A2O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 4, 1997 VERNON ACHENBACH JR. Lancaster Fanning Staff HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) A 4-year-old Holstein owned by a Jefferson, Md.-based syndicate was named supreme champion of the six national and regional dairy cattle breed shows held last week at the state Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg as part of the 34th annual Pennsylva nia All-American Dairy Show (PAADS). Kerruse Flyer Lauren, a 4-year old Holstein owned by the syndi cate of Gerald Todd, Fred Strouse, Frank Connelly, and Ron Heftier, was made supreme champion of PAADS within minutes of being named grand champion of the Eastern National Holstein Show. Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Agriculture Samuel Hayes Jr. pre sented the supreme champion ban ner during final ceremonies. The week-long PAADS event features six regional shows and national shows for the breed asso ciations, as well as two major cattle sales and the Pennsylvania Fall Holstein Championship. The supreme champion is selected from the grand champions of each of the six dairy shows, by several of the judges. In addition, Pennsylvania’s statewide youth dairy program cul minates with the 4-H and FFA shows of the six recognized dairy breeds. The results from the youth shows were reported in Lancaster Farming last week. Results of the other shows continue this week. The national shows included the All-American Ayrshire Show, the All-American Milking Shorthorn Show, the National Guernsey Show, the Eastern National Brown Swiss Show, the Eastern National Holstein Show, and the Mid- Atlantic Regional Jersey Show. This year there were youth divi sion (also called “junior”) shows for each of the breeds. A supreme champion is not selected from among the youth divisions. Eastern National Holstein Show The reserve senior and reserve grand champion of the open divi sion of the Eastern National Hols tein Show was an aged cow, Penn Gate Chief Mark Alice, a champ ion show cow owned by Robert Gift and Steve and Christina Wood of Penn Gate Farm in Liltlestown. Alice was named best bred and owned of the show, and Penn Gate Farm was named premier breeder and exhibitor of the show, a From the left, Becky Long of GS Associates stands with with Pennsylvania Alternate Princess Eileen Murphy, Amy lager with her reserve her grand champion Brown Swiss, while leadsmand Paul grand champion, David Packard at the halter of the grand champion, and state Dairy Stiles holds the halter. Princess Nichole Meabon. repeated fete. The junior champion of the Holstein show was a spring year ling, Tri-Day BC Venus-TW, owned by Sarah Day of Tri-Day Holsteins in Shippensburg. The reserve junior champion of the open division was a summer yearling. Headline Charles Anna Mary, owned by Shannon Head of Headline Farm in Waterville, N.Y. That animal was also named junior champion of the youth division show. The senior and grand champion of the youth division show was a junior 2-year-old, MS Hygerian Samantha, owned by Elliott Kuef fner of Kueffner Holsteins and Jerseys in Boonsboro, Md. The reserve senior and reserve grand champion was also a junior 2-year-old, Tri-Day Jenny Jones, owned by Amy lager of Maple Lawn Farm in Fulton, Md. The reserve junior champion of the youth division was a fall year ling, Windy-Knoll-View JJB Pizow, bred and owned by James Justin Burdette of Windy-Knoll- View Farm in Mercersburg. The best bred and owned of the youth division was a 5-year-old, Ladys Manor Hanna C Star ET, owned by Harold E. Smith 111 of My Ladys Manor Farm Inc., Bald win, Md. All-American Aryshire Show A 6-year-old Ayrshire, Sunny Acres JJ Bouquet, owned by Doug Evans and family of Sunny Acres Farm in Georgetown, N.Y., was named the open division senior and grand champion of the All- American Ayrshire Show. Bouquet was also named the best bred and owned cow of the show, as well as the total perfor mance winner of the show. The Evans family’s entries in the show garnered several other top honors. The family was named premier breeder and exhibitor of the show. Although not necessarily a trad itional recognition, the Ayrshire show recognizes an intermediate champion —2- and 3-year-old cows in milk as well as senior champions from older cows. The Evans family showed the intermediate champion, Andrew Evans’ senior 2-year-old, Magic Meadows Jaye Jypsy. The family also showed the reserve junior champion, a sum mer yearling, Sunny Acres Bonnie Vanessa/ Evan Creek of Hagerstown, Md., showed the reserve grand champion of the Ayrshire show,, a 5-year-old, Palmyra Evermonde Coumbine. The reserve intermediate champion of the open division was a junior 3-year-old, Sunny Acres Darlene, owned by David Patrick A 4-year-old Holstein Is supreme champion of the Pennsylvania All-American Dairy Show. From the left, Pennsylvania Dairy Princess Nichole Meabon, and state Secret ary of Agriculture Samuel Hayes Jr., stand with Ron Heffner, one of the cow owners who holds the halter, and two other co-owners Frank Connelly and Fred Strouse. PWfWALL' AMfc.KIi.AiN '"i“ DAim snow From the left, Marjorie and son Steven Kusziyk stand with Joan Seidel who holds the halter of the Kuszlyk’s grand champion Milking Shorthorn, and John Kusziyk holds a plaque. From the left, Eastern National Junior Holstein Show Judge Donald Johnson stands 4-Year-Old Holstein of Maple Dell Farm, Woodbine, Md. The junior champion of the open division was a spring yearling, Jemi Heligo Polly Anna, owned by Jeffrey and Michele Reasner of Shippensburg. In the youth division show (the All-American Junior Ayrshire Show), Andrew Evans’ 2-year-old Jypsy cow was named both the grand and intermediate champion. His 4-year-old Ayrshire, Sunny (Turn to Pago A2l)
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