—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. August 6, 1977 22 Achievement Day results: [Continued from Page 21] friendships, and travel. Occasionally, there are a few special treats which come along. Top athletes, for example, will go to Penn State later this year for a special sports weekend. Continuing with highlights of the competition, Cum berland and Dauphin County 4-H’ers left the Penn State campus with two first-place honors apiece. Lebanon County had one such honor. Roxann Leib of Mechanicsburg R 2 garnered a third place in flower judging to lead her county team to first-place honors in the state. Other team Cumberland County 4-H’ers were tops in flower judging this week when they competed against other 4-H’ers from all over the state. They were coached by Donna Duncan, left, of Carlisle. Team members are, left to right; Roxann Leib, Mechanicsburg R 2; Jill Barrick, Carlisle R 5; and Karen Hornbaker, Ship pensburg R 5. members were Tammy Hoy of Carlisle R 6 who placed eighth; Marcia Bowman of Newville (21st); Jill Barrick of- Carlisle R 5 and Karen Hombaker of Shippensburg R 5. Judy Long of Mechanic sburg R 2 tied for first place in horse judging to lead her team to a second place in the state. Betsy Nichols of Mechanicsburg was eighth in that contest, which was entered by more than 200 4- H’ers from across the Commonwealth. Rounding out the team were Debbie Kmg of Mechanicsburg and Sue Muller of Carlisle. Cumberland County’s ATTENTION - DAIRY FARMERS meats judging team placed second, with Karen Strock of Mechanicsburg leading the attack. She was fourth-high individual in the state. Paula Deitch of Mechanicsburg placed sixth, and Cindy Brackbill, also of Mechanicsburg, placed 12th. Hie Dairy Bowl team from Cumberland County, con sisting of Joan Davidson and Mike Dyarman from Shippensburg, Cindy Whistler from Carlisle, and Danny Mains of Newville, placed third in the state. Janice Davidson of Shippensburg and Sherri Webber, Ruth and Helen McCulloch, all from Newville, captured a medal with their consumer presentation. The medal award is the highest given in that contest, as well as a number of others. The pride of Dauphin County’s 4-H program is Brian Watlington of Harrisburg. The youth was rated as the outstanding senior male athlete and led the physical fitness team to a seventh place. Others on the team were John Martin and Heide Gamache, both from the capital city, and Maureen Comiskey of Hummelstown. The con sumer presentation team from Dauphin County ties for first in the state. It consisted of Holly Sheppard, Patti Haughney and Mary Louise Wise, all of whom are from Hershey. Lebanon’s star in the competition was Bob Ben sing of Lebanon. He cap tured first place in the state in a contest which one might expect to have a girl win. But girls won the automotive contest as well as numerous others, which only a few years ago were dominated by boys. So Sensing scored one for his side by being the best vegetable judge. He led teammates Ken and Kevin Hoke and Greg Allwein to a second-place team victory. All are from Lebanon. Hoke was 12th in the individual ratings. Lebanon also had the second-place horticulture team, with Sue Bomberger providing the highest in dividual performance for the team. Making her home at Annville R 3, she placed fifth in the state. Others on the team were Melissa Weaver of Fredericksburg (9th); Jim Connor Lebanon, (11th); and Lisa Yordy of Palmyra. Following are county by-county details of the contests: LEBANON COUNTY Tom and Daniel Seaman of Grantville placed 25th and 15th, respectively on the junior livestock judging team. A blue-ribbon eight place performance was turned in by Mike Brajkovich, also from Grantville, to lead the junior livestock judging team to a tie for third place in the state. The fourth member of the team was Lebanon’s Tom Arnold. Kelly Lauer of Lebanon Mortonbuildings RD 4 Box 34A, Gettysburg, PA 17325 Ph: 717-334-2168 Box 126, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865 Ph: 201-454-7900 RD 6, Meadvilie, PA 16335 Ph: 814-336-5085 b earned a Presidential Award in physical fitness with her - fourth place in that Others to win the prestigious honor were Carol Cad wallader, and Tom Minnicb, both of Lebanon. The team, which was rounded out by Kevin Boltz, also from Lebanon, placed third in the state. The County’s 4-H delegation numbered 34. YORK COUNTY This year’s giant in 4-H honors boasts three second place individuals in the state and a second-place team. Sandy Deel is second-best in [Continued on Page 23]
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