814-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 20, 2002 Hans Herr FFA Chapter Hosts County Competitions Winners in the senior prepared speech category of the County FFA Speaking Competition are, from left, Sheila Weaver, Grassland FFA, second place; Debra Young, So lanco FFA, first place; and Michael Hess, Hans Herr FFA, third place. Photo by Carol Stark, Ephrata Review PennAg Industries Plans Annual Golf Tournament HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Golfers will have a chance again this year to participate in PennAg Industries Association’s annual Divots for Degrees Golf Tournament. Since 1991, the PennAg Schol arship Fund has awarded 110 scholarships totaling $67,500 by raising money through this annu al event. Approximately 20 scholarships are awarded each year to high school seniors and college stu dents. This year, two high school seniors will receive $l,OOO schol arships with the remaining stu dents each being awarded $5OO scholarships. The 13th annual Divots for Degrees is planned for Tuesday, May 21 at Foxchase Golf Club in Stevens beginning with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. Individual golfers can participate for $75 or a four some can play for $275. On the day of the event, sign-in begins at 11 a.m. and a picnic lunch will be served at noon. After the afternoon of golf, an evening reception will begin at 5:30 p.m. with dinner and prizes at 6 p.m. The event will be con ducted rain or shine. Chambersburg Ag Advisory Council Elects Officers CHAMBERSBURG (Franklin Co.) The Chambersburg Agri cultural Education Department Advisory Council recently met to discuss goals and elect officers. Donna Hays, environmental education coordinator with the Franklin County Conservation District, was elected president. Vice president is Chris Snavely, owner of Snavely’s Garden Cor ner, Inc. and Dwight Mickey, co owner of Shatzer’s Orchard, is secretary. The scholarships are awarded to the children of employees working within the agricultural industry. Each scholarship is for one year, but students may reap ply every year they are attending school. Numerous multiple win ners have been awarded schol arships throughout their entire college career. PennAg receives over 50 applicants each year and would like to increase the num ber of scholarships which can be awarded. The success of the Div ots for Degrees event has a bear ing on how many scholarships and how much money can be awarded from year to year. Many agricultural companies provide financial support for the event by sponsoring golf holes, greens fees and various other items. It is because of the gener osity of the sponsors that all the money raised is able to go direct ly into the PennAg Scholarship Fund. Numerous sponsor ship opportunities are available and can be obtained by calling Sam Sherk, executive vice presi dent of PennAg Industries Asso ciation, at (717) 651-5920. Pre registration for golfers also can be made by contacting Mr. Sherk. There are 12 members of the Agricultural Advisory Council which is required by State and Federal governments for schools receiving funding for agricultural students. Also, many grants available to agricultural pro grams require approval by the program’s advisory council. The Advisory Council also of fers direction, curriculum ideas, resources and support to the local program. This council will be es tablishing goals and continue to be a work in progress. CAROL STARK Special To Lancaster Farming LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) Lancaster Mennonite High School (LMHS) looked as though it had a new dress code recently when many students were seen in blue coats, FFA emblems, ties, white shirts or blouses with the girls in black skirts. The look took the eye of the other students as they passed by. FFA youth from across the county had come to LMHS for the county FFA competition, which entailed the public speak ing, parliamentary procedure, and agriculture issues forum for FFA students to compete on the county level. LMHS’s Hans Herr FFA chapter has hosted the event for the last several years and in cluded participants from Eliza bethtown Area High School, Ephrata Area High School’s Cloister FFA, Garden Spot High School Grassland FFA, Lampeter-Strasburg High School’s FFA, Manheim FFA, and Solanco High School’s FFA. The FFA members were there to win one of the three top levels as they work their way hopeful ly to the state competition. Contestants in the creed cat- Top winners in the creed category of the county FFA speaking competition are, from left, Kathy Zimmerman, Ephrata Cloister FFA, second place; Alexandra Lauffer, Garden Spot Grassland FFA, first place; and Kayla Bal lard, Elizabethtown FFA, third place. Photo by Carol Stark, Ephrata Review We Salute the Cedar Crest FFA In Speaking Contest Members of the Cedar Crest FFA Chapter competed recently in the Lebanon County FFA pub lic speaking contests. In the senior prepared contest, members must give a six- to eight-minute speech about any agricultural topic. Joel Krall placed second and Sarah Krall placed first with her speech about the benefits of soy products. Conservation public speaking requires members to give a six- to eight-minute speech about con serving our natural resources. Amber Frank placed third. Heather Hawkins placed second, and Beth Kreider placed first while speaking about the dangers of organically produced crops. In the junior prepared contest, first year FFA members give a four- to six-minute speech about any agricultural topic. Janelle Zimmerman placed second and Jessica Rose placed first, inform - egory memorized the The Creed written by E. M. Tiffany and adopted at the third National Convention of FFA. It was re vised at the 38th Convention and the 63rd Convention. Here, FFA members recited the creed and had to answer questions derived from the creed from the panel of judges to see if the students un derstood what they were reciting. Questions included: what is the future of agriculture? and what are progressive agriculturists? Alexandra Lauffer of Grass land FFA came in first in the creed event. Kathy Zimmerman of Cloister FFA came in second and Kayla Ballard of Eliza bethtown FFA came in third. In the conservation speech cat egory, students could choose any topic related to conservation. Some of the choices were soil, water, and wildlife issues, and this speech was to be six to eight minutes on these issues. First place went to Kari Mar tin of the Cloister FFA, second place to Josh Wenger of Grass land FFA, and third place went to Holly Hoover of the Cloister FFA. Extemporaneous speeches were a little harder as each con testant was given a topic at the event and had 30 minutes to pre pare a four- to six- minute speech. ing the audience about the dan gers of silo gases. The creed contest has first-year members recite the FFA Creed. Mark Balmer placed third, Kevin Kreider placed second, and Heather Balsbaugh won the con test. Members competing in the ex temporaneous contest draw a topic and then have 30 minutes to prepare a four- to six-minute speech. Travis Krall placed fifth and Jeremy Balsbaugh placed second. The final event was the parlia mentary procedure contest. An officer team has 20 minutes to conduct a regular business meet ing while using at least six differ ent parliamentary motions. The Cedar Crest team consisting of Kyle Seyfert, Jeremy Balsbaugh, Heather Balsbaugh, Kevin Kreid er, Tara Miller, Janelle Zimmer man, Mark Balmer, Travis Krall, Samantha Shepler, and Becky Eisenhauer placed second. First place went to Andrew Herr of Manor FFA, second place to John Henson of Grass land FFA, and third place to Katie Sollenberger of Cloister FFA. In the senior prepared speech event, FFA members were free to select any topic which touched on any agricultural concern. These speeches were six to eight minutes long. Debra Young from the Solanco FFA was first place in this event, Sheila Weaver of Grassland FFA placed second, and third place from Hans Herr FFA was Mi chael Hess. The final category in the Lan caster County FFA competition was the junior prepared speech, which included freshman FFA members. Grassland placed first with Mandy Good, Heather McCor mack of Garden Spot FFA took second, and Megan Rish of So lanco FFA came in third. FFA , makes itmm/ m Ke&L. - Penn Manor FFA Plans Horse Show The Penn Manor FFA organi zation is making plans for the ninth annual Manor FFA Benefit Horse Show on June 2 at the Co lumbia Riding Club. They are inviting individuals and businesses in the community to sponsor a class or contribute to this event. Money earned from the horse show goes toward petting zoos, National FFA Week, the Food For America Program, Ag in the Classroom, and other programs. For more information, contact Lyddy Becker at (717) 464-9382 (evenings); or Carole Fay at (717) 872-9520, ext. 1593, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Big Spring FFA Junior Officers The Big Spring FFA chapter recently chose junior officers. They are: Jerry Kreiser, junior president; Tori Fuller, junior vice president; Megan Kutz, junior secretary; Cheyanne Dyarman, junior treasurer; Jenny Zinn, jun ior news reporter; Ashley Dun can, junior historian; Nate Mer kel, junior sentinel; Terry Glover, junior chaplain; and Greg Crum, junior adviser. As a junior officer, they follow the chapter officer to better un derstand the position of a chapter officer. School District Employees In Cedar Crest FFA Contest The Cedar Crest FFA con ducted their annual quiz contest to celebrate National FFA Week 2002. This contest was open to all Cornwall-Lebanon School Dis trict employees. To participate, employees had to answer 10 mul tiple choice questions about the FFA within one week. Many employees tied for first and a drawing was held to de termine first, second and third place prizes. Winners were: Jo Hopwood, first place; a $3O gift certificate to Hoss’s Steak and Seahouse; Rita Hollinger, second place, an FFA collector’s tractor; Sue Arnold, third place, an FFA T-shirt.
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