Junior Corner

Hello ev- tabs with the New York Holstein eryone and Association on Facebook or other welcome to sites may be more reliable for upMarch! This to-date information, but I hope that is the youth you all take this chance to start the issue of the show season off right. Hopefully, Holstein this year will turn out a little News, and better than last year as far as cow thankfully shows go. So, I said how amazing

Danielle Herrick New York the New York junior members are, is full of ex- and I wanted to encourage you all cellent youth members who deserve to run for the elections of the new all the recognition. Some of these members on the JEC. You should all juniors competed in a couple of the to consider running for a position as contests at our virtual convention this is a great way to interact with that was held at the end of January, other junior members and to help further proving how versatile the Jr. make decisions that affect all the Holstein members can be. other members. There are multiple

Going from my previous different positions that need to statement, I would just like to be filled, so I am sure that there congratulate all of the juniors who is something that would interest competed in the virtual events that everyone. Feel free to reach out to were held. I know how difficult it any of the current JEC members may be to compete over zoom, but to see what the position you are you all did an amazing job and are interested in would entail. even more prepared for the virtual I hope that you have all had a life that we are currently living in. great start to 2021 thus far and that It is my hope that we can have a you are all able to make it to the national convention so that you are Spring Carousel. all able to show off your talents at a higher level. I know you would all do great! The greatest thing about national convention is that you get to meet people from all over the country who share your passion for the dairy industry. I have friends from Washington and Wisconsin who I might not always talk to, but I see them at national 4-H and FFA events, and it is always a fun connection to have. Some of you may know people from national shows as well, though I never had that connection because my cows are definitely not nice enough to compete at a level higher than county fair.

Talking about shows, as of the time that I am writing this article, the 2021 Spring Dairy Carousel Show is still set to take place from March 29 to April 3 in Hamburg. Keeping

Wayne County Jr. News

By Alysha Kuhn In January some of our juniors decided to participate in the virtual Holstein events held in place of convention. Many of our members won the competitions!

To start out with the DJM competitions, Alexis Schultz and Luke Taylor were award winners in the 11-13 age division and Gabriella Taylor in the 14-16 age division.

We also had some winners in the speech competition as well! In the Senior division Sarah Lovell came in first place then Rachel Rouland came in second place! Then in the Intermediate division Gabriella Taylor came in first place!

Next came the production awards where Adam Schultz, Connor Schultz, Alexis Schultz, Luke Taylor, and Gabriella Taylor all received awards.

Finally, the Junior All-NY Contest yielded one winner from Wayne County, Rachel Rouland who won the All-NY Summer Jr. 2-Year-Old contest.

Congratulations to all of our winners and those who participated!

In other news we have elected our new officers for our junior club. Our new president is Kailey Kuhn, our new vice president is Alaska Dunstan, our secretary is Gabriella Taylor, our new treasurer is Bennet Dunstan, and our news reporter is Alysha Kuhn.

Along with electing new members we have also started dairy quiz bowl practices which are being held in person with masks and staying socially distanced! We are extremely excited to finally be practicing again and can’t wait to see what this new year will bring.

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