Bl6—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, November 28,1981 Hazardous dump (Continuedfrom Page BIS) dumping in their community has claimed endless hours and an emotional entanglement for those in the key leadership roles of OUCH and MAD, it has likewise demanded money. Legal fees, hydrological research, and consultants aie expensive, and so the past year has also been one of massive, on-going fund drives. To date, nearly $60,000 has been raised, a large percentage of it banked against the costs of the tightening web of lawsuits woven around the controversy. One grant of $6,000 came from the York County Council of Churches. Another $6,000 was added when the citizens of Green Valley and the surrounding areas gathered a veritable mountain of bottlecaps to win the Allegheny-. Pepsi Bottling Company’s bot tletop collecting campaign. Collecting product proofs of purchase from a variety of con sumer items became another widespread community effort in an endeaver to add more to OUCH’s coffers in a WNOW radio station contest. And then there has been a non stop schedule of dances, raffles, sub-sandwich sales, garage sales, street fairs, and generous donations from private citizens and community organizations. OUCH and MAD are quick in their praise of the continuing support of the community, from individuals, businesses, churches, and community service groups. Their personal committment to stop the dump, as well as con tribute to the fund raising, has completely changed the life of the Michael Lecrone family, R 1 Seven Valleys. *« ,■ ■■■— i ■ I FRANK A. FILLIPPO, INC. -WANTED DISABLED & CRIPPLED COWS, BULLS & STEERS Competitive Prices Paid Slaughtered under government inspection Call: Frank Fillippo - Residence ■ 215-666-0725 Elam Ginder - 717-367-3824 C.L. King - 717-786-7229 Lecrone’s orchard and poultry farm lies directly across the valley from the Sunny Farms- Stabatrol-Waste Management proposed hazardous waste burial hillside. All six members of the family have been caught up in the forefront of the controversy since they discovered, well over a year ago, the proposals for the land adjoining theirs. Because they so strongly support the concept of recycling, Mike and Donna Lecrone have since turned their farm into a recycling center. Large wooden crates are recep tacles for the. community's newspapers, cardboard, bottles, tin and aluminum cans. By their estimates, the Lecrone’s spend nearly 20 hours weekly, all voluntary, toward the recycling efforts, handling about ten tons of recycled materials per week. And every cent goes toward the legal fund to stop the dump. Aided by their children, Catherine 18, Mike, Jr., 17, Rebecca, 15, and Uttle Matthew, 4, the family sorts, stacks, smashes and flattens materials, than hauls them to various area dealers for sale. They also pick up recycling glass and cardboard from some York area companies, and haul that for sale, too. Right now, reckons Mike Lecrone, the price of paper is so low that he’s almost paying for the privilege of knowing its recycled. - “We never stopped to think how much material was buried in landfills until we became involved in this,” he adds. “Since we’re pushing recycling as an alter native to dumping, we felt it necessary to back up our words with actions.” Lecrone has been drawn into another -form of public service since he jumped into the dump tray. He recently won election to the board of supervisors of North Cordorus Township. Both the Lecrones and the Marshes have become active public speakers, sharing' their stones ,- 1 tuucs monthly with a variety of community and church groups, and they express a willingness to discuss the hazar dous waste and recycling problems with any organization. Stacy Marsh and Donna Lecrone both serve on a DER roundtable group, along with representatives from such diverse organizations as the Sierra Club, and the League of Women Voters. And Stacy also is a member on an EPA steering committee on a waste alert program. -Both couples have at tended numerous conferences, workshops and seminars, across the state and in Washington 0.C., during the past several months. Steve and Stacy Marsh, and Mike Lecrone, testified against the confirmation' of state En vironmental Secretary Clifford Jones’appomtment to the board of the Public Utility Commission during hearings in Sept, and Oct. Their arguments were based on the premise that Jones was more apt to lean toward industry and manufacturing needs, rattier than be responsive to citizen input. Mike represented OUCH at the hearings, while Stacy read letters from other citizens into the recorded testimony. Steve Marsh spoke for PURE, Pennsylvanians Umted to Rescue the Environment. As part of their continuing ef forts toward public education on environmental issues, OUCH and MAD now plan to sponsor a student high school essay and elementary grade poster contest on the theme “An Alternative to Dumping.” Reading materials on the waste disposal issue are concurrently I SANTA | SAYS... % I 8 $ I I i % 8 i 1 I “Give A Gift That Lasts All Year Long” A SUBSCRIPTION TO LANCASTER FARMING Will Send A Gift Certificate Announcing the Start of the Gift Subscription PLEASE SEND LANCASTER FARMING TO: (Please complete all blanks in full) NAME ADDRI CITY ZIP GIFT CARD TO READ FROM Wednesday, December 2 Lancaster Society 24 meets at the home of Anita Hess lor a program centered on advent calendars Thursday, Decembers Lancaster Society 15 meets for a Christmas Party at Rhoads Restaurant Friday, December 4 Berks Society 6 meets tor a Christmas Party Snowmobile safety course available LANCASTER Area snowmobilers interested in taking the Pennsylvania Snowmobile Safety Course may enroll for the course, according to Robah G. Hess, who has volunteered to organize the program in this area. This program is geared fur youngsters 10 to 15 years, but all snowmobilers age 16 and over are invited to take the course. The course consists of three being placed m the York County Library System and into the libraries of the county’s public schools. “We’ve learned that hazardous waste disposal' is an ongoing problem, not just one issue limited to our community,” asserts Stacy Marsh. "Maybe we can stir the mind of one young scientist who will someday help find a way to safely reuse today’s toxic materials.” •^M^FSsmiag ONLY $7.50 Per Year or $13.00 FOR TWO YEARS IN PA, NJ, MD, DE, NY. VA & WV. (Other Areas $12.00 Per Year or $20.00 for Two Years) CLIP AND MAIL THIS COUPON TO: UNCASTER FARMING, P.O. BOX 366, LITITZ, PA. 17543 Subscriptions Will Begin With Christmas Issue °W. S. CaCcn Lancaster Society 1 meets with Mary Kurtz to hear speaker Jesse Garman York Society 1 meets tor a Christinas party Lancaster Society 17 meets at the Chestnut Level Church house tor a Christmas .party and covered dish supper Lancaster Society 12 meets tor a Christmas party at Lion's Community Building hour sessions. The safety training program will be held at Southern Lancaster County Farmers Sportsmen’s Association beginning Jan. 7 at 6:30 p.m. There are no charges for the safety course. Snowmobilers and potential snowmobilers may enroll for this safety course by calling 786-2853 or by completing forms available at Wenger Implement, at the Buck, phone, 284-4141. Robah Hess urges area snowmobilers to enroll-now as class size is limited to the first 30 people who apply. ' Youths between the ages of 10 to 16 years of age must have the snowmobile safety certificate before they operate a snowmobile on any land except on land owned or leased by their parents or legal guardians. The three dates the course will be held are January 7,14, and 21, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. COUNTY Saturday, December 5 STATE.
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