ALTOONA (Blair Co.) Cooperative educa
tion, leadership development and young adult fel
lowship were the benefits for the 52 young coopera
tive members that participated in the Pennsylvania
Council of Cooperatives (PCC) Young Leader Con
ference at the Allenberry Resort in Boiling Springs,
PA, from July 8-10.
Highlighting the 3-day conference was a keynote
presentation by nationally known speaker, Ronald
Gberhard of the Business & Estate Planning Ser
vices. Ebeifaard addressed both relationship and
business concerns in two separate workshops. In the
first, he spoke of the importance of dreams and com
mon goals in farm family/business relationships.
Using examples from over 30 years of working with
farm families, he stressed the importance of com
munication in both presentations. In his second
workshop, Eberhard provided sound advice on pre
paring a written business agreement among the farm
family, including estate planning issues. He was
sponsored by Nationwide Insurance.
In addition to Ebcrhard’s presentation, attendees
also participated in workshops targeting coopera
tive basics and media communications. Robert Coh
en, Region Manager for Volunteers for Overseas
Cooperative Assistance, used games, lectures and
group activities to illustrate cooperative principles.
Patricia S', oup, Director of Communications and
Education for Maryland and Virginia Milk Produc
ers, challenged the audience with a variety of role
playing experiences to help them better relate to the
public and media on tense industry issues.
Participants also felt privileged to hear dinner
presentation speaker William Perry with Milk Mar
keting, Inc., who talked about die fast pace of
change in agriculture and the importance of co
operatives and creative marketing strategies.
The young cooperative members also partici
pated in round table discussions with cooperative
leaders and demonstrated cooperative principles
through skits produced and performed by the parti
cipants.
Region leaders that assisted with the 19% confer
ence included conference chair couple, Robert and
Jennifer Baughman, Townvi)le; Joe and Yvonne
Garber, Southeast Region; Gary and Darlene
Youngs, Western Region; Glenn and Kathy Jo
Pugh, South Central Region; and Steve and Sue
Neff, Northern Region.
Conference participants and their cooperative
sponsors are as follows. From the Southeast region
of the state, those attending were: John and Jennifer
Wanner from Narvon, sponsored by Cenex Co
operative, Inc. Dale and Martha Hershey ofßonks,
sponsored by Sjre Power, Inc.; Dan and Rhonda
Cutts of Tabernacle, NJ, sponsored by Ocean Spray
Cranberries. InK; Aaron Ray and Virginia Zimmer
man of t .fritz, sponsored by Gencx Cooperative.
Inc.; and Dave and Beth Rice of Kempton, spon
sored by Atlantic Dairy Cooperative.
From the Northern Region of the state were Allen
McLain and Karen Hamilton of Moscow, spon
sored by Dairylea Cooperative.
From the Western region those that attended in
cluded: John and Cathy Dice from New Castle,
sponsored by Cenex Cooperative, Inc.; Stephen and
Patricia Lytle of Conneautville, sponsored by Penn
West Farm Credit; Art and Terry Williams of Fair
view, sponsored by Milk Marketing, Inc.; Vinton
Smith and Sharon Cowdery from Greenville, spon
sored by Agway, Inc.; David and Kathleen Maas
Future Cooperative Leaders Gain Experience At Conference
from North East, sponsored by National Grape Co
operative and Michael and Junia Isiminger of Union
City, sponsored by Milk Marketing. Inc.
In attendance representing the South Central reg-
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 3, 1996-Al9
ion of the state were: Clyde and Pamela Fogelsanger
from Orrstown, sponsored by Atlantic Dairy Co
operative; Marvin and Linda Long of Greene as tie.
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