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VOL 36 NO. 32
FFA Elects
New State Officers
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) Ten FFA’ers from across
the state of Pennsylvania were
elected to the 1991-1992 State
Officer Team last week at the
summer convention. For the next
year, the 10 officers will travel
throughout Pennsylvania repre
senting the Pennsylvania FFA
Association at the Washington
Leadership Conference and the
National FFA Convention in Kan
sas City, Missouri.
They will participate in state
wide leadership activities such as
the State Legislative Leadership
Conference, Made For Excellence
Conference, and Farm Show
activities. They will visit most of
the 196 FFA chapters across the
state and speak at chapter ban-
INDEX
Sec. A... Market Reports
& General News.
Sec. 8... Women’s News,
Public Sales & Mailbox
Market.
Sec. C.. Business News
& Classified 4-36.
Sec. D... Classified 1-3.
See Story Index Page A 3.
! tnral Theft Increases, Published Reports To Help Find Stolen Items
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
BOWIE. MD—On Sunday
morning at 4 a.m. the neighbors
heard a tractor go past their house.
The sound was unusual for that
time of day, but the source of the
sound was not. A thief was driving
Frank Robinson’s 1972 Massy
Fergerson with an attached chisel
plow to a secret hideaway in a
machine shed on a farm two ana
Leaving today for the National Dairy Bowl Contest are Pennsylvania’s representatives from
Lebanon County. From left, sitting, senior team members Angle Bollinger, Duane Nolt, David
Lentz, and alternates Tom Shuey, and Ricky Bashore. In the rear are some of the members of
the state junior team, Kathy Habecker, Justin Troutman and Todd Getz. Missing from the
photo are Brent Shuey, Terry Hill and Troy Miller and coaches Mike Kunkle and Nelson Bom
gardner. The two teams are headed to Sioux Falls, S.D., the site of the National Holstein Asso
ciation’s 106th Convention, where they will compete with teams from other states for the
national dairy bowl title on Tuesday. This will be the second year In a row that a Lebanon
County senior team has represented Pennsylvania at the national level.
Four Sections
quets on behalf of the Pennsylva
nia FFA Association.
The new president is Melanie
Brookhart from Millerstown, Pa.
Melanie is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Alton Brookhart. She was
graduated from Greenwood High
School, where her principal was
Edward Bums and her chapter
advisor was Ms. Mee Cee Baker.
Her chapter activities included
chapter president, area FFA presi
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NOTICE
Due to the July 4th Holiday,
deadlines for July 6 Issue of
Lancaster Farming will be as
follows;
Mailbox Markets, Mon
day, July 1, 5 p.m.
Public Sales, Monday, July
1, 5 p.m.
Classifieds, Horses &
Mules, Trucks & Trailers,
Real Estate, Tuesday, July 2,
5 p.m.
Classifieds, Farm Equip
ment, Wednesday, July 3, 9
a.m.
General News, Tuesday,
July 2, 5 p.m.
Late-Breaking News,
Wednesday, July 3, Noon.
Closed Thurs., July 4th.
one half miles away. Kobmson,
who owns a farm near Bowie,
Maryland, has had two tractors
(In response to farmers’ requests, Lancaster Farming
will publish reports of stolen items for farmers and
equipment dealers free of charge. See new column with
this story.)
stolen in recent years.
‘Theft of farm equipment is on
the rise and a rather dramatic rise at
Off To The Nationals
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 22, 1991
The 1991-1992 state FFA officers elected last week are, front row, left to right, Andrew
Smeltz, Upper Dauphin FFA, state sentinel; George Inhof, Owen J. Roberts FFA, eastern reg
ion vice president; and Christopher Richard, Waynesboro FFA. treasurer. Second row, left to
right, Michelle Kerdeman, Manhelm FFA, reporter; Melanie Drbofchalt Greenwood FFA, presi
dent; and Dale Heagy, Northern Lebanon FFA, chaplain. Back row, left to right, Wayne Massin
ger, Middleburg FFA, state vice president; Alison Fry, Mlffllnßurg FFA, north central vice pres
ident; Jodi Hall, Little Lions FFA, secretary; and Tim Lehman, Cumberland Valley FFA, south
central vice president.
that,” said Robinson. “Yet, there is
no effective way to combat this
crime. Police are overwhelmed
with more serious crimes, and thett
of farm equipment is given short
shrift.”
For Robinson, the theft started a
scries of events that finally led to
the recovery of his stolen tractor
and prosecution of the thief. But
not without the expenditure of
time, energy, and money. The
plow was never recovered.
“I traced my stolen equipment to
a neighboring farm,” Robinson
said. “Wheel tracks and a scuff
mark in the sod from the chisel
plow gave away the location in the
locked machine shed. I notified tne
police, and they came out to the
shed but would not search it with
out a warrant And they were too
busy to get a warrant.
“I later advertised in a local pap
er and a dealer from Baltimore
called and said he thought he had
Farmers Feel Effects
Of Possible Drought
ANDY ANDREWS
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
BELLEFONTE (Centre
Co.) Since May 3, one farmer
recorded only 6/10 of an inch of
rainfall.
At another Centre Co. location,
only 9/10 (not quite an inch of rain
fall) was recorded in more than a
month and a half. Other counties,
such as Lancaster, Lebanon, Dau
phin, and York have received
about the same, and need more
than 4 inches of rain in order to
avoid a severe drought.
Conditions throughout south
central Pennsylvania have been so
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sold my tractor. This call put me on
the trail, and I notified the police.
They later called me to come with
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Theft v
Watch
(A column for farmers and agri
business to report missing and found
machinery, tools and livestock. Call
(717) *94-3047 with these reports.)
dry that many ag experts are cer
tain there is an agriculture drought.
Already, state Lt. Gov. Mark Sing
el has called on residents to volun
tarily conserve water a possible
portend to more severe drought
restrictions that will impact
farming.
Though it may not be official
yet, many counties, including Lan
caster, Lebanon, Dauphin, York,
Centre, and parts of Berks and
Chester are feeling the effects of
little rain. Statewide, rainfall is
four inches below normal. (Lan
caster Co. is 4.77 inches below
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