Lancaster Co. Dairy 4-H Club
Lancaster County 4-H Dairy
Clubs announce upcoming
meetings.
The Northwest Lancaster
County 4-H Dairy Club will
hold its reorganizational meet
ing on Monday, March 6, at the
Elizabethtown Area Community
Center (the former Poplar Street
Elementary School). The meet
ing will begin at 7:30 p.m.
During the meeting, members
will go over the Hoard’s Dairy
man Judging Contest. For more
information about joining the
club, contact 4-H leaders Matt
Espenshade (717-367-4196) or
Joe Wivell (717-426-1501).
The Kids and Kows 4-H
Dairy Club will hold its
izational meeting on Thursday,
March 16, at the Solanco Fair
Grounds, Hoffman Building.
The meeting will begin at 7:30
p.m. For more information
about joining the club, contact 4-
H leaders Bob Wenger (717-548-
3116) or Gary Akers (717-786-
4884).
The Cows R Us 4-H Dairy
Club will hold its reorganiza
tional meeting on Friday, March
24, at the home of Tom and Dale
Smith at 1600 West Route 897 in
Denver. The meeting will begin
at 8 p.m. For more information
about the club or if you are plan
ning to attend this meeting, con
tact Tom or Dale Smith at (717-
336-0553).
The Pequea Valley 4-H Dairy
Club will hold its reorganiza
tional meeting on Monday, April
3, at the home of Dale Hershey
at 82 Cherry Hill Road in
Ronks. The meeting will begin
at 7:30 p.m. For more informa
tion about joining the club or for
directions, contact 4-H leaders
Dale Hershey (717-687-0951) or
Gordon Hoover (717-768-3500).
All of these clubs, along with
all 4-H programs, are available
to all youth between the ages of
8-19. If you have additional
questions, contact Lori Little, 4-
H Animal science Agent at the
Lancaster County 4-H Office,
717-394-6851.
Berlin-Brothersvalley FFA
Salutes Top Achievers
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The chapter demonstration
team of Morgan Dickey, Dusten
Weigle, and Nathan Croner re
ceived gold medals for a second
place finish in state competition.
Jared Hillegass was first in
the One-Acre Corn Growing
Contest with 185 bushels of
shelled corn per acre.
The following received state
pins for their achievements at
Penn State FFA Activities Week
last summer; Justin Van Gilder,
Prepared FFA Public Speaking;
Stephanie Hartman, Junior
Public Speaking; and David
Bittner, State Delegate.
Chapter Scrapbook gold
medal winners included team
members Adam Coleman, Matt
Webreck, David Bittner, and
Stephanie Hartman.
Matthew Coleman, son of
Philip and Lee Ann Coleman,
received the American FFA
Degree.
Lancaster Co. Rabbit Club
A new 4-H Club called the
Rabbit Club was recently orga
nized, with the first meeting
held on February 28 at the
Centerville Lutheran Parish
Hall.
The club elected new officers,
including President Madison
Miller, Vice President Crystal
Lehman, Secretary Jeanette
Bouch, Social Chairpersons
Caleb Burkholder and Eli
Fulton, and News Reporter
Jeanette Bouch.
During the meeting, the club
discussed different uses for rab
bits, good and bad qualities of
rabbits, and where to purchase
the rabbits. Members also com
pleted a rabbit body parts cross
wood puzzle.
The next meeting will be held
on March 27 at the Centerville
Lutheran Parish Hall at 7 p.m.
Plans are to leam the proper
handling of a rabbit. Club leader
Beth Miller will bring her rabbit
for a demonstration.
Visitors and new members are
encouraged to attend the next
meeting. For more information,
contact Beth Miller at (717) 776-
6571.
Cumberland Co. Sheep Club
On February 17, the Conodo
guinet 4-H Sheep Club met for
the first time this year at the
Cumberland Co. Extension
Office.
The club elected new officers
for the year 2000. They are
Sonya Rinker, president; Austin
Durf, vice president; Jack Zei
gler, secretary; Jeanette Bouch,
assistant secretary; John Witter,
treasurer; Jeanette Bouch, news
reporter; Mark Myers and Adam
Chronister, social chairpersons;
and Sonya Rinker, song leader.
Meeting dates and topics for
the year were discussed during
the meeting. The next meeting
will be held March 16 at the
home of Jackie Zeigler at 7:30
p.m. Tentative plans are to have
a judge speaking on how to pick
a quality animla to buy for
round up.
State FFA Degree pins were
given to Adam Coleman, son of
Philip and Lee Ann Coleman,
and to Dusten Weigle, son of
Randy and Brenda Weigle.
First-place winners in the
County Agricultural Record
Book Contest were Lance
Bittner, Adam Coleman, Carl
Metzgar, Justin Lorson, Nathan
Croner, Morgan Dickey, Re
bekah Fox, David Bittner, Jacob
Smith, Chris Harvey and
Dusten Weigle.
Chapter FFA Degree recipi
ents were Matt Keefer, Jared
Hillegass, Joe Wyant, Clinton
Wright, Randi Seball, Jennette
Fisher, Warn Weimer, Lacey
Coleman, Nick Cotter, Joe
Knotts, Shane Leydig, Josh Hil
legass, Kyie Hillegas, Dustin
Bittner, Shawn Grenke, Luke
Horning and Blake Weigle.
The following Berlin-
Brothersvalley FFA Chapter
Vistors and new members are
always welcome. For more infor
mation, contact Ethel Myers at
(717)258-3850.
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Northampton Co. 4-H Club
Northampton County 4-H
scholarship recipients are teens
who have been active in the
county 4-H Program for many
years and in many capacities.
These scholarship awards this
year ranged from $3OO to $5OO
each, with the amount deter
mined by the 4-H Board of Di
rectors.
Seven scholarships were
awarded at the 1999 4-H
Achievement Banquet last De
cember, during which the 4-H
community honored its 4-H
leaders and members for their
hard work and dedication to 4-
H. 1999 scholarship recipients
are:
Rachel Slotcavage is a senior
at Catasaqua High School.
Rachel hopes to attend Bucknell
University in the fall majoring
in biology. Her career goal is to
become a Forensic Pathologist.
In 4-H, she was involved in
rabbit and cavy projects and is
the president of the Little Ras
cals 4-H Club. At school, Rachel
is involved with the drama club,
a member of SADD, National
Honor Society, and both the Stu
dent and Class Coucils. Rachel
is the 1999 PA State Rabbit
Breeders Association Cavy
Queen and Commodity Repre
sentative.
Sarah Geiger is a senior at
Northampton Area High
School. Sarah plans to attend
Penn State and major in animal
science. For nine years, Sarah
has participated in a variety of
4-H sewing projects. Making
these garments has won her
members also maintained honor
roll status with their grades for
scholarship pins and certifi
cates: Jacob Smith, Jim McKen
zie, Landon Hoppert, Bruce
elites, Steve Gindlesperger,
Adam Coleman, Chris Harvey,
Josiah Cook, Kyle Hillegas,
Matt Webreck, Jared Hillegas,
Dusten Weigle, Bryan Baker
and Matt Pyle.
Also, Nathan Croner, Morgan
Dickey, Jennette Fisher, Randi
Serball, Stephanie Hartman,
Lacey Coleman, Joe Knotts,
Sam Philip, David Bittner, Nick
Cotter, Jon Ohler and Josh
Hillegas.
Other awards and recogni
tions were the Parents Recogni
tion given to May la Yoder; FFA
Sweetheart to Mindi Country
man and to volleyball coaches
Shane and Lisa Booth.
Doyle Paul is the Berlin-
Brothersvalley FFA Chapter
adviser.
many awards, including a trip to
the State Fashion Revue at Penn
State. The other 4-H project that
Sarah concentrates on is her
swine project where she has
raised the Eastern District
Champion Market Hog. Pres-
ently, Sarah is president of the
Swine and Livestock 4-H Clubs.
During the summer of 1998,
Sarah participated in a 4-H ex
change program with Ireland
and has been on the winning
potato judging team at the PA
Farm Show. In 1999, Sarah was
the Northampton County dele
gate at the National 4-H Con
gress in Atlanta, GA. Sarah is
also a member of the Blue
Mountain Race Team.
Dana Scharantz is a senior at
Saucon Valley High School and
will be attending Cedar Crest
College in the fall where she will
major in genetic engineering. A
member of the White Doves 4-H
Club, Dana has completed sev
eral sewing projects that won
her a place on several regional
and state level competitions.
Dana is a Northampton County
4-H Ambassador and the recipi
ent of the “I Dare You” award.
At school, Dana is drum major
for the SVHS Marching Panth
ers, a member of the Senior
Stars Competition Group at
Saucon Valley Dance Conserva
tory, and was crowned as
Lehigh-Northampton County’s
Junior Miss for 2000.
Bryant Hlavanty attends
Wilson Area High School and
plans to attend Penn State to
major in agricultural business.
Bryant is a 4-H Dairy Club
member and has shown his ani
mals in county, regional, and
state competitions. Bryant also
participated in the White Doves
4-H Club and was the treasurer
for two years. At school, Bryant
is in the concert and jazz bands,
lettered twice in soccer, and is in
the ski club, baseball club, and
FBLA.
Rebecca Lobus attends Na
zareth Area Senior High School
and hopes to attend Penn State
to major in public relations and
marketing with a minor in
teaching. Rebecca has been a 4-
H member for 10 years in five
different 4-H clubs, including
the horse club, teen council, goat
club, a rabbit and cavy club, and
Adam Coleman, left, has the distinctive honor of being
the recipient of a new award “Character Counts,” which
is for trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, citizen
ship and fairness. Presenting the award is Wayne Hen
derson, superintendent of the Berlin-Brothersvalley
School District.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 11, 2000-815
a leather craft club. Rebecca has
also been a Camp Shehaqua
counselor. She attended both
Capital Days and 4-H State
Days. At school, Rebecca is a
member of the Nazareth Blue
Eagle Marching Band, the Great
Valley Girl Scouts Senior Cadet
Troop, the National Honor Soci
ety, and the Track and Field
Team.
Karl Bader is a graduate of
Nazareth Area High School and
is attending Allentown College
of Saint Francis De Salles. He is
a technical theatre major with a
concentration in lighting and
sound. He has been in 4-H for 10
years and is a member of Back
trackers, Leathercrafters, and
Teen Council 4-H clubs. His
hobbies include working on the
stage, and he has owns a small
mobile DJ business.
Jamie Lyn Hower is a gradu
ate of Nazareth Area High
School. She presently attends
Millersville University where
she received first semester
Dean’s List honors. She plans to
major in biology and to minor in
secondary education or forensic
science. In 4-H, Jamie’s projects
included entomology, potato
judging, horse, and livestock.
Jamie has twice captured the
coveted owner-breeder champi
onship at the PA Farm Show in
Angus cattle breeding.
The Adams County 4-H Beef
Club recently held their annual
Buyers’ Appreciation Banquet
with 105 in attendance. The
1999 4-H beef sale buyers were
guests of club members, leaders,
and their families at the York
Springs Fire Hall.
The evening began with 4-H
Beef Club President Chris Jeff
coat, Littlestown, welcoming the
group. 4-H and American
Pledges were led by 4-H Beef
Club Secretary Candice Flick
inger, and Treasurer Missy Jeff
coat. Each 4-H member
introduced their buyer(s) after
the meal. Buyers received a 4-H
pottery mug and color picture of
the 4-H member, steer, and
buyer taken at the beef sale. The
buyers for the cake and clock
were also honored.
Beef club members received
Adams Co. 4-H Beef
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