A24-Lancdster Farming, Saturday, November 25, 1995
"It's Showtime"
by
Keith A. Bryan
Instructor
Dairy and Animat Science
Coach, Penn State Livestock Judging
THANKSGIVING MEANS
‘GIVING THANKS’
FOR OPPORTUNITIES
During the fall season, as day
light shortens and the overshadow
ing darkness tends to shorten daily
outdoor events, we have an excel
lent opportunity to reflect on our
good fortunes and blessings an
opportunity that is enhanced by the
coming and passing of
Thanksgiving.
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The origin of the Thanksgiving
celebration, bountiful harvest, and
"giving thanks” is well-known.
But in the modem world, with all
of the technological advances and
convenient methods that make our
lives easier and sometimes more
hectic, we have a lot for which to
be thankful. Even with the out
landish pace of life, we should
slow our activities enough to quiet
ly ask ourselves:
For what are we truly thankful?
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I am thankful for the opportuni
ty to live in a country where animal
agriculture is so vitally important
and recognized as such. Important
not simply because it provides a
means for the livelihood of indivi
duals: but more importantly, it pro
vides for our collective
sustenance.
Stockmen and farmers, for your
earnest diligence in providing a
bountiful harvest of food, I give
you my thanks.
I am thankful for the opportuni
ty to interact with others who have
similar interests and to display for
comparison what we have raised.
The competition among livestock
enthusiasts fosters a desire to
achieve the best and provide the
best through continual
improvement
Peers, judges and competitors,
for forcing us to continually
improve upon what we raise and
produce, and to display our best at
all times, I give you my thanks.
I am thankful for the opportuni
ty to participate in junior livestock
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programs and to be guided by indi
viduals who give freely of their
time and resources.
They believe in junior livestock
programs and the benefits gar
nered by everyone involved, and
are competent enthusiastic people
who can provide the important
wisdom, vision, energy, and
resources to ensure that these prog
rams continue.
Volunteer leaders, county
agents and vo-ag instructors, for
giving unselfishly of your time,
energy, and enthusiasm, I give you
my thanks.
I am thankful for the opportuni
ty to be part of a family. Some of
the most rivaled competition,
heart-breaking and heart-warming
learning experiences, compassion,
understanding and cooperation
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
Newly elected officers for Lan
caster Farmland Trust are Phyllis
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After 6:00 PM
was felt, had and learned from my
siblings.
For parents who have provided
us with the challenges and oppor
tunities to experience by doing,
succeed by doing, fail by doing,
and leant by doing, in a forum that
focuses on the special bonds
among humans working with
humans and animals.
Family, for your comfort, assur
ances, undying competitive spirit,
resources, friendship, and above
all else, your love, I give you my
thanks.
I am thankful for the opportuni
ty to experience the wonderful
bounties, majestic sights, and
unparalleled miracles of life. Lord,
for all you have provided, I give
you my thanks.
Farmland Trust
Elects Officers
Whitesell, president: Stephen
Kraybill, vice president; Dorothy
Lyct, secretary, and Paul Whipple,
treasurer.
The purpose of the Farmland
Trust is to preserve the richest and
most productive farmland in Lan
caster County, to support the far
mers who arc good stewards of the
land, and to encourage the growth
of agricultural industry, recogniz
ing that our farm heritage has
enriched the lives of all citizens.
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