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Maryland Holstein Breeders Present Awards, Name Directors
LOIS SZYMANSKI
Maryland Correspondent
CARROLL COUNTY, Md.
The 31st annual Maryland Hol
stein Convention and Sale were
held last weekend in Carroll
County, Maryland. On Friday,
March 3 the annual business meet
ing was held at the Comfort Inn.
During the meeting the election of
officers showed little change. Pre
sident Charles lager kept his role,
as did Vice President Jason Myers
and Secretary Treasurer Anita
Hill. New three-year directors
elected were David Lease, Tom
Crothers, Kevin Leaverton and
Arthur Johnson.
The Maryland Outstanding
Senibr Holstein Breeder award
went to the lagers, of Maple Lawn
Farm, and the Maryland Outstand
ing Junior Holstein award went to
Dennis Savage of Keymar. The
U.S. Naval Academy was also
given the distinguished service
award, the A. Doty Remsburg Me
morial trophy, for “providing
leadership and dedicated service
to the dairy industry in Maryland.”
The top three Progressive
Breeders Registry award winners
were C. Renn Remsburg of Mid
dletown, Maple Lawn Farms, Inc.
of Fulton for 27 years and Marlin
Hoff of New Windsor for 14
years. 1994 Progressive Genetics
Herd Award winners, given to
herds with the highest TPI of all
females in the herd, were given to
Allen Brothers, D. Richard Flick
inger, Marliln Hoff, Kevin Scott
Hood, Jason and Donna Myers
and Genfarm Partnership.
The business meeting was fol
lowed by lunch and guest speaker,
Richard “Dick” Chichester, re
cipient of the Dairy Shrine’s most
coveted “Guest of Honor” award.
Chichester came to Maryland in
1963 as sire analyst for the Mary
land-West Virginia Bull Stud. He
then served as Sire Programs
Manager for Sire Power, Inc., be
fore going to Select Sires in 1971.
He has served as general manager
at Select Sires for 22 years. At the
convention’s business meeting,
Chichester spoke of the conven
tion’s theme, “Forged by our his
tory, united in our future.”
Shannon Harrison from Howard County is tha ovarall
record book winner.
“I tried to bring in the theme, by
talking about the history of the
Holstein breed from 2,000 years
ago,” Chichester said. “Up until
about 1950 we had made no gene
tic progress what-so-ever because
we just didn’t have the scientific
means to do it Then, in 1950, we
made some gradual progress, but
now we are making tremendous
progress in the dairy industry.”
“We can work together in the
future to enhance the genetics that
we already have, and build from
that foundation that we have.”
Chichester highlighted some of
the tools we have to work with in
the dairy industry today as com
pared to our yester-years.
‘Today we almost have what I
call an information overkill!” he
added. Many attendees comment
ed on how Chichester’s talk
brought common sense issues into
play.
While the business meeting was
taking place at the Comfort Inn,
many of the lady-folk were off en
joying a day in Carroll County. An
11 a.m. luncheon and tour at An
trim 1844 in Taneytown, Mary
land was the highlight of the
ladies’ program. The historical
mansion known as Antrim 1844
was built in 1844 as a farming
estate once tended to by slaves and
known simply as the Antrim
House. Today, the totally restored
Antrim 1844 operates as a bed and
breakfast inn with elegant formal
gardens and updated cottages and
outbuildings, still retaining all of
its antebellum charm. At-Antrim
1844, the ladies’ luncheon took
place in what was once a slave
quarters, but now operates as the
Smokehouse Restaurant Follow
ing the visit to Antrim 1844 the
ladies’ program took a turn toward
shopping, with country crafts be
ing the main object of the shop!
While the ladies were at Antrim
1844, and the men-folk were at the
Comfort Inn, the youth program
was taking place, too! After view
ing some educational displays at
the Carroll County Agricultural
Center, the Maryland Junior Hol
stein Club held its annual business
meeting.
There was a slide presentation
jnerspose.Ju
seniors in the back row.
highlighting Carroll County
juniors followed by a pizza lunch,
then the young Holstein breeders
were off to Piney Run Park and
Nature Center for an environment
al program and a scavenger hunt
But by 3 p.m. they were back at
the Ag Center for a Dairy Bowl
competition.
On Friday evening, everyone
came together for the conven
tion’s banquet. Held at Wilhelm’s
Ltd., and featuring a buffet dinner
of fried chicken, fried shrimp,
roast beef and more, the dinner
was the site of the junior awards,
including an introduction of the
judging teams. A fun auction, held
to benefit the Maryland Holstein
Dairy Bowl teams at the National
Convention, brought in a total of
$2,695. Items auctioned off had
all been donated and included a
gingerbread barnyard, several
milk cans and bottles, a Santa doll
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Maryland Holstein Convention Sale
(Continued from Pag* Ai) and classified “very good.” Ja
mann of Shermansdale, Pennsyl- wood Aerostar Omanda-ET sold ceived. Everyone pitched in, he
vania for $7,100. to Leaseway Holsteins for $6,100. saK ** u . l * particularly want to
With auctioneer Denny Rems- “Dad bought her two years ago ® nan Burdette,
burg revving the crowd up, and as a calf in the (MD) state Sale in 5r" c RuS j C rl’ A ,j lan
Mike Heath reading pedigrees, the Garrett County,” Gus Schwartz- . n MacKenzie,” he
auction moved along at a fast beck recalled. “She calved in,” he said - SIX guys volunteered
paced clip. The third highest sell- said, “and she is a fine young a *‘ ot c ._ e, „ tunc „ “*®y ere
ing cow of the day was one of Car- cow!” there from 8 a.m, to 8 p.m. with a
roll County’s own. Peace & Plenty Gus Schwartzbeck said that the . razzing from me,’ he added
offered Jawood Aerostar Oman- sale went off so well because of a | au gh. “It’s help like that
da-ET, a cow bom in July of 1992 the incredible amount of help re- t * iat makes a sale come together!”
The third highest selling cow was Jawood Aerostar Omanda-ET (VG-86), sold by
Peace and Plenty Farms was purchased by Leaseway Holsteins for $6,100. Around
the cow are from left, Nona and Joe Schwartzbeck; Dave Lease; Gus Schwartzbeck;
and Danny McKenzie at the halter. Denny Remsburg and Mike Heath ate In the box.
The scholarship award winners are with Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Johnson, from left, Mark lager, Marie Speak, Jenell
Rinehart, and Greg Knutson.
center row, and