Area FFA students compete for speaking and parliamentary awards
Seven schools from Chester and Lancaster counties took part in an FFA area public speaking and parliamentary procedure contest at Brownstown Vo-Tech. Garden Spot Grassland Environmental claimed first with Dean Weiler as president and Rick Groff as reporter, coached by Clifford Day. Solanco placed second led by Tom Jackson, followed by Ephrata Cloister, Octorara, and Oxford chapters. The winner advances to the Eastern Region contest at Lehigh Community College in Allentown.
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Lancaster County
Brownstown
Vo-Tech
Chester
Lehigh Community College
Allentown
Garden Spot High School
Grassland Environmental
Solanco
Ephrata High School
Octorara
Oxford
Dean Weiler
Richard Martin
Nelson Eberly
Derrill Nolt
Linford Weaver
Sentinel
Lynn Stoltzfus
J. Alvin Wise
Rick Groff
Clifford Day
William Fredd
Tom Jackson
Tim Smeltz
Lee Landis
Ken Tucker
Merle Ressler
Bruce Kreider
Gordon Herr
Dewey Atkins
Jeff Rutt
Solanco High School
DER Chief pledges lenient stance on farming pollution
Dr. Maurice Goddard, Pennsylvania DER secretary, told about 200 at the Berks County Conservation District dinner that farmers are not major air and water polluters and will not face strict permits. He urged conservation plans by July 1, 1977 and said soil loss targets may settle at three to four tons per acre annually.
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Dick Warner
DER
Department of Environmental Resources
Maurice Goddard
Pennsylvania
Environmental Resources
Lancaster Farming
DEA
Goddard
Berks County Conservation District
New
Berks County Agricultural Center
Bern Township
The Lady Behind Lancaster County's Dairy Herd Reports
Lois Risser of Lancaster County has spent 16 years compiling typing and assembling the Lancaster County DHIA report. Her work explains the steps behind the monthly dairy herd data shown in the publication.
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DHIA
Lois Risser
Lampeter Rd
Lancaster
Lancaster County
Melissa Piper
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Jay
Lois) Risser
Lancaster Farming
Jay Bomgardner Award Winning Livestock Judge
Jay Bomgardner of Annville Lebanon County is a 4-H member with six years of work in livestock. He shows grand champion steers and Hampshire swine at events like the 4-H Round-up Farm Show and Lebanon Fair. He participates in Ellgrove Community Club and Lebanon County Livestock Club and has projects in baby beef swine fattening and broiler production.
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Jay Bomgardner
Jay
Annville
Lebanon County
Ellgrove
Lebanon County Livestock Club
Lebanon Fair
Hampshire
Victor Bomgardner
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FFA
Dolores Nolt
Garden Spot
David Nolan
Owen J. Roberts High School
der Head
Sale Register Farmers Almanac
Adts
Homestead
Sale
Country Corner
York
Lebanon