C4-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 28, 2000 More Beefed Up NYBIC Chairman, Daryl Heisey looks on as Rick Gary and Christie Casciano of WIXT Channel 9 build the “Ultimate Beef Hero.” SYRACUSE, NY Upon en tering the New York State fair grounds, it was apparent to fair goers that it was Beef Day. The day’s activities were de signed to highlight the beef in dustry’s initiative to promote convenient products. Represen tatives of the beef and veal in dustry offered samples of fully Shana Mack And Dan Puzo Receive The Guy Wells Memorial Award HARFORD, Md. Guy Wells was born on a dairy farm and lived his entire life on that farm located near Montrose. Wells took pride in his dairy cows and in his his family pro vided a framed Bonnie Mohr Red and White Cow print for the Red and White Youth Show ex hibitor of the junior reserve champion and the senior reserve champion animals. The junior champion was owned and exhibited by Shana Mack. Shana is the daughter of Dean and Jane Mack of Kings ley. Shana has been showing dairy animals for five years and Paul Wells presents the Red and White Dairy Show Award to Shana Mack. ot mi NY State Fair Activities cooked products, delivered food safety information, and recog nized the producers in the Em pire State. The Beef Day “Beef Up Your Hero” media sandwich making contest was a hit with all that at tended. Judges for the event were Lorraine Smorol of the Syr acuse New Times, Nathan Rudg- is a member of the Born to Show 4-H Club. Shana is also a Sus quehanna County Dairy Ambas sador. The senior champion was owned and exhibited by Dan Puzo. Dan is the son of Doug and Mary Puzo of Montrose. Dan’s grandparents, Bill and Evie Goff, gave him his first Red and White calf when he was 3-years-old and he began show ing dairy animals at the Harford Fair when he was 6-years-old. Dan has been a member of the Watrous Comers 4-H Club tak ing the dairy project for six years. He owns several other Red k ers, Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets, and the State Fair Director Peter Cappuccilli, Jr. Big Jim Donovan of 93Q FM and Dan Cunningham, President of the New York Beef Producer’s Association created “Big Jim’s Big Jerk Hero” using Hormel’s Pot Roast Au Jus. Their sand wich received the “Galactic Hero” Award for its “Out of this World” size. Cricket from WFRG Big Frog 104 FM was paired with Cairy Norman, First Alternate State Dairy Princess. Appropri ately, their sandwich, “Pancho Villa’s Big Frog” was given the “Milky Way Madness” award for its superb usage of cheese and other dairy products. The sand wich was made with Louis Rich Beef Steak Strips and had a zesty Mexican taste. The “All-American Super Hero” award, given to the sand wich with the best sandwich flavor, was presented to Jim Reith of WSYR-570 AM and beef producer Elaine Swiler. They used Mosey’s “Time for Dinner” corned beef to make a condiment-free sensation called the “Caped Crusader’s Corned Beef Concoction.” Combining creativity and taste into one, Don Lark of WSTM and White animals and intends to continue to show Red and White daily animals in the fu ture. The junior reserve champion was owned and exhibited by Abbey Puzo and the senior re serve champion was owned and exhibited by Dan Puzo. The Red and White Dairy Marion Fire Compai MARION (Franklin Co.) Area dairy farmers representing Land O’Lakes, Inc., presented the Marion township Fire Com pany with a $5,000 check at the fire company’s recent annual firemen’s festival. The $5,000' grant will be used to help build a new fire house to benefit the Franklin County community. According to Ron Davis, vice president of the Marion Town ship Fire Company, the grant was very helpful in the building project. “Our fire company pro vides special equipment and training for farm accidents,” he said. “It’s great to see our organi zations working toward a com- Gabrielle Eichelberger, 5, finds a little something, “Jordan,” to catch her in* terest in the dairy barn. Ei chelberger’s sister com peted in the FFA horse show at the fair. The girls are the daughters of Chuck and Dawn Eichelberger, Miilersville. Than Ever Channel 3 and Jerry Reed of the New York Farm Bureau took home the “Superman Super Name Hero.” Their sandwich was made with Lloyd’s Barbecue Sloppy Joe and was titled “Rosi e’s Red Hot Request.” Finally, Rick Gary and Christy Casciano of WU£T Channel 9 worked very closely with the New York beef Industry Council’s Chairman, Daryl Hei sey. They were awarded the “Ul timate Beef Hero” for their Hor mel Prime Rib and Catelli Bros. Veal Bacon sandwich. Appropri ately it was called “The Beef Eater.” At the “Meals in Minutes” dis play in the dairy products build ing, state fairgoers were invited to taste the new fully-cooked products. Many fairgoers were anxious to try the products they’ve seen in their stores and were pleasantly surprised with the delicious taste. Volunteers who handed out over 35,000 samples throughout the duration of the fair were re cruited through the New York Beef Industry Council (NYBIC) Veal Grower’s Association, the NY Cattle Women, and the American National Cattle Women. There were also a num ber of producers from various Show was held for the first time at the Harford Fair this year. The Guy Wells family hope entries will increase in the Har ford Fair Red and White Youth Show in future years and the family plans to continue to pres ent a memorial award each year at the Harford Fair. mon goal.” The Marion Fire Company has 220 members with 50 active volunteers. Celebrating its 50th anniversary, the Fire Company services a 1,300 square mile area, which includes Guilford and Hamilton Townships. Dairy farmers presenting the check on behalf of Land O’Lakes included Ken Schoenberg, corpo rate director; Stanley Meyers, Unit delegate; Don Martin, Area delegate; and Paul Cashell, sec ond alternate Unit delegate. Cashell is also the co-owner of Stuttler Farms, which provided the land to build the fire house and encouraged the Fire Compa ny to apply for the grant. states across the country as well as five college-aged Beef Ambas sadors. “Patty Melt,” the Beef Indus try’s Food Safety Mascot made her debut in New York at the State Fair. September is National Food Safety Month, and Patty was anxious to deliver her mes sage about the 4 C’s: Cool it, Clean it, Cook it, and Don’t Cross-contaminate it.” Over 2,000 children met Patty and received hamburger erasers with food safety information cards. Their parents were given “Thermy” brochures and mag nets with proper cooking temper atures. For the third consecutive year, children and their parents were invited to take pent in “Wow That Cow,” an interactive dis play providing fun and educa tional information about the New York State Beef Industry. On hand were “real” Nebraska cow boys speaking to people about cattle and the environment. In the Art and Home Center, the American National Cattle Women demonstrated easy cook ing ideas using beef and veal products. While enjoying the air conditioned environment, fair goers were able to see just how easy cooking with beef can be. d O’L “We’re honored to be able to present this grant to the Fire Company,” he Unit delegate Meyers said. “It provides a great service to local producers, and this is our opportunity to give something back.” The grant to Marion Fire Company is one of eight pro vided by Land O’Lakes through the Mid-Atlantic grant program, which was initiated this year. The program was created to ben efit rural communities where Land O’Lakes owner-members and employees live and work. $31,000 in grant monies has been provided so far, benefiting civic and youth organizations in local communities.
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