Williamsport - Jennifer Nauss of
Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, won "Best of Show" this
past weekend at the 135th PA State Grange Annual Session
Talent Contest.
Jennifer played "New England
Memories" by Gail Kowalchyk, on the piano. Prior to
playing, she dedicated her recital to her cousin Justin
Boose from Perry County, who is in a coma as a result of an
accident and is in Bryn Mawr Rehab Center.
Jennifer competed against 9
other contestants who were finalists at the state level as a
result of winning their regional talent competitions around
the Commonwealth. This was Jen's second "Best of Show"
title, having won for a piano recital in 2004. Miss Nauss
will now go on to the National Grange Convention in Reno,
Nevada to play in its "Evening of Excellence" on November
15, 2007.
Jennifer is the daughter of Anna
May and Brad Nauss of Mechanicsburg and she has a younger
brother, Andrew. Jen is the granddaughter of Fay Snyder of
Camp Hill, whose late husband Luther, was the PA State
Grange Master from 1974 to 1979. She is a 2007 graduate of
Mechanicsburg Area High
School and is now a freshman at
Penn State's main campus in State College where she is
majoring in Communication Sciences and Disorders with a
minor in Special Education. Jen is a member of Valley
Grange #1360 in Lewisberry, York County, where she serves as
their Program Director.
The Grange is a family fraternal
organization dedicated to the betterment of rural America
through community service, education, legislation and
fellowship.
The Grange includes members of
all ages from their Junior Grangers (ages 5-14), Youth
Members (ages 14-35) and Regular Subordinate (Local) members
(age 35 and up). The Grange represents approximately 15,000
rural Pennsylvanians across the state. It is the oldest
agricultural organization of its kind in the United States.
The National Grange (Patrons of Husbandry) began in 1867 and
the PA State Grange was chartered in 1873.
