■l6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 5,1981
60 Greenhands inducted into Grassland Environmental FFA
NEW HOLLAND - Sixty first
year Greenhands were recently
inducted into the Grassland En
vironmental FFA during initiation
ceremonies at the Eastern Lan
caster County High School in New
Holland.
Co-advisors for the En
vironmental FFA are vo-ag in
structors Philip Oglme and Robert
Lauffer.
In addition to the induction of the
Greenhands, the program included
recognition of chapter degree
recipients and officers for the
present school year.
Chapter degree recipients in
clude Julie Hess, Jodi Carmen,
Sharon Bowman, Julie Pry, Mike
Weaver, Lamar King and Chuck
Platt.
First officers include Karen
Zerbe, treasurer; Sharon
Bowman, secretary, John
Sweigart, president; Mana Lorah,
vice president; Marj Zimmerman,
reporter; Mike Weaver, chaplain;
Ijmar Kmg, student advisor; and
Mike Kunkle, sentinel.
Second officers are Linda Good,
treasurer; Julie Pry, secretary;
Brian Hurst, sentinel; Chris
Schnader, vice president;
King, Weaver tops
in wildlife contest
MIDDLE CREEK - Garden
Spot High School’s Grassland FFA
captured team honors „and
sophomores Lamar King and Mike
Weaver took the individual honors
at the Lancaster County FFA
Wildlife Contest on Nov. 18 at the
Middle Creek Wildlife
Management Area.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
King, of East Earl, Lamar was
awarded a ribbon, first-place
plaque, plus a $25.00 check from
the Lancaster County Federation
of Sportsman’s Clubs.
The contest is open to FFA
members in Lancaster County and
involves the identification of bird,
reptile, mammal, amphibian and
fish species. Another part of the
test includes identifying bird calls,
wildlife foods, tracks and signs of
wildlife. A 50-question exam on
LEBANON Cedar Crest Eckenrode, Dana Lape, Heidi
received a Silver National Safety p e iff er> an d Harold Berkheiser,
Award and a Bronze National advisor.
Chapter Award at the National Places visited included Purina
FFA Convention in Kansas City, Research Farms, Tipton FFA
Mo. Members in attendance were chapter, TWA Overhaul Base, and
Jeff Zuck, Dave Ludwig, Dwane Allis-Chalmers Gleaner Combine
Gish, Rick Houser, Scott pi a „t
Attend national convention
Winners of trips to the National FFA Convention from the
Grassland Chapter at Eastern Lancaster County High School
were, seated from the left, Scott Bailey, poultry judging
contestant who won a bronze medal; Darlene Horning, farm
management contestant who won a silver: and John
Sweigart, State wildlife winner who served as observer since
no national contest is held. Also, standing from the left, Kevin
Devine, State FFA treasurer: and Craig Fox, meat judging
contestant, who won a bronze. Missing from the photo is
Glenn Hartz, ag mechanics, who won a silver.
Christine Weaver, reporter; Julie
Hess, chaplain: Julie Hoihnger,
student advisor.
Greenhands honored during the
ceremioraes were:
Tony Edgell, Tracy Fox, Dave
Fulton, Mandy Galhgan, Randy
Gangaway, Carol Horst, Doug
Longenecker, Joel McComsey,
Steve Yacona, Lucy Negron, Dons
Sandoe, Scott Sweigart, Kim
Zdrosky, Dave Brendle, Steve
Diem, Ken Eckenroth, Julie Hess,
Rody Kurtz, Jodee Miller, Shawn
Mohler, Dean Moore, Shelby
Patterson, Mike Sam.
Also, Chris Schnader, Richard
Solbng, Mara Ulrich, Lon Brown,
Gina Black, Eric Buckwalter,
Frank Daub, Wayne Eller, Shem
Martin, Penny Harmer, Brian
Hartranft, Kevin Martin, Paul
Wise, Cathy Patterson, Tammy
Sauder, Paul Styer, Christine
Weaver, Nicole Yoder, Aicardo
Zapata, Jim Brenner, Deb Fntz,
Linda Good, Eric Hartranft.
Also, Judy Hoffner, Angie
Huber, Brian Hurst, Beth Lando,
Dale Lorah, Lee Messner, Lisa
Peters, Lon Rabold, Kathy
Richardson, Kris Snader, Diane
Stephens, Yvette Waidley, Tracey
Carney and Michele Kuhn.
wildlife conservation and an
evaluation of wildlife habitat
completes the contest.
The top 10 teams, in order of
finish, were Garden Spot, Warwick
A, Warwick B, Elizabethtown B,
Elizabethtown A, Manheun A,
Elizabethtown C, Manheun B,
Solanco and Manheun C.
The top 15 individuals, in order of
finish, were Lamar King and Mike
Weaver, both of Garden Spot;
Dave Spoo, Warwick; Doug Roth,
Warwick; Jay Maddox, Warwick;
Mike Good,. Ken Fanus, Tony .
Bevel and Chris Horne, all' of"
Elizabethtown; Mike Pflieger and
Mark Metzler, both of Manheun;
Clay Shremer, Warwick; Scott
Mclntyre, Warwick; Sharon
Bowman, Garden Spot, and Russ
Zellers, Manheun.
A total of 38 students competed.
Cedar Crest awards
Chapter degree recipients of the Grassland Bowman and Julie Pry; and, from the left in
Environmental FFA include, from the left in back row, Mike Weaver, Lamar' King and
front row, Julie Hess, Jodi Carmen, Sharon Chuck Piatt.
Officer teams have been elected for the
1981-82 school year by the Grassland En
vironmental FFA.
First officers, from the left, front row, in
dude Karen Zerbe, treasurer; Sharon
Bowman, secretary; John Sweigart, president;
Maria Lorah, vice president; Mar| Zimmerman,
reporter; Mike Weaver, chaplain; Lamar King,
The six convention words
1 remember most
(The following account of his
first trip to the recent National
FFA Convention was written by
Mark Weber, reporter for the
Grassland Chapter, Eastern
Lancaster County High 'School,
New Holland.)
What do 1 remember most about
the National FFA Convention?
No, it’s not the massive sea of
blue jackets you see everywhere -
from the streets of Kansas City to
the seats of the huge general
sessions.
And, it’s not the' famous places,
such as Lincoln’s home or
Truman’s library, that wevisited.
Or the opportunity to talk with
fellow FFA’ers from distant
places, such as Puerto Rico.
While these and many more
experiences will not be forgotten,
the most memorable recollection
can be summed up in six words.
"Never, never, never, never give
up.’’
For I and the more than IU,OOO
other FFA members from
throughout the nation, these six
words were indelibly impressed on
our minds by one of the mam
student advisor. Missing from photo is Mike
Kunkie, sentinel.
Second officers, from "the left, back row,
include Linda Good, treasurer; Julie Pry,
secretary; Brian Hurst, sentinel; Chris
Schnader, vice president; Christine Weaver,
reporter; Julie Hess, chaplain and Julie
Hollinger, student advisor.
speakers, Dr. Norman Vincent
Peale.
And Dr. Peale was quoting
directly trom one ot the shortest
speeches ever delivered by one ot
the greatest orators and statesmen
of recent modern tunes, Winston
Churchill.
Dr. Peale used the six-word
speech by Churchill to-illustrate
his principal message that faith
. and perseverance are the two most
valuable motivating forces.
I feel that this was a very im
portant message tor those of us
who set goals m life and in the
FFA.
Ur. Peaie also told us that we are
privileged to have been raised in
the best families of America -
farm families.
There were other important
speakers, too.
1 won’t forget how Col. David
Koeder, one of the Iranian
hostages, explained his feelings
concerning the American flag.
He told us of the warm inner
feeling he got of the scene of the
flag draped over the winning U S.
Olympic hockey team as com
pared to his witnessing it being
burned by Iranian students.
Such a comparison gave me and
the other FFA’ers a better ap
preciation of our country's tlag.
And,' Olympic swimmer John
Nabor gave us a good feeling, too,
whenhesaid:
“1 want to affect the people who
can affect the world.”
But, in addition, there are many
other things that stand out in my
recollection of the trip.
We started out for Kansas City
about 11 in the morning on Sunday,
Nov. a. Alter driving straight
through to West Virginia, we
stopped and relieved driving
tensions by playing a little football.
Our first night was spent in Ohio
at a Holiday Inn. Our first special
visit ot the trip was to the Air
Force Museum, where we saw
World War I and 11 planes and
uniforms.
Why some ot the tires ot the
planes were higher than 1 am tall!
Our next stop was Indianapolis
and a visit to the Speedway. We
saw a few of the winning cars. Uo
you know that the top speed of the
first race in 1911 was 74 mph?
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