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EVERYTHING YOU VALUE $155 per person for five nights of lodging at the convention hotel. The bus will depart from the Pennsylvania Holstein Office, State College, on Friday, June 20 and will make one stop in Harris burg. The group will return Wednesday, June 25. If you are interested in the jun ior bus trip, please complete the registration information below and return it by May 7. A down payment of $lOO per person is due by May 7. The balance will be due June 1. Maryland & Virginia’s 2003 Outstanding Young Cooper ators are, left to right, Mary and John Goodwin, Tammie and Timmy French, and Tom and Terry Lam with daughter Cassidy. Maryland & Virginia Co-Op Names Outstanding Young Cooperators RESTON, Va. Timmy and Tammie French from Woodstock, Va., were named Outstanding Young Cooperators at Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers’ YC Conference last month in Hampton, Va. The award recognizes the cooperative’s outstanding young members Woodbine Backyard Power 15095 Fedenck Road (410) 442-1900 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 19, 2003-A37 who are committed to the dairy industry and who are active in dairy and farm organizations. The Frenches manage Skip-A-Dale Farm, where they milk 95 Jerseys and Holsteins and farm 200 acres. They are both equally involved in a variety of dairy and agricultural activities and received the Cooperative Leadership Award from the Virginia Council of Farmer Cooperatives last year. They have two sons, Tyler and Tabb, and are expecting a third child in May. First runners-up were Tom and Terry Lam from Bridgewater, Va. The couple milks 140 cows and farms 600 acres on South Bound Holsteins, the dairy portion of Walnut Grove Farm, Tom’s fami ly turkey, beef and dairy cattle operation. Tom was a national finalist in the Young Farmers Asso ciation’s Spokesperson for Agriculture Contest. Terry was a high school agriculture and FFA ad viser for six years and received the 2002 Outstand ing Young Teacher Award from the Virginia Asso ciation of Ag Educators. The Lams have a one year-old daughter, Cassidy. Second runners-up were John and Mary Good win from Orange, Va. They operate a 1,600-acre 100-cow dairy farm in partnership with John’s fa ther. John was named the “Cooperative Young Farmer of the Year” by the Virginia Council of Farmer Cooperatives. Mary works for Orange- Madison Cooperative Farm Service and was named the Outstanding Virginia State 4-H Dairy Leader. The Goodwins have two sons, John Wall er and Robert Byrd. All six winners are Virginia Tech graduates and will be attending the National Milk Producers Federation Annual Meeting and YC Conference in New Orleans, La., in November. The Frenches will also attend the Washington Conference sponsored by the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives in Washington, D.C. in June. 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