FFA Members Go For The Gold
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.) Competing for gold, silver
and bronze medals, more than 1300 Pennsylvania FFA members par
ticipated in FFA Activities Week at Penn State University in June.
In addition to their gold medals, many top individual winners and
the first place team winners also received monetary awards to com
pete at the National FFA Convention in Louisville, Ky., in October.
Other high placing individuals and second place team members
won trips to the Eastern States Exhibition (The Big E) in Springfield,
Mass., in September.
The Career Development Events (CDE) included Dairy Foods,
Dairy Cattle Judging, Poultry Evaluation, Meats Judging, Livestock
Judging, Wildlife, Speaking contests. Floriculture, Horse Evaluations,
Agriculture Mechanics, Forestry, and more.
In alphabetical order, the following IS chapters won gold chapter
awards and were recommended to go to the National FFA Conven
tion in Louisville: Big Spring, Cumberland Co.; Brothersvalley, Som
erset Co.; Cedar Crest, Lebanon Co.; Conococheague-James Buchan
an, Franklin Co.; Cumberland Valley, Cumberland Co.; Grassland
(Garden Spot H.S.), Lancaster Co.; Hans Herr (Lancaster Mennonite
H.S.), Lancaster Co.; Manheim, Lancaster Co.; Manor (Penn Manor
H.S.), Lancaster Co.; Middleburg, Snyder Co.; Selinsgrove, Snyder
Co.; Spud Growers (Coudersport Area H.S.), Potter Co.; Twin Valley,
Berks Co.; and West'Snyder, Snyder Co.
First place individual in
Public Speaking - Junior
CDE: Janelle Zimmerman,
Cedar Crest High School.
First place individual in
Small Gas Engines CDE:
Jarin Smoker, Pequea Val
ley High School.
First place individual in
Public Speaking - Conser
vation: Brandon Stotz, Con
rad Weiser Area High
School.
Second place team in Nursery/Landscape: Columbia
Montour AVTS: From left, Scott Kramer, Mike Jones, John
Zagnola, Derek Lupini, Andrew Stank, and Grace Feola.
First place individual in
Public Speaking - Extempo
raneous CDE: David Neag
ley, Upper Dauphin Area
High School.
First place individual in
Tractor Driving CDE: An
drew Stein, Red Lion Senior
High School.
First place individual in
Public Speaking - Senior
Prepared: Margeaux Firo
stine, Conrad Weiser Area
High School.
First place individual ii
Public Speaking - Creed:
Kathy Zimmerman, Cloister
FFA, Ephrata High School.
First place individual win
ners received plaque and
$350 for National FFA Con
vention.
First place individual in
Poultry Judging: Alexandra
Lauffer, Garden Spot High
School.
Daren Wood, above, from
Conrad Weiser Area High
School, won first place in
the Botany-Junior Division
of the FFA Agriscience Fair
CDE.
Amanda Babble, above,
from Union Area Junior-
Sesnior School, placed first
in the Engineering-Senior
Division of the Agriscience
Fair.
Kristin Bondi, above,
from the Twin Valley High
School, was the first place
winner in the Zoology-Jun
ior Division of the Agrisci
ence Fair.
Top three place winners in the Wildlife CDE: From left:
Keith Lutz, Conrad Weiser High School, first; Eric
Mcßride, Clearfield Area High School, second; Margaret
Tully, Twin Valley High School, third.
First place team in Nursery/Landscape CDE: Walter
Biddle Saul High School, Philadelphia: From left, Justin
Miller, Elizabeth Vecchione, and Samantha Johnson.
Second place team in Poultry Judging: Penn Manor
High School: From left, Kristy Garrett, Corey Hess, Mike
Dyer, and Bobby Breach.
First place team in Poultry Judging: Garden Spot High
School: From left, Alexandra Lauffer, Joshua Wenger,
Kevin Brendle, and Adam Holt.
Top three winners in Meats Evaluation and Technology
CDE: From left: Nathan Christman, Oley Valley High
School, first; Scott Gingrich, Penn Manor High School,
second; and Jenna Bleacher, Penn Manor High School,
third.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 13, 2002-813
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