BlS— Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 31,1981
Cloister FFA pu
EPHRATA - The Cloister FFA
Chapter’s pumpkin contest in the
Ephrata Area School District was
a “whopping” success.
Pumpkins ranging up to just
about as big and heavy as some of
the contestants were raised in this
year's contest.
Grand prize wmner with the
biggest - a 50-Ib. globular monster -
was Kenny Zeyak, of the Lincoln
Elementary School.
In all, 63 students from sixth
grades throughout the Ephrata
Area School District took part in
the contest.
Last spring, the Cloister FFA
Chapter distributed seeds and
planting instructions to all fifth
graders in the distret. The students
were encouraged to raise their
pumpkins and enter two of them in
the contest.
Categories of competition in
cluded the biggest pumpkin and
the best shaped. Ribbons were
awarded for the first through sixth
placmgs and trophies to all first
place winners.
Winners in the six elementary
schools:
Highland Elementary
Heaviest - Amy Noller, 1. Shawn
Lmdberg, 2. Debby Good, 3. Brian
Oissmger, 4. Troy Leed, 5. Vicki
Gehr, 6. Best shaped Shawn
Lmdberg, 1. Tracy Fishel, 2.
Wendy Stover, 3. James Fishel, 4.
Debby Good, 5. and Tammy
Killian, 6.
Akron Elementary
Heaviest - Heather Zimmerman,
1; Jennifer Hoffman, 2; Amy
Roper, 3; Larry Buehler 4; Andy
Ayers, 5; Scott Lintz, 6. Best
Shaped - Keri Eckert, 1; Jennifer
Hoffman, 2; Andy Ayers, 3; Larry
Buehler, 4; Scott lantz, 5; Amy
Roper, 6.
Clay Elementary
Heaviest - Lon Gibble, 1; Tracy
Martin, 2; Sherry Sweigart, 3;
Denise Roether, 4; Diana Zim
merman, 5; J.J. Boggs, 6. Best
Shaped - Tracy Worley, 1; Sherry
Sweigart, 2; Eric Usner, 3;
Suzanne Horst, 4; Diana Zim
merman, 5; Tracy Zimmerman, 6.'
3 Twin Valley FFA’ers
enter competition
ELVERSON Three members
of the Twin Valley FFA chapter
entered competition in Penn
sylvania FFA Agricultural
Proficiency Award Programs.
Applications were submitted last
spring to the state FFA office for
judging. More than 100,000 FFA
members compete annually in
local proficiency award programs
in 22 different areas. The best local
applications are then submitted to
each state FFA office for state
competition. State winners
compete for regional honors in the'
four national FFA regions.
Finally, each regional winner
travels to Kansas City, Missouri to
compete for national honors.
Twenty-seven companies provide
awards to those individuals who
earn state and national com
petitions.
Twin Valley was represented in
Pa. competition by Linda
Robmson r -of R 3 Elverson, who
submitted a horse proficiency
application. A 1980 Twin Valley
graduate, she is currently' at
tending Williamsport Community
College where she is studying
floriculture. Linda has had
Arabian horses as her PFA project
and was also the 1980 winner of the
Pennsylvania FFA Pleasure Horse
Judging contest.
Howard Griest 111 submitted
applications in two areas -
agricultural mechanics and crop
production. Howard, of Rl, Honey
Brook, served as chapter
Participants in the Cloister FFA pumpkin contest include,
front row kneeling from left, Amy Noller. Laurie Gibble,
Kenny Zeyak, Beth Haws and Heather Zimmerman. Standing,
from the left, are James Bollinger, chapter co-chairman;
Bergstrasse Elementary
Heaviest - Heidi Fortny, 1;
Janice Burkholder, 2; Pamela
Rapchmski, 3; Katrina Gonzales,
5; Bobby Snyder, 6. Best Shaped -
Heidi Fortny, 1; Pamela Rap
chmsky, 2; Katrina Gonzales, 3;
Janice Burkholder, 5; Bobby
Snyder, 6.
Fulton Elementary
Heaviest - Beth Haws, 1; Carol
Hollmger, 2. Best Shaped -
Johanna Gonzales, 1; Carol
Hollmger, 2; Beth Haws, 3.
Lincoln Elementary
’ Heaviest - Kenny Zeyak, 1;
Mike Hurst, 2; Donna Becker, 3;
Rodney Good, 4; Carol Horst, 5;
Jill Weaver, 6. Best Shaped - Amy
Pinkerton, 1; Stacy Dickershied,
2; Mike Horst, 3;-Kevin Weaver, 4;
Shawn Eberly, 5; and Erie Max
well, 6.
President for two years and Berks
County FFA President. He has had
field com, small grain, and hay
projects as well as dairy and beef
cattle. Howard, also a 1980 Twin
Valley graduate, has rebuilt and
repaired several tractors and
pieces of farm equipment as well
as done wiring and concrete work.
He received second place in the
Pa. FFA small gasoline engines
contest in 1978.
Tom Kirk, also a 1980 Twin
Valley graduate, submitted an
application in agricultural
processing. Tom, of Rl, Honey
Brook, is employed in the meat
cutting and processing phase of his
famiy’s business. Tom has par
ticipated m state meat judging
competition as well as having been
a member of the Pa. FFA band.
in contest a ’whopping’ success
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