812-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 28, 2000
Ida’s
Notebook
by
Ida Risser
When you read this. I’ll probably be fly
ing home from a week spent in Indiana
with our daughter’s family. They have a
month-old baby for us to visit. And, we
have not seen their new home since they
moved last summer.
She has been enjoying her two months
off from her work with Procter and Gam
ble. Their two older boys are anxious to
Regional 4-H
Horse Production Show
York County had 14 production horses
entered in the Regional 4-H Horse Pro
duction Show at Shippensburg Fair
grounds in August.
The 4-H Horse Production project re
quires members to work with young
horses so they experience aspects of care
and training involved with raising horses.
Blue ribbon winners were Billie Jo Au
gustine, Lewisberry, Appaloosa, yearling
gelding; B.J. Dabler, Dover, hunter type
horse colt/gelding of this year; Samantha
Dunn, English 4-year-old pleasure futuri
ty; Katie Griffith, York, Palomino year
ling filly; Krista Lynn Healy, Glenville,
thoroughbred filly of this year; Leanne
Healy, Glenville, hunter type pony filly of
this year; Danielle Shaffer, York, paint
yearling gelding and English 3-year-old
pleasure futurity; Brandon Shank, Me
chanicsburg, Arabian yearling filly; and
Jennifer Stanley, Windsor, Pony of Amer
icas yearling filly.
Red ribbon winners were Kristen Haus
er, Dillsburg, English 3-year-old pleasure
futurity; Christina Howard, Hanover, Ap
paloosa 2-year-old gelding and western
2-year-old pleasure futurity; and Franzis
ka Valerio, Harrisburg, English 4-year-old
pleasure futurity.
The blue ribbon winners will be compet
ing in classes at the Pennsylvania State
4-H Horse Show, Oct. 27-29 at the Farm
Show Complex in Harrisburg.
Classes begin each day at 8 a.m.
Delaware County
4-H Archery Club
The Delaware County 4-H Archery
Club will be reorganizing for the new year
Monday, Nov. 6, from 6 p.m.-7 p.m. at
Middletown Archery, Media. New mem
bers are welcome.
It is requested that new members first
take one private lesson ($10) at Middle
town before joining. This is to learn basic
safety and skills and to insure that they
enjoy the sport.
According to Judy V. Mac-
Rone, county extension agent/4-H, meet
ings will be Mondays from 6 p.m.- 7 p.m.
at Middletown Archery. (If there is a large
turnout, there will also be a group from
4:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.) The fee for each
meeting will be $5 to cover the cost of the
professional instruction and the use of the
equipment and facilities.
If you are interested in joining, contact
July Macßone at the 4-H office, (610)
690-2655 or Grace Gilbert at Middletown
Archery, (610) 566-8092 to schedule a pri
vate lesson.
Lebanon County
4-H’crs Honored At
Achievement Night
The Lebanon County 4-H program
see their grandparents. You will hear
more about our trip later.
The other evening I went with my hus
band and son to an American Chestnut
meeting of the Lancaster-Lebanon region.
The members attending were mostly older
retired men. They are interested in restor
ing the American Chestnut tree to the for
ests of Pennsylvania.
4-H
HAPPENINGS
honored members who have excelled in
their project activities during 4-H
Achievement Night Oct. 9, at the Lebanon
Valley Agricultural Center.
Honor 4-H’er awards, which recognize
the efforts and achievements of the top
4-H’ers in each age level, were presented.
The following members were chosen as
“Honor 4-H’ers” for the year 2000
8- Kelly Hawkins, Marah Light;
9- Anastasia Beard, Kelly Mat
thews, Brooke Umberger; 10-year-olds,
Rachel Siegel, Sarah Wagner, Mary Ellen
Whitmoyer, Karissa Yoders; 11-year-olds,
Chelsea Beard, Andrea Jones, Daniel
Rittle, Chris Wemer; 12-year-olds, Dustin
Blauch, Erin Peavy, David Rittle, Emily
Whitmoyer; 13-year-olds, Michelle Camp
bell, Janel Derr, Mandy Platt, Danielle
Verna; 14-year-olds, Heather Hawkins,
Susan Leed, Jennifer Wagner, Alex Wem
er; 15-year-olds, Andrea Leuenberger, Re
becca Light, Nathan Tice, Jennifer Wat
son; 16-year-olds, Katie Derr, Nicole Platt;
17- Valeria Bomgardner, Ann
Leed, Anna Light, Joseph Tice; and
18- Amy Habecker.
Kendal Reist, Lebanon, was honored as
the recipient of the Susan Heilinger Wem
er Memorial Award, presented to an out
standing 4-H dairy club member. Alex
Wemer, North Mountain 4-H Club, and
Nicole Platt, Avon-East Lebanon 4-H
Club, received the Teen Leadership
awards.
The following five clubs were named to
the Community Service Honor Roll, Fal
conettes 4-H Club. Bellegrove Clovers 4-H
Club, Myerstown Designers 4-H Club and
Latigo 4-H Club.
Winners of the County Club Contest
were Latigo 4-H Horse Club and North
Mountain 4-H Club.
Outstanding achievement in the Fash
ion Revue contest was presented to junior
members Rachel Siegel, Brooke Umberg
er, Mollie Knauss, Marah Light, Emily
Ziegler, and Karissa Yoders. Senior fash
ion revue winners included Valerie Bom
gardner, Rachel Krall, Anna Light, Rebec
ca Light, Emilee Knauss, Nicole Platt,
Alexis Zackey, and Lindsay Shirk.
Winners of the county club con
test included president, Michelle Camp
bell, Lebanon County Rabbit 4-H Club,
secretary, Ann Leed, Beef Club; and news
reporter, Ann Leed, Lebanon County
Sheep Club.
If you are interested in learning more
about becoming a 4-H member or adult
volunteer, contact Lebanon County Coop
erative Extension at (717) 270-4391.
Cumberland County
Wide 4-H Dairy Club
The Cumberland County Wide 4-H
Dairy Club meeting conducted Oct. 9,
with Vice President Amy Kulick calling
There is a farm in York County,
entirely devoted to cross-breeding
the Chinese chestnut with the
American chestnut to develop a
blight-free tree. At one time one out
of every four trees in our forests
was a chestnut. It’s lumber is com
parable to redwood or oak lumber
and it does not rot. It has a straight
grain and grew to 100 feet.
There will need to be several
more generations of cross breeding
before a blight-free tree is available
for sale. Sportsmen like the tree as
its ample supply of nuts feed deer,
turkey, bear and squirrels. In the
early 1900 s before the blight struck,
railroad cars frill of nuts were
shipped to the big cities. They were
a major cash crop for many fami
lies.
Lately, I’ve been baking a lot of
apple cakes. One was for guests in
our home. One was for a special
apple dessert meeting and another
was for a funeral meal at our
church. I enjoy baking but I am
ready to try another recipe. Maybe,
I’ll dig out my gingerbread cake
recipe from long ago.
the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.
The club welcomed two new
members.
Under old business, Zach Travis
provided a County Council report.
Everyone that went to the state jun
ior show and showmanship contest
described their experience. John
Ocker provided a report on the
leader’s meeting.
Under new business, the club
formed a committee to select a boy
and a girl’s name from the K-Mart
Christmas Giving Tree. Kathy Wal
ton reminded everyone to sign up
for refreshments, demonstrations,
and program suggestions. Then the
club conducted election of new offi
cers. New officers are Zach Travis,
president; vice president, Melissa
Detman; recording secretary, Greg
Hammond; corresponding secre
tary, Aaron Comman; treasurer.
Tori Fuller; news reporter, Janel
Zinn; and Mariah Panyter, game
leaders.
The club included two demon
strations by Janel Zinn and Brian
Nailor. Janel’s was on “Which
Bran Has More Raisins.” Brian’s
was on the Dillsburg Fair. He de
scribed all the events scheduled for
the fair. yy arren County
4-H Members To
State 4-H Horse Show
Nine Warren County 4-H horse
club members will be participating
in the Pennsylvania State 4-H
Horse Show, Oct. 27-29 at the
Farm Show Complex in Harris
burg.
Participants have competed at
the county and an eight-county
northwest district show to earn the
honor of being in the state show,
according to Phyllis Wright, ex
tension agent.
Adrianne Lowe of Bear Lake
and Sugar Grove Ruff Riders will
show her production horse Lil
Miss Madison in 4-year-old Eng
lish pleasure futurity class and
Special Dee Bar’s Sly in stock seat
equitation senior division. She is
the daughter of Rick and Diane
Lowe.
Kahlee Maynard of Cony and
Columbus Wranglers will show a
filly of this year in the paint pro
duction class. She is the daughter
of Shawn and Kim Maynard.
Kelly Portice of Cony Co
lumbus Wranglers Club will show
Hilton’s Mariah in filly of this year
Morgan class and Hilton’s Larissa
Lu in 3-year-old English pleasure
futurity class. She is the daughter
of Ed and Kay Portice.
Patrick Wright of Russell and
Starbrick Stablemates will show
Hilton’s Challenger in raised box
keyhole pointer. He is the son of
Denny Wright of Bear Lake and
Gail Wright of Russell.
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