E6-Lmcaster Farming, Saturday, Fabruary 7,1987
ALLENTOWN Approximately
300 persons attended an awards
dinner to recognize members of
Lehigh County’s 4-H beef, sheep
and swine clubs.
The program, held Saturday
Jan. 24 at the Germansville
Fireball, was conducted by 4-H
club officers, leaders and parents.
It was the concluding activity of
the 1986 4-H project year.
Following dinner and presen
tation of awards, the group en
joyed listening and dancing to the
music of the Majesties.
Award recipients are listed
below.
Beef Club awards were
presented to: Daniel Hartman,
Debra Krause and Karen
Rabenold, 1986 champion trio;
Gavin Grim, champion fitter;
Debra Krause, reserve champion
fitter; Karen Rabenold, senior
showman; Rhonda Hartman,
senior reserve showman; Debra
Krause, reserve intermediate
showman; Gavin Grim, junior
showman and Daniel Hartman,
reserve junior showman.
Jason Grim received the first
year showman award, while
Shannon Wetzel earned the reserve
first year showman. Todd Ben
necoff was recognized for the best
rate of gain and Brian Lazarus for
the champion steer.
Also recognized were livestock
judging team members Gavin
Grim, Daniel Hartman and Debra
Krause, who was also honored for
her outstanding project book.
Sheep club awards were
presented to: Joshua Grim, senior
showman; Ruth Grim, reserve
senior showman; Brian Lazarus,
intermediate showman and
Stephen Breininger, intermediate
reserve showman.
Also receiving sheep club
awards were Jon Voortman, in
termediate reserve fitter; Laura
Lazarus, junior showman; Lori
Tyson, junior showman; Tracy
Voortman, reserve junior
showman; Lori Tyson, junior
fitter; and Bruce Snyder, reserve
junior showman.
Other sheep awards went to:
Grant Lazarus, first year
showman, Lynn Lazarus, Jr., first
year reserve showman; Grant
Lazarus, first year fitter; Lynn
Wheat Growers
Conference Sated
WASHINGTON - The National
Association of Wheat Growers and
their F oundation are preparing
wheat growers for a worsening
farm crisis. According to Dr.
Virgil W. Smail, foundation
director, there will be two major
issues that wheat growers must
address next year to survive the
worsening farm crisis. The first
issue is the growing surplus and
noncoordinated trade policies of
the U.S. as they affect the price of
wheat. The second issue is the
competitiveness of each wheat
grower’s individual production
practices in the world market.
While the association is gearing
up for a major initiative to handle
the surplus problem and to effect
changes in our trading system to
make the U.S. a more competitive
trader in a free world market, the
foundation has announced two
major projects to help growers
increase their profits by using
modern production and
management techniques.
Every grower in America needs
to reevaluate his production
practice to determine if it is the
most profitable system possible.
The Wheat Growers Foundation
has two new projects that will help
Lehigh County 4-H Beef, Sheep , Swine Club
Lazarus, Jr., first year reserve
fitter; Ruth Grim, most helpful
and shepherd; Lynn Lazarus, Jr.,
reserve grand champion lamb;
and Scott Lazarus, reserve
champion pair of lambs.
Swine club awards were
presented to; Jack Mosser, grand
champion market hog; Benjamin
Lazarus, reserve grand champion
market hog; Sheri Lazarus,
lightweight champion market hog;
Seth Gruber, senior fitter; Scott
Lazarus, reserve senior fitter;
Todd Bennecoff, senior showman;
and Scott Lazarus, reserve senior
showman.
Other swine awards went to
Michael Dietrich, intermediate
fitter; Daniel Hartman, reserve
intermediate fitter; Mark
Lazarus, intermediate showman;
Daniel Hartman, reserve in
termediate showman; Kurt Haas,
junior fitter; Kristen Haas,
reserve junior fitter; Kurt Haas,
junior showman; Benjamin
Lazarus, reserve junior showman;
Jack Mosser, first year fitter;
Lynn Lazarus, Jr. reserve first
year fitter and first year
showman; Brant Lazarus 111,
reserve first year showman; and
Rhonda Hartman, most helpful
member.
Sheep club award winners are, front row from k Grant jzarus .ai jura
Lazarus. Second row from left, Lori Tyson, Lynn Lazarus, and Tracy Voortman. Third
row: Ben Lazarus, Bruce Snyder, Stephen Breininger, Jon Voortman, Juliann
Breininger. Fourth row: April Lazarus, Brian Lazarus, Scott Lazarus, Ruth Grim and
Joshua Grim.