50 —Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, December 30,1978 Restoration of pond begun by Garden Spot FFA By KENDACE BORRY LAMPETER - For their BOAC (Building Our American Communities) project this year, the Garden Spot FFA is tackling a problem that has been steadily worsening for quite awhile. Their project is the Lampeter Pond, which they summed up as in “bad condition”. According to members of the BOAC committee, in cluding Jerry Myer, chapter president, Don Shaeffer, chairman, Clayton L. Shenk, student advisor, and James Meek, chapter reporter, there are several reasons for the pond’s deterioration. The banks are caving in, they reported. Muskrats are working in the pond, further damaging it Originally thought to be about 12 Vz feet deep, the pond now has about two feet of water in it Some of the water has drained out of holes nude by the muskrats and the FFA’ers estmated that about four feet of sediment has settled in the pond. There has also been some waste materials dumped in the pond from facilities nearby. At one time there were fish in tie pond but today none can be found. Another aspect of the pond, which is located directly behind the West Lampeter Fairgrounds, is that it is located next to farmland. In the past its overflow has drained into alfalfa fields, causing fur ther erosion. According to the BOAC committee, two years ago the West Lampeter Jaycees tried to do something about the pond, but failed to get the support that they needed. Now the Garden Spot FFA is accepting the challenge. The project was officially started about a month ago. The first step of the committee was to go to a West Lampeter Township HOWTO GETTHE MOST FOR YOUR MONEY IN ACHAIN SAW. Model 020 AV STIHL The wedi'slmpestseHmgcliain sew FREE DEMONSTRATION Chain Saw - Concrete & Metal Saw Rentals STOLTZFUS WOODWORK RD Gap, PA Box 183 . 1 Mile North Rt. 897 From Gap WES STAUFFER SMALL ENGINES NORMAN H. 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And the raising of that money will be the most difficult part of the work, the FFA’ers believe. After attending the supervisor meeting, they started visiting different service organizations in the area. They travelled to the Willow Street Sertoma Club, telling them their basic plans and goals. They went to the West Lampeter Jaycees and did the same. In the future, they plan to visit more organizations in the area. To help in the estimate of the work, they had Scott Eberly, representing the Soil Conservation Service, in Lancaster, to look at the pond site. Eberly suggested that the pond ,be returned to a depth of eight to ten feet deep, which would make it an ideal pond for bluegills. He told the FFA’ers that they need to determine an exact plan outling their goals for the project. The care of the pond, he noted, would be continual, if it was not to deteriorate again. 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