KAREN BUTLER
Maryland Correspondent
FREDERICK, Md. Fran Liz
Symbol Pinkie, a 5-year-old Lar-
Lin Dixie Lee Symbol daughter
bred and owned by the Franklin
Stolllcmyer family, Fran-Liz
Farm, took grand champion fe
male honors at the Great Frederick
Fair.
Pinkie also swept the cow S
years and over and senior cham
pion female 2 years and over
classes, and boosted Fran-Liz
Farm to the lop of 3 group classes
including best 3 females 2 years
and over, dairy herd, and dam and
daughter. The cow look a red rib
bon in the cow any age, judged on
udder alone class.
Judge Norman Hill of Wood
bine selected Pinkie from a field
ot approx imatgely 130 entrants m
what he termed a “good country
show.” He was pleased with the
balance of her udder quarter to
quarter, and called her “extremely
shapely from end to end.” The
5-ycar-old was recently classified
permanent E. The Slotlcmycrs
were glad to finally have an op
portunity to show Pinkie at
Frederick. “She’s been at home
calving in past years,” said Vivian
Stolllemycr. She was selected first
place dry cow at the district show
two years in a row.
Twenty-two classes were
shown at the Holstein show held
Sept. 20 at the Frederick County
Fairgrounds. “It’s a pleasure to
work with farmers who make a
living at this rather than doing it as
a hobby,” said Hill, who judges at
the national level.
After earning the grand cham
pion rosette, Fran-Li/. Farm went
on to edge out Richard and Patti
Kepler’s Knob-View Holsteins in
the dairy herd class to capture yet
another blue ribbon. The group of
lour Fran-Li/ cows that had fresh
ened had the advantage in “bloom
01 udder and uniformity of udder
capacity" according to Judge Hill.
The two farms also went head to
head in the best 3 females 2 years
and over, bred and owned by the
same exhibitor category, with
Fran-Liz taking the blue once
again.
Junior champion female under
2 years of age went to Darren
Rcmsburg’s first place senior
yearling heifer, Tri-Day Encore
Imelda, out of Marcresl Encore.
Judge Hill was impressed by the
heifer’s angularity and dairyness.
Imelda was last year’s senior heif
er calf champion.
In the junior heifer calf class,
O-C-S Dairy won the blue ribbon
for O-C-S Dairy Caria Carlo, a
Kings Brook Mall Carlo daughter.
Second place went to Knob View
Holsteins’ Knob View Charles
Suzy, and coming in third was
Gentle-Brook Wildfire Count,
owned by Josh Suite.
Fran-Llz Farm's Fran Liz Symbol Pinkie Is grand cham
pion female. At Pinkie’s halter Is Vivian Stottlemyer, with
parents Franklin and Elizabeth.
Pinkie Is Frederick Grand Cham
The intermediate heifer calf
class was won by O-C-S Dairy
with OCS DAiry Phil Taylor, fol
lowed by Shafdon Inspiration Eve
owned by Bryan Shafer in second.
Third place went to TJ. Remsburg
for Brooke-Lodge Brooke Lou
Anne - ET.
Senior hciler calf was Md-Gar
dcn-Spol Jamie, owned by MD-
Garden-Spot Farm. Heather
Molesworth had the second place
winner with Knob View Stardust
Honey, while O-C-S Dairy’s OCS
Dairy Garth Reba came in third.
Summer yearling - heifer top
honors went to MD-Dun-Lawn
Jed Sophie - ET, owned by Darren
Remsburg. Second place was
awarded to Guy-Dell Prophet
Maddona, owned by Autumn
Guyton. Third place winner was
Len-Land Acres Encore Lilly,
owned by Len-Land Acres.
Knob-View Holsteins gathered
the blue for junior yearling heifer
with Knob View Inspiration Kit.
In second place was Fran-Liz
Farms’s Fran-Liz Raider Lilac.
Rounding out the category was
third place winner Stephanie Wolf
with her heifer Good-Faith Astre
Lolly.
Lcn-Land Acres look home a
blue lor the intermediate yearling
heifer Len-Land Acres IFC Moni
ca. Coming in second was
Mendelssohn Encore Dix, owned
by Wendy Murphy. Third place
went to C Dougridge Broker
Shannon, owned by Donald
Lentzner Jr.
The final heifer class, senior
yearling heifer, was won by the
junior champion female Triday
Encore Imelda, a heifer owned by
Darren Remsburg. In second and
third place, respectively, were
Len-Land Acres Tab Mabel, own
ed by Len-Land Acres, and Good-
Faith Jess Belle, owned by Darren
Wolf.
Nine farms competed for the
junior best 3 females, bred and
owned by the same exhibitor.
Coming in first was Knob-View
Holsteins, followed by O-C-S
Dairy, with Len-Land Acres
rounding out the class in third.
Old-Line Mel Lynn was named
best cow, junior 2-year-old. She
was a senior heifer calf that had
calved out, owned by Dool-Leigh
Farm. Second place was awarded
to Dublin Hills Black Velvet,
owned by Dublin Hills Farm. In
third place was Knob View Raider
Dora, another entry from Knob-
View Holsteins.
Cow, senior 2-year-old top
place went to Len-Land Acres
Skybuck Bren, owned by Len-
Land Acres. MD-Garden Spot
Raynell Wendy, MD-Garden-
Spot Farm, took second place.
Catochreek Stardom Tammy,
owned by Tara Wolf, rounded out
the class in third.
Knob-View Holsteins added to
their collection of ribbons with an
other blue in the cow, 3-year-old
class. Their winning entry was
Knob View Eminent Jenny. Sec
ond place went to Fran Liz H W
Sparkle, and third was awarded to
another Fran-Liz cow, Fran-Liz
Black Genie.
The Fran-Liz streak of wins
was complemented by another
blue in the cow, 4-year-old class
won by Fran Liz Tesk Laurie. Sec
ond place in the 4-year-olds was
awarded to Knob View Tarbuck
Doreen, owned by Knob-View
Holsteins. Third went to Dublin
Hills Farm’s Dublin Hills Bonton
Bonnie.
Cow, 5 years and over top hon
ors went to Fran Liz Symbol Pink
ie, as stated above. C Melrosa Insp
Delight, owned by Kepler, Mer
curo, and Lenhart, came in sec
ond. Dool-Leigh Farm brought
home the third place win with C-
Cool-Springs Quill.
The dry cow category, entries to
which must have freshened at
least one, was an opportunity for
Josh Grossnickle to take a blue
with his PHH Coldspring Inspire
Bar. C. Bargeolane Melvin Can
dy, owned by Kepler, Mercuro,
and Lenhart was second. Riggs-
Lane Luke Shady, owned by Cory
Flook, rounded out the class.
In the produce of dam class,
Fran-Li/. Farm was first, a pair
Lebanon
LEBANON (Lebanon Co.)
The Lebanon County 4-H pro
gram honored members who have
excelled in their project activities
during 4-H Achievement Night
held Oct. 3, as part of National
4-H week.
Joyce Watson, Ncwmanstown
received a $5OO 4-H scholarship
sponsored by Meridian Bank and
presented by Robert Zook. The
scholarship is presented to 4-H
members pursuing a college edu
cation based on scholastic
achievement, community service,
and 4-H activities.
Amanda Martin, Lebanon, was
honored as the recipient of the
$lOO Susan Heilinger-Werner Me
morial Award, presented to an
outstanding 4-H Dairy Club mem
ber.
Honor 4-H’er awards which re
cognize the efforts and achieve
ments of the top 4-H’ers in each
age level were presented. The fol
lowing members were chosen as
“1995 Honor 4-H’ers.”
8-year-olds - Janel Derr, Daryl
Funck, Amanda Platt, Brandon
Winebark.
9-year-olds - Susan Leed, Jen
nifer Wagner, Stacy Wenger, Alex
Werner.
10- - Andrea Leuen
berger, Rebecca Light, Jennifer
Watson, Janine Winebark.
11- - Amy Moyer, Na
talie Funck, Nicole Platt, Michael
Ungemach.
12- - Ellen Leuen
berger, Anna Light, Joseph Tice,
Tara Zimmerman.
13-year-olds - Amy Habecker,
Jennifer Hain, Elizabeth Howard,
Rachael Krall.
14- - Jessica Watson.
15- - Dana Blouch.
16- - Kathy Habecker.
17- - Lee Brandt
18- - Joyce Watson.
The Outstanding Club Com
munity Service Award was pre
sented to the North Mountain 4-H
Club. Club members worked on
several projects including holding
petting zoos for the community, a
Ji je Norman Hill chose first place senior yearling heif
er Tn Day Encore Imelda as the junior champion female. At
the halter is 17-year-old Darren Remsburg, the son of Den
ny and Marsha Remsburg, Jefferson.
owned by Millard Shafer placed die best uddered class were Dool
sccond, and third was awarded to Leigh Farm, Fran-Liz Farm, and
an entry by Darren Wolf. Knob-View Holsteins, respeclive-
Firsl through third placings in |y.
4-H Honors Members
car wash, and contributing money
to the Muscular Dystrophy Tele
thon.
Kathy Habecker, Palmyra, was
recognized for outstanding
achievement in the Level Three
Leadership project. Kathy serves
as a teen leader in the Kelly Help
ers and NoSoAnn Dairy Club.
First place honors in the Club
Scrapbook Contest were awarded
to the Kelly Helpers 4-H Club and
committee members Amy Ha
becker, Lynsey Brightbill, and
Kristin Horst.
Outstanding achievement in the
Fashion Revue contest was pre
sented to Junior members Sarah
Krall, Anna Light, Rebecca Light,
Ellen Leuenberger, and Kathleen
‘Biosolids’ Focus Of Field Day
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Recently, a Biosollds Field Day was held at the Ephrata
Area Wastewater Treatment Plant and featured tours of the
facility and a trip to a nearby farm.
EPHRATA (Lancaster Co.) Generators Council, the Lancaster
Recently, a Biosolids Field Day County Conservation District, the
was held at the Ephrata Area county extension service, and
Wastewater Treatment Plant and other organizations.
featured tours of the facility and a Many farmers and industry rep
trip to a nearby farm. resentatives were on hand for the
The free tour and farm trip day, which included a tour of a
pointed out how wastewater nearby farm to show how biosolids
sludge, or biosolids, can be a valu- directly benefit the Burner,
able nutrient resource for farmers. F°r morc information, contact
The event was a cooperative J*y R* Snyder, director of waste
effort between the facility, the water systems for the facility, at
Lancaster County Biosolids C 717) 738-9282.
ion
Sheffcy. Senior Fashion Revue
winners included Jessica Watson,
Rachael Krall, Lee Brandt, Erin
Frey, Amy Musselwhile. Tanisha
Seibert, Terri Seibert, and Rebec
ca Musselwhite.
Winners of the county club offi
cers contest included: President -
Ist Ellen Leuenbcrger, JExtn Spc
cial Puppy Club: 2nd Natalie
Funck, North Mountain 4-H Club,
Vice President • Andrea Leuen
berger. Extra Special Puppy Club;
Secretary • Ist Nicole Platt, Avon-
East Lebanon; 2nd Michelle
Blouch, North Mountain 4-H
Club, Treasurer - Jennifer Wag
ner, Avon-East I«banon; and So
cial Chairman - Chad Wenger,
North Mountain 4-H Club.