Pennsylvanians at the 40th All-American Dairy Show, 4-H Dairy Judging Contest:
From left: Chad Dechow, coach; Abigail Onyon; Beth Giangrieco; Justin Hall; Aaron Hoo
ver; and Paul Knight, coach.
Flemington Fairgrounds Hosts Central
Jersey Holstein Show
FLEMINGTON, NJ. The heifer calf, Windy-Knoll-View
grand champion title of the Cher, exhibited by Lynn Bell.
Warren/Central Jersey Holstein
Show went to Femmara Royalist
Jolene, a three-year old exhibited
by Kari Jelliffe of Asbury. She
also was the senior and grand
champion of the youth division.
Reserve champion of the open
show was awarded to Ms Norz-
Hill Outside Ashley exhibited by
Norz-Hill Farm of Hillsborough.
The reserve champion of the
youth division was awarded to
Matthew Puskas showing Mid
dlebush Dusty Marie.
The junior champion of'the
open show was a junior yearling,
Lebec Leduc Gloria, exhibited by
Norz-Hill Farm. The reserve
champion ribbon went to a senior
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Placings of the classes follow.
CENTRAL JERSEY HOLSTEIN SHOW
Junior heifer calves; 1. Norz-Hill Farm. 2.
Norz-Hill Farm. 3. Amanda Wengryn.
Intermediate heifer calves; 1. BSB Hol
steins. i. Brynn Kirby. 3. Ashley Tursky.
Senior heifer calves; 1. Lynn Bell. 2. BSB
Holsteins. 3. Jared Weeks.
Summer junior yearlings; 1. Lynn Bell. 2.
Brynn Kirby.
Junior yearlings: 1. Norz-Hill Farm/Lynn
Bell. 2. Kelly Steimle. 3. BSB Holsteins.
Intermediate yearlings: 1. Norz-Hill Farm.
Senior yearling: 1. Salterfield Farm. 2.
Brynn Kirby. 3. Janet Wengryn.
Junior Champion-Open Division: Norz-
Hill Farm.
Reserve Junior Champion: Lynn Bell.
Junior Champion-Youth Division: Brynn
Kirby.
Reserve Junior Champion: Jared Weeks.
Best three junior females; 1. BSB Hol
steins. 2. Brynn Kirby.
Two-year-old not in milk: 1. Salterfield
Farm.
Junior two-year-old: 1. Norz-Hill Farm. 2.
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Senior two-year-old; 1. Lynn Bell. 2. BSB
Holsteins. 3. Joseph Valen.
Three-year-old: 1. Karl Jelliffe. 2. Norz-
Hill Farm. 3. BSB Holsteins.
Four-year-old: 1. BSB Holsteins.
Mature females; 1. Matthew Puskas. 2.
BSB Holsteins.
Three- and four-year-old dry: 1. Norz-Hill
Farm. 2. BSB Holsteins. 3. Chris Puskas.
Five years and older dry: 1. BSB Hol
steins. 2. Norz-Hill Farm.
Senior and Grand Champion-Open Divi
sion; Kan Jelliffe.
Reserve Senior Champion: Norz-Hill
Farm.
Senior and Grand Champion-Youth Divi
sion: Kari Jelliffe.
Reserve Senior Champion: Matthew
Puskas.
Dam and daughter 1. BSB Holsteins. 2.
Chns Puskas.
Produce of dam: 1. BSB Holsteins.
Best three females: BSB Holsteins.
Dairy herd: 1. BSB Holsteins.
Premier breeder: BSB Holsteins.
Premier exhibitor; BSB Holsteins.
Junior showmanship: 1. Jennifer Wen
gryn.
Intermediate showmanship; 1. Ash-
ley Tursky. 2. Knstma Wengryn. 3.
Chns Puskas.
Senior showmanship: 1. Jared
Weeks. 2. Brynn Kirby. 3. Matthew
Puskas.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 8, 2003-A39
State 4-H Dairy Judging
Team Completes Season
MONTROSE (Susquehanna cows and gave four sets of oral
Co.) The Pennsylvania State reasons.
4-H Dairy Judging Team, Beth
Giangrieco and Abigail Onyon,
Susquehanna County; Justin
Hall, York County; and Aaron
Hoover, Lebanon County, com
pleted their 2003 judging season
at the National 4-H Dairy
Judging contest held in Madison,
Wis., in conjunction with World
Dairy Expo.
Of the 32 teams and 120 indi
viduals from across the United
States in the 4-H competition, the
Pennsylvania team placed sixth
overall and fifth in reasons. Other
team highlights included top ten
finishes in the Brown Swiss, Hol
stein and Jersey breeds. On an in
dividual basis, Giangrieco was
named an All American dairy
judge by placing fifth overall.
On Sept. 22 the Pennsylvania
team competed in Harrisburg, at
the All-American Invitational
4-H Dairy Judging Competition.
Fourteen teams from various
states judged 10 classes of dairy
Seem Named Interim
Director Of Station
GENEVA, N.Y. Robert C.
Seem, Cornell University profes
sor of plant pathology, has been
named interim director of the
New York State Agricultural Ex
periment Station, effective Jan. 1,
2004.
Seem has served as the sta
tion’s associate director since
1990. James E. Hunter, who has
served as the director of the sta
tion for 13.5 years, had previous
ly announced his plans to resign
as director. Hunter will investi
gate the diversity of interactions
between academe and industry
beginning Jan. 1.
Hunter said that he has every
confidence in Bob Seem because
“there’s nothing at the station
about which Bob is not well in
formed.”
“Bob’s dedicated service for 13
years as associate director has
In the Harrisburg contest, the
team placed second overall
missing first by only two points
and placed first in oral reasons.
Sealing their second place finish
included placing first in both the
Holstein and Ayrshire breeds and
the team placed fifth in the
Brown Swiss and Jersey breeds.
Individual placings included
Giangrieco placing third overall,
Onyon placing fourth overall,
Hoover placing fifth overall and
Hall placing fifth in the Holstein
breed.
At the national event, the team
saw cattle that are known world
wide, gazed out the windows at
the Sears Tower, Chicago, 111.,
and did some sightseeing at
Nasco International headquar
ters, the National Dairy Shrine
museum, and the Hoard’s Dairy
man printing press and Guernsey
farm, all in Fort Atkinson, Wis.
prepared him well for this role,”
said Susan A. Henry, The Ronald
P. Lynch Dean of Agriculture
and Life Sciences. “I am confi
dent that he will be able to pro
vide the necessary leadership and
continuity to ensure a seamless
transition to the new administra
tion.”
“At this time, I expect to main
tain all ongoing programs and
not undertake any major initia
tives,” said Seem. Current pro
grams include the implementa
tion of a new administrative
service center as part of the uni
versity-wide Workforce Planning
Initiative, ongoing budget plan
ning, work with the Ag & Food
Tech Park, and continuing devel
opment of a new Vineyard Labo
ratory in Fredonia.
Seem is a native of the Allen
town area in eastern Pennsylva-
nia, and a graduate of
Penn State, where he re
ceived a bachelor’s de
gree in botany, and a
master’s and doctorate
degree in plant patholo
gy. He joined the depart
ment of plant pathology
at Cornell as an assist
ant professor of plant
pathology in 1975, and
was promoted to full
professor in 1998. Seem
specializes in the epide
miology, biology, and
control of fruit and vege
table diseases with em
phasis on the develop
ment of decision support
systems ranging from
simple models of disease
to sophisticated simula
tion models.