A36-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 30. 2000
Eastern National Ayrshire Show
Conducted At Farm Show Com lex
MICHELLE RANCK
Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) “Hats off to the quality of
Ayrshires here,” said judge Larry
Schirm. A sire analyst with Alta
Genetics, based in Canada,
Schirm was raised on a Jersey
farm near Columbus, Ohio, and
is now stationed in the Columbus
area. A nationally- and interna
tionally-recognized judge of all
breeds, Schirm has judged at
many U.S. and worldwide shows.
More than 200 Ayrshires com
peted in the Eastern National
John Howman of J-M-How Farm, Massilon, Ohio, holds the halter of the Ayrshire grand champion of the
Georgetown, New York, left, took home reserve grand champion honors. Joining the winners are Pennsylvania
Milton, left, judge Larry Schirm, and Ayrshire princess Stefanie Long.
Penn State Honors Ag
Secretary As Outstanding Alumnus
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Samuel E. Hayes, Jr.,
Pennsylvania secretary of agri
culture, is one of six recipients of
a 2000 Outstanding Alumnus
Award from Penn State’s College
of Agricultural Sciences.
The award highlights distin
guished graduates of the college,
and creates opportunities for in
teraction between alumni, stu
dents and faculty.
Appointed secretary of agri
culture in May 1997 by Governor
Tom Ridge, Hayes is a leader in
support of Pennsylvania agricul
ture across the state and interna
tionally. He also chairs several
statewide boards, including the
Animal Health Commission,
Farm Show Commission, Hard
woods Development Council,
Farmland Preservation Board,
Fair Advisory Board, and Con
servation Commission.
Extension Professional Recognized
NAZARETH (Northampton
Co.) Greg Solt of Northamp
ton County Extension was one
of 84 persons recognized by the
National Association of County
Agricultural Agents with their
highest award, the Distin
guished Service Award, at the
85th Annual Meeting and Pro
fessional Improvement Confer
ence in Jackson, Miss, in
August.
Sixty-three years ago, the first
distinguished service awards
Ayrshire Show, conducted in the
large arena at the 37th All-Amer
ican Dairy Show. The Ayrshire
show increased by 80 head of
cattle exhibited from the previ
ous year.
In the open junior show cham
pion place went to J-M-How
Farm and John and Marla How
man of Massilon, Ohio. Tai-Line
Farm’s summer yearling heifer,
owned by Emily and Britni
Thornburg, Winchester, Ind.,
took home both reserve champi
on placing. The Thornburgs won
and best junior bred and owned
awards.
From 1970 to 1992, Hayes
served in the Pennsylvania
House of Representatives, where
he held the leadership positions
of Majority Leader and Whip.
Hayes authored a wide range of
legislation on issues such as
farmland preservation, highways
and bridges, basic and higher ed
ucation, appropriations for coun
ty fairs and livestock expositions,
and tax cuts for rural electric
consumers.
Hayes is a 1988 Penn State
Alumni Fellow and received the
Pennsylvania 4-H Alumni Award
and National 4-H Alumni
Award. He was awarded an Hon
orary Keystone Farmer Degree
and an Honorary American
Farmer Degree from the FFA.
He also served as president of the
state FFA Foundation. He has
been honored with the Lawmak
er of the Year Award from the
were presented to 22 members
by the National Association of
County Agricultural Agents at
its annual meeting in Chicago.
Since then, 6,086 members have
been honored.
The Distinguished Service
Award represents the top two
percent of each state’s associa-
Sunny ' Acres, Georgetown,
N.Y. with animals owned by
Douglas Evans, took home both
champion and reserve champion
places in the intermediate class
es. Sunny Acres received premier
breeder and premier exhibitor
awards.
Grand champion of the open
show John and Marla Howman,
who also won the dam and
daughter class. Douglas Evans
took home reserve grand cham
pion honors. Evans also went
home with dairy herd, exhibitor’s
herd, and produce of dam top
placings.
Junior heifer calf: 1. G. McNeil, G. Par
ker, J. Whitford. 2. Kimberly Vocrhies. 3.
Gregory W. B. Evans.
Intermediate heifer calf: 1. John and
Marla Howman. 2. Elama M. Rader. 3.
Shanda Pheasant.
Senior heifer calf: 1 Janel Zinn. 2.
Heather Morrell. 3. Scott J. Davenport.
Summer yearling heifer 1. Emily and
Bntm Thornburg 2 Susan M. Richardson.
3 Douglas F Evans
Spnng junior yearling heifer- 1 William
P Davenport 2 Robin L. Peters. 3. Elama
open show. Douglas Evans}* Racier.
m rz'S*. SK’ti
Patrick 3 Ralph Shank
Fall senior yearling heifer 1 Jennifer
Pennsylvania Retailers Associa
tion and Man of the Year Award
from the Rural Electric Cooper
atives. Hayes has received the
Humanitarian Award from the
Chapel of Four Chaplains, the
Leadership Award of the Penn
sylvania State System of Higher
Education and the Barn Raiser
Award from the Pennsylvania
Farm Bureau.
Hayes served five years on ac
tive duty with the U.S. Army
and received the Bronze Star for
his service in the Vietnam War.
Hayes received his bachelor’s
degree in agricultural education
from Penn State in 1964, and his
master’s of education from Penn
State in 1965.
In conjunction with receiving
the award, Hayes will travel to
Penn State’s University Park
campus this fall to visit with stu
dents, faculty, staff, and admin
istrators.
tion membership. Each recipient
has served at least 10 years as a
member of the cooperative ex
tension service, conducted out
standing programs in their
community and state, and were
selected by their peers and state
director of extension.
In the open show, “Lincolnshire Audrey” and John
Howman took home the Junior champion place. Reserve
Junior champion honors went to “Tri-Line Van Lizzy,”
held by Marco Rodrigue and owned by Emily and Britni
Thornburg, Winchester, ind. Pennsylvania Dairy Princess
Mindy Wolfe, Milton, left, and Pa. Ayrshire Princess Ste
fanie Long, Lawrenceville, stand with the winners.
Eastern National Ayrshire
Show Releases Results
Hudson. 2 Kathryn B Evans 3 John and
Maria Howman.
Junior champion female. John and
Marla Howman 2 Reserve junior champi
on female. Emily and Bntm Thornburg
Best junior female bred and owned by
exhibitor. Emily and Bntm Thornburg
Junior best three females. 1. Scott Da
venport 2 Donald P McNeil 3 Doug
Evans
Dry cow, 3-years-old and over 1 Polly
Syndicate, Doug Evans 2. Audrey Gay
Rodgers. 3. Royston G. Coale 111
Senior yearling heifer in milk 1 Evan
Patrick Creek.
Junior 2-year-old: 1. Andrew E. Evans 2
Gregory W. B. Evans. 3. Mark A Creek
Cow, senior 2-year-old' 1. Douglas E.
Evans. 2. Jenna McNeil 3. Enn L. Shank.
Cow, junior 3-year-old: 1 Douglas E.
Evans. 2. Melissa Ann Patrick. 3. J. Dela
vergne, E. Creek, A. Tobin.
Pa. Holstein Association Fall
Championship Show Posts Results
Spring heifer calf: 1 Corbin Wood 2 Amanda
Cessna 3 Plum-Line Hoisteins
Winter heifer calf: 1. Amanda Cessna 2 James
R and Nina P Burdette 3. Sarah Day.
Fall heifer calf: 1. James R. and Nina P Bur
dette 2 PJ Syndicate and M Stroude 3 Elizabeth
Clonmger
Summer yearling: 1. Sarah Day 2 Gregory R
Hammond 3 Justin Ulmer
Spring yearling* 1 Linda L and Gerald Kisner.
2 David S Packard 3 Trisha R Knight
Winter yearling* 1 Dale and Deanna Bendig 2
McCauley. Strouse. ConnneHy, Thomas 3 Erin
Shaw
Fall yearling: 1 Strowd, Strouse, Locke, Syndi
cate 2 David Day 3 Amanda Cessna
Junior champion youth division* Sarah Day
Reserve junior champion youth division Aman-
da Cessna
Junior best three females 1 Tri-Day Holsteins
2 Windy Knoll View Holsteins 3 Brush-Creek-Vu
Dry cow 4 and under 1 Brad A Walker
Dry cow 5 and over 1 Douglas S. and Jennifer
K Boop 2 DianeS Glock 3 Megan Dehart
Fail yearling in milk* 1 James R. and Nina P
Burdette 2 Bradley Coffman 3 A McCavleyand
G Knight Jr
Junior 2-year-old 1 Tom McCauley, Fabulous
Syndicate 2 Alan McCauley 3 James Justin
Burdette
Senior 2-year-otd 1 McCauley, Strouse, Con
nelly, Thomas 2 James R and Nina P Burdette
3 David Day Jr
Junior 3-year-oid* 1 David Day 2 Plum-Line
Holsteins 3 Steve Wagner and R Thompson
Senior 3-year-old 1 New Direction Holsteins
2 E Richard Bednarski 3 Enn M Parker
Cow, senior 3-year-old: 1. Gregory W.B.
Evans. 2. Rachel Evans. 3. Donald McNeil.
Intermediate champion female: Sunny
Acres, Douglas E. Evans.
Reserve intermediate champion female;
Sunny Acres, Douglas E. Evans.
Cow, 4-years-old: 1. John and Maria
Howman. 2. Mark A. Creek. 3 Jill L. Vail.
Cow, 5-years-old. 1 Stephanie Burling
ame. 2. Raymond Adams 3. Glenn McNeil.
6 years and over: 1. Russell Martin. 2.
Kathryn B Evans 3 Jessica Valentine
100,000-pound class-1. Melissa Patrick.
Senior champion female- John and
Marla Howman.
Reserve senior champion female Rus
sell Martin
Grand champion female - John and
Marla Howman.
Reserve grand champion female: Doug
las Evans.
Best senior female bred and owned by
exhibitor Douglas Evans
Best three females 1 Douglas Evans 2
Patrick Family 3 Donald P McNeil
Dairy herd 1 Douglas Evans. 2. Patnck
Family 3 Palmyra Farm
Produce of dam - 1 Douglas Evans 2
Scott Davenport 3 Douglas Evans
Dam and daughter. 1. John and Marla
Howman 2 Scott Davenport 3 Douglas
Evans
Exhibitor's herd 1. Douglas Evans 2
Patnck Family. 3 Palmyra Farm
State or provincial herd - 1 New York 2.
Maryland-Delaware. 3. Pennsylvania.
Premier breeder Sunny Acres.
Premier exhibitor Sunny Acres
4-year-old 1 James R and Nina P Burdette 2
Plum-Line Hoisteins 3. Justin Burdette and C
Walton
5-year-old 1 McCauley, Strouse, Connelly,
Thomas. 2. Steve Chris Wood 3 Jim Kahler and
Marion Andrew.
Aged cow - 1 James R and Nina P Burdette 2
Scott M Walton. 3 Stave Chris Wood
125,000-Pound Cow* 1. Andrea Bednarski. 2.
Morgan Thomas 3 Steve Chris Wood
Senior champion youth division* Scott Walton
Reserve senior champion youth division* David
Day
Grand champion youth division Scott Walton
Reserve grand champion youth division* David
Day
Premier exhibitor 1. New Direction Holsteins 2.
Windy Knoll 3 Penn Gate.
Premier junior exhibitor Amanda Cessna
Senior champion: McCauley, Strouse, Connelly,
Thomas
Reserve senior champion- Steve and Chris
Wood.
Grand champion McCauley, Strouse, Connelly,
Thomas Reserve. Steve and Chris Wood
Premier breeder 1 Windy Knoll. 2. Penn Gate
3 Tri Day.
Premier junior breeder David Day
Total performance award George M Knight, Jr
Best three females 1 Windy Knoll View Hoi
steins 2 Globe Run Farms
Dam and daughter 1 Windy Knoll View 2
McKissick Farms 3. Megan Dettart
KEYSTONE
3-YEAR-OLD FUTURITY
1 Amanda Cessna 2 David Day 3 Robert
Kyle Burdette