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HAPPENINGS
Born To Show Club
The Born to Show dairy club
met on April 15. Under old busi
ness, leader Danny Hoover dis
cussed a trip to Lancster, and
member Benton Hoover talked
about State 4-H Days.
Under new business, the club
announced there will be a Dairy
Leader’s conference on July 22.
The two-day trip to Vermont Is
scheduled for July 11 and 12,
and the cost is $lOO. Also at the
meeting, everyone received their
project books.
Many ideas were presented at
the meeting. Amanda Hoover
discussed the adopt-a
grandparent program as a com
munity service. Selling
butterflies and/or bulbs was dis
cussed as a possible fund raiser.
The next meeting is May 27 at
7:30 p.m. at Ben Hibbard’s farm.
Everyone should bring their up
dated books to the meeting.
Cumberland County 4-H
The Cumberland County
Light Horse and Pony Club will
be holding an Open Horse Show.
The horse show is one of the
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holds.
The Open Horse Show will be
held Sunday, May 21, at Bonny
Brook Riding Club, 533 Moun
tain Road in Boiling Springs.
Starting at 8:30 a.m., the show
will be held rain or shine. Grand
and reserve awards will be given
to the divisions. English, West
ern, and Gaming classes will be
held for both youth and open di
visions, along with a walk/trot
division.
4-H rules require all riders 18
and under to be wearing a
helmet when mounted on their
horse at any time. Proof of
rabies vaccination and negative
coggins are required for all
horses. No one under the age of
8 is allowed to show.
A food stand will be provided
by the members and parents of
the club, so bring a good appe
tite. The club members welcome
everyone to come participate in
their show. Spectators are wel
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A Holstein fall calf cosigned
by Kyle Burdette, Mercersburg,
topped the 2000 Franklin
County Dairy Calf Sale held
April 15 at the CV Antique
Engine Show Grounds in Cham
bersburg.
The animal sold for $2,550
and was purchased by Jeremy
Smith, Northampton. The
second high selling animal was a
Holstein winter calf cosigned by
Robert Mong, Waynesboro,
which sold for $1,600 to Thomas
Priest.
23 calves were sold with the
sale average of $941. Artificial
insemination companies donat
ing semen for the sale were
Koons A.I. (ABS), Genex,
Semex, Alta Genetics, Sire
Power, and Select Sires. Other
sale supporters included Penn
field, Purina, Agway, CV Coop
erative, Cargill, IBA, Land
O’Lakes, Monsanto, Sniders El
evator, Witmer Implements,
and Mid-Maryland Dairy Veter
inarians.
Larry Harshman, Chambers
burg, was sale chairman. The
aunctioneer was David Gossert.
Jess Reasner of Newburg an
nounced pedigrees. The 4-H
Dairy Council sponsored the
sale with profits used to support
4-H dairy educational programs
in the county.
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Baconeers 4-H Club
The Baconeers Swine Club
held its second meeting of the
year on March 26. After roll call,
members were asked to intro
duce themselves by name, age,
and school
The educational activity of
the day was presented by John
and David Corbin on pig terms.
The boys went over some very
basic terms, such as guilt and
barrow. The also mentioned
other pig terms that were un
familar to the club, such as sho
te/shoat, which is a pig at 8
weeks old who has been weaned.
The next order of business
was to develop a fund-raiser.
Many ideas were given, but only
two were voted on. The mem
bers voted between selling crispy
creme donuts or having a square
dance. Sponsoring a square
dance won. Each individual was
asked to bring a six pack of soda
and a donated item to auction
off. The square dance was held
on April 29 at the Forest Lake
Community Hall.
4-H leader Mrs. Corbin took
over the meeting and announced
some important dates, including
swine tagging on April 29 at the
Harford County Fairgrounds.
The next meeting will be held on
May 7 at 2 p.m. at Corbin’s
Turkey Farm. Denise and Dana
Hardisky will present the educa
tional activity, which will ex
plain “How to Feed Your Pigs.”
Berks Co. Beef
Members of the Berks County
4-H Beef Club elected their offi
cers for the year 2000 at a recent
meeting. Josh Krill, Bernville,
was elected president and will be
assisted by Kelly Dietrich, a
senior at Tulpehocken High
School, who was elected vice
president. Kristy Dietrich and
Jonathan Bicksler will be serv
ing as secretary .and treasurer
respectively, each for their
second term. Both are freshmen
at Tulpehocken High School.
Members also signed up for
various committees, such as beef
promotion, decoration, commu
nity service, and scrapbook, and
for different contests and activi
ties that the club will be partici
pating in. Some of those contests
include the Skill-A-Thon and
Beef Bowl at the PA Beef Expo
at Penn State; a field day in May
at the Ken and Ginger Brubaker
Angus farm; the Reading Fair,
scheduled for the week of
August 7th to be held at the new
fairgrounds behind the Berks
County 4-H Center, followed by
the Kutztown Fair at Kutztown.
There were four new members
in the club this year, which
brings total membership to 3S.
Both old and new members were
welcomed and wished a fun and
Newly-elected Berks County 4-H Beef Club officers for
the 2000 year are from left (top) Kristy Dietrich, secretary;
Kelly Dietrich, vice president; Josh Krill, president;
Jonathan Bicksler, treasurer; (front) Matt Manbeck, social
chairman; Harrison Reichard, news reporter; Clay Bru
baker, social chairman; Emilie Miller, news reporter.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 13, 2000-89
exciting year by this year’s lead
ers.
Lehigh Valley Horse Council
The Lehigh Valley Horse
Council will hold a regular
meeting and lecture on Monday,
May 25. The topic of the eve
ning, pre-purchase vet exam,
will be presented by Silver
Maple Vet Clinic.
The meeting will be held at
the Manita Equestrian Center in
Allentown at 7:30 p.m. Everyone
is welcom to this free lecture and
meeting. For more information,
call (610) 837-7294 or (610) 767-
7346.
Cumberland Co. Sheep Club
The Condoguinet 4-H Sheep
Club of Cumberland Co. met on
April 20. Members watched a
film on farm safety entitled
“Farm Safety, A Second
Chance.”
June 10 was announced as the
date for the club workshop.
Members will be shown how to
shear and show their animals.
The next meeting will be held
on Thursday, May 18. Members
will be working on their fair
posters. Visitors and members
are always welcome. For more
information, call Mrs. Richard
Myers at (717) 258-3850.
North Mountain 4-H
The North Mountain 4-H
Community Club held its
monthly meeting on April 24 at
the Waterworks Fireball.
The club discussed the recent
Children’s Festival held at the
Lebanon Valley Mall. They also
highlighted the preteen retreat,
which 18 kids from North
Mountain attended, and the
swimming party held at the
YMCA.
Under new business, club
members announced that there
will be two petting zoos on May
6 at Fredericksburg. One of the
events will be family night at the
elementary school. On July 11 to
14, a teen leader conference will
be held at the Lebanon Valley
College with the cost being
$75.00.
The North Mountain 4-H club
field trip will be held on May 7
at 2 p.m. at Wildwood Lake
Sanctuary. The trip includes an
environmental/educational hike
around the woods.
Pet project essays, including
500 words about what members
learned with their pet projects,
are due June 4. 4-H Camp will
be held at the Hickofy Run State
Park on June 26 through 30.
Project demonstrations at the
meeting included Cooking I,
Small Engines, Cooking 11, Sign
Language, and Candle Making,
The next meeting will be held
on May 22 at the Waterworks
Fire Hall at 6:30 p.m.