FREDERICK,
Md. Maryland daily youth
have the opportunity to participate
in a unique, mostly non
competitive, fun learning
atmosphere the Maryland
Dairy Youth Weekend to be
held June 19-21 at the Frederick
County 4-H Camp and Activities
Center.
The program is 5-ycars-old and
started through the efforts of coor
dinators Rebecca Long Chaney
and Susan Summers, long-time
friends who met and grew up
together participating in 4-H dairy
activities.
Summers said that, in reflecting
about all the information they were
exposed to in 4-H and mainstream
dairy youth activities, they real
ized that there was always a com
petitive atmosphere that seemed to
discourage some youth from parti
cipating and learning more.
At the same time, as dairy youth
leaders, they realized that more
and more of the Maryland youth
participating in 4-H dairy activities
do not have the benefit of being
raised on a dairy farm and being
exposed to the inside workings of
the industry and community.
The program is not sponsored
MARYLAND
Dameron
Carroll's Equipment
Hagerstown
Carlyle & Martin, Inc.
Whlteford
Deer Creek Equipment, Inc,
NEW JERSEY
Elmer
Pole Tavern
Equipment Sales Corp.
Maryland Plans Dairy Youth Weekend
by any specific organization, but
through a coordinated effort, it is
sponsored by almost all of the
Maryland dairy industry, Sum
mers said.
She said that what has been
created is a non-competitive atmo
sphere where dairy youth can
come together to learn, in addition
to dairy related things, such per
sonal growth skills such as self
motivation, public speaking, how
to write thank you notes, and other
finer aspects of civil and accepted
social and community behavior.
Summers said that when she and
Long Chaney were growing up,
they learned those things at home,
in the community, in 4-H and in
dairy princess promotions.
But she said it is unfair to youth
who haven’t had the benefit of
growing up immersed in the indus
try to know those things that may
be taken for granted by those with
extensive backgrounds in the dairy
community.
The program is open to all
Maryland dairy youth, from ages 8
to 18 (the program is not designed
for youth aged younger than 8).
In essence the program Sum
mers described seems similar to
convention activities offered in
PENNSYLVANIA
Adamstown
Adamstown Equipment, Inc.
Allentown
Lehigh Ag Equipment, Inc.
Belleville
Miller-Lake, Inc.
Biglerville
0. C. Rice, Inc.
Carlisle
Cutshalls, Inc.
Centre Hall
Dunkle & Cneb, Inc.
Chambersburg
Clugston Ag & Turf, Inc.
Falrmount City
Miller's Equipment
Pennsylvania by the Holstein
Association and the Perm State
Dairy Club’s All-Breeds
Convention.
Lee Majesky, dairy specialist
with the University of Maryland
Extension Service, coordinates the
state Junior Dairyman’s Contest
and it is held as part of the youth
weekend. It is competitive for
those who wish to participate, and
there is $l,OOO in prize money
awarded.
However, the rest of the
weekend and material presentation
is in a non-competitive format
Each participant pays $2O for
the three days, which begins with
registration from 6-7 p.m. Friday,
June 19 and ends at noon on Sun
day, June 21.
The rest of the costs of the prog
ram are covered through donations
by regional and national agribu
sinesses, dairy breed organiza
tions, the Frederick County Farm
Bureau, dairy women and young
farmers, and anonymous donors.
She said that each participant bl ■ ■
leaves with gifts and prizes, along 0W II |\|
with new information and meeting
many others with like interests
Some of the events scheduled
during the three days includes a
Halifax
Tobias Equipment Co., Inc.
Hanover
Finch Services-Hanover, Inc.
Lancaster
Landis Brothers, Inc.
Lebanon
Landis Brothers, Inc.
Loysville
Gutshalls, Inc.
Martinsburg
Wmeland Equipment, Inc.
Mercersburg
Smith's Implements, Inc.
Mill Hall
Dunkle & Cneb, Inc.
New Holland
A.B.C. Groff, Inc.
Friday night dance, a swimming
party, and different fun activities,
such as being put into groups and
working together to create a video
promotion.
New this year is to be a “mock
sale,” during which the youth are
to be allocated a certain amount of
““money” and be given a “herd” to
improve. With the list of pedigrees
being offered in the play cattle
sale, the youth are to make selec
tions and purchase cattle to
improve the herd and make best
use of the money allocated.
Dennis Rcmsburg is to help with
that program and offer views on
selections.
There also are to be daily lead
ers speaking about show prepara-
New Alexandria
Lone Maple Sales & Serv., Inc.
Oakland Mills
Lost Creek Implement, Inc.
Oley
Pikeville Equipment, Inc.
Red Lion
Waltemyer's Sales & Serv., Inc.
Somerset
Scheffel Equipment Company
Stoneboro
Elder Sales & Service, Inc.
Towanda
S.P.E., Inc.
Tunkhannock
Bartron Supply, Inc.
Uniontown
Greenline Supply, Inc
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MILK
Where's your mustache? “
Area Princess
To Be
Crowned
Watsontown
Deerfield Ag & Turf Center, Inc.
West Chester
M.S. Yearsley & Sons, Inc.
WEST VIRGINIA
Moorefield
K & W Equipment, Inc.
lion, show ethics and sportsman
ship; careers in agriculture and
resume preparation; daily judging
and dairy breed and product prom
otion; and motivational speakers.
There also to be lots of interac
tion among the youth with a pizza
party and movie added.
TTie first deadline for registra
tion passed before the announce
ment was made available outside
of the immediate Maty land area.
Late registration is $25. Checks
should be made payable to: Mary
land Dairy Youth Weekend. The
mailing address is: C/O Rebecca
Long Chaney, 2047 Dennings
Road, New Windsor, Md., 21776.
For more information, call Cha
ney at (410) 775-7041, or Sum
mers at (301) 865-1045.
SELINSGROVE
(Snyder Co.) The
SUN Area dairy indus
try will hold its dairy
festivities here June
11-13.
There is a wide varie
ty of activities planned,
including the crowning
of a new dairy princess.
On Friday, June 12,
beginning at 6 p.m.,
Turicey Hill’s Giant Ice
Cream Sundae will be
built in the Boscov’s
Court. The sundae will
reach seven feet tall and
be made with 135 gal
lons of ice cream, 10
gallons of chocolate
fudge, 25 pounds of
pecans, and five gallons
of cherries.
On Saturday, June 13,
there will be a petting
zoo in Boscov’s Garden
Center from 10 a.m.-3
p.m. with calves from
the six main dairy
breeds. There will also
be a Celebrtiy Cow
Milking Contest featur
ing local well-known
people who will lest
their cow milking skills.
The event will begin at 1
p.m. under the tent in
front of Boscov’s.
There will be a
Scooper Bowl spon
sored by Swineford
Bank held in Boscov’s
North Court from 1
p.m.-9 p.m. All pro
ceeds will benefit the
SUN Area FFA Scho
larship Fund.'
At 7 p.m. in the Bos
cov’s Court, the 24th
annual SUN Area Dairy
Princess Pageant will be
held. The contestants
will be holding a fashion
show. They will model
fashions from Boscov’s.
This year, three con
testants will be ip the
dairy pageant Also in
the program, there will
be 11 dairy maids and
12 dairy misses.