Maryland Dairy Judging Team Nabs Collegiate Win
COLLEGE PARK, Md. The
University of Maryland at College
Park dairy judging team seized its
opportunity to shine by winning
the senior collegiate dairy judging
contest on Nov. 5 in Louisville,
Ky.
Drawing upon its collective
knowledge of cattle evaluation
and expertise in oral reasons, the
team captured the Erst title ever by
a University of Maryland judging
team at the North American Inter
naional Livestock Exposition.
Team members Sean Johnson
from Daisy (Howard County),
Mark lager from Fulton (Howard
County), Marie Speak from
Taneytown (Carroll County) and
Robert Fogle from Walkersville
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(Frederick County) evaluated and
placed 10 classes of cattle and
gave oral reasons to defend their
placings in five of these classes.
Pitting their skills and know
ledge in a field of 17 university
teams, the Maryland competitors
captured the following team
awards: first in oral reasons, sec
ond in Ayrshire and Holstein jud
ing, third in Guernseys, fifth in
Jerseys and ninth in Brown Swiss.
Despite lack of a dairy farm
background, Johnson, an animal
sciences sophomore, was the first
place overall individual among 64
contestants. He also won top hon
ors in the Holstein breed and
seventh in oral reasons. lager, a
general agriculture sciences
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sophomore and past national 4-H
dairy cattle judging winner,
placed fifteenth overall. He also
placed second in Ayrshire breed
judging and ranked sevententh in
oral reasons.
Speak, an agribusiness junior
and member of a past national
champion Maryland 4-H dairy
cattle judging team, placed seven
teenth as an individual. She
ranked fourth in oral reasons and
was second in Guernsey breed
judging. Fogle, an animal sciences
junior and past livestock judge,
placed thirty-fifth overall indivi
dually, sixteenth in Ayrshire breed
judging and thirtieth in oral
reasons.
“I am extremely proud of the
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dedication and hard work that has
been put forth by the team,” said
Dr. J. Lee Majeskie, extension
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Wayne Extension Holds Meeting
HONESDALE (Wayne Co.)
Penn State Cooperative Extension
of Wayne County held its annual
meeting on Monday evening,
Nov. 6 at Cordaro's Restaurant.
Extension Board President Jean
Nebzydoski presided at the dinner
meeting.
The purpose of the annual
tion, served as the assistant coach.
The College of Agriculture and
Natural Resources, University of
Maryland at College Park, helped
fund the collegiate team’s
expenses. The team also received
support from various individuals
and agricultural organizations.
meeting is to review the past
year’s accomplishments, recog
nize outstanding contributions of
staff and volunteers, and elect new
board members.
Two community volunteers and
one employee were recognized at
the meeting for their outstanding
service to Penn State Cooperative
Extension. Board member Mar
garet Shaffer presented a certifi
cate to Louis Locklin for his ser
vice to Penn State Cooperative
Extension over the years. Locklin
saved for many years on the local
board as well as on the regional
and state boards. Edward Pruss,
Sr. was recognized for his 34
years as a 4-H leader. He con
tinues to lead a club in the Hamlin
area.
Extension Agent Dolores
O’Neill received a five-year ser
vice award from Shirley Bixby,
interim assistant to the Northeast
regional director.
Kathy Henderson, Randy Peif
er, John Marshall, and Peter Wilk
en were elected to four-year terms
on the Wayne County extension
board. Reelected for four years
were Rob Terrel and Karl Eisen
hauer. Retiring board members,
Marjorie Marshall, Wayne Con
beer, Jim Yatsonsky, and Kathy
Taninies were recognized for then
service to the board.
Cues speaker was Mike Stevens
of Newswatch 16 WNEP-TV who
entertained the group with an
interesting talk about his adven
tures “on the road.”