Bl6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 5,1983
BY ROBIN PHILLIPS
Staff Correspondent
ORWIGSBURG - “Don’t look
into the valley, look for your next
goal,” Bruck Latshaw, State FFA
Chaplain, told the gathered FFA
members and parents.
His remark summed up the
attitudes of the FFA’ers at the
Blue Mountain FFA Awards
Banquet on Thursday, Feb. 24, at
the high school in Orwigsburg.
Taking top honors of the evening
was Jeff Shoener who was named
Chapter Star Farmer. Tran
sferring from Pine Grove in order
to participate in the FFA program
at Blue Mountain, this junior
exemplified the qualities essential
for the award.
“Jeff had the best attitude,
served on the most committees,
and gave the most of himself,”
according to advisor, Charles
Heim. Jeff also received a plaque
for the first-place Foundation
Award in crop production.
Two seniors who previously had
received the Keystone Farmer
Pa, FFA lists state project contest winners
HARRISBURG - Lancaster
County FFA members were edged
by Somerset m the number of Gold
Medals, but garnered the highest
number of total medals in the 1983
State Project Book Contest.
In the number of gold medals,
Somerset FFA’ers received 14;
while Lancaster was just behind in
the runnerup spot with 13. Lebanon
FFA’ers were third with 10.
In total medals gold, silver
and bronze Lancaster captured
the most with 41. Lebanon moved
up to the runnerup spot in total
medals with 39 and Somerset was
third with 32.
A total of 998 books were entered
in the contest and judged.
Winners in the various
categories with their medals and
school identification include:
Small Gram & Silage
Gold 1 Roger Kenalf Fort Cherry Silver I Jeff
Reigel Annville Cleona. Bronze 1 Kevin Mong
Waynesboro
Floral Designs
Gold 1 Ann Glessner Lackawanna Co AVTS
Silver 1 Andrea Forry Somerset Co AVTS
Bronze 1 Lon A Demming Lackawanna Co
AVTS
Dairy Calves
Gold 1 Ben Tewksbury Wyalusmg 2 Tim Arm
strong Cumberland Valley Silver l Don Alters
Penns Valley 2 Theresa Thanzuk 0 J Roberts
Bronze 1 Kevin Ritz KennardDale
Pleasure Horse
Gold 1 Debbie Creighton Btackhawk Silver 1
Brenda Werner Twin Valley. 2 Darcey Peters
Knoch Bronze 1 TracyCupp Moniteau
Penn Manor unseats E-Town for
Penn Manor FFA captured the Lancaster County Meats Judging team title
last Saturday, unseating the Elizabethtown team, which had held the crown
for the past two years.
Top individual scorer In the competition held at Kunzlers, Manor Street,
Lancaster was Margaret Herr, of the Grassland FFA Chapter, new Holland.
Members of the Manor FFA team, in left photo, include, from the left, John
Price, Keith Erb, Brian Herr, Rod Witmer, Jeff Kreider and Steve Shuman.
The Manheim team was runnerup, with Grassland, third; Elizabethtown,
Blue Mountain FFA holds awards banquet
award in Harrisburg, were again
honored for their
Karl Heffner, and Kevin Brown,'
representing the 2%% of the.total
state membership to achieve the
Keystone degree, received gold
pins. Karl, president of the
chapter, “helped hold the group
together and pulled us in one
direction,” stated Heim. Karl
received 2nd place on the county
level for his 5 enterprises in dairy.
Kevin, with aspirations of
becoming a game warden, was
awarded the bronze pin for the
state award in Wildlife
Management.
Continuing the program, Heim
introduced a pair of brothers who
appear to “go to bed with the
battery charger on.” Tom Fidler,
described as “always beaming
with energy,” by Heim, received
the Foundation Award in
Agricultural Mechanics. Tom is
also Chaplin of the Chapter. His
brother, “the other battery
charger,” Ron Fidler, was
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Gold 1 Lesley Hess Bermudian Springs Stiver
1 Robert Hunsicker. Northern Lebanon. Bronze
1 Darlene Kurtz Elco
Beet Finishing
Gold 1 Kenny Hawkins Manheim 2 Todd A
Reich West Snyder 3 Lynn Kuhns Selmsgrove
Silver 1 Brian Eckersley Kennard Dale 2 Ed
Zuck Cedar Crest 3 Ann Kincaid Rockwood
Area A David Groff Cedar Crest
Bronze 1 Daniel Groff Cedar Crest 2 Rodney
Kocher Upper Dauphin 3 Jarmlla Scholl Seim
sgrove
Gold 1 Laurie Willord Derry Area
Greenhouse
Silver I Hope Hoffman. Derry Sr HS Bronze
1 Laretta Howell Derry Sr HS
Corn Grain
Gold I Karl Smith. Eastern Lebanon, 2 Duane
Nicklow Rockwood. Silver John Lukcik
Blairsville 2 Ann Hutschenreuter Red Lion, 3
Steve Eaton Selmsgrove Bronze 1 John Doeml
mg Derry 2 KarlW Brown Montoursville
Gold 1 Philip Balsbaugh Eastern Lebanon
Silver 1 Nevm Horning Ephrata
Gold 1 Calvin Sleppy Penns Manor Silver 1
Kevin Marlin Garden Spot 2 Tammy Gaber Fort
Leboeut
Gold 1 Harry Brubaker 111 Northern Bedford.
2 Doug Stahl Berlin Brothersvalley 3 Ron
Carter Fort Cherry 4 Jeff Zuck Cedar Crest 5
Jamie Mitchell Berlin Brothersvalley
Silver 1 Doug Smith Northern Bedford 2
Craig Ely West Green 3 Clyde Nishmck Jr Fort
Cherry 4 Thomas Huff Butler AVTS 5 Eric
Johnston Marion Center 6 Wayne Pheasant
Central H S
Bronze 1 Richard Terrel Western Wayne. 2 _
Matt Thomas 3 Roger Dunn Coudersport 4
Karyn England Williamsburg
Fruit
Gold 1 James D Schulteis Bigierville Silver 1
Andrew Baer Annville Cleona
Home Improvement
Silver 1 Paula Knepp Clearfield 2 Brian Hart
man Annville Cleona
Gold 1 Jay Andrus Troy Silver Stephen
Cooke Troy Bronze 1 Nathan Harkness Troy
Poultry
Landscape Design
Veal Calves
Market Lambs
Five Enterprises
Dairy Records
Honorary Chapter members honored by the Blue Mountain FFA at annual banquet
include, from the left, Karl Heffner, chapter president; Paul Snyder, member of the local
ag advisory board; Mrs. Charles Heim, Carl Brown, Dave Hunsinger, Conservation
District; Ralph Heffner, and Bruce Latshaw, State Chaplain.
Forestry Technician
Gold 1 Mike Slope Somerset Co AVTS, Silver
1 Stacy Pntts Somerset Co AVTS Bronze J
Doug Walters Somerset Co AVTS
Mechanics
Gold 1 Scott Henry. Somerset Co AVTS Silver
1 Donald Little Somerset Co AVTS
Farming Program - Greenhouse
Gold I Judy Henry Monroe County AVTS.
Silver I Nancy Hoyes Monroe County AVTS.
Bronze 1 Theresa Smith Monroe County AVTS
Bee/ Breeding
Gold 1 Tom Wilson Northwestern. Silver 1
Brian Hoerner Lower Dauphin Bronze 1 John
Long Annville Cleona ,
Truck Crops
Gold 1 MarkObourn North East. Silver 1 Bill
Klenz North Fast, 2 Jesse Rexroth Easfern
Greenhouse Record Book
Gold 1 Nina Cox Derry Area. 2 Erin Kestner
Derry Area, Silver 1 Cindy Short, Derry Area 2
Jenny Embich Cedar Crest Bronze I Heidi Peil
fer Cedar Crest
Farming Programs • 7 to 10 Enterprises
Gold 1 Lisa M Gutshall Juniata Valley . Silver
I Charles Boshmski Western Wayne 2 Gary
Brumbaugh Williamsburg Bronze 1 Carl Allen.
Troy
Junior Protects
Gold 1 Brian Weimer Rockwood
Miscellaneous - Skills and Task
Gold 1 Kevin Clum Lackawanna County AVTS
Silver I Maria L Lorah Eastern Lancaster Coun
(y. Bronze i JudyWoitto Derry Area
Miscellaneous - Ammal Science
Gold 1 Ivan Swemhart Tn Valley Silver 1
Dana Lape Cedar Crest. Bronze 1 Karen
Kamrer Penn Manor
Miscellaneous - Plant Science
Gold 1 Gerald Weimer Rockwood 2 Henr>
Stehr Tn Valley. Silver 1 Jeff Reigel Annville
Oeona
Three Enterprises Farming Programs
Gold 1 Clark R Sattazahn Tulpehocken 2
John Shatter Berlin Brothersvalley. 3 Andyßoldy
Knoch 4 Jeff Shufhart Cumberland Valley 5
Jamie Frey Solanco 6 Ed Wilkinson Gerrysburg
7 Daniel White Willow Street AVTS 8 Richard
Savidge Kutztown 9 Ronald Wilson Kennard
Dale 10 Lukeßowzer Northern Bedford 11 Jef
frey Kennedy Knoch
Silver 1 Scott Noftzmger Hamburg 2 Charles
Lancaster FFA meats
fourth; and Ephrata, fifth.
In right photo, Jerry Gregg, of Kunziers, hosts for the competition, presents
first-place individual plaque to Margaret Herr. Also in photo is Jeff Kreider,
Penn Manor, runnerup in individual scoring. FFA'ers in subsequent order of
finish include Jan Waltz, Manheim; Oan Martin, Warwick; Wade Martin,
Grassland; Brian Herr, Penn Manor; John Price, Penn Manor; Oave
Firestone, Warwick; Mike Weaver, Grassland; and Steve Shuman, Penn
Manor.
R Seidel Hamburg 3 Dwayne A Hay Berlin Supervised Occupational Experience -On-Farm
Brothersvalley 4 William Lesher Tulpehocken 5 Gold 1 Chuck Andl«. Butler County AVIS, 2
Brett Holzhaver Solanco 6 Chris Hopple Daryl Balmer. AnnvilleiCleona, 3 Bill Kirk. Twin
Cumberland Valley 7 Rodney Herr New Oxford, Valley. 4 James Bollinger Ephrata, 5 Richard
8 Joel Wiand Mifflmburg 9 Bruce Heilmger Houser Cedar Crest 6 Bruce Heilmger. Eastern
Eastern Lebanon 10 Mark Welk Solanco. II Lebanon 7 Ronald Martin Eastern Lancaster. 8
David Verbeke Brockway. 12 Eric Shipley Berlin Vernon Heisey Manheim Central. 9 Melissa Mills
Brothersvalley. 13 Steve Mam. Penn Manor Northern York 10 Brian Ness, New Oxford
Bronze 1 Randy Suhne. Berlin Brothersvalley Silver 1 B Keith McNeil Shippensburg, 2 Ron
2 Scott Dingle Fort Leßoeuf, 3 Jeff Leydig, Berlin Jarvis. New Oxford. 3 J Kenneth Blank Mid
Brothersvalley, 4 Brian Ressler Penn Manor. 5 dleburg 4 John Hostetler, Oxford 5 Arnold
Ed Huntzberger Lower Dauphin, 6 Lonny" Davis Oxford, 6 Scott Morse Central, 7 Diane
.Kirkland. Marion Center. 7 Kevin R Schlegel Hackman, Eastern Lehanon. 8 John Clouse. Big
Oley Valley 8 Wendy Kelly Northern Bedford 9 Spring 9 Dean Lobaugh, Biglcrville. 10* Scott
Jesse Stryker. Troy 10 Kathy Weaver. Everett Phillips Wilmington Area. 11 Michael Hoffert
11 Courdlan Fisher. Oley Valley 12 Donna L /T „ r . *_ p... poo.
Tine Middleburg 13 Don Rodgers Knoch '' urn 10 ra 8 e
Cedar Crest FFA wins book awards
LEBANON The Lebanon Blue Gold; bfeef finishing, Dave
County FFA Project Book Contest Groff, 2nd Blue Silver; beef
recently was held at Lebanon finishing, Ed Zuck, 3rd Red
County ,Vo-Tech School. The judges Bronze; horses, Ann Lansberry,
scored the books on accuracy, Ist Blue Gold; Jenny
completeness, neatness, and labor Embich, Ist Blue Gold;
income. greenhouse, Heidi Peiffer, 2nd
Here are the results from Cedar
Crest FFA members:
Six enterprises, Mark Patches,
Ist Blue Gold; 5 enterprises, Jeff
Zuck, Ist Blue- Gold; 4 en
terprises, Steve Wenger, Ist Blue
Gold; 2 enterprises, Dwayne Gish,
2nd Blue Silver; trapping, Dave
Felty, Ist Blue Gold; trapping.
Perry Gernert, 2nd White Bonze-
Garden, Dave Gettel, 6th Red;
rabbits, Gary Krali, Ist Blue Gold;
beef finishing, Daniel Groff, Ist
Blue Silver.
Bantams, Dana Lape, Ist Blue
Gold; on Farm 1500 hours & over,
Rick Houser, 2nd Blue Silver; on
Farm up to 500 hours, Jeff Zuck,
Ist Blue Gold; on Farm up to 500,
Scott Eckenrode, 2nd Blue Ribbon;
on Farm up to 500, Dwayne Gish,
3rd Red Bronze; on Farm up to 500,
Tonya Johnson, 4th White; work
off Farm 1000 hours & over, Dave
Ludwig, Ist Blue Gold.
Gedar Crest members received
11 first places out of 21 books.
judging title
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