Outstanding Students
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school and community events, he
said, was inspired by the morals
and influence of his parents,
Samuel and Regina Dodson of
Lidtz. His dad coaches baseball
and his mom helps at many school
functions. Ryan has two brothers,
Thomas, 16. and Paul, 2.
Neil Fellenbaum doesn’t live
cm a farm “and probably won’t ever
be able to own one,” he said. So he
wants to do the next best thing
become an ag teacher.
Neil woiks on a tobacco and pro
duce farm and has lots of interest in
growing produce.
“My ag teacher has had a lot of
influence on me,” Neil said of the
Penn Manor FFA adviser. “I’d like
to influence students about the val
ue of agriculture, too.”
Neil is vice president of the FFA
and competed in poultry and meats
judging for three years in a row at
the FFA national competition held
in Kansas City.
Neil received Penn State's Pres
idential scholarship for his high
SAT score of 1280.
The son of C. Bradley and Debo
ra Fellenbaum, Neil has a sister
Michele, 16, and a brother Glen,
15.
Neil is a member of the National
Honor Society and of the youth
group at Creswell EC.
Keith Hoover will study ag
engineering at Penn State.
“It’s a wide open area with tech
nology expanding, I think it's a
good field to get into,” the 17-year
old said.
Keith helps his parents, David
and Judy, on their Washington
Boro farm, where they have a
farrow-to-finish hog operation,
raise beef cattle, and crop farm 350
acres with tobacco, com, soybeans,
and wheat
Keith has won numerous rib
bons for showing market hogs and
his crop entries at local fairs and
the state farm show.
An FFA student Keith has
earned top state awards and the
national awards in poultry and in
meat judging. He is also vice presi
dent of the FFA and a member of
the National Honor Society. Keith
is a member of the Mellingers
Mennonite Youth Group. He has a
sister, Denise, 16, and a brother,
Ryan. 12.
Keith also received sl,oooscho
larships from FFA and Penn State
for his top grades.
Mclonica Kauffman, the
18-year-old daughter of Dennis
and Carol Kauffman, plans tc
study dairy science at Delaware
Valley College.
“I grew up with cows all my life
and I enjoy waking with them,”
Melonica said. “I want to own my
own farm someday definitely
with cows.”
Melonica may return to the fam
ily’s 100-acre farm along Willow
Road in Lancaster. Her two older
sisters, Melissa and Melanie,
afen’t interested in cows, Melonica
said.
Although a Lancaster countian
and a member of the 4-H dairy club
and the junior Holstein Club,
Melonica was a member of the
Lebanon County 4-H Dairy Bowl,
which placed third in state
competition.
At Conestoga Valley High
School, Melonica was a member of
the Naticfhal Honor Society. She is
also active in her church youth
group.
“I chose Delaware Valley
because it has a good herd of cows
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Heather Oberholtzer is • best
known as both Lancaster County
and state alternate dairy princess.
“I love Harming and agriculture
as a way of life,” she said.
She is the eighth generation to
live qn her family’s Seven Gen
Farm in Elizabethtown. She will
say goodbye to milking 75 cows
when she heads to Penn State’s
main campus in the fall.
After a summer job of assisting a
veterinarian. Heather has decided
the expense of eight years of study
is not for her, but she will study
dairy and animal science.
At Elizabethtown High School,
Heather is an FPA student who has
received many awards and held top
offices. She recently received
scholarships from both FFA and a
women’s service club.
At school, Heather is also a
member of the National Honor
Society, the Overcoming Drug
With Education Club, and was a
member of the marching band and
girls’ soccer team. She was
.selected as the November student
of the month and was named Teen
of the Week for the Lancaster Intell
newspaper.
Heather’s parents are Clair and
Laveme. Heather has an older sis
ter, Jesslyn, and three younger
brothers, Brian, Brent, and
Delmar.
Jessica Weaver is heading off
to Penn State to study ag education.
‘'Agriculture is really important
in society and people should know
it,” she said.
Although she doesn’t live on a
farm, Jessica said that because she
lives in a rural area and her parents
are both from the farm, she learned
to respect the agricultural
community.
At Garden Spot High School,
Jessica is ERA president of her
chapter and treasurer of the county
FFA. She was a member of the ten-
nis team for four years and a
National Honor Society member.
She was influenced to attend
Penn State after spending five
weeks there as part of the the Gov
ernor’s School for ag sciences held
during the summer.
The daughter of John and Marth
a Weaver of Denver, Jessica has a
sister Christina, 20, and a brother,
Andy, 16. Jessica is active in the
Bowmansville Mennonite Youth
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Andrew Young is co
valedictorian of his class at Solan
co High School, president of the
National Honor Society, director
of the peer helper program, and
vice president of his FFA chapter
and the county.
In FFA competitions, Andrew
won top awards at the county and
state levels and was named one of
the top winners in business man
agement. In extemporaneous
speaking, Andrew talked his way
to the top in county and regional
competition and went on to place
fourth in the state.
He has also won a National Mer
it Scholarship and was named
National Merit Student of the
Month, Rotary Club Student of the
Month, and outstanding conferee
at the Rotary Leadership
Conference.
Andrew said that his confident
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leadership evolved from
experience.
“I was the kid in grade school
that everyone picked on,” he said.
The unpleasant experience taught
Andrew not to rely upon what
others thought of him but to deve
lop Arm beliefs.
“In high school things turned
around for me. I think other kids
grew to respect me because I am
confident in what I believe.”
Andrew said.
“I have a great family who
influenced me by their consistent
living,” the 18-year-old son of
Matthew and Linda Young said.
Andrew grew up on Red Knob
Farm in Peach Bottom. The
3SO-37S dairy herd is fanned in
partnership with Andrew’s father,
uncle, and grandfather. Andrew
plans to study ag economics at the
University of Delaware to use on
the family farm.
After college graduation, he also
foresees himself attending a semi
nary. He already is receiving
experience in the ministry because
he is assistant to the youth pastor at
Faith Reformed Church.
The scholarship monies are
derived from the trust fund set up
by the late Elmer L. Esbenshade.
TTie number of scholarships given
varies from year to year depending
on the interest earned horn the
trust
A strong, prudent board of
directors challenges management
and staff to seek the greatest return
on our investment in ADC,
creating the highest net return to
its members back on the farm. ”
—Richard & Janet Kriebel
Benton, PA