Alt— Laacasfr Farming, Saturday, May 3,1980
Berks FFA honors Greist and Imes
BY LAUREL
Staff Correspondent
KUTZTOWN - Members
of the Beits County FFA
Chapter, representing the
six local chapters of the
county gathered recently at
the Kutztown Grange Hall
here for their annual
banuqet.
Highlighting the evening
was the presentation of
awards to members
achieving success in county
competition throughout the
year. But perhaps the most
meaningful awards
presented were the County
Star Farmer and Star
Agribusinessman Degrees.
Receiving these honors
were the County President,
Howard Greist of Twin
Valley FFA - County Star
Farmer, and the County
Vice-President, Steven Imes
of Oley FFA - County Star
Agribusinessman.
Greist also received
awards in the form of
trophies for County
Agronomy and first place in
extemporaneous speaking in
the county contest, edging
out his rival, in the latter
competition, Bruce Lat- >
shaw.
Imes also received a
trophy for public speaking.
He was first in the county
contest for general speaking.
Other star awards were
presented as follows: Star
Chapter Fanners - Henry
Noss, Conrad Weiser; Allan
Rohrbach, Hamburg; Dean
Bruno, Kutztown; Scott
Hauseman, Oley; and Penny
Bicfcsler, Tulpehocken.
Star Chapter
Agribusinessman - Debbie
Miller, Conrad Weiser;
Keith Flicker, Kutztown;
Barry Zeigler, Tuplehocken;
and Thomas Kirk, Twin
Valley.
Star Chapter Greenhands
were: Scott Troutman,
Conrad Weiser; Todd Miller,
Hamburg; Mark Latshaw,
Kutztown; Phillip LeVan,
Oley; William Lesher,
Tulpehocken; and Pam
Trostle, Twin Valley.
Other trophy recipients
included the following:
small engines - team-
Kutztown - Dean Bruno and
Keith Flicker; individuals,
Dean Bruno. Salesmanship -
Henry Noss, Conrad Weiser;
Interview - Larry Shrawder,
Kutztown; Land Judging • 1.
Larry Grumbine,
Tulephocken; 2. Ernest
Gelshiger, Conrad Weiser; 3.
David Schaeffer, Conrad
Weiser; land judging team -
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Conrad Weiser; forestry -
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Weiser; swine show-fitting -
Henry Noss; showmanship -
Scott Stoltzfus, Twin Valley;
reserve champion - Marjorie
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grand champion - Tim
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County Greenhand contest
- Joe Gingrich, Conrad
Weiser; Chapter Farmer
contest - Mike Mertz, Kutz
town; wildlife - Martin
Miller, Twin Valley;
orienteering - Marc Lein
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yield - Roger Stoltzfus, Twin
Valley; com quality -
George Sattazahn,
Tulpehocken; com silage -
Eric Wright - Twin Valley;
wheat - Ernest Gelsinger;
alfalfa hay - Chris Bear,
Kutztown; dairy judging -1.
Scott Hauseman, Oley; 2.
Tim Kurtz, Twin Valley; 3.
Steve Snyder, Twin Valley;
agronomy - Gerald Haas,
Kutztown; pleasure horse -
Linda Robinson, Twin
Valley; dairy foods - Don
Kercher, Twin Valley;
meats - Donna Devine, Twin
Valley; agriculture
mechanics - Dean Bruno;
basketball - senior team,
Kutztown; junior team,
Conrad Weiser; volley ball -
senior team, Conrad Weiser;
junior team, Conrad Weiser;
scrapbook - Twin Valley.
Awards for county project
books went as follows:
poultry - Kutztown FFA;
rabbits - Marlowe Greis,
Kutztown; dairy calf -
Steven Kearns, Twin Valley;
dairy herd - Kevin Sat
tazahn, Conrad Weiser; beef
finishing - Ellen Kamp,
Kutztown; swine breeding -
Brian Schaeffer, Conrad
Weiser; field com - Brian
LeVan, Oley; horses - Linda
Robinson; garden - Doug
Zimmerman, Conrad
Weiser; swine finishing -
Tim Stoltzfus; wildlife -
Michael Eshenour, Oley; 2
enterprise - Mark Bruno,
Kutztown; 3 enterprise - Ted
Kleinsmith, Kutztown; 4
enterprise - Dean Bruno; 5
and 6 enterprise - Daryl
Kunkel, Kutztown; work
Experience (0-400 hours)
Tom McDermott, Twin
Valley; (600-1,000 hours)
Deborah Miller, Conrad
Weiser; 1,000-1,500 hours -
Ronald Swope,
Tulpehocken; 1,500-2,000
hours - Tom Kearns; Twin
Valley; over 2,000 hours -
Tom Kirk, Twin Valley.
Public Speaking awards,
other than the two
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previously mentioned in
cluded: general - 2. Deborah
Miller; 3. Michael Mertz;
extemporaneous - 2. Bruce
Latshaw, Kutztown; 3.
Richard Hershberger,
Kutztown; conservation - 1.
Steven Kearns, 2 . Bruce
Latshaw, 3. Roger Stoltzfus
The top county
parlimentary procedures
team was Twin Valley.
Debbie Miller of Conrad
Weiser was chosen as the
Berks County FFA Princess,
she will participate in the
state FFA contest held later
this year.
Honorary Degrees were
bestowed upon: Kenneth
Heimbach, and Stephen
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Roll call was answered by
each member giving a
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Speaker ror the evening
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