—Lancaster Famine, Saturday, May 19,'1979
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Farm and Home scholarships
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also serves as a peer
helping.” Lamar works on a counselor, a reading tutor
dairy farm and raises 26 is in the instructional
sows of his own. He is a program council
member of the Manor Darlene Groff, 17, is the
Mennonite Youth daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Fellowship. “I’m glad about Harold S. Groff,' 2320 New
the scholarship, because I Street, Blast Petersburg,
needed it,” he said. Graduating from Hempfield
Winners in the-field of High School, Darlene will
nursing are: study nursing at Lancaster
Theresa s ßufano, 18, General Hospital. She said,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. “I really want to help people.
Henry N. Bufano, Oxford R 2. I’ve wanted to be a nurse .
Theresa will graduate from since I was in the hospital in
Solanco High School and third grade. lam very in- >
attend Miscricordia College terested in anatomy and
in Dallas. “I chose nursing diseases.” Darlene is a
from talking to a lot of my member of the quiz team of
relatives who are nurses. I Centerville Brethren in
like to work with people and Christ church and works at
have always had an interest Orange Julius at Park City,
in nursing.” She is a as well as being a member of
member of the basketball the health careers dub, the
and track teams, serves on Bible dub and taking guitar
student senate, and is in the lessons. “I was surprised,”
National Honor Sodety. She, she said, “I really need it.”
Soil
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Johnston explained. “We hope that people
practice good stewardship all year round
and not just for this one week, for not only
are we dependent on each other but also on
the natural resources.”
Aaron Stauffer, Chairman of the Lan
caster Conservation District, told that he
hopes that everyone would take time to
take an inventory of how soil stewardship
affects everyone in the “Garden Spot of
the World and the greatest agricultural
nation.”
“Soil stewardship requires all of our
attention-urban, semi-urban, and fanners
alike,” he said. “And I hope everyone can
participate in the soil stewardship church
services and thank God for the good
prodctuive soil that this nation has been
blessed with and do what they can to
protect thus number one natural resource
which is so basic to all human beings.”
Amos Funk, vice chairman of the same
group, told that he is particularly in
terested in the theme “Interdependence”.
“There is a great need for the un
derstanding of the interdepence between
rural and urban people” he related. “And
one of the goals of this Soil Stewardship
Week is to make urban people aware of the
sediment and erosion problems. More and
more, both urban and rural people need to
know of the soil washing away. ”
“Twelve tons of soil per acre per year is
eroded each year in Lancaster County” he
stated. “This isn’t generally known, and
people just think that the soil will be here
forever.”
“And we have to save the farmland,” he
added. “Fanners may have to give up
some of their equity of the land, while
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Shirley Marie Herr', 123
Witmer Road, Lancaster, is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde H. Herr. Shirley, 17,
will graduate from
Conestoga Valley High
School, and will attend
Eastern Mennonite College
to obtain her B.S. in nursing.
She said her sister in
fluenced her to be a nurse. “I
also like the challenge of the
medical field, which is
always changing, and I like
to work with people.” A
member of the chorus and
orchestra, Shirley is in the
National Honor Society and
is in the Paradise Mennonite
Church Youth group.
Sandra Y. Myer, 18, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Myer, 2340 Hobson
Road, Lancaster.
Graduating from Conestoga
Valley High School, Sandra
will attend Goshen College.
urban people in the future may have to pay
more taxes to repay the farmer for this
loss of equity.”
Joseph Heffner, erosion control
specialist for the group, echoed the in
teredepence idea, telling that not only are
people “interdependent on each other, but
also on the natural resources including
pollution-free water, forestlands, and
productive soil.” 1
According to the National Association of
Conservation Districts, Soil Stewardship
Week provides an opportunity for urban as
well as rural people to reflect on the
mounting problems facing the U.S. as soil
erosion damage and the continuing loss of
farmlands to other uses threatens the
future productivity.
The first celebration of soil stewardship
is said to have taken placce 1500 years ago,
in France, following a period of bad
weather and eathquakes that brought crop
failure and widespread hunger. The
Bishop of Vienne called on the people to
offer thanks to their Creator for the gifts of
soil, water, air, and sunshine.
This is the 25th consecutive year that the
National Association of Conservation
Districts, along with .almost 3,000 local
Districts throughout the nation, has
sponsored Soil Stewardship Week. The
reference booklet, “Interdependence” and
related materials are available to local
churches and community groups through
the Lancaster County Conservation
District or other area Conservation
Districts participating in Soil Stewardship
Week. The publications were prepared by
the National Association of Conservation
Districts.
She said she chose nursing,
because, “I really enjoy
- working with people and
would like to meet their
needs, physically and
mentally. I will also gain
personal rewards from
helping others. I think my
qualities and abilities can 1
best be used in service to
others.” Sandra is a member
~ of the marching and concert
band and was in district and
county chorus. She was co
captain of the hockey team
and co-editor in chief of the
yearbook. She participated
in peer counseling, the
National Honor Society and
is in the Lancaster Youth
For Christ. She participates
in the youth group at
Calvary Independent
church. She said, “I was
surprised and really excited
about getting the scholar
ship.”
Kimberly S. Weaver,
Quafryville R2,* is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jason Weaver. Kim, 17, will
graduate from Solanco High
School and will attend
Eastern Mennonite College/
She said she has wanted to
be a nurse “from little up. I
enjoy people and like to
make them happy. Surgery
and obstetrics fascinate
me.” Kim was a member of
the Red Roie 4-H Beef and
Sheep Club for eight years
and was a member of the N
Solanco Community Club.
She served as 'junior 4-H
queen in 1974-75 and Senior 4-
H queen in 1977-78. She at
tends the Mechanic Grove
Mennonite Church where she
teaches Bible School, and is
in the chorale and National
Honor Society at school. She
participated in musicals
presented by the school, is
hockey manager and is in
the instructional program
council.
Pamela S. Wiest, 125 East
Charlotte Street, Miller
sville, is the daughter of
Dorothy U. Wiest.” Pam, 17,
will graduate from Penn
Manor High School and will
attend Indiana University of
Pennsylvania for a B.S. in
nursing. Pam said she hopes
to help relieve some of the
tension people feel as they
enter a hospital. “I think I
will learn to know people and
myself better through
helping others.” She is
president of the Medical
Explorer Post, and was vice*
president of die Teenage
Republicans. She was a
member' of- the student
council and served as
secretary of the National
Honor Society. She played
softball, tennis and winter
track and worked backstage
at plays and Served as a
performer at the variety
show. She is a member of
Grace Evangelical-
Congregational Church and
said, “I was really happy
about the scholarship.”
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