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Vol. 48 No. 5
Ya. Dairy Bowl Quiz Team Takes National Championship
The Virginia 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl Team won a rjajienal dairy contest recently. Seated
from left, Coaches Dave Winston, Patty Leonard, aniJulie Clemons. Standing, from left,
Josh Clemons, Sarah Clemons, Brian House, and Sarah Leonard.
Father, Son Team Up On Somerset County Beef Enterprise
SANDRA LEPLEY
Somerset Co. Correspondent
WELLERSBURG (Somerset
Co.) For four generations, the
Koms family of Southampton
Township has farmed full time
off Palo Alto Road near Wellers
burg. Most recently, a father-son
team has endeavored to produce
high quality beef calves for 4-H
and FFA students.
Bowles Addresses Risk
Management At Seminar
MICHELLE KUNJAPPU
Lancaster Farming Staff
NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster
Co.) “I’ll never tell anybody
that you must trade futures but
what I will tell you is that you
must understand it,” said Jonah
Bowles. /9S nsk management
coordinator, Virginia Farm Bu
reau Federation.
Bowles spoke to a group of al
most 20 producers and beef in-
Glenn Shirk, center, receives the George C. Delp Award at the Lancaster Ag Chamber
Banquet Monday evening. Joining Shirk, from left, are John Phipps, keynote speaker;
Elliot Abrams, master of ceremonies; Jay Shannon, ag committee chairman; and Brent
Landis, ag services coordinator. Photo by Dave Lefever
www.lancasteifarming.com
Dave Koms and his wife
Becky (Carpenter), their son
Christopher and his wife Lisa
(Moweiy), and their daughter Sa
mantha take on the daily respon
sibility of a beef farm with about
150 brood cows, Angus-based,
and five bulls, Angus and Angus-
Maine Anjou.
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dustry representatives at a work
shop conducted Monday at
Yoder’s Restaurant, New Hol
land.
Bowles, a former stock broker
and commodity broker with ex
perience in futures, emphasized
that understanding futures is im
portant. Futures markets de
termine the price of cattle and
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Dave, left, and Becky Korns have been farming ever since they got married in 1969.
Here, they are pictured with their son, Chris, standing, and his daughter Samantha
Grace, 4. Chris recently returned from the North American International Livestock Expo
sition in Louisville, Ky., where he placed second in his class.
Photo by Sandra Lepley, Somerset Co. correspondent
Saturday, November 30, 2002
GAY BROWNLEE
Virginia Correspondent
LOUISVILLE, Ky. It was a
historic moment Nov. 8-9 when
the 4-H Dairy Bowl Quiz Team
from Virginia won the national
championship for the first time in
contest history.
The 21-team competition was
conducted at the 2002 North
American International Live
stock Exposition Invitational
4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl.
Coach Dave Winston, exten
sion dairy scientist, 4-H youth,
from Virginia Tech was pleased
with his team’s performance and
proud of its hard work.
“I knew this was a strong team
before we went out there,” said
Winston, who was coaching his
ninth team. “You wonder about
what kind of questions you will
be asked, but they were very well
prepared.
“It was a nice accomplishment
for the Dairy Bowl program,” the
coach said with satisfaction. On
Jan. 22, at the State Dairymen’s
Convention in Staunton, he said
the youths will be recognized
again.
Ag Community Has Strong
Showing At Chamber Banquet
Glenn Shirk Receives Delp Award
DAVE LEFEVER
Lancaster Farming Staff
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
The insights and humor of a
nationally known ag journalist,
three new Century Farm family
recipients, and presentation of
the 14th George C. Delp Award
highlighted the Lancaster Ag
Chamber Banquet at Willow Val
ley Monday evening.
About 750 people from the ag
community turned out for the
26th annual event. EUiot Abrams
of AccuWeather was master of
ceremonies.
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En route to the victory Virgin
ia had seven wins and one loss in
the double-elimination tourna
ment. The wins were against Illi
nois, Kentucky, Minnesota, New
York (twice), Ohio, and Pennsyl
vania.
The solitary loss came against
Illinois. “It was a close match.
We have a good rivalry,” said
Winston, a longtime friend of his
opponent. Winston, however, was
unable to recall the particular
question which caused the upset.
Team members were helped by
knowing each of their talents.
The team consisted of Sarah
Clemons and Josh Clemons,
members of the Madison 4-H
Dairy Club, and Brian House
and Sarah Leonard, members of
the Fauquier-Prince William 4-H
Dairy Club.
In addition to their having
studied hard in preparation for
the challenge, Winston said it
was their acquaintance with one
another that created a team
chemistry.
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Brent Landis, ag services coor
dinator, praised the group for
their loyal support of agriculture
in attending the “largest ag ban
quet in Pennsylvania,” even in
the face of hard challenges such
as this year’s drought and ad
verse market conditions.
Such large attendance helps
show that “the vital role ag plays
in our community should never
be underestimated,” Landis said.
Glenn Shirk, recently retired
Lancaster County dairy agent,
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