814-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 16, 2002
n4-H
HAPPENINGS
Berks County 4-H
Livestock Roundup
Members of the Berks County
4-H livestock clubs participated
in their annual roundup Sept. 27
at the new Reading Fairgrounds.
There were a total of 114 head of
livestock sold. Over 100 buyers
registered to support the 4-H’ers
in the sale of their animals. The
following is a list of the champion
and reserve market projects and
their buyers:
Champion market goat: Jacob
Masemore, Barto.
Reserve champion market
goat: Carrie Hartman, Bernville.
Champion market steer: Kristy
Dietrich, Hamburg.
Reserve market steer: Emilie
Miller, Womelsdorf.
Kristy Dietrich, Hamburg, is shown above with her
Berks County 4-H market steer champion and buyers,
Greg Luckenbill, left, and Dale Wenger, center, of Shart
lesville Farm Service.
Gwen Switzer, Womelsdorf, poses with her Berks
County 4-H champion dairy beef champion and buyer Carl
Brown of F. M. Brown’s Sons, Inc.
I Samantha Rabenold, above left, is shown with her
■ Berks CpMnty 4*H champion market hog and the buyer,
1 Terry Hartman. , ,
Champion dairy beef: Gwen
Switzer, Womelsdorf.
Reserve champion dairy beef:
Gail Switzer, Womelsdorf.
Champion market lamb: Emi
lie Miller, Womelsdorf.
Reserve champion market
lamb: Shelby Rarick, Fleetwood.
Champion market hog: Sa
mantha Rabenold, Kutztown.
Reserve champion market hog:
Amber Shollenberger, Mohrsville.
The Berks County 4-H live
stock clubs will end their year on
Nov. 2, 7 p.m. at the Kutztown
Grange, with a dinner for mem
bers, families, friends and 4-H
supporters featuring 4-H pork,
lamb and beef.
Emilie Miller, Womelsdorf, is pictured above with her
Berks County 4-H champion market lamb purchased by
Ted Bower, left, representing First Union Bank.
Jacob Masemore, Barto, is shown, above right, with his
Berks County champion market goat and its buyers from
the Lebanon Valley Farmers/Fulton Bank, Great Valley di
vision Travis Weriey, left, and Mike Flrestine, center.
Delaware County 4-H
Archery Club To Reorganize
The Delaware County 4-H Ar
chery Club will be reorganizing
for the new year Monday, Nov. 4
from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Middle
town Archery, 127 Barren Road,
Media, Pa. New members are
welcome.
- New members are required to
first take one private lesson ($l5)
at Middletown, by appointment,
before joining. This is to learn
basic safety and skills and to in
sure that they enjoy the sport.
New and veteran 4-H members
can look forward to participating
in the southeast region 4-H
Shooting Sports tournament in
the spring, where there is a cat
egory for every age group. Each
participant receives a medal and
has a chance to compete with
4-H members from all over
southeastern Pennsylvania.
According to Helaine Brown,
extension agent, meetings will be
conducted Mondays from 5:30 to
6:30 p.m., November through
May, at Middletown' Archery.
The cost of each meeting will be
$7 to cover the cost of the profes
sional instruction and the use of
the equipment and facilities. En
rollment is limited for maximum
educational benefit and a parent
must accompany a child to the
first meeting.
Adams County 4-H
Cookie Sale
The Adams County 4-H Cook
ie Sale will officially begin
Wednesday, Oct. 23 when 367
cases of cookies will be delivered
and distributed to 12 participat
ing 4-H Clubs throughout Adams
County. The eight varieties avail
able are: Mint Creme Patties,
Iced Oatmeal, Fudge Graham,
Lemon Crisps, Short Bread,
Chocolate Peanut Butter Patties,
Chocolate Chip Sandwich, and
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Outstanding Seniors Selected
In York County FFA Clubs
Outstanding members from
each of the York County FFA
chapters have been chosen and
will be completing applications to
receive the Keystone degree
which is awarded by the state
FFA organization this fall.
The first and second place sen
ior members of each chapter was
selected by a committee consis
ting of Mrs. Pat Deibert of the
Lincoln Intermediate Unit; Ed
Heindel, York County office of
Farm Credit Services; and Terry
Lehr, representing the York Fair.
Chosen the overall county
award winner was Kelly Jo Ban
ker!, daughter of Wayne and Sue
Banker!, Red Lion. She is mem
ber of the Red Lion Area FFA
and has had projects in sheep
breeding, sheep finishing, capons,
on-farm work experience and off
farm work experience.
First place winners of the other
county chapters were: Dover
FFA Kelly Resh, daughter of
Shane and Susan Resh, Dover;
White Rose chapter at the York
County School of Technology
Wanda Witman, daughter of
Charles and Wanda Witman,
York.
Lancaster Mennonite FFA
Members Compete At ‘Big E’
Four members of the Lancaster
Mennonite School FFA went to
Springfield, Mass, recently to
compete in the Ag Business Ca
reer Development Event against
nine other states at the “Big E,”
also known as the Eastern States
Exposition. The team placed
third overall with Ohio and Mar
yland taking first and second.
The LMS team members were
Kyle Hershey, son of Cliff and
Mary Lou Hershey, Mountville;
Jason Landis, son of Richard and
Becky Landis, Manheim; Weston
Shertzer, son of Nelson and Kim
Shertzer, Washington Boro; and
Matthew Weaver, son of Jeffrey
and Louann Weaver, Mount Joy.
Individually, Hershey placed sec
ond and Shertzer fifth.
Chris Ochs and Lem Metzler
serve as the school’s FFA advis
ers.
Coconut Sandwich. The cost is
$3.00 per pack.
The 367 cases converts to al
most 4,400 packs of cookies. The
sale committee is Dave Jeffcoat,
chairman, Littlestown; Gale
Dubbs, Gettysburg; and Ellen
Black, Biglerville.
The sale will be completed by
November. Funds raised from the
4-H cookie campaign benefit the
Adams County 4-H program.