Exhibitors Reap
TIMONTUM, Md. Contestants from the Northeast
and Mid-Atlantic regions recently competed for a variety
of awards at several area Angus competitions ■
At the Maryland State Fair Angus Show in Timonium
Sept 6, Diana Covell, Frederick, Md., walked away with
grand champion female honors for Champion Hill Chey
enne 935. The July 1997 entry was sired by Leachman
Saugahatchee 3000 C and also won intermediate champ
ion honors.
At the Timonium show, Melissa Harrison took home
reserve honors with WF Penjie 188. The January 1998
junior heifer calf champion was sired by Bon View Emu
lation EXT 473.
Grand champion bull honors went to Lochinvars First
Time, exhibited by John and Mary Bewley, Woodbine,
Md., and JDH Cattle Company, Dover. Leachman Right
Time sired the January 1997 entry that first topped the
junior division.
Reserve champion bull went to the senior champion
shown by Brandston Farm, Mt Airy, Md., and Frank and
Maty Jean Hlavac, McFarland, Wis. The champion is a
March 1996 son of GDAR Oscar 711.
Greg McCurry, Sedgwick, Kan., judged the
compedtion.
New York State Fair held open and junior shows in ear
ly September in Syracuse, N.Y. In the open show, Bum
brae Miss Smersh 25G was crowned grand champion
female. Mary Hudson, Lyn, Ontario, Canada, owns the
January 1997 daughter of Rito 4M9 of 9F82 GT
Maximum.
Reserve female at the New York State Fair went to RF
Pamela 5948, the January 1998 daughter of RF Hooch
EXT, owned by Jusdn Conover, Craryville, N.Y.
Grand champion bull of the fair went to Kruegers
Backstretch 1104. The September 1996 son of OCC
Backstop 8888 was first named the senior champion. The
bull is owned by Warren Bippert Jr., Alden, N.Y.; B.cnda
Lippert, Alden, N.Y.; and Erin Krueger, East Fallowfield,
Pa.
Reserve bull of the fair was awarded to Sir Wms Navi
gator4l3B,aJanuary 1998 sonofßilo9Fß3 of SHII Full
back, which was also the junior bull calf champion.
At the junior Angus show held in September at tire fair,
grand champion female honors were awarded to Rally
Tibbie 5177, shown by Susan Sutton, Cuyler, N.Y.
Krugerrand Merger 34 sired the January 1997 entry that
was first named junior champion.
Grand champion bull of the junior show went to JH
Keifer Sleeper, shown by Jeffrey Keifer, Bangor, Pa. The
bull was the December 1997 son of GAR Sleep Easy 1009.
Reserve champion bull went to New Penn Cruz Onyx
4097. Levi Sutton, Traxton, N.Y., exhibited the entry, the
March 1997 son of New Penn Starr Cruz 265 C.
Area exhibitors also placed well at a national show, the
Eastern States Exposition Angus Show held Sept. 19 in
West Springfield, Mass. The grand champion bull went to
Erdenheim Farm, Lafayette Hill, Pa. Erdenheim exhibited
the January 1997 son of RR 9440 Scotch Cap 1483. He
first topped the entries in the junior division.
Jeffrey Keifer, Bangor, Pa., captured reserve grand
champion female honors with JH Keifer Erica at Eastern
States. The female is a September 1997 daughter of Mea
dows Northeaster M 252.
Grand champion bull of the junior show went
to JH Keifer Sleeper, shown by Jeffrey Keifer,
Bangor, Pa. The bull was the December 1997 son
of GAR Sleep Easy 1009.
YORK (York Co) - Thomas
Brant of York is one of 37 com
monwealth participants who
recently completed year one of a
two-year leadership develop
ment course, the Pennsylvania
Rural Leadership Program
(RULE), based at Penn State.
Brand recently attended a
RULE legislative study institute
in Harrisburg.
Brant Honored For Endeavors
One of the workshop's high
lights was a legislative citation
presented to Brant, sponsored
by the Pennsylvania House of
Representatives.
Each of the participants was
active in public issue research
that focused on topics in econom
ics, state and local government,
community development, agri
cultural, famity and health ser-
Rewards At Regional Angus Shows
Reserve champion bull went to the senior
champion shown by Brandston Farm, Mt. Airy,
Md., and Frank and Mary Jean Hlavac, McFarland,
Wis. The champion, Oscar 2000, is a March 1996
son of GDAR Oscar 711.
At the Maryland State Fair Angus Show in
Timonium Sept. 6, Diana Coveli, Frederick, Md.,
walked away with grand champion female honors
for Champion Hill Cheyenne 935. The July 1997
entry was sired by Leachman Saugahatchee
3000 C and also won intermediate champion
honors.
At the Timonium show, Melissa Harrison took
home reserve honors with WF Penjie 188. The
January 1998 junior heifer calf champion was
sired by Bon View Emulation EXT 473.
At the Junior Angus show held in September at
the fair, grand champion female honors were
awarded to Rally Tibbie 5177, shown by Susan
Sutton, Cuyler, N.Y. Krugerrand Merger 34 sired
the January 1997 entry that was first named
junior champion.
vices, education, and enviorn
mental issues.
"Thirty-seven RULE VII fel
lows representing a cross section
of rural Pennsylvania have
blended their diverse occupa
tions and backgrounds to opti
mize a learning environment
that includes; medial relations,
government affairs, public issue
investigation, PA economics,
Bumbrae Miss Smersh 25G was crowned
grand champion female. Mary Hudson, Lyn,
Ontario, Canada, owns the January 1997 daught
er of Rito 4M9 of 9F82 GT Maximum.
Grand champion bull honors went to Lochin
vars First Time, exhibited by John and Mary Bew
tey, Woodbine, Md., and JDH Cattle Company,
Dover, Leachman Right Time sired the January
1997 entry that first topped the junior division.
Grand champion bull of the fair went to Krue
gers Backstretch 1104. The September 1996 son
of OCC Backstop 8888 was first named the
senior champion. The bull is owned by Warren
Bippert Jr., Alden, N.Y.; Brenda Lippert, Alden,
N.Y.; and Erin Krueger, East Fallowfield, Pa.
Area exhibitors also placed well at a national
show, the Eastern States Exposition Angus
Show held Sept. 19 in West Springfield, Mass.
The grand champion bull, Erdenheim Max 37J,
went to Erdenheim Farm, Lafayette Hill, Pa.
Erdenheim exhibited the January 1997 son of RR
9440 Scotch Cap 1483. He first topped the entries
in the junior division.
meeting management, leader
ship theory and communication
skills," J.D. Dunbar, chief execu
tive officer of RULE.
Brant is a recipient of a
RULE fellowship valued at
$15,000 to attend 10 study insti
tutes, including a four-day leg
islative seminar in Harrisburg, a
urban/rural interface workshop
in Pittsburgh, and a week in
Washington, D.C. in the two
year course of study. Graduation
is planned for May 1999.
The RULE Program is a part
nership between the public and
private sectors.
For more information, con
tact RULE, Penn State, 6
Armsby Building, University
Park,PA 16802.