A2B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 3,1981 Oil- 1
school prayer amendment becomes law
Conservation meeting
(Continued from Page Al)
state government leaders
included Representatives
Gibson Armstrong, June
Honaman, Nicholas
Moehlmann, and Noah
Wenger.
Representative Wenger
expressed his appreciation
for the work the local
District is carrying out in
Lancaster County. He
pointed out he received
assistance installing con
servation practices on his
farm in West Cocahco
Township from District
technicians.
Wenger reviewed the past
year’s legislation that
benefited the agricultural
segment of the state.
“It’s been a good year for
agriculture,” he stated,
“with the passing of House
Bill 1608 and 1176 which deal
with family farm in
corporations and inheritance
taxes, respectively.”
“It’s no good preserving
farmland if we can’t
preserve the people who
farm that land, ” he said.
Wenger expressed op
timism for a farmland
preservation bill to be
passed in the coming year,
along with other major ag
related legislation that was
side-tracked in 1980.
Senator Manbeck echoed
Wenger’s sentiments when
he assured the District
Board he will be working
with the county com
missioners and state
representatives for a land
preservation act in 1981
During the business
meeting, the directors ex
pressed concern for the
conservation practice
grass waterways and
their frequent failure in
Lancaster County.
On a recent trip to Carroll
County, Maryland, the
directors recalled how they
saw a waterway protected
from the scouring and
diggmg-out disasters of too
much water through the use
of a holding pond This pond
releases water at a con
trolled rate and allows it to
drain down through the
waterway at a safe speed
Director Everett Kreider
pointed out this may be an
answer to Lancaster
County’s waterway washout
problems
Relating to troubles with
too much runoff, the
directors expressed concern
with the current storm water
management problems
created by inadequate
subdivision and develop
ment plans.
Aaron Stauffer stated
smce the District assumed
Re-elected as chairman and vice-chairman of the
Lancaster County Conservation District Board of
Directors are Aaron Stauffer, Ephrata, left, and
Amos Funk, Millersvilfe.
the inspection respon
sibilities for sediment and
erosion control, the state’s
Department of En
vironmental Resources took
several violation cases in
front of local magistrates.
Unfortunately, Stauffer
pointed out, the track record
for wins is not impressive
He said the only case that
was decided in the District’s
favor was thrown out for
procedural technicalities.
“We’re looking mto taking
on the litigation respon
sibilities on a local basis
too,” Stauffer said “The
image of DER is not too high
with our local magistrates ”
Concern was shown by the
directors when they learned
from an Agricultural
Stabilization and Con
servation Service spokeman
for Lancaster County that it
is expected the 1981 ACP
funds will be 30 to 40 percent
of last year’s allocation.
“We’ve requested $200,000
and have received $60,000 to
date,” he said. “Assuming
the new administration
continues with its plans, that
partial funding may be all
we get Last year Lancaster
County received $160,000 ”
Funk exclaimed farmers
in the county would not put in
conservation practices
without government fun
ding Stauffer agreed with
this statement and added
“the public reaps the benefit
of the farmer’s conservation
investment through the low
cost of food in the US.”
One Lancaster County
farmer who has earned the
recognition of Conservation
Cooperator of the Year has
learned the benefits of in
stalling conservation on his
dairy farm
Robert L Kauffman Jr
was honore with the 33rd
Annual Goodyear Con
servation Award “for out
standing accomplishments
in resource conservation”
Making the presentation was
Richard Green of the
Goodyear Tire Company
On receiving the award,
Kauffman said, “I want to
thank everyone for the
honor It’s because of
people like you who are
involved in conservation that
our lives are better And it
gives our children a chance
to take over the farm.”
WASHINGTON, DC -
“It is a triumph for school
districts across the country
who wish to implement
voluntary school prayer
programs Those who choose
are now free to do so without
fear of interference from the
U.S. Department of
Education,” Congressman
Bob Walker declared
Monday in reaction to his
Lancaster dairyman
Robert Kauffman was
honored as Goodyear
Conservationist for
1980.
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voluntary school prayer
amendment being passed
mto law.
The Walker School Prayer
Amendment was adopted as
part of the Continuing Ap
propriations Resolution
package, one of the last
pieces of legislation ap
proved by Congress prior to
the final adjournment and
signed mto law by the
President.
Specifically, it forbids the
use of federal funds to
prevent the implementation
of voluntary school prayer
and meditation programs in
the public schools It is the
first federal law to be passed
by Congress dealing with the
school prayer issue since the
1962 Supreme Court decision
forbidding prayer exercises
m public schools
“Nationwide opinion polls
indicate the majority of
Americans support the
restoration of prayer in our
public schools And there is a
trend developing among
many states and localities to
permit voluntary school
prayer,” Walker noted.
“By all indications, there
was a need to add a degree of
flexibility to the 1962
Supreme Court decision My
amendment does not
mandate or require that
voluntary school prayer be
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returned to the classroom,
rather it prevents the federal
government from in
terfering with the rights of
states and localities to
determine their own
educational policies,” he
continued
“If states and localities
determine that they want
their school day to include an
opportunity for voluntary
prayer and meditation, we
Huntingdon Holstein
Club to meet
ALEXANDRIA - The
Huntingdon County Holstein
Club will hold its annual,
banquet and meeting
January 17.
The meeting will be held at
the Juniata Valley School in
Alexandria.
The evening's activities
will get underway with a
milk bar at 7 p.m. to be
followed by the annual
dinner at 7.30.
Awards for the year’s top
producers will be made
following the banquet. In
addition, a review of the
year’s events and election of
officers for the 1981 season
will be held.
There will be comments,
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have now assured that
federal bureaucrats will not
interfere.
“Prayer and meditation
have always been an in
tegral part of our American
heritage. It is reassuring to
know that our system of
government is working as it
should to reflect the at
titudes and beliefs of its
citizens,” the 16th District
congressman said
and perhaps even some
pictures by R. Wayne
Harpster, Spruce Creek, of
President Jimmy Carter’s
fishing trips to Spruce Creek
Valley.
Tickets to the event are
available from club direc
tors or from the County
Extension Office.
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