C6-Lancaster Fartnltfr, Saturday. July 30, 1994
FFA HAPPENINGS
West Snyder FFA Chapter
Participates In FFA
Activities Week
The West Snyder FFA Chapter
attended FFA Activities Week at
the Penn State University to com
pete with 1,300 FFA members
across Pennsylvania.
West Snyder FFA Chapter was
ranked first in Pennsylvania based
on their Program of Work and
Chapter Activities. The chapter
also placed second in the Building
Our American Communities
(BOAC) program. This program
is designed Jo recognize FFA
chapters who perform extensive
community service work.
Jenny Zerby, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Nevin Zerby of Beaver
town, was elected to serve as the
president of the Pennsylvania FFA
Association. Jenny also received a
gold medal in the state FFA
extemporaneous public speaking
contest, was named the north cen
tral region beef proficiency win
ner, and was selected as state win
ner in for the Pennsylvania Sheep
Proficiency Award. For her state
proficiency award, Jenny received
a plaque and $lOO. Her applica
tion now advances to national
competition.
Glendon Carper, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Glenn Carper of RD
McClure, served as president of
the West Snyder FFA Parliamen
tary Procedure Team, which
placed third in the state with a
silver medal. Glendon was also
named the north central region
proficiency winner in dairy pro
duction and on-farm work experi
ence. Other members of the Par
liamentary Procedure Team
included Eric Leitch, son of Mr.
and Mrs. lan Leitch of Beaver
Springs; John Ewing, son of Mr.
Clay Ewing, McClure; Lori Car
per, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Carper of McClure; Joshua
Heeter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Heeter of Beavertown; Jennifer
Woodling, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. David Woodling of Troxel
ville; Ben Boonie, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Boonie of Beaver
Springs; and Jodi Moist, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James Moist of
Beavertown.
Adam Wagner, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Andy Wagner, Sr. of RD
McClure and Jeremy Hackenberg,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robin Hack
enberg of RD 1 Middleburg, parti
cipated in the Wildlife Contest.
Elizabeth Hollenbach, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Hollenbach of
Beaver Springs, served as a dele
gate to the Summer FFA Conven
tion on the contests committee and
placed third in the state in the
Agriscience Student Recognition
Program. The West Snyder FFA
Chapter Scrapbook, completed by
Elizabeth Hollenbach, chapter
reporter, won a bronze medal.
Dougherty Receives
National FFA Scholarship
Heather Dougherty of the Twin
Valley FFA chapter and a 1994
graduatae of Twin Valley High
School has been awarded a $l,OOO
scholarshiop through the national
FFA organization.
This scholarship is sponsored
by the Ructgcrs-Neasc Chemical
Company, Inc. as a special project
of the National FFA Foundation.
Heather plans to pursue a de
gree in animal bioscience at the
Pennsylvania State University.
Heather’s career goal is to become
a veterianarian. Heather’s mother
is Ms. Debra Dougherty of South
Carolina. Heather’s FFA adviser
and agricultural science teacher at
Twin Valley is Ronald Frederick.
Heather has been an active
member of the Twin Valley Chap
ter. She served as chapter secre
tary and reporter. She ateo served
as a county officer for two years.
She attended the 1993 Pennsylva
nia Governor’s School of Agricul
tural Science at Penn State. Heath
er was Star Grecnhand in her 9lh
grade year. She has participated in
prepared and extemporaneous
public speaking contests, dairiy
judging, livestock judging, horse
judging, agronomy, land judging,
and agricultural sales competition.
She was chairperson of the chap
ter Food for American committee
which docs monthly programs for
all district third graders. She at
tended the Blue Mountain Co
operative Council Business Sem
inar and the Pennsylvania Co
operative Council Summer
Institute at Shippensburg Univer
sity. Heather was a member of the
chapter envirothon team which
placed first in county competition
in 1993 and participated in the
state contest. She attended the
FFA’s Made for Excellence Con
ference and the State Legislative
Leadership Conference. She has
won both county and stale awards
for her record books. She was a
member of the national-honor so
ciety at Twin Valley and an honor
graduate.
Tyson Wins Dekalb Award
Melissa Tyson, daughter of
Dona Tyson of Birdsboro, has
been selected as the 1994 Dekalb
Agricultural Accomplishment
Award winner for Twin Valley
High School.
The award, sponsored nation
wide by Dekalb Plant Genetics, is
presented to the outstanding
senior agricultural science student
demonstrating superior leader
ship, scholarshipo, and supervised
agricultural program.
Missy is a 1994 graduate of
Twin Valley High School. She
will be attending Mansfield Uni
versity, where she will major in
environmental education. As this
year’s winner. Missy received a
pin and certificate and her name
will be inscribed on a plaque. The
Dekalb award, often considered
the highest honor an agricultural
science student can receive on the
local level, is presented at nearly
3,000 schools annually.
Missy has been a very active
and involved member of the Twin
Valley FFA and many other
school activities. She won 12 var
sity letters for participation in
sports while at the senior high
school. This is one for each season
for all four years of her career.
She served as president of Spirit
Club and was also a band front
member. In FFA, Missy partici
pated in county and state leader
ship programs, pet therapy pro
grams, Food for America pro
grams at all three elementary
centers, both the fall and apple
festivals at Hay Creek, creed
speaking, the water quality pro
gram at Frankling and Marshall
College. The Nolde Environment
al Forum, and the agricultural tour
for third graders. She won both
county and state awards for her re
cord keeping. She exhibited award
winning mini-exhibits at the
Reading and Allantown fairs. She
won first place in the southeastern
Pennsylvania interview contest
and recendy won first place in the
state contest. She has been the
captain of the first place enviro-
™ e , - , _ recently participated In FFA Activities Week. Row 1, left to
r JfIJJJ* J® rer ry Hackenberg, John Ewing, Eric Leltch, Glendon Carper. Row 2- left to
right, Elizabeth Hollenbach, Jennifer Woodllng, Lori Carper, Adam Wagner. Row 3-
left to right, Ben Boonle, Jodi Moist, and Joshua Heeter. Jenny Zerby, newly elected
state FFA president, was not available for photographs at the time.
them team in county competition
for two years and participated in
the state contest
LMH FFA
Eleven FFA students from Lan
caster Mennonite High School
received gold, silver, or bronze
certificates during the 6Sth annual
Pennsylvania FFA Convention
held recently, at Penn State Uni
versity’s main campus.
Receiving gold certificates
were livestock judging, Angie
Erb, daughter of Richard and
Grace Erb, Elizabethtown, and
wildlife, Christopher Ochs, son of
David and Ruth Ann Ochs,
Reading.
Receiving silver certificates
were, ag sales, Maria Hurst,
daughter of George and Mary
Hurst Lititz and Joleen Herbert,
daughter of Luann Newswanger,
Terre Hill Livestock judging •
Kevin Smoker, son of Kenneth
and Joyce Smoker, Paikesbuig.
Wildlife - Christopher Beiler, son
of Clair and Verna Beiler,
Paradise.
Receiving bronze certificates
were, ag mechanics, Anthony
Martin, son of Robert and Lois
Martin, New Holland. Dairy judg
ing - Keith Weaver, son of Earl
and Marilyn Weaver, New Hol
land; Kendall Reiff, son of Samuel
and Elva Reiff, Ephrata; and Barry
Landis, son of James and Elaine
Landis, Strasburg. Wildlife -
Adam Weidman, son of Edward
and Jennifer Weidman,
Quarryville.
This was the third time the
school’s Hans Herr Chapter com
peted at the event, which this year
drew about 1,300 students from
across Pennsylvania to participate
in the various competitions and
seminars.
Lehman Metzler, who teaches
ag science and technology at
LMH, serves as FFA adviser.
Grassland FFA Parliamentary
Procedure Team Places
First In State Competition
Thirty-one Grassland FFA
members traveled by school bus
with their advisor Cliff Day, to
Penn State University recently to
participate in the 6Sth annual FFA
Summer Convention.
While at Penn State, the chapter
members participated in contests
and became involved in the
decision-making process of the
State FFA.
Krista Hoover represented
Grassland FFA as a chapter dele
gate to the State FFA convention.
Various contests were held during
the three days of the convention.
The Grassland FFA Parliamen
tary Procedure Team placed first
in the state, winning $l,OOO and a
chance to represent Pennsylvania
in the National Parliamentary Pro
cedure Contest in Kansas City,
Mo., in November. The team pre
viously placed second in the east
ern region of Pennsylvania. The
team is comprised of Wade
Esbenshade. Rob Heath, Linda
Huber, Shannon Martin, Josh
Troxell, Darrel Weaver, Jess
Weaver, and Connie Zeiset.
Biyan Hoover, Danny Lauder
milch, and Brian Beck brought
home a second place team plaque
for their efforts in die poultry
contest. They will represent Pen
nsylvania at the Eastern States
Exposition held in Springfield,
Mass., in September. Ken Mardn
also participated in the poultry
contest.
Connie Zeiset placed third in
the senior prepared public speak
ing contest, earning a gold medal
for her efforts. Jevon Shirk partici
pated in tractor driving, bringing
home a second place silver medal.
Priscilla Weber earned a bronze
medal for her efforts in the horse
judging contest. Also participating
in horse judging were Jose Sevilla,
Shana Eisenman and Mike
Sensenig.
In livestock judging, Justin
Good earned a bronze medal, with
Kerry Martin and Ronda Landis
also participating. The land judg
ing team composed of Deb Zim
merman, Adam Gosik, and Jon
Beaver placed eighth, with Deb
Zimmerman and Adam Gosnik
earning bronze medals.
Megan Frederick participated
in the dairy foods contest and
brought home a bronze medal for
her efforts. The aquatics contest
was well represented by Grassland
FFA with Gerald Wenger placing
4th and earning a silver medal,
Anita Wenger placing 9th with a
bronze medal, and Dean Weber
placing 10th.
Sherry Martin participated in
the interview contest and Joel Fox
participated in the wildlife
contest.
Proficiency awards were pre
sented to Garden Spot students in
the areas of ag electrification, out
door recreation, and placement in
agricultural production. Josh
Troxel won the Eastern Region
Proficiency Award in outdoor
recreation. State proficiency
awards in ag electrification and ag
production went to Andy Henning
and Wade Esbenshade,
respectively.
The Grassland FF,A Scrapbook,
compiled by Lisa Homing, earned
a second place gold medal.
The Grassland FFA also
received third place in Pennsylva
nia in the National Chapter Rating
category and their application will
be forwarded to the National FFA.
The chapter has the opportunity to
receive a national award for their
efforts at the National FFA Con
vention in Kansas City, Mo., in
November.
Jason Reifsnyder, 1993 gradu
ate of Garden Spot, completed his
term in office as statewide vice
president. He presented certifi
cates of appreciation to his local
FFA advisors Clifford Day and
Robert Lauffer. Additionally,
Jason bestowed the Honorary
Keystone Degree, the highest
award that can be given at the state
level, to his parents Martin and
Patsi Reifsnyder of Terre Hill.
West Snyder FFA Chapter
Ranked Number One In Pa.
The West Snyder FFA Chapter
attended FFA Activities Week at
the Penn State University recen
tly, to compete with 1,300 FFA
members across Pennsylvania.
West Snyder FFA Chapter was
ranked first in Pennsylvania based
on their program of work and
chapter activities.
There are 179 FFA chapters
across Pennsylvania. After com
pleting the chapter award applica
tion and placing first in state com
petition, the application will be
forwarded to the National FFA
Center for ranking on a national
level.
The chapter will receive either a
gold, silver, or bronze emblem at
the National FFA Convention in
Kansas City for their efforts in the
National Chapter Award program.
The program is designed to
improve the chapter’s program of
activities, assist chapters in eva
luating their accomplishments,
and reward chapters for providing
educational experiences for the
entire membership.
The West Snyder FFA Chapter
also placed second in the Building
Our American Communities
(BOAC) program. This program
is designed to recognize FFA
chapters who perform extensive
community service work. The
West Snyder FFA Chapter
cleaned up a local wetland, parti
cipated in Operation Greens tripe,
a national stream bank improve
ment program, and organized a
conservation field day for Beaver
Adams and West Beaver elemen
tary schools.
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LEADERSHIP