—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 7, 1976
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Sharon Bare likes to 6 give things a whiz 9
By JOANNE SPAHR
WITMER - Sharon Bare
won first place and a set of
wrenches last year tor being
the top senior in the Central
4-H Tractor Club. And she’s
proud of it.
“Heck,” she scoffs, ‘Til
just put that set of wrenches
in my car and I’ll know how
to fix it."
And that’s that. There’s no
arguing with this self
assertive little pixy. She may
be short and petite, but she
packs a lot of power.
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Sharon is also an animal and outdoors lover. She
combines these two loves by caring for her horse,
Flicka.
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Sharon does admit,
however, that it is rather
unique for a girl to be a part
of tractor club, since she was
one of only three girls out of
28 members.
“Mostly we got together
and worked on different
engines, tore down planters,
and fixed plows,” she said,
describing the main focus of
this unusual club.
Sharon became a member
of the club because her
father had been a member
before her.
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“It was sort of just the
thing to do,” she explains.
The daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Mervin H. Bare, Wit
mer, Sharon is a person with
many interests.
“I’m the type of person
who will give something a
whiz, and if it works out, it
does, and if it doesn’t, it
doesn’t,” she says with a
wave of her hand. But when
she goes at something, she
does it right.
Mostly, she likes to try all
areas of agriculture. Besides
being a member of the
Central Tractor Club for one
year, she has been a member
of the Red Rose Baby Beef
and Lamb Club, the 4-H
Boots and Saddles Club, and
the Garden Spot Community
Club, where she took
floriculture.
She has known success in
these clubs - winning
anything from a set of
wrenches to placings at
Districts. But, her real love
is FFA.
A June graduate of
Conestoga Valley High
School and Brownstown Vo-
Tech, Sharon became
acquainted with FFA
through her major at
Brownstown - floriculture.
Both horticulture and
floriculture are connected
with FFA at the vocational
technical schools. And, one
thing Sharon made sure to do
while she was in FFA was to
take her experience and
make it work for her.
At present, she has her
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Red Rose Chapter and her
Star Greenhand degrees and
was the secretary of her
FFA chapter. She also
received the Banker’s award
during her senior year at
Brownstown for the out
standing student -in
floriculture.
For her ability with
flowers, she also won a
bronze medal last year at
State Days. To win this, she
had to make a corsage in 20
minutes, excell in a question
and answer test, and
correctly identify 40 plants in
the greenhouse.
She put her capabilities to
the test in two other areas
and came out on top. In a
com improvement test, she
was top grower, and in her
work with livestock she
received the livestock award
for her FFA steer.
Even though she attained
most of her recognition
through FFA, she is also a
strong advocate of
vocational technical schools.
“It’s just a great school,”
she explains. “What you
learn there, you can use
every day, and if you had to
pay for everything you learn,
you’d have to pay a lot.”
Her Vo-Tech experience
has benefited her. She is now
a full-time grower at Buhl's
Greenhouse in Witmer. And,
through her Vo-Tech and
FFA connections, has also
successfully completed her
work for her pesticide
license, which commercial
growers need.
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Right now she says
greenhouse work is slow, so
she has another full-time job
as an evening bus girl at a
nearby restaurant which
• keeps her occupied. At
present, greenhouses are
mostly bedding the flowering
Sharon's favorite work is in the greenhouse. She
loves to do the actual planting and taking care of
the flowers and vegetables.
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plants and working with
vegetables. In Winter, much
of the time will be taken up
working with mums car
nations, and other Christmas
flowers.
Although Sharon will be
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