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Ott’s Exotic Plants near Schwenskville is home to the “Mountain of Mums” in fall and
the “Mountain of Pansies” in spring. Read more about the eye-catching display in this
issue of Lancaster Farming’s Grower & Marketer. Photo by Andy Andrews, editor
Brothersvalley FFA Takes Top Honors
SANDRA LEPLEY
Somerset Co. Correspondent
BERLIN (Somerset Co.)
The Berlin Brothersvalley FFA
in southern Somerset County
earned top honors at the State
Farm Show recently.
The demonstration and safety
teams won first place overall.
Keystone Essay Kontest winner
was Stephanie Hartman of Ber
lin’s FFA.
“This is an amazing group of
students who are dedicated and
well rounded,’’ said Michael
Clark, a first-year agricultural
teacher who has taken over for
veteran teacher Doyle Paul this
year. “The honors ht the Farm
Show made all the effort
worthwhile.”
The demonstration team won first place at the state competition in Harrisburg re
cently with their presentation, “Life-Saving Knowledge,” which included five different
CPR procedures. Michael Clark, far left, is FFA adviser. Team members are Jenny
Fisher, Rebekah Fox, and Stephanie Hartman. David Bittner, the chapter president and
a member of the demonstration team, is absent from photo.
Photo by Sandra Lepley, Somerset Co. correspondent
www.lancasterfarming.com
The demonstration team,
with members David Bittner,
Stephanie Hartman, Rebekah
Fox, and Jenny Fisher, traveled
to the Farm Show on Jan. 7 to
compete in the state contest with
their presentation, entitled
“Life-Saving Knowledge,”
which included five different
CPR procedures.
Stephanie Hartman, also the
Keystone Essay Kontest finalist,
was also a member of the first
place demonstration team. She
explained that her team went
through 10 different practices,
working sometimes until after
10 p.m. school nights.
“It paid off,” said Hartman, a
senior. “We received very high
comments from Mr. Clark and
Five Sections
irom many spectators. We really
wanted win for Mr. Clark. Being
a first-year teacher, he had to
jump into Mr. Paul’s shoes. No
one will ever replace Mr. Paul,
but Mr. Clark has really been
supportive and he’s turned a lot
of students around.”
Hartman also won the Key
stone Essay Kontest. In 1999,
the state officer team introduced
the Kontest as a way for Key
stone Degree honorees to ex
press in writing what earning a
Keystone Degree means to
them.
Michael S. Brammer, Penn
sylvania FFA executive mana
ger, wrote Hartman a letter
concerning her essay. A part of
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Saturday, January 26, 2002
Holstein Association Plans
To Host 6 New Jersey And You 9
At National Convention
National Holstein Convention organizers who met last
Saturday included, from left, Joe Valen, Judy Bagge,
Connie Andrews, and Richard Byma.
Photo by Andy Andrews, editor
RINGOES, N.J. Plans ai c
well under way tor the New
Jersey Holstein-Friesian Asso
ciation (NJH-FA) to host the
national convention in Atlantic
City this summer.
The national convention is
scheduled Sunday, June 23-
Thursday, June 27 at the Taj
Mahal Hotel and Casino.
“We’re at full steam in all of
our efforts and things arc going
very well for us,” said national
convention chairman Joe
Valen, Princeton, N.J.
Valen provided updates
from all planning committee
activities last Saturday at the
NJH-FA meeting attended by
more than 50 members, fami
2003 Pa. Farm Show
Expands To Eight Days
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) On Wednesday, Gov.
Mark Schweiker announced
that the Pennsylvania Farm
Show Commission has extended
the Farm Show schedule for
January 2003.
Schweiker announced next
year’s Pennsylvania Farm Show
will be Jan. 11-18, running for
eight days instead of six. He said
the commission’s decision to
extend the Farm Show by two
days was largely driven by the
anticipated completion of the
$76 million renovation and ex
pansion project at the Farm
Show Complex.
Schweiker participated in the
historic groundbreaking Sept.
27, 2001, putting in motion the
largest construction allocation
ever made to Pennsylvania’s ag
riculture.
“During the past seven years,
we’ve worked hard to provide a
21st century infrastructure and
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lies, and tnends at the Amvvcll
Valley Fire House in Ringocs,
N.J.
Said Valen, “The National
Holstein Convention will pro
vide a unique opportunity for
agribusiness representatives to
gather with Holstein breeders
from around the country in At
lantic City. More than 3,000
are expected to attend this ex
citing event.”
The host association, based
in Belvidere, N.J., has picked
the theme, “New Jersey and
You in 2002,” adopted from
the state’s popular tourist
slogan, to emphasize the im
portance of N.J. to the U.S.
food-producing industry.
The national convention will
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showcase for Pennsylvania agri
culture,” Schweiker said. “New
construction at the Farm Show
Complex is leading the way in
accomplishing this goal. The
new Expo Center will create ad
ditional and greatly needed
space for Pennsylvania farmers
and agribusinesses to market
even more of their products to
even more customers.”
Agriculture Secretary Sam
Hayes said the refurbished Farm
Show Complex will be the larg
est “under roof’ facility of its
kind in the country. When com
pleted, total exhibit space will
increase from 660,000 to more
than one million square feet.
The Farm Show Main Exhibit
Hall is the largest existing venue
in the complex with 145,000
square feet of exhibit space. The
new Exposition Hall will more
than double the main exhibit
area by adding 175,000 square
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