BIS-Lancastcr Fanning, Saturday, March 4, 1995
Berlin-Brothersvalley FFA Holds Annual Banquet
GAY BROWNLEE
Somerset Co. Correspondent
BERLIN, (Somerset Co.)
Some 200 guests and FFA mem
bers attended the S6th annual ban
quet of the Berlin-Brothersvalley
FFA Chapter on the Thursday
evening of National FFA Week.
John R. Hendershot, a 1955
graduate of the Berlin-Brothers
valley High School and its current
head custodian in the elementary
school, was made the 40th honor
ary member.
Hendershot has assisted the
FFA in many ways during the past
11 years. Not only has he exhibit
ed an efficient way of getting the
job done, but-always does fein a
personable and friendly manner
that FFA members have recogniz
ed.
Jason Baughman won first
place in the one-acre com growing
contest (127 to 168 bushels per
acre). Jonathan Dickey was sec
ond and Jonathan Smiley, third.
Their trophies were presented by
W. J. Brant Pioneer Seed Com
pany.
Demonstration state gold med
als were presented to Matt Cole
man, Jonathan Dickey, and Jona
than Smiley. The team, which
placed thrid at the state level, per
formed their demonstration, “A
Treat For All Ages.” Naturally, it
was homemade ice cream.
Jonathan Smiley, the son of Jef
frey and Jane Smiley, Berlin, re
ceived the Keystone Farmer De
gree pin.
Smiley also received a slate pin
for Gold Medal State FFA Dele
gate, as did the Brothersvalley
FFA Chapter Scrapbook in receiv
ing a state gold medal. A state pin
also went to Jason Ickes, who re
ceived a bronze medal in the live
stock judging contest.
gi ig contest are Ber
llln-Brothersvalley FFA members, from left, Jonathan Dick
ey, second; Jason Baughman, first, and Jonathan Smiley,
third.
John Hendershot, left, Berlin, was named the 40th Hon
orary Member of the Berlin-Brothersvalley Future Farmers
Of America at4heir annual banquet. He’s being congratu
lated by the Chapter president, Jonathan Smiley.
Medals were presented to win
ners of the state agricultural re
cord book. AH bronze winners,
they are Adam Shaffer, Bruce
Hartman, Jeremy Walters. Joel
Smiley, Jonathan Dickey, Joshua
Koval and Justin Miller.
Chapter FFA Degree recipients
receiving pins and certificates
were Patricia Bird, Clarence Ben
ning, Shawn Chonko, Doug Dean
er, Brian Fisher, Bobby Meyers,
Terry Oakes, Jesse Rogers, Brian
Simmons, Joel Smiley, Brian
Speicher, Donald Speicher, Larry
Turney. Jeremy Walters and Bill
Swift
Chapter Scholarship pins and
certificates went to Patricia Bird,
Brian Fisher, Shawn Chonko,
Jeremy Walters, Bruce Hartman,
Dustin Glessner, Joshua Koval,
Adam Shaffer, Travis Black, John
Landis, Sam Petro, Spencer Gless
ner, Jason Philip and Ryan Talia
ferro.
The county agricultural record
book contest winners, receiving
checks, were Jeremy Walter, 2nd,
home improvement; Joel Smiley.
3rd, home improvement; Jason
Baughman, Ist, field com; Brian
Gary, 2nd, rabbits; Bruce Hart
man, Ist, rabbits; Jonathan Smil
ey, Ist, dairy cow; Joshua Koval.
Ist, broilers; Matt Coleman, 2nd,
dairy heifer; Bruce Hartman, Ist,
dairy heifer. Bill Swift, 2nd, broil
ers; Jonathan Dickey, 2nd, beef
finishing; Ken Benning, Ist, beef
breeding; Clarence Benning, 2nd,
beef breeding; Justin Miller, Ist
on-farm employment; Adam
Shaffer, Ist, on-farm employ
ment; and Daryl Gindlespeiger,
3rd, on-farm employment.
Plaques were presented to Ber
lin-Brothersvally Young Farmer
Keith Leydig, Outstanding Young
Fanner under 30 years of age and
Brad" Fox, Outstanding Young
Pictured are the Bertln-Brotherevalley FFA winners in the state agricultural record
book contest. Seated from left, Jonathan Dickey, Jason Baughman, and Jonathan
Smiley. Standing, Chapter adviser Doyle Paul, Jeremy Walters, Joel Smiley, Bruce
Hartman, Justin Miller, Adam Shaffer, and Joshua Koval.
Farmer over 30 years of age.
Julie Will, daughter of John and
Connie Will, Berlin Rl, was pre
sented with the FFA Sweetheart
Award.
Kelli Zeigler, Cumberland
County, state FFA south central
vice president, gave an address
New Cloister FFA leaders. Back, from left, Andy Bollinger, Keith Bollinger, Dale
Zimmerman, James Brooks, Connie Non.
Front from left, Dean Hoffman, Joanne Zimmerman, Richard Bollinger, and Derrick
L. Frank.
Cloister FFA
Selects New Officers
The Cloister FFA leaders re
cently selected new officers for
the 1995 year.
Keith Bollinger was appointed
the new president. Assisting him
will be Dale Zimmerman and
Connie Nolt. They will be in
charge of new committees and the
club meetings.
The recording secretary will Jo
anne Zimmerman. She will be re
cording the minutes during the
club meetings. Kathy Hurst is the
new corresponding secretary for
the 1995 year. Her job is to con
tact other secretaries about activi
ties.
Cloister FFA leaders appointed
Richard Bollinger as treasurer and
Derrick Frank as reporter. Assist
ing Derrick will be James Brooks.
The reporters will report all activi
ties to you as the reader and organ
ize a scrapbook for competition.
As seminal, Dean Hoffman will
have to make sure the atmosphere
following award presentations.
She was accompanied by Heidi
Dahlhammer, York County, state
FFA secretary.
Zeigler said that agriculture af
fects everybody, either through
what we eat, what we wear, or
what we build.
She encouraged the banquet
of the club’s meeting room feels lected by the Cloister FFA leaders,
pleasant student adviser.
Andy Bollinger will be serving Assisting all new officers will
as chaplain. He will lead prayer be the Ephrata High School Agri
during meetings. Jared Rottmund culture teachers Ernest Orr and
will be holding the final office sc- Charles Kessler.
Beef Aroma Greets
Magazine Readers
CHICAGO, 11. Restaurant
operators might be more inclined
to add more beef to their menus if
they could smell the wonderful
aroma of beef dishes advertised in
their trade magazines. Now they
can.
Beginning in February, the
Beef Industry Council (BIC) is
placing an ad in major foodservice
publications that allows foodser
vice operators to smell the adver
tised product. The checkoff -
funded ad use* “scratch and sniff’
technology, which was first deve
loped for the perfume industry, to
give readers an aroma of a Steak
Vesuvio recipe, featuring a T-
guests to “Listen. Opportunity
sometimes knocks very softly.”
She ended, saying, “There’s no
security on this earth only op
portunity.”
Doyle Paul is the Berlin-Bro
thersvalley FFA adviser. His agri
cultural aide is Roxann Leydig.
bone steak.
The Steak Vesuvio ad is one in
a series of four ads that encour
ages foodservice operators to add
more beef to their menus. Others
in the series are the Earth and Turf
■Steak (tenderloin). Steak Caesar
Sandwich (thin cut ribeye) and a
Black Jack Burger. Ads will run
continually in the magazines
through September.
Magazines to run the ads are
Nation’s Restaurant News,
Restaurant Business, Restaurant
Hospitality, Restaurants & Institu
tions and Food Arts. Combined
circulation for the publications is
more than 520,000.