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HAPPENINGS
State 4-H Horse Show
Winners In Dauphin County
Dauphin County 4-H horse
members received eight awards
at the 41st annual State 4-H
Horse Show Oct. 27-29 at the
State Farm Show Complex in
Harrisburg.
County winners in 4-H per
formance classes were Todd
Hoffman, Harrisburg, first in
western pleasure horses, junior
rider, and second in western
grooming and showmanship,
junior division; Amy Klinger,
Dauphin, 10th in saddle seat
pleasure horse; and Ashley Pot
teiger, Halifax, 10th in hunter
under saddle horse, junior rider.
In 4-H horse production class
es, members breed and raise their
own project animal. Local win
ners were Megan Deveney,
Enola, fourth, 2-year-old half
Arabian filly; Evelyn Todd, Eliz
abethville, fifth, yearling/
2-year-old miniature horse;
Owen Todd, Elizabethville, sec
ond, 2-year-old miniature horse
filly; Todd Hoffman, Harrisburg,
fifth, quarterhorse yearling filly.
Two other Dauphin County
horse club members participated
in the state contest. They were
Caitlin Miller, Hummelstown,
and Laura Theurer, Harrisburg.
Luzerne County
State 4-H Horse Show
Winners Announced
Seventeen Luzerne County
4-H horse members received nu
merous awards at the 41st annu
al State 4-H Horse Show.
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County winners in 4-H per
formance classes were Devon
Lewis, Harveys Lake, first in
western grooming and showman
ship, senior, sixth in stock seat
equitation, senior, and 10th in
reining; Alex Shumack, Hunlock
Creek, first in county team;
Becky Watson, Mountaintop,
first in county team; Chelsea An
drews, first in county team; Aly
sia Yenalevitch, Edwardsville.
10th in pleasure horse pairs; Ka
telyn Heller, Hunlock Creek,
10th in pleasure horse pairs and
ninth in stock seat equitation,
junior; Audra Evanick, Wilkes-
Barre, eighth in pole bending
horses and fourth in clover leaf
barrel race horses; Erika Hess,
Drums, seventh in hunter seat
equitation on the flat, junior;
Erin Liss, Dallas, fourth in hunt
er seat equitation on the flat, sen
ior, and 10th in hunter hack
horses; Emily Mendelssohn, Dal
las, first in working hunter po
nies; Amanda Hess, Drums,
fourth in working hunter ponies;
Emily Silverstein, Huntington
Mills, first in pleasure pony driv
ing; Kristin Parsons, Wapwallo
pen, fifth in pleasure horse driv
ing.
In 4-H horse production class-
es, members breed and raise their
own project animal. County win
ners were Jennifer Rinehimer,
Wapwallopen, second in Appa
loosa 2-year-old gelding; Bill
Thomas, Wapwallopen, first in
quarter horse 2-year-oid gelding;
Alex Shumack, first in hunter
type pony yearling gelding/
2-year-old gelding; Kim Calenda,
Larksville, second in hunter type
pony yearling filly; and Jamie
Laubenstein, Harveys Lake, first
in hunter type pony 2-year-old
filly.
Several other Luzerne County
horse club members received rec
ognition in the state contest.
They were Elizabeth Angelella,
Pittston; Lauren Collini, Dallas;
Allison Evans, Wilkes-Barre;
Maria Gubbiotti, Falls; Liz Hell
er, Hunlock Creek; and Sarah
Heller, Hunlock Creek.
State 4-H Horse Show
Winners In Bradford County
Bradford County 4-H horse
members received seven awards
at the 41st annual Pennsylvania
State 4-H Horse Show.
County winners were David
Muzzy from Ulster, a member of
the Champion Chargers 4-H
Club, third in the raised box key
hole class for horses. Holly Rice,
Mansfield, a member of the End
less Mountains H&P Club,
placed sixth in the pleasure pony
driving class (14.2 hands and
under).
Erica Henderson from Towan
da, a member of the Endless
Mountains H&P Club, placed
second in the obstacle trail class
(therapeutic riding division) and
Adam Townsend, of Coming, a
member of Wyalusing H&P Club
placed third. In the walk trot eq
uitation (therapeutic riding divi
sion), Adam Townsend placed
third.
In 4-H horse production class
es, members breed and raised
their own project animal. Allison
O’Krogly from Granville Sum
mit, a member of the Kountry
Kritters 4-H Club, placed second.
Several other county 4-H horse
club members received recogni-
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tion in the state contest. Danielle
Lutz of the Wyalusing H&P
Club from New Albany partici
pated in the Clover Leaf Barrel
Race Ponies (14.2 hands and
under) and Erica Henderson of
Endless Mountains H&P Club
from Towanda in the walk trot
equitation (therapeutic riding di
vision).
State 4-H Horse Show
Winners In Cambria County
Cambria County 4-H horse
members received 13 awards at
the 41st annual State 4-H Horse
Show.
County winners in 4-H per
formance classes were Rebecca
James, sixth place in western
grooming and showmanship,
senior; Michelle Smith, third
place in pole bending ponies;
Michelle Smith, second place,
clover leaf barrel race ponies;
Dana Alexander, third place in
raised box keyhole ponies; Amie
Simanski, sixth saddle seat equi
tation, junior; Kara Miller, first
place, saddle seat equitation, sen
ior; Kara Miller, second place,
saddle seat pleasure ponies;
Amie Simanski, third, saddle
seat pleasure ponies; Kara Sim
anski, fifth place, saddle seat
pleasure horses; and Lisa Wicks,
first place, draft horse driving.
In 4-H horse production class
es, members breed and raise their
own project animal. Local win
ners were Elizabeth Griffith,
fourth place in yearling gelding,
paint division; Jennifer Stossel,
fourth place, 2-year-old gelding,
paint division; and Jesse Sos
song, fourth place, yearling
gelding/2-year-old gelding in the
stock type horse division.
Several other Cambria County
horse club member participated
in the state contest. They were
Krista Sossong, Kristen Cinko,
and Kim Commons.
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FFA
Discover the Power
Danville FFA
A monthly meeting of the
Danville FFA was conducted
Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m. The follow
ing is a summary of the agenda
items discussed.
The state record book contest
was announced for those who
wanted to enter their supervised
agricultural experience books.
The area leadership confer
ence, conducted Friday, Nov. 10,
was reviewed. The club dis
cussed the success and what they
had learned from the conference.
Last, in phi business, the club
agreed to lissist with the' Tri-Ag
Banquet Friday, Nov. 17. This
year there will be farm safety
demonstrations.
On the top of the list of new
business was community service.
The club decided they would be
helping rake the leaves off of the
obstacle course at EOS. EOS is a
therapeutic horse riding stable
that works with the young and
old who are disabled.
One of the final topics on the
agenda was the faculty breakfast
during FFA week for the staff of
the school. A committee was set
up, along with a date.
The last topic was the Aces
conference.
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