BlS—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 2,1983
N. Lebanon FFA cites 5 Stars among top members
FREDERICKSBURG Five to Cassandra Edris and Delmas
members of the Northern Lebanon Hemley. Hemley also received
Chapter of the Future Farmers of the Distinguished Service Award
America were granted “Star” f° r bis aid to chapter members
status at the chapWs annual throughout the previous year,
banquet held at Northern Tim Blatt received a trophy and
Lebanon High Sch Auditorium watch for being the highest cider
on March 11. * and candy salesman. Heather
Randy Erb, a sen was named
the school’s chaptes finer; while
Heather Hemley star Farmer
honors at the Uth grade level.
Nelson Bomgardner and Wesley
Harding Jr. were named chapter
Star Farmers of the 10th grade
class. Steve Murray, a ninth
grader, was named Chapter Star
Greenland.
Speakers for the evening were
Miss Deborah Miller, State FFA
Reporter, and Miss Lisa Weikel,
National Poultry Proficiency
Award Winner. Lisa showed slides
and told us about her FFA spon
sored trip to Europe.
Steve Murray narrated the creed
and Harvey Smith, area con
sultant, presented Keystone
Farmer Degree pins to Randy Erb
and Lisa Weikel. Ray and Brenda
Reinbold, Frank Mohn, and Steve
Murray received medals for
participating in the State FFA
band.
Honorary Membership was
confered upon Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Weikel, Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim
Erb Jr., Eugene Krall, and
Thomas Rank.
Citation awards were presented
12 win tobacco awards
MILLERSVILLE - R.J.
Reynolds Tobacco Production
Awards were presented recently to
12 young Pennsylvania tobacco
fanners during an awards banquet
for the Manor Chapter, Future
Farmers of America.
This was the first FFA tobacco
production awards presentation in
Pennsylvania.
The first place winner, Barry
Geib, of Manheim Central High
School, received a plaque and a
cash award of $2OO. Tanya Green of
Penn Manor High School won
second place and a cash award of
$l5O. The third place winner, Steve
Main of Penn Manor High School,
Adams Star Farmer
The FFA Battlefield Chapter vice-president, Ed Wilkinson,
R 4 Gettysburg, was presented the Adams County Star
Farmer Award at the recent Adams County Degree Banquet.
Wilkinson is a junior at Gettysburg Senior High School. He
was one of ten Battlefield Chapter members who were Apple
Hemley earned the trophy for
being the highest citrus fruit
salesperson, while Eugene Ditzler
and Eric Sweinhart received
trophies for selling more than 50
crates. John Rupp received
trophies for selling the most flower
bulbs. Tim Blatt also received the
Edward A. West Memorial Tractor
Driving Trophy.
FFA Foundation Medal winners
were Heather Hemley, Dairy and
Nursery Operations; Russ Wolfe,
Horse Production; John Rupp,
Ornamental Horticulture; Randy
Erb, Farm Mechanics; Marlin
Deaven, Dairy; Tom Miller, Beef;
Nelson Bomgardner, Livestock;
Patrick Piergallini, Soil and Water
Conservation; Robert Hunsicker,
Poultry; Randy Erb, Public
Speaking; Wesley Harding, Crop
Production; Mike Saphore, Out
door Recreation; Dwayne Weaver,
Sales and Service; Tim Blatt,
Swine; Mark Long, Floriculture;
Bill Beatty, Forest Management;
and Ray Reinbold, Vegetable
Production.
Members of the parliamentary
procedure team, who placed first
in the region and second in the
received $lOO.
In fourth and fifth place were
Jay Frey and Jere Hoover, both of
Penn Manor High School. Each
received $75. Other winners, each
of whom received $5O, were Jay
Waltz, Manheim Central High
School, and Jim Musser, Gerald
Frey, Merv Keagy, John Wiker,
Jeff Gerlach, and Kevin Bauman,
all of Penn Manor High School.
Penn Manor High School won the
Chapter Award and $2OO.
Ms. Leslie S. Lewis, Agricultural
R D. Coordinator at R.J.
Reynolds, presented the awards.
The company spoiisors FFA
tobacco production awards in
eleven states.
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state, were also honored with Breeding, Gold; Nelson Silver and Russ Wolfe, Bronzed;
plaques and medals. Bomgardner, Dairy Heifer, and Randy Erb, State ißeekeeping
State Project Book contest second. Gold; Wesley Harding,Jr., award, Gold,
winners were Robert Hunsicker, Two enterprises, Silver, second; The Chapter is under the ad-
Poultry, Silver; Tim Blatt, Swine " - Reinbo) Home G; in. visementof J.Rayßickel.
Northern Lebanon FFA Alumni President Shawn Hernley presents Star awards to,
from left, Randy Erb, 12th grade; Heather Hernley, 11th grade; Nelson Bongardner and
Wes Harding, 10th grade; and Steve Murray, Star Greenhand from 9th grade.
LEBANON On Wednesday, American Fanner Degree. perience projects—Rick Houser’s
March 16, Bruce Kettler, National Kettler attended a chapter project at Eugene Martin’s Farm,
Eastern Region Vice-President, meeting and presented an in- and Heidi Peiffer’s project at
visited the Cedar Crest FFA. spiring talk to the Cedar Crest Layser’s Flowers in Myerstown.
He is a member of the Anna, FFA members. Harold Kettler was impressed with the
Ohio Chapter, where he was Berkheiser, chapter advisor, and rural beauty of the Lebanon area,
chapter president twice. He also several members accompanied He will continue to visit FFA
earned his State Degree and the Kettler on a tour of the high school. Chapters across the United States,
highest degree in the FFA, the Also, he toured two work ez-
ELVERSON In heavily by losing their first two games, and Berks County schools,
contested annual competition the thus being eliminated from the Members of the winning Twin
members of the junior basketball contest. Valley team, were Chris Werner,
team of the Twin Valley FFA Both contests, organized by the Chris Coblentz, Mike Snyder, Gail
emerged victorious at Conrad - Berks County FFA and hosted by Baser, Glenn Sfoltzfus, Mark Zen*,
Weiser High School. - The senior the Conrad Weiser Chapter in- Chucb Eetfi,'* Steve*: Plank, and
team upheld their perfect record eluded teams from each of the six Tammy Lush. , L -
SCHNECKSVILLE - The Mr. Ken Hickey, Pa. Depart and the Plant Pathology
Lehigh County FFA Vo-Ag ment of Agriculture, presented a laboratories.
students visited the state capitol in slide program describing the The students toured the William
observance of National various laboratories and their Penn Memorial Museum where
Agriculture Day. They were met responsibilities. Later, small they saw the infinpppo 0 f art,
by Representative Donald Snyder groups toured the Food and history, industry, natural science
of District 134 who conducted them Chemistry, the Botany and Seeds and ecology on Pa. agriculture,
on a tour of the capitol.
Kettler visits Cedar Crest FFA
Twin Valley FFA Jr.’s win
FFA visits Capitol
FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA