MARSHA ANN CHESS,
Mercer County
Correspondent
MERCER (Mercer Co.) —4-H
members and their families
gathered at the Leslie N. Firth
Learning Center in Mercer to
celebrate the past year’s
achievements and look ahead to
next year.
Outstanding 4-H Boy honors
went to Tom Über of Harrisville.
Ibm, is the 19 years-old son of
Peb Über, also of Harrisville,
has been a member of
Hayburners 4-H Dairy Club,
County Council club, and parts
’n’ Pieces Veterinary Science
Club. He has held several offices
and has been active in showing
dairy cattle, winning a number
of showmanship awards during
his years in 4-H.
Mindy Tavares captured out
standing 4-H Girl honors. Mindy
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Pioneer* brand com hybrids deliver more yield, more value and
Pionaar® Pionaar Compatltiva Pionaar Pionaar Pionaar ( Pionaar
Brand Compatitiva Compatltiva #of Yiald/ Ylald/ Yiald/A Pionaar Moist. Incoma/A TastWt.
Hybrid Brand Hybrid Trials Aera Acra Advant. Molatura Advant. Adv. Adv.
DEKALB
DEKALB
DOEBLERS
3260
3260
3260
3335
3335
3335
DOEBLERS
NK BRAND
DOEBLERS
3394
33A14 (BT)
33A14 (BT)
33A14 (BT)
33A14 (BT)
DEKALB
NK BRAND
NK BRAND
NK BRAND
33G26
33026
33G26
33026
33026
DEKALB
DEKALB
DEKALB
DOEBLERS
NK BRAND
DEKALB
DEKALB
DOEBLERS
NK BRAND
NKBRAND
33V08 (BT)
33V08 (BT)
33V08 (BT)
33V08 (BT)
33V08 (BT)
33Y09 (BT)
33Y09 (BT)
33Y09 (BT)
33Y09 (BT)
33Y09 (BT)
33Y09 (BT)
33Y09 (BT)
33Y09 (BT)
33Y09 (BT)
33Y09 (BT)
33Y09 (BT)
33Y09 (BT)
33Y09 (BT)
DEKALB DKS9SBTX
DEKALB DK6IB
DEKALB DK626
DEKALB DK626BTX
DEKALB DK642
DEKALB DK666
DOEBLERS 746XY
FIELDERS CHOICE 8510
NK BRAND
NK BRAND
NK BRAND
NK BRAND
NK BRAND
DEKALB
DEKALB
DEKALB
DEKALB
DEKALB
COBBLER'S
COBBLER'S
DOEBLER'S
NKBRAND
NKBRAND
NK BRAND
NKBRAND
34G81
34G81
34G81
DEKALB
DEKALB
NKBRAND
DEKALB
DEKALB
DEKALB
DEKALB
NKBRAND
34K77
34K77
34K77
34K77
34K77
Income per tore calculated with the price of com at $2 00 per bushel and drying costs of $OO2 per point of moisture over 15% Data from New York, New England. Pennsylvania, Now
Jersey, northeastern Ohio, Maryland, Delaware and West Virginia
Pioneer® brand hybrids with the YieidQard* gene ‘Registered trademark of. and used under license from, Monsanto Co
(Cfo ) PIONEER® brand products are provided subject to the terms and conditions of purchase which are
* part of the labeling and purchase documents Pioneer is a brand name, numbers identify varieties and
PIONEER. products ®. SM TM Trademarks and service marks, registered or applied foe of Pioneer Hi-Bred
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Mercer County Honors 4-H Members At Awards Night
is 17 land is the daughter of Paul
and'Karen Tavares of Grove
City. Mindy has been very
actively involved in the 4-H
sewing project. She has been to
states in fashion review and was
a state finalist in 1996. Mindy is
also a member of the Parts ’n’
Pieces where she has held every
office at one time or another.
4-H Club Officers who did an
outstanding job received awards
for their work. They are:
Roxanne Green, Katie Carr, and
Lisa Abemathe, secretary; T.
Wane Ward, newsreporter;
Marsha Crosky and Rotasha
Gunn, treasurer.
4-H member who did an out
standing job on the project books
competed for the Pennwest
Farm Credit Awards. The win
ners were: Tammy Menke,
dairy; Jason McGhee, beef; Pam
Warner, swine; Sara Kish, horse
DK6IB
DK642
746XY
DK6I6
746XY
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746XY
DK6IO
MAX 496
MAX6O7
N76398T
DK595
DK6IB
DK626
746XY
N76396T
DKS9S
DK6IB
746XY
MAX4S4
MAX 496
MAX2I
MAX 496
MAX6O7
N75-T2
N76398T
DKS9SBTX
DK6IB
DK626
DK642
0K660
636XY
746XY
75X2
MAX 496
MAX6O7
N6BOOBT
N76398T
DK595
DK6IB
MAX2I
DK546
DK595
DKS9SBTX
DKBIB
MAX2I
1998 Comparisons
Data as of December 7, 1998
183 7
170 5
1572
171 5
152 4
144 0
173 3
1688
178 7
191 4
186 6
198 5
169 2
152 8
171 9
188 2
167 3
179 0
1625
168 1
145 6
1701
143 0
1661
1460
135 9
166 0
139 5
154 0
136 1
1189
1639
164 7
187 8
148 4
147 5
144 1
159 3
159 8
132.9
1367
129 1
148 2
189 1
126 5
140 5
177 0
121 1
1382
1369
144 7
143 4
1309
147 6
142 2
154 7
1502
1383
production; Jason Hewitt,
sheep; and Marsha Crosky, goat.
The award for Outstanding
Agricultural Project Book went
to the dairy winner Tammy
Meiike.
Quality Farm and Fleet spon
sored awards for the non
agricultrual project books.
Winners were: Ashley Unagst,
horse performance senior; Sara
Kish and Amy Bartholomew,
horse performance junior;
Mindy James, pet goat; Jen
Christianson, foods and nutri
tion; Mindy James, dog and cat;
Kim Powell, rabbit; Michele
Lentz, llama; Heather Blair,
entomology; and Brad Graham,
dairy goat.
Marsha Crosky earned the
teen leader award. Regional
camp counselors Holly Braho,
Sara Bollyard, and Kim
Voorhies were recognized for
IORE BOTTOM UNE POWER.
94
20 2
21 7
90
20 0
20 2
21 7
21 0
35
12 1
100
170
2 1
180
196
179
186
21 2
21 4
21 9
192
18 4
20 7
54
28 0
154
106
149
220
195
20 1
165
21 5
94
54
100
66
75
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their efforts. Also members who
competed at Penn State 4-H
Achievement Days received rib
bons for their achievements.
They were; Megan Barber, Amy
Bartholomew, and Sara Kish,
horse judging junior; Mindy
Tavares, fashion review, and
David Chess dairy judging.
Outstanding Equine member
honors went to Megan Barber.
Finally, the Mercer County 4-
H members who have reached
the age of 19 and are moving on
were presented with the “Over
the Hill Awards." Twenty-five
members received the award
this year. They were; Kelly
Clark, Angela Blake, Tom
Cusick, Doug Barber, Matt
Barber, Holly Braho, Keyuina
Cameron, Amber Amon, Thomas
Courtney, Paul Critchlow,
Shana Derranger, Christine
Elder, Terra Ferris, Nicki
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ARA Honors
Legislators
ST. LOUIS, Mo. The Agri
cultural Retailers Association
(ARA) announced Dec. 9, at its
annual Convention & Expo, Sen.
Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) and Rep.
Steve Buyer (R-lnd.) ate the asso
ciation’s legislator of the year.
Both Burns and Buyer worked
diligently with ARA to secure
provisions on HM-200 Hazmat
requirements. Their efforts en
sured the retailer perspective was
included in discussions surround
ing new placarding and transpor
tation requirements.