Scene from Christmas Past
Remember those old-fashioned Christmases
of years past.
The gifts beneath the tree are all conceived
and crafted right in the home a doll bed
hand-hewn in the workshop; a homemade sled
whose metal runners were formed from iron
bands torn off a discarded farm wagon; dolls
and stuffed toys sewed by the dancing light of
the fireplace; a tin horn that will help welcome
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the new year; and small wood trinkets, like a
yo-yo or top, carved with a jack-knife and used
as stocking stuffers.
Even the tree ornaments are hand-made
from scraps of cloth and wood:
May this year's holiday season be as warm
and happy as those fond memories of
Christmas past.
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UNIVERSITY PARK - The
Agricultural Area Security Act
was signed into law in June 1981,
and allows local government to
create agricultural areas within
their communities.
Stanford Lembeck, Extension
community housing and planning
specialist at Penn State, says the
act created a preservation tool by
authorizing counties to purchase
development easements.
“Generally speaking, a
development easement is., that
portion of a landowner’s property
which gives him the right to
develop his land for homes, stores,
or factories,” says Lembeck. The
value of the development
easement can be evaluated and •
separated from the value and use
of the land for farm use. Paying a
farmer the market value of his
development rights while keeping
the land available tor agricultural
production may help preserve
farmland.
The act also calls for the local
governing body, county com
missioners, agricultural area
advisory committee, and the
Commonwealth Agricultural
Lands Condemnation Board to
review and approve farmland in
the agricultural areas' proposed to
be taken by condemnation.
Lembeck points out the key
features of the act:
•An "agricultural area” is
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proposed by the owners of 500 c.
more acres of land suitable for
agricultural production.
• Unconnected parcels of land
may be included m an agricultural
area.
• The program is locally based.
The governing body of a township
or borough creates the
"agricultural area” after thorough
evaluation by citizens, the local
planning commission, and a local
agricultural area advisory com
mittee comprised of three active
farmers, one local resident, and a
member of the governing body.
• Once an “agricultural area”
is established, participation in it by
landowners is voluntary.
• Each agricultural area has a
lifetime of seven years, after
which, it is reviewed to see if it
should be continued or be ter
minated.
To benefit landowners who
voluntarily participate in the
program, local governments have
been asked not to enact local laws
or ordinances within the
"agricultural areas” which would
unreasonably restrict farm
structures or farm practices.
Commonwealth agencies are
modifying their administrative
regulations and procedures to
encourage and enhance viable
farming m these agricultural
areas.
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