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From left: Kevin Richard, (WLC) staff member and for
mer Oregon State FFA secretary; Rhonda Hook and Penny
Spangler, Mifflinburg FFA members attending conference.
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MIFFLINBURG (Snyder Co.)
Rhonda Hook and Penny
Spangler of the Miflllnburg FFA
Chapter recently attended the
2002 Washington Leadership
Conference (WLC) in Washing
ton, D.C.
Rhonda is the daughter of
Steve and Wanda Hook of RR
Middleburg and is presently serv
ing as the president of the Mif
flinburg FFA Chapter. Penny is
the daughter of Lee and Kathy
Spangler of RR Mifflinburg and
is the assistant vice president for
the chapter. Both are active in
the FFA and will be showing live
stock at the upcoming Union
County West End Fair.
The week-long interactive pro
gram helps FFA members build
their leadership skills and self
confidence while preparing for
roles in their chapters, commu
nities and future careers. They
attended workshop sessions on
persuasive communication, char
acter leadership and building re-
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 10, 2002-813
lationships, and participated in
discussions on citizenship.
“We live in an increasingly
competitive world,” says Dr.
Larry Case, National FFA advi
sor and coordinator, agricultural
and rural education with the U.S.
Department of Education. ‘To
morrow’s leaders must develop
skills in these areas to effectively
compete. Every student leaves
WLC with an advantage, because
it gives those young people cut
ting-edge leadership skills and
At the Hatfield Fore FFA Golf Tournament and
Auction, Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Co. purchased the
lamb for the third year in a row. Pictured with repre
sentatives of the company, from left, are Bob Lauf
fer, ag teacher at Garden Spot H.S.; and Tom Walsh,
bidder for Lancaster Leaf. At the halter is Sarah Nolt,
Grassland FFA chapter officer, who will exhibit the
iamb at the Denver, Ephrata and New Holland fairs.
When she sells the lamb at New Holland half of the
proceeds will go to the RD Herr Scholarship fund for
a deserving Garden Spot senior who has shown live
stock during their FFA career and/or will be majoring
in animal science or agricultural education after high
school.
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Students also increased their
understanding of the nation’s
heritage with visits to Mount
Vernon, Arlington National
Cemetery, the Jefferson, Lincoln
and Roosevelt Memorials and
other historic sights in Washing
ton, D.C.
The conference is an activity of
the National FFA Organization
in cooperation with the U.S. De
partment of Education.
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Good
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