2002 Adult & Junior Holstein Convention Headquarters HOTEL REGISTRATION DEADLINE: MAY 15, 2002 (After that date rooms subject to availability) Please Note Atlantic City is a busy vacation and resort town Make your room reservation early' Call 800-825-8888 for hotel registration. Hotel is accepting phone reservations only, no faxed or mailed forms Mention you are with the Holstein Convention room block code AHOLSO2 to receive the reduced room rate The Hotel requres a credit card to guarantee your room Check in time is 6:00 p.m. Room rates $ll5/room for single, double, or triple occupancy $135/room for quad occupancy (Plus 12% tax and $2 room usage tax per day) see ticket order form for tmes lultural d»v tours Tour D-Dolphm/Whale watching-Relaxing 3 hour cruise on the ocean looking at marine life Tour S-Statue of Liberty-Ferry trip to Ellis Island Museum and Statue (long wait to go to top) Lunch on your own Tour H-Washmgton Crossing of the Delaware-Vsit battlegrounds and tour Princeton Box lunch included Tour F-Fishmg- Fish 12 miles off shore for 8 hour boat trip (includes poles, bait, tackle, & lunch) Tour A-Aquanum & Battleship N J -800 species of manne life aquarium plus walk thru famous battleship (lurch on your own) - see ticket order form for Imes All tours will end at Cedar Lane Farm for the “surf and tanbark" picnic Host day tourr Tour #l-a Walk thru Atlantic Blueberry Company-largest blueberry farm in U S is located in scenic Prnelands b Rutgers blueberry & cranberry research center c Showcase Farms-premrere standard-bred horse training facilities d Cedar Lane dairy farm using “Milk & Honey - prefix, 25,000ffM, 109 6 BAA Holster Brown Swiss & Jersey herd in boxstalls, tlestalls, & greenhouse freestalls, lunch & picnic included Tour #2-» Atlantic Blueberry (same as above) b Norz-Hill Farm-300 cows including Norz-Hill Cleitus Wmken family plus other top index & show winning families, 25 biils in A I & market embryos worldwide c LCF Farm-140 cows in 2 iestall barns, 26,350#M,107 2BAA, diverse with roadside market and greenhouse d Cedar Lane (same as above) bnch & picnic included Tour #3-a Lund s Fishenes-walk thru fish processing plant of squid, mackerel, herring, & more b Myerwood Farms -350 cows with 28,350#M in freestalls, manages cows using milk meters, auto ID, activity transponders, sort gate, manure pit with 2 ‘bridges' c Clover, Valley Farm, 330 cows with 26000#M, 4 bulls in Al, milk meters & computer, freestalls with auto alley scrapers, 7 bay commodity shed d Cedar Lane (same as above) lunch & picnic included Tour #4-a Blue Sterling Nursery-wholesale nursery specializing in dwarf, slow growrg conifers & unusual plants b Sheppard Vegetable Farm- state-of-the-art producfon packing, and shipping of fresh-maiket vegetables c Hubland Farm-100 cow with 25,000#M & 106 BAA, breeder of over 100 excellent cows contnbuting to many Premier Breeder/Exhibitor of the State Show d Cedar Lane (same as above) lunch & picnic included Unique shopping boutiques wifi seafood luncheon overlooking the ocean .adlas day toui tonventlon Schei idult Monday, June 24 Monday, Juno 24 700am-5 30 pm Cultural Day Tours (times vary) 800 am -5 00 pm DJM & NHWSO Interviews 600 p- 9 00 p m President's Reception 800 a- 5 00 p m Dairy Jeopardy Tuesday, June 25 100 p- 6 00 p m Prepared Speech Contest 6 30am Golf Tournament (Bam at site) 300 pm -400 pm Daily Bowl Exam & Coaches Meeting 700am-7 00 pm Host Day Tours & Picnic 400pm-8 00 pm Beach Party Wednesday, June 26 900 pm -11 00 pm Junior Dance 7 00am -8 00 am Early Bird Session Tuesday, June 26 830am-3 00 pm Ladies Day Tour 700am-9 00 pm Amusement Park & Cedar Lane Picnic 9 00 a m Business & Regional Meetings Wednesday, June 27 400 p- 6 00 p m Pre-Sale Barbeque (at site) 800 a- 5 00 p m Daily Bowl Contest 630 p m (at site) Convention Sale Cowtown Rodeo (7 30 pm ) 12 00 p m -1 00 p m Junior Luncheon Thursday, June 27 400 p- 6 00 p m Pre-Sale Barbeque (at site) 700 a- 8 00 a m Early Bird Session 630 p m (at site) Convention Sale, Cowtown Rodeo (7 30pm) 800 a m -11 00 a m Dairy Bowl & Adult Jeopardy Finals Thursday, June 28 10 30 a m Business Meeting 800 am -11 00 am Dairy Bowl & Adult Jeopardy Finals 700 p m -1000 p m Banquet (social hour 630 pm 11 00 a m -1200 p m Junior Forum 12 30pm -400 pm Junior Awards Banquet Hydrostatic Drive and Stainless Steel For more information, contact your local dealer. Weaverline LLC Churchtown, Pa Phone 717-445-6724 Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort 1000 Boardwalk at Virginia Avenue Atlantic City, Naw Jersey June 24- 27, 2002 WEAVER LINE Powered Feed Carts Batter THE NOSE KNOWS We've been told that our food "Stinks" at the Corn Crib Restaurant. Management believes, conversely, that it's an "Aroma". In either case, you should follow the "odor" to Lancaster County's "Smelliest Bistro" 610-593-2721. (Rt 41 - Gap) (Open "Reek" Ends) ‘New Jersey And You’ At National Convention ANDY ANDREWS Editor RINGOES, N.J. The New Jersey Holstein-Friesian Associa tion (NJH-FA) will host the Na tional Holstein Convention in At lantic City June 23-27 at the Taj Mahal Hotel and Casino. “We’re at full steam in all of our efforts and things are going very well for us,” said national convention chairman Joe Valen, Somerset, N.J. Valen provided updates from all planning committee activities late in January this year at the NJH-FA meeting attended by more than 50 members, families, and friends at the Amwell Valley Fire House in Ringoes, N. J. Said Valen, “The National Holstein Convention will provide a unique opportunity for agribu siness representatives to gather with Holstein breeders from around the country in Atlantic City. More than 3,000 are ex pected to attend this exciting event.” The host association has pick ed the theme, “New Jersey and You in 2002,” adopted from the state’s popular tourist slogan, to emphasize the importance of N. J. to the U.S. food-producing indus try. 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AIRPORT 2550' RUNWAY 600' From Dealers!™ a bovine beach-goer, showcases New Jersey agriculture, noted Valen, not just the Holstein asso ciation. The national association will also include a meeting of the jun ior association with host chair person Melanie Richman, Salem County. Richman’s 14 committee mem bers were putting the final touch es on plans for a wide variety of activities with juniors from around the U.S. in Atlantic City. Richman said that about 300 youth from across the country will gather and participate in a wide array of activities, including Dairy Jeopardy, speech contest, Dairy Bowl, beach party (includ ing gaffies such as a relay, kite building, sand castle building, etc.), in addition to dance, a Great Adventure Safari Tour, a tour of the host picnic farm, Cedar Lane, Cowtown Rodeo, a national junior meeting, and lun cheon. For the first time, junior members can also participate in senior meeting and show events in Atlantic City. 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