FFA Banquets
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Greenhand Degrees, presented Paul Bewley, Kathi Ridinger,
to first-year Chapter members by Howard Bunting, Wendy Mc-
Mr. Shelly and Mr. Wood, went Cauley, Tess Morrison, Karin
to; Sandy Meallow, Missy Houser
Straub, Robert Cross, Ray
Lefever. A 1 Lutz, Michael Geiger,
Craig Becker, Craig Tshudy,
Stanley Hoover, Dale Smith,
Ronald Brooks, Donna Anderson,
Joan Lammey, Shirley Am
spacher. Molly Drumm, John
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Among the award winners at Thursday
night’s Solanco FFA banquet were, left to
right: Gary Akers, Star Chapter Farmer;
Frantz, Sherry Groff, Vicki program a drawing was held and
Lefever. Linda Redcay, Elaine (he centerpieces were given to a
Wenger. Mary Ann Wertz, Terri number of the mothers present
Shirk, Kim Waidley, Mary Ann Entertainment was provided
Barner. Bev Fry, Mark Herr, and by the Gardenspotters, a musical
Donna Schmeck. group from the Grassland FFA
Putting their education to use. Chapter in New Holland
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Gordon Herr, Star Greenhand; and
Charles Coates, Star Red Rose Farmer.
Assessment
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where a similar program is
optional to farmers those under
the farm assessment program
have invested more money in
buildings and machinery
meaning he said “the program
must be working and these
farmers expect to remain in
business ”
With agriculture paying a
smaller percentage of the total
lax picture under an agricultural
use assessment program. Dr
Rpp said the burden of taxes
would have to shift to other areas,
but the amount of taxes involved,
he said would be a small per
centage
In Pennsylvania, he said, only
four percent of the tax base is
ignculture Residential com
prise, HI percent commercial 24
percent and industrial 9 percent,
he said
“While (here might be some
lax shift ” Dr Epp said, “it
would be small ”
In Lancaster County, he said,
14 percent of the tax base is in
agricultural land
Peter Norton a research
development specialist at the
Penn Slate told the group that
communities must decide for
themselves if open land is a
valuable ssset to the community.
He said there has been con
siderable talk recently that all
the nation’s food could easily be
produced m the area between the
Mlcghency and Rocky Moun
tains leaving the entire east
coast for development
On the other hand, he said,
people must decide if they want
to create the mechansim to hold
(he best land in agriculture
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