County FA Has
Get-Acquainted Night
The Lebanon County FFA
recently conducted its annual
get-acquainted night at Amanda
Martin’s farm, in the form of a
barn party.
People attended from the
Elco FFA, Northern Lebanon
FFA, and Cedar Crest FFA.
Amanda Martin, county pres
ident, opened the activity with a
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ANSWER M. Hurst, Lititz, wanted the words to
the poem, "What Puzzles Me." Thanks to Ruth Zook,
New Holland; Mildred Hess, Myerstown; E. Weaver,
Mohnton; M. Musser, Lititz; and numerous other
readers for sending the words.
What Puzzles Me
My grandma says I’ve Daddy’s nose —
Before I came he'd two I s'pose.
She always adds, "And what is more.
You’ve Mother’s eyes.’’
Did she have four?
Folks say I got my mouth an' chin
From Grandma’s husband, Benjamin.
(He died before I came, you see.
An’ must-a-wiUed 'em both to me).
I understand about my hair,
’Cause Daddy’s head is kind-a-bare;
But what I’d really like to know —
What puzzles me an’ Pies me so —
Is: Am I just some odds an’ ends,
Parts o’ my relatives an' friends?
Or do you think that it can be
There’s something left
That’s really me?
welcome at 7 p.m. The other
county officers introduced them
selves as well. The county FFA
members proceeded to play sev
eral “get to know each other”
games.
Cedar Crest Participants
At The All-American Dairy
The Cedar Crest FFA recent
ly participated at the
Pennsylvania All-American
Show
ANSWER A reader wanted exact directions to
make sachet mixes from dried flowers, pine cones,
etc. Thanks to Gloria Sweigart, Manheim, for sending
instructions. She writes that she would also be happy
to answer questions readers may have. Call her at
(717) 665-3390.
Pick and dry flowers or petals, place on newspaper
out of sunlight to dry. Flowers that work well for this
are rose petals, daisies, Queen Anne’s lace, pansies,
sunflowers, and black-eyed Susans, spiera, compo
st's, combshead, etc. Break into pieces. When dry,
combine and select essential oil in your favorite
scent.
For a gallon of flowers and petals, you will need:
I-ounce orris root (cut or powder) and ’/« -ounce
x>ttle essential oil.
Mix together the orris root and essential oil, add to
lowers and petals. Toss to mix. Tie shut and store in
jry, dark, place for two weeks, shaking gently every
ew days.
Mixture can be placed into bowls for potpourri or
tied in tulle packs for sachets.
Forpinecones, add rose hips, broken sticks of cin
namon, dried pods or berries, whole cloves, bay
leaves, etc. Use an essential oil of cinnamon, cloves
or anything spicy or a Christmas scent. Follow above
directions to mix. Enjoy.
Dairy Show.
Members worked as tour
guides for elementary students
in the Harrisburg area.
Members who served as tour
guides were: Chet Brubaker,
Joel Krall, Jeremy Balsbaugh,
Jared Zimmerman, Doug Betz,
Joy Driggers, Leann Smith and
Ryan Hufford. They told the stu
dents about different breeds of
cattle such as Holsteins, Jerseys,
Brown Swiss, and Ayrshire.
The tour guides informed the
children about the different
feeds fed to cows such as hay,
ryelage, corn silage, haylage and
soybeans. They also showed
preschoolers how a cow is
milked. At the end of the tour
the children realized that the
milk they drink was not made at
the store, but that it came from
a cow.
In addition to members serv
ing as tour guides, Erin Templin,
Hannah Bomgardner, Sarah
Krall, and Jared Zimmerman
participated in the dairy judging
team competition. They compet
ed against 21 teams from across
Pennsylvania and ended up
Sachet or Potpourri
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 30, 1999-817
placing first. They will receive
money and ribbons for their
efforts.
. The following placed as indi
vidual judges: Hannah
Bomgardner, second, Jared
Zimmerman, fifth, and Sarah
Krall, 42nd. The placings were
out of approximately 250 contes
tants. Other people in the dairy
judging career development
event were Billie Jo Atkins and
Gretchen Artz.
York County Selects FFA
Outstanding Members
The DeKalb Genetics
Company sponsored the awards
for the York County FFA chap
ters. Senior students from each
of the chapters are eligible to be
selected as the outstanding
members of their chapter.
A committee consisting of Pat
Diebert of the Lincoln
Intermediate Unit. Ed Heindel
of the York office of Farm Credit
Services, and Leo Rutter repre
senting the York Fair selected
the first and second place stu
dents from each chapter. Each
person selected will receive
monetary awards for their
accomplishment.
From those individuals plac
ing first in their chapter, an
overall county award winner
was selected. The county award
recipient is Heather Bankert of
the Red Lion Area FFA chapter.
Bankert is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Wayne Bankert
(Wayne and Sue) of Red Lion. As
a part of her FFA experiences,
heather has had projects of off
farm work experience, poultry
capons, sheep breeding, and
sheep finishing.
Bankert has served as her
chapter treasurer and vice pres
ident and has been chosen for
the York County FFA office of
secretary last year and presi
dent for the current year. She
has participated in and received
numerous awards in york
County contests such as live
stock judging, creed speaking,
meats judging, dairy foods, apple
judging, parliamentary proce
dure, and recordkeeping. She
has also participated in state
contests of parliamentary proce
dure and agricultural salesman
ship.
Bankert has also been
involved in sports and is a tutor
in school as well as doing volun
teer work in community organi
zations.
First place winners of other
chapters were Doyle Hostetter,
son of Calvin and Eileen
Hostetter, Dover of the Dover
chapter; Theresa Klinger,
daughter of Marlin and Gay
Klinger, Dillsburg, of the Gifford
Pinchot chapter at Northern
york; and Amanda Snyder,
daughter of Joseph and Deborah
Snyder, Delta, of the White Rose
chapter at York Vo-Tech.
Erin Baumgardner, daughter
of Robert and Sharon
Baumgardner, of Dillsburg, the
Dover chapter, and Heather
Growl, daughter of Ellis and
Joyce Growl, Airville, of the Red
Lion Area FFA chapter received
second place honors for repre
senting their chapters.
These outstanding students
will be completing applications
this fall in order to receive the
Keystone Degree, which is
awarded by the Pennsylvania
FFA Association.