West Snyder FFA Competes in
Fall Contests
Members of the West Snyder
FFA Chapter participated in and
hosted the SUN Area FFA dairy
and livestock judging contest held
in late September and in the SUN
Area forestry, land judging, and
tractor driving contests held in
October at Line Mountain High
School.
In the dairy judging contest,
Larry Snook and Lori Carper
placed fust and second respective
ly with blue ribbons. Ben Boonie
and Jennifer Woodling also won
blue ribbons. Jeremy Hackenberg
and Steve Opdyke won red rib
bons. In the dairy judging team
placings. West Snyder team B
consisting, of Lori Carper, Ben
Boonie, and Jennifer Woodling
won first while team A, consisting
of Steve Opdyke, Jeremy Hacken
berg, and Larry Snook placed
third. In livestock judging, Luke
Zerby won first place with a blue
ribbon and Michele Fetterolf
placedfourth also with a blue rib
bon. Red ribbon team members
included Elizabeth Hollenbach
and Joshua Heeter, while Jeremy
Brininger won a white ribbon.
In the tractor driving contest,
Doug Boop and Steve Opdyke
placed with red ribbons. The land
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judging team was led by Joe
Kramer who placed fourth with a
blue ribbon. Luke Zerby and
Michele Fetterolf each brought
home red ribbons while Jodi
Moist and Elizabeth Hollenbach
received white ribbons.
Joshua Heeter was the top rated
West Snyder member in the fore
stry contest, winning a blue ribbon
for his efforts. David Stahl and
Jeremy Brininger each won ted
ribbons and John Walter and
Jeremy Hackenberg placed in the
white ribbon category.
Grassland FFA at Big E
The Eastern States Exposition
was held Sept. 15-17 in Spring-
Held, Mass.
The Grassland FFA poultry
team attending the Big E was Cory
Simo, Ken Martin, and Keith
Sauder.
The team was awarded third,
place in the Eastern states. Indivi
dual scores were Cory Simo sixth,
Ken Martin ninth, and Keith Saud
er thirteenth.
During the trip the FFA met
with the state officers and
attended (he awards banquet,
where Pennsylvania FFA won the
Big E banner for winning the most
, contests.
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FFA Trap Shoot
The Lancaster County FFA
Trap Shoot was held Oct. 2 at the
Southeastern Lancaster County
Sportsmen Club.
The Grassland FFA team,
which placed second in the coun
ty, consisted of Derrick Weaver,
Greg Yoder, Mike Horst, Jason
Mountz, and Brian Beck.
The other award given to the
chapter this year was the most
improved shooter award given to
Cory Simo, shooting 25 more
birds than last year. Also shooting
this year were teachers Mr. Lauf
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York County FFA
Names Scholarship Winner
Tracey L. Willwert, the daught
er of John and Brenda Willwert of
Red Lion, has been selected by the
York County Vocational Agricul
tural Teachers Association to
receive the scholarship, which is
given in memory of Carroll F.
Thompson who was formerly a
vocational agricultural teacher at
Spring Grove and Dover high
schools.
WUlwort is a 1994 graduate of
the Red Lion Area High School
and has completed four years of
agricultural education. She is
studying accounting and manage
ment at the Yorktowne Business
Institute with plans of becoming a
bookkeeper and part owner of a
dairy farm.
Willwert has participated in the
horse judging contest on the coun
ty level and has received a bronze
award in the Pennsylvania FFA
horse judging contest held at Penn
State. She has also received
awards in numerous other contests
such as livestock judging, creed
speaking, and project record book
contests on the county, regional,
and state levels of competition.
Willwert has exhibited swine at
the York Fair and sheep at both
the York Fair and the Pennsylva
nia Farm Show.
Tracey served as president of
the Red Lion Area FFA Chapter
for two years after serving as
chapter reporter and chapter sec
retary. She served in the capacity
of reporter of the York County
FFA organization for a year. Tra
cey received the Star in Agricul
tural Production award for the
South Central Region of the FFA
in Pennsylvania in 1994, the
DeKalb Agricultural Achieve
ment Award in 1994, the Kiwanis
Club Outstanding FFA Girl of
York County in 1993, and the
York County FFA Star White
Rose Degree award in 1992. Tra
cey has attened local area leader
ship conferences, the PA FFA
State Legislative Leadership con
ference, and the PA FFA and
National FFA Conventions.
Clarion County Builds
90-Foot Banana Split
Melanie Snyder, the 1995-96
Clarion-Venango Dairy Princess,
promoted the dairy industry by
making a 90-foot banana split on
Main Street, Clarion, before the
Autumn Leaf Parade on Saturday,
October 14. Crooks Clothing
sponsored this event in conjunc
tion with their store’s 90th
Anniversary.
Melanie had lots of assistance
from many dairy-related organiza
tions. These included the Clarion-
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be a graduate of an agricultural
education/horticulture program in
York County who is continuing
their education in a post high
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Clarion County Farm Bureau
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ice cream, 6 gallons of strawberry,
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