for i
Chester County Kids Club. In t
New London Club, Laura Andi
son, Landenberg, had the top pi
ject award with Jessica Bohmi
New London, receiving the Fi
Year Club award. Awards ,vt
also presented to the fitting ai
showing champions and the bn
champions from the Chesi
County 4-H Dairy Goat Roum
this past summer.
The top achievement award
dairy based on the total proj
score was won by Tarik Gaffney,
Downingtown, with his Jersey
cow project on Top-O-Hill Juno
Taco. Other achievement award
winners were Melissa Wertz of
the Tri-Community Dairy Club
with Christy Guest taking the first
year trophy. In the Manor Dairy
Club, Rebecca Nolan, Cochranville,
was the winner. Tarik Gaffney,
Downingtown, captured the award
in the Chester Valley Club while
Allison Krain, Unionville, was the
first year winner.
Production awards, based on
M.E., 305 day records, 2X were
given to the top entries in four
breeds. The Ayrshire winner for
milk and fat was Dreamnol John
ny’s Snow with 27,171 pounds of
milk and 1,040 pounds of fat
entered by Kevin A. Nolan,
Cochranville. Michael Beaston
had the high Holstein for milk and
fat, Highs Kaz-A-Lean Basic,
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winners, from left, Christine Anderson, Jessica Bohmier,
Melissa Wertz.
with 23,038 pounds of milk and
728 pounds of fat. Hewitts
Brigadier Rosetta, owned by Jody
Hewitt, Spring City, was the high
Jersey cow for fat with 983
pounds Tarik Gaffney, Downing
town, was tops in the Jersey breed
for milk with Top-O-Hill Juno
Tootsie Roll who had 18,903
pounds Julie Sollenberger, had the
high Guernsey for milk Warwick
Manor Fayette Audrey with 15,888
pounds and also had the top
Guernsey for fat, French Creek
Fayette Daisy at 692 pounds.
Farm Credit Awards to Dairy
members for excellence in a wide
variety of 4-H activities went to
Jody Hewitt, Spring City for the
Senior Award, a $5O savings
Achievement awards, from left, Melissa Wertz, Becky
Nolan, Tarik Gaffney, Christy Guest, and Allison Krain.
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Brown, Julie Sollenberger, Betsy Young, Tarik Gaffney,
Meredith Bally, Kate Young, Allison Krain, and Erica Lloyd.
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bond, and a $25 cash award went
to Julie Sollenberger, Spring City
as the junior winner. In the 4-H
Dairy Goat division, Melissa
Wertz received the $5O savings
bond. They were presented by
Russ Albright from Keystone
Farm Credit, Avondale.
Trophies were given out to the
4-H Dairy Round-Up Show win
ners and fitting and showmanship
champions. Also at the banquet,
plaques for champions at the
Unionville Fair were presented by
Charles Wollaston. The James
Wertz family gave rope halters to
six new 4-H dairy members for
1994 Angela Barlow, Meredith
Baily, Jen Hess, Christy Guest,
AllisOn Krain, and Becky Nolan.