D34—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 21, 1981
Junior ag club
visits northern PA
.EPHRATA - The Junior
Agriculture Club at the Ephrata
Junior High School conducted a
three day wildlife and outdoor
education field trip to Potter and
Tioga counties, March 6-8.
A colored slide presentation of
the trip will be presented for
parents, family and friends at the
Ephrata Junior High School on
March 30 at 7; 30 p.m.
According to Charles Ackley, vo
ag instructor for the Ephrata
school district, the purpose of the
trip was to give the members of the
ag club a chance to gam ex
perience in and appreciation of
northern Pennsylvania
Thirteen of the 31 members of
the ag club earned the trip based
on individual achievement in a
club safety sales campaign to
promote safety in the community.
On Friday the group departed
for the trip in a van pulling a
trailer full of clothes, food and
browse cutting equipment
The first day, members toured
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the wildlife museum at Cherry
Springs State Park and the lumber
museum at Denton.
Saturday was spent cutting
browse, and touring Jay
Foreman’s Dairy and Maple Syrup
Farm A tour of the Pennsylvania
Grand Canyon and a tour of game
land management practices was
given by David Brown, Potter and
Tioga counties game land
manager.
Sunday’s schedule included
touring Ralph Miller’s Store and
the Morns Fish Hatchery.
Members who attended were;
Jay Miller, Ephrata; Jeff Schrupp,
Ephrata, Rob Myrdal, Denver,
Landis Oberholtzer, Ephrata,
Richard Bollinger, Stevens, Phil
Eby, Ephrata, Tom Martin,
Ephrata; Steve Martin, Ephrata,
Clair Weaver, Ephrata; Brian
Leathery, Ephrata, Steve Fox,
Ephrata, Brian Frey, Ephrata,
Ron Lmdberg, Ephrata; and
Charles Ackley, club advisor and
ag teacher.
SAFE!
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Thirteen members of the Ephrata Junior schedule they followed barely left room for
Agriculture Club participated in a three-day lunch,
field trip to northern Pennsylvania. The busy
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