B2o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 6,1982
Since we pass but once through
this life, I’ve always embraced
the philosophy that we should see
and do and learn all that we can
on this one-way excursion.
And that's how I wound up in
the arcade.
An arcade, is home for those
sophisticated bleeping, shirring,
humming video games that have
replaced the old ho-hum pinball
machine as a youthful temp
tation. Heading the pack of
computer game favorites, is
something called '’Pac-Mah.”
1 had often heard of this Pac
Man character, usually tied in
with our children’s laments on
how they were theioiie deprived
kids in this entire country lacking
the faome-cOmputer video games.
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On being
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Joyce Bupp
But I’d never met turn face to
face in fact, ignorant as I was,
I had never played any computer
game.
So when we recently attended
our Holstein convention, with a
videoarcade located prominently
m the hotel lobby, 1 knew 1 had to
grab this chance. After all, aren’t
conventions for learnmg new
ideas?
Besides, how could 1 keep up
with my children if 1 knew
- nothing of what they were talking
about?
The venture turned into a
cooperative one.
Financing came from an
outside interest. A cooperative
bull-stud representative, who
overheard me confess my video
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wish, and tor keel over a quarter.
(1 was to discover later that two
quarters are the norm for this
machine to even come alive.)
Finally, the moment came
when 1 could steal away to ex
plore this arcade. Not wanting to
venture into unknown territory
alone, I invited along another
adult video novice. And on our
way, we rounded up a Holstein
staffer for moral support, which
turned out to be a crack-shot
decision. He was a Pac-Man
expert.
After feeding in our two
quarters my partner financ’d
his own way the TV-type
screen lit up, and at last 1 was
eyeballing this famous Pac-Man.
Cute. He’s a yellow, round,
blob, with a pieshaped triangle
mouth, and runs all over the
screen through a computerized
maze, gobbling up little dots.
Players steer the blob with a sort
of gear-shift lever. And scattered
through the maze are bigger dots,
which, when gobbled by Pac-Man
earn the player points.
One catch. While Pac-Man is
gobbling his way through the
dots, other colored blobs are
chasing him. If they gobble the
yellow blob, before he gobbles
sufficient big dots to keep them at
bay, the player is sunk.
1 was mostly sunk, at least
during the first game when 1 was
soundly clobbered by the op
posmg team.
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With the loan ot a second quarters and financiers to fund
quarter, 1 turned the tables and this tun new experience. Even the
won. And quit. Best to stop while change-making machine ignored
on a winning streak. me
Besides, 1 had run out ot
Potato growers to hold
YORK The York County
Potato Growers will hold their
annual winter meeting on Monday,
March 8 at the Centre
Presbyterian Church in New Park,
starting at 10 a.m.
John Thompson from-
Shrewsbury, president of the York
County Potato Growers, will be
chairman of the session. The
program will be as follows:
10:01) Sura vers and Spray
Coverage Donald Daum,
Agricultural Engmeer-Penn State
University;
10:35 Colorado Potato Beetle
and Their Control Robert Lei by
Lehigh County Extension
Agent;
11:15 Pest Management
Program on- Potatoes Zaue
Srmlowitz Plant Pathologist
Penn State University ,
11:46 —Lunch
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1:00 Discussion on programs;
tor the coming year
1:20 Comments trom Chip;
Company Representatives
1:30 Proper Methods ot Using s
Pydnn for Colorado Beetle Control';
Todd Kemmer Shell
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1.50 - Results pt York County
Potato Variety Plots John T. }
Smith County Agricultural i
Agent i
2:00 Manage tor Potato''
Quality Richard Cole Potato -•
Specialist Penn State University ;
2:30 Panel Discussion on ■
Growing Morctups. Panel Mem- Jjj
bers; William Warner, H. 3 Felton; :
Lemar Neuhaus, R. 2 Stewart-1
stown; R. 3, Felton; Alan Eveler—
R. 2, Felton. Panel Moderatoi
John T. Smith, County Agn. Agent
3:oo—Adjourn
Contact
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