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4-H ‘More Than Just Showing
At Lancaster County
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Fanning Staff
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
As 4-H’ers, “wc need to think
about the friends we’ve made
rather than the trophies we won,”
said Gerald Boyd, this year’s 4-H
Superior Achievement Award
winner.
Gerald spoke to his family and
friends Thursday evening at the
Lancaster County 4-H Swine Ban
quet at the Farm and Home Center.
Gerald, 18, son of Kerry and
Deb Boyd, Ephrata, spoke about
his experiences as a 4-H’er the past
11 years. He also told almost 200
gathered at the annual swine club
awards banquet all about what 4-H
has taught him.
Gerald said that “4-H is more
than just showing animals,” and
that members learn the essential
skills to getting along in life.
“Winning is nice and often fun,”
he said. “But we must face the real
ity that we fail more often than suc
ceed. We need to learn that we’re
not going to win all the time in
life.”
Gerald said it’s important that
we honor the 4-H leaders we have,
including the parents and friends
that allow members to leant life
skills, meet others, and make
friends with people in all walks of
life.
His sister Sarah, 16, president of
the swine club, echoed those
Project book awards for completeness, creativity, neat
ness, photos, blue form, story, and project experiences
went to, from left, first place, Sarah Boyd; second, Gerald
Boyd; and third, Loren Hershey.
Special 4-H Spirit awards went to Jacob Brubaker, pic
tured here, and Patrick Good, tor their outstanding year In
4-H.
words in a poem she read aloud
about how important it is to con
centrate on the more important
things 4-H teaches: confidence,
self-respect and respect for others,
how to run successful meetings,
and other skills. Sarah has been a
member of the club for eight years.
Gerald noted that he would “like
to encourage older members to
help out younger members of the
club,” he said, and to think of the
“the good feeling you’ll get from
helping younger members.”
The award banquet honored
several 4-H members and leaders
for their work in leading the club,
the largest it has ever been at 101
(with 26 new members), to another
successful year.
Outstanding 4-H Member went
to Sarah Boyd for her work as pres
ident of the club. Rookie of the
Year went to Andy Hughes, 9, son
of Chet and Marie Hughes, Lam
peter. A Special Appreciation
Award was given to Tom Leidy of
Leidy’s, Inc. for the company’s
outstanding support to 4-H.
Chet Hughes, county livestock
agent and master of ceremonies for
the awards banquet, presented spe
cial 4-H Spirit awards to two
unique 4-H members.
Hughes said, “We all have a
special place in our hearts for
young people like Patrick Good
and Jakie Brubaker, who have
faced some difficult life challenges
that many of us take for granted”
Hughes, who regrets not being
able to attend the New Holland
Farmers’ Fair where Patrick and
Jalde were honored for their grand
and reserve champion hogs,
respectively, said “Some of you
may not know that our good friend
Jakic Brubaker has already been
challenged by heart surgery a cou
ple times in his young life. I am
sure that Jakie’s heart got a big
boost when his 4-H pig was named
reserve champion at New Holland.
“I certainly feel that Patrick and
Jacob have gained a lot from the
4-H swine program but have also
given back to us so much in 4-H
Spirit,” Hughes said
Project book awards for com
pleteness, creativity, neatness,
photos, blue form, story, and pro
ject experiences went to first place,
Sarah Boyd; second Gerald Boyd;
and third Loren Hershey. Honor
able mentions went to Lisa Pfautz,
Amy Hoffmes, Tiffany Dean, Jen
nifer Hughes, Travis Donough, Jill
Hoffines, and Allison Hughes.
Harry Bachman, president of
the Pennsylvania Livestock Asso
ciation and chair of the swine show
at the Keystone International
Livestock Exposition (KILE), pre
sented special awards to two 4-H
members.
Gerald Boyd was honored for
champion hog in the junior show
and reserve grand champion of the
whole show. “It says a lot when
you can bring your bred and owned
up to Keystone and win like that,”
said Bachman. Gerald won
champion on-foot with a score of
55, with a 7.2-inch loineye and .8
backfaL
In the junior show, Gerald faced
off against 100 head of swine and
50-60 exhibitors. .Overall, there
were close to 1,000 head of hogs at
KILE this year, with “great partici
pation from Lancaster County,”
noted Bachman.
In the carcass competition, there
were 282 head entered. Cory, son
of Rick and Sue Pfautz, Lititz, won
grand champion overall with a hog
that scored a 12-inch loineye and
.5 backfat The hog had “probably
the largest loineye that have ever
measured at Keystone,” said Bach
man. Cory also had the highest
score ever recorded at the carcass
show at KILE 68.67.
In fact, the judges were so sur
prised by the loineye measure
ment, Bachman noted, that they
repeated the measurement several
times.
Chet Hughes, livestock agent
and club coordinator, thanked the
banquet committee for the new
format this year covered dish.
Lancaster Chamber Announces
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
The Lancaster Chamber of
Commerce and Industry’s Agri
culture Committee will hold their
21st Annual Agriculture-Industry
Banquet Tuesday, November 25,
1997, 5:30 p.m., at the Holiday
Inn Lancaster Host. The theme for
this year’s banquet is “Celebrating
Our Past Securing Our Future.’’
John R. Block, former United
States secretary of agriculture,
will be the speaker for the event.
Animals,’ Says
Swine Banquet
Outstanding 4-H Member went to Sarah Boyd, right, for
her work as president of the club. Rookie of the Year went to
Andy Hughes, 9, left, son of Chet and Marie Hughes, Lampe
ter. A Special Appreciation Award was given to Tom Leldy
of Leldy’s, Inc., standing, for the company’s outstanding
support to 4-H.
Gerald Boyd, right, was honored for champion hog in the
junior show and reserve grand champion of the whole on
foot show. Cory Pfautz, son of Rick and Sue Pfautz, Lititz,
won grand champion on-rail overall with a hog that scored a
12-inch loineye and .5 backfat.
brought in by 4-H family mem- Someday, Hughes said, “we’d
bers. This is the 10th year for the like to send 100 members from
countywide club, and there have Lancaster County to Farm Show,
been 12 shows and sales at the That’s our goal. We’re going to
Manheim Farm Show. This year reach that someday.”
marked the 9th successful carcass At the banquet, recognition was
show. The club is sending 28 given to members, leaders, and fair
members to the 1998 state Farm and roundup sale contributors for
show. their support
Annual Agriculture Banquet
which is sponsored by New Hol
land North America. Block is cur
rently the president of Food Dis
tributors, an organization that rep
resents the wholesale grocery and
foodservice distribution industry
in the U.S., Canada and overseas.
The banquet’s Master of Cere
monies is Sonja Hillgrcn, editor of
Farm Journal, and president of the
National Press Club, the first
member of the agriculture media
to have this honor.
Member
The Century Farm and George
C. Delp Awards will be presented,
and there will be a live perfor
mance by John Chandler, nation
ally recognized agriculture musi
cian and entertainer.
Tickets for the banquet are $4O
per person or $350 for a table of
10. Deadline to register is Novem
ber 14, 1997. Fore more informa
tion, please contact Jim Shirk at
397-353 1 or email at
jshirk@lcci.com.