du Lac County. People’s choice honors in the senior contest went to Hannah Nelson. Wrapping up the photography contest was the farm animals category, where Kaelyn Weigel of Grant County took first, Samantha Pitterle of Dodge County took second, and Campbell Booth of Sheboygan County took third. Valerie Kramer of Fond du Lac County took first, Kelsey Cramer of Green County took second and Katherine Larson of Vernon County rounded out the senior division in third place. People’s choice awards went to Brooke Hammann of Barron County in the junior division and Kelsey Cramer in the senior division. The juniors got creative in the drawing and painting contest, and taking top honors in the junior division were Clarissa Ulness of Manitowoc County, and Paige Proctor of Wood County took second and third place, as well as people’s choice honors. In the senior division, Krista Hall of Vernon County was first, Brandon Biese of Manitowoc County was second, and Rachel Nigh of Vernon County rounded out the contest. Jenna Broege of Rock County was people’s choice winner in the senior contest. Also bringing out creativity were those in the crafts contest. Hannah Hensel of Wood County was first and people’s choice winner, Jenna Thorgensen of Barron County was second, and Emily Makos of Green County was third the junior division. In the senior contest, Courtney Moser of Vernon County took first and second place, in addition to people’s choice honors, and Kelsey Cramer of Green County was third. Each county is encouraged to submit a scrapbook of their activities throughout the year. These books are judged and awards are given to the top three counties. This year, Manitowoc/Calumet Counties earned top honors, Wood County took second and District 5 Juniors followed closely in third place. Digital scrapbooks were also submitted, and the winner of that contest was Lafayette County. The folding display contest was a huge success again this year. Individuals developed display boards to highlight activities or subjects within the dairy industry. First in the junior division was Christopher Gunst of Waushara County, second was Logan Harbaugh of Shawano County, and third was Marissa Vosberg of Green County. Logan Harbaugh was named people’s choice in this contest. First and people’s choice in the intermediate division was Courtney Moser of Vernon County, and second place was McKenna Coffeen of Brown County. In the senior contest, Cierra Ehrke-Essock of Jefferson County was the winning entry and people’s choice winner. A banner from Manitowoc County took first place in the banner contest, and will represent Wisconsin at this year’s National Holstein Convention in New York. The annual essay contest encourages members to write about assigned topics relating to today’s dairy industry. With another outstanding number of entries in this year’s junior division, taking top honors in a tie were Clarissa Ulness of Manitowoc County and Kenadee Weigel of Lafayette County. Third place went to Kaelyn Weigel of Lafayette County. In the senior division, Madeline Zutz of Manitowoc County was first, Brooke Trustem of Rock County was second and Zach Dressler of Iowa County took third place. One of the most coveted awards, based on participation throughout the year and enthusiasm, is the Spirit award, which was given to Trempealeau County. The Bell-R-Ring contest was won by Manitowoc/Calumet Counties with a clever song spun from “Shake it off.” For teams to be seated in the dairy bowl contest, they must take a written exam on the first day of convention. Those individuals scoring highest are recognized with awards. High scores in the junior division this year went to Matthew Gunst of Dodge County, Ava Booth of Sheboygan County, and Tahmara Hendrickson of Vernon County. Recognized for high scores in the senior division were Lizi Endres of Dane County, Ben Schmidt of Shawano County, and Maria Balbach of Lafayette County. The Wisconsin Holstein Association would like to commend the Chippewa County Junior Holstein Association members and chaperones, and extend a special thank you to all volunteers that helped make the weekend a success! The Association would also like to thank the following junior raffle sponsors: Matt, Molly and Ben Dorshorst, WI State Farmer, Mary Kay, UW-Platteville Dairy Club, Accelerated Genetics, Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin, ABS Global, Inc., Sexing Technologies, The Country Today, East Central/Select Sires, NASCO, Cattle Connection, UW-Madison Badger Dairy Club, International Protein Sires, Semex, World Dairy Expo, Agri-View, Hoard’s Dairyman, Berres Brothers, Wisconsin Holstein Association, and Wisconsin Holstein Publications.
10–wisconsin HOLSTEIN news/March 2016
Scholarship Recipients
Front - Cierra Ehrke-Essock, Sierra Solum, Matthew Kramer, Nicole Pralle, Riley Miller; back - Katrina Nunes, Jessica Pralle, Danielle Warmka, Katherine Larson, Amber Dammen, Andy Sell, Charlie Hamilton, Kati Kindschuh, Sara Griswold
Speaking Contest
Front – Ava Booth, Brianna Meyer, Mae Buttles; back – Courtney Moser, Eva Doornink, Tyler Giddings, Elizabeth Sarbacker, Kati Kindschuh, Kelsey Cramer
WHY Friend Awards
Laura Daniels (left) of Iowa County and Maureen DeBruin of Jefferson County