A3B-UmcMter Farming, Saturday, February 12, 2000 Maryland Holstein Association Announces Annual Convention WESTMINSTER, Md. stein Convention and Sale, The Maryland Holstein Associa- scheduled for March 23 and 24 tion invites Holstein breeders to in Grantville, Md. attend the Maryland State Hoi- Held March 24, the Conven tion will include an annual 2000 MARYLAND HOLSTEIN CONVENTION fl March 24-25,2000 LVjK f Grantsville Holiday Inn- Grantsvillc, MD - Meeting '9-—-fllß H 77fr Somerset County Fairgrounds, Mcycrsdalc, PA - Sale jTI 7/J Convention Ticket Order Form: ♦ Business Lunch - Chicken Cordon Bleu ♦ Ladies Lunch & Program - Salad Platter ♦ Junior Program - Piz/a ♦ Convention Banquet-Beef & Ham Buffet List names of those attending Business Mcclini Ladies Program Junior Program Convention Bam Address Telephone Number Mail reservations to Garret! 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This Convention and Sale, contact its. Anyone interested should year’s sale features more than Donna Reese at (410) 871-1055 register by Friday, March 10. seventy animals. or mail the adjacent registration The featured speaker at the For more information about form to the Garrett Cooperative annual meeting will be Don Extension office. Bennink from North Florida a™Twi.hV. u p' , L“S i "„ 8 i Maryland All-Breed Calf Sale breed improvement awards and progressive breeder and genetics recognition, will.be help in the morning. Bennink’s presenta tion will follow a luncheon at 12:30 p.m. The cost to attend the annual meeting is $l5 for lunch. The ladies program features a food demonstration by local chef and restaurant owner Lisa Fratz Bonar and an afternoon shop ping at the craft shops in Spruce Village. The ladies program and lunch costs $l5. The juniors program includes a visit to Pennwood Farms, owned by Harvey Stoltzfus and family, lunch at Pizza Hut, and an afternoon of bowling. The cost is $6.50 plus cash for bowl ing The convention banquet will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday evening at the Salisbury Fireball. The entertainment will be by Morris Jones, a farmer from South Carolina. The cost is $l5 per person. The Holstein sale will begin at 11 a.m. on March 25. It will be \Are you rcjdy? I ' * -• BEBi Lightweight and Powerful, this saw is a homeowner’s dream ‘** s STIHL Farmßoss i Abbottstown MESSICK’S RD *1 Box 2SSA 717-259-6617 Carlisle TRI-BORO CONSTRUCTION SUPPLIES, INC. 1490 RUNER HWY. I*9oo-249-6590 Dallastown TRI-BORO CONSTRUCTION SUPPLIES, INC. 435 Locust St. 717-246-3095 1-800-632-9018 East Earl GOODS LAWN & GARDEN CENTER Route 23 717-445-4490 Elizabethtown MESSICK’S Rheems Exit-Rt. 2C3 717-367-1319,717-653-8867 Ephrata WES STAUFFER ENGINES & EQUIPMENT 23 Pleasant Valley Rd. 717-738-42150 FREDERICK, Md. The Maryland Jersey Cattle Club is now looking for consignments for the third annual Maryland All-Breed Calf Sale. 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