Lebanon County 4-H Dairy Banquet Honors Members
The Hoard’s Dairyman Contest winner this year was
Micah Heagy of the NoSoAnn Dairy Club with 448 points
out of 500. Micah recently moved to Red Creek, N.Y. with
his family to dairy there. Here, he is congratulated by
Galen Kopp, left.
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Lebanon County 4-H dairy winners. Front row, from left, Royell Bashore, Ethan Him
melberger, Chad Horst, Jesse Hostetter, and David Maulfair. Back row, from left, Laura
Biauch, Jessica Rose, Becky Wenger, Kole Reist, Chelsea Horst, Kelly Reist, and Jessi
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LEBANON (Lebanon Co.) The
annual Lebanon County
4-H Dairy Banquet was conducted
Nov. 15 at the Midway Church of the
Brethren, with approximately 135 at
tending.
Jared Zimmerman served as the
master of ceremonies with Audrey
Hoover and Derek Hostetter leading
the group in the pledge of allegiance
and the 4-H pledge. Mark Balmer
gave the invocation.
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Lebanon County dairy princess, gave
a speech about the dairy industry in
Pennsylvania and thanked the group
for their support. Jared Zimmerman
recognized all the leaders from the
four 4-H dairy clubs in the county.
Janelle Arnold, Cedar Crest Dairy
Club; Kelly Horning, Elco Dairy
Club: Jessica Bross, Norlebco Dairy
Club; and Janelle Zimmerman, No-
SoAnn Dairy Club completed recog
nition of members.
Outstanding member awards were:
• Rookie of the Year: Royell Ba
shore, Norlebco Dairy Club; Becky
Wenger, Cedar Crest Dairy Club;
and Jesse Hostetter, NoSoAnn Dairy
Club.
• Outstanding Level I: David
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Maulfair, Norlebco Dairy Club; Kelly
Reist, Cedar Crest Dairy Club;
Ethan Himmelberger, NoSoAnn
Dairy Club; and Chad Horst, Elco
Dairy Club.
• Outstanding Level II: Kole
Reist, Cedar Crest Dairy Club; Jessi
ca Rose, NoSoAnn Dairy Club; Jessi
ca Bross, Norlebco Dairy Club; and
Chelsea Horst, Elco Dairy Club.
Hoard's Dairyman Contest: Micah
Heagy, NoSoAnn Dairy Club.
Alan Hostetler gave comments on
the dairy judging team and Galen
Kopp congratulated the Lebanon
County 4-H dairy quiz bowl team for
placing fifth out of 22 teams in Lou
isville, Ky. at the National Competi
tion in early November.
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