Berks FFA holds conference
BY ROBIN PHILLIPS
Staff Correspondent
HAMBURG The Berks County
Future Farmers of America
hosted their annual Leadership
Training Conference at the
Hamburg Area High School,
Hamburg, last week. It was well
attended with 93 FFA represen
tative from the six county chap
ters.
Superintendent of the Hamburg
School District, James Gilmartin,
welcomed the youth to the con
ference and added, “I can never
recall having a discipline problem
with any student in vo-ag.” He
spoke of his high regards for the
vo-ag program and its students
and recalled the fact that the two
highest graduating seniors from
the 1983 class at Hamburg were vo
ag students and FFA members.
Pa. State FFA Association officers who participated in Berks County Leadership
Conference include, from the left, Tim Pfautz, vice president; Heather Hernley, reporter;
and Denise Ambler, Eastern Regional vice president.
Berks County FFA President,
Rod Stoltzfus, began the program.
With a full agenda to be completed
this evening, chapter candidates
dispersed to take the greenhand
and chapter farmer tests while
remaining members and guests
were treated to a quiz bowl contest.
Each chapter selected two
delegates to participate on one of
the two quiz bowl teams. Each
team contained a member from
each county FFA chapter. The
winning team was pitted against
the Berks County FFA officers.
Demonstrating the knowledge of
the upcoming younger members,
the county officers team was
soundly beaten to end the quiz bowl
competition.
After a short lunch, the in-depth
leadership sessions began.
“Team effort, that’s the key to
many of the problems a chapter
has," Tim Pautz* Pennsylvania
FFA vice-president, began his
session on chapter problem
solving. “Through team effort, a
problem can become quite small,”
he told his group. The class was
divided into chapter groups and
current problems in the chapters
were discussed. Unity and
cooperation was stressed by Pautz.
Heather Hemley, Pennsylvania
FFA reporter, began her in
struction on etiquette and social
graces with a true-false
questionaire chi proper eating
habits. Surprized by many of their
wrong answers, the students were
very interested in the many “do’s
and don’ts” of proper etiquette.
“They’re going to know you by
your actions in a public place,”
Hernley cautioned the members.
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Joyce Harpster, Boalsburg, and State College Little Lions FFA
member, shows off the Grand Champion Lamb at the recent
Eastern National Livestock Show at Timonium, Md. Holding the
Champion Silver Platter is Jesse Carlington, also of Boalsburg.
She added that taking pride in
outward appearances and man
ners makes good impressions of
the person and his organization.
“We want to make our
organization the best it can be,”
she concluded.
Finishing the evening program
was Denise Ambler, Pennsylvania
FFA eastern vice-president. Her
discussion on personal goal setting
featured the film, "Be all you can
dream.”
Winners of the greenhand and
chapter farmer tests will be
recognized at the annual chapter
banouet and awards ceremonies.
The conference was adjourned by
the county state officers after
ideas were aired “to try and make
our organization the best it can
be.”
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