A34—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 20,3984
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Gary
srall of Lebanon, recently com
pleted an internship in
Congressman Robert S. Walker’s
office while attending the Future
Farmers of America’s annual
community development con
ference for state Achievement in
Volunteensm winners in
Washington, D.C. Krall was named
the Pennsylvania winner during
the state FFA convention this
summer for contributions to his
chapter’s Building Our American
Communities (BOAC) project.
Perry Valley Grange wins contest
HARRISBURG - Perry Valley
Grange, located in Millerstown,
Perry County, took top honors in
the State Grange Community
Service Contest. The 150-member
local Grange was selected by the
Delaware State Grange, contest
judges, on the basis of 18 projects
conducted during the 1983-84 year
to benefit their local community.
According to Douglas Bonsall,
State Grange Lecturer (program
director), 80 local granges entered
the 1984 contest, representing
many thousands of hours of
volunteer work to improve local
communities in rural areas. Perry
Valley Grange estimated their
man hours at 8,000.
Placing second through fourth
places, respectively, were
Pleasant Hill Grange, Chest
Springs, Cambria County; Kutz
town Grange, Kutztown, Berks
County; and Hookstown Grange,
Hookstown, Beaver County.
Perry Valley Grange impressed
the judges with the quantity and
creativity of their many projects.
One of the most active granges in
the state, Perry Valley won last
year’s state and national contests,
and was a second place winner in
1982.
The grange’s major emphasis
has been in projects to benefit deaf
causes. Eight-week sign language
courses are conducted for the
community three times a year and
average 35 participants per class.
A deaf loan fund was created to
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Krall attends BOAC conference
Krall is a member of the Cedar
Crest FFA Chapter at Cedar Crest
High School in Lebanon.
BOAC is a community
development program. Chapters
meet with community leader and
identify local needs. The chapter
than initiates one or more projects
targeting those needs. As a state
winner, Krall received a plaque
and a $2OO check for his chapter
from BOAC program sponsor, R J.
Reynolds Industries, Inc. of
Winston-Salem, N.C.
While in Washington, Krall and
his FFA Advisor Harold
provide interest-free loans to deaf
persons to purchase TTY devices
for their telephones, and the
Grange Hall is opened free of
charge for deaf socials on a
monthly basis. One of the more
innovative projects conducted by
the Grange was a Christmas
cookie exchange where com
munity residents traded home
baked cookies with some of the
treats presented to shut-ins. In
addition, the grange raised over
$3400 for various causes.
A $2OO U.S. Savings Bond will be
presented to Perry Valley
representatives during the State
Grange convention in Gettysburg
next week. In addition, the Grange
will compete with top winners in
the other 41 State Granges for the
national award.
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Berkheiser attended sessions on
community development and
toured historic landmarks. In
addition, the Pennsylvania BOAC
representatives attended an
awards luncheon on Capitol Hill
hosted by the House Agriculture
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from the White House, attended expenses were underwritten by
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