A3O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 1, 2000
Somerset County Conducts Beef Jackpot Show
Kelly Dietrich is pictured with the steer that took
grand and supreme champion at the Somerset County
Beef Jackpot Show on June 25. At left is breeder Andy
Mclntire with judge Kerry Lawrence, center.
Dan Miller had the club calf champion steer and was
named Somerset County exhibitor at the Beef Jackpot
Show June 25.
Uncle Sam Salutes Marines
With Milk And Ice Cream
KANSAS CITY, Mo. It is
not often that “Uncle Sam” calls
a meeting between dairy farmers
and the U.S. Marines over a bowl
of ice cream or a glass of milk.
During National June Dairy
Month, however, anything is pos
sible especially when the Uncle
Sam in question is, well, a cow.
On June 15, the recruits who
graduate to U.S. Marine status at
the Recruit Depot in Parris Is
land, SC, received a rather rare,
if not MOOOving, salute. For the
first time, they were welcomed
into the Marine ranks with a
milk and ice cream toast, com
plements of Dairy Farmers of
America (DFA) of Kansas City,
Missouri and one of its joint ven
ture partners, Suiza Foods of
Dallas, Texas.
The one-day event came about
because of one very patriotic,
red-white-and blue “Uncle
Sam.” On loan from DFA,
“Uncle Sam” is one of the art
cows from last year’s Chicago
Cows on Parade exhibit being
showcased in 20 locations
around the City of Beaufort, SC
as a special “Cows on Vacation”
exhibit.
“We’re glad to host the DFA
leadership and to show them
how the young people from
farms across America arrive here
to take up the challenge of being
a Marine,” said Major Bryan
Salas, public affairs, U.S. Ma
rines, Parris Island. “The DFA
social for the new Marines dem
onstrated the patriotism of the
dairymen cross America.”
After graduation ceremonies,
recruits and their guests enjoyed
icy cold white and chocolate milk
and ice cream novelties provided
by the Suiza Fluid Dairy Group.
Photos were taken with DFA’s
Uncle Sam Cow, which has
earned more than $lOO,OOO for
hunger relief over the past year.
This is a three star event.
We’re proud to celebrate the
graduations, “Cows on Vaca
tion,” and June Dairy Month
with the U.S. Marines and the
City of Beaufort,” said Agnes
Schafer, executive director of
public relations, DFA. “Parris Is
land isn’t a typical spot for a cow
to pasture, but it’s the right place
for our Uncle Sam. She is very
patriotic. While we’re here, we
might even be able to recruit a
few Marine milk mustaches to
salute the day.”
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GAY BROWNLEE
Somerset Co. Correspondent
MEYERSDALE (Somer
set Co.) Kelly Dietrich was
thrilled at the Somerset
County Beef Jackpot Show
recently, when her steer was
named supreme champion.
The 17-year-old from
Hamburg, said she sensed
victory at the county fair
grounds as champion-type
qualities became more visible
with the steer’s growth.
“1 am going to go with the
steer with the most promise,”
said judge Kerry Lawrence
from Hebron, Ohio, just prior
to announcing which animal
would be supreme.
“He looked awesome,” Di
etrich said of the winner. “1
thought he looked cool. He
was bigger today," she said
about the first time grand
champion who, earlier at the
TriState Jackpot Show, was
named the show's reserve
champion.
The steer was sired by
Hostage and the dam was
half-Maine out of Bo Jack
son. Andy Mclntire, Berry
ville. Va.. was the breeder.
Dietrich will attend the
Berks campus of Penn State
to major in ag-business in the
tall, she said. Jim and Donna
Dietrich, her parents, keep
about 50 head of beef and
raise about 1.000 acres ot
crops, according to the
daughter. Her sister Kristy is
15.
From Woodbine. Md..
Matt Fogle showed the re
serve champion selected out
of the 76 steers in the show. It
was a crossbred animal,
which also won its division
for the 16-year-old.
Sara Jo Campbell, Syca
more, had the grand champi
on heifer, shown in Class
Dan Miller. 17, of Meyer
sdale, exhibited the club calf
champion and won the Som
erset County Exhibitor title.
Dairy Farmers Salute Crucible Graduates
With Ice Cream And Milk During JDM
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Rid
dle. How many ice cream bars
and milk pints does it take to cel
ebrate a recruit’s completion of
the Crucible that final three
day test that makes a recruit into
a U.S. Marine?
According to Lew McCravy,
division sales manager for Flav-
O-Rich/Suiza Fluid Dairy Group
of Florence, SC, the answer is
4,000 ice cream novelties and
2,500 pints of white and choco
late milk.
McCravy and his Flav-O-Rich
team joined the dairy producer
leaders of Dairy Farmers of
America (DFA), the U.S. largest
dairy cooperative based in Kan
sas City, MO., in bringing the
Real thing (milk and ice cream)
to cool down graduating troops
during a recent June Dairy
Month event at the U.S. Marine
Recruit Depot in Parris Island,
SC. The event coincided with the
fact that the U.S. Marines are
hosting DFA’s Uncle Sam Cow
on their base as a part of the
“Cows on Vacation” art exhibit
being sponsored by the City of
Beaufort, SC.
“It was an honor to team up
with DFA and the U.S. Marine
Following is a partial list of
winners.
Steers
Class 1:1. Kelly Dietrich. 2.
Erin Myers. 3. Brandon Poor.
Class 2:1. Tammi Grubb. 2.
Randy Koontz. 3. Beth Miller.
Class 3: 1. Jason Knotts. 2.
Jeremy Johnson. 3. Sarah
Nolt.
Class 4: 1. Jacob Desko. 2.
Corey Harper. 3. Richard Hei
neman.
Class 5: 1. Todd Custer. 2.
Lacy Weimer. 3. Brandon
Poor.
Class 6: 1. Sara Campbell.
2. Herman Hake. 3. Kelly
Myers.
Class 7: 1. Cory Omps. 2.
Brittney Fairman. 3. Norman
Coberly.
Class 8: 1. Jared Lawson. 2.
Jaclyn Upperman. 3. Cassan
dra Hake.
Class 9: 1. Donnie Bensen
haver. 2. Ryan Nolt. 3. Shawn
Troutman.
Class 10; 1. Matt Fogle. 2.
Matthew Stahlman. 3. Lynn
Weimer.
Class 11: 1. Dan Miller, 2.
April Coberly. 3. Robin
McCabe.
Matt Fogle shows the reserve champion at the Somer
set County Beef Jackpot Show. He is joined by judge
Kerry Lawrence and a young friend, Kayla Widerman.
Corp. in officially saluting the
fine young women and men who
we saw make it through the
Crucible,” said McCravy. “I
can’t think of a better way to use
DFA’s Uncle Sam cow, ice cream
and milk in celebrating June
Dairy Month. We enjoyed meet
ing the Marines and their fami
lies and being part of their lives
during such a special event.”
To celebrate June Dairy
Month, recruits and their guests
enjoyed icy cold white and choc
olate milk and ice cream novel
ties following recent Crucible
and graduation ceremonies. The
products were provided by the
Suiza Fluid Dairy Group, based
in Dallas, TX.
To mark the occasion, Herman
Brubaker, DFA chairman and a
dairy producer from West Alex
andria, OH, presented Brigadier
General Stephen A. Cheney, the
depot’s commanding officer,
with a commemorative Uncle
Sam cow tee shirt. “We may be
in different occupations, but U.S.
dairy farmers and U.S. Marines
share some of the same core val
ues hard work and a lifetime
of commitment,” said Brubaker.
DFA dairy farmers Jim Wal-
Class 12: 1. Andy Myers. 2.
Grant McCabe. 3. Deidra
Smith.
Heifers
Class 1: Donnie Bensenhav
er. 2. Kassidy Kimble. 3. Brit
tney Bryner.
Class 2: 1. Sara Jo Camp
bell. 2. Donnie Bensenhaver.
3. Jason Knotts.
Class 3: 1. Katie Nolt. 2.
Grant McCabe. 3. Robin
McCabe.
Class 4: 1. Wes Haslacker.
2. Grant McCabe. 3. Brittney
Bryner.
Class 5: 1. Sara Jo Camp
bell. 2. Forrest Ohler. 3. Robin
McCabe.
County Exhibitor Dar
Miller, Jason Knotts, Shawn
Troutman.
Club Calf Dan Miller
Shawn Troutman, Lacy
Weimer.
Showmanship
Senior: I. Tammi Grubb. 2.
Matthew Stahlman. 3. Dan
Miller.
Junior: 1. Beth Miller. 2.
Shawn Troutman. 3. Kelly
Myers,
drop of Newberry, SC and Tom
Camerlo of Florence, CO joined
the DFA and Flav-O-Rich team
in witnessing 300 recruits cross
the finish line after three days of
grueling field work with very
little sleep or food.
“This is something you don’t
do every day, that’s for sure. We
may have dished up the dairy
products, but the U.S. Marines
provided us with a scoopful of
patriotism and courage and a
real fine appetite for dairy prod
ucts,” said Waldrop, whose typi
cal day finds him managing the
family dairy partnership that in
cludes 400- cows and 1,100-acres.
Camerlo, who operates a
500-cow dairy in Colorado and is
chairman of the National Milk
Producers Federation, agreed
that the promotion was inspira
tional. “As farmers, we’re proud
that, in some small way, our
Uncle Sam cow and the ice
cream and milk added a light
hearted touch to an incredible
show of dedication and endur
ance. If they weren’t U.S. Ma
rines, these folks would make
fine dairy farmers, but we’ll settle
for the fact that they love ice
cream and milk,” said Camerlo.