Members G<AY N. BROWNLEE Somerset Co. Correspondent BERLIN (Somerset Co.) The annual Somerset County FFA banquet was attended by 102 peo ple at the community center. Presiding over the ceremony were county FFA officers Mike Lepley, president, Meyersdale; Stephanie Singo, vice president, Rockwood; Marilee Appel filling in for Mary Williamson, secretary, First place winners honored at the Somerset County FFA banquet were, fi ~ left to right, Dave Mahler, Heath Engle, Nathan Poorbaugh, Mike Lepley, Matthew Cole man, and Steve Landis. Back, Gary St. Clair, Bobbie Darr, David Creamer, Rick Col lins, Michael Griffith, Jason Baughman, and Eric Landis. LEHIGH AG MILLER’S EQUIPMENT POLE TAVERN SMITH’S WALTEMYER’S EQUIPMENT RD«iRt.66 EQ. SALES CORP. IMPLEMENTS, INC SALES A SERVICE Wneoavilla PA Fairmount City, PA Elmar, NJ Marearaburg, PA Rad Lien, PA 215-398-2553 814-764-SIS9 609-3M-2MO 717-328-2244 717-244-41 M LONE MAPLE SALES & SERVICE MILLER-LAKE INC. 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Winners in the FFA Public Speaking Contest were Melissa Vought, Meyersdale, first; Mike Lepley, second, Meyersdale; and o Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 12, 1993-821 Jeremy Hay, third, Berlin- Brothersvalley. Other winners were Michael Griffith and Missy Place, who tied for fourth place. The 1993 skills judging contest results in interview category were Eric Landis, Brothersvalley. first; Stephanie Singo, Rockwood and Mike Lepley, Meyersdale tied in second; Jason Tipton, Meyers dale, third; and Marilee Appel, fourth. In Forestry, Richard Collins, Somerset County AVTS, was first All winners were from Somerset County AVTS: Joe Swank, second; Ron Most, third; and Dave Creamer, Rodney Hoyman, and Rick Keller in fourth, fifth, and sixth places, respectively. Livestock judging saw Heath Engle, Meyersdale, tak ing first place; Joe Tipton, Meyersdale, second; and Josh Glcssner Somer set, third. Matt Poor, Chad Hyatt, and Adam Gauntz came in fourth, fifth, and sixth, respectively. Team winners in judging small gas engines were first place. Ed Faidlcy and Steve Pugh, Somerset; second, Greg Cornell and Milton Snyder, Brothersvallcy; and Bryan DiFebo and Nathan Poorbaugh, Meyersdale, third. Dennis May and Kenneth Roses were fourth. Ag salesmanship winners were Michael Griffith, Brothersvallcy, first; Jesse Ocker, Rockwood, second; and Keith Poorbaugh, Rockwood, third. Bryan Sarverand Larry Bittinger placed fourth and fifth. Tractor driving contest winners were Gary St. Clair, Somerset, first; Marty Stutzman, Meyersdale, second, and Jonathan Smiley, Brothersvalley, third. In wildlife, the winner was Dave Creamer, Somerset County AVTS, and Joe Swank, Somerset County AVTS, second. Eric Fritz, Somerset County AVTS, was third. Other winners from fourth through sixth place were Harry Hoover, Larry Laney, and Charles Johnson. Dairy cattle judging winner was Jason Baughman from Brothersvalley. Darren Little, Brothersvalley, was second and Charles Johnson, Rockwood was third. From fourth place to sixth, winners were Valeric St. Clair, Debra Stahl, and Jeremy Bartels. The Meyersdale FFA Chapter won both county FFA sports trophies. They were in basketball and volleyball. Steve Landis, Berlin-Brothersvalley, was the winner in having the best-kept record book in the supervised occu pational experimental program. From production credit Landis received $5O and a savings bond presented by Jeff Moser. Cash prizes were presented by the conservation district to the conservation speaking winners named above. Pre senter was Keith Largent. The G. Floyd Dye Memorial rotating trophy for par liamentary procedure was given to the Som* erset County AVTS. A new memorial trophy was given this year in honor of the late Edward P. Shoemaker, who was the Vo-Ag teach er in Somerset Shoemaker’s untimely death was earlier this year. A poem of tribute was read by Doyle Paul, the Vo-Ag teacher from Berlin-Brothersvalley. Paul said the Somerset County Vo-Ag teachers decided upon the rotating trophy in honor of Shoemaker. The award will be presented annually to the first place county demonstration team. The Somerset County AVTS is the first winner. The county FFA officers each received a plaque. First place winners in agricultural skills competition received their trophies through the Paul Wicks Insurance Company. Steve Landis, Berlin-Brothersvalley, state FFA chap lain, gave an address to the guests. The county FFA advisory committee members are Doyle Paul, John Hartman, Meyersdale; Douglas Baer, Ml. Davis; Timothy Vought, Rockwood; Cecil Lohr, Somerset; and James Harrold and Jane Schimpf, Somerset County AVTS.
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