Mack Wins Production Credit Regional Award For the second year in a row, Tonya Mack has been awarded the Production Credit Regional Award. The honor is a result of her silver and gold medals in the state FFA record book contest Mack is the daughter of Sonny and Bonnie Fousnought of Sabins ville, Tidga County. She is a senior at Cowanesque Valley High School, there she is a voca tional agriculture student. Her Supervised Agricultural Experi ence Program has centered around an extensive swine breeding enter prise, which she has conducted with her grandfather, Wallace Ackley. Tonya has been a very active FFA member in the Cowanesque Chapter. She has served as chapter secretary for two years, served on the BOAC, float citrus sales, and parent-member banquet commit tees. She has been a member of the parliamentary procedure team for three years and served the Tio- I.G. SALES Sllvtrdala, PA 215-257-5138 KERMIT K. KISTLER INC. Lynnport, PA 215-298-2011 LANDIS BROS. INC. 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Hotl Wins Floriculture Record Jodi Hall, a sophomore at State College Area Intermediate High School, won the State FFA Flori culture Record Book Contest and was first place in the Centre Reg ion Farm Credit System Record Book Contest. Her records give a detailed account of her floriculture supervised agricultural experi ence. Her major crops consist of poinsettias in the fall with spring finding concentration on hangiffg flowering baskets and flower bed ding plant production. As a sepa rate enterprise, Jodi manages the school greenhouse and supervises the vegetable production for the FFA chapter. Computers have been utilized, by Jodi, to help keep track of pro duction and plant inventories. She also used a spreadsheet program to arrange orders and deliveries during the chapter’s annual citrus sale. She has been the chapter’s New York Ag Mechanics A team from Letchworth Cen tral School in Gainesville placed first in the 1989 NY State Future Farmers of America Agricultural Mechanics Contest, hosted by Alfred State College. GEORGE V. SEIPLE TOBIAS EQUIPMENT & SON CO., INC. Easton, PA Halifax, PA 21S-2M-714S 717-362-3132 SMITH'S WALTEMYER’S IMPLEMENTS, INC SALES & SERVICE Marearaburg, PA Rad LJon, PA 717-328-2244 717-244-4168 SOLLENBERGER EQUIPMENT Evaratt, PA 814*852-8223 leading citrus salesperson for the past two years. Her sales activities were rewarded when she was named winner of the State FFA Sales and Service Proficiency Avterd at the Mid-Winter FFA Convention held during the Penn sylvania Farm Show. Jodi was also naiped Chapter Star Agribu sinessman at the recent State Col lege FFA Banquet. A central Oregon beef ranch was Jodi’s first home. She lived in the middle of thousands of acres of range land. This is a big con trast to the lifestyle she and her family have experienced in their three years of living in Pennsylva- nia. Jodi has returned to Oregon the last two summers to work on her grandparents’ beef and wheat operations. This summer finds Jodi’s schedule too busy to make the trip west She will start the summer out at Stale FFA Aclivi- The Letchworth team posted a score of 445. Member Pat Albro tied for second high individual at 154.5 points with Troy Staley of the senior team from Charles G. May Occupational Center, Mt. Morris. M.S. YEARSLEY & SONS Waal Chaatsr, PA 215-696-2990 Lancaster Farming Saturday, July 1,1989-D2l Book Contest ties Week where she has advanced to the State Public Speaking Con test and has applied for the talent competition. Jodi will also be spending time at a number of other activities including The Summer Institute of PSU/Pennsylvania Association of Farmer Coopera tives, The Hugh O’Brian Interna tional Youth Conference, and The FFA Washington Conference Program. She also works part time at a local landscape nursery. Is there a future in agriculture for today’s youth? Jodi feels that there is, and she is hoping to capi talize on her many agricultural and leadership experiences. Her plans include advanced FFA involvement, international travel, college, and eventually a position as an agricultural education teach er. As Jodi put it, “There is a tre mendous opportunity in agricul ture. It’s all important, everything from beef to begonias.” Contest The other two members of the Letchworth team —Jason Crane and Don Errington—placed fifth and sixth among individuals with scores of 146 and 144.5, respec tively. High individual was Greg Covert of Pioneer Central School, Yorkshire, with 161 points, with teammate Bart Blum ninth with 114.5. Team total for Pioneer \Vas 387.5, good for second place. The senior team from Charles G. May Occupational Center placed third with a score of 384, while the school’s junior team was fourth with 379. Steve Werner of the junior team was fourth high individual with 149.5 points. Marc Kem of the May seniors was seventh high individual, while Wade Roggow of the May juniors was eighth, with scores of 132 and 119.5. Tenth place went to Rick Kilner of the May juniors with 110. The youths were tested in three major categories: construction, soil, and water; structures and electrification; and ag power and machinery. The winning team is eligible to compete at the National FFA Convention in Kansas City, Kans., in November. Medals and trophies for the state contest were provided by the Charles G. May FFA Chapter and were presented by Professor Alan Myers of the Agricultural Engi neering faculty at Alfred State College. Cedar Crest Ten students from Cedar Crest High School in Lebanon County recently attend the FFA Activities Week at Penn State. The chapter parliamentary .procedure team took top honors for the secondcon secutive year by defeating seven other finalist from across Pennsyl vania. The other competing teams in order of finish were Northern Lebanon, Middleburg, Selins grove. Greenwood, Juniata Valley, Linesville-Conneaut-SMT, and United. In other contests involving Cedar Crest FFA’ers, the chapter’s scrapbook was rated as the best in the state for the third consecutive year and the fifth time in seven years. Members on the scrapbook committee were: Todd Balsbaugh, Brian Knapp, Brian Boyd, Andy 111, Tom Camasta, Crystal Fox,
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