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Dick 330-948-1427 Tom 330-948-1137Bill 330-608-9770 Tyler 330-416-8891

Jim Morlock, Jr.Fitting and Showing

Visitors Are Always Welcome

Backed By Seven Generations of Barbies

2014 Classification Results For All Breeds• 20 Excellent• 28 Very Good• 8 Good PlusNone Lower

MS Brasilia Atwood Barby-ETFlushed to Absolute-Red and Doorman• Full Sister to Butz-Butler Brady-ET at Taurus• 3/4 Sister to Butz-Butler Gold Barbara EX-92 3X Unanimous All-American in Milking Form

Thank You To All Visitors and Those Interested in Our Animals!

MS Brasilia Atwood Barby-ET

Butz-Butler Gold Barbara EX-92

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20-YEAR PROGRESSIVE GENETICS HERD AWARDBill, Brian and Michael Ramsey Families

7632 Columbus Road NE • Louisville, OH 44641 • Phone & Fax 330-875-4539

Paradise-R BWM Bella 3180-EX-91 3E Approaching 400,000

Paradise-R Millennium Sevita-EX-91 2EJust went over 300,000

Four NEW Over 200,000• Paradise-R Mar Sears 3999 VG-85• Paradise-R Boliver Kendra 3933• Paradise-R Simone Melo 3972• Paradise-R Annas Daisy 4025

Off to the Convention Sale...Nevin & Brenda Lamoreaux are selling the highest Montross out of Lindlaur Gabor Annette. Annette is the 2013 All-Ohio Jr 2-Yr-Old and the 2014 All-Ohio Jr 3-Yr-Old.

DOB 6-22-2014+2382 GTPI+1216 M+ 508 NM$+4.PL+7.30 DPROver +2.00 on Type UdderA very early Montross Daughter

Lindlaur Gabor Annette-EX-91

Thank You to our Bull

Buyers!

Paradise-R BWM Bella 3180-EX-91 3E


(USPS 404-600) (ISSN: 0899-4862)Official Publication of the Ohio Holstein Association

Volume 80 Number 1February/March 2015

Published 5 times per year in February, May, August, October and December at Sugarcreek, OH

by the OHIO HOLSTEIN ASSOCIATIONP.O. Box 479, Wooster, OH 44691

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OFFICE STAFFExecutive Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom Thorbahncell 419-366-8135 [email protected] Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diana Miley [email protected] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jackie Bickelcell 513-300-7291 [email protected] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Spike [email protected]

OFFICERSPresident . . . . . Dallas Rynd, Ashville. . . cell 740-207-5005Vice President . Randall Kiko, Salem . . . . . . .330-831-0174Secretary . . . . . Cathy Berg, Bellville . . . . . . .419-886-2871Treasurer . . . . . Lisa Kerr, N. Fairfield . . . cell 419-606-0527

EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERSJoe Miley, Past President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330-263-7814Lamar Liming, Mineral Ridge . . . . . . . . . . . . 330-770-6206Greg Conrad, New Holland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740-495-5067

NATIONAL DIRECTORMike Jones760 East 450 North, Marshall, IN 47859. . . . 765-592-0644

BOARD MEMBERSDist. 1 Lamar Liming, Mineral Ridge . . . . . . 330-770-6206Dist. 2 Adam Whiteleather, Salem . . . . . . . . 330-205-1738Dist. 3 John Hartline, Whipple . . . . . . . . . . . .740-236-7240Dist. 4 Jen Bouton, Mt. Vernon . . . . . . . . . . . 740-507-8271Dist. 5 Greg Conrad, New Holland. . . . . . . . . 740-495-5067Dist. 7 Lisa Mangun, Burbank . . . . . . . . . . . . 330-435-6520Dist. 7 Paul Haskins, Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419-618-4028Dist. 8 Ryan Welch, Polk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .419-651-5281Dist. 9 Matt Lawson, Bluffton . . . . . . . . . . . . 937-538-7110Dist. 10 Laurie Menzie, McClure . . . . . . . . . . 740-624-6367Dist. 11 Kristy Ackley, East Liberty . . . . . . . . 937-666-5502Dist. 12 Marvin Steinke, Wapakoneta . . . . . 419-738-7174Dist. 13 Jenny Thomas, Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . 614-395-9823Dist. 14 Eric Topp, Wapakoneta. . . . . . . . . . . 419-953-3427Dist. 15 Don Bickel, New Vienna . . . . . . . . . .937-218-2697

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The Board of Directors of the Ohio Holstein Associationhas adopted the following:

“The Mission of the Ohio Holstein Association is to provide services andprograms to its members and young people so that they might attain

a better living from their involvement with Holsteins.”

ContentsFrom the President, by Dallas Rynd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Coming Up in the May/June Issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2015 Ohio News Publication Deadlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

NEW! From The Pasture To The Parlor Photo Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

A Message From the Executive Director, by Tom Thorbahn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

From the Editor, by Jackie Bickel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2015 Ohio Holstein State Convention Schedule of Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

From Your Regional Representative, by Glen Sageser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Ohio Holstein Women’s News Update, by Kathy Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Ohio Holstein Fall Sale Report, by Barb Lumley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Ohio 4-H Dairy Team Updates, by Sherry Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

DairyPalooza Event Update, by Bonnie Ayars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

BarbWire, by Barb Lumley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Ohio State Collegiate Dairy Team Update, by Bonnie Ayars . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Ohio Holstein Convention Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-31

Reflections of Quietcove, Our Convention Sponsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Ohio News Advertising Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Ohio News August/September Cover Design Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

The Queen’s Corner, by Allison Mangun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Junior Jottings, by Keaton Topp, News Reporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Ohio 4-H and FFA 2015 Event Dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

A Request for Ohio Dairy Team Photos, by Bonnie Ayars . . . . . . . . 63

Upcoming Dates for District 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Index to Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Coming Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

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A Sincere Thank You to District 12 Members and Quietcove Holsteins for Hosting the 95th Annual

Meeting and Convention Sale.

The efforts of the Annual Meeting Committee and other volunteers working on the Sale and

behind the scenes to make this event a success is greatly appreciated!

This issue’s cover photo, compliments of Bovine Designs

U-Dean Farms669 St. Rt. 89, Polk, OH 44866

Welch Family Farm since 1867 • Registered Holsteins since 1913Esther, Karen & Scott Welch

419-945-2250Dean & Doris Welch

419-945-2411Randy & Mike

419-945-2542cell 419-606-6945

Ryan419-651-5281


I couldn’t have done it without you. Thank you to each and every one of you who have helped our association thrive in so many ways.

As my term comes to a close, I want you to know that our association is in great shape. We have had many challenges, but we have also had changes, positive changes. Tom Thorbahn is leading us as our executive director and Jackie Bickel has taken over the reins as editor of the Ohio News. As Judy likes to remind me, the song says that “time and change will surely show, how firm thy friendship…….O..HI..O!” That song doesn’t just apply to our national champion Buckeyes. It also applies to the Ohio Holstein Association. Ohio Holstein has many friends and it has shown me over and over again just how firm that friendship is. Thank you for this opportunity. I have been honored to serve as your President.

From The President

By Dallas Rynd

March 13 and 14 will be our annual convention. I’m looking forward to it and hope that you will be marking it on your calendar. The committees are planning a fun time for all of us. Quietcove Holsteins will be hosting our sale and it looks like the line-up will be excellent. The meeting portion of the weekend will be at the Howard Johnson in Lima. Hopefully, you will be able to attend.

It’s hard to believe that’s it is time to write another President’s Column. I didn’t think it would be this difficult to write my last column, but it is certainly bittersweet. Just two years ago, I was excited and a bit nervous as I stepped into the role as the President of the Ohio Holstein Association. Nowhere in my wildest dreams could I have guessed what the future would bring. To say the least, it has been a great challenge.

But, I’ve learned firsthand how many of our members are so passionate about their cows, their farms and this organization. That really stands out for me. It’s what makes this organization so strong and resilient. Whenever I asked for help over the past two years, I got it. From the executive committee, to the full board, to the membership,

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What a pleasure it is to write acolumn about a woman who has doneincredible things to advance ourassociation and the Holstein cow. Thisissue of the Ohio News is a tribute tojust that person, Esther Welch. Estherhas given our association and ourmagazine much dedication, effort, andmost of all, passion for the past 24

years. She has always been a promoter for Ohio Holstein,no matter what event she was at or what state she was in.Simply put, Esther’s glass was always half full and never halfempty. I have always admired that.

We had a great turnout for the Ohio HolsteinAssociation summer celebration on August 16. Hopefully,you were able to be there, but if you weren’t, the day startedwith an open house at the office. Esther was there as thehonored guest, and lots of folks attended. There were lots ofstories told and memories revisited. We had a beautifulcake and refreshments. I truly believe Esther had a wonder-ful time and enjoyed visiting with family and friends.

After the open house, the group ventured to thefairgrounds to hear John Burket speak. John is fromPennsylvania and is a newly-elected representative to theHolstein Association. John talked about the Burket FallsFarm and polled Holsteins. He also entertained questionsrelating to being on the national board of directors.

Prior to the sale, we had a BBQ meal with great food andwonderful fellowship. As an association, we presentedEsther with a bouquet of roses and a small gift for her manyyears of dedication to our association. Additionally, we hadplanted a tree at the office in her honor.

The Summer Sale was next on the day’s agenda. Therewas a great group of cows with outstanding udders. The salewent extremely well with a $3,400 average on 44 head.

A special thank you to all of the volunteers who helpedmake the day a great success. We had events at both theoffice and the fairgrounds. We had a speaker, a Junior eventand a great sale. And, as always, no one person could do allof this by himself or herself.

The entire day was a celebration of how far we havecome and the dedicated individuals that have helped alongthe way. Esther, we truly appreciate everything you havedone for our organization, and while we hope you enjoyyour “retirement,” we all look forward to your continuedpromotion of the Ohio Holstein Association!

From the Presidentby Dallas Rynd

Tony Menzie, me, Don Bennink of North Florida Dairy and Estherin the Ohio Holstein booth at 2013 World Dairy Expo.

photo by Karen Welch, 10-3-2013

Membership Directory

Report From The2015 Convention

Feature Story On Robot Milkers

Meet New Board Members, Association

Officers and 2015 Award Recipients

Updates on the 2015 Ohio State Fair

And More!

Next Issue

A Current FavoriteU-Dean Sensation Tracement EX-90

5-05 282D 26,068M 1,137F 727P.She has a Dempsey daughter and

is due in April to Brazzle.She traces back to

U-Dean Valiant Treasure VG-85and to U-Dean Bova Trumpet VG-85.

THANK YOUBryan S. Vosi, Minerva, Ohio

for purchasing U-Dean Dundee Amanda-ETat the 2014 Ohio Holstein Fall Sale

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Thanksgiving Day......officially comes but once a year on the calendar......but I have learned that it should occur each day and it is right to acknowledge as often as one can!

We are thankful for our the health we have and our ability to enjoy our family as they move on in their lives...grandkids are especially a joy! Our friends and neighbors are another source of joy.

My Holsteins are my pride and joy! We are truly thankful for the Rausch family (Bill, Joyce, Brian and Jen) and their good employees who keep our cows and heifers doing well.

Our most recent herd-average BAA is from 6/14 and our production figures are from the October DHI report.

38 cows 27,893 3.7% 1,037 3.1% 861 BAA 105.5

Taking Inventory at Year’s End

36 Cows Avg. TPI +1890• 4 - USDA Elite, Locator List - Genomic, Top 10,000• 7- Locator List, Top 10,000• 11- 30.6% “honored”

38 Heifers Avg. 2101G (35 old enough to be genome–tested)

• 13 - USDA Elite, Locator List - Genomic• 9 - Locator List - Genomic• 22 - 61.1% “honored”

6 Heifers merchandised (2013-2014)• 2 - USDA Elite, Locator List - Genomic • 2 - Locator List-Genomic

Watch for our consignment in the SPRING SALE at Wooster!

Classification Day 1-15-15

Pine-Tree Shottle Winnie is now 2E EX-90 E-E-E-V-E!

• She looks very youthful as she finishes her 4th lactation, wearing an EX-92 MS!

• LIFETIME to DATE: 132,229M 3.9% 5113F 3.0% 3974P

• She is due May 12 to 7HO12008 HALOGEN

• Her +2374G Mogul daughter is an early consignment to the OH Spring Sale by Pine-Tree Dairy.

Watch for her!!

EX-91 *RC Gabor Annette, GTPI +2499 Fresh Mogul,

RED Kingboy

Featured Lots in the Spring Convention SaleUpcoming Deadline for

Ohio NewsMay/June 2015 Issue

Editorials and Articles . . . . . . . . . April 10Ads to be Designed . . . . . . . . . . . April 10Finished Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 15

August/September 2015 IssueEditorials and Articles . . . . . . . . . . July 20Ads to be Designed . . . . . . . . . . . . July 20Finished Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 25

October/November 2015 IssueEditorials and Articles . . . September 10Ads to be Designed . . . . . September 10Finished Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . September 15

December 2015 IssueEditorials and Articles . . . .November 10Ads to be Designed . . . . . November 10Finished Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . November 15


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Lindlaur Gabor Annette-EX-91Just freshened from her 3rd calf, she SELLS. 1st Mideast National Jr. 3-year-old 2014,1st Mideast National Jr. 2-year-old 2013, GTPI +2072.

OTHER LOTS FROM ANNETTEHer RED Big Apple winter calf SELLS.

5 IVF, DT Reverse-Sort (Female) embryos by Gilette Windbrook.

4 IVF, DT Reverse-Sort (Female) embryos by Scientific B Defiant RC.

GTPI +2499 Mogul SellsHer Mogul daughter SELLS, scored VG-85, 87-MS @ 2-4;1-11 81 dim 6,438 4.1F 265 3.1P 198. 92.5 lbs on last milk test, 20 SCS. Open, Donor Dam.

GTPI + 2298 Variant Red Kingboy SellsA winter heifer calf SELLS, dam sold in 2014 Ohio Convention Sale for $8000.

EX-91 *RC Gabor Annette, GTPI +2499 Fresh Mogul,

RED Kingboy

Featured Lots in the Spring Convention Sale

INDLAUR GABOR ANNETTE-EX-91L

INE-TREE DIE HARD SHARLA-ET-VG-88P AS-K GUTHRIE TREASURE-RED VG-86, 88-MSJ

Annette Sells!

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A Message From Our Executive Director

By Tom Thorbahn

By the time you read this, all the glitter and tinsel of the holidays will packed away until next year, and the New Year will be marching forward. I look forward to all those special moments and events that will set this year apart from all the years before. As the Ohio Holstein Association enters 2015, we look forward to the many activities for our Holstein mem-bership. Some districts will be holding annual meet-ings and banquets. I especially want to invite each of you to our 95th Convention and Annual Meeting on March 13 and 14, hosted by District 12.

On Friday, March 13, beginning at 11:00 AM, our Ohio Convention Sale will commence at Quietcove Holsteins, 17932 Fryburg Rd., Wapakoneta; followed by the Quietcove eTag Sale from 2:00 PM, March 13 to 12:00 noon, Sunday, March 15. The Sale Committee has put together a tremendous group of cattle for the Convention Sale and Quietcove offers some of their very best.

If you need that special show animal, a good young cow, or perhaps a high genomic animal, this weekend offers a great opportunity to support your association and great Ohio breeders. The day will be rounded out with a judging contest, a District 12 celebration, and Ohio Junior activities held at the Howard Johnson in Lima. On Saturday, March 14, at the Howard Johnson motel, Lima , will be the annual meeting, starting at 9:00 AM. At noon will be the Awards Luncheon and Queen’s Contest, followed by the Ohio Holstein Women’s fun auction. The Ohio Holstein Junior Association and the Ohio Holstein Women will have their respective meetings in the morning. You are all invited, come and be a part of your association. As we look past the dredges of winter, spring will be upon us; with that comes warmer and longer days and the beginning of the show season, Spring Dairy Expo is April 2-4. I know it will be the beginning of anoth-er great show season. I look forward to seeing many of you at these events and promoting our great Ohio Registered Holsteins.

JUNIOR ALL-OHIOTo apply for Junior All-Ohio Awards, you need to fill out the following and send with a copy ofthe registration (both sides) and a current picture of your animal to: The Ohio Holstein Association,P.O. Box 479, Wooster, OH 44691 by December 1, 2014.

Exhibitor _____________________________________________ District _________________________

Address _______________________________________________________________________________

City ________________________________________________ Zip _____________________________

Animal _______________________________________ Class __________________________________

SHOW PLACINGS: State Show ____________ State Fair _____________ District _____________

This form may be duplicated.

This form, registration paper and photo must be sent to the Ohio Holstein office to be considered for JuniorAll-Ohio Awards. Please include a head shot or small photo of the Junior owner of the animal. Rules canbe found on page 67 of the May/June 2014 issue of Ohio News and on the Ohio Holstein website atwww.ohioholstein.com.

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Since 2011, January and February have become bittersweet months for me. Although the turn in the calendar page signifies a fresh beginning with the new year, it is also a reminder to me that another year has passed without my father in my life.

One of my favorite memories I have of my dad are the many, many car rides we would take as a family on Sundays after church. Ever since I can remember, Dad never took the direct route home. Instead, we would take “the long way home,” which usually entailed in fierce objections from my sister, brother and I, as we would grumble and groan from our assigned spots in the back seat.

Looking back, I realize that those travels held many teachable moments for me that I would apply to life as an adult...especially here on the dairy farm.

There is a hierarchy. Everyone does their time in the back seat. And I hated the back seat! I sat behind my father, my sister sat on the opposite side, and when my brother was born, he had to sit in the middle (mostly as barrier between the squabbles between my sister and I). But it was from this seat that I learned how to navigate around our town. I refined my skills of patience, self-control and respecting authority. Dad often would quiz us on what we learned in school that week. It was the one day where we had his undivided attention and he had a captive audience for telling stories from his own childhood. So, we did our time, dodged Dad’s swift backhand when we were disorderly, giggled at Mom’s attempts to read road maps and learned to co-exist with one another in close quarters.

Same goes in the barn. You have to start in the “back seat,” feeding bottle babies, cleaning calf huts out with a pitch fork and basically being the grunt of the operation. These may be menial tasks, but they are chores that must be mastered before you can be promoted to the more glamorous jobs on the farm. It is in these tasks, that we learn the fundamentals of the industry, watching the “driver” and “co-pilot”

work together. There are many times that I am doing the grunt work right along with Emma and Maggie, because I have not put in the 42 years of calf-feeding and manure slinging that my husband has. And he reminds me of this on a very regular basis!

Being co-pilot is a daunting responsibility. And as long as Mom is in the car, you will never be co-pilot...don’t even bother to ask otherwise. You have to maintain peace between the driver and the back seat, take orders from behind the wheel and be prepared to step in and take charge when necessary. It wasn’t until I started college at the University of Cincinnati that I began to assume the role of co-pilot. Dad worked for the Post Office in Cincinnati and whenever the weather became unpredictable, we would ride to the city together. In the mornings, my job was to hold his coffee and scan the newspaper for good stories. On our way home, we discussed on respective days. After I graduated from college and began working for an ad agency downtown, we continued to carpool, and I looked forward to those moments when I had Dad all to myself.

On the farm, there’s usually a power struggle from the back seat ranks to assume the role of co-pilot. But quite honestly, it’s hard to find someone who is willing to take orders from the boss, be ready to step in and pick up the slack at a moment’s notice and still assume the “backseat” responsibilities in a pinch. When the driver is out of commission, everything falls in the lap of the co-pilot. You get all the workload that the boss does, and none of the glory. And, you must patiently wait until it’s your turn to get behind the wheel.

Getting behind the wheel isn’t as cool as you think it is. I don’t like to drive. And, I will gladly surrender the wheel to sit in the passenger seat. Before I could get my driver’s license, I had to demonstrate to my Dad that I could successfully change a tire, check the fluid levels and hook up my battery charger cables...I was determined to prove that girls can do anything a boy can do. Dad chuckled over my eagerness to drive my own car, and once I was able to fire up the Plymouth Valiant and drive to school, I choose to continue riding the school bus. The first time I drove by myself, I was

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The Ride Of My LifeBy Jackie Bickel, Ohio News Editor

Friday, March 13, 201511:00AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ohio Convention Sale @ Quietcove Holsteins 17932 Fryburg East Rd, Wapakoneta, OH 45895-8714 Lunch stand provided by St. Mark’s Lutheran Church2:00PM– Sunday Noon . . . . . . . . Quietcove eTag Sale 2nd Edition @ Quietcove Holsteins2:00 – 7:00PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adult & Youth Judging Contest with awards sponsored by COBA/Select Sires, Inc.6:00PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . District 12 Celebration Dinner @ Quietcove Holsteins sponsored by Auglaize County Dairy Promoters7:00PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ohio Junior Holstein Junior Bowling @ 20th Century Lanes 547 South Main Street, Lima, OH, 45804-1251

Saturday, March 14, 2015 (all of Saturday’s activities are at the Howard Johnson, Lima)

7:00 – 10:00AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Continental Breakfast at Howard Johnson of Lima (for hotel guests only)7:30AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dairy Bar Opens, Hallway outside Grand Room8:00AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ohio Holstein Women’s Association Annual Meeting, Boardroom8:00AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memorial Award Interviews, Harrison Room (Front Section)8:00AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Outstanding Junior Member Interviews, Harrison Room (Back Section)8:00AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Resolutions Committee Meeting, Atrium8:30AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holstein USA - Genomics on Your Farm & the Enlight Program Glenn Sageser, Harrison Room9:00AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ohio Holstein Queen’s Contest Interviews, Boardroom9:15AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ohio Holstein Association Annual Meeting, Harrison Room (Back Section)10:30AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ohio Holstein Jr. Association Annual Meeting, Harrison Room (Front Section)Noon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Awards Luncheon, Ohio Holstein Queen’s Contest Finale and Ohio Holstein Women’s Fun Auction, Grand Room3:00PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ohio Holstein Board of Directors Re-organizational Meeting, Grand Room

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Ohio Holstein Association, Inc. 95th Convention and Annual Meeting Schedule of Events

Hotel HeadquartersHoward Johnson

1920 Roschman Avenue, Lima, Ohio 45804 (Off I-75 Exit 125/125A)

Toll Free Phone 877-360-8779 Fax 419-222-2176www.HoJoLima.com$74.00/night plus tax

Mention Ohio Holstein Association for discounted rate.

Saturday Awards Luncheon MenuAll You Can Eat Buffet

Adults-$20 each • 10 & under-$10 • 3 & under - FreeBaked Sirloin Tips, Boneless Chicken Breast, Green

Beans, California Blend, Scalloped Potatoes, Salad, Rolls, Butter, Homemade Pies, Coffee, Lemonade and Water

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scared to death and couldn’t remember anything that I had learned in driving class. The whole saying about the grass being greener on the other side of the fence rang true in this situation.

Same goes on the home front. The dream to “be in charge” is a common struggle for many that grow up on a family farm. Sometimes, the co-pilot focuses too much on the desire to be in charge, so they can do things “better,” “more efficient” and “smarter,” that they dismiss the importance of listening and learning from the years of wisdom that the “driver” has put in. Suddenly, the co-pilot is in the driver’s seat. First time they get into a jam, they look around for guidance...and no one is there to help them out.

Being a good driver means knowing when it’s time to get out from behind the wheel. In 2008, Dad was diagnosed with cancer. Suddenly, our roles in the car were switched around. My brother, sister and I were married, with families and responsibilities of our own. We would take turns going with Mom and Dad to doctor appointments, and Dad insisted on driving (which meant one of us was in the backseat, again). As the cancer progressed, Dad’s ability to drive declined. He no longer was going to work, which meant that I was flying solo on my drive to and from work. Soon, I found myself calling Dad during my morning drive, and he would talk me into the office every day. It wasn’t until he passed away that my siblings and I realized we were ALL calling Dad every morning on our commutes, and it was a good thing we weren’t all on the road at the same time.

Those phone calls were the reassurance that I needed to convince me that I had the ability to take the wheel on my own. Dad always knew his limits, and as much as it pained him to move over to the co-pilot seat, he did so because it was the safe and right thing to do. My Dad knew he had done his best in raising the three of us and it was time for him to let go of the reins, even though he wasn’t ready to do so. Did he have a running commentary on the skills of whoever was chauffeuring him around? Absolutely. Did we drive the way he thought we should? Of course not. But we survived the car rides. It was the ONLY time I didn’t get smacked for back-talking Dad, when I said, “Shut-up! I can’t see where I’m going if I have to listen to you telling me how to drive!” Yes, that was one of my finer blonde moments.

The Ride Of My Life ..continued from page 10 Letting go of being in charge is tough. Especially if you’ve spent most of your life behind the wheel and it’s not your choice to get out of the driver’s seat. But if the driver has trained his co-pilot appropriately, and the backseat riders respect their role in the journey, the transition can be one that is a moment of pride for the old driver.

Today, as Don and I make the 40-minute trek to my hometown on Sundays for church, I feel the presence of my Dad. My husband will ask my youngest, “So, Maggie, what did you learn in school this week?” followed by an in-depth conversation with Emma on her FFA record books and the latest DHI test results. I find myself turning into my mother as I spin around to bring peace to the dueling sisters, and I secretly smile when I realize that soon, Carson will be strapped into his car seat between the two of them, just as my brother was many years ago. I fulfill my role as co-pilot, answering text messages for Don, fielding phone calls and logging into to see what our current somatic cell count is.

It’s funny how life has a habit of coming full circle.


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From Your Regional Representative…

By Glenn Sageser

Putting genetic informa-tion to use to benefit your dairy keeps getting easier and faster. One example: preliminary genetic eval-uations are now available weekly. They are released every Tuesday, as soon af-ter 8 a.m. EST as we can get the results from the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding and distribute them to you.

If you’re a Holstein breeder who has tested your animals through Holstein Association USA, you can access the preliminary evaluations on newly tested animals in two ways. We will email you a spreadsheet with all your new animals for that week, or you can access the evaluations easily through Enlight. If you are not yet an Enlight user, go to www.enlightdairy.com or call 800.952.5200 to learn more about it. It’s free!

The weekly genomic information can help you make on-farm decisions about breeding as quickly as pos-sible, but please remember, the results are not official. The monthly interim genomic predictions continue as before.

Also new: check out our website to find two online ge-netic tools —free to Holstein breeders -- that can help you make better mating decisions using more of the ge-nomic information gained from testing your animals: Genomic Inbreeding Calculator. You can use this to predict the impact of inbreeding on potential matings. Click on Pedigree Information on our main webpage, www.holsteinusa.co, then select Inbreeding Calculator in the dropdown menu. Haplotype Information on the Family Tree. New to the Family Tree is the addition of haplotype codes re-corded for an animal and its sire and dam. The Family Tree Search, free on the HAUSA website, allows you to view up to five generations of lineage for an animal, in-cluding various identification information, and to take note of any genetic codes recorded for animals in the Family Tree. To access the Family Tree, use the Animal Search for an animal using the Animal Search function and click on the individual’s registration number on the results page. Or from the main menu, click on Pedigree

Information and select Family Tree Search from the dropdown menu.

As of January 1, HAUSA transitioned to the official 840 ear tags. We offer both visual and electronic (Radio Fre-quency ID, or RFID) versions of 840 tags. The tags are marked with the USDA shield and the statement “Un-lawful to remove.”Because of limited space, the official tags will not have customized information, except for a herd manage-ment number. Each animal only needs one official tag, so if you are using two or three additional tags, you can include other information on those tags.If you’re ordering 840 tags for the first time, be sure to first get your farm’s premises ID from the state de-partment of agriculture. Turnaround time for new tags is about two weeks, from placing an order to delivery to the farm.

With the implementation of USDA’s Animal Disease Traceability rule for animal movement, beginning March 1, all USDA official ear tags distributed must bear either the 840 number or the USDA metal tag number series. Find out more about the new tags on our website or by calling Customer Service at 800.952.5200.

Here’s a reminder that the deadline to nominate some-one for one of our annual awards is February 28. You can find the nomination forms on our website, at http://www.holsteinusa.com/awards/individuals.html. We will announce the recipients during the National Holstein Convention in St. Charles, Illinois, in June.

Finally, we’re thrilled to announce that we registered 373,056 Holsteins in 2014, 3.6 percent more than the previous year. That is the highest number we have regis-tered in 22 years. Ten years ago, 293,527 Holsteins were registered, a 27 percent increase. Now, that’s good news!

Please call me, Glenn Sageser, at 502.321.8670 if there’s anything we can do to help you get more from your Hol-stein Association USA membership or your herd.

Fall is goingstrong, and you’reall probably goingfull bore with littletime to waste. Onegreat timesaver formanaging yourgenetics easily andefficiently isEnlight, a newweb-based tool. Accessible on a com-puter or tablet, Enlight is free to anyproducer who is genomic testing theirHolstein cattle. All genomic samplessubmitted by Enlight users will be ana-lyzed using CLARIFIDE®, a DNA-markertechnology for optimizing the selectionand management of dairy animals.Enlight allows users to log on and viewcomplete genetic information,

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including any genomic results, bysimply logging onto the web site atwww.EnlightDairy.com.

Enlight is updated the day newgenomic evaluations are available,allowing producers much quicker accessto their latest information than everbefore. It’s a password-protectedwebsite, so you won’t have to install orupgrade to new software — the latestversion is always available online andworks within your web browser. And itcomes with a series of tutorial videos,user guides that will help you under-stand and make the best use of theprogram.

Enlight gives you immediate accessto a wide range of reporting and analyt-ical tools, along with official animalidentification, breed benchmarks andreports such as a youngstock, herd andgenetic conditions. We update thewebsite each evening with the latestinformation from the Holstein herd-book, so when you identify newanimals with the Association, they willautomatically appear in Enlight oncethey are enrolled in the Holstein herd-book. Enlight puts your herd’s geneticdata at your fingertips, allowing you toanalyze and use it in ways that are mostuseful to you. The tool makes the

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Enlight is the outcome of a collabo-ration between Holstein AssociationUSA and Zoetis. Look in the summer2014 issue of the Pulse for a full descrip-tion of Enlight, or visit www.holstei-nusa.com. You can also ask any of us fora demonstration of Enlight, and we’d beglad to come to your farm and showyou the benefits.

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Hi, everyone,what a nicesummer we havehad so far. As wefinish up third-cutting hay andkids are going backto school and theLittle League World Series, we know fallis coming.

If you didn’t make it to Iowa, youmissed a very nice convention, and Iwant to congratulate the Iowa Holstein Association for a jobwell done. The big thing to come out of Iowa was theunveiling of a new product that we have been working on forseveral years. That new program is named Enlight, and it is aunique tool that provides a convenient web-based access toyour herd’s genetic information, and it is easily accessible onyour office computer or tablet. This new program is a jointeffort between Holstein Associates USA and Zoetis. To learnmore about this new program, you can go on the Holsteinwebsite Enlight; log in to Holstein Genetic Dashboard, andlook up the summer Holstein Pulse. Lindsey Worden does avery nice job introducing this new program. I encourage youto call Glen Sageser; he can help you get enrolled today.

I want to congratulate Jeff Brown and Eric Topp for jobswell done judging at the Indiana State Fair. You both mademe proud to call you fellow Holstein members.

On a different note, I want to thank Esther for her manyyears of service to the Ohio Holstein Association. The first timeI met Esther personally was in Minnesota, when I was runningfor director. The first thing she told me was, “If you get elected,you must write an article for the Ohio News.” I will admit, Ididn’t make it easy for her. She would first e-mail me two orthree times, then she would call me once or twice, and I wouldfinally get the article to her. The other thing I have to thankEsther for is, when I wrote my first article, she said, “I want tonickname you Indiana Jones.” I tried to talk her out of that,but as you know, she is very persuasive. So thanks to Esther,now everyone says there is an Indiana Jones. Thanks! Justkidding, Esther. It was wonderful meeting you, and I thankyou for a job well done and wish you the best of luck.

Well, I have got to go. We are on our way to Indianapolisto get Jodi registered at the Indiana School for the Blind.

Signing out — Indiana Jones

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District 7 Holstein ShowJuly 12, 2014 • Judge Nathan Thomas

70 Head Shown • Reported by Barb Lumley

Spring Heifer Calf1. (JR) Ashley Hawvermale; 2. (JR) LoganTopp; 3. (JR) Shannon Akers

Winter Heifer Calf1. Lingle Holstein Farms; 2. (JR) Tanner Topp;3. Lingle Holstein Farms

Fall Heifer Calf1. Lingle Holstein Farms; 2. (JR) MarissaTopp; 3. Lingle Holstein Farms

Summer Yearling1. (JR) Anna, Adam, David Miley; 2. BrookHollow Farm; 3. (JR) Sarah Phillips

Spring Yearling1. Anna, Adam, David Miley; 2. (JR) TimGunkleman; 3. (JR) Allison Mangun

Winter Yearling1. (JR) Logan & Wyatt Schlauch; 2. LingleHolstein Farm; 3. Raygor Farms LLC

Fall Yearling1. (JR) Logan & Wyatt Schlauch; 2. (JR)Tanner Topp

Junior Champion Junior ShowWinter Calf, Tanner Topp

Reserve Junior Champion Junior ShowFall Calf, Marissa Topp

Junior Champion Open ShowWinter Calf, Lingle Holstein Farms

Four-Year-Old Cow1. Brook Hollow Farm; 2. (JR) Adam Miley;3. Lingle Holstein Farms

Five-Year-Old Cow1. Brook Hoillow Farm; 2. Brook HollowFarm; 3. Paul Haskins

Aged Cow1. Brook Hollow Farm

125,000 Pound Cow1. Brook Hollow Farm

Senior Champion Junior ShowFour-Year-Old, Adam Miley

Senior Champion Open ShowFour-Year-Old, Brook Hollow Farm

Reserve Senior Champion Open ShowSecond Four-Year-Old, Adam Miley

Grand Champion Junior ShowFour-Year-Old, Adam Miley

Reserve Grand Champion Junior ShowSenior Two-Year-Old, David Miley

Grand Champion Open ShowFour-Year-Old, Brook Hollow Farm

Reserve Grand Champion Open ShowSenior Three-Year-Old, Miley Holsteins

Hon. Mention Grand Champion Open ShowSecond Four-Year-Old, Adam Miley

Best Three Females1. Miley Holsteins

Produce of Dam1. Miley Holsteins; 2. Toppglen; 3. LingleHolstein Farms

Get of Sire1. Toppglen

Premier BreederBrook Hollow FarmPremier Exhibitor

Brook Hollow Farm

Reserve Junior Champion Open ShowSecond Winter Calf, Tanner Topp

Junior Best Three Females1. Lingle Holstein Farms; 2. Toppglenn; 3.Miley Holsteins

Junior Two-Year-Old1. (JR) Miley Holsteins, Anna Miley; 2. BrookHollow Farm

Senior Two-Year-Old1. (JR) David Miley; 2. Brook Hollow Farm;3. Miley Holsteins

Junior Three-Year-Old1. Brook Hollow Farm; 2. Lingle HolsteinFarms; 3. Brook Hollow Farms; 4. (JR) MileyHolsteins, Adam Miley

Senior Three-Year-Old1. Miley Holsteins; 2. Raygor Farm LLC; 3.Paul Haskins

Intermediate Champion Junior ShowSenior Two-Year-Old, David Miley

Reserve Intermediate Champion Junior ShowJunior Two-Year-Old, Anna Miley

Honorable Mention Intermediate ChampionJunior Three-Year-Old, Adam MileyIntermediate Champion Open Show

Senior Three-Year-Old, Miley HolsteinsReserve Intermediate Champion Open ShowJunior Three-Year-Old, Brook Hollow Farm

Honorable Mention Intermediate ChampionSenior Two-Year-Old, David Miley

District 7 Show Report


The Ohio Holstein Women would like to give a warm welcome to our new Ohio News editor, Jackie Bickel. It was very interesting to read about Jackie’s story and her love of the dairy industry in the December issue.Jackie is well-qualified, as she has life experiences in both advertising and the Holstein dairy industry.

As she begins her new position, I would like to share some wisdom that could benefit us all with John Maxwell’s book: Talent Is Never Enough and choices that can be made to maximize any person’s talents:1. Belief lifts your talent.2. Passion energizes your talent.3. Initiative activates your talent.4. Focus directs your talent.5. Preparation positions your talent.6. Practice sharpens your talent.7. Perseverance sustains your talent.8. Courage tests your talent.9. Teachability expands your talent.10. Character protects your talent.11. Relationships influence your talent.12. Responsibility strengthens your talent.13. Teamwork multiplies your talent.

Maxwell continues to say: “Make these choices, and you can become a talent-plus person. If you have talent, you stand alone. If you have talent-plus, you stand out.”

Ohio Holstein Women’s NewsBy Kathy Johnson, President

The Ohio Holstein Women’s Association Annual Meeting will be held at 8:00 a.m. on March 14, 2015, in the Boardman Room of Howard Johnson Hotel in Lima, Ohio. In this issue, you will find information for Woman of the Year, Queen’s Contest, and scholarship awards. Please read the qualifications and encourage yourself or someone you know to apply. The deadlines are quickly approaching.

We look forward to hosting the annual fun auction. Each district and individuals as well are encouraged to participate to make the auction a great success. The auction funds are used for the male and/or female scholarship awarded by the Holstein Women’s Association. Thank you in advance to both the donors and buyers who make this event possible.

One item of new business will be the election of officers of President and Vice-President. Contact the nominating chair, Sara Twining, at 440-647-2795 for nominations. If there is anything you would like to add to the agenda, please call Kathy Johnson 330-206-5653 or e-mail her at [email protected].

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Neither ice nor rain nor freezing weather nor interstates closed down could keep enthusiastic Holstein breeders from attending the Ohio Holstein Multi-Breed Fall Sale held Saturday, November 22, 2014 at the Wayne County Fairgrounds, Wooster, Ohio. A total of 58 live Holstein lots sold for an average $2890. All were cows or bred heifers, except for three calves. When the gavel fell at $5600, Lot # 1, Bossir Destry Rebel-Red, a four year old classified Very Good 88 with an Excellent mammary, had topped the sale. A daughter of Scientific Destry from an Excellent 94 2E dam from the D-R-A August cow family, she sold to Nathan Steel, Dover, Ohio, and was consigned by Matthew Steiner, Marshallville, Ohio. Lot # 33 SCD-JC 92181 ATWO 5561 sold for $4000 to Dan Harpster, Harpster Enterprises Ltd, Jeromesville, Ohio and was consigned by Ted Renner, Dalton, Ohio. A bred heifer due in January to Mountfield SSI DCY Mogul-ET with sexed semen, her dam was a Good Plus 82 Shottle with 26050 milk and 1049 fat at 2-00. Lot # 9, Springway Shottle Cradle, a bred heifer, sold for $4000 to David and Tammy Booth, Carrollton, Ohio. Sired by Picston Shottle from the Whittier Farms Christina cow family, she was bred with sexed semen to Willow Marsh-CC Gabor and due in December. She was consigned by Springway Farms, William Burkhart, Jr., Magnolia, Ohio. Selling for $3800 to Mark Payne, Clyde, Ohio was Lot 20, Morningview Trgr Peggy-ET, a three year old due in December with an IVF female embryo from Lot # 1 and sired by Lirr Special Effect-P-Red. Sired by Lars-Acres Shot Trigger, she had a record at 1-11 328 days 24130 milk 4.4% 1063 butterfat 3.3% 803 protein. She was consigned by Matthew Steiner, Marshallville, Ohio. Lot # 30, Starmark HP Rapunzel-Red-ET sold to John Mark Weaver, Fredericksburg, Ohio for $3800. Classified Very Good 85, she was a Destry granddaughter of Lavender Ruby Redrose-Red and was consigned by Starmark, Wooster, Ohio. Lot # 3, Pine-Tree Gold Anita, a September 2014 calf, sold for $3650 to Lingle Holstein Farms, Wooster,


Ohio. Sired by Braedale Goldwyn, her dam was the show winning Lindlaur Gabor Annette EX 91. She was consigned by Matthew Steiner, Marshallville, Ohio. Lot # 2 with GTPI +2244 sold for $3500 to Ryan Welch, Polk, Ohio and Lot # 68 with GTPI +2041 sold for $3500 to Jacob Alley, Ridgeville, Indiana. They were red and white ET full sisters, Lot # 2 born in July and Lot # 68 born in September 2014, both sired by Ladys-Manor Olympian from Lindlaur Gabor Annette EX 91. Consignor was Matthew Steiner. David Martin, Martinsburg, Pennsylvania was the volume buyer, taking thirteen (13) consignments for $32,400. Cattle sold to Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Ohio. Steve Andrews was the auctioneer, with Ted Renner reading pedigrees. Working the ring were Ken Janes, Paul Haskins, and David Lentz.

Top 14 Bids for 2014 Fall SaleLot # Price Buyer 1 $5600 Nathan Steel 9 $4000 David & Tammy Booth 33 $4000 Dan Harpster, Harpster Enterprises, Ltd. 20 $3800 Mark Payne 30 $3800 John Mark Weaver 3 $3650 Lingle Holsteins 2 $3500 Ryan Welch 68 $3500 Jacob Alley8 $3450 Michael Crawford 62 $3350 Brad Carter 27 $3300 Rod Huntsberger 28 $3150 Dale Mohler 7 $3100 Kevin Spreng 39 $3100 Steven R. Beachy

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Highlighting 2014

Don, Danette, Emily & Robert SimpsonBen Simpson & Alisha Thompson

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Jr. All-Ohio Sr. 3 Year-OldReserve All-Ohio and

Reserve Jr. All-Ohio Jr. 2 Year-Old

Reserve All-Ohio andReserve Jr. All-Ohio Spring Calf

Plainfield Atwood SparkLooking forward to 2015! Spark is due late January to Absolute

and will be ready for the all the shows.

Miss Highlight WindemereDue to Aftershock in early March.

Plainfield BA BRKW ChrissyChrissy was also named Best Bred and Owned Spring Calf at the 2014 Ohio State Fair and NAILE. She may be the best animal we have ever bred and feel like 2015 will be very special.

All animals were shown by Ben and Alisha, during their last year as Juniors. We are very

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Visitors are always welcome! Just minutes off of I-70 in the heart of Belmont County

Thank you to all that helped this past year!

Congratulations!

2014 District 3 Show Premier Exhibitor and Premier Breeder


Ohio 4-H Dairy Judging Team Heading to International Competition This June

Contributed by Sherry Smith

The Ohio 4-H Dairy Judging Team wrapped up an outstanding year at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin on September 29th. They finished second by one point to Michigan in a field of 27 teams from around the country and qualified to compete in the Royal Highland Show in Scotland and the Charleville show in Ireland next June.

This outstanding showing was preceded by a first place finish on September 15th at the All- American Dairy Show in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Team members are Hannah Dye from Beloit, Ella Jackson from DeGraff, Kaleb Kliner from West Salem and Tanner Topp from Wooster.

The contestants judged 10 classes and gave oral reasons on five classes. All four team members were outstanding with Ella Jackson finishing 3rd overall in the individual competition, Hannah Dye placed 8th, Tanner Topp 9th and Kaleb Kliner tied for 25th. Hannah Dye was 4th individual in oral reasons followed by Tanner Topp 10th and Ella Jackson 11th. The team placed in the top 7 in all 5 individual breeds, taking 2nd place honors in Holsteins and Guernseys and capturing 3rd place in overall team reasons.

Highlights from the Harrisburg, All-American Contest include: First place overall team and second place team in oral reasons. The team was first in Ayrshires,

Guernseys and Holsteins and second in Brown Swiss and Jerseys. Hannah Dye swept the individual awards taking home the top individual award and finishing 1st in oral reasons, followed by Ella Jackson finishing 2nd overall and 10th in oral reasons and Tanner Topp with 4th place individual honors and a 7th place finish in reasons.

This will be the first 4-H team to represent Ohio in the International competition since 1999. The team will be fundraising in the upcoming months. If you are interested in contributing please contact coach, Sherry Smith at: [email protected].

For those of you who promote programs for youth and assist with Quality Assurance training, please note that not only will DairyPalooza Northeast be offered at Trumbull County on May 2nd, but we will also sponsor DairyPalooza West at the Auglaize County Fairgrounds on May 9th.

Dairy specific QA training and adult programs are presented during the morning. Various workshops and sessions will take place in the afternoon,

DairyPalooza Scheduled For Two Locations In MayContributed by Bonnie Ayars

outlined around content for three different age groups and levels of experience. We are unique to any other youth program in Ohio.

pictured left to right: Bonnie Ayars, Hannah Dye, Ella Jackson, Kaleb Kliner, Tanner Topp and Sherry Smith

For additional information, registration forms, and complete program content,

please visit our website at: www.ohiodairypalooza.com.

Lois’ fancy Atwood September calf sells at the Ohio Convention Sale and her stylish spring yearling, sired by Redburst, will sell at the Kentucky National Sale. Both heifers are backed by generations of EXs and ready for shows

Electra’s silky Hero grand-daughter sells at the Ohio Convention Sale. She’s due 3/21/15 to All About It and entered into the 2016 National Futurity

FARM & DAIRY

Home of Ray-Jo & Razors-EdgeRegistered HolsteinsNew Vienna, Ohio

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Carson Bickel (coming soon!)

New Family VisionARMORE RED-MARK LONI LOIS-EX-93

OPP-VIEW ELAND ELECTRA-EX-90 2E

Emma Mathews and Whiteleather Damion 1278 “Tillie”~Reserve Junior All-Ohio 5-Year-Old Cow

Brice Walker and Karebears Redburst Saucy~Reserve JuniorAll Ohio Summer Yearling

February 17, 2015 1 • 93EX-2E 1 • 90 EX 8 • VGs first lactation 7 • VGs 10 • G+

Whiteleather Damion 1278-EX93-2E

DairyPalooza Scheduled For Two Locations In MayContributed by Bonnie Ayars

CongratulationsClassification Updates


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May 9, 2015 at 11AM Sale Preview: Friday, May 8 at 6PMSale Location: Lamb Farms #2, 3962 Batavia-Elba Townline Rd, Oakfield, NY

OCD Baltimore Chanson-ET2014 All-NY Spring Calf

Chanson sells, as well as her September ’14 Bradnick, June ’14 Aftershock, and March ‘13 Windbrook sisters due in June. Their dam is VG-88 Goldwyn, then 3E-94

Windy-Knoll-View Chanel.

OCD Tequila Sour-ET EX-92 – EEEEE @ 3Y2011 All-NY Senior 3 Yr Old

2-05 3X 30059 3.3 981 3.15 939 Tequila Sour’s September ’14 Brokaw, and June ’14 and September’13 Atwood sisters sell. Their dam is EX-91

Leduc. Next 6 dams are VG or EX.

Joleanna Gold Pourinrain-ET EX-92 – EEEEE2-02 2X 365 33760 3.4 1158 3.3 1118

Pourinrain’s June ’14 maternal sister by Atwood sells! Their dam is EX-91 Durham. 2012 HHM All-American Jr.

2-Yr-Old. Next 3 dams are EX.

Savage-Leigh Atwood Cris-ETEX-91 – EEVVE

4-01 2X 252 19610 3.9 771 3.0 579 (in progress)Selling Cris’ September ’14 Windbrook daughter! Next

dam is 2E-94 Dundee Celeste. 2014 All-NY 4-Yr-Old.

Cowtown Durham Luella-ET 2E-94 – EEEEE6-07 2X 365 34570 3.4 1182 3.4 165

Luella’s September ’14 Golden Dreams and Brokaw, and June’14 Atwood daughters sell. Next dam is 3E-95

Skybuck Lucy.

Woodlawn Dundee Daphne-ET VG-89 – EVEVV @ 2Y2-03 2X 365 23270 3.4 793 3.1 712

Selling Daphne’s September ’14 Brokaw and December ’13 Atwood daughters. Next 4 dams are EX!

OCD Magnus Forever Young-ET +2316 GTPI VG-85 – VVV+V @ 2Y

2-02 3X 234 19700 3.5 667 3.5 551 (in progress)Forever Young’s +2672 GTPI October ’14 Kingboy sells.

Next dam is EX-91 Goldwyn Fame, then 7 VG and EX dams back to Blackstar Raven.

OCD Mogul Jenna Fischer-ET +2503 GTPIVG-85 – +V+VV @ 2Y

2-01 3X 188 16670 3.4 449 3.0 400 (in progress)Selling +2656 GTPI Halogen born January ’14 from

Jenna Fischer! Next dam is EX-91 Goldwyn Fame, then 7 VG and EX dams back to Blackstar Raven.

Morsan Man D Missy-ET +2192 GTPI VG-85 – VV+V+

2-04 2x 305 20450 5.5 1124 3.7 761From the Million dollar cow family and currently the highest GTPI calf on the farm...December ’14 +2686

GTPI Yoder from a McCutchen due this spring. Next dam is Man D Missy, then VG-89 Dolman Missy and 2E-95

Gold Missy.

The Best of Oakfield Sells


by Barb Lumley

An email from Jackie has let me know that she needs my column...there is a deadline! As I write this it is blowing snow, drifting, and one of the coldest days we have had so far (it was 10 degrees below zero this morning) and all I want to do is snuggle under my afghan and keep warm! I am

wearing sweat pants, a sweater, a sweatshirt and my thermostat is set on 70 degrees and I am still cold! I miss my cows but I am grateful that I don’t have to go out to care for them today. My thoughts are definitely with my dairy friends who are dealing with frozen water pipes, tractors that won’t start, icy roads, cows that insist on calving in spite of the weather, etc. I hope this arctic blast doesn’t last long! A pot of potato soup is bubbling on the stove, made with potatoes, onion, delicious whole milk and old-fashioned “rivels” just like my Mom used to make. A couple pats of real butter or some cheese added to the bowel when I dish it up makes it even better. I am so glad that some of the doctors and so called “health experts” are finally recognizing that dairy products really are good for you. In a recent column by Dr. Oz in “O” magazine he reports that on two recent studies that make it clear that not even saturated fat is all bad. The first published in The Lancelot Diabetes and Endocrinology revealed that certain types of fat commonly found in dairy products like yogurt and full-fat milk may actually have a protective effect against type 2 diabetes. Swedish researchers arrived at a similar conclusion. When it comes to dairy products, a lot of doctors and government health officials need their thinking corrected! A “pet peeve” of mine is government programs that only allow participants to purchase 1% milk!

This issue will feature the Ohio Holstein Convention and Annual Meeting and the Convention Sale. Quietcove Holsteins will be our hosts for the sale on Friday and the sale will feature a group of great consignments. It will be an opportunity for breeders to add some outstanding genetics to their herds. The Annual Meetings on Saturday are very important, as it is an opportunity for members to express their opinions, their ideas, and elect the officers that will lead us into the future. It has been announced that the Ohio Holstein Association will be hosting the National Holstein Convention in 2019. This will be an important undertaking and will require outstanding leadership and the help and support of every Ohio Holstein member. I strongly urge members, their families, and friends to attend the Annual Meeting and become involved. Spring will also bring the Ohio Holstein Spring Sale held at the Wayne County Fairgrounds, Wooster, Ohio in April.. Consignments are needed. Contact the office, Ken Janes, Steve Deam, a sale committee member or myself. We are starting 2015 with a new editor and a new publishing company. The Ohio Holstein News is known as one of the best breed magazines published and is mailed all over the United States. Jackie and Carlisle Publishing plan to keep it that way. In order to do that, they need your support. Every Holstein herd should be advertising in the News, and every herd has a reason to promote their Holsteins. There are always buyers looking for that great show cow or calf, some bred heifers or young cows, a good young bull or embryos. They need to know who you are, what you have, and where to find you. Get your farm and your name out there. Advertise! Congratulations to the Ohio 4-H Dairy Judging Team who has qualified to compete in the Royal Highland Show in Scotland and the Charleville Show in Ireland next June. Team members are Hannah Dye, Tanner Topp, Ella Jackson, and Kaleb Kliner. All are junior members of the Ohio Holstein Association. This will be the first team to represent Ohio in the international competition since 1999. The team will be fundraising in the upcoming months to finance their trip. Let’s support these outstanding youth and let’s make 2015 a great year for the Ohio Holstein Association! Think spring ---- it’s on the way!



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We’d like to take this opportunity to thank and congratulate Esther Welch on

her superb performance through many successful years of service as the face of the Ohio Holstein Association while establishing the Ohio News one of the

premier state publications. Best wishes in retirement—you will be missed!

Rohaven HolsteinsRobert W. Haskins and Family17219 Mishey Road | Butler, Ohio 44822PH: 740.694.0122 (Bob & Jan) or 419.618.4028 (Paul)Email: [email protected] 26,155M 3.9% 1,022F 3.2% 836P

SUPERb performers in our herd by 1HO8778 Charlesdale SUPERstition-ETRohaven Super Bonita VG-85 VG-MS (Super x Dane x Emory x EX-91-2E Belltone)691NM$ +1762M +54F +47P +5.7PL +2.68SCS +1.6DPR +1.78UDC +2187GTPI2-1 306d 23,810M 3.8% 1,157F 3.2% 757P3-0 333d 32,030M 3.9% 1,235F 3.3% 1,051FFresh again @ 4-1 with 134# 4.5%F 3.2%P on her fi rst test!

Rohaven Super Bonafi de VG-85 VG-MS (Super x Encino)2-4 364d 33,030M 3.5% 1,143F 3.0% 992P3-5 249d 29,997M 3.1% 919F 2.8% 840P inc.

Rohaven Super Image GP-81 GP-MS (Super x Baxter)2-1 365d 32,332M 3.4% 1095F 3.0% 960PFresh again @ 3-4 & averaging 126# on fi rst fi ve test days

Rohaven Super Kabot GP-82 GP-MS (Super x Colby)2-4 307d 25,616M 3.8% 965 3.1% 787PFresh again @ 3-4 with fi rst fi ve test days over 100#

Rohaven Super Kross GP-81 GP-MS (Super x Pronto)2-3 365d 29,213M 4.2% 1226F 3.3% 973PFresh again @ 3-6 with 128# & 126# on fi rst two tests

SUPERb...Simply

Bonita had already established herself as one of our best all-around performers in our

herd prior to getting genomic results in July and jumping nearly 180NM$! We are now

awaiting genomic results on her recently fresh Clark daughter

and Massey yearling.

We are milking seven total SUPER daughters and believe they will continue to be SUPERb...

we are breeding for.


The Ohio State collegiate dairy judging team recently traveled to the Ft. Worth Stock Show to compete in their contest. A total of 15 teams from as far west as California competed in the event. OSU finished second in reasons with Rachel Townsley as the high individual in reasons. If you will recall, she also

won top honors for her reasons at the Eastern States contest and was tied for fourth at Madison. Overall, she was 6th high individual and the team finished in 5th place. Beyond the contest, team members also toured the AT&T stadium where some confetti could

still be collected from the championship game. Other stops of cultural interest included two dairy farms, a yogurt production facility, old Ft. Worth museums and Longhorns, Joe T. Garcia’s authentic Mexican restaurant, and the renowned Billy Bob’s!

The Ohio State Collegiate Dairy Judging Team UpdateContributed by Bonnie Ayars

Our Convention HostQuietcove Farm has had a long, distinguished history breeding and developing great cow families in Western Ohio. Roger and Ethel Elsass created the Quietcove prefix in 1940. Their three sons, Marvin, Loren and Lynn, continued growing the herd and moved it to the present farm in Wapakoneta in 1968. After service in Vietnam, Loren returned to the farm and placed a greater focus on registered Holsteins. Quietcove Matt Judy resulted from the breeding program. As the first cow ever exhibited at the Ohio State Fair by Quietcove, she won the National Holstein Futurity and Grand Champion in 1972. Since that day, Quietcove has been a regular contender at local, state and national shows; exhibiting the Grand Champion at the Ohio State Fair 4 times, the National Holstein Futurity 7 times, and exhibiting many All American nominees.

The favorite cow family is that of the most well known cow, Quietcove Valiant Fawn EX-95. Fawn, born and bred at Quietcove in 1983, made her tanbark debut at Louisville in 1985 as an August 29th born Jr. 2-Year-Old where she won her class. She continued to dominate the following year by winning the National Holstein Futurity and Grand Champion at the 1986 Ohio State Fair. Fawn won Grand Champion for the first of three consecutive years at the Ohio Spring Show in 1987. She would ultimately go undefeated in 1987 winning the 4-Year-Old class at the Eastern National in Harrisburg to cap off her year. Loren Elsass had the distinct pleasure of judging the World Dairy Expo. in Madison, WI that year, so Fawn was

not able to compete. She ultimately won Reserve All-American 4-Year-Old that year. Fawn’s tanbark resume would eventually include All-Ohio honors an unprecedented 6 consecutive times (1986-1992), and two All-American nominations.

Fawn’s true impact on Quietcove, and the Holstein breed, is reflected by her remarkable ability to transmit her show ring and genetic excellence. To date, Fawn has had 6 All-American nominated descendants. Much of the present day herd descends from the Fawn legacy.

Loren’s oldest son, Jeremy, began managing the herd in the mid 1990’s, with Loren working full time for COBA Select Sires. Jeremy continued the Quietcove breeding philosophy of strong, dairy frames with productive, show ring udders. Tragically, the beautiful 80 cow tie stall barn erupted in flames in September of 2000. Fortunately, none of the cows were harmed, but the barn was completely lost. After a long and difficult deliberation, the decision was made to sell the cows and discontinue milk production at Quietcove. Before selling the entire herd, Loren, Jeremy and Jonathon, along with Philip Schlenker of Wapa Farms in Wapakoneta, OH, purchased the nucleus of the Quietcove herd. Jeremy took the cows and milked in Northern Ohio for a short time, and then in central Wisconsin from 2002-2005. All the while, Jeremy envisioned a return to the home farm in Ohio, and, after getting married in May 2005, came back to Quietcove that summer to milk again.

In order to facilitate the return to Quietcove, Tim Curran and Tom Mauric renovated the old parlor into a more modern milking center. Marvin Elsass, Lynn Elsass and Tom Mauric all play active roles in daily herd management. Quietcove-W is pleased to be

Quietcove: A History With A Future

Quietcove Valiant Fawn EX-95


working in conjunction with John and Michelle Koster of Comanche, Texas in a joint venture in Wapakoneta. Long-time friend and business partner Tim Curran is now a managing partner of the syndicate.

The acquisition of Blue Gene Durham Dooley in 2005 was in many ways the launching point of the new venture, and the return to Quietcove. Dooley was Reserve All-American Senior 3-Year-Old in 2006 and has blessed the herd with several daughters that mimic her overall dairy refinement. The descendants of Valiant Fawn are also well represented in the current herd, led by Quietcove Gold Fleur- the Reserve Grand Champion female at the 2010 Ohio State Fair.

From a facilities perspective, 2010 was an exciting year. Quietcove lacked the appropriate facilities to care for great cows the way Jeremy knew best- the way things had been done for 32 years at Quietcove until the fire in 2000. In 2010, construction was completed on a

brand new, modern free stall facility, allowing the group to milk more cows in an efficient manner. In c onju nc t i on with the free stall barn, a 30-cow tie stall and box stall facility was completed as well, allowing the best of the best to be cared for in a way reminiscent of the Quietcove of old. It is really the best of both worlds, allowing great cows to be showcased and developed to their potential, while milking the rest of the herd in a modern, labor-efficient manner.

Others have noticed the facility, and the talented crew caring for the animals, and are boarding their finest cows, of all breeds, at Quietcove. Quietcove’s objectives are to breed, develop, and care for the very best of all breeds, aiming for the Quietcove prefix to be well represented at state and national shows.

Quite simply, for Quietcove to be,”The Place to Be”.

Blue Gene Durham Dooley EX-93



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including any genomic results, bysimply logging onto the web site atwww.EnlightDairy.com.

Enlight is updated the day newgenomic evaluations are available,allowing producers much quicker accessto their latest information than everbefore. It’s a password-protectedwebsite, so you won’t have to install orupgrade to new software — the latestversion is always available online andworks within your web browser. And itcomes with a series of tutorial videos,user guides that will help you under-stand and make the best use of theprogram.

Enlight gives you immediate accessto a wide range of reporting and analyt-ical tools, along with official animalidentification, breed benchmarks andreports such as a youngstock, herd andgenetic conditions. We update thewebsite each evening with the latestinformation from the Holstein herd-book, so when you identify newanimals with the Association, they willautomatically appear in Enlight oncethey are enrolled in the Holstein herd-book. Enlight puts your herd’s geneticdata at your fingertips, allowing you toanalyze and use it in ways that are mostuseful to you. The tool makes the

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Ralph E. LautzenheiserRalph E. Lautzenheiser, 94, of Louisville, Ohio died December 7, 2014, at Altercare of Louisville. He was born in Louisville, Ohio on April 24, 1920, to the late Winfield and Bertha (Henning) Lautzenheiser. Mr. Lautzenheiser was a retired dairy farmer and was also a retired fieldman for Dairy Farmers of America. He was a WWII Army veteran. He was a member of the Paradise United Church of Christ in Louisville, Farm Bureau, Soil and Water Conservation District and he was a 4-H advisor. He was a member of the Holstein Association and was the breeder of Gar-Bar-Dale Burke Kate, a popular sire years ago in the Carnation bull stud. He showed at local shows and county fairs and bred an outstanding herd of registered Holsteins. He and his wife spent their winters in St. Cloud, Florida.He was preceded in death by a

son, Gary Lautzenheiser, and a brother, Lester Lautzenheiser. He is survived by his wife of 74 years, Betty (McKenn) Lautzenheiser; a daughter, Barb Kidwell; son Dale Lautzenheiser; daughter-in-law, Gerri Lautzenheiser; nine grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren and two great-great grandsons. Funeral services were held December 10, 2014 at Stier-Israel Funeral Home in Louisville, with Rev. Tim Hull officiating. Burial was in Evergreen Memorial Garden. The family requests memorial contributions be made to the charity of your choice.

Kevin Robert LingleKevin Robert Lingle, 52 of rural Wooster passed away Friday January 16, 2015 at Wooster Community Hospital. He was born May 22, 1962 in Wooster the son of Robert and Donna Fickes Lingle. He was a 1980

graduate of Northwestern High School.

Kevin was a life long Dairy Farmer and partner of Lingle Holstein Farms. He was a member of the Ohio and National Holstein Association, a member of New Pittsburg St. Peter Lutheran Church and past member of Wayne Co. Dairy Service Board. Kevin enjoyed showing Holstein Cattle at the County, State and National Level but his greatest joy was his nieces, Amber and Alyssa and nephew, Ryan. He is survived by his brother, Rick (Amy) Lingle of Wooster, his nieces and nephew, Amber (Cory) Morlock of West Salem, Ryan (Chelsi) Lingle of Wooster and Alyssa (Andy) Beery of Smithville, and 5 great nieces and nephews, Allison, Brandt and Case Morlock, Aubri Lingle and Adalyn Beery. He was preceded in death by his parents, and 2 brothers, Richard and Gary Lingle.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Peter Lutheran Church 9451 Ashland Rd. Wooster, OH 44691. continued on page 41

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Classification UpdateCameron-Ridge Affirmed Lou-VG86Dam of Wil-O-Rae Aftershock Lulu

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Wil-O-Rae Secure Rae-Red at 02-10 VG85 First Score

Breezy-Knob A Takara-Red at 08-07 EX92 2E

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Hannah SunbergHannah Mae Elizabeth Sunberg died unexpectedly Monday, February 9, 2015. She was 27 years old. She was born April 8, 1987, in Geneva, Ohio. Hannah graduated from Pymatuning Valley High School in 2005 and The Ohio State University in 2009, with a degree in Ag Education. She taught Vocational Agriculture at Tygarts Valley High School in Elkins, West Virginia for four years. Most recently she worked as an insemination technician and dairy program specialist/GMS Specialist with ABS Global. At Tygarts Valley, she coached the varsity Girls Softball team twice leading them to the state regional finals. Hannah was very active in 4-H and loved showing dairy cows. She along with her brother Corey were on the FFA dairy handler’s team from Ohio that won the national team event in Springfield, Mass., in 2004. She was an excellent show person and was once Overall Supreme Champion at the Ashtabula County Fair. Hannah loved people, her students, her friends and especially her family and was always helping people in her life that were less fortunate. She was very outgoing and always knew how to light up the room or brighten your day. She is survived by her parents, Paul and Heidi Sunberg, brothers Corey of Andover and Scott (Tabitha) of New Brunswick, Canada. Sisters Amanda (Ryan) Keeney of Myakka City, Florida and Sarah Sundberg of Kent, Ohio. Nieces Emersyn Sundberg and Addison Keeney and nephews, Austin Sunberg of Tallahassee. Fla., and A. Russell Sundberg of Painsville, Ohio. She is also survived by her friend Randall Grimes of Elkins, W. Va., and by numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and many friends. Services were held at The Andover Christian Church Family Life Center on Monday, February 16, 2015 with burial in Cherry Valley Cemetery.

Donations in honor of Hannah can be made to the Ashtabula County Dairy 4-H Clubs through the OSU Cooperative Extension office in Jefferson (576-9088) or The Pymatuning Valley FFA Alumni through Debi Hurst (858-2853), 2678 State Route 307, Dorset, Ohio 44032.

David M. PollockDavid Milton Pollock 85 of New Philadelphia passed away Tuesday, February 11, 2015 at Mercy Medical Center in Canton. Born in New Philadelphia on April 12, 1929, he was the son of the late Peter and Bessie Pollock.

After graduating from New Philadelphia High School, Dave joined the United States Army, where he served his country for two years, stationed overseas in Germany. Upon completion of his military service, he returned to Tuscarawas County where he worked for the former Rigid Tool Company for 22 years. His evenings were spent on the family dairy farm, which he began working at full time in 1966. The prefix for his registered Holsteins was “Tusco”. He retired from dairying in 1987 but continued to farm throughout his lifetime.

Dave was very active serving in leadership roles in the Ohio Holstein Association on both the state and local levels. He served as president of the District Three Holstein Club and was always a strong supporter of their activities. He also served as York Township trustee for 12 years. Dave had a passion for tending his orchard and garden. He will be remembered as a generous man, with a strong sense of wit and humor, who loved sharing stories with anyone he knew or met. His faith was nurtured at the First Christian Church in New Philadelphia where he served as a Sunday School teacher, an elder for 12 years, and as an active member in various other activities of the church.

On Halloween 2014, Dave celebrated

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60 beautiful years of marriage to his lifelong partner and friend, the former Miriam Beaber. He will be deeply missed by his wife, Miriam Pollock, his children, Douglas (Martha) Pollock of Oregonia, Ohio and their children David and Jonathan; Brian (Brandie) Pollock of New Philadelphia and their children, Zachary Kueffer, and Madison and Ryan Pollock; and Melvin (Becky) Pollock of New Philadelphia and their children Mackenzie and Chase Pollock; his sister Edna Waggamon of Sebring, Ohio; and numerous nieces, nephews, and in-laws. He was preceded in death by his daughter Joyce Pollock in April 2014; and his infant son, Clark; his in-laws, Dennis and Edna Beaber; his brothers, Peter Jr., Paul, Robert, Curtis, Wayne, and Edward; and his sisters, Ruth Mizer, Edith Walters, and Mildred Geiser. Services were held at the First Christian Church in New Philadelphia Saturday, February 14, 2015 and burial was in Evergreen Burial Park in New Philadelphia. Memorial contributions in memory of Dave may be directed to the First Christian Church, 104 Third Street NW, New Philadelphia, Ohio 44663.

Raymond L. TempleIt’s been said that “Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help and the desire to serve.” Raymond L. Temple lived a life of service to others: service to his family, service to his community and service to God. A man of great dedication to service, Raymond passed away Friday morning, November 14, 2014 in Riverside Methodist Hospital following a month-long illness. He was 74.

He was born November 7, 1940 in Barnesville to the late Kenneth G. and Mary E. (Moore) Temple and was graduated from The Ohio State University in 1962 with a BS Degree in Agriculture Education.

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He began teaching at Fredericktown High School for four years and also managed Custom Farm Services, a farm fertilizing company, in Fredericktown.

On June 14, 1964 he married Bonita “Bonnie” Renner, with whom he recently celebrated 50 years of marriage.

A lifelong farmer, Ray began his career on a farm in Wayne County, and purchased Cedarbrook Farm in 1971. There, he specialized in dairy production and crops until his retirement in 2006. He served as the Director of Milk Marketing, Inc., as a National delegate for the Dairy Farmers of America, the Richland County Board of FSA and the Dairy Board, as a board member for the Northern Ohio Breeders Association, and as a member of the National and Ohio Holstein Breeders.

Proud to serve his community, he was a member of the Fredericktown Lions Club and the Perry Township Zoning Committee. He devoted his time as a member of the Northmor School Board from 1978-1986, and as a Morrow County 4-H advisor.

A man of God, Ray was a former member of Pleasant Grove Community Church, where he served the congregation in various capacities, and was currently a member of Pleasant Grove Church of Christ.

In his retirement, Ray enjoyed restoring antique tractors, especially his father’s Farmall H and building purple martin bird houses. It warmed his heart to support his grandchildren in school and athletic events, and he loved cheering on his Ohio State Buckeyes.

In addition to his wife, Bonnie, of Bellville, he is survived by a daughter

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Mary Ellen Temple of Westerville, son and daughter-in-law Mike and Sue Temple of Lexington, four grandchildren Zachary, Nathan, Bennett and Isabella Temple, sisters Sarah Winters of Kent and Shirley Woodland of Smithville, a brother and sister-in-law Ronald and Patricia Temple of Bethesda, and many nieces, nephews and extended family members.

Preceding Ray in death are his parents, brothers and sisters-in-law James and Shirley Temple and William and Betty Temple, and a sister Irene Frasher.

Memorial contributions to The Richland County Foundation Scholarship Fund or the Ohio 4-H Foundation may be made through the funeral home.

Expressions of support and sympathy may be made by visiting:www.snyderfuneralhomes.com.

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District 15 Holstein ShowSeptember 5, 2014 • Highland County FairJudge Keith Topp• 68 Head of Cattle Shown

16 Junior Exhibitors • 8 Farms Exhibited

Senior Showmanship Winners1. Loren Quallen; 2. Cheyenne Rhodes; 3.Elliot Durbin; 4. Brice Walker

Intermediate Showmanship Winners1. Sarah Quallen; 2. Emma Mathews; 3.Sarah Francis; 4. Kerrigan Meeker

Junior Showmanship Winners1. Caili Baumann; 2. Maggie Mathews; 3.Natasha Davidson; 4. McKenna Schaefer

Junior Heifer Calf (10)1. Southern-Hills WB Ashlyn , Shelby & JennaGriffith; 2. Bottom-Line Atwood Bianca,Bottom-Line Farm; 3. (JR) Maple Rey Schapel,Kerrigan Meeker; 4. Bottom-Line WinstonAlly, Bottom-Line Farm

Intermediate Heifer Calf (8)1. SH-SW Ashock Rosalynd, Shelby & JennaGriffith; 2. Southern-Hills Arm Minnow,Southern-Hills Holsteins; 3. (JR) Ray-JoAtwood Jessie, Jessie Crawford; 4. (JR) Gar-len Atwood Teal, Loren Quallen

Senior Heifer Calf (7)1. (JR) Karebears Redburst Sasha, EmmaMathews; 2. Ms Southern-Edge Lainey-ET,Shelby & Jenna Griffith; 3. Express SMDAttitude Giggles, Bottom Line Farm; 4. (JR)Ray-Jo Atwood Jasmine, Emma Mathews

Summer Yearling (5)1. Lane-Oak Atwood Melody, Whitney Jones& Chad Griffith; 2. (JR) Karebears RedburstSaucy, Brice Walker; 3. Southern-Hills WFTrina, Southern-Hills Holsteins; 4. (JR) FutureManor Brady Bree, Cole Heger

Junior Yearling (6)1. (JR) Karebears Dempsey Elegance, EmmaMathews; 2. (JR) Gar-len Durable Beauty,Loren Quallen; 3. (JR) Future Manor DuskPeaches-Red, Cole Heger; 4. (JR) Maple ReySanchez Lulu, Hunter Meeker

Winter Yearling (4)1. (JR) Remmus Brady Bree, Cole Heger; 2.Southern-Hills Demp Lucille, Southern-HillsHolsteins; 3. Rubles Shot Elsie, Bottom-LineFarm

Senior Yearling (5)1. Gusty Knoll JB Martini-ET, JenniferMcCord; 2. (JR) Ray-Jo Mockingbird Judy,Emma Mathews; 3. Gusty Knoll JD Moscato-ET, Jennifer McCord; 4. Da-View SammyBoogie, Davidson Family

Junior Show Junior ChampionKarebears Redburst Sasha, Emma Mathews

Junior Show Reserve Junior ChampionKarebears Dempsey Elegance,

Emma MathewsOpen Show Junior Champion

Gusty Knoll JB Martini-ET, Jennifer McCordOpen Show Reserve Junior Champion

Southern Hills WB Ashlyn, Shelby & Jenna GriffithJunior Two-Year-Old (4)

1. (JR) Gar-len Bradnick Penny, LorenQuallen; 2. Ray-Jo Braxton Lady, BickelFamily Farm; 3. (JR) Cloverhill Farm Redwire-Red, Emma Mathews; 4. Southern-Hills GuthMouse, Southern-Hills Holsteins

Senior Two-Year-Old (4)1. Lane-Oak Advent Daisy, Whitney Jones &Chad Griffith; 2. Express SMD Duece Callie,Bottom-Line Farm; 3. Ray-Jo Contender Sass-Red, Bickel Family Farm

Junior Three-Year-Old (2)1. Lane-Oak Atwood Mariah, Whitney Jones& Chad Griffith; 2. (JR) Gar-len Time Cass,Loren Quallen

Senior Three-Year-Old (4)1. Southern-Hills Burny Marcy, Southern-HillsHolsteins; 2. (JR) Ray-Jo Durham Lucia, EmmaMathews; 3. (JR) Gar-len Dream Pee Wee,Sarah Quallen; 4. Express SMD ChanceBallad, Bottom-Line Farm

Junior Show Intermediate ChampionGar-len Bradnick Penny, Loren Quallen

Junior Show Intermediate Reserve ChampionRay-Jo Durham Lucia, Emma MathewsOpen Show Intermediate Champion

Lane-Oak Advent Daisy, Whitney Jones & Chad Griffith

Open Show Intermediate Reserve ChampionGar-len Bradnick Penny, Loren Quallen

District 15 Show Report Four-Year-Old Cow (4)1. Quiet Cove Goldwyn Franchise, BickelFamily Farm; 2. Dickey Million Panama,Bottom-Line Farm; 3. Rubles Magic, Bottom-Line Farm; 4. Da-View Moscow Keely,Davidson Family

Five-Year-Old Cow (3)1. Rubles Hi-Metro Dee Dee, Bottom-LineFarm; 2. (JR) Whiteleather Damian 1278Tillie, Emma Mathews; 3. Rubles BoltonSabrina, Bottom Line Farm

Dry Cow (1)1. Southern-Hills Altlc Maxine, Southern-HillsHolsteins

Aged Cow (1)1. Tru-Vision Gold Famous, Southern-HillsHolsteins

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Junior Show Grand ChampionGar-len Bradnick Penny, Loren QuallenJunior Show Reserve Grand Champion

Whiteleather Damian 1278 Tillie, Emma Mathews

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Whitney Jones & Chad GriffithOpen Show Reserve Grand ChampionGar-len Bradnick Penny, Loren Quallen

Best Udder1. Southern Hills Holsteins; 2. Quiet CoveGoldwyn Franchise, Bickel Family Farm; 3.Southern Hills Holsteins; 4. Rubles Hi-MetroDee Dee, Bottom Line Farm

Best Herd1. Southern Hills Holsteins; 2. Bickel FamilyFarm; 3. Bottom-Line Farm; 4. Southern HillsHolsteins

Premier Breeder1. Southern Hills Holsteins; 2. Bickel FamilyFarms

Premier Exhibitor1. Southern Hills Holsteins; 2. Bickel FamilyFarm

Premier Junior Exhibitor1. Emma Mathews; 2. Loren Quallen

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COLUMBUS, OH —What is the major buffer for maintaining optimum

rumen pH? A clever Dairy Quiz Bowl participant presses thebuzzer, is recognized by the moderator and provides theanswer as saliva. That is just how a small portion of theOhio 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl event was played this year.

On June 17, coaches and team members traveled fromall over the state to the Ohio and Nationwide 4-H Center toparticipate in this event. It includes both a Senior and aJunior division. Some are new at the competition, andothers have been coming for many years. However,everyone is willing to share camaraderie and a competitivespirit with each other. After a light breakfast with milk,participants complete a test to determine brackets. It isdouble elimination, so everyone has an opportunity toplay the game and be matched up with their rivals in a dual

that includes wisdom, quick recall, strategy and some fun.With 15 volunteers on hand to manage the event, there

are moderators, scorekeepers, timekeepers, door monitorsand bracket managers for both divisions. Each plays aspecial role in the successful management of the day’sactivities. With more teams than in the past eight years, itwas round after round of nearly 600 toss- up andteam questions that are posed as bonuses.

As the day progressed and between rounds, every-one took time for a pizza lunch and then an ice cream barsnack provided by the American Dairy Association andOhio Dairy Producers. This year, the Juniors had theopportunity to observe the final Senior round thatdetermined the champion. Then everyone relocated andwatched the final Junior round! Spontaneous cheers camefrom the audience as the winning teams proclaimed theirvictories.

Not only are high teams recognized, but awards arepresented to individuals who earn the highest score on thepre-test and most valuable players in each division.Following are the results of this year’s event!

Senior Division winning team: Champaign/Logan/Auglaize Counties represented by Ella Jackson, KadeyStarkey and Brennan Topp

Runners-up: Mahoning County team of Levi Plocher,Christina Coler, Sara Fraser and Rod Headland

High Test Score (3-way tie): Nicole Walters and KateSherman (Delaware County) and Ella Jackson (LoganCounty)

Most Valuable Player: Ella JacksonJunior Division winning team: Champaign/Logan

represented by Heath Starkey, Sam Jackson, MackenzieHoewischer and Cole Pond

Runners-up: Wayne County represented by ThomasGress, David Miley, Denice Wolf, Ashley Hawvermale andAdam Wolf (alternate)

High Test Score: Sam JacksonMost Valuable Player: Marissa ToppA special recognition was also named for the most

original nametags, and this was earned for the Senior teamfrom Delaware County; David Miley won the Juniordivision.

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With the holidays in the past we can finally look forward to the Ohio Holstein Convention, which will hold a sale, queen contest, junior activities, awards, food, and fellowship. As I think

back to year ago at this time I was considering submitting

application for the Queen contest. W h e n I realized how much love I have for the Holstein cow and the breeders of Ohio there was no doubt this is what I desired. Growing up on a dairy farm I developed a genuine love for the cows and everything about farming. From a young age I wanted to interact and tell others about my family’s farm because to me it was fascinating. But not only did the farm intrigue me but it also created a sense of thankfulness for the farmers and how hard they work. As Paul Harvey states in his poem So God made a Farmer, “I need somebody willing to get up before dawn, milk cows, work all day in the fields, milk cows again, eat supper and then stay up past midnight to deliver a new born calf. So God made a farmer.”

This past year has allowed me to utilize my appreciation for dairy farming by educating and interacting with the public while assisting with shows and meeting fellow dairyman from across Ohio. As a junior in college I challenge any girl with excitement and passion towards the Holstein breed to apply for the Ohio Holstein Queen contest. As the queen I met new dairy enthusiast who were just as passionate about the Holstein breed as I am while also educating others who have never stepped foot on a farm, not to mention countless road trips to county fairs and district shows. As I conclude my final article, I would like to send a sincere thank you to all of the Association and to the breeders of Ohio for making this year so memorable. Without the support of all of you I would not be where I am today, thank you!


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It seems like onlyyesterday I wasattending my firstDistrict Show,and I as lookback, I realize myyear is quicklydrawing to an end.

Throughout thissummer it has been theneatest thing seeing and meetingfellow dairymen and women fromacross the state of Ohio. I always seepeople I know at the Ohio State Fair,but it has been cool to connect peopleto where they actually live.

Another thing that I have enjoyedis seeing excellent cattle beingexhibited by great people. It wasamazing to see the grand championcow from one district show competeagainst the other at the State Fair. Itwas so fun watching the cows changeand mature throughout the showseason.

While at the shows I have beencontinually welcomed with openarms. People have been so willing tohelp and share in the excitement ofshow time. I would like to thank alleveryone for their continued support. Ilook forward to the District Shows inthe fall!

National Dairy Women at World Dairy Expo, October 2, 2013Front, from left: Marion Barliss, WI, Doris Hetts, WI; Karen Schauf, WI;

Harriet Brown, MN, Esther Welch, OHBack, from left: Ardath DeWall, IL; Liz Doornik, WI; Deborah Lee Reinhart, WI;

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Bernie Heisner, retired generalmanage of COBA, is receiving severaltop honors for his leadership in thedairy and agricultural communities.He will be inducted into the OhioAgriculture Hall of Fame on August 1at the Rhodes Youth Center at theOhio State Fairgrounds. Also, he isreceiving the Guest of Honor Awardfrom the National Dairy Shrine inOctober 2014 at World Dairy Expo.

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by Allison Mangun

•Bill Ramsey, Paradise Valley Farms,

D-2, received the COBA/Select Sires,Inc. Distinguished Service Award, for22 years of service as board member,vice-president and president of theCOBA board and as a six-yearrepresentative of COBA on the SelectSires, Inc. board. The award waspresented at the COBA/Select Siresannual meeting in February.

•Loren Elsass, D-12, won the 2014

Hoard’s Dairyman Judging Contest atCOBA/Select Sires with a score of 490out of 500 total points. Loren is aSelect Sires Select Mating Servicegenetic consultant.

•Ted Schmitmeyer, D-14, Ohio

Holstein Association Junior member,was named the Star in AgriculturalPlacement at the 2014 Ohio FFAConvention.

•Kate McGovern, D-8, Ohio

Holstein Association Junior member,was recognized at the June 11th OhioState 4-H Recognition AwardsBanquet in Columbus as a winner ofthe 2013 Ohio State Fair DairySkillathon in her age group and inoverall competition.

Allison, thank you for your outstanding representation of the Ohio Holstein industry during your reign as the 2014 Ohio Holstein Queen. Good Luck on your future endeavors!

~The Ohio Holstein Association

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Index Coming EventsABS Global, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Accelerated Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Ag Credit/Country Mortgages . . . . . . . . 47Agri Sales & Consulting — Oxy Blast . . . 50Agri-King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Andrews, Steve & Seth — Auctioneers . . . 26Ashland Implement, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Bickel Family Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Cargill Animal Nutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51COBA/Select Sires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Commodity Blenders, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Commodity Specialists Company. . . . . . . 28ComputerMixx. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Crimson Lane Holsteins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Curry Lumber & Pole Building Co.‘s . . . . . 27Davis, Kim R. — Nationwide Insurance . . . 8Embryo Transfer Services . . . . . . . . . . . . 18First National Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Garver, Merlin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Golden Link Supplements, Inc.. . . . . . . . . 25Habrun’s Insurance Service, Inc. . . . . . . . 35Harold’s Equipment, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Harvest Hills Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32-33K & M Builders, Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Kidron Auction, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27L-G Animal Wellness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Lehman, Eileen — Livestock Hauling . . . . 41Lowe & Young, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Meaden & Moore — CPA’s . . . . . . . . . . . 44Mennonite Mutual Insurance Company . . 20

Midwest Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Miley Holstein Farms, Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 15National Holstein Futurity. . . . . . . . . . 38-39New Pittsburg Large Animal Clinic . . . . . 34Ohio Beef Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Ohio State University/

Agricultural Technical Institute . . . . . . . . 24Paradise Valley Farms, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Pine Tree Dairy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Plain-Knoll Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Raygor Farms, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Richman Farms, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Rohaven Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Shearer Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Silver-Mist Holsteins/White Light Holsteins 62Spike, Pete & Jean — Vacation Rental . . . 56Stan-Mar-Dale/Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Stein-way Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Taurus Services, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Ten-Penny Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Thomas, Jenny — Photographer . . . . . . . 57Town & Country Co-op Feed . . . . . . . . . . . 9Trent Insurance Group Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 10U-Dean Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Vaughan, Steve — Nutritional Consultant . 45W. G. Dairy Supply, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Wenger’s Sharpening Service . . . . . . . . . . 6Wil-O-Rae Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

MEETINGS and EVENTSMarch 13-14, 2015 – Ohio Holstein AnnualMeeting, Howard Johnson’s, Lima, OHJune 23-26, 2015 – National HolsteinConvention, St. Charles, ILJune 28–July 1, 2016 – National HolsteinConvention, Saratoga Springs, NY

SHOWSNovember 8, 2014 – Grand NationalHolstein Junior Show, Louisville, KY, JudgeEric Topp, OHNovember 8, 2014 – Mid-East Fall Red &White Junior Show, Louisville, KYNovember 10, 2014 – Mid-East FallNational Holstein Show, Louisville, KY, JudgeLynn Harbaugh, WINovember 10, 2014 – Mid-East FallNational Red & White Show, Louisville, KY,Judge Lynn Harbaugh, WI

SALESOctober 23, 2014 – 7:00 p.m., Harvest HillsSale, Dover FairgroundsNovember 22, 2014 – Ohio Multi-Breed FallSale, Wayne Co. Fairgrounds, Wooster

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Ben-Alli Jerseys & HolsteinsRoy, Lisa, & Allison Mangun Ben & Jenessa Mangun 13693 Friendsville Road Burbank, Ohio 44214 330-435-6520

Highlights from Louisville, Kentucky

Allison, congratulations on being elected to the National Holstein Junior Advisory Committee at the National Holstein Convention in Iowa. Congratulations on your accomplishments during your 4-H and FFA career.

Allison Fire Sammy Sizzle7th Place Summer Yearling &

Highest Parent Average for Protein AA Junior Jersey Show

2nd Place Senior ShowmanshipAllison receiving her FFA American Degree

at the 2014 National FFA Convention.

By Keaton Topp, Reporter

Month in ReviewOn the weekend of January 17th, the junior directors gathered together to plan for the upcoming year. At this meeting we also planned our activities for State Convention. On the 18th we had a fun day at SkyZone with the juniors.

State Convention Activities FridayWe will be bowling on Friday night from 7:00-9:30 PM at 20th Century Bowling Alley. Transportation for juniors will be provided from the appreciation diner and from the hotel. Transportation from the appreciation dinner will depart at 6:30. Transportation form the hotel will depart at 6:50. We will be serving pizza for dinner. All juniors will be transported back to the hotel after bowling. We will arrive back at the hotel at 9:45PM.SaturdayOn Saturday we will be having a brief meeting in which we will establish our new junior directors. Following that we will play hands-on games.

National ConventionThis year the national convention will be held in Illinois. We would like to welcome all junior members to travel with us to Illinois. At the convention many contest are held for juniors. Juniors may participate in these contest if they chose. Also at the convention there are many other junior activities such as dances and other opportunities for Ohio juniors to mingle with other juniors from all around the country. All entries for contest are due by May 1st. YDJM and DJM entries are due March 1st . If you are interested in going to National Convention please call one of the advisors. We must know by April 18th if you are going to convention.

AdvisorsMatt Lawson . . . . .(937) 459-8980 Megan Lawson . . . (937)638-2402Jacquelyn Sherry . . (937) 538-7110


Ohio 4-H and FFA Dairy Dates

Judging ContestsMarch 4, 2015Wilmington Aggies at Roberts ArenaMarch 7, 2015Marysville at Marysville High SchoolMarch 10, 2015District 1 InviteMarch 14, 2015Miami Trace at Fayette Co. FairgroundsMarch 21, 2015Ashland at Ashland High SchoolMarch 21, 2015FFA State Contest at Mercer Co. FairgroundsApril 4, 20154-H State Contest at Ohio Expo CenterJuly 16, 2015East Clinton FFA Invite @ Clinton Co. Fair

Other Events and ActivitiesMay 2DairyPalooza at Trumbull Co. FairgroundsMay 9DairyPalooza at Auglaize Co. FairgroundsJuly 30 and August 5Ohio State Fair SkillathonsJuly 31 and August 7thOhio State Fair Judging Clinics*Dates are subject to change

Thank You!

For Sponsoring our 2015 Calendarfeaturing the 2014 All-Ohio and

Junior All-Ohio Winners.

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CLASS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DONORJUNIOR SHOWSpring Heifer Calf . . . . . . . . . . . Jenny Thomas/Cybil Fisher

PhotographyWinter Heifer Calf . . . . . . . . . . . Land O’Lakes Animal MilkFall Heifer Calf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Open-Road HolsteinsSummer Yearling Heifer. . . . . . . . Steve Andrews, AuctioneerSpring Yearling Heifer. . . . . . . . . Lund View FarmWinter Yearling Heifer . . . . . . . . Broad-Vue HolsteinsFall Yearling Heifer . . . . . . . . . . . H.B. Owen & Son, Inc.Junior Champion Female . . . . . . . Mason Farms, Ltd.Res. Junior Champion Female . . . DHI Cooperatives, Inc.Junior Two-Year-Old Cow . . . . . . Lorawae HolsteinsSenior Two-Year-Old Cow . . . . . . Miley Holstein Farms, Ltd.Junior Three-Year-Old Cow . . . . . Goodsons Holsteins/Buckeye ETSenior Three-Year-Old Cow . . . . . Crimson-Lane Holsteins/

Thorbahn BrothersIntermediate Champion Cow . . . . Commodity Blenders, Inc.Res. Intermediate Champion Cow . Alden FarmsFour-Year-Old Cow. . . . . . . . . . . IBA of Ohio, Inc.Five-Year-Old Cow . . . . . . . . . . . Glenn SageserAged Cow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baker’s Acres125,000 Pound Cow . . . . . . . . . Rupp-Vue FarmSenior Champion Cow . . . . . . . . Land O’Lakes Purina FeedRes. Senior Champion Cow. . . . . Raygor Farms, LLCGrand Champion Female . . . . . . Stan-Mar-Dale HolsteinsRes. Grand Champion Female . . . Ack-Lee HolsteinsDistrict Group of Five . . . . . . . . . Ohio Holstein Association

OPEN SHOWSpring Heifer Calf . . . . . . . . . . . Quality Quest HolsteinsWinter Heifer Calf . . . . . . . . . . . Triple-T HolsteinsFall Heifer Calf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shreve PrintingSummer Yearling Heifer. . . . . . . . Richman FarmsSpring Yearling Heifer. . . . . . . . . Berg Farms Ltd.Winter Yearling Heifer . . . . . . . . Toppglen HolsteinsFall Yearling Heifer . . . . . . . . . . . Call-Del Farm, Alfred L. Call

& FamilyJunior Champion Female . . . . . . . Homerville Holstein Farms, Ltd.Res. Junior Champion Female . . . Land O’Lakes Animal MilkJunior Best Three Females . . . . . . COBA/Select Sires, Inc.Junior Two-Year-Old Cow . . . . . . Lindlaur Holsteins Nevin &

Brenda L’AmoreauxSenior Two-Year-Old Cow . . . . . . Conrad FarmsJunior Three-Year-Old Cow . . . . . White Light Holsteins,

Menzie FamilySenior Three-Year-Old Cow . . . . . Windemere, Jim & Nancy KempIntermediate Champion . . . . . . . . Land O’Lakes Purina FeedRes. Intermediate Champion . . . . Twining FarmsFour-Year-Old Cow. . . . . . . . . . . Weikland FarmsFive-Year-Old Cow . . . . . . . . . . . Spreng Longacre Farms, Inc.Aged Cow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baker’s Acres125,000 Pound Cow . . . . . . . . . Rawn FarmsSenior Champion Cow . . . . . . . . Trealayne HolsteinsRes. Senior Champion Cow. . . . . Topp-View FarmGrand Champion . . . . . . . . . . . . National Holstein Futurity, Inc.Res. Grand Champion . . . . . . . . Express Show CattleBest Bred and Owned. . . . . . . . . Genex Cooperative, Inc.Dam and Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . JR & Angie KavermanProduce of Dam . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hardingdale Holsteins/

Larry Harding FamilyBest Three Females . . . . . . . . . . . Midwest GeneticsDairy Herd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ouric Holsteins

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CLASS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DONORJUNIOR SHOWSpring Heifer Calf . . . . . . . . . . . Jenny Thomas/Cybil Fisher

PhotographyWinter Heifer Calf . . . . . . . . . . . Land O’Lakes Animal MilkFall Heifer Calf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Open-Road HolsteinsSummer Yearling Heifer. . . . . . . . Steve Andrews, AuctioneerSpring Yearling Heifer. . . . . . . . . Lund View FarmWinter Yearling Heifer . . . . . . . . Broad-Vue HolsteinsFall Yearling Heifer . . . . . . . . . . . H.B. Owen & Son, Inc.Junior Champion Female . . . . . . . Mason Farms, Ltd.Res. Junior Champion Female . . . DHI Cooperatives, Inc.Junior Two-Year-Old Cow . . . . . . Lorawae HolsteinsSenior Two-Year-Old Cow . . . . . . Miley Holstein Farms, Ltd.Junior Three-Year-Old Cow . . . . . Goodsons Holsteins/Buckeye ETSenior Three-Year-Old Cow . . . . . Crimson-Lane Holsteins/

Thorbahn BrothersIntermediate Champion Cow . . . . Commodity Blenders, Inc.Res. Intermediate Champion Cow . Alden FarmsFour-Year-Old Cow. . . . . . . . . . . IBA of Ohio, Inc.Five-Year-Old Cow . . . . . . . . . . . Glenn SageserAged Cow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baker’s Acres125,000 Pound Cow . . . . . . . . . Rupp-Vue FarmSenior Champion Cow . . . . . . . . Land O’Lakes Purina FeedRes. Senior Champion Cow. . . . . Raygor Farms, LLCGrand Champion Female . . . . . . Stan-Mar-Dale HolsteinsRes. Grand Champion Female . . . Ack-Lee HolsteinsDistrict Group of Five . . . . . . . . . Ohio Holstein Association

OPEN SHOWSpring Heifer Calf . . . . . . . . . . . Quality Quest HolsteinsWinter Heifer Calf . . . . . . . . . . . Triple-T HolsteinsFall Heifer Calf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shreve PrintingSummer Yearling Heifer. . . . . . . . Richman FarmsSpring Yearling Heifer. . . . . . . . . Berg Farms Ltd.Winter Yearling Heifer . . . . . . . . Toppglen HolsteinsFall Yearling Heifer . . . . . . . . . . . Call-Del Farm, Alfred L. Call

& FamilyJunior Champion Female . . . . . . . Homerville Holstein Farms, Ltd.Res. Junior Champion Female . . . Land O’Lakes Animal MilkJunior Best Three Females . . . . . . COBA/Select Sires, Inc.Junior Two-Year-Old Cow . . . . . . Lindlaur Holsteins Nevin &

Brenda L’AmoreauxSenior Two-Year-Old Cow . . . . . . Conrad FarmsJunior Three-Year-Old Cow . . . . . White Light Holsteins,

Menzie FamilySenior Three-Year-Old Cow . . . . . Windemere, Jim & Nancy KempIntermediate Champion . . . . . . . . Land O’Lakes Purina FeedRes. Intermediate Champion . . . . Twining FarmsFour-Year-Old Cow. . . . . . . . . . . Weikland FarmsFive-Year-Old Cow . . . . . . . . . . . Spreng Longacre Farms, Inc.Aged Cow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baker’s Acres125,000 Pound Cow . . . . . . . . . Rawn FarmsSenior Champion Cow . . . . . . . . Trealayne HolsteinsRes. Senior Champion Cow. . . . . Topp-View FarmGrand Champion . . . . . . . . . . . . National Holstein Futurity, Inc.Res. Grand Champion . . . . . . . . Express Show CattleBest Bred and Owned. . . . . . . . . Genex Cooperative, Inc.Dam and Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . JR & Angie KavermanProduce of Dam . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hardingdale Holsteins/

Larry Harding FamilyBest Three Females . . . . . . . . . . . Midwest GeneticsDairy Herd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ouric Holsteins

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District 5 Holstein ShowJune 23, 2013, Circleville, Ohio

Judge John Hawvermale • 26 Head ShowReported by Judy Wolford

Spring Heifer Calf (3)1. Silver-Mist Colt O Malley-Red, Silver-Mist;2. (JR) Ray-Jo Redburst Calfzilla, EmmaMathews; 3. (JR) Ray-Jo Absolute Lois Lee,Maggie Mathews

Winter Heifer Calf (4)1. Silver-Mist Colt Culater-Red; 2. (JR) Ray-JoAtwood Jessie, Maggie Mathews; 3. (JR) Ray-Jo Absolute Sequin-Red, Emma Mathews; 4.(JR) Conrad Atwood Lynx, Maylon Conrad

Fall Heifer Calf (3)1. (JR) Shenghigh Smist Atwood Wisk, TylerBland; 2. Silver-Mist Colt P Colbalt, Silver-Mist; 3. (JR) Conrad Summer Skittle, MacraeConrad

Summer Yearling (3)1. (JR) Conrad Shotzy Yahtzee-Red, MacyConrad; 2. (JR) Ray-Jo Redburst Saucy, BriceWalker; 3. (JR) Conrad Gold Chip Twilight

Winter Yearling (1)1. (JR) Conrad Braxton Paxie, Mikayla &Maylon Conrad

Junior Show Reserve Junior Champion and Open Show Reserve Junior Champion

Conrad Farms Summer Skittle, Macy ConradJunior Show Grand Champion and

Open Show Grand ChampionConrad Sam Sadie, Macy Conrad

Junior Show Reserve Grand Champion and Open Show Reserve Grand Champion

Conrad Advent Gloria-Red, Macy ConradSenior Showmanship Champion

Mikayla ConradIntermediate Showmanship Champion

Emma MathewsBeginner Showmanship Champion

Maggie Mathews

Fall Yearling (2)1. (JR) Ray-Jo Mockingbird Judy, EmmaMathews; 2. Greenlea BW Mar-Red-ET,Silver-Mist

Junior Best 3 (3)1. Conrad Farms; 2. Bickel Family Farms; 3.Silver-Mist

Junior Two-Year-Old (1)1. (JR) Conrad Windbrook Drop, MacraeConrad

Senior Two-Year-Old (1)1. Lawrence-Haven Destry All That, Silver-Mist

Senior Three-Year-Old (1)1. (JR) Conrad Advent Gloria-Red, MacyConrad; 2. (JR) Conrad Gabor Misty,Mikayla & Macrae Conrad

Four-Year-Old Cow (1)1. (JR) Conrad Million Denny, Macy Conrad

Five-Year-Old Cow (1)1. Silver-Mist Advent Botox, Silver-Mist

Aged Cow (1)1. (JR) Conrad Sam Sadie, Macy Conrad

Junior Show Junior Champion and Open Show Junior Champion

Shenghigh Smist Atwood Wisk, Tyler Bland

District 5 Show Report

Please visit the Ohio Holstein website at www.ohioholstein.com


In the past 9 years, I have been slowly collecting information on all of the previous OSU college and 4H dairy judging teams that represented our state at nation-al competitions. Dr. Spike had a very detailed scrapbook of all his team’s photos and names. I also had a listing of all of the Harold Kaeser teams, but very few pho-tos. Esther Welch and her daugh-ter went back through old editions of Holstein News and found some limited information. After a trip to the Archives of Ohio State, I also came up with a few more photos that matched up to the Kaeser list. I even spoke to Harold’s children about items that might be in their possession. Just last year, the staff of Hoards Dairyman went through all the notebooks at National Dairy Shrine and graciously shared Ohio photos available with me on a CD. During my tenure in this position, I have made requests for former team members to search their scrapbooks and old photos for what they could share. As a note of interest, I do have a photo of a 1922 team that included Ralph Porter-field as a student member! This is proof that we have had a team for 93 years!

In this age of technology, it is im-portant that we preserve the rich heritage of our judging program for the benefit of all who have come before us and those that will follow. The walls of the Animal Scienc-es building already have livestock and meat judging teams featured in posters!

IF I have created some interest, please take time to peruse your scrapbooks and boxes of vintage

Dear Ohio Holstein Members,photos to locate our history. If you know of anyone else that I should personally contact, please let me know. Winter months provide an excellent opportunity to work on these sorts of projects!

Thank you in advance for your help with this project!

~Bonnie Ayars

District 3 DatesSaturday, April 11, 2015District 3 Annual Meeting 12:00 noon at the First United Methodist Church, New Philadelphia

Saturday, June 20, 2015 District 3 Holstein ShowTuscarawas Co. Fairgrounds, New Philadelphia


Contact: Pete or Jean Spike 740-363-2184www.flipkey.com/p279536

Kentucky National Show and Sale

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Louisville, Kentucky

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ABS Global, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Accelerated Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Ack-Lee Registered Holsteins . . . . . . 46Agri Sales & Consulting — Oxy Blast . . . 27Agri-King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64American Dairy Association . . . . . . . .26Andrews, Steve & Seth — Auctioneers . . . 38Ashland Implement, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Ben-Alli Jerseys & Holsteins . . . . . . . 53Cargill Animal Nutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Carlisle Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37COBA/Select Sires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Commodity Blenders, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Commodity Specialists Company. . . . . . . 62ComputerMixx. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Congress Lake Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . .48Curry Lumber & Pole Building Co.‘s . . . . . 44Davis, Kim R. — Nationwide Insurance . . . 44Embryo Transfer Services . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Etgen-Way Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . 17Farm Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 67First National Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Garver, Merlin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Genex Cooperative, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 66Golden Link Supplements, Inc.. . . . . . . . . 47Harold’s Equipment, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Jacher Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20K & M Builders, Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Kidron Auction, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Kiko, Randall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Lehman, Eileen — Livestock Hauling . . . . 57Lowe & Young, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Meaden & Moore — CPA’s . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Mennonite Mutual Insurance Company . . 62Midwest Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Miley Holstein Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15New Horizon Farm & Dairy . . . . . . . 23New Pittsburg Large Animal Clinic . . . . . 16Nor-J Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Oakfield Corners . . . . . . . . . 24Ohio Beef Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Ohio Holstein Spring Sale . . . . . . . . . . 28-31Ohio State University/ATI . . . . . . . . 42Paradise Valley Farms, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Pine Tree Dairy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Plainfield Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Purdue Boilermaker Legacy Sale . . . . . . .59Purina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Quietcove Holsteins . . . . . . . . . 34-35Ratta Applied Construction . . . . . . . . 58Renaissance Nutrition . . . . . . . . . . 20Richman Farms, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Shearer Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Spike, Pete & Jean — Vacation Rental . . . 64Stein-way Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Taurus Services, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Ten-Penny Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Thomas, Jenny - Photographer . . . . . . . 44Town & Country Co-op Feed . . . . . . . . . . . 63Trent Insurance Group Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 13U-Dean Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Vaughan, Steve- Nutritional Consultant . 44W. G. Dairy Supply, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Wenger’s Sharpening Service . . . . . . . . . . 57Wil-O-Rae Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Whiteleather Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

COMING EVENTS

March 13-14 Ohio Holstein Association Convention, Howard Johnson’s in Lima OH

March 13 Ohio Holstein Convention Sale, Quietcove Holsteins in Wapakoneta, OH

March 13-15Quietcove Tag Sale, Quietcove Holsteins in Wapakoneta, OH

April 2-4 Ohio Spring Dairy Expo, Columbus OH

April 9 Kentucky National Holstein Show & Sale in Louisville, KY

April 10-13 NY Spring Dairy Carousel in Syracuse, NY

April 11 Purdue Dairy Club’s Boilermaker Legacy Sale in West Lafayette, IN

May 9Oakfield Corners Spring Sensation Sale in Oakfield, NY

June 23-26 National Holstein Convention in St Charles, IL

check page 55 for a complete list of dates for Youth events and activities

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Behind every wholesome dairy product, there is an enormous amount of hard work. That’s why we are offering operating loan rates

as low as 2.99%.* It’s our way of saying thank you. You also get the convenience and service you’ve come to experience from your

local Farm Credit Mid-America branch. We’ll even tailor your loan to your unique farming operation. Plus, our loans come with great

features such as fast processing, easy access to your funds, available fixed-rate financing and a MasterCard®-branded disbursement

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