A4O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 28, 2002
HAPPENINGS
Mainland 4-H
Equestrian Club
The Mainland 4-H Equestrian
Club recently met to discuss up
coming events in 4-H, including
Horse Bowl, a game similar to
Jeopardy, the 4-H Awards Night,
and the club’s new service proj
ect.
Club members will work on
Saturdays at a therapeutic riding
stable called Special Equestrians.
The club staged a “Friday
Night Frolic” in early November.
Members played games in the
gym, and listened to the White
family speak about the new
model horse club, called the Tiny
Trotters. The members then held
a model horse gymkhana.
The Montgomery County 4-H
Equine Awards Night took place
Nov. 16 at the Shriner’s Lu Lu
Center. Every member of 4-H in
Montgomery County recehed an
award listing their points won
from this year’s show season.
Amanda Lea Hoade won the
Versatility Award for her work
with training her own pony to
harness and two donkeys for
ground manners. Abby Hochman
won awards for participating on
the Junior Hippology team and
attending the Agriculture Pro
gress Day Skillathon.
Rough Riders 4-H
Horse Club
The Rough Riders Club will
hold its re-organizational meeting
on Thursday, Jan. 2 at the Zion
United Church of Christ, Winter
Hill Road, New Providence, 7
p.m. Contact Debbie Anspach at
717-786-9324 or Cindy Fairchild
at 717-394-5161 for more inform
ation.
For more information on join
ing the 4-H clubs, contact Katina
Showman, 4-H agent at the Lan
caster County 4-H Office, 1383
Arcadia Road, Room 1, Lancas
ter, PA 17601, phone (717)
394-6851.
Boots And Saddles
4-H Horse Club
The Boots and Saddles Club
has scheduled its re-organiza
tional meeting for 2003 on Fri
day, Feb. 21 at the Farm and
Home Center, 1383 Arcadia
Road. Lancaster at 7:30 p.m.
Contact Rose Fellenbaum at
(717) 664-5521 or Becky Miller at
(717) 569-0792 for more informa
tion.
Have questions about
federal government pro
grams, benefits, and
services? The Federal
Consumer Information
Center will answer your
questions directly or
get you to the person
who can.
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Bi-County Cabbits Club
Hosts First Show
The Northampton County 4-H
and Lehigh County 4-H Rabbit
and Cavy Clubs have joined to
gether and created the Bi-County
Cabbits Rabbit and Cavy Club.
Saturday, Nov. 2 the Bi-Coun
ty Cabbits sponsored its first an
nual Rabbit and Cavy Show,
which took place at the Macungie
Memorial Park in Macungie.
With the show beginning at
nine, rabbits and cavies began to
arrive by the hundreds. There
were approximately 600 entries
in the show.
Participants came from all
across Pennsylvania, and many
other states.
Participants were entered in
the following shows: youth, Hol
land lop specialty, Dutch special
ty, mini rex specialty, mini lop
specialty, and pet class.
4-H members from both clubs
came to help set up on Friday
night, and families got involved
on Saturday to make the show
even more successful.
The judges were Peg Hailey.
Wendy Feaga, Frank Delmastro
and Bonnie Burdick. The show
was a huge success, and they look
forward to a great show next
year.
Slate 4-H Horse Show
Winners In
Northampton County
Northampton County 4-H
horse members received numer
ous awards at the 43rd annual
State 4-H Horse Show.
First place county winners in
4-H performance classes were:
Hunter seat equitation, junior-
Hayley Willever, Pen Argyl;
Hunter under saddle horses, sen
ior-Sarah Whitley, Bangor.
In 4-H horse production class
es, members breed and raise their
own project animal. Local win
ners were; Erica Crump of Beth
lehem, Katelynn Ring of North
ampton, Allyse Van Zee of
Lehighton, Lauren Radvansky of
Schnecksville, Bonnie Gallagher
of Bethlehem, Kathleen Black of
Bethlehem, Emily Maruschak of
Bethlehem, and Katie Marra of
Easton.
BARABOO, Wis. Two
$l,OOO scholarships are award
ed to students currently en
rolled in a short course, voca
tional technical college or a
four-year university degree pro
gram by Accelerated Genetics.
The collegiate scholarship
program is for individuals who
have completed their freshman,
sophomore or junior year and
Two Northampton County
4-H'ers Receive
Leadership Awards
Northampton County 4-H
members. Joel Geiger and Nicole
Kondziela, have been awarded
the national I Dare You Leader
ship Award in recognition of per
sonal integrity, balanced living
and potential for leadership. The
honor was presented by Janice
Martin at their award ceremonies
conducted at Blue Valley Farm
Show Building, Nov. 24.
Cumberland County 4-H
Thanks Club Supporters
The Cumberland County 4-H
club met to write thank you notes
to all the people and businesses
that supported our club in the
past year. Some activities that
were sponsored by people were
the roundup and some contests
that took place throughout the
year.
President Brian Nailor called
the meeting to order at the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church in Car
lisle. Janel Zinn and Abby Haris
led in the Pledge of Allegiance
and Tori Fuller took roll call. A
new member, Kyle Yorlets, was
welcomed into the club. The min
utes were approved as read.
Under old business, Tori Fuller
gave the new list of officers, and
Sarah Wickard and Janel Zinn
reported on the fund raiser at
Tractor Supply Co.
Under new business, the club
moved to donate $2OO to May
nard Long and his family for
medical bills after his horse acci
dent. Members will not be ex
changing gifts again this year,
but will donate toys to the Toys
for Tots program.
Aaron Cornman gave a dem
onstration on BST and how it
works.
Over 150 Exhibitors
Vegetable Production
Education Sessions
Pesticide Applicator Points
Membership to VGANJ
Free Annual Proceedings
Free Vegetable Production
Manual
Tuesday Evening Social
Wednesday Dinner Show with
Prizes & Live Entertainment.
Honoring former Secretary of
Ag Art Brown
Accelerated Genetics Sponsors
Collegiate Scholarship Program
are majoring in dairy, beef or
an agricultural-related area.
The applicant or their parents
must be currently purchasing
semen or products from an au
thorized Accelerated Genetics
representative.
To obtain an application
form, individuals can download
it from the National FFA
Foundation Website at
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Seven of the 10 West Snyder FFA members to earn
their SUN Area Degree attended the SUN Area FFA fall
meeting. Those members included, left to right, Ryan
Royer, Jessica Harper, Shane Kreamer, Amanda Shaffer,
Brad Novinger, Spencer Etzler, and Tyler Miller.
Ten West Snyder Members
Earn SUN Area FFA Degree
Ten West Snyder FFA mem
bers received their Sun Area
FFA Degrees at the SUN Area
FFA Fall Meeting on Nov. 12 at
Middleburg High School.
Receiving their degrees were
Kelly Bedlyon, Spencer Etzler,
Cameron Hackenberg, Jessica
Harper, Shane Kreamer, Tyler
Miller, Brad Novinger, Ryan
Royer, Amanda Shaffer, and
Roger Wilt.
To receive the SUN Area FFA
Degree, members must have:
completed two years of agricul
tural courses and earned or in-
www.ffa.org or by contacting
the National FFA Foundation
at (317) 802-4416 or schol
arship@ffa.org. Applications
are due postmarked by Feb. 15
to: National Scholarship Office,
National FFA Center, P.O. Box
68960, Indianapolis, IN 46268.
This scholarship program is
managed by Accelerated Genet
ics and the National FFA
Foundation./
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One Mission: Student Success
vested at least $5OO from their
SAE program or worked at least
300 hours outside of class in
struction in an SAE program,
participated in a program pres
ented to the public and repre
sented the chapter in activities
above the chapter level.
Also at the meeting, West
Snyder FFA member Hannah
Etzler represented West Snyder
as the SUN Area FFA vice presi
dent. Tiffany Esbenshade served
as the SUN Area FFA reporter.
Jenna Briggs and Derek Fette
rolf opened the meeting as SUN
Area FFA reporter and chaplain,
respectively.