Lancaster County 4-H Success Encompasses All Age Groups
Outstanding club member awards went to Shepherd of
the Year Derick Bollinger, seated, Woolies Club; standing
from left, Carolyn Kensinger, Goat Club; Ryan Donough,
Beef Club and Swine Club, and Sarah Graybill, Dairy Beef
Club.
LOU ANN GOOD
Food And Family
Features Editor
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
Hundreds of 4-H members,
leaders, and supporters packed
the Farm and Home Center for
the annual Lancaster 4-H Live
stock Banquet Feb. 7.
Swine, beef, woolies, dairy
beef, and goat clubs recognized
achieving members, honored vol
unteer leaders for their services,
and thanked the financial con
tributors from the many business
es that support the pro
gram. Members
recognized for outstand
ing performance in the
five different livestock
clubs are as follows:
Beef Club
Ryan Donough, Man
heim, grew up in a Farm
Show family. For 11
years, he has been a con-
sistent showman with
several species at county,
regional, and state levels.
He won the Intel! calf for his out
standing showman abilities, and
twice exhibited the reserve cham
pion roundup steer. He served as
treasurer and news reporter for
the Red Rose Beef Club.
The Donough family hosted
judging practices at their farm.
Ryan also attended leadership
training events, and was a state
winner in both livestock and
meats judging. This year Ryan
was named outstanding member
of the Red Rose Beef Club.
Ryan Nolt, New Holland,
showed the champion middle
weight market steer at the Penn
sylvania Farm Show. On Friday
evening, he captured another big
win when he was awarded the
Hoss’ Steer of the Year award.
Red Rose Rookie Award went
to Jessica Keefer, for her hard
working and enthusiastic attitude
that resulted in success during
her first year of showing.
Award winners for county beef
roundup went to Tiffany Dean,
Strasburg, who showed the grand
champion steer and the heifer;
Katrina Frey, Quarryville, re
serve champion steer and heifer;
Katie Nolt, New Holland, grand
champion showman and Intell
steer winner; Nicole Hess, Mount
Joy. reserve champion showman
and $3OO award winner from
Lancaster Farming.
Top senior beef record book
was achieved by Tiffany Dean;
honorable mention went to Katri
na Frey. Top junior beef record
book award went to Barbara
Pfender, and honorable mention
to Jessica Keefer.
Daniel Fox received the Red
Rose Beef Club President’s
Award.
Carolyn Kensinger received
the Jake Fisher Outstanding
Member
Award and a
$2OO savings
bond for her
outstanding
leadership
and project
skills.
Amanda Grube, who has been
showing goats since she was three
and is in her final year of 4-H, re
ceived the Goat Club President
Award. Amanda also was the
grand champion showman at the
county 4-H Goat Roundup.
Rachel Keener received an
award for showing the grand
champion market goat and Brian
Geib for the reserve title. Jessica
Esh was named reserve champi
on showman.
Dairy Beef Club
Three dairy beef club members
received special awards for above
and beyond dedication to the
club and fellow members: Natalie
Cutugno, Sarah Graybill, and
Lori Peters. Sarah also received
the President’s Award.
County 4-H Dairy Beef
Awards went to Jenna Hersh
berger, grand champion dairy
beef; Lori Peters, reserve champi
on dairy beef and grand champi
on showman.
Top three senior record book
award winners were Lori Hess,
first; Linford Hershey, second;
and Sarah Graybill, third.
Junior record book award win
ners >vere Ashley Shearer, first;
Goat Club
Rookie of
the Year
went to
Derek
Spayd.
Top record book awards went to Ashley Shearer, Junior Dairy Beef; Johanna Rohrer,
Swine Club; Barbara Pfender, Junior Beef; Lori Hess, Dairy Beef Club; Luke Hershey,
Junior Woolies Club; Kelsey Binkley, Sheep Club; Stephen Geib, Junior Swine; Kyle
Ream, Jr. Goat Club; Tiffany Dean, Beef Club; and Carolyn Kensinger, Goat Club.
Lisa Hershey, second; and Aman
da Hershey, third.
Woolies Club
Ryan Donough, Manheim, re
ceived the Woolies Club Schol
arship for $250. Ryan has been
accepted at Kansas State Univer
sity where he will study animal
science. Ryan has shown more
than 100 market lambs during
his 11 years in the Woolies 4-H
Club.
He has served as president,
vice president, treasurer, news re
porter, and Shepherd of the Year
in 2001.
This year Ryan passed on the
rotating Shepherd of the Year
trophy to Derick Bollinger, Man
heim, who also received a $2OO
savings bond. In his 10 years with
the club, Derick showed more
than 60 market lambs at 50
events, where he was a consistent
winner at local, regional and
state competitions. Derick was
also a member of the State 4-H
Champion Meats Judging team
in 1999 and the State Champion
Livestock Team of 2002.
Novice Shepherd Awards went
to two club members Freddy Frey
and Miriam Henry, who also was
named champion showman at
Roundup.
County 4-H sheep Roundup
awards went to Kelsey Binkley,
for showing the grand champion
market lamb, supreme champion
ewe, champion bred and owned
ewe, and 4-H lead line winner,
and top senior record book. Tiffa
ny Dean showed the reserve
champion market lamb and was
named grand champion show
man; Joelynn Donough showed
the champion bred and owned
market lamb.
Honorable mention senior re
cord book awards went to Katri
na Frey, Tiffany Dean, Stephanie
Kauffman, and Johanna Rohrer.
Top junior record book went to
Luke Hershey. Honorable men
tion for junior record books were
Joshua Ackley, Freddy Frey, Mi
riam Henry, and Roanna Martin.
Adam Zurin received the dub
president award.
Swine Club
Ryan Donough was named
outstanding club member in
swine in addition to beef and last
year in sheep. He was a state
champion livestock judging team
member, state champion 4-H
meats team member.
Rookie of the Year awards went to Freddy Frey, Wool
ies Club; Jessica Keefer, Red Rose Beef Club; Miriam
Henry, Woolies Club; and Derek Spayd, Goat Club.
Record book ninnerups in the five separate livestock
clubs included, from left, Philip Hers hey, Freddy Frey, Ka
trina Frey, Stephen Gipe, Jessica Ethan, Miriam Henry,
Amanda Hershey, Lisa Hershey, Roanna Martin, Lori Hess,
Johanna Rohrer, Tiffany Dean, Stephanie Kauffman, and
Josh Achley.
Rookie of the Year Award Top senior swine record book
went to Marie Bard, who had an went to Johanna Rohrer and
excellent junior record book and honorable mention to Lisa Her
won reserve middleweight cham- shey, Loren Hershey, Lori Hess,
pion hog at the 4-H Fair. and Tiffany Dean.
County roundup awards went , u Ste P hen Geib P lac f * st “
. i r. n v . . the junior swine record book with
to Jonathon Rupert, champion hon J orable mentions going t 0
market hog; Ryan Donough, re- Amanda Hershey, Philip Her
serve champion market hog; shey, Luke Hershey, and Justin
Holly Hoover, grand champion Welk.
showman; and Elizabeth Bard,
reserve champion showman.
Loren Hershey received the
club president award.