A3B-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 24,2001
The 2001 Pennsylvania Beef Expo Junior events will be dedicated to Moss’s Steak
and Sea House for their continued support. Pictured from left are: Bill Reed, PCA mem
ber and volunteer; Glenn Eberly, Beef Expo chairman; Holly Marshall, Beef Council in
dustry relations; Bill McCoy, PCA president.
Beef Skillathon At Pa. Beef Expo
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Junior cattlemen, test
your knowledge of the beef in
dustry in the Beef Skillathon on
Saturday, March 31 at the Penn
sylvania Beef Expo, 8-10 a.m. in
the Penn State Ag Arena.
A skillathon is an excellent op
portunity for the junior cattle
men to become involved in chal
lenging leam-by-doing activities.
The competition will incorporate
project skills and industry basics
in a series of mini-learning sta
tions with facilitators at each sta
tion.
The station facilitators will
allow participants to test their
own knowledge and abilities in
areas such as identification of
beef breeds, retail cuts, feed in
gredients, quality assurance
practices, food safety, EPD eval
uations, and management deci
sion making.
Each participant will have
about five to 10 minutes at each
station where he/she will be
tested by multiple choice, match
ing or one on one communication
with the station facilitator. The
entire contest will take approxi
mately 35 to 45 minutes to com
plete.
This contest is a great way to
test your beef industry knowl
edge and leam important skills
needed to be a successful cattle
person.
Eligibility
• Individuals must be a Penn
sylvania Junior Cattlemen’s As
sociation Member. 4-H and FFA
members may join the PJCA for
a registration fee of $5. This
membership fee may be paid at
the time of the contest registra
tion.
• Registration will require
name, address, and birth date.
• Each exhibitor may compete
one time.
• Team members must regis
ter at the same time and compete
simultaneously.
• Schools, clubs, and counties
entering more than one team
must also register and compete
simultaneously.
The senior division includes
competitors 16- to 21-years-old;
and intermediates 12- to
IS-years-old; and juniors 8- to
11-years-old.
County , club or school teams
consisting of four members in
one division are invited to partic
ipate. Awards will be announced
immediately before the Beef Quiz
Bowl Finals in the arena.
Registration will take place on
site just prior to the contest. Reg
istration sheets are needed only
at the contest site. For large
groups, it would be most helpful
for a leader or group organizer to
register the group at the PCA
Headquarters table in the Ag
Arena. Signs will be posted.
For more information/
registration, contact: Elizabeth
Smith, Beef Skillathon, 1600
West Route 897, Denver, PA
17517, (717) 336-0553.
March 30 to April 1,
At The Penn State Ag Arena
2001 Beef Quiz Bowl
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) The 2001 Pennsylvania
Beef Expo Quiz Bowl will be con
ducted March 31. Any team of
four junior cattlemen, 4-H or
FFA members is invited to com
pete. The competition will be di
vided into two divisions; 14 to 21
(seniors) and 8 to 13 (juniors).
All four team members must be
of the same division with the ex
ception that juniors may com
pete on the senior team, but sen
iors may not compete on a junior
team.
The contest will have two
parts. The first will be a series of
questions directed to each team
member individually. Each team
member will be given four ques
tions to answer for a total of 16
questions per team. Part two will
involve 16 toss up questions
where the question will be read
and anyone from either team will
have the opportunity to buzz in
to answer the question.
If the question is not answered
correctly, the opposing team will
have the opportunity to answer
the question. There will be a time
limit on each question as well as
on bonus questions to be given
when three different team mem
bers answer questions correctly.
Bonus questions must be answer
ed by the team captain but can
be arrived at by the entire team
after a 20 second conference.
There is no limit to the number
of bonus questions to be given.
JTblef i
Exposition
Questions for the most part,
will be obtained from Beef
Today, BEEF Magazine, Key
stone Cattleman and Lancaster
Farming, but may also be taken
from various beef publications of
the National Cattlemen’s Beef
Association, Penn State Univer
sity, Pennsylvania Cattlemen’s
Association and state breed or
ganizations.
Topics will include: nutrition,
genetics, reproduction, animal
health, marketing and promo
tion, and breeds as well as the
possibility of state and national
organizations and people in the
beef industry. State specific
questions will include but not be
limited to the state of Pennsylva
nia.
The committee reserves the
right to make adjustments to the
contest in order to conduct a
successful quiz bowl competition.
Call the Expo Junior Show Of
fice with any questions at (717)
336-0553.