BIG-Uncaster Farming, Saturday, August 30,1986
Gregoiy, NestMi Selected Lancaster County Outstanding 4-H'ers
BY SALLY BAIR
Lancaster Co. Correspondent
MANHEIM - It was a night of
recognition of the efforts of Lan
caster County’s 4-H’ers, paying
tribute to the hard work they put in
over the last year. Last Thursday’s
Achievement Night was the
highlight of the new two-day 4-H
Fair held this year for the first
time at the Manheim Fair
Grounds.
Sallie Gregory and Stacy
Nestleroth received the highest
honor for a 4-H’er in Lancaster
County by being named the Out
standing 4-H’ers. Both girls have
been involved in various 4-H
projects since they were 8 years
old.
Other finalists in the competition
were Laura McLean, Garden Spot
Community Club; Eric Roten
berry, Exchange Club and Penn
Willow Community Club; Tammy
Long, Boots and Saddles Horse
Club and Tricia Musser, Woolies
Club. All six 4-H’ers were in
terviewed privately by the judges,
and gave a short talk at
Achievement Night.
Sallie is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Gregory, 28th
Division Highway, Lititz, and
Stacy is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Mark Nestleroth, Manheim
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A 4-H’er for nine years, Sallie is
a member of the Boots and Saddles
4-H Club, the Exchange Club and
the Clay 4-H Cooking Club. She has
been a member of the county horse
judging team for three years,
participated in State Days, and
attended 4-H Leadership Congress
for four years. She has been to two
teen leader retreats and attended
4-H Capitol Days in Harrisburg.
About her new title she says, “I
was really surprised. I was really
proud. I had dropped out of
marching band to really work
toward it.” She said she looks
forward to promoting 4-H more,
First place talent award winner Mike Mylin, center, is
flanked by Lorri Rutt, second place, and Anne Vath, third
place.
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Lavina Musser, president of Lancaster Farm Women
Society 19, presents Debra Bentrem, left, and Lucinda
Harnish, center, with savings bonds for their achievement in
food and clothing respectively.
adding, “I hope to keep older 4-
H’ers involved. It is a real learning
experience. I got to make so many
friends.” For Sallie 4-H is
something she could hardly wait to
join, since she often attended
meetings with her three older
sisters.
Like Sallie, Stacy says she was
“counting the years” until she was
old enough to join 4-H, because her
mother was a 4-H leader when she
was little. Stacy is a member of the
Elm-Penryn Community Club and
the Exchange Club. She has taken
projects in pet care, veterinary
science, taught an cooking club
and did a project on the “stress
connection.” •
Stacy attended Leadership
Congress for two years, was on the
Consumerama judging team which
placed second last year and first
this year at State Days, and at
tended Capitol Days in Harrisburg.
She would like to return to
Leadership Congress as a part of
the Leadership Council and will
help plan next year’s Capitol Days
event.
She says, “Sallie and I really
want to make a difference as we
tell about 4-H. This is something I
was working toward. I really
admired those who received the
award before.”
Although she says 4-H has
benefited her in many ways, Stacy
notes, “I was really shy when I was
younger. It has made me a lot
more confident, and I have tried
things I wouldn’t have otherwise.”
Next highest honor in the county
is to be selected for the 4-H Honor
Roll. Those selected will have their
names inscribed on a permanent
plaque at the Farm < and Home
Center, and will receive a 4-H
jacket. Recipients are chosen on
the basis of their participation on a
local, county, regional and
statewide basis and on their
leadership ability.
In addition to Sallie Gregory and
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Senior Honor Roll winners are, from left, Linda Bentrem, Sallie Gregory, Lorri Rutt,
and Stacy Nestleroth. Sallie Gregory and Stacy Nestleroth were also named Outstanding
4-H’ers. Other honor roll members absent from picture were Stacey Goss and Tina
Mowrer
Stacy Nestleroth, other senior
honor roll winners were: Linda
Bentrem, Mastersonville Com
munity and Elizabethtown Pig and
Rabbit Club; Stacey Goss, Penn
Willow Club; Tina Mowrer,
Mountville 4-H Club and Exchange
Club; and Lorri Rutt, Solanco
Community Club.
Junior Honor Roll winners were;
Seth Bair, Mountville Community
and Silver Springs Chefs; Lisa
Bentrem, Mastersonville and
Elizabethtown Pig and Rabbit
Club; Marcia Dehmey, Mount Joy
Community; and Diane Musser,
Red Rose Beef and Woolies Clubs.
In the talent show, the top winner
was 12-year-old Mike Mylln of the
Penn Manor Community Club who
did a humorous recitation. Second
and third places went to two
vocalists. Lorri Rutt, Solanco
Community Club, was second, and
Anne Vath, Boots and Saddles
Club, was third. The winners
received $l2, $7 and $6 respec
tively, contributed by the Lan
caster County Society of Farm
Women. Tricia and Tara Bare,
both of the Conestoga Valley Club,
were also finalists in the talent
competition.
With the new location for the 4-H
Fair, there was added competition
among the clubs in a volleyball
tournament. First place winner
was the Boots and Saddles Club,
which won a plaque.
Club exhibits were also ex
panded because of the extra space
and winners split $lOO in prize
money. First place went to Saddle
and Cinches 4-H Club; second went
to Penn Willow; and third went to
Boots and Saddles Club.
Garden Spot and Boots and
Saddles each were recognized for
their outstanding 4-H Club
scrapbook.
Farm Women Society #l9
presented monetary awards to the
outstanding 4-H’ers in clothing and
foods. Lavina Musser, president,
gave the clothing award to Lucinda
Hamish and the food award to
Debra Bentrem.
A new award presented by Farm
Women Society #24 was given to
the two best skirts exhibited at the
Fair. Sharon Lefever and Becky
Badger, both of the New Holland
Community Club, received that
award.
Each year the Lancaster County
Bankers Association gives
scholarships to qualified 4-H’ers
who are attending college. This
year’s scholarships, presented by
George Lewis, go to Deb Bentrem,
Nicolette Miller, Mastersonville
Community and Red Rose Beef;
Jay Reiff, Elm-Penryn; and Juan
Figueroa, City Teens.
Zoann Parker. Lancaster County
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Junior Honor Roll winners were, Seth Bair, left, and Marcia
Dehmey. Other winners were Diane Musser and Lisa Ben
trem.
4-H agent who engineered the two
day 4-H Fair at the Manheim Fair
Grounds, announced that the first
ever 4-H benefit auction held
Thursday afternoon netted $3,323.
Donated items ranged from quilts
to dolls to teddy bears to half
gallons of ice cream and Zoann
expressed deep appreciation both
to the donors and to the bidders.
She said the proceeds will be used
to keep down the cost of par
ticipation in countywide programs.
Kenneth Brubaker, former 4-
H’er, served as auctioneer and
kept the bidding spirited.
Parker also thanked the 4-H’ers
for their response to the request for
donations of hay to drought
stricken farmers in Asheboro,
North Carolina. Lancaster County
4-H’ers visited that county in an
exchange in 1983. Local 4-H’ers
donated 18 tons of hay, which is one
trainload, to be shipped. Zoann
said she expects to make another
plea in January to help the North
Carolinians.
Lewis Tops Showmanship Contest
MANHEIM - As part of the
expanded 4-H Fair held at
Manheim Fair Grounds last week,
the Woolies Club held a
showmanship contest.
Leader Sarah Fleener said the
contest gave first-year members a
good opportunity to practice their
showing skills without a large
audience, and allowed older
members to get ready for the
upcoming fair season.
Held on Thursday morning, the
event also gave some non-rural 4-
H’ers the opportunity to see sheep
being shown and got some 4-H’ers
with only sheep projects to the Fair
to see the wide range of other
projects.
Special recognition was given to
Maritza Mayorga, a 4-H exchange
student from Costa Rica who spent
the summer with Penn Manor 4-H
Leader Dorothy Charles.
In other recognition, Zoann
announced the winners of the blue
form achievement programs. Juan
Figueroa was a national winner in
personal development in the foods
and nutrition program.
County blue form winners in
cluded Deb Bentrem, foods and
nutrition; Cindy Hamish, clothing;
Joy Layton, cooking; Stacy
Nestleroth, leadership; Jay Reiff,
beef; Vicky Creighton, horse; and
Stacey Goss, achievement.
the Appalachian Audubon
Society gave an award to the
project which was “closest to their
clause.” It was given to Matthew
Hess of the Penn Manor Com
munity Club for the bird house he
made in the wood science project.
All award winners were given a
candle to participate in the closing
candlelight ceremony.
Sarah said, “1 was really sur
prised with the crowd we had. It
was not just 4-H sheep families."
Champion showmanship award
went to veteran showman Ellen
Lewis, Mount Joy. Reserve
champion was Phil Yeagley,
Elizabethtown. Lewis and Yeagley
were also winners in the senior
division.
Intermediate Division winners
were: 1. Mark Tracy,
Elizabethtown; and 2. Andrea
Mylin, Manheim.
Junior Division winners were: 1-
Aaron Groff, Elizabethtown; and
2. Lyndon Reiff, Strasburg.
About 30 4-H’ers participated in
the event.