A26-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, May 23. 1998
Farm And Home Scholarships
Offer Tickets To Success
(ContlniMd from Pago A 1)
made clothes for my dolls. When I
was young. I'd take my mom's
clothes and fit them to myself, and
now I make my own clothing,”
Adriana said.
In Bosnia, Adriana’s dad Sead
was a professional soccer player
and an economist Her mother Vcs
na was a famous journalist When
the war broke out, Adriana and her
brother were visiting friends and
were unable to return home
because the battle lines were drawn
between the two areas.
“I was told that my dad had been
killed in the war and my mother
disappeared,” Adriana said.
Two years later an cstatic Adria
na learned that her dad had sur
vived after being shot seven times
and that her mother had been
found. After lots of complications,
the family was reunited and able to
escape to the United States as polit
ical refugees.
“We lost everything but each
other ” Adriana said with a cheer
ful smile. Although her parents
work at entry-level jobs, Adriana
said they aren’t complaining. “We
are happy to start a new life. We
just want to live a normal life."
For her, a normal life is being
able to attend college and pursue
fashion design.
“Drawing brings me such joy.
I’m really creative,” Adriana said.
She’s not only creative, but a
brilliant student. As the top math
student, Adriana was selected to
represent her high school at a con
vention for high schools held at
Millersville University. At Hemp
field, Adriana is a member of the
National Honor Society, math
tutor, English tutor for foreign lan
guage students, a member of the
table tennis club, and an art volun
teer. She also is a translator for
families from Bosnia who have
settled in the county.
Another scholarship winner is
Richard Bollinger of Lititz.
Richard grew up on his parents’
(Thomas and Barbara Bollinger)
daily farm. He plans to study ani
mal science at Cornell University
to pursue a career as a veterinarian
or in agricultural law.
“Cornell offers a good agricul
ture program that allows you to
mix and match majors,” Richard
said of his college choice.
At Ephrata High School,
Richard is a member of the Nation
al Honor Society, former vice pres
ident and reporter of the FFA, a
tutor for the Big Buddy program.
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Chet Neln, left, accepts an award from Luke Brubaker,
president of the Farm and Home Foundation, In apprecia
tion of his 18 years as building manager.
and stage crew member for the
school musical.
Richard was part of the Penn
State Governor’s School last sum
mer, and remains active in a com
munity service project in cleaning
up stream banks with the Chesea
peake Bay Association.
Nicole Eisenhower raises pigs,
goats, steers, and a horse on her
parents’ (Timothy and Roxanne
Grubc) farm in Elizabethtown.
This experienee has inspired her to
pursue a career as a large'animal
science veterinarian. She plans to
study animal science at Montana
State University.
“It’s a great agriculture college,
a pretty campus, and a colder
climate— I like cold weather—and
it’s in the West—l’ve always
wanted to go west,” Nicole said.
At Elizabethtown High School,
Nicole was president of the FFA, a
member of the livestock judging
team, and a member of the Nation
al Honor Society.
Dwight Forty enjoys farming so
much that he plans to return to the
family farm after studying agricul
ture at Delaware Valley College.
With his parents Daniel and
Dorothy Forty, he raises dairy
replacement heifers and crop farms
200 acres on the home farm.
A student at Hempfield High
School, Dwight said that he is one
of only five students who live on a
farm.
“Growing up on a farm gave me
a much different perspective than
my classmates. It helped me under
stand science and history because
of my experience in working in the
field,” he said.
AtHempfield, Dwight is a mem
ber of the National Honor Society,
Student Council, the Fellowship of
Christian Athletes, varsity wres
tling, and varsity soccer.
Stephanie Herr was influenced
to study animal bioscience at Penn
State after attending the five-week
Governor’s School last summer at
the university.
Since third grade, Stephanie has
wanted to become a small animal
veterinarian. Her choice of col
leges was undecided until she
attended the Governor’s School
and became acquainted with some
of the professors.
At Solanco High School, Ste
phanie is active in cross country,
track, FFA, National Honor Socie
ty, and secretary of Interact, a com
munity service club.
She is vice president'of her
church youth group, a member of
Eight recipients of the $1,400 scholarships awarded by the Farm and Home Founda
tion include, from left, Richard Bollinger, Nicole Eisenhower, Dwight Forry, Adriana
Galljasevlc, Stephanie Herr, Angela Pilara, Tara Sensenlg, Kendra Weaver, and
Dwight Forry.
the choir, and softball team. Ste
phanie has also received a scholar
ship from the Soroptimist Club.
Angela Pilara’s great love for
the outdoors combined with
encouragement from her boss,
owner of Wood’s Edge Flora, Den
ver, has pointed her toward pursu
ing horticulture at Temple
University.
Angela has worked part time at
the greenhouse for four years
through the school’s cooperative
program. Her employer paid for
her to take horticulture classes at
Longwood Gardens.
“Temple’s Ambler Campus has
a really good horticulture prog
ram,” Angela said.
At Ephrata High School, Angela
was an FFA member. Because she
worked so diligently at the green
house during off-school hours,
Angela hasn’t had time to partici
pate in after-school activities, but
she is active in church activities.
Angela, daughter of Maty Ann
Pilara, Denver, also received scho
larships from two garden clubs.
When Tara Sensenig was trying
to decide what to study in college,
her sister suggested she study
dietetics because of her interest in
eating healthful foods.
“When I was little, I ate really
bad and was unhealthy,” Tara said.
After seeing some family members
die of health problems, Tara started
reading all she could about
nutrition.
When she was 13, Tara changed
her eating habits to cut out pro
cessed products with lots of preser
vatives and fillers in them.
“My body reacted quickly and I
felt 10 times better," she said.
She is excited about studying
clinical dietetics at the University
of Pittsburgh. She said, “I love the
school, the city, and everything
about going there.”
With a student body of 14,000,
the transition from her small home
town of Reinholds sounds thrilling
to Tara.
A student at Cocalico High
School, Tara is the daughter of
Christine Young. At Cocalico,
Tara is yearbook editor, and a wri
ter for the newspaper and literary
club. She is also a member of the
recycling club.
She hopes to combine her love
of writing with nutrition and write
food and fitness articles for
magazines.
Tara describes herself as an
enthusiastic participant in church
activities. She recently received a
scholarship from the Denver
Women’s Club.
Kendra Weaver is best known as
both county and state poultry
ambassador. She has also received
press coverage about poultiy
research that she has done for the
Science Fair and as an FFA project.
The daughter of Keith and JoAn
ne Weaver, Kendra helps with the
the broiler and pig nursery on the
family’s Reinholds farm.
At Ephrata High School, Kendra
has served as president, vice presi
dent, and student adviser of the
FFA. She is vice president of the
National Honor Society and year
book editor.
At church, Kendra is vice presi
dent of the youth group, a member
Groups Call For
Congressional Hearing
On Livestock Markets
WASHINGTON, D. C. -
National Farmers Union (NFU)
has joined the American Farm
Bureau Federation and the
National Cattlemen’s Beef
Association in requesting that
the Senate Agriculture
Committee hold a hearing on
livestock market opportunities
for U.S. producers.
“Restoring profitability to
agricultural markets is among
NFU’s top priorities and one
way to achieve this is with fair
and open markets,” said NFU
Vice President of Government
Relations Tom Buis. “We are
pleased to join other agriculture
organizations in requesting a
hearing on this important issue.
A letter sent recently to
Senate Agriculture Committee
Chairman Richard Lugar, R-
Ind., stated: “Our members and
organizations have concerns
about recent low livestock prices
and the impact that they are
having in rural America... Boxed
beef prices have declined below
last year’s levels and 1998 prices
are sharply below 1997 prices
for pork and poultry.” The letter
pointed to the fact that recent
USDA advisory committees—
the 1996 Advisory Committee on
Agricultural Concentration and
the 1997 National Commission
on Small Farms—had reviewed
concentration in agricultural
markets and concluded that
greater competition would be
beneficial to producers and con
sumers alike.
NFU says the fact that three
multinational firms control -
of the worship team, and a piano
player.
Kendra has a strong interest in
international agriculture. She'plans
to combine her love for both agri
culture and missions by studying
agri-education at Penn State and
use her agriculture education to
serve with a missionary focus in a
poor country.
In addition to the scholarships,
the board of the Farm and Home
Foundation also recognized Chet
Nein for his 18 years as building
manager for the Farm and Home
Center. Luke Brubaker, president
of the board, presented Nein, who
is retiring, with a check and plaque.
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nearly 80 percent of all U.S. red
meat processing on a nationwide
basis leaves many producers
only one or two markets to
which they can sell their live
stock. Despite the 25-30 percent
drop in cattle prices over the
past two and half years, con
sumer prices have not gone
down. The Cattle Industry
Improvement Act (5.16), a bill
which addresses many of the
problems facing livestock pro
ducers, was introduced in the
U.S. senate by Senate Minority
Leader Tbm Daschle last year.
Similar legislation soon will be
introduced in the U.S. House.
The three organizations
requesting the congressional
hearings asked that they
address, but not be restricted to:
Need for better pricing report
ing, labeling of domestic and
imported products, review of
current concentration levels in
the meat industry with a com
parison to antitrust legal bound
aries and relative to changes
occurring in the banking and
software industries, more timely
export sales and shipping infor
mation, importance of expand
ing trade opportunities, impact
of the Asian financial crisis on
livestock prices, impact of com
petitive market forces, including
changes in domestic and inter
national competing meat indus
tries, on meat and livestock
prices, and responsiveness of
meat industry to changing con
sumers trends and demograph
ics.