84-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, October 19,1985 Ida’s Notebook Ida Risser It is now 15 years since 1 started writing this column for Lancaster Farming newspaper. That means that I’ve shared my life with thousands of subscibers in some 780 articles When I started writing, we had four children at home and two in college. Now these six are scat tered from Old Town, ME, to Seattle, WA, and they all have jobs and their own homes. Meanwhile, Show ring totem (Continued from Page B 2) show lineup and consequently lost a placing or two as a result. 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