BIS-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 31. 1998
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BUIIJDINGIM FUTURE
Penn Manor meats team. From left, Adam Nissley, Bob
Karr, Allan Herr, and Dan McMichael.
The Manor FFA chapter will
be competing in the National
FFA Meats Evaluation and
Technology Career Development
Event Nov. 12 in Manhattan,
Kan., during the 71st National
FFA Convention.
Members of the Manor FFA
Meats Evaluation and
Technology Team are Allan Herr,
Adam Nissley, Bob Karr, and
Dan McMichael. The team is
coached by Carole Fay and Gus
Birchler.
"Participation in the meats
event not only teaches FFA
members to identify different
varieties and cuts of meat, but it
also teaches them how to be
good consumers," said Dale
Crabtree, national FFA
Swanson To Compete
KANSAS CITY (Mo.) -Tyler
Swanson of the Manor FFA
chapter will be competing m the
Nation FFA Extemporaneous
Public Speaking Career
Development Event Nov. 11-12
in Kansas City, Mo , during the
71st National FFA Convention.
"The students competing in
this event are the very best,"
said Jim Armbruster National
FFA Organization teacher ser
vices specialist "It took tremen
dous de\ otion and ability for the
FFA membei s to advance them
selves to tins national level of
competition "
Swanson is (cached by Carole
Faj and Gus Birchler
Even participants are
required to deliver a speech on
Dairy
Wins
SPINDALE, N.C - The
American Dairy Goat
Association (ADGA) recently
awarded a $1,000.00 scholar
ship to ADGA member Paul J
Plummer enrolled as a student
at University Of Tennessee,
Knoxville Winners are deter
mined by a panel of judges on
the basis of leadership skills.
Organization teacher services
specialist.
Participants will take a writ
ten exam that will test their
knowledge of meat selection,
storage, cooking, nutrition, and
safety.
FFA members will work
together to fill a custom meat
order.
Students will identify 15 cuts
of meat in two classes by retail
trade name and prime cut iden
tification. Nine carcasses will
comprise the quality, yield grad
ing, and carcass pricing class.
The will also judge and answer
questions on either two carcass
es or cut classes. The carcasses
will be of beef, pork or lamb.
one of three general agricultural
topics agriscience and technolo
gy, argrimarketing, and interna
tional agricultural relations-pre
pared within a 30-minute time
period. The speech must be 4-6
minutes in length
At the conclusion of the
speech, the judges may question
the speaker for five minutes
Winners are selected based on
the speech delivery, content, and
responses to the questions.
Events are conducted in local
chapters with winners advanc
ing through district, area, and
state competitions National
contestants will advance
through preliminary and semifi
nal rounds with the top four
speakers competing in the final
national event
Goat Enthusiast
Scholarship
academic ability, and interest in
dairy goats
The ADGA, a national reg
istry organized in 1904, serves a
membership of 13,000 and
maintains records for six breeds
of dairy goats, including Alpine,
LaMancha, Nubian, Oberhash,
Saanen, and Toggenburg
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York County 4-H
Achievement Night
The following members were
honored for their outstanding
achievements at the 1998 York
County 4-H Achievement Night
Thursday, Oct. 8.
Outstanding 4-H
Project Awards
Juniors: Candlemaking,
Beth Baer, Glenville; ceramics,
Lee Bosley, Glenville; clothing
and textiles, Brandy Bankert,
Red Lion; dairy, Joshua Miller,
Airville; entomology, Daniel
Donnan, York; family strength,
Sara R. Myers, Spring Grove;
foods and nutrition, Sarah Mae
Myers, Thomasville; horticul
ture, Jessicya Robinson, Delta;
poultry, Kelly Jo Bankert, Red
Lion; public speaking,
Chandrelle Asper, New Oxford;
rabbit, Rachel Schreck, Spring
Grove; rocketry, Jacob King,
York; swine, Emily Robinson,
Delta; and money management,
Jennifer Shaw, Spring Grove
Seniors, leisure education,
Lisa Cnss, Glenville; leadership,
Rijelle Kraft, Manchester; poul
try, Christopher Schreck, Spring
Grove; sheep, heather Bankert,
Red Lion; shooting sports,
Tammy Wirt, Dillsburg; small
engines, Philip Baer, Glenville
and swine, Lucas Kraft,
Manchester.
National 4-H Congress dele
gates for 1998. Rachael Price,
Dover and Jay Rishel, Seven
Valleys.
Recognized for 10 years of
volunteer leader service
Sharon Brady, Hanover;
Carolyn and Don Kern, York; A 1
Parrish, York and John Rexroth,
Felton.
Recognized for 15 years of
volunteer leader service’ Melvin
Marks, Airville,
Recognized for 20 years of
volunteer leader service.
Brenda and Jim Eisenhour,
Wellsville; Pearl Kneller,
Glenville, and Rebecca Rishel,
Seven Valleys
Recognized for 25 years of
\ olunteer leader service Ronald
and Yvonne Trostle, Red Lion
Recognized for 30 years of
volunteer leader service David
Albright, Glen Rock, Wayne
Stough, Spring Giove. and Janet
Wilson, New Freedom
Recognized lor 40 years of
\ olunteer leader service Bill
Holloway, Mt Wolf
The following teens were rec
ognized for volunteering a total
of 2,428 hours to the 4-H pro
gram this year This averaged
out to 62 hours per teen of vol
unteer time Paul Kitzmiller,
Wellsville, Sabrina Asper, New
Oxford; Serena Oldhouser,
Wellsville; Lane Innerst, Red
Lion, Russell Lawrence,
Hanover, Susan Richardson,
Fawn Grove; Ben Unkle,
Stewartstown; Josh Spahr,
Lewisberry, Amanda Arnold,
Dillsburg, Brandy Bankert, Red
Lion, Amanda Schott, Brogue,
Stephanie Pomraning, Delta,
Jetf Devilbiss, Glenville,
Heather Growl, Airville, Sonni
Mayberry, Airville, Jess
Pomraning, Delta, Emily
Bankert, Red Lion, Karen Wray,
Thomasville; Tammy . Wirt,
Dillsburg; Lindsay Jones, East
Berlin; Melissa Wherley, Dover;
Joe Emenheiser, Felton; Kelly
Jo Bankert, Red Lion; Sarah
Grim, East Berlin; Mandy
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Brown, Loganville; Michelle
Walker, Thomasville; Rachael
Price, Dover; Louis Loucks,
Hellam; April Daugherty, York;
Rachel Schreck, Spring Grove;
Jay Rishel, Seven Valleys; Abby
Frey, Wellsville; Mark Parrish,
York; Alisha Eberly, Dallastown;
Chris Schreck, Spring Grove;
Rijelle Kraft, Manchester;
Tabitha Eimerbrink,
Lewisberry; Heather Bankert,
Red Lion; Lucas Kraft,
Manchester.
The following members were
honored as the 1998
Outstanding York County 4-H
members, outstanding 4-H his
torian: Brandy Bankert, Red
Lion; outstanding 4-H news
reporter Chandrelle Asper,
New Oxford; outstanding 4-H
secretary: Beth Baer, Glenville;
outstanding girl rookie:
Stephanie Coluccio, York; out
standing boy rookie’ Jacob King,
York; outstanding junior girl’
Rachel Schreck, Spring Grove;
outstanding junior boy; Lee
Bosley, Glenville; outstanding
senior Heather Bankert, Red
Lion; and outstanding 4-H Club’
Winterstown/Felton 4-H Club
As Outstanding Senior Girl
in York County 4-H, Heather
Bankert was honored for her
many years she has devoted to
4-H. She is a member of
Winterstown/Felton, Lamb,
Poultry, and County Council 4-H
Clubs. Heather was awarded
the Outstanding Senior Member
in Sheep Heather serves as
president of the
Winterstown/Felton Club and'is
treasurer of the Poultry Club.
She is a teen leader and taught
plastic canvas to the younger
members this year Heather is a
junior at Red Lion High School
where she is active in FFA and a
Lancaster Farm Women Society
8 met Oct. 14 at the Home and
Farm Center, Lancaster. A busi
ness meeting was held and devo
tions given by Carol Compton.
Guest speaker was Nancy Wik
er, family consumer science exten-
Lancaster Farm Women Society
18 held its October meeting at the
home of Ruth Rohrer, East Peters
burg. Members delighted in being
served dessert in delicate dishes
that had been passed down through
three generations.
The program included a series
of three stories by Chris Good,
Landisville, who assumed the
character of each one. The first
was of a small child curled up in a
rocking chair taking about her
mother. The last was a wonderful
ly, funny imitation of Julia Child,
the cooking author, presenting a
television program on roasting a
chicken. With ho* mouth stuffed
with bread and using a table, roast
pan, and a rubber chicken, Chris
looked and sounded just like Julia
Child.
Martha Stoner, president, pres
ided at the business meeting. Farm
Women
K Societies
Lancaster Society 8
Lancaster Society 16
member of the girls field hockey
team. She plans to attend col
lege and major in special educa
tion.
As National 4-H Congress
delegates, Rachael Price and
Jay Rishel will represent York
County and Pennsylvania at the
National 4-H Congress in
Atlanta, GA in November.
Rachael is a senior at Dover
High School. She is the presi
dent of Davidsburg 4-H Club
and a member in senior
exchange and county council
Rachael has been a teen leader
at many camps and other 4-H
activities. Rachael states that 4-
H “has taught me to set goals
and work to accomplish them,
but also how to deal with fail
ure.” Rachael also believes that
4-H “has helped me develop at
open minded attitude and ti
accept people for who they are,
not what they look like.”
Jay is a senior at Dallastown
Area High' School He is an
active member in Glen Rock,
beef, lamb, Shooting Sports, and
County Council 4-H Clubs. He
has served as an officer in all of
his clubs. Jay is also a very
active teen leader and has
helped at many 4-H camps and
functions. Jay credits 4-H with
improving his communication
skills with others through the
many public speaking opportu
nities he has had. Jay also
states that his 4-H experiences
‘help me feel certain of a future
where I will have a constructive '
role. I have learned to work in
groups ” Jay is active in his 1 '
church and his future plans also
include college.
If you would like any other
information about any of'thesii
members or their accomplish
ments, call Mary Jo Kraft at
(717) 840-7408
sion agent She taught safety mea
sures in food preparation and of
health factors related to food
safety.
The next meedng for Society 8
will be held Nov. 11.
Women are being asked for ideas
for changing the date of its annual
convention, held during the Pen
nsylvania Farm Show, to another
time and place.
Anna Esbenshade presented i
poem and scripture reading for
devotions.
Roll call was answered by 17
members by stating their
birthplaces.
Members will be filling shoe
boxes with toys and clothing to be
distributed worldwide through the
Samaritan’s Purse organization of
the Boone family in their evangeli
cal and medical help through
Christian outreach. Last year
1,500,000 boxes were distributed
in Mexico alone.
The meeting adjourned after
singing the birthday song for two
members and the Farm Women'*
theme song.