Bl2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 31,1980
Washington legislators deal with heavenly topics
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
State lawmakers in
Washington dealt with
heavenly matters this week.
Of concern was sending
things up to heaven and what
was coming back down from
the heavens.
School prayer and acid
rain both occupied the
Congress’s time.
Lancaster County
Congressman Bob Walker
BERWICK The Berwick
Vegetable Cooperative will
host its membership and
area farm leaders on the
occasion of its 27th Annual
Dinner Meeting, June 14,
1980, at the Columbia-
Montour Vo-Tech Schoo l . R 5,
Bloomsburg.
The Cooperative’s guest
speaker of the evening will
Lewisburg vet named
to Ag Department post
LEWISBURG - Max A.
Van Buskirk, Jr., VMD, of
R 5, Lewisburg, Union
County, has been appointed
Director of the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture's
Bureau of Animal Industry,
according to State
Agriculture Secretary
Penrose Hallowell. Van
Buskirk, 48, assumed his
duties ou May 21,1960.
“Max Van Buskirk has an
extensive background in
both agriculture and
veterinary medicine,”
Haliowell said in announcing
the appointment. “I am
pleased that he has accepted
the position. His expertise
and understanding of animal
health problems will be a
great help to our efforts on
behalf of the state’s livestock
and dairy industries. Dr.
Van Buskirk also has a good
understanding of ad
ministrative needs which
will be essential to the
Commonwealth’s animal
health program.”
Dr. Van Buskirk has been
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has written a proposal
which would forbid the
newly form ad U.S. Depart
ment of Education from
using any funds to prevent
voluntary prayer or
meditation in school.
Walker said he intends to
submit his proposal when the
House considers the amount
and size of the 1981
Education budget. That
probably will happen later in
Berwick Vegetable Co-op
sets 27th annual meeting
be Mrs. Ruth Hand, Home
Economist, Schuylkill
County Extension Service.
Hand earned a B.S.
Degree in Home Economics
from Mansfield State
College. She taught a course
in Home Economics in the
High Schools of Schuylkill
County prior to her present
responsibility with the
Extension Service.
a general practioner of
veterinary medicine and
surgery for 24 years. He is
the owner of the Lewisburg
Veterinary Hospital.
Van Buskirk is a past
president of the Penn
sylvania Veterinary Medical
Association and a member of
the American Veterinary
Medical Association. He
served as Area Director for
the American Animal
Hospital Association for
Pennsylvania, Maryland
and Delaware.
He has served as a
member of the Regional
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the summer.
At the same time, the U.S.
Senate passed Maryland's
Jesse Helms, voluntary
school prayer bill, SB 450, by
a vote of 51 to 40.
The legislation has been
sent to the U.S. House where
it will await action by the
House Judiciary Committee.
Walker, joining
Representatives Goodling,
McDade, Murphy, Schuster,
She is a recipient of the
Distinguished Service
Award in 1960 from the
Pennsylvania Department of
Public Instruction and the
Distinguished Service
Award in 1978 from the
National Association of
Extension Home
Economists.
The evening’s activities
Health Planning Agency for
the Susquehanna
Development Authority and
the Kelly Township
Municipal Authority, where
he served six years as
chairman.
He was graduated from
Lewisburg Area High School
m 1949 and studied at
Bucknell University in
Lewisburg. He was
graduated from the
University of Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary
Medicine with a Doctor of
Vetenna.y Medicine degree
in 1956.
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and Yatron, signed
Discharge Petition number 7
which would allow SB 450 to
bypass the in’s and out’s of
the Judiciary Committee
and go directly to the floor
for a final vote.
The Discharge Petition
was filled by Illinois
Representative Phil Crane
and so far has been signed by
about 150 members of the
House.
will begin with registration
at 6 p.m., dinner at 6:30
p.m., and Hand’s address
entitled “The Upbeat At
titude’’at Bp.m.
Berwick Vegetable
Cooperative was founded 27
years ago to provide a
produce marketing service
and a farm supply pur
chasing service to the
vegetable and potato
growers of several counties
surrounding Berwick.
BVC now services
producers in 22 counties of
Northeastern Pennsylvania
and three counties of
Western Pennsylvania.
This annual event attracts
many State Legislatures,
Cooperative Extension
Service dignitaries, and
agri-business leaders of
Northeastern Pennsylvania.
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about 71 more names are
needed to get the total of 218
required.
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parts of Pennsylvania
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the United States and
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delicate grape crops of Erie
County, field crops across
the state, and the sanity of
farm water supplies—an
especially touchy con
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The Task Force is charged
with studying the causes of
acid rain and recommending
steps to remedy its adverse
effects.
Acid ram is the result of
nitrogen and sulfur dioxides
combining in the air with
water molecules to form two
of the most corrosive sub
stances known: nitric and
sulfuric acids.
The legislation will require
the Task Force to come up
with a 10 year plan to
establish a monitoring
network; to develop models
to enable prediction of long
range transport of sub
stances causing acid ram; to
examine the effect of acid
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