Dick Wanner

Reporter and Photographer at Lancaster Farming

Reporter and Photographer at Ephrata Review

Reporter and Photographer at Lititz Record Express

Journalist at Freelance

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Articles

Lancaster County Veterinarian Shares Inspirations From Life and Cows

Jul 16, 2024 | lancasterfarming.com | Dick Wanner

One thing they don’t teach you in veterinary school is how to get kicked by a cow. Turns out there’s a right way and a wrong way. The right way is to be tight up against one of these 1,500-pound milk factories so they can’t take a really good swing. The wrong way is to be 2 or 3 feet away from an annoyed cow, a distance where she can wind up and deliver a good kick with some punch behind it.
Painting to Benefit Lancaster Farmland Trust

May 5, 2024 | lancasterfarming.com | Dick Wanner

LANCASTER, Pa . — On a recent Sunday afternoon, I was one of 36 would-be Rembrandts gathered in the large studio of the Painting with a Twist store on Centerville Road, just outside Lancaster. Each of us sat before a blank canvas mounted on a tabletop easel. We had three brushes each, plus paper plates with dots of acrylic paint, and a big cup of water, which we used to wash our brushes between colors.
Classic Tractor Gallery Annual Review

Jan 29, 2024 | lancasterfarming.com | Dick Wanner

As many of you know, I go to half-a-dozen or more tractor events every year, take random photos of the tractors on display, then leave self-addressed, numbered envelopes on the seats of the tractors I shoot. Each envelope contains a form asking for the year, make and model of the tractor, the story behind the tractor, the owner’s name, town and his or her contact information. I get a good number of those envelopes back in the mail. If I shoot 250 tractors, I’ll get back maybe 25 envelopes.
Kids Pitch In During Horseshoe Competition at PA Farm Show

Jan 20, 2024 | lancasterfarming.com | Dick Wanner

I happened by the Equine Arena during Farm Show week to see Jerry Hoy talking to a small group of people getting ready for the annual horseshoe pitching competition. The contest was off in a corner — and has moved around in the Farm Show Complex from year to year. Hoy wasn’t exactly sure how long horseshoe pitching’s been a part of the largest indoor farm show in the U.S.“But it’s been a good many years,” he said when I approached him to get some background on the event.
'To God Alone the Honor' Celebrates Lancaster County Mennonite Families

Nov 21, 2023 | lancasterfarming.com | Dick Wanner

EPHRATA TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A retired Canadian lawyer with ties to Lancaster County recently spoke about his new book, “To God Alone the Honor,” at the Martindale Fellowship Center. Allan Garber’s 810-page genealogical treasure explores Lancaster County Mennonite families. The book is actually the third edition and builds on research of a book he published in 1985 about his Garber ancestors, who date to 1727.
‘Time of Harvest’ Event Brings Out Rough & Tumble Engine Enthusiasts

Nov 5, 2023 | lancasterfarming.com | Dick Wanner

KINZERS, Pa. — Tyler Morton and Dwight Groff began their Rough and Tumble careers as children. And despite their decades of service to the organization, neither is about to retire his R&T membership card. Groff, 61, a retired dairy farmer, remembers as a 5-year-old accompanying his dad to the Rough and Tumble grounds 12 miles east of Lancaster on Route 30. Morton was also 5 when he first accompanied his dad to the Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Association.
Alarmed by Poll Response [Opinion]

Oct 24, 2023 | lancasterfarming.com | Dick Wanner

Editor:I am dismayed at the response to your Sept. 30 reader poll, where you asked readers for the best ways to deal with farmland trespassers. The choices you offered were signs, fences, locks, cameras and a loaded gun. Of the 2,175 responses to the poll, 72%, or 1,566 Lancaster Farming readers, said the best way is with a loaded gun. These are not the readers I have met, photographed, interviewed and befriended over the last 50 years.
Lancaster Hospice Auction Raises Record $1.1 Million

Sep 13, 2023 | lancasterfarming.com | Dick Wanner

QUARRYVILLE, Pa. — While there wasn’t an official head count at this year’s Hospice & Community Care annual Labor Day auction, it may have rivaled the host town’s official 2,843 residents. And while Lancaster County is well-known for its affinity for auctions, Hospice President Steve Knaub said this one is not your everyday auction. “It’s an event,” Knaub said. Now in its 49th year, the auction draws thousands of people from multiple states. But, in one respect, it is still hyperlocal.
Historic Williams Grove Carousel House Object of Restorative Project

Aug 27, 2023 | lancasterfarming.com | Dick Wanner

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Members of the Williams Grove Historical Steam Engine Association are working on a new fundraising project to restore and save an important piece of history. The Williams Grove Carousel, which was once a cornerstone of the Williams Grove Amusement Park, fell into disrepair after the park closed in 2006. The association purchased the 90-acre park in 2007.
Annual Flower Trials Blossom Once Again at Penn State Extension

Aug 19, 2023 | lancasterfarming.com | Dick Wanner

The most colorful of all Penn State Extension programs is the annual flower trials field day. Held July 27 this year at the university’s Southeast Agriculture Research and Extension Center in Manheim, the array of flowers bursting with color was hard to miss. This year’s trials included 700 annual varieties and 200 perennials. Notably absent was long-time director Sinclair A. Adam Jr., who died April 9. Adam was an Extension educator and the flower trials director for nearly a decade.