A36-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 27,1989
BY LISA RISSER
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
The Lancaster Farm & Home
Center Foundation Award pro
gram celebrates its 25th year by
presenting $15,000 in scholarships
to 15 students, the most it’s ever
given.
The scholarships, worth $l,OOO,
are presented to Lancaster County
high school seniors who will be
going on to major in agriculture or
home economics in college. Stu
dents are selected on the basis of
need, scholastic ability, and lead
ership skills.
Monies for the scholarships are
from a fund established by the late
Elmer Esbenshade.
Manheim Central accounted for
three of the students receiving a
scholarship, while Penn Manor,
Lampeter-Strasburg, Elizabeth
town, and Hempfield each were
represented by two students.
The winners are:
•Michele Auker, 18, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin L. Auker of
Lititz. A senior at Manheim Cen
tral, Auker plans to attend Messiah
College and major in home eco
nomics. She is involved in cheer
leading-, band, chorus, and
orchestra and is a member of the
National Honor Society and her
church’s youth group.'
•Rebecca Barley, 17, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Barley of '
Lancaster. A senior at Penn Man
or, Barley plans to attend Penn
State and major in agriculture. She
is a FFA’er and participates in
gymnastics and field hockey.
•Kristin Chupp, 17, daughter of
Larry and Barb Weaver of New
Holland. A senior at Carden Spot,
Chupp plans to attend Penn State
and enter the university’s pre
veterinary medicine program. An
FFA’er and 4-H’er, Chupp is inter
ested in music, is a member of the
National Honor Society, and is an
FFA Keystone Farmer Degree
recipient
•Donna M. Ecenrode, 18,
daughter of Lois M. Ecenrode of
Manheim. Ecenrode, a senior at
Manheim Central, plans to attend
Pittsburgh Technical Institute and
major in home economics. She is
president of the Mount Joy Vo-
Tech’s chapter of Vocational
Industry Club of America, a mem
ber of the year book staff, and par
ticipates in softball, basketball,
and hockey.
•Andrew Groff, 18, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John R. Groff of Lancas
ter. A senior at Lampeter Stras
burg, Groff plans to attend the Uni
versity of Delaware and major in
agriculture. He is a member of
FFA, the National Honor Society,
y high school seniors receiving a $l,OOO scholarship were, from
left, Amy L. Martin, Solanco; Beth Snavely, Hempfleld; Julie Kramer, Elizabethtown;
Michelle Peiffer, Hempfleld; and Doug Musser, Elizabethtown.
Lancaster Countians Receive $l,OOO Scholarships
the International Thespian Socie
ty, and his church’s youth group.
In addition, he is involved in band
and chorus.
•Melody Herr, 18, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Herr of
Ephrata. A senior at Conestoga
Valley, Herr plans to attend Mil
lersville University and major in
its pre-veterinary medicine prog
ram. Herr is a 4-H’er and works for
a veterinarian.
•Kathy A. Hershey, 17, daught
er of Mr. and Mrs. C. Ray Hershey
of Manheim. Hershey, a senior at
Manheim Central, plans to attend
the Pennsylvania School of Arts
and Designs and major in home
economics. She is a former 4-H’er
and has been active in student
council, tennis, track, and her
church’s youth group.
•Jeffrey Hunsecker, 18, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Clair Hunsecker of
Mountville. A senior at Penn Man
or, Hunsecker plans to attend Penn
State and major in agriculture. He
is an FFA’er and works on a neigh
boring dairy farm.
•Julie Kramer, 17, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. David Kramer of Eli
zabethtown. Kramer, a senior at
Elizabethtown, plans to attend
Beaver College and major in home
economics. She participates in
cheerleading and on dance
committees.
•Amy L. Martin, 17, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Al Martin of Dru
more. A senior at Solanco, Martin
plans to attend Penn State and
major in ag education. She is an
FFA’er and 4-H’er and is involved
in and orchestra. She has
received the FFA Keystone Farm
er Degree and is a member of the
National Honor Society.
•Douglas Musser, 17, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Musser of Eli
zabethtown. A senior at Elizabeth
town, Musser plans to attend Penn
State and major in agriculture. A
member of FFA and 4-H, he also is
a member of the school wrestling
team.
•Michelle Peiffer, 18, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Peiffer of
Landisville. Peiffer, a senior at
Hempfield, plans to attend Penn
State and major in agriculture. She
has participated in chorus and
powder puff football and is a mem
ber of the National Honor Society
and Dance Club.
•Robert C. Rush 11, 18, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Rush of
Strasburg. A senior at Lampeter
Strasburg, Rush plans to attend
Penn State and major in agricul
ture. He is a 4-H’er and a member
of his church’s youth group. In
addition, he play soccer and is in
the Varsity Club.
Receiving a Lancaster Farm & Home Center Foundation sclr irshlp were, from
left, Jeff Hunsecker, Penn Manor; Rebecca Barley, Penn Manor; Melody Herr, Cones
toga Valley; Kristin Chupp, Garden Spot; and Fred Weaver, Ephrata.
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Scholarships wore presen. ~... iy y,.
Ecenrode, Manhelm Central; Michelle Auker, Manheim Central; Andrew Groff, Lampe
ter Strasburg; and Robert C. Rush 11, Lampeter Strasburg.
•Beth Snavely, 18, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Snavely of
Lancaster. Snavely, a senior at
Hempfield, plans to attend Mes
siah College and major in home
economics. She is a member of the
National Honor Society, Bible
Club, and the year book staff.
•Fred Weaver, 18, son of Mr.
and Mrs. F. Roy Weaver of Ephra
ta. A senior at Ephrata, Weaver
plans to attend Penn State and
major in agriculture. He is active in
the Red Rose Baby Beef Club as
well as the New Holland Baby
Beef Club. In addition, he is a
FFA’er.
VV,
Pennsylvania Farmers May
Harvest 24% More Winter Wheat
HARRISBURG Pennsylva
nia’s winter wheat harvest this
summer may surpass last year’s
production by 24 percent, accord
ing to the Pennsylvania Agricul
tural Statistics Service.
Based on May 1 conditions,
production is forecast at
11,130,000 bushels, compared
with the 9,010,000 bushels
harvested in the state last year.
PASS estimated that acreage
harvested will total 210,000 and
forecast the average yield at S 3
bushels per acre.
The expected rise in the state’s
winter wheat crop, which was
planted last fall, is in sharp con
trast to the national forecast
As of May 1, U.S. production
was forecast at 1.43 billion
bushels, 8 percent below the 1988
crop and the lower production
since 1978. Extended drought in
wheat-producing areas of the Mid
west is one factor in 4.3 bushel per
acre drop in yield.
Loose Smut Turns
Barley Heads Black
YORK Several barley grow
ers have seen a black sooty growth
on their barley where the head that
contains the seeds would normally
be. The barley is infected with a
disease commonly referred to as
loose smut. “The cases which I
have worked with involve seed
that the grower used from his own
fields last year,” according to
County Agricultural Agent John
Pennsylvania’s 1988 tobacco
production totaled 18,173,000
pounds. PASS reported.
The state’s growers harvested
6,475,000 pounds from 3,500
acres of Southem-Maryland, Type
32 tobacco with an average yield
of 1,850 pounds per acre. Value of
the Type 32 crop was set at $8.6
million.
Harvest acreage of Pennsylva
nia, Type 41 tobacco was 6,000,
with an average yield of 1,950
pounds per acre. Total production
of Type 41 production was placed
at 11,700,000 pounds, valued at
$11.9 million, PASS reported.
Nationally, tobacco production
was 1.37 billion pounds, 15 per
cent more than in 1987.
Hay stocks on Pennsylvania
farms on May 1 totaled 896,000
tons. 92,000 tons below last year'i
level. U.S. hay stocks as of May 1,
were 17.63 million tons, 36 per
cent below a year earlier.
Rowchl. ‘The problem is one of
seed treatment, not the fact that if
was the farmers’ own seed,”
adds. The disease begins with thCj
seed becoming infected. Treating
the seed with the systemic fungi'
cidc carboxin (Vitavax) wouli
have prevented the disease fro*
developing in the barley plant
Yield loss is directly related to th
percentage of diseases heads. •