—Lancaster Farming Saturday, January 20,1979
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Highest FFA honor goes to Vince Arnold
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Vince Arnold has ambitions of having his own lawn care and landscaping
business and hopes of someday earning the American Farmer Degree. En
couraging him with his goals is his instructor, left, Gerald Strickler.
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MYERSTOWN - One of
the highest honors
achievable in the Penn
sylvania FFA Association
came to a County
family last week for the
second year in a row. The
honor is the distinction of
being named State Star
Agribusinessman. The
fortunate young man to win
the award is Vincent Arnold.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
John W. Arnold, Schaef
ferstown, and younger
brother of last year’s State
Star Agnbusmessman,
Patrick Arnold.
A 1978 graduate of Eastern
Lebanon County High
School, Myerstown, the 18-
year old Arnold was
presented with the award
last week during the 50th
mid-Winter convention of the
Pennsylvania FFA
Association, held in con
junction with the 63rd annual
Pennsylvania Farm Show.
Ceremonies took place in the
Forum of the Education
Building.
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Arnold is employed as a
crew foreman at Schaeffer’s
Lawn and Garden Center,
Myerstown, where he deals
in landscaping, planting,
pruning, seeding, and fer
tilization. Private homes
provide the majority of
business.
Asked how he felt when it
was announced that he was
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the state winner, Arnold said
he was “surprised.”
The selection didn’t come
as much of a surprise to his
instructor, Gerald Stnckler,
however. “I thought he had a
pretty good shot at it, con
sidering his equity and labor
income,” he commented
during an interview this
week.
According to Stnckler,
who has headed the
vocational agriculture
department at ELCO High
School for seven years, a
student has to be determined
to achieve his goals.
Stnckler has had at least one
of his students wm the
American Farmer Degree or
similar national recognition
for each of the seven years
he has taught at the school.
“But it’s the students who
have to do the work and wm
the recognition,” he
reapeated. “The best
guidance won’t help, if they
themselves don’t have the
ambition,” he affirmed.
Arnold’s ambition centers
around someday having his
own lawn, garden, and
landscaping business. He
sees a bright future in it and
is combining that dream
with perhaps winning the
American Farmer Degree
someday. As a result of his
recognition last week in
Harrisburg, Arnold will
represent Pennsylvania m
September m competition
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