Holstein Championship Show
(Continued from Pago ASS)
Snider mentioned speaking to
an exhibitor who showed cattle
at another venue but returned to
the All-American show and is
enthusiastic about showing
again next year. “I think that
kind of excitement will perme
ate to others,” said Snider.
Organization may be another
reason the show is rising in pop
ularity.
“This is as well-run show as
you’ll find anywhere,” said Bob
Senior champion of the youth division went to Scott
Walton, Carlisle, with reserve senior champion honors
going to David Day of Shippensburg.
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Rugaber, Butler, a retired
county agent who has worked at
the show all 37 years. “The in
tegrity has always been tops. We
never let anything slide.”
Hank Van Exel of Lodi, Cali
fornia, judged the Pennsylvania
Fall Holstein Championship
Show in the large arena. Exel
farms 1,900 acres and milks
1500 cows plus 200 Jerseys on a
separate farm. His operation,
Exels Holsteins and Jerseys, has
a rolling herd average of 28,000.
Exel shows his animals exten-
sively and has been named pre
mier exhibitor the last six out of
seven years at California State
Black and White Show. He has
also judged all over the Western
States plus Canada and Mary
land. The All-American Show
marks his first time judging a
Pennsylvania event. Exel ac
quired his judging experience
judging for California Polytech
nic University.
Amanda Cessna of Everett,
with Windy-Knoll-View Pal-Et
won the 2000 Keystone Futurity.
In 1997, 111 animals were en
tered at $3 a head, a number
which dwindled to 81 animals in
1998,40 animals in 1999, and 13
animals in the ring for the recent
futurity class, which had a
premium of $BB7. To date, 114
animals are registered for the
2001 Keystone Futurity.
Nearly 300 head of Holsteins
competed in the show. Almost
SOO Holsteins will compete in
the various shows during the Al
l-American event. A complete
list of Holstein show results fol
'ows:
Spnng heifer calf: 1. Corbin
Wood. 2. Amanda Cessna. 3.
Plum-Line Holsteins.
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. Burdette. 2. PJ Packard. 3. Tnsha R. Knight.
Syndicate and M Stroude. 3. Winter yearling: 1. Dale and
Elizabeth Cloninger. Deanna Bendig. 2. McCauley,
Summer yearling: 1. Sarah Strouse, Connnelly, Thomas.
Day. 2. Gregory R. Hammond. 3. Enn Shaw.
3. Justin Ulmer. Fall yearling: 1. Strowd,
Spnng yearling; 1. Linda L. Strouse, Locke, Syndicate. 2.
and Gerald Kisner. 2. David S.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 30, 2000-A39
Junior champion of the open show was shown by Mike
Strowd. The heifer is owned by New Direction Holsteins,
Elizabethtown, and represented by Sandy Frey Thomas,
Creedin Cornman, and Fred Strouse. At left Curtis Day
holds the halter of reserve junior champion, owned by
David Day of Shippensburg. Judge Hank Exel, California,
Joins the winners, along with Heidi Miller, Harrisburg, left,
' Cl Ci ntr Hall, fr ight,
Premier breeder honors went to Windy Knoll View Farm,
Mechanicsburg. Accepting the banner is Nina Burdette,
left, Jim Burdette, Gus Schwartzbeck, Justin Burdette,
Ron Heffner, and Kyle Burdette.
3. Amanda
Day.
David
Cessna.
Junior champion youth divi
sion: Sarah Day.
Reserve junior champion
youth division; Amanda
Cessna.
Junior best three females:
1. Tn-Day Holstems. 2. Windy
Knoll View Holstems. 3.
Brush-Creek-Vu.
Dry cow 4 and unden 1
Brad A. Walker.
Dry cow 5 and oven 1.
Douglas S. and Jennifer K.
Boop. 2. Diane S. Clock. 3.
Megan Dehart.
Fall yearling in milk: 1.
James R. and Nina P. Bur
dette. 2. Bradley Coffman. 3.
A. McCavley and G. Knight Jr.
Junior 2-year-old: 1. Tom
McCauley, Fabulous Syndi
cate. 2. Alan McCauley. 3.
James Justin Burdette.
Senior 2-year-old: 1
McCauley, Strouse, Connelly,
Thomas. 2. James R. and Nina
P. Burdette. 3. David Day Jr.
Junior 3-year-old: 1. David
Day. 2. Plum-Line Holstems.
3. Steve Wagner and R
Thompson.
Senior 3-year-old: 1. New
Direction Holstems. 2. E.
Richard Bednarski. 3. Enn M.
Parker.
4-year-old: 1. James R. and
Nina P. Burdette. 2. Plum-Line
Holstems. 3. Justin Burdette
and C. Walton
5-year-old: 1. McCauley,
Strouse, Connelly, Thomas. 2
Steve Chns Wood. 3. Jim
Kahler and Manon Andrew.
Aged cow: 1. James R. and
Nina P. Burdette. 2. Scott M.
Walton. 3. Steve Chns Wood.
125,000-Pound Cow. 1.
Andrea Bednarski. 2 Morgan
Thomas. 3. Steve Chns Wood.
Senior champion youth di
vision: Scott Walton.
Reserve senior champion
youth division: David Day.
Grand champion youth divi
sion: Scott Walton.
Reserve grand champion
youth division: David Day.
Premier exhibitor: 1. New
Direction Holstems. 2. Windy
Knoll. 3. Penn Gate.
Premier junior exhibitor:
Amanda Cessna.
Senior champion: McCau
ley, Strouse, Connelly,
Thomas.
Reserve senior champion
Steve and Chns Wood.
Grand champion: McCau
ley, Strouse, Connelly,
Thomas.
Reserve grand champion:
Steve and Chris Wood.
Premier breeder: 1. Windy
Knoll. 2. Penn Gate 3. Tn Day.
Premier junior breeder;
David Day.
Total performance award:
George M. Knight, Jr.
Best three females; 1.
Windy Knoll View Holstems. 2
Globe Run Farms.
Dam and daughter: 1.
Windy Knoll View. 2. McKis
sick Farms. 3. Megan Dettart.
KEYSTONE
3-YEAR-OLD FUTURITY
1. Amanda Cessna. 2
David Day. 3 Robert Kyle
Burdette.