818-Unnster Fanning, Saturday, September 3, 1988
Lancaster
BY USA RISSER
LANCASTER The high
point of Stacey Goss’s Saturday
night last week was when she was
named outstanding 4-H’er for
1989 during the Lancaster County
4-H Achievement Night held at the
Farm & Home Center.
Stacey, 17, remarked during a
presentation given before peers
and parents, that without 4-H she
would have become a couch potato
content to sprawl before the televi
sion and idle away her life.
Instead, the Pequea teen belongs
to the Penn Willow Community
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passed on her title and Its duties to Stacey Goss of Pequea,
right.
Lancaster county 4-H'ers were awarded scholarships
provided by banks In Lancaster County. Three of this year’s
winners are, from left, Amy Jo Strasbaugh, Nanette
Angie Splckler, Frank Bentrei
County 4-H’ers Shine At
Club and has beep active in every
thing from cooking to air pistol
marksmanship. For more on Sta
cey, see the related artical in this
section.
Amy Jo Strasbaugh, outgoing
Outstanding 4-H’er, relinquished
her duties Saturday night, which
also happened to be her birthday.
Amy Jo advised Stacey to gel
ready for a busy year as Zoann
Parker, the county 4-H agent,
would keep her calendar full.
Entertainment for the evening
was provided by seven 4-H’ers
who competed in the county-wide
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and Heather Haldeman.
the Solanco Community Club
stirred judges Carol Borry and
Vicki LeFever with her animated
rendition of “Casey At The Bat,”
and was named winner of the
contest.
Taking second place was a duel
performed by Matt Rush of the
Woolies Club and Heidi Frey of
the Red Rose Beef Club. The two
sang “Worlds Apart.” In third
place was Heather Ranck from the
Pequea Valley 4-H Club. Heather
performed a monologue, “What It
Was, Was Football,” an act first
performed by actor Andy Griffith.
Four-H’ers who had excelled
within their clubs and at their pro
jects were named to the Honor
Roll. This year’s honorees were
Kerry Freese of Nottingham,
Frank Bentrem of Elizabethtown,
Heather Haldeman of Manheim,
and Angie Spickler of Mount Joy
in the senior division. Members of
the junior division were Carolyn
Nestleroth of Manheim, Susan
Bentrem of Elizabethtown, Beth
Spickler of Mount Joy, and Sharon
LeFever of Quanyville.
Scholarship winners also were
named during the evening. This
year’s winners are Jeff Craig, Amy
Jo Strasbaugh, Sheldon Heisey,
Nanette Bushong, and Stacy
Nestleroth.
There were 20 entries in this
year’s poster contest in the two
divisions. Stacey Goss took first
place in the senior division with
her entry, which depicted Calvin
and Hobbes, characters from the
popular cartoon. Other placings
were Vicki Creighton, second;
Andy Allen, third; Kim Kettering,
fourth; and Lavonne Lehman,
fifth; in the senior division. In the
junior division Emily Zug was
first; Amy Siegrist, second; Heath
er Buller, third; Joy Hess, fourth;
and Pam Lehman, fifth.
Other 4-H’ers who were recog
nized include the Gold Ribbon
project winners; the 4-H fair’s
omelet contest winners: Saranna
Miller in first place followed by
Starr Waltz and Bob Creighton;
John Hess, county public speaking
winner; Club exhibit winners: See
ing Eye Puppy Club in first fol
lowed by the Boots & Saddle Club
and Horsin’ Around Club; the
Swine Club for its volleyball vic
tory; the Horsin’ Around and
Boots & Saddles clubs for their
scrapbooks; Chad Eberly, Appa
lachian Audobon Society Award
winner; Sheldon Heisey, grand
champion showman overall at the
4-H fair; Greg Shipe, reserve
grand champion showman overall;
baby blue form winners: Kim Ket
tering, Jami Krause, Eric Wenger,
Lori Loeffler, Paula Loeffler,
Marsha Dchmey; blue form win
ners: Marsha Dchmey, Stacy Nest
lerolh, and Kevin Mease.
Achievement Night
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members illustrated at the 4-H Achievement Night: they are
the three top winners In the county talent contest. In front is
contest winner Kandi Mullen, who performed “Casey At The
Bat”. In the back row are, from left, Heather Ranck, third
place; and Heidi Frey and Matt Rush, second place.
Ida’s
Notebook
Ida Risser
This month means school days
for many families and so I decided
to read my diary of some thirty
years ago when we sent our first
child to school. If I hadn’t written
everyday, I wouldn’t be able to
relive the good and the bad times
that we had here on the farm.
Our oldest daughter gleefully
skipped off to school without a
backward glance while I tearfully
watched. The almost four year old
was left to fend for himself but he
wasn’t happy. He missed his sister
but kept busy feeding the pigs,
pulling weeds and pushing the
lawnmower. And, my ten month
old had just learned to walk and
look a lot of watching as he went to
the bam every chance he got. He
often fell when he walked on our
uneven lawn.
One thing that I realize by
rereading my diary is that I’ve,
learned not to plant so much. We
were picking a bushel of cucum
bers every other day and three
bushel of lima beans at a time. One
Benefit Sale Held
For Amish Family
LANCASTER The benefit
sale for the Amish family injured
by an intoxicated, hit-run driver is
being held today. The Esh family
from Atglen are faced with astro
nomical hospital bills from the
June 27th accident that left
38-year-old Joseph Esh paralyzed
from the neck down. His pregnant
wife, Barbara, lost the baby she
was carrying and four of their five
children were seriously injured.
Recognized for their successes, these four junior 4*H’ers
were named to the Honor Roll. From left, Beth Splckler, Sha
ron LeFever, Carolyn Nestleroth, and Susan Bentrem.
day I canned seventeen quart of
grape juice and another day
twenty-four quart of beans. With
milkers to wash and children to
watch, I’m not sure how I did it. No
wonder that I did the ironing when
everyone else was in bed.
My husband was busy putting
away tobacco which we no longer
grow. And, he had the silo to fill
too.
There were two figures men
tioned that surprised me. One was
the fact that we were paying $1.50
per basket for the peaches that 1
canned. Another was the weight of
a hog that we sold to a neighbor
he tipped the scales at 540 pounds.
Now that is a hog.
Some things never change. I
wrote about the heifer (hat swam
the Conestoga and had to be
brought back. Last week my hus
band and our Amish neighbor
worked to get another heifer out of
the mud along the bank on the
opposite side of the Conestoga
River.
To help meet the spiraling medi
cal costs, the community organ
ized a benefit sale that starts at 8
a.m. and is scheduled to run to 6
p.m. The sale site is located on
Route 23 across from the Atlantic
gas station on a farm two miles
west of New Holland.
For more information, contact
the Beiler Benefit Fund, 101
Amishtown Road, New Holland,
PA 17557, or phone 717 354-6066.