01619? 1299 F-'FR (ODICALS DIVISION "* W “* —I PENNSYLVANIA STATE' UNIVERSITY _ I HI Ti—— , W2OV PAT TEE LIBRARY —— -HI II ~| * JK - UNIVERSITY PARK PA 16802 || c 1 4 I aacaslftlnFartakia Vol. 41 No. 29 Outstanding Students Receive Foundation Scholarships LOU ANN GOOD Lancaster Farming StaiT LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) Seven high school seniors received Lancaster County Farm and Home Foundation scholar ships Tuesday evening at the Farm and Home Center. “I think this is the most outstand ing group we’ve had since I’ve been here,” said Dr. John Schwartz. “Usually we have two or three outstanding candidates, but this year, we had so many out standing applicants that it was a difficult selection. Every one of the winners is outstanding.” Each scholarship winner receives $1,400 to pursue a career in agriculture, food science or fash ion design. Recipients must excel scholastically, in leadership, and in extracurricular activities. Ryan Dodson said that his intense love for nature has The medical team at the Marlon duPont Scott Equine Medical Center prepare for one of the nearly 200 operations scheduled each month. The Center Is also the Leesburg campus of the Vlrginla-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. Equine Medical Center: Comprehensive Teaching, Research, Service EVERETT NEWSWANGER Managing Editor LEESBURG, Va. Anesthesiologists, veter inarians. nurses, and graduate stu dents huddle around the horse’s head. The preliminary physical examinations have been com pleted. A piece of wood is lodged near a tendon in the right rear leg. The beautiful Palomino horse is lovingly coaxed into a wedge between a padded partition and the movable wall that separates the preparation and operating rooms. With the stethoscope plugged into her ears, the doctor checks the patient’s pulse and makes one final check on the animal’s heart. “It’s in there beating nicely,” she 60t Per Copy influenced his decision to study enviromental science at Penn State University. Ryan is active in numerous environmental and political groups such as the Sierra Club executive committee, which seeks to influ ence politicians. At Manheim Township High School, Ryan is active in baseball, swim team. Students Against Star vation, Students Against Drunk Driving, treasurer of Amnesty International, Performing Arts stage crew, and the National Honor Society. Last summer, Ryan spent three weeks in Germany as an exchange student At Christmastime, Ryan donates time in gift wrapping-presents for the United Cerebral Palsy ■stand at Park City. Ryan’s involvement in so many (Turn to Page A 23) said. The order is given to open the valve to the bottle of sedation that is being held slightly above the catheter inserted into the patient’s neck. Immediately the liquid begins to disappear down the tube. The medical team tenses against the expected action like SO-meter sprinters set in the blocks and wait ing for the starter’s gun to sound. Expert eyes move from the horse to the sedation fluid disap pearing down the I.V. tube. They pause and look back again. “It’s taking a little-longer than usual,” someone says. Suddenly, the patient’s knees (Turn to Page A 26) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 25, 1996 Farm and Home Foundation scholarship winners, front from left, are Ryan Dodson, Jessica Weaver, Heather Oberholtzer, and Melonlca Kauffman. Back row, from left, are Nell Fellenbaum, Andrew Young, and Keith Hoover. Small fields of planted tobacco have started to become visible in Lancaster County as the weather cleared this week to allow termers to begin spring planting. Mike Mel lon, Quarryville, planted two acres of Maryland 609 last week with plants shipped up from South Carolina. He plana to finish planting another two acres with Pennsylvania. Type 41 this week. In the photo, Mellon and his wife Denise plant while Eric Sheets drives tractor. Mellon had the grand champion Type 41 wrapper tobacco at the Lan caster County Tobacco Show for the last two years. Photo by Evaratt Nowowangor, managing odHor. Dairy Issue~Next Week Office Closed Monday Don’t forget. June Is Dairy Month. And our annual Lan caster Farming tribute to the dairy industry is scheduled to come to your farm next Saturday, June 1. We have talked to many farm families, and we will report what they have to say about their operations and the future of the dairy business. In addition, we will have news stories, farm management reports from the experts, and messages from our advertisers. 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