Ritchie heads
Leb. Co. FFA unit
(Continued from Page 1) Bonita Kelly, the daughter of
Bomgardner, Annville, 15- ******* ®-
year-old Dave will also be K f y ’ entm - KeUy
the vice president of the
Little Dutchman Chapter for I)6^arh^entarian.
the 1978-79 school year. f R< ?JJ ndm B ° ut t* l6
„ ... for the county organization
p ft will be Randy Behney, a
■ T ° member of the Northern
iTJnffT th % CoUnty Lebanon FFA chapter.
V*"’ J U ? an Behney will assume the
r t E^ er u duties of chaplain. Behney is
SL.p t ! Hl i h the son of Mr and Mrs. Guy
A. Behney, Myerstown 3.
According to Ritchie, who
has' earned a number of
t awards at the county level,
KSh >? ? a f er including first place in the
Lebanon County public
t h 6 S ° a° f ’ speaking contest, first place
*" d dohn Arn ° ld ’ in the quiz contest, and
nrpvfn ncf e h n ’ >^ as second in parliamentary
S held . the P °f tlo procedure at the state level,
1 S Ph a n l re^ e h« Jnder his leadership the
been selected fo that" main goal for the county unit
r h!™™"!™ will be to become recognized
organization for the 1978-79— ag - one 0 { the best county
scnooi year. chapters in the state. Ritchie
In the reporter’s station also H wants to actively
for the county unit wm be volve more le m con .
Roy Shirk, rom Cedar Crest tests compet Xi ons and to
agh School. Shirk is the son the chapter in areas
of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stark suc H h as outdoor activities,
lebanon. During 1977 Shirk ot , Ritchie ’s other
held the role of treasurer m honors leading to the
his home chapter and will presidency of the county unit
now fill the position of vice include star greenhand in his
presidentforthatgroup. home chapt | r> county
Another mender from the farmer degree, two
Cedar Crest FFA is Lester y earswor k experience and a
Hemaman, who will assume b i ue ribbon at the county
the duties of sentinel. Thel7- level f()r e m p loym ent at C.F.
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. pou jtry processing
Isaac 0. Hemaman, Quenfan plant; Fredericksburg. Past
office* Ritchie has held
prestaenf-fcr the commg include chaplain and
year m Jus home c pte . secretary in the
Prior to this honor, he held Norlebco FFA ch / pter . For
the orfices of assistant the 1978-79 year, Ritchie will
sentinel and sentinel in his servc as vice president in his
home unit. school’s FFA unit.
A second young lady m the
“Lebanon County unit is
Robert Krexder has a large
The officers and advisor of the Lebanon County
Chapter of the Future Farmers of America are:
(left to right) back row, Bonita Kelly, David
Bomgardner, Roy Shirk, Robert Kreider, and J.
list of awards won up to this
time.
Those honores include star
greenhand in his home
chapter; the chapter
scholarshp honor from the
Little Dutchmen FFA; beef
production with the Annville-
Cleona chapter; public
speaking award in home
chapter; National Honor
Society; first place in county
greenhand quiz contest; first
in the county creed contest;
and member of the first
place parliamentary
procedure team at Penn
State last year.
Kreider lives on a 180 farm
which includes the raising of
100,000 broilers.
Bomgardner also tied with
Kreider in the county
greenhand quiz contest. The
historian for his chapter
during 1977-78, Bomgardner
earned a state gold medal
for his field com project
book.
Miss Heilinger, the star
greenhand from her chapter,
will serve as vice president
of the ELCO FFA during 197-
79. In the past she has won
foundation awards in dairy
production and ornamental
horticulture. She is a part of
the state FFA band and
served as secretary of her
hoiqe chapter in the 1977-78
school year.
Arnold is an experienced
dairy showman, having
taking the grand champion
FFA Guernsey at the
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 27,1978
Ray Bickel, advisor. Seated are: Ken Arnold, Susan
Heilinger, Scott Ritchie, Lester Heinaman, and
Randy Behney.
Lebanon Area Fair during
1977. Presently involved with
two work experience
projects, Arnold is emplyed
by Shaeffer’s Lawn and
Landscaping, Myerstown,
and Raymond Getz,
Myerstown, as a farm
laborer.
Parlimentarian Bonita
Kelly hails from Cedar Crest
High Schodl and Lebanon
County Vo-Tech, where she
is a horticulture student. The
15-year-old sophomore has
earned a demonstration
award from the Lebanon
County Vo Tech FFA.
Lester Heinaman, a junior
at Cedar Crest, is presently
employed at Plain and
Fancy Egg Ranch,
Elizabethtown, as an auto
loader operator. In his home
chapter he has earned the
agriculture mechanics
award.
Behney is also a dairy
showman, having taken the
reserve grand champion
Jersey at regional FFA
competition in 1977. He also
earned a showmanship
award at the state dairy
show and took a first placing
in the county with his dairy
project book. During the
1978-;79 school year he will
serve as the Notlebco FFA
chapter president.
Reporter Roy Shirk has
earned the star greenhand
honor from his home chapter
and the chain calf.
Each of the county officers
is under the direction of J.
Ray Bickel, vocational
agriculture instructor at
Northern Lebanon High
School, who is serving as
county advisor.
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