o
BUEJDIMGIHI FUTURE
BERLIN (Somerset Co.) A
wide spectrum of awards were
presented to FFA members in
Somerset County chapters on
May 21 at the local community
center.
Results of the 1998 Skills
Judging Contest are:
•Dairy Cattle; first - Matt
Hoffman, Somerset; second -
David Crissinger, Meyersdale;
third - Nathan Tressler,
Somerset
• Forestry; first - Dan Lepley,
Somerset County AVTS; second
- Doug Sheirer, Somerset
County AVTS; third - Jonathan
Dunmeyer, Somerset County
AVTS
•Livestock: first - Jason
Knotts, Meyersdale; second -
Nathan Croner, Berlin-
Brothersvalley; third - Brian
Fisher, Berlin-Brothersvalley
• Tractor driving: first - Joel
Smiley, Berlin-Brothersvalley;
second - David Crissinger,
Meyersdale; third - Nathan
Tressler, Somerset
•Interview; first - Melissa
Stahl, Somerset; second -
Kimberly Custer, Berlin-
Brothersvalley; third - Jennifer
Ray, Somerset
•Floriculture; first
Rebeckah Creamer, Somerset
County AVTS; second - Erica
Sleasman, Somerset County
AVTS; third - Tracy Shultz
•Wildlife:, first - Justin
Lorson, Berllh-Brothersvalley 1 ;
second - Brian Fisher, Berlin-
Brothersvalley; third - Travis
Boden, Somerset County AVTS
•Horse judging: first - Becky
Ray, Somerset; second -
Amanda Yoder, Somerset; third
- Susan Barron, Somerset
•Land judging: first - Mandy
Decker, Somerset County AVTS;
second - Brad Banner, Somerset
County AVTS; third - Travis
Boden, Somerset County AVTS
•Agronomy: first - Justin
Lorson, Berlin-Brothersvalley;
second - Matt Webreck, Berlin-
Brothersvalley; third - Dusty
Glessner, Berlin-Brothersvalley
•Small gas engines; first -
Dusty Glessner and Jeremy
Walters, Berlin-Brothersvalley;
second - Jonothan Glessner and
Dustin Gursky, Somerset; third
- Tonya Most and Angie Brant,
Somerset County AVTS
The county basketball trophy
went to Berlin-Brothersvalley,
volleyball trophy to Meyersdale,
and softball trophy to Berlin-
Brothersvalley.
Mandy Decker of Somerset
County AVTS Chapter was pre
sented by Production Credit
with $5O for the best kept SOEP
Record Book.
Conservation district checks
for the top three conservation
speakers were Matt Emerick,
Meyersdale, first; Dan Lepley,
Somerset County AVTS, second;
and Justin Lorson, Berlin-
Brothersvalley, third.
Berlin-Brothersvalley
Chapter also received the G.
Floyd Dye Memorial trophy for
paliamentary procedure and the
Edward P. Shoemaker Memorial
trophy for educational demon
stration.
Plaques were presented to
the IM7-98 county officers:
president - David Crissinger,
Meyersdale; vice-president
Jeremy Walters, Berlin-
Brothersvalley; secretary -
Mandy Decker, Somerset
County AVTS; treasurer - Ricky
Boden, Meyersdale; reporter -
Melissa Stahl, Somerset; sen
tinel - Doug Deaner, Berlin-
Brothersvalley; parliamentarian
- Dan Lepley, Somerset County
AVTS; and chaplain - Becky
Ray, Somerset.
Following are the 1998
Somerset County FFA parlia
mentary procedure and public
speaking results:
•Parliamentary procedure:
first - Berlin-Brothersvalley
FFA; second - Somerset County
AVTS FFA; third - Somerset
FFA. The judges were Laurie
Bero, Brett Lentz, Greg
Hubbard, and Dale Layfield.
Doyle Paul was chairperson.
•Creed speaking: first -
Nathan Miller, Berlin-
Brothersvalley; second - Joshua
Slifco, Meyersdale; and third -
Jared Hay, Berlin-
Brothersvalley. Judges were
Howard Nicklow, Heather
Benner and Marc Moran.
Chairperson was Tom Willey.
•FFA junior public speaking:
first - Lance Bittner, Berlin-
Brothersvalley; second
Jennifer Stahl, Somerset; and
third - Matthew Webreck,
Berlin-Brothersvalley. Judges
were John Hartman, Jen Foster,
and Kurt Woolslayer. Jim
Stutzman was the chairperson.
• Prepared FFA public speak
ing: first - Gretchen Vbught,
Meyersdale; second - Justin
Hillegass, Berlin-Brothersval
ley; and third - Mandy Decker,
Somerset County AVTS. Judges
were Melvin Kirk, David
Glotfelty, and John Smith.
Chairperson was Jim Harrold.
• Extemporaneous public
speaking: first - Susan Barron,
Somerset; second - Doug
Deaner, Berlin-Brothersvalley;
and third - Jennifer Enos,
Somerset. Judges were Ray
Lyon, Lori Hoffman, and Valerie
St. Clair. Andy Hippie was the
chairperson.
Conservation speakers were
noted previously, but the judges
were Keith Largen, Don
Williams, and Susan Moon.
Largent chaired the event. All of
the first and most of the second
place winners on April 29 com
peted in the Western Regional
FFA Contest held in Butler.
The following Students and
FFA members from Twin Valley
received medals m the
Pennsylvania FFA record book
contest held at Penn State
University.
Record books were scored by
a committee of agriculture
teachers based on neatness,
completeness and accuracy. The
top books in each enterprise cat
egory were awarded god, silver,
or bronze medals.
All Twin Valley agriculture
science students are required to
have, and receive a separate
grade for, their record book in
school. They are used to teach
students financial responsibility
as well as record keeping skills.
Students are graded by both
Twin Valley FFA
Front left to right: Justin Lorson, Melissa Stahl, Becky Ray, Mandy Decker, and
Susan Barron. Standing are Dusty Glessner, Jeremy Watters, Dan Lepley, Lance
Bittner, Gretchen Vought, and Jason Knotts. These received first place awards pre
sented at the Somerset County FFA annual awards banquet. Several winners were
absent at time photo was taken.
Ron Frederick and Harold
Dietrich.
Gold Medals went to Amanda
Amors, pet cat; Kelly Andrews,
pet dog; Amy Barnett, pet dog;
Cherie Beam, pet fish; Mike
Birmingham, pet cat; Beth
Christi, pet bird, Jesse
Collmann, pet cat; George
Crowell, beef growing; Tyffany
DeHaven, pet dog; Thuy Dinh,
pet dog; Erin Dymond, pet rab
bit; Stacy Fox, pet dog; Emily
Gable, pleasure horse; Katrina
Getz, pet dog; Carly Hatton, pet
dog; Tamara King, pet dog;
Valerie Lanser, pet dog; Beth
Laskowski, pet cat; Leah Mast,
pet dog; Melissa Mast, pet dog;
Sandy Mast, on-farm work expe
rience; Jason McAlpine, pet
deer; Erin McCoy, pet dog,
Nathan Moore, pet dog; Lori
Nosal, pet turtle; Nick
Pavlesich, pet dog; Nicole
Phillips, pet dog, Rachel Powers,
ped dog; Ashleah Tunbridge, pet
cat; Kelly Wallace, pet dog;
Aimee Weaver, pet dog; Brianne
Yachera, pet cat; Dustin
Yochum, pet guinea pig; and
Beth Zerr, beef growing.
Silver Medals went to Leah
Bergey, pet cat; Bryan Boughter,
pet dog; Ketonia Dubrolis, pet
fish, Tony DeLaurentis, off-farm
work experience; Kailtm
DeMarco, pet goats; Amanda
Dennis, pet bird; Alicia Herring,
pet dog; April Hershey, pet dog;
Amanda Hettinger, dog breed
ing; Christina Jenkins, pet
snake; Louis Jones, off-farm
work experience; Sarah Kier, pet
cats; Rachel Lancaster, pet
guinea pig; Josh Lawrey, wildlife
conservation; Angie Lengel, pet
dog; George Loaf, pet goats;
Sara Marks, off-farm work, expe
rience; Rachel Mast, pleasure
horse; Jason McCalpine, off
farm •work experience; Ashleigh
Messner, pet dog; Julie
Peterson, pet hamster; Julie
Peterson, pet rabbit; Nicole
Phillips, improvement; Jamie
Powel, off-farm work experience;
Erin Scott, pet guinea pig; Becky
Taylor, pet dog; Carrie Taylor,
pet dog; Jessica Tucci, pet dog;
Jim Verbella, pet dog, and Mike
Viscuso, pet dog.
Bronze Medals went to Kelly
Andrews, off-farm work experi
ence; Megan Binasiewicz, pet
cat; Robert Burke, pet cat;
Rachel Chambers, pet dog;
Brian Davies, off-farm work
experience; Jaimey DeHaven,
off-farm work experience;
Cameron Ferriola, pet dog;
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 27, 1998-825
Rebecca Gardner, off-farm work
experience, Matt Giordano, pet
cat; Jody Griffin, pet cat;
Samantha Guest, pet cat; Julie
Haak, pet gerbil; Beth Hafer, pet
dog; Carrie Hayes, pet cat;
Rachel Lancaster, pet guinea
pig; Kristen Leisey, off-farm
work experience, Amanda
Lynam, off-farm work experi
ence; James Magliano, pet dog,
Sara Marks, pet rabbit, Colleen
Martin, pet cat; Todd Mast,
dairy herd; Melissa McCue, pet
cat; Andy McMullen, wildlife;
Lisa Orr, home garden; Toby
Ranck, pet cat; Amanda Reed,
goat breeding; Vanessa Reinert,
pet guinea pig. Ryan Rhode, off
farm work experience; Elissa
Olive O
Olive oil may have been good
for Popeye the sailor man, who
downed cans of spinach in a single
gulp, in more than one way. Olive
oil and other fats high in monoun
saturated fatty acids ate becoming
well known for helping lower
LDL-cholesterol (the so-called
bad cholesterol)- while protecting
HDL-cholesterol (good cholester
ol) when consumed in moderation
in place of saturated fats.
Moderation, of course, is key.
Like all other oils, olive oil is 100
percent fat This means it has
mote than twice as many calories
as an equal amount of protein or
carbohyydrate. So while there
may be some truth to the heart
healthy claims made about olive
oil, if weight-loss is part of your
program, keep in mind that calor
ies from olive oil will add up just
as hist as calories from butter or
com oil.
The difference among oils is
not in their number of calories but
in their composition. While Cats
derived from animal sources
butter, cream, hard cheeses
have a high proportion of satur
ated fats, oils from plant sources
are higher in unsaturated fats.
Among the plant oils, olive, cano
la, and peanut oil are highest in
monounsaturated fatty acids.
Olive oil is pressed from the fruit
of the olive tree. Both the type of
olive tree and the conditions under
which it is grown, such as climate
and soil, affect the flavor of the
olives produced, and thus the oil
pressed from the fink.
Olive oils referred to as virgin
«e ben the fint pressing. Ban
virgin is abo bona the fast press
ing and is d» most comm type
of dive oi said in be United
Robbins, pet cat, Lindsay
Seyfert, pet cat; Amanda Wolfe,
pet sheep; and Mark Wright, off
farm work experience
A total of 113 records were
entered by 101 different Twin
Valley students Thirty four gold
medals were awarded, 30 silver,
and 32 bronze. Medals were pre
sented to students at the annual
FFA awards banquet in May
Additionally, Sandy Mast
received a monetarv award from
Keystone Farm Credit as the
outstanding record book in a
three county area and Amanda
Amoros received the Farm
Credit Award for the top record
book in Berks County.
II Facts
States. It is a bit higher priced be
cause it offers the widest variety
of flavors and is produced in
smaller quantities. Extra virgin
olive oil is dark green in color and
has a rich, fruity taste. This is the
oil of choice where a full-bodied
flavor is desired, as in salad dress
ings, marinades, and sauces.
A product titled simply olive oil
is usually a blend of virgin Olive
oils, some of which have been fil
tered or refined. These are the
classic golden oils, a bit milder in
taste than the virgin oils. This is
the all-purpose olive oil, great for
sauteing, stir-frying, in pasta
sauces and marinades.
Extra light olive oil refers to fla
vor, not calorics. These oils still
have nine calories per gram, but
lend themselves better to recipes
that call for a milder flavor such as
baking. To keep from being con
fused with low-calorie, new label
ing laws will soon require manu
facturers to use mild in place of
light If you are new to olive oil, or
find the flavor rtf virgin oil too
strong, this is a great oil to start
with. This pale yellow oil has a
subtle flavor" that does not carry
over into other foods. With the
highest smoke point of all the
olive oils at 468 degrees, this is
the appropriate olive oil to use for
deep frying and sauteing at high
temperatures.
Olive oil, like other oils, is de
graded by exposure to heat and
light It can be stand in a tightly
sealed rnatainir away from heat
and light lor ap to two years. Dur
ing hot moadri. tjte refrigerator is
a good storage ftaca, although die
oil wifi solidify ad an cloudy.
Simply bring back to room
lempenae btden using.