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—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
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supervisor meeting. There
they explained what they
wanted to do, and outlined
their problems.
The youths believe that the
basic issue will be funding
for the project. They have
the manpower to do th?
work-but money is needed.
They have two routes
which they can follow in thir
outlined plan of the project.
The first plan is that they
simply work on the pond and
restore it to its former state.
The second and more
ambitious idea, is that the
area is turned into a park,
with landscaping, fer
tilization of the grounds, anil
the addition of picnic tables.
If they simply restore the
pond, a rough estimate of the '
cost would be about $4OOO. If
they decide to try and make
a park out of the area, they
estimate the cost closer to
$BOOO or $9OOO.
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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in charge of the plans for the FFA project are,
seated, Don Shaeffer, chairman, Lampeter;
Clayton Shenk, student advisor, Lancaster; and
The youths estimate that plans and starting to raide
the entire project will take funds. They hope to get some
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Jerry Myer, chapter president. Standing are Bruce
Richards, FFA advisor, and James Meek, Willow
Street.
with bluegills and bass. The
pond, they hope, could be
opened to the public for
fishing and ice skating, as
well as other water ac
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their project, and they urge
anyone with suggestions or
aid to call them at Garden
Spot High School, 717-464-
3311. Advisor for the group is
Bruce Richards.
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