814-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 8, 2000
West Snyder FFA
Selinsgrove FFA Chapter
hosted the SUN Area FFA Ag
Mechanics and Small Gas En
gines Career Development event
on Thursday, March 16.11 West
Snyder FFA members competed
in these events.
In the Agricultural Mechanics
event, Todd Esbenshade, Chris
Poor, and Andrew Kreamer
represented West Snyder. The
team placed first of five teams
and earned a blue ribbon. Indivi
dually, Andrew Kreamer placed
first overall, winning a blue
ribbon. Todd Esbenshade placed
second overall and earned a blue
ribbon. Chris Poor earned a
white ribbon.
The team had to demonstrate
proficiency in solving mathe
matical problems, such as cali
brating a sprayer and squaring a
building to lay a foundation.
The team also had to show profi
ciency in performing various
mechanical tasks.
The Small Gas Engines team
of Michael Brouse and Chuck
Kessler competed for West
Snyder. In this event, the team
had to take a written test and
find three faults in a Briggs and
Stratton engine. Michael and
Chuck placed second and third,
respectively. The team placed
fifth and earned a white ribbon.
In the Agronomy CDE, Kate
Heeter placed tenth, Heidi Good
placed twelfth, Jen McWilliams
placed thirteenth, Melissa
McWilliams placed sixteenth,
Jess Walter placed seventeenth,
and Heather Hollenbach placed
nineteenth.
The Agronomy team con
sisted of Heather Hollenback,
Jennifer McWilliams, Melissa
McWilliams, Heidi Good, Jes
sica Walter, and Kate Heeter.
Agronomy team members had
to demonstrate proficiency in
using the Penn State Agronomy
Guide to determine seeding
rates, select insecticides and her
bicides for target species in
target crops, determine grades
of grain, and perform other crop
management skills. Kate Heeter,
Heidi Good, and Jessica Walter
earned red ribbons, while Jen
nifer and Melissa McWilliams
and Heather Hollenbach earned
white ribbons.
Cumberland Valley FFA
Cumberland Valley FFA par-
Jcipated in the Cumberland-
Dauphin/Perry County area’s
public speaking competition
leld at the Pennsylvania Farm
Show building on March 29.
Eight chapters attended the
event, with over 100 students
participating. The speaking
events included prepared public
speaking, conservation public
speaking, extemporaneous
speaking, creed, junior prepared
public speaking, and parliamen
tary procedure.
Twelve members from
Cumberland Valley FFA took
part in these career development
events. Each of the members
placed well in their respective
events.
The parliamentary procedure
team was required to conduct a
meeting, handling three matters
of business, in less than 20 min
utes. The members of this year’s
team were Jason Nailor, Sharon
Bender, Amy Kaucher, Doug
Frantz, Kendra Lehman, Jen
Whitman, Michele Whitman,
Sherisa Brammer, and Gina
Lehman. The team placed
second out of five teams and ad
vanced the regional competition
held in April
Three students from Cumber
land Valley participated in the
prepared public speaking con
test. Jennifer Whitman placed
first with her speech entitled
“FFA The Signature of Suc
cess,” which qualified her to ad
vance to regionals. Michele
Whitman placed fifth with her
speech about Johnes disease,
and Amy Kulick placed seventh
with her speech about future
concerns in dairy farming.
Three Cumberland Valley
members took part in the extem
poraneous speaking contest.
Kristin Pursell, Sherisa
Brammer, and Jason Nailor
placed seventh, ninth, and tenth,
respectively, in the competition.
Nicole Shivell placed second
in the conservation public
speaking contest with her
speech about birds of prey.
Nicole will advance to regionals
with her speech. Julie Beaulieu
and Amy Kaucher represented
Cumberland Valley FFA in the
creed competition. They placed
sixth and second, respectively,
with Amy advancing to region
als.
Cedar Crest FFA
Recently members of the
Cedar Crest FFA attended the
FFA State Legislative Confer
ence in Harrisburg. They
learned about legislative bills
and the process they have to go
through to be passed.
During the conference, stu
dents were separated into com
mittees and were given a
proposed bill to work with. Each
committee was able to amend
the bill or change it as they de
sired. The process was the same
as if an actual bill was going to
be passed. This helped students
gain more knowledge about the
government and how it func
tions.
FFA members also attended
several leadership workshops
that helped them acquire a
better understanding of parlia
mentary procedure, public
speaking, and legislative work
ings.
Cedar Crest FFA members in
attendance at the SLLC confer
ence included Sarah Krall, Beth
Kreider, Daniel Eberly, Chet
Brubaker, Jared Zimmerman,
and Allison Martin, chaperone.
The Cedar Crest FFA held its
35th annual parent-member
banquet at the High School on
March 16. More than 240 people
attended the banquet, with Pres
ident Amanda Martin opening
the banquet.
Erin Templin and Chet Bru
baker presented certificates of
appreciation to J. Calvin
Zimmerman and Dennis
Bucher. Honorary chapter de
grees were presented to Darren
Grumbine, Allison Martin, J.
Ray Bickel, Janis Berkheiser,
and Lynn Zimmerman.
Amanda Martin, Jason Shirk,
and Erin Templin received their
Keystone Degree pins from
Harvey Smith, former area agri
culture consultant.
LEBANON (Lebanon Co.)
The Eastern Llama and Alpaca
Festival is scheduled for April
29-30 at the Lebanon Expo
Center.
Breeders will lead hourly
demonstrations on caring for the
animals as well as grooming,
shearing, packing, and felting.
Visitors will be entertained by
llamas and alpacas performing
After a slide show on the
club’s activities during the year,
Harold Berkheiser presented
awards to various members.
Heather Hawkins was named
Star Greenhand. Jason Shirk
was named Star Agribusiness
man and received the Lisa M.
Houser Memorial Award.
Amanda Martin received Star
Chapter Farmer and the Dekalb
Award. Chapter trophies were
presented to Amanda Martin,
Jeremy Balsbaugh, Mike Sen
senig, Erik Rheinheimer, Nate
Artz, and Amanda Waltermyer.
At the end of the meeting,
senior FFA members also pre
sented plaques to their parents.
a 4-H
HAPPENINGS
Cumberland County Rabbit
The Cumberland County 4-H
Rabbit Club met on March 27.
Beth Miller, club leader, showed
members the proper handling of
the rabbit. Caleb Burkholder led
the members in an unscramble
game, which consisted of words
having to do with a rabbit.
The next meeting will be held
on Monday, May 1, at 7 p.m. in
the Centerville Lutheran Parish
Hall. Those interested in becom
ing members should contact
Beth Miller at (717) 776-6571.
Cumberland County Sheep
The Conodoguinet 4-H Sheep
Club in Cumberland County
met on March 16. Bob Holtry
from Perry County spoke about
how to pick a market lamb and
how to judge sheep. Holtry also
shared knowledge gained from
his 27 years of experience in
working with lambs.
The next meeting will be held
on Thursday, April 20, at the
home of John Witter. Interested
new members should call Mrs.
Richard Myers at (717) 258-
3850.
Monroe Livestock Club
Do you have a child interested
in learning about marketing and
breeding livestock animals,
animal health, or animal care? If
so, plan to join the Monroe
County 4-H Livestock Club at
their first meeting on Tuesday,
April 25.
The meeting will begin at 6:30
p.m. at the Monroe County Co
operative Extension Office in
Stroudsburg. 4-H rules and reg
ulations, possible project ani
mals, and various
organizational topics will be dis
cussed.
The meeting will be an infor
mational meeting open to
anyone in Monroe County ages
8 to 18.4-H livestock projects in
clude poultry, beef, swine, lamb,
and goats.
I SUPPORT
Hama Fest Is April 29-30
On April 29-30, attend the Eastern Llama and Alpaca
Festival, Lebanon Expo Center. Events include demon
strations, games, daily parade of sale animals, a llama drill
team, and hands-on learning.
obstacle course challenges and
the limbo bar, and in the drill
team. Children will be encour
aged to lead a llama.
Spinning, weaving, shearing,
packing, and felting of the
Progressive Clovers 4-H
The monthly meeting of Pro
gressive Clovers Club was held
February 14 at the Baust Parrish
House in Tyrone, Maryland.
The meeting was opened by
President Brett Haines. Kelly
Swartzbaugh, Heather Haines,
Kim Holland, Scott Davis,
Sarah Davis, and Ryan Haines
all gave demonstrations during
the meeting.
The club also discussed up
coming deadlines and events.
The club announced that the
next meeting will be held at the
Baust Parish House on Monday,
March 13.
York Co. Berries & Bees
The York County Berries and
Bees Club’s recent meeting was
held on Feruary 8. The club
elected new officers, including
President Chris Schreck, Vice
President Matt Hoover, Secre
tary Lydia Eddinger, Assistant
Secretary Sarah Lieb, Treasure
Rachel Schreck, Historian
Amanda Hoover, and Newsre
porter Katrina Gore.
Gore displayed her new
design for the club’s T-shirt.
The Club also discussed possible
trips to Walnut Acres in Juanita
County and Atlantic Blueberry
in New Jersey.
Adams County 4-H Clubs
An excellent leadership op
portunity for youth is one way to
describe the 1999 National 4-H
Congress, which took place No
vember 26-30 in Atlanta,
Georgia. More than 1,300 4-H
members attended the congress.
Two Adams County delegates
attended the congress, where at
tendees learned leadership skills
and shared ideas. Those two del
egates were Jessi Leister of
Arendtsville and B.J. Wagner of
Gettysburg. Forty-five members
from Pennsylvania attended this
year’s event, with each county in
Pennsylvania eligible to select 2
members to attend the congress.
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llama’s fibers will be demon
strated.
Festival hours are 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. on both Saturday and
Sunday. For more information,
call Karen O’Neill (610) 589-
5142 or Judy Eberly at (717)
949-3790.
Plant
Wildflowers,
Seedlings
HACKETTSTOWN (Warren
Co.) - The Warren County Soil
Conservation District will host
its annual seedling and wild
flower sale in efforts to promote
stewardship and reforestation.
The District will offer three
year-old evergreen seedlings to
landowners interested in planti
ng windbreaks, buffers, refor
estation, and/or, simply, beauti
fying their property. Five vari
eties of evergreens are available
and are sold in easily hand-held
bundles of 25 trees at a cost of
$l2 per bundle. This year the
varieties are Norway Spruce,
Colorado Blue Spruce, Japanese
Black Pine, Eastern White Pine,
Douglas Fir.
Hardwood seedling in three
varieties in bundles of five trees
are available for $5. These vari
eties will include Northern Red
Oak, White Oak and Tulip
Poplar. Orders are accepted
through April 7, and as supplies
last.
Also in a continuing effort to
promote the beautification of the
countryside, the District will be
hosting its fourth wildflower
sale, with six different blends
and one single variety. The wild
flower mixes are available in
two sizes: a .75 ounce package
for 225 - 400 square feet for $5
and a four once bag for larger
areas covering up to 2,500
square feet for $l2. Orders are
accepted through June 1, on a
first come/first served basis.
The seedlings will be distrib
uted on April 13 - 15, at the
Warren County Soil
Conservation District on 224 W.
Stiger Street in Hackettstown.
The wildflower seeds may be
picked up at the same location
from April 13 through June 1.
The sale of the seedlings and
wildflowers helps raise money
for the conservation education
programs the district is involved
with each year. For more infor
mation and an order form, call
the District office at (908) 852-
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