A22-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 28, 2003
Youth Demonstrate
Cooperative Skills
(Continued from Page A 1)
One of the cooperatives was se
lected as a winner for best dem
onstrating the innovation, finan
cial sense, and team spirit needed
in running a co-op. That group
was represented by students from
all over the state, and was led by
Lehman Metzler, FFA leader for
the Hans Herr chapter of Lancas
ter County.
Scholars joined in a host of
other activities, including public
speaking, working as a news
team, developing marketing ini
tiatives, and taking tours of local
cooperatives a feed mill and an
electrical utililities co-op.
“We received hands-on expert-
Pennsylvania Ag Secre
tary Dennis Wolff praises
scholars for their commit
ment to teamwork.
Kyle Seyfert, left, tallied the high test score, and Ben
Schack had the high score for first-year scholars.
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ence on what it is like to be both
directors and managers of co
ops.” said Phil Weiler, a partici
pant from the southeast region.
Laura Sheffer was another stu
dent who shared what she and
others gained from the institute.
“One important thing scholars
received from MAAC was inspi
ration to never give up and follow
your dreams,” she said.
Laura Grove and Brian Nailor
were named this year’s winners
of the Jay Irwin Leadership
Award.
Grove was graduated from
Shippensburg High School in
June, and is deferring her enroll
ment at Penn State this fall in
order to serve as the sentinel for
the state FFA. Once at college,
she plans to study ag business
management. She is the daughter
of Jeff and Linda Grove.
Nailor, Mechanicsburg, will be
a senior at Cumberland Valley
High School this fall. Beside the
usual academic work, Nailor
studies culinary arts at Cumber
land-Perry Vo-Tech. His parents
are Dennis and Joanne Nailor.
MAAC and Land O’ lakes Co
operative awarded a total of 14
scholarships and eight alternate
scholarships to outstanding
youth in this year’s program. The
winners will attend the annual
National Institute on Coopera-
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Scholarship winners who will travel to the National Institute on Cooperative Educa
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Scholarship winners included
Wendy Whitman, Stephanie Bee
man, Laura Wirth, Ashley Eyer,
Laura Grove, Becky Detwiler,
Joe Waddell, Kyle Seyfert, Jason
Manross, Amy Gevin, Janelle
Zimmerman, Brian Nailor, Ben
Erb, and Phil Weiler.
Tyler Youngs won the Co-op
Marketing Award for a poster he
designed. The selection was
based on clarity, creativity, and
neatness.
Awards for “Your Viewpoint,”
a competition based on quality of
opinion on a particular topic,
went to Janelle Zimmerman, first
place, and Laura Grove.
Other scholar recognition in
cluded the Walter Z. Loy Award,
which went to Kyle Seyfert, top
test score, and Ben Schack, best
first-year test score.
Dick Poorbaugh, a longtime
leader at the MAAC Summer In
stitute, received a special award
for his years of commitment to
the cause. Poorbaugh has man
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in the program since 1991.
“I do this because I believe in
this program and young people,”
Poorbaugh said in accepting the
award.
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