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Jeffery Wilson
Jeff plans to continue his
partnership with his brother,
by going in diversified
livestock production after
graduation.
TRACY HORSLEY
Kennard-Dale
Tracy Horsley, 17, son of
Mr. and Mrs. George R.
McGinnity, Sr. of New
Freedom, is a senior at
Kennard-Dale High School.
While in the FFA he has
served as president and vice-
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president of both the Junior
Chapter and Senior Chanter.
He was also a County FFA
reporter.
Tracy’s farming program
consists of beef steers and
also an occupational ex
perience program of
working at the Mountain
Panel Co., his father’s
business. Tracy was a
member of the
parliamentary procedure
team three years which went
to the state contest two years
Tracy Horsley
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medal. He also participated
in many county contests and
won a silver medal in the
state livestock judging
contest. He attended three
state conventions and went
to the national convention in
Kansas City, Missouri this
year.
Tracy plans to work in his
father’s business after
graduation.
NORTHERN YORK
Jeffrey Donahue,
Dillsburg; Jeffrey Kerr,
WellsviUe; Janet Miller,
Dillsburg; and Karen Yost,
Dover; are all members of
the Gifford Pinchot FFA
Chapter and will receive
their Keystone Degree next
week.
Chester
County
DALE DAVIS
Oxford Area
Dale Davis is the 17 year
old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles F. Davis, Oxford R 2.
He is a senior at Oxford Area
High School and has been a
member of the Oxford FFA
all of his high school years.
In his freshman year, Dale
had a project in which he had
five Holstein and Angus
wins
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cattle. In his sophomore
year, he did improvement
projects on an area home as
well as maintaining his
project of the Holstein and
Angus cattle.
Dale was also on the dairy
products judging team his
Dale Davis
sophomore and junior years
and competed at Penn State
during the Summer FFA
convention. He has been on
the work experience
program in his junior and
senior years. In this
program, he does contract
labor, consisting of filling,
spawning, casing, and
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cleaning out for different
mushroom growers in the
area.
Dale has also served on a
number of committees
through his FFA years.
After graduation, Dale
plans to work in mushrooms
doing contract labor until he
is ready to begin growing
mushrooms himself.
renee McCardell
Oxford Area
Renee McCardell, 17, is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Clay McCardell, Oxford Rl.
Renee is a senior at Oxford
Area High School. She has
been a member of the Oxford
Chapter of Future Farmers
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She became active in the vo
ag. program by getting
involved with almost all of
the chapter activities in
cluding the chapter picnic,
banquet, leadership con
ferences, Parlimentary
Procedure team, and FFA
activities week held at Penn
State University where she
received a fourth in the
interview contest.
_ Renee has held several
offices in the FFA. In tenth
grade she was assistant
secretary, in eleventh grade,
secretary, and in twelfth
grade, president. In
November, Renee attended
the 51st National Convention
held at Kansas City,
Missouri.
Her leadership knowledge
and duties do not stop with
the FFA. Renee is involved
in many more school ac
tivities.
Renee works with Arabian
Horses and hopes to
someday own and operate a
farm. She also plans to stay
active in her community.
DAVID J. WYLIE
Oxford Area
David J. Wylie, 19, is the
son of Mr. & Mrs. Samuel J.
Wylie Jr., Octoraro Farms,
Leesbridge. He is a senior at
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