We received the following report and photos from Dakota Grayling, the current Illinois Junior Holstein Association Reporter, regarding their recent Spring Thing. Thanks for sharing, Dakota! And attention all other state junior associations – we’d love to include reports and photos from your activities, too! Send them to me – Sarah Schmidt – at sschmidt@dairybusiness.com. We always love hearing from juniors across the country having fun!

On Saturday and Sunday, Febuary 27th and 28th, the Illinios Junior Holstein Association held their annual “Spring Thing”. At the “Spring Thing”, members competed in the dairy quiz bowl, dairy jeopardy, public speaking / speech, and poster / display contests. The “Spring Thing” was held at the Hawthorne Suites in Champaign, Illinois and approximately 80 people attended.

Kyle Mitchell Outstanding Junior Memorial Award Recipient, Emily Lyons

Photo L-R: Aaron Mitchell, Emily Lyons, and IJHA Advisor Melissa Irwin

Dairy Quiz Bowl Contest: 5 senior teams & 11 junior teams

The winning senior team was from Boone-Winnebago counties.

Dairy Bowl Top Ten Individuals – Senior

Back Row L-R: Josh Huelsman, Chris Kollmann, Justin Crull, Aaron Mitchell, Phillip Shanks, and Matt Drendel
Front Row L-R: Angie Boesche , Elizabeth Myelle, Colleen Ziller, and Sarah Sheehan

Top 6 Senior Dairy Quiz Bowl Contestants to compete at the 2010 National Holstein Convention,
June 26-29, in Bloomington, MN

Back Row L-R: Josh Huelsman, Chris Kollmann, and Aaron Mitchell
Front Row L-R: Elizabeth Myelle, Colleen Ziller, and Sarah Sheehan

The winning junior team was a combined effort from Boone, Winnebago, Tri-County, McHenry, and Lake counties.

Dairy Bowl Top Ten Individuals – Junior

Back Row L-R: Crystal Rote, Todd Irwin, Ryan Sheehan, Daniel Obert, Anna Folgate, and Morgan Bollech
Front Row L-R: Emily Irwin, Kaitlyn Carlson, Kaylen Miller, and Jordan Oellerich

Illinois Junior Dairy Quiz Bowl Contestants to compete at the 2010 National Holstein Convention,
June 26-29, in Bloomington, MN

Back Row L-R: Ryan Sheehan, Morgan Bollech, and Daniel Obert
Front Row L-R: Emily Irwin, Kaitlyn Carlson, and Jordan Oellerich

Kyle Mitchell Top Junior Dairy Quiz Bowl Award Recipient, Morgan Bollech

Photo L-R: Gail Pollard, Morgan Bollech, and IJHA Advisor Melissa Irwin

Kyle Mitchell Top Senior Dairy Quiz Bowl Award Recipient, Emily Lyons

Photo L-R: Gail Pollard, Emily Lyons, and IJHA Advisor Melissa Irwin

Dairy Jeopardy Contest: 8 seniors, 11 intermediates & 28 juniors

Top 3 Senior Jeopardy Contestants
L-R: Second Place Josh Huelsman, Third Place Angie Boesche, and First Place Aaron Mitchell

Top 3 Intermediate Jeopardy Contestants
L-R: Third Place Tim Kindberg, Second Place Ryan Sheehan, and First Place Sarah Sheehan

Top 3 Junior Jeopardy Contestants
L-R: Second Place Emily Irwin, First Place Daniel Obert, and Third Place Jordan Oellerich

Public Speaking / Speech Contest: 2 intermediate & 2 juniors

Intermediate Speech Division
L-R: Second Place Morgan Bollech and First Place Sarah Sheehan

Junior Speech Division
L-R: Second Place Morgan Exner and First Place Kaitlyn Carlson

Morgan Bollech, Kaitlyn Carlson and Sarah Sheehan will represent Illinois at the National Public Speaking / Speech Contest at the National Holstein Convention this coming summer.

Poster / Display Contest: 1 intermediate & 11 junior entries

Junior Division
L-R: Kaylen Miller “Quality Counts!” and Brianna Sheehan “What Drink Do You Do?”
Not Pictured: Emily Sheehan “Dairy Moo-niversity”

Intermediate Division
Tim Kindberg “From Beginning To End: A Cow’s Digestive Tract”

Overall, the weekened agenda was very busy yet quite fun. As you can see…Saturday was spent mostly competing in all the contests. Saturday evening, there was a dinner banquet where the top ten dairy quiz bowl individuals in the junior and senior divisions were anounced. Those top ten then competed for the top six spots to represent Illinois in the National Dairy Quiz Bowl Contest. After the banquet, an “Ag Olympics” and a dance was held.

On Sunday morning after breakfast, the Illinois Junior Holstein Association held their business meeting. Congratulations to all those who competed and best of luck to those representing Illinois at the National Holstein Convention, June 26th-29th, in Bloomington, Minnesota!

Special thank yous to all who helped with all of our contests and especially our donors: ABS c/o Adam Watkins of Woodstock, IL; Midwest Dairy Association c/o Marla Behrends of Carlock, IL; R-Vision Holstens c/o Mark and Melissa Irwin of Belvidere, IL; and Stateline Vet Clinic of Clinton, WI.

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