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UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) The 70th Penn State Dairy
Science Club Dairy Exposition
will be held April 22 at the Ag Are
na, beginning at 9 a.m. with cattle
fltting and showing competition
among club members and other
interested Penn State students. A
champion fitter and showman will
be named in each of the three divi
sions: amateur, intermediate, and
professional, from which a grand
champion and reserve grand
champion for the show will be
named. The special events should
start around 12:00 p.m.
This year’s Exposition chair
man is Donald Martin from Cham
bersburg, and the assistant chair
man is Donald Harwood from
Shippensburg. The show chairs for
this year’s Exposition are: Adam
Tanis from Centre Hall; Jen Trout
from Forest HiHs, MD; Bryan Her
ring from Farmington; and Scott
Longenbach from Northhampton.
The chairs for the special events
are Dara Tussey from Huntingdon,
and Amy Packard from Troy.
In the evening, the annual
awards and recognition banquet
will be held. This banquet rewards
the club members for their accom
plishments throughout the past
year. Awards will also be given to
winning dairy judges from the
spring contest. Dairy Science Club
Young Dairy Leader and Dedica
tee, and the Department of Dairy
and Animal Science Distinguished
Dairy Science Alumni.
Young Dairy Leader
Penn State’s 1995 Outstanding
Young Dairy Leader is Benjamin
E. Dum, Jr., a 1991 graduate
majoring in Dairy and Animal Sci
ence. While atPenn State, Ben was
very active in the Dairy Science
Club. Some of his activities in the
club include 1990 Dairy Exposi
tion show manager, 1990 Dairy
Judging Team, PA Holstein Asso
ciation quiz bowl contest, and
selection committee for the Nil
tany Lion Fall Classic. Outside of
the Dairy Science Club, Ben was
the secretary of the Alpha Zeta
fraternity, and vice-president and
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initiation chairperson of the Coaly
Society. Because of these accom
plishments, he was named Out
standing Senior in the College of
Agricultural Sciences.
Ben. who resides in Perry Coun
ty, married Heather Briner in
October of 1993. He is the mana
ger of Ben-Lou Holsteins, a, 100
registered Holstein herd. Ben-Lou
Holstein’s rolling herd average on
S 3 cows is 21,600 pounds, with
818 fat pounds and 690 protein
pounds. With a BAA of 105 per
cent, the farm has received the
Genetic Herd Award the past two
years.
Ben Dum is also active in the
farming community. He is the
director and president of the Perry
County Holstein Club and was del
egate to the 1993 National Hols
tein Association Convention. He is
also the local affairs chairperson
for the Perry County Farm Bureau.
Each year, Ben returns to Happy
Valley to serve as a judge at die
annual spring dairy judging
contest.
Dairy Judging Service Award
Receiving the Dairy Cattle
Judging Service Award are Duane
and Donna Duncan. Duane is an
extension agent in Cumberland
County. For over twenty years
Duane and Donna have organized
the Pennsylvania 4-H and FFA
Judging Forum at the Pennsyl
vania All-American Dairy Show.
Over eight thousand young peo
ple have participated in this
educational activity since its
inception. In addition, the Dun
cans have been instrumental in
the success of the Pennsylvania
Junior Dairy Show and other
youth activities.
Penn State Dairy Exposition
Dedicatee
The club has named Creedin Gor
man its 199 S Expo Dedicatee.
Creedin, more commonly known
as “Creedie,” was bom and raised
on a registered Holstein farm near
Mechanicsburg, PA. He graduated
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from Mechanicsburg High School
in 1948 and received the American
Farmer degree in 1951. Also in
1951, he married Ellen Westbrook,
and they started their own farm,
Justa-Beauty Holsteins. in March
1952. Creedie has bred 46 Excel
lent cows under the Justa-Beauty
prefix. He has shown at every state
Holstein show since 1954 and has
received many All PA awards with
his catde.
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Vet student at the University of
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and is a EMS First Responder. He
is also the president of the Cum
berland County Extension Board
and has been a 4-H leader for over
20 years. Creedie is also an active
member of the Holstein Associa
tion, serving as President, Secret
ary, and State Director of the Cum
berland Valley Association. In
addition, he was also a DHIA
Supervisor and has been helping to
fit both show and sale cattle in the
eastern United States.
Butler (Butler Co.) The Pen
nsylvania Draft Horse and Mule
Association is sponsoring a draft
horse clinic to be held May 6,
1995, at the Butler County Fair
grounds. Registration will begin at
8:30 a.m. and the following topics
are included on the morning prog
ram; artificial insemination,
equine nutrition, and general
health care, hi the afternoon diffe
rent showing techniques will be
demonstrated such as braiding
manes, and tails, ring manners
(halter and hitching). In addition,
pointers on confirmation and
hands-on hitching, single through
4-horse.
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members, and members may
attend free. In addition, dinner
reservations are $9.00 for the
evening meal ticket Reservations
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Alexandria, PA, 15670. Or phone:
(412) 668-2193.