A2O-Lancaster Faming, Saturday, October 11, 1997
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
MAN HEIM (Lancaster Co.)
Penn-Har-Va Pollyanna-ET, the
beautiful four year-old cow owned
by the Lowell Brubaker family,
Mahheim, was the grand champion
of the Manheim Farm Show Hols
tein show Thursday. The win was a
repeat Pollyanna’s championship
win at Ephrata Fair.
The reserve grand champion of
the open show was Donegal Creek
Kevin Paula, the nice junior two
year-old for the Joe Wivell family,
Columbia.
Heather Brubaker had the grand
champion Holstein of the junior
division that went on the be the
supreme champion of the farm
show. The supreme champion
award was only offered to the
Heather Brubaker with the supreme champion of the
junior breeds show.
James Findley with the grand champion Ayrshire.
Pollyanna Wins Again At Manheim
junior show winners. She also had
the junior champion of both the
open and junior division.
Denise Bollinger had the reserve
champion of the junior division of
the Holstein show.
Joe Wivell had the reserve junior
champion of the open show, and
Justin Wivell had the reserve junior
champion of the junior division.
James Findley had the grand
champion of the Ayrshire show
with Lace Acres Omrade Janet that
was also champion of the junior
division. He also had all the other
champions with his brother Ken
Findley.
Blake Brubaker and Amie Shel
ley also had entries listed in the
show. Alan Hostetler, Lebanon
County dairyman, was the judge.
The champions at Manheim Farm Show. From left, Alan Hostetler, judge, Joe and
Justin Wivell with the reserve grand champion, and Lowell and Deb Brubaker with the
grand champion.
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
MANHEIM (Lancaster Co.) -
For the Donough brothers, Ryan
and Travis, Monday night proved
to be all that it could be.
Ryan had the grand champion of
the Manheim Farm Show market
swine show with his winning
mediumweight at 240 pounds. Tra
vis followed in class with the
reserve mediumweight at 234
pounds that became the reserve
grand champion.
Travis also had the champion
lightweight and sister Joelynn
Donough had the reserve champ
ion lightweight.
Patrick Good had the champion
medium heavyweight, and Tracy
Zimmerman had the reserve
champion medium heavyweight
Derick Bollinger had the
champion heavyweight and Rod
ney Groff had the reserve champ
ion heavyweigt
Judge Don Verhoff, Ottawa,
Ohio, called the grand champion
“sound, long-sided, trim and lean
with rare balance.” The reserve
grand champion was also called
“lean and super correct”
In the showmanship contest
Lisa Pfautz won the 16-plus age
group followed by Amy Holffines
Berks Conservancy Developers/Creative
Farm
WYOMISSING (Berks Co.)
On October 2, 1997, the Berks
County Conservancy was notified
by the Pennsylvania State Farm
land Preservation Board at their
regular October meeting in Harris
burg that reimbursement from the
State and the Berks County Agri
cultural Land Preservation prog
ram will be granted for the Con
servancy’s easement purchase and
interest costs of the 121 acre
Eyrich/Kratzer Farm in Oley
Township. Samuel E. Hayes, Jr.
the Secretary of Agriculture,
called this endeavor a ”11151 of its
kind project” and a “great day for
Farmland Preservation." This pro
ject is the first time that a private
individual, in this case a “friend of
the Conservancy,” provided the
funds that protected a Pennsylva
nia farm.
In January of 1996, the Conser-
Donough Brothers Top
Manheim Hog Show
and Amy Bollinger. Jeff Nolt won
the 14-15 age class, followed by
Nathan Kreider and John Stauffer.
Ashley Kreider won the 11-13
age class, followed by Nicole
Kreider and Derick Bollinger. And
Johanna Rohrer won the 8-10 age
class, followed by Joelynn
Donough and Jamie Nissley.
In the hog show the top placings
are:
Lightweight Class 1, 1. Tracy
Zimmerman; 2. Ryan Donough; 3.
Jared Forty.
Class 2, 1. Ryan Donough; 2.
John Stauffer; 3. Nicole Kreider.
Class 3,1.-Tracy Zimmerman; 2
& 3. Joel Fry.
Class 4, 1. Travis Donough; 2.
Joelynn Donough; 3. Brandon
Forty.
Mediumweight Class 1, 1. Tra
vis Donough; 2. Nicole Kreider; 3.
Ryan Zimmerman..
Class 2, 1. Derick Bollinger; 2.
Travis Donough; 3. Joelynn
Donough.
Class 3.1. Joelynn Donough; 2.
Ryan Zimmerman; 3. Lisa Pfautz.
Class 4, 1. Loy Wolgemuth; 2.
Jared Forty; 3. Brian Geib.
Class 5, 1. Ryan Donough; 2.
Amy Bollinger; 3. Tracy
Zimmerman.
Preservation
vancy was contacted to help facili
tate the protection and sale of the
farm. Mrs. Eyrich was willing to
sell her farm at the agricultural
value to a farmer if she could first
sell the agricultural conservation
easement protecting the farm.
Based on evaluation of the land,
the Conservancy felt the possibili
ties for reimbursement by the
County program were excellent.
But because the farm faced immi
nent threat of nonagricultural
development, the project could
not endure the usual six months to
two years for the County program
to purchase the easement.
On April 9, 1996, the Conser
vancy, working in cooperation
with the Berks County Agricultur
al Land Preservation Easement
Program, preacquired an agricul-
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Class 6, 1. Amy Bollinger; 2.
Ryan Zimmerman; 3. Joel Fry.
Medium heavyweight, Class 1.
Amy Becker; 2. Joelynn Donough;
3. Nathan Kreider.
Class 2,1. John Stauffer; 2. Amy
Becker; 3. Johanna Rohrer.
Class 3, 1. Amy Becker; 2.
Jamie Nissley; 3. Travis Donough.
Class 4,1. Tracy Zimmerman; 2.
Amy Becker; 3. Ryan Donough.
Class 5, 1. Jim Lentz; 2. Derick
Bollinger; 3. Jonathan Haldeman.
Class 6, 1. Patrick Good; 2.
Jonathan Good; 3. Amy Bollinger.
Class 7, 1. Jonathan Lentz; 2.
Jeff Nolt; 3. Lee Stoltzfus.
Heavyweight, Class 1. Geoffrey
Rohrer; 2. Amy Bollinger; 3. Chad
Hippensteel.
Class 2, 1. Lisa Pfautz; 2. Cory
Pfautz; 3. Jill Hoffines.
Class 3, 1. Derick Bollinger; 2.
Rodney Groff; 3. Geoffrey Rohrer.
Class 4, 1. Derick Bollinger; 2.
Jeff Nolt; 3. Rodney Groff.
Class 5, 1. Rodney Groff; 2.
Jamie Nissley; 3. Brian Beib.
Class 6, 1. Dwight Lehman; 2.
Lee Stoltzfus; 3. Amy Hoffines.
Class 7,1. Kevin Pfautz; 2. Cory
Pfautz; 3. Todd Zurin.
Plan
tural easement on the Eyrich Farm
with the help of a “friend of the
Conservancy” who loaned the
Conservancy the casement acquis
ition funds and donated the inter
est costs paid in 1996 for financ
ing the loan. Immediately after
selling this easement to the Con
servancy, Mrs. Eyrich then sold
the permanently protected farm to
the Kratzer Family, an Oley
Township daily farm family.
The Berks County Conservancy
is hopeful that this project will
provide a successful model for
future non-profit land conserva
tion organization preacquisition
projects and also demonstrate how
one private individual willing to
participate in the Pennsylvania
Farmland Preservation Program
can save a farm.