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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.