—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 18,1978
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LIFE on the farm
By Dieter Krieg, Editor
With Thanksgiving approaching, I
take inventory of what I hold dear.
I count my blessings, of which
there are many.
The children and my wife, Lisa,
come to mind first. They’re really
special to come home to. Heidi, for
example, never fails to greet me with
an enthusiastic and loud "Hi Da 1 ” as
soon as she hears me coming Then
all 20 pounds of her, complete with
sparkling eyes and a great big smile,
come sailing towards me and into my
arms to be picked up and hugged.
I'm always happy to oblige. So much
in fact, that everybody accuses me of
having the little girl spoiled
Paul and Karl are a source of joy
too. Each day they have something to
show me and I must marvel at their
fine development. Both boys are
usually eager helpers One is an
artist, the other a builder Paul can
run like a marathon champion when
he wants to but can’t walk across the
room if he's busy drawing pictures.
Karl can be content building air
planes, houses, and barns, and yet
still have time to find Daddy’s shoes
They’re both delightful
And Mommy, she's very special
too. She takes care of three small
children and a husband who’s a boy
at heart. She provides us all with
love, comfort, warmth, and of course
good eating. She is understanding,
patient, loving, lovable. For her, I’m
grateful.
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I’m also thankful for my parents,
my upbringing, my heritage, my
friends, and this beautiful world we
live in. I’m thankful for Autumn,
Winter, Spring and Summer I’m glad
for trees, grass, animals', fields,
breezes, sunshine, ram, and soil
I’m thankful for my job and the
satisfactions I’ve been able to derive
from it 1 love the outdoors and
agriculture I’m grateful to be a part
of it.
Included too in my inventory of
cherished belongings and ex
periences are the memories I hold of
having once lived on a farm where
horses pulled wagons fitted with
wooden, iron-rimmed v/heels 1
remember the scent of leather
harnesses and hay, and the unique
smell of the dirt floo: in the toolshed.
And who can forget the warmth and
scent of a dairy barn, where the
aromas of silage, hay, straw, and the
cows themselves blend in for pure
satisfaction
A oouple years of life in a refugee
camp also had their value an
experience I wouldn’t trade away fo r
anything
Countless good memories of years
gone by and a happy feeling for what
I have today, make my inventory of
what I hold dear endless I thank God
for being so generous
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Lisa Dobrosky wins nat’L
meats judging contest
YORK - York County’s 4-H
meats judging experts won
another victory during
national competition last
week at Kansas City, Mo.
Lisa Dobrosky, 15-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Anthony G. Dobrosky, Glen
Rock R 2, topped all com
petitors to be named the
overall winner in the
national 4-H meats judging
and identification contest at
the American Royal
Livestock Show.
She’s the reigning county
4-H queen and has carried
sheep projects for several
years as a member of the
county lamb club and the
Glen Rock Community club.
Other members of the
team, which finished fourth
in the fifteen-sU.te com
petition, are Brenda Walter,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Walter, Airville R 2,
Chris Sunday, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Sunday, York Rl, and Steve
Trestle, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ronald Trostle, Red Lion R 2.
Lisa was first in the total
overall meats judging
portion of the competition,
finishing with 430 points.
Chris Sunday placed sixth
with 423 points. York’s team
was a close second with 1253
points to Oklahoma’s score
of 1255 points.
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In beef judging, the
teammates earned a score of
413 points to place fifth.
Wyoming captured that first
place with a high score of 429
points.
The team took sixth place
in pork judging, with Lisa
placing fourth m individual
scoring with 143 points, Chris
Sunday at the tenth place
with 133 points, and Brenda
Walter in eleventh place one
point lower.
Also scoring top in the
retail meats judging
category, Lisa earned the
first place with 147 points,
Chris with 141 points took
sixth place, and Brenda with
a tying 141 points was in
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seventh, to earn the county
the first place team spot.
In the meats identification
portion of the judging, Lisa
was third with 228 points,
Chris finished eighth with
209 points and Brenda was
tenth with 197 points, helping
to earn the team the fifth
place-spot.
The team from Nebraska
won the overall team score
with 1925 points, while
Pennsylvania’s fourth place
was won with their ac
cumulated 1887 points.
Other competitors
represented Illinois,
Wyoming, Alabama,
Virginia, Kansas, Florida,
Minnesota and Montana.
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Bird-in-Hand, PA 17505