(Continued from Pago A3O) humor routine was based on aspects of language and communi cation by the Pennsylvania-Dutch. At his parents’ home, Brubaker pointed to an older console record player and said that was where he played his album of the professor until he could also perform the humor. “I can’t sing or play an instru ment,” Brubaker said, “and 1 was in this talent contest, so I had to do something.” But Brubaker said the main things that helped him achieve suc cesses has been goal setting and planning. “If you don’t set goals, you can’t achieve goals,” he said. According to both Brubaker and Norman, FFA prepared them bpth for being involved with organiza tional activities that affect their Harold Brubaker stands with soms Holsfsin-cross bssf animals. The calf is a Bel gian Blue/Holsteln. One of the top breeders of Belgian Blue beef cattle in the United States, he has developed a low-birth weight line and his naphew has been working to use the 50/50 Holstein cross for superior beef production. FISHER Si THOMPSON ANNOUNCES THE OPEN HOUSE WINNERS!!! SECOND PRIZE THIRD PRIZE Registered Calf Milkhouse Supplies John L. Stoltzfus - Lancaster, PA Hammercreek Holsteins - Lititz, PA FISHER & THOMPSON, INC. DAIRY & MILKING EQUIPMENT SALES & SERVICE 15 Newport Road, Leola, PA 17540 717-656-3307 AMOS FISHER - Res: 717-354-2537 RICK THOMPSON - Res: 717-627-1162 MERLE RESSLER - Res: 717-354-8758 Brubaker Star Farmer, Speaker- Of N.C. House life. It gave them a background and confidence to speak in front of others that few educational prog rams today can offer. Brubaker said especially impor tant for him was learning par liamentary procedure and public speaking throught FFA and voca tional agricultural. He said that when he was in FFA, “I remember thinking, ‘Why do we need this, if we’re going to be farming?’” But then an advisor told him that if he didn’t leant how to speak in front of a group of peo ple and develop confidence, peo ple would laugh at him if he tried. Brubaker said he decided to leant. But while fear of ridicule has motivated many for self improvement, the real reason to leant the basics of democratic pro cedure is so the individual can remain an individual. GRAND PRIZE WINNER Craig MOore - Bernville, PA He chose (6) ACR SS Westfailia Detachers. Shown at left is Amos Fisher presenting the prize to Craig and his wife Tamera with daughter Kaylene. “You never know when you’re going to have to reach back and use those skills,” he said. “They are the greatest skills you can have, along with writing. “All that is why I think it is important to continue (FFA prog rams) in high school. And if not in high school, 4-H is a place to leant it, but it’s so important “It’s like learning to swim you never know when your going to need the skill,” Brubaker said. His political career really staned, he said, after graduating from Penn State with a degree in agricultural economics. He took a job in North Carolina teaching agricultural business, and within six months a friend got him involved in the Young Republican organization there. Six months later, he was chairman of the committee. Two years later, he was assistant secretary of the state Republican party of North Carolina, and after turning down several invitations to run for certain offices, he decided to accept a third invitation to run for the House. He said he figured it was time to say, “Yes.” While all this was going on, he finished a master’s degree in eco nomics from NCU and also became involved in real estate appraisals. He said that a class in agricultur al land appraisal in school and when he was leaching at the com munity college in Randolph Coun ty, N.C.. where he lives, he saw that no one was doing a good, in depth analysis of property values. He became the first in the county and now employs more than a half dozen people in that business. About that same time, he helped start a 4-H dairy club in the county that still continues. Currently his 70 Belgian Blue cattle occupy much of his free time. One of seven certified judges of the cattle in the United States, he also serves on the board of direc tors of the U.S. breed oranization. He has been breeding Belgian’s for low birth weights and has picked up and developed a line with offspring averaging about 67 pounds. He traveled to Belgium and England and Canada to seek out the stock he currently has. But after all these successes. Dairy Farmer Elected Farm Bureau V.P. CALLICOON, N.Y. Jon Greenwood of Canton has been elected vice president of the 25,000-mcmber New York Farm Bureau at the organization’s state convention at the Villa Roma Resort Hotel. Along with his wife, Linda, and three children, Jon owns and oper ates a 200-cow dairy farm with SOO acres of field crops and 100 fallow deer. A graduate of LEAD NY (the former Empire State Food and Agricultural Leadership Insti tute) he has been on the board of directors of the New York Farm Bureau for the last five years. FEEDER WAGON WITH HEADLOCKS Featuring 24 Zimmerman adjustable headlocks for animals 10 months and older. 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It’s one of the few places where students have an opproutni ty to stand up in front of adults to speak publicly in front of adults. There’s so many things that FFA did right. “1 like to talk about the assembly line of education,” Norman said, referring to the general public edu cation system. “You run (children) into the room and talk at them. It’s very efficient It’s the Henry Ford system of education. “But FFA gave you the oppor tunity to do things with your hands, and with academics. We took the academic and vo-ag com bination,” Norman said. “It gives a good balance. A lot of these stu dents today can’t do anything with their hands. Just sitting and listen ing to a teacher doesn’t mean you can do it” As Car as the successes that were achieved by Brubaker, Norman said, Tm not surprised. The only surprise is that I expected him to be in Harrisburg (as a political rep resentative), instead of North Carolina.” He is also on several New York Farm Bureau state committees, including the Executive Committee of the State Board of Directors, the Audit Committee, the Executive Committee of Safety Group #486 vice chairman of the Resolutions Committee, and chairman of the Dairy Advisory Committee. On the national level, he is a member of the American Farm Bureau’s Dairy Advisory Committee. He is a past president of the St. Lawrence County Farm Bureau and a past state chairman of New York Farm Bureau’s State Young Farmer Committee. ip:
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