Page 16—SUSQUEHANNA BULLETIN Ni Last week Gail Bukowski, 11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bukowski,R.D.1, « Mount Joy, won the County +" 4-H cooking championship Dave Becker § Dave Becker relaxes on a red hot tractor After a hard day's work on his Mount Joy area farm, Dave Becker likes to relax by driving his tractor. The tractor Dave drives for fun is powered by two big Ford V-8 engines. It can drag a 25 ton load flat across the ground and its oversized tires are designed to spin at 50 miles per hour. Last week, Dave hauled his modified tractor to Flem- ington , New Jersey to compete in the tractor-pull there. He placed second and third at Flemington. Last week, he placed first in his class at the Buck tractor-pull. The drive train on Dave’s tractor comes from an old Cockshutt. He welded to- gether a new frame for the machine, and added the two Ford engines and an auto- matic transmission. ““I like doing it myself,” says Dave, who is Secretary of thc Southeastern Penn- sylvania Tractor Pulling Association. ‘‘It’'s not like buying a car where you have someone else build it for you." Tractor pulling is an expensive sport. A new set of 30 inch. wide tires costs $1,900. ““That’s why I've got 24 inch tires,’ said Dave. Winners make enough money to cover the cost of hauling their tractors to the track. Losers get nothing. So why is tractor-pulling one of the fastest growing sports in the country? “It's a sport,’’ says Dave. “When you go water skiing or golfing you don’t win much either.” ““The main thing is building it yourself. Then when those wheels get flying, that’s pretty nice too.” Winning a tractor-pull involves a lot of strategy, Dave pointed out. “Weight distribution is very important,”” he said. “You've got to study the track and get your weights right.” ‘‘Some people really get hooked on this,”” Dave observed. He pointed to an old Cockshutt tractor that was sitting behind the tobacco barn. “I'm going to start working on that one this winter,”’ he said. Multiple Sclerosis Soc. plans ‘A Walk for Sue Steinmetz, the Steering Committee Chair- person for the ‘Ride for Independence’ being spon- sored by the Lancaster County Multiple Sclerosis Society, has named the following committee chair- persons: Route, Samuel Harnish, Safety, Gene Miller, Prizes and Key Independence’ People, Taylor Lowry, Re- freshment, Bette Keen and Publicity, Wandla Buhay. The ‘Ride for Indepen- dence’ will be held on Sunday, September 21, with each bicycle rider securing his or her own sponsors. Independence from Multi- ple Sclerosis is hopefully anticipated through more funds for research. with her bar cookies. When * the Bukowskis came to the exhibit after the judging, they found that the judges the cookies of the other contestants, but had eaten all of Gail’s delicious cook- | ies. No wonder, they award- ed her the championship. All the Bukowski’s are t 4-H winners. Michael, 12, won a tractor maintenance | award earlier this year, and last year won a number of had taken little bites out of prizes. Patrick, 8, just won an award for raising rabbits. And Margie, 2, will undoubtedly win her share of 4-H awards in the years to come. The 4-H Club is responsi- ble for the Bukowski’s moving to the country outside Mount Joy. They were living in Brownstown when Michael, then 9, took a chance on a 4-H heifer calf—and won the calf. The Bukowskis decided that winning that calf was a sign that they should move to the country; they began to look for some land. Patrick, Gail, Margie, & Michael Bukowski September 3, 1975 ln a ow The Bukowskis, de fin ite ly a 4-H family hi Darvin and Glena clean up Holstein awards Darvin Rodgers and Glena Darvin J.” Rodgers, Jr., 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Darvin J. Rodgers, Sr., R. D. 1, Marietta, won the award of ‘‘Master Show- man’’ last week at the 4-H South Central Champion- ships in Harrisburg. Darvin won the master award by showing his prize two-year-old Holstein heif- er, ‘‘Valley Pond Arban Glenda,”’ ‘‘Glena’’ for short. He was evaluated on how well he handled Glena and kept her lined up according to the judge’s directions. This was the third award for Darvin and Glena this year. Next month they will be off to compete in the All-American Dairy Show. New flea market opens in Mount Joy; teacher exhibits art (for more about new flea market turn to page J) Tom Hermansader, of Donegal Heights, Mount Joy, displayed some of his paintings at Mount Joy's new flea market last weekend. All Tom’s work is in watercolors or oils. His landscapes and portraits are # carefully and realistically drawn. The artist is also a teacher at Columbia High School. He has attended the Pennsylvania Academy of | Fine Arts in Philadelphia, | Baum Art School in Allen- town, and Kutztown State College. Tom Hermansader at flea market ter kn of sui att in da the pre gre fro Sci
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