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Lebanon County 4-H
Livestock Banquet
The Lebanon County 4-H Live
stock Club recently held its annual
banquet celebrating 1998 achieve
ments at the Lebanon Expo Cen
ter.
Members, leaders, and buyers
were recognized. The banquet was
led by member Jason Shirk.
Others participating included
Heather Fills, Jesse Wenger, Re
nee Blatt, and Darrell Martin.
Swine awards were given to
Megan Fuls, grand champion hog:
Billie Jo Atkins, reserve champion
hog; Janine Wincbark, champion
bred and owned; and carcass
champion to Andrew Blatt and
Jeremiah Arnold. Swine roundup
awards included champion hog
Blaine Brown, reserve champion
Brandon Wincbark, and roundup
showman awards wait to Trisha
Berger, Kyle Flecncr, Brandon
Wincbark. Judy Atkins, current
leader, introduced Dan Atkins,
who will be taking over leadership
duties this year.
Sheep winners included Kyle
Flccner, who had grand champion
market lamb, champion showman,
and champion blocker, as well as
supreme champion breeding
sheep. He was also champion
showman at roundup. Other win
ners were Wendy Atkins, reserve
champion lamb; Blaine Brown,
reserve showman; Joseph Tice, re
serve blocker; and Erin Willard,
junior showman at roundup.
Brown also had champion and re
serve champion lamb at the round
up. Sheep leaders include Tom
and Debbie Tice, Julie' Willard,
Tim Fleener, Wilmer Wenger, and
Daryl and Michelle Grumbine.
Beef club leader Brian Kreider
presented the beef awards.
Champion steer went to Justin
Best bred and owned, from left, Janlne Winebaifc,
Darrell Martin, and Brandon winebark.
flela Decker, Tim Schaeffer, and Brandon Winebatk.
Fuls, with his sister Heather ex
hibiting the reserve champion.
Heather was also champion show
man and champion blocker and
Nathan Tice was reserve cham
pion showman. Megan Fuls was
reserve champion blocker. Best
bred and owned was won by Bran
don Wincbark.
Winners were also recognized
for pen decorating and promotion
during the fair. These winners in
cluded swine. Holly Mcyo - , Marc
and Laura Arnold, and Janine and
Brandon Wincbark; sheep, Ann
and Susan Leed, Janine Wincbark,
and the Spatz family; beef, Bran
don and Janine Wincbark, Ann
Leed, and the Eberly and Blauch
families.
John Risser, coach of the Poik
Bowl Team, presented his mem
bos, Nathaniel Am, Tim Schaef
fer, Billie Jo Atkins, and Jason
Shirk. This year they placed third
at the contest
Galen Kopp, Lebanon County
extension agent presented the
awards from state days. The junior
team from Lebanon County won
first place last year at the state
contest and they each received
personalized plaques: Travis
Adam, Tim Schaeffer, Nathan
Spatz, and Nathan Tice. The team
was coached by Brian Kreider and
Daryl Bomgardner. Brian also
gave highlights of the past year’s
judging team, and thanked all the
members for coming out He also
thanked those breeders in the
county who allow the team to use
their facilities and animals for
practices. The coaches for 1999
will be Kreidor, Dan Atkins, and
Tim Fleener. Jon Hamish also as
sists the team.
The highlight of the evening
was the presentation of the out
standing member awards. This
year’s rookie winner was 16-year-
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Carcass champion went to
Andy Blatt.
old Angela Decker. As a first-year
member, she showed both market
lambs and hogs at the fair, round
up. and Farm Show. She is a
junior at Northern Lebanon,
where she also participated in
FFA and is an officer.
The junior member award went
to Brandon Winebark. Brandon
Scholarships
HONESDALE (Wayne Co.)
Applications for the Wayne Coun
ty 4-H Scholarship are available.
If you are currently an active
member of a Wayne County 4-H
Club, did not reach your 19th
birthday as of Jan. 1, 1999, are
graduating from high school or are
enrolled in an institution of higher
learning, you may want to apply.
The deadline for submitting an ap
plication is May 1. Applications
can be picked up at the Extension
Office at 925 Court Street, Hones
dale, PA, or call (717) 253-5970
ext. 239.
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Clover Lane in Wyomissing,
were recently named Young
Couple during the Youth
Department’s Young Adult/
Young Mameds weekend retreat
in Adams County.
In the coming year, they will
represent the state Grange and
its Youth Department at local,
state and national functions. As
Young Couple, they will travel to
Leadership School, the state
convention in Allentown and the
National Grange Convention in
Portland, Maine, this fall and
the Pennsylvania Farm Show,
as well as visit local Grange
meetings to discuss the youth
program.
Although Henry, who is 30,
has been active in Grange since
the age of 5 in the Junior pro
gram, Madeline, who is also 30,
only became a Granger after she
started dating her future hus
band. It is the community ser
vice work of their Subordinate
(local) Grange at Virginville that
appeajs to her
“We are trying to give people
in the community an apprecia
tion of what the Grange is and
an awareness of what the
Grange is doing for the commu
nity,” Madeline said. “We may
run a fund-raiser, but we take
those funds and put them right
back into the community. I
believe people are more likely to
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showed beef and hogs at the area
and many out-of-area contests. He
also participated in livestock judg
ing and is a member of Richland
Church of the Brethren.
The senior outstanding member
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Champions, from left, Kyle Fleener, Justin Fuls, and
Megan Fuls.
and what you are doing for the
community.”
To help encourage awareness
of the Grange, Virginville
Grange recently launched a
Promotions Committee, on
which Henry is a member. One
such venture of the Promotions
Committee, which replaced the
Membership Committee, is to
sponsor Virginville’s Community
Yard Sale this spring. Madeline,
who is Flora at Virginville and
on its Junior and Fair commit
tees, said they also hold a Farm
Safety Workshop and a
Community Service Recognition
program to honor members of
like-minded organizations.
Henry, who is a past state
officer (assistant steward), said
he likes Grange for the friend
ships he has made over the
years. It is those friendships, he
added, that help keep him
active.
Other positions currently
held by Henry include Pomona
(county) assistant steward,
Pomona Youth/Young Married
co-chairman, with his wife, and
the Fair Display Committee.
“Those of us who came up
through the junior and youth
programs are now becoming
more involved in state Grange,”
Henry said. “We’ve grown up
together in the Grange and
there is a bond among us.”
In addition to the Grange,
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 17, 1999-815
was Tim Schaeffer. Tim also
showed both beef and hogs, was
on the livestock judging team that
won at state days and also partici
pates in sports and FFA at Eastern
Lebanon County High School.
both are active in their local
church. Henry, who is employed
as a sales representative with
VICO Associates of Chicago, 111.,
enjoys playing volleyball and
softball.
Madeline, who is employed as
an administrative assistant for a
self-employed businessman,
likes to cross-stitch and read.
Both Henry and Madeline also
cite spending time with her 12-
year-old son Brandon as one of
their leisure activities.
Other finalists for the title of
Young Couple at the retreat
were: James and Georgette
Klotz? first runners-up, of
Hartslog Valley Grange in
Huntingdon County and
Kenneth and Wendy Kerschner
of Alleghenyville Grange in
Berks County
The Pennsylvania State
Grange Youth Department, for
members ages 14-35, places an
emphasis on education, leader
ship development, fellowship
and fun.
The Pennsylvania State
Grange is an agricultural, rural
and community service organi
zation with over 31,000 mem
bers in 66 counties. The Grange
is dedicated to improving life in
rural Pennsylvania through
grass-roots legislation, perform
ing community service work and
offering members services
including health insurance and
a credit union.