Jersey youth receiving national-level achievement, production and scholarship awards were honored by the American Jersey Cattle Association.
Winners in the National Jersey Youth Achievement Contest were Cassandra Chittenden, Schodack Landing, N.Y., first; Cassandra Krull, Lake Mills, Wis., second; Natalie R. Sanders, Hilmar, Calif., third; Kelli Carstensen, Petaluma, Calif., fourth; Kara Maxwell, Donahue, Iowa, fifth; Dylan Ellenburg, Morristown, Tenn.; Hanna Bachman, Ulysses, Pa., eighth; and Valery Silva, Beaver, Ore., tenth.
Winners in the National Jersey Youth Production Contest were Kara Maxwell, Donahue, Iowa, first; Ryan Lawton, Newark Valley, N.Y.; Colin McCalister, Hilmar, Calif.; Tommy Allen, Reedsburg, Wis.; Tyler Kirchdoerfer, Cape Girardeau, Mo.; Jasmine Noteboom, Warwick, N.Y.; and Meagan Chittenden, Schodack Landing, N.Y.; and Avery Lutz, Mocksville, N.C.; Nathan Lawton, Newark Valley, N.Y.; Cassandra Chittenden, Schodack Landing, N.Y.; Emily Jane Chittenden, Schodack Landing, N.Y.; Tricia Jo Kirchdoerfer, Cape Girardeau, Mo.; Maxwell Chittenden, Schodack Landing, N.Y.; Amber Ettinger, Kinards, S.C.; and Clayton Kirchdoerfer, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Michael Kortus, Lynden, Wash. was the winner of the 2012 Pot O’Gold Production Contest and $2,408.22 for Kilgus Finalist Gem-ET. Other Jersey youth receiving awards in the contest were Nathan Lawton, Newark Valley, N.Y.; Tricia Kirchdoerfer, Cape Girardeau, Mo.; Tyler Kirchdoerfer, Cape Girardeau, Mo.; Kara Maxwell, Donahue, Iowa; Clayton Kirchdoerfer, Cape Girardeau, Mo.; and Benjamin Colopy, Castile, N.Y.; Dore Baker, Wyoming, N.Y.; Ryan Lawton, Newark Valley, N.Y.; Tommy Allen, Reedsburg, Wis.; Korri Ann Briggs, Campbellsville, Ky.; and William Grammer, Sebring, Ohio.
The Jack C. Nisbet Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Cassandra Chittenden, Schodack Landing, N.Y. The Paul Jackson Memorial Scholarship for 2012-13 was awarded to Hannah Bachman, Ulysses, Pa. The Cedarcrest Farms Scholarship was awarded to Robyn Terrel, Honesdale, Pa. Kara Maxwell, Donahue, Iowa was awarded the the William R. Russell Memorial Scholarship and the Russell-Malnati Scholarship for Advanced Studies went to Kelli Carstensen, Petaluma, Calif. Lyman Rudgers, Attica, N.Y., won the Fred Stout Experience Award for an on-farm internship. Dylan Ellenburg, Morristown, Tenn., received the Reuben R. Cowles Youth Award.
Source: US Jersey