Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, March 27, 1993, Image 60

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    820-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 27, 1993
GETTYSBURG (Adams Co.)
4-H youth from the Adams
County Beef Club were honored
recently.
Those honored include Out
standing 4-H Beef Club member
Sarah Grim, East Berlin. Sarah
received the honor for her activity
in the club throughout 1992,
The first Glenn Boyer Memorial
Awards were presented to several
Beef Club members. Glenn Boyer
and son James Boyer presented the
awards to Gene Hunt, East Berlin;
rah Grim, right, East Berlin, was presented the 1992
Outstanding Adams County 4-H Beef Club recognition by
club president Mandy Hilbert, Littlestown. Sarah received
the honor for her activity in the club throughout 1992.
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Kli HAPPENINGS
Adams Co. 4-H
Adams County 4-H announced
that 17 Adams County 4-H mem
bers are county winners in 29 Na
tional 4-H Award Programs for
1993.
The award winners are Laura
Mayer, New Oxford, in consumer
education, sponsored by 4-H
Clubs of Adams County, Inc.;
Marci James, Gettysburg, in food
nutrition, sponsored by Kraft Gen
eral Foods; Mike Linebaugh, New
Oxford, in citizenship, sponsored
by The Coca-Cola Foundation and
in recreation, sponsored by 4-H
Clubs of Adams County, Inc.;
Debbie Wilkinson, Gettysburg, in
horse, sponsored by American
Quarter Horse Association and in
public speaking, sponsored by
4-H Clubs of Adams County, Inc.;
Beth Green, Gettysburg, in food
preservation, sponsored by ZIP
LOC Freezer Bags, and in fashion
revue, sponsored by The McCall
Pattern Company, House of Fab
Beef Club Holds Banquet
Wayne Flickinger, Biglerville; and
Kris Kaiser, Abbottstown.
Adams County International
Family 4-H Youth Exchange
(IFYE) host family representatives
were recognized recently. They
include Larry Wilkinson, Gettys
burg; Debbie Pierson, Doug Pier
son, and children Ben, Sarah, and
Emily of New Oxford; Peggy
Tyson and Jared Tyson, New
Oxford. The familes hosted an
IFYE for three weeks this past
summer. The awards were pre
sented by 4-H agent Darlene Rcsh.
rics/So-Fro Fabrics, and VWS,
Inc.; Abe Bucher, New Oxford, in
safety, sponsored by CMC Truck
Division, in leadership, sponsored
by Bridgestone/Firestone Trust
Fund, and outstanding member,
sponsored by 4-H Clubs of Adams
County, Inc.; Emily Miller, New
Oxford, in achievement, spon
sored by Ford Motor Company
Fund, and home environment,
sponsored by 4-H Clubs of Adams
County, Inc.; Beau Ramsburg,
Gettysburg, in dairy, sponsored by
Friends of National 4-H Council,
in agriculture, sponsored by Case
IH and Purina Mills, Inc., in ag ca
reers scholarship; and outstanding
member, sponsored by 4-H Clubs
of Adams County, Inc.; Kelly
Rockafellow, Littles town, in
sheep, sponsored by American
Sheep Industry Association, and
in forestry, sponsored by Interna
tional Paper Company Founda
tion.
Winners include Kristin John-
Adams County International 4-H Youth Exchange host family representatives were
recognized recently. From left, Larry Wilkinson, Gettysburg; Debbie Pierson, Doug
Pierson and children Ben Pierson, Sarah Pierson, Emily Pierson of New Oxford; Peg
gy Tyson, and Jared Tyson, New Oxford, presented by 4-H Agent Darlene Resh, back
The first Glenn Boyer Memorial Awards were presented to Adams County 4-H Beef
Club members. Mrs. Glenn Boyer, left, and son James Boyer, right, presented the
awards to Gene Hunt, left, and East Berlin; Wayne Flicklnger, Biglervllle; and Kris
Kaiser, Abbottstown.
ston, Gettysburg, in gardening,
sponsored by Chevron Chemical
Company, and in clothing, spon
sored by Coats & Clark, Inc. and
Singer Sewing Company; Melissa
Hawkins, New Oxford, in photog
raphy, sponsored by Eastman Ko
dak Company; Travis Green, Get
tysburg, in Baker and Meridith
scholarships; Chris Snyder, New
Oxford, in home management,
sponsored by 4-H Clubs of Adams
County, Inc.; Dan Ludwig, Get
tysburg, in citizenship, sponsored
by The Coca-Cola Foundation, in
leadership, sponsored by Bridge
stone/Firestone Trust Fund, and in
Warren scholarship; Heather
Hawkins, New Oxford, in veterin
ary science, sponsored by Pitman-
Moore, Inc. and in achievement,
sponsored by Ford Motor Com
pany Fund; Chris Shelter, Gettys
burg, in poultry, sponsored by 4-H
Clubs of Adams County, Inc.;
Julie Zepp, New Oxford, in dairy
foods, sponsored by 4-H Clubs of
Adams County, Inc. and in bread
sponsored by Fleischmann’s
Yeast, Inc.
These Adams County 4-H
members will enter into competi
tion with 4-H members from
every part of the state. Each mem
ber’s comprehensive 4-H record
will be scored on the accomplish
ments of the member in 4-H.
The top four of five members in
each program area will be desig
nated “Keystone Winners” and
will be invited to Penn State Uni
versity on May 4 for a personal in
terview. As a result of the inter
view, a state winner will be select
ed for each program area from the
Keystone winners. The state win
ners will represent Pennsylvania
at National 4-H Club Congress
held this December in Chicago.
A total of 28 Adams County
4-H members entered the county
competition for 14-18 year olds.
Saddle Cinches 4-H
The Saddle Cinches 4-H Horse
and Pony Club of northwestern
Lancaster County held its reor
ganizational meeting recently at
Ruhl’s United Methodist Church,
north of Manheim.
Any youth between the ages of
8 and 19, as of January 1,1993, is
welcome to join, with or without a
horse. The club focuses on activi
ties that teach the various aspects
of horsemanship, hone safety, and
the responsibilities of owning a
horse. Besides holding gym
khanas and horse shows, the club
also participates in a variety of ac
tivities including trail rides, clin
ics, monthly meetings, commun
ity service projects, and a year-end
banquet in November.
Some special activities are
planned for this year, the 25th year
of the Saddle Cinches 4-H Club,
and current members and leaders
want to recognize those who have
helped with the success of the club
in the past quarter of a century.
A special reunion-awards ban
quet is planned for November 20,
with all former members and lead
ers invited to attend. Also, a spe
cial “old-timer’s” fun horse show
will be held sometime in Septem
ber and will be open to anyone as
sociated with the club in the past
25 years.
The club is trying to locate
members who have served as
president of the group during the
past 25 years. If you have served
as president, and organizational
leader Kendy Allen has not con
tacted you yet, please call her at
(717) 665-7144. ‘
For more information about
joining the club or participating in
its celebration of its first 25 years,
call Kendy Allen at (717)
665-7144.