828-Lancaster Firming, Saturday, May 7, 1994
Preparing to enter the home of Dennis and Cindy Rex,
one of the homes on the Wernersvllle Culinary Caper tour
on May 21 are, from left, Brian Zimmerman, chef at The
American House, Stouchsburg, Cindy Rex, and Marlene
Ochs, chairman of the event. Behind them is Phyllis
Daniels, president of the club.
FFA HAPPENINGS
Solanco FFA Holds
Annual Awards Banquet
The Solanco Chapter of the FFA held its annual awards
banquet Friday evening, April IS, honoring several chap
ter members for their achievements in the many areas of
agriculture.
Five chapter members received Star awards during the
evening’s awards ceremony. The Star Award recipients
are as follows;
• The Star Greenhand Award, which is presented to a
first-year member in the chapter who has excelled in the
Agriculture Education Program, was presented to Justine
Hill.
• The Star Chapter FFA Award, presented to a
second-year member who has excelled in the classroom
and project areas, was presented to Joy Young.
• The Star Red Rose FFA Production Award was
given to John Kiser. He is active in swine, dairy, and beef
finishing shows at the local and county levels, as well as
being active in various chapter and county events.
• The Star Red Rose Agribusiness Award was pre
sented to Donnie Ammerman. He works on (he L.M.
Prange farm in Kirkwood, where he is responsible for gen
eral farm work and maintenance.
• The Star Keystone Award was presented to Tim
Craig. Craig conducted swine breeding, swine finishing,
and beef finishing projects, and has been involved in the
FFA program from committee work to chapter officer. He
has competed in meats judging, placing second in the
county, first in the state, and received a gold medal in the
national contest.
Receiving Greenhand degrees, which are presented to
first-year FFA members in agriculture education, are Sar
ah Strickler, Bill Absher, Jimmy Angeline, Chris Althoff,
Kurt Barto, Bryan Byers, Shannon Groff, Brianne Grum
bling, Roy Haldeman, Justin Harrington, Jason Hess, Jus
tine Hill, Mike Houghton, Njtc Kreider, Nick Kreider,
Kolin McCauley, Cherry Mellinger, Kandy Miller, Pat
Nissley, Jerry O’Donnell, Charles Pannell, Matt Perry,
Jennifer Pierce, John Pownall, Mike Reinhart, Jeremy
Spangler, Jeff S weigart, David Testerman, Michael Trout,
and Jeremy Welk. The Greenhand Degree recipients
received a certificate and a pin, and also received either a
Solanco FFA cap or T-shirt.
Chapter degrees are presented to second-year members
who have received theirGreenhand Degree and have com
pleted a project book. Recipients of Chapter degrees are
Jake Barr, Jennifer Burkhart, Naomi Cowart, Brian Hen
ry, Steve Hess, Nate Hoover, Ann Keefer, Tom Kegel,
Andrea Kreider, Josh Krcider, Diane Landis, Bobby
Lcfevcr, Clint Metz, Todd Pell, Jennifer Reves, Jennifer
Riley, Connie Stanley, Daryl Supplee, William Trout,
Gary Welk, Robert Wimer, Andy Young, and Joy Young.
Red Rose degrees are presented by the Lancaster Coun
ty Red Rose FFA to only eight percent of the total county
FFA membership. The degree is awarded to third-year
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Culinary Caper To Feature
CONNIE LEINBACH
Berks Co. Correspondent
WERNERSVILLE (Berks
County) Participants in the
annual Wernersville Culinary
Caper 'not only get to see some
magnificent homes—both old and
new—they also get to taste spe
cially cooked foods by some of the
areas finest chefs.
The Culinary Caper will be held
this year on Saturday, May 21,
from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Seven
homes in the borough and sur
rounding townships are on the
tour, which participants can take at
their leisure during the time slot.
Each home’s kitchen will fea
ture a local chef offering his or her
unique specialty, said Marlene
Ochs, chairman of the event. To
complement the chefs in each
house, individual local florists will
display decorative creations.
The event is a fundraising pro
ject of the Junior and Senior
Woman’s Clubs of Wernersville
for the purpose of redecorating the
Wernersville Public Library and
completing improvements to
Greth Memorial Park, notes Phyl
lis Daniels, president of the club.
On the tour this year will be the
Lerch Tavern, the first stop on the
tour.
Here, tour-goers can sample
hors d’oeuvres made the by chef
Consistent cut
A John Deere Powr-Mizer Forage Harvester
provides more than a uniform length-of-cut, it
delivers savings that are every bit as regular. So you
harvest more of your crop efficiently - without
squandering horsepower.
The exclusive Dura-Drum " cutterhead is fully
enclosed. It can’t fill with silage like cage-type
SEE ONE OF THESE DEALERS FOR A DEMONSTRATION:
ADAMSTOWN
EQUIPMENT INC.
Mohnton, PA
(near Adamstown)
717-484-4391
BARTRON
SUPPLY, INC.
Tunkhannock, PA
717-836-4011
CARLYLE &
MARTIN, INC.
Hagerstown, MD
301-733-1873
CARROLL’S EQUIPMENT DUNKLE &
Route 235 GRIEB INC.
Demeron, MD Centre Hall, PA
301 -672-5553 314-364-1421
from the Beverly Hills Tavern in
Spring Township. Also there will
be musicians in period costumes,
playing music from the 1700 s and
1800 s on period instruments.
At an upscale, two-story sample
home in the Reedy Run develop
ment, foods will be provided by
the Junior Woman’s Club of Wer
nersville. AH the samples are crea
tions from American Buffet, the
GFWC cookbook that will be on
sale during the tour.
Other homes along the route are
the home of Mr. And Mrs. Warren
Moore, a two-story Victorian
home atop Texter Mountain; the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Hummel, a two-story colonial
built this year; Greystone, the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Richar
d Esterly, a Georgian-style home
built in 1802; The American
House, known as one of the oldest
standing hotels in Berks County, at
737 Fritztown Road, Sinking
Spring. It is now home to The
Guild Shop, which is operated by
members of the Reading-Berks
Guild of Craftsmen who offer
hand-crafted gifts and home furn
ishings for sale.
Floral designs in each home are
provided by the following florists;
Signed, Sealed & Delivered, Davis
Florist, Ernst Greenhouse and
CLUGSTON FARM
EQUIPMENT
Needmore, PA
717-573-2215
CLUGSTON AG
& TURF, INC.
Chamberaburg, PA
717-263-4103
DEERFIELD AG & eouSSfiNr
TURF CENTER. INC. whE T (u^ C
Wateontown, PA *^5252
717-538-3557 Jin-nsz-sttz
consistent savings
designs. That means cut crop doesn’t get recut, so
all of your horsepower remains productive.
You’ll also like the way the short, segmented
knives save you money and time. When damaged, i
John Deere replacement knife costs $13.03*
compared to $77.32* for a full-width knife found on
competitor’s cutterheads. Here’s another bonus-
DUNKLE &
GRIEB INC.
Mill Hall, PA
717-726-3115
ENFIELD
EQUIPMENT, INC.
Oxford, PA
EVERGREEN
TRACTOR CO,, INC,
Lebanon, PA
717-272-4641
Floral Shop of West Lawn, Floral
Studio, Hummel Florists, and The
Nosegay of BemvUle.
Recently, Brian Zimmerman,
chef de cuisine at the American
House in Stouchsburg, visited the
home of Dennis and Cindy Rex,
one of the houses on the tour, to
discuss the dish he will make for
the more than 200 people expected
to attend the event.
Tickets for the tour may be
bought in advance for $7 each by
sending a check payable to GFWC
Wernersville, and a self
addressed, stamped envelope to
GFWC Wernersville, 310 N. Wal
nut St., Wernersville, Pa 19565.
On the day of the tour, tickets
are available for $8 at the Heritage
Society in Wernersville. No tickets
will be sold at individual homes.
For more information, caU (610)
678-7513 or (610) 678-0229.
Cream of Crab Soup, created by
American House owner Michael
Filzenger, is one of American
House’s specialties, Zimmerman
noted. It is one of several Easter
style soups, or chowders, offered
on the menu. It is surprisingly easy
to make.
FINCH SERVICES
HANOVER INC.
Hanover, PA
717-632-2345
A.B.C. GROFF, INC,
New Holland, PA
717-354-4191
GUTSHALL’S INC.
RD #2 Box 74-A
Loytvllle, PA
GUTSHALL’S INC.
Carlisle, PA
717-249-2313
KERMIT K.
KISTLER INC.
7866 Kingt Highway
Lynnport, PA
610-296-2011
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