818-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, DecamtMr 17, 1994
Happenings
4-H Achievement Night
Adams County 4-H members
were honored recently at the
Annual 4-H Achievement Night.
Special memorial awards were
presented to the following; Beau
Ramsburg, Gettysburg, received
the ABC Williams Special Lead
ership Award; Beth Green, Get
tysburg, received the Rose Murren
Special Leadership Award;
Mitchell Brannen, Cashtown,
received the William Miller Spe
cial Leadership Award; Nicholas
Demko, New Oxford, received the
Adams County 4-H Horse Council
Junior Horse Special Leadership
Award; Bethany Dorr, Gettys
burg, received the Adams County
4-h Horse Council Senior Horse
Special Leadership Award; Julie
Zepp, New Oxford, received the
Mrs. Edward Snyder Clothing
Award; Beth Green, Gettysburg,
received the Robert Lott Leader
ship Award; Laura Mayer, New
Oxford, received the Clue Meyer
hoffer Citizenship Award; Kristin
Johnston, Gettysburg, received the
Lois Smith Gardening Award;
Kristin Johnston, Gettysburg,
received the Olwyn Weant Fash
ion Revue Award; Sophia
Yelovich, Orrtanna, received the
You Ask ’
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You Answer
This column is for readers who have questions but
don’t know whom to ask for the answers.
“You Ask You Answer” is for non-cooking ques
tions. When a reader sends In a question, it will be printed
in the paper. Readers who know the answer are asked to
respond by mailing the answer, which will then be printed
in the paper.
Questions and answers to this column should be
addressed to You Ask You Answer, Lou Ann Good,
P.O. Box 609, Ephrata, PA 17522.
QUESTION—Martha Hertzler, West Salisburg, would like
an address to know where to send for a gasket for a stainless
steel Flex-Seal pressure cooker Model 908, which is made by
Vischer Products Company, Chicago.
QUESTION A reader would like to know where solar
powered window candles may be found. Is there such a
product?
QUESTION Helen Mill, Honesdale, would like to purch
ase new or used butchering knives, which must be good with
6-10-inch blades.
QUESTION Spurgeon Kimmel, Wellsville, would like to
know where to obtain several pounds of raw goose fat.
QUESTION Horst Schaper, Moosup, Ct., would like to
know where he can buy a shepherd’s staff or crook. Call him
at (203) 564-2579.
QUESTION—Tom Hicswa, Hammonton, N.J., would like
to purchase sheet metal parts for a Case tractor model 3008
made about 1960. He wants a grille, gas tank cover, etc.
Please send information to Hicswa at Box 2169 Elwood Rl,
Hammonton, N.J.
QUESTION Nate Levine, Remington, N.J., needs a
source for parts to a Prizer #lOO cookstove manufactured by
Prizer-Painterof Reading, Pa. The company no longer carries
parts for it.
QUESTION Carl Humer, 4745 Carlisle Rd., Dover, Pa.
17315 is trying to locate a company that sells the machine to
produce firewood from logs. He understands that you place a
full length log on the table, a series of saws come down or out
and cut the logs to length. You then move the log to the splitter
area and the machine splits the logs into cord wood. Humer
would prefer to see the machine in operation if anyone has
one to sell.
Frederick Rarig Conservation
Award; and Chris Roberts,
Aspers, received the Larry B.
Feeser, Senior Swine Award.
Four 4-H members were
awarded the “I Dare You” Leader
ship Award. The award honored
4-H teens for excellence in charac
ter, balanced personal develop
ment, and leadership potential.
Those who received the award
were Katie Ramsburg, Gettys
burg; Vicki O’Shea, Cashtown;
Carrie Stevens, York Spring; and
Brad Black, Aspers. Each recipi
ent received a copy of William H.
Danforlh’s book, “I Dare You.”
The book presentation was made
by the American Youth Founda
tion and York Farm Credit. Ten
year 4-H members recognized
were; Jonathan Hoch, Gettysburg;
Blake Livelsberger, Gettysburg;
Karen Millar, Gettysburg; Jennifer
Rodgers, Abbottstown; Chris
Shelter, Gettysburg; Debbie
Wilkinson, Gettysburg; Mark
Clowney, Gettysburg; Kim Funt,
Arendtsville; Beth Green, Gettys
burg; and Matt Guise, York
Springs.
Retiring 4-H members recog
nized were Stan Reever, 11 years,
Wellsville; Travis Green, 11
years, Gettysburg; Abe Bucher, 11
years. New Oxford; Ben Stine, 10
years, East Berlin; Karena Kaiser,
10 years, Abbottstown; Beau
Ramsburg, 8 years, Gettysburg;
Raquell Piper, 8 years, New
Oxford; Brandy Carey, 7 years,
York Springs; Rebecca Brown, 7
years, New Oxford; Heidi
Dahlhammer, 5 years, Wellsville;
Alex Johnson, 4 years, Gettys
burg.
4-H members also received
recognition in specific 4-H
National Award program areas.
The award was based upon the
members comprehensive record of
activities in 4-H and their excel
lence within the specific program
area. In the achievement area,
Laura Mayer, New Oxford, was
honored; in the agricultural area,
Joy Hess, Gettysburg; in the citi
zenship area, Laura Mayer, New
Oxford; and Joy Hess, Gettysburg;
in the clothing area, Kristin John
ston, Gettysburg; Julie Zepp, New
Oxford; and Jessica Dayhoff, Get
tysburg (Julie Zepp was also a
Keystone winner).
In the consumer ed area, Laura
Mayer, New Oxford, was honored;
in the dairy area, Joy Hess, Gettys
burg; in the fashion revue area,
Beth Green, Gettysburg; Kristin
Johnston, Gettysburg; and Julie
Zepp, New Oxford; in the food and
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nutrition area, Marci James, Get
tysburg (Marci was also a Key
stone winner); in the food preser
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4-H members in the junior divi
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tysburg; photography, Carrie
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Montgomery County Honors
4H Equine Members
Amy Nace of Lansdale was
among the top honorees at the
annual Montgomery County 4-H
Equine Awards Banquet held in
November at the 4-H Center,
Creamery.
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