Vol. 17 No. 21
Polluters of streams, such as this, are
liable to stiff fines and even jail sentences
Deadline Announced for
Farm and Home Scholarships
One of the objectives of the
Lancaster County Farm and
Home Foundation is to encourage
the higher education of the youth
of Lancaster County. In this
respect the Foundation is an
nouncing the offering of
scholarship awards in 1972 in the
fields of Agriculture and Home
Economics. Depending upon the
financial need and ability of
applicants, a maximum of ten
scholarships may be awarded.
Each scholarship award will be
in the amount of $4OO and may be
used to help defray tuition, fees,
or room and board expenses at
ny accredited college' or
university, which offers a course
of study in Agriculture and-or
Home Economics.
These Farm and Home
Foundation scholarships are
earnings from an irrevocable
Trust Fund set up by the late
Elmer L. Esbenshade, one of the
founders of the Lancaster County
Farm and Home Foundation. The
income from this trust fund will
be offered annually in the form of
Farm Calendar
Monday, April 17
10a.m. Southeast County
Agents’ Association Spring
meeting, Farm and Home
Center.
6:30 p.m. Annual Spring
meeting, Fruit Growers and
Honey Producers, Meadow
Hills Dining House, New
Danville Pike.
Tuesday, April 18
8 p.m. Ephrata Young Far
mers monthly meeting, “Farm
Machinery - Rent vs. Buy”,
agriculture department,
Ephrata Area High School.
Wednesday, April 19
7 p.m. Ephrata Young Far
mers Bowling night, Ephrata
Recreation Lanes.
educational scholarships through
the Farm and Home Foundation.
In addition, funds from the
Foundation treasury are being
used to finance the scholarship
program.
All Senior guidance counselors
throughout the Lancaster County
School District are being in
formed of these scholarships in
order to inform prospective boys
and girls.
The Scholarship committee is
comprised of the following in
dividuals: M. M. Smith, chair-
Grassland FFA, Solanco FFA Top in
Public Speaking-Parliamentary Contests
For the second year in a row,
Garden Spot High School, New
Holland, took first place honors in
the parliamentary procedure
team contest at the annual
Lancaster County FFA public
speaking contest and
parliamentary procedure team
contest.
The contest this year was
hosted by Solanco High School,
QuarryvUle.
The members of the winning
team from Grassland FFA and
the positions they assumed are:
Ray Martin, president; Larry
Ressler, vice president; Wayne
Martin, secretary; Dale Sen
senig, treasurer; Ken Groff,
reporter; Melvin Horst, sentinel;
Ken Mull, chaplain, and Daryl
Sensenig, student advisor.
The second place team was
from the Solanco FFA Chapter.
Members and their positions are;
Wayne Kreider, president;
Randy Clark, vice president; Bill
Krantz, secretary; Bill Hershey,
treasurer; Gary Akers, chaplain;
Dave Bitter, reporter; Charles
Coates, sentinel, and Bob Fite,
student advisor.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 15,1972
under the Pennsylvania Clean Streams
Law.
man; William Counts,
Quarryville RD3; Dr. Robert
Eshleman, Mount Joy RD2; Mrs.
Thomas Erb, Lititz RD3, and
Raymond Stoner, Lancaster.
Interested youth are urged to
contact their Senior guidance
counselor for details and an
application blank. Additional
information is also available
from M. M. Smith, chairman,
1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster,
17601. (394-6851) Application
forms must be forwarded by May
2,197 i
The team placing third was
from Pequea Valley FFA
Chapter. The team consisted of
the following members: Jere
Skiles, president; Tom
Denlinger, vice president; Don
Miller, secretary; Charles Neff,
treasurer; Harry McConville,
reporter; Mike Norris, sentinel;
Carl Caskey, chaplain, and Craig
Frey, student advisor.
Judges for the parliamentary
procedure contest were; Mrs.
Sherman Hill, wife of
Representative Hill; John Myer,
teacher of agriculture, Red Lion
High School, and Ray Bickel,
teacher of agriculture in Lebanon
County.
Winners of the top two
parliamentary procedure teams
will compete in the area contest,
competing with winners from
Chester County, Thursday, April
20, at Brownstown Vo-Tech
School. The top team chosen at
the area contest will then go to
the Regional contest.
In the public speaking contest,
first place winner was Adolph
Bensinger, Solanco FFA,
DA Explains Clean Streams Law
This is the time of the year that
the fanner is preparing his field
for spring planting. . Much
manure and fertilizers are being
used in order to prepare the
ground so that the highest
possible yield per acre might be
obtained.
But sometimes, especially
after a soaking spring rain, some
of the soil preparients might
/ wash away, possibly into a nearby
stream. If this scene is repeated,
pollution could ensue. The whole
thing could happen quite inad
vertently but ah farmers should
be aware that there is a law
which makes them liable for such
pollution and it is being enforced.
The law is the much publicized
Clean Streams Law. It’s a tough
law which, if enforced, can be
quite costly to the person who
violates it But Lancaster County
District Attorney Henry
Rutherford looks at the law a bit
differently. “The Clean Streams
Law is designed to keep our
streams clean. That doesn’t
mean this office is going to go out
and fine everyone who violates it.
but I want everyone to know this
law does have teeth in it,”
Rutherford told Lancaster
Farming.
The law provides a fine of not
less than $lOO nor more than
$l,OOO for each separate offense
for first time violators. For a
second offense, the violator is
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speaking on “Developing
Leadership Qualities.”
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Conservation District
Holds Annual Contest
The Lancaster County Soil and
Water Conservation District held
its annual FFA public speaking
contest and 4-H Conservation
exhibits Thursday night at the
Farm and Home Center.
A 1 Lutz Jr, 1973 Millport Road,
Lancaster, 4-H member, cap
tured first place m the exhibits
with his display of a conservation
farm model.
Second place went to Wayne
Foose, Quarryville RDI, whose
entry was a splash board which
portrayed erosion
Michael L. Martin, Grassland
FFA Chapter, New Holland,
placed first in the FFA public
speaking contest. His speech was
entitled “The Polluting Man.”
Second place winner was Carl
Caskey, Pequea Valley FFA
Chapter. “Our Diminishing
$2.00 Per Year
liable for fines ranging from $lOO
to $5,000.
In addition the violation is now
called a misdemeanor and the
violator could go to jail. In ad
dition he could be fined by the
State Department of En
vironmental Resources.
“Please, though, tell your
readers that this office is not
about to embark on a pollution
witchhunt. Let me explain how
we operate,” Rutherford con
tinued.
' “First, we must receive a
complaint of a violation. We then
investigate the complaint, taking
water samples and other tests
Then, if we feel there is a
violation, we write a letter to the
alleged violator telling him what
we have found and telling him to
cease the polluting. If he does so,
that is the end of the matter. If
after a period of time he has not
done so, then this office will
contact him We will explain the
law to him and urge him to
comply with it Again a
reasonable period of time will be
allowed. If after this time has
passed and our violator still has
not complied with the law, then
we’ll prosecute.”
There is one other procedure
the district Attorney can use.
That is the injunction.
“We can go to court and obtain
an injunction forbidding any
additional pollution If that is
disobeyed, the violator could be
jailed and fined for every day he
continues the violation,” said
Rutherford. “However, for the
most part I believe that this law
is violated out of ignorance or
simply out of lack of awareness.
Most farmers and others have no
intention of polluting our
streams. But the law is there for
the protection of our streams and
we will use it if we have to ”
The Clean Streams Law is a
tough one if enforced strictly All
farmers ought to be aware of its
contents and implications
Forests” was the title he chose
for his presentation.
Judges for the Conservation
exhibits were: Amos H. Funk,
director, Lancaster County Soil
Conservation District; Robert K.
Mowrer, director, Soil Con
servation District, and Frank
Lucas, soil conservationist, U. S.
Department of Agriculture.
Serving as judges for the public
speaking contest were: Robin L.
Moyer, soil conservationist with
the Soil Conservation Service, U.
S. Department of Agriculture;
Kenneth C. Depoe, director,
Lancaster County Soil Con
servation District, and Afton
Schadel, program specialist,
State Soil and Water Com
mission, a branch of the En
vironmental Resources.