Dl4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 10,1980
Ephrata wins ag mechanization contest
EPHRATA Ephrata
High School swept the top
honors in the Lancaster
County FFA Agricultural
Mechanization Contest on
Friday, May 2.
In the competition held at
Ephrata High School par
ticipants from the host
school won both the team
and top individual honors.
Marvin Horst placed first
in the individual placings,
followed by Stanley Homing.
In addition to Horst, the
Ephrata team included
Avery Copenhaver and Tim
High.
A total of 22 students from
five schools competed in the
test of mechanization skills.
Other schools included
Top individual winners in FFA agricultural
mechanization contest from Ephrata were Marvin
Horst, seated, first; and Stanley Horning, second.
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clude, from the left, Avery Copenhaver, Marvin Horst and Tim High.
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Elizabethtown, Penn Manor,
Eastern Lancaster County
and Manheun Central.
Among eight skill areas in
the competition were
determining the elevation of
a specified area from a
contour map, wiring a motor
to operate on 115-volt current
with thermal protection,
using a hand tapemeasure
and level to determine the
slope between two stakes
and measuring piston head
size with a micrometer.
Also, cutting -and
threading a pipe to install a
fitting, layout of a rafter,
performing general main
tenance on a tractor and
identifying tractor engine
parts.
The students also took
written examinations.
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Finishing behind Ephrata
in the team competition
were Penn Manor, second;
and Eastern Lancaster
County, third.
The top 10 individual
finishers, in addition to
Horst, first, and Homing,
second, were;
Tim High, Ephrata, third;
Aaron Ebersol, Penn Manor,
fourth; Avery Copenhaver,
Ephrata, fifth; Jim Hamish,
Penn Manor, sixth; Ken
Greider, Penn Manor,
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Eastern Lancaster County,
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Eastern Lancaster County,
ninth; and Dennis Saylor,
Ephrata, tenth.—DA
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