tame Commission receives honor for hunter ed. program
HARRISBURG - The Penn
sylvania Game Commission has
again been recognized for having
one of die best banter education
programs in the nation.
Each year the. International
Association of Fish and Wildlife
Agencies evaluates hunter
education programs in terms of
student and instructor training,
training aid, program develop
ment and promotion.
For 1982, the Pennsylvania
program was designated AAA, the
highest that can be achieved in the
lAFWA ratings. The program also
earned the Award of Merit cer
tificate.
Nearly one million persons have
been trained in Pennsylvania since
the Game Commission
inaugurated its program. About
150,000 Pennsylvania students
completed the hunter education
«urse on a voluntary basis prior to
>9, when it became mandatory
for all firsttime hunters, under. 16,
to complete a hunter education
course before being eligible to
purchase a license.
Today, each first-time hunter,
regardless of age, must complete a
hunter education coarse before
purchasing his or her initial
hunting license.
Results of the program can be
clearly seen when reviewing 1962
safety records. Preliminary
hunting accident figures indicate
only nine fatalities were recorded.
According to Game Commission
Hunter Education Coordinator Jim
Filkosky, last year’s total was toe
second lowest ever reported. Just
seven were recorded in 1960.
Of the nine most serious ac
cidents last year, one involved
woodchuck hunting, me occurred
in regular small game season, five
happened in regular deer season,
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one was recorded in flintlock deer
season, and the last took place
during toe late small game season.
Four fatal injuries were self
inflicted, and in each instance, the
firearm apparently discharged
accidentally.
“Of the remaining five fatalitites,
two took place when a firearm
discharged accidentally, two in
volved persons mistaken for game,
and the final mishap occurred with
the victim in line of fire between
hunter and deer.
According to Filkosky, those who
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sylvania Fanners’ Union recently
elected officers for 1983 and
established working legislative
priorities at their quarterly
meeting.
William Sturges was elected to
chair the organization’s Milk
Marketing advisory committee.
Sturges also serves as president of
the recently organized Northern
Tier dairy producers cooperative.
He also is Tioga-Potter counties
Farmers Union president and is a
member of toe statewide Farmers
Union executive committee.
Walter Jordan, president of
Jefferson County Fanners Union
was elected vice chairman and
Naomi Spahr, Lancaster County
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priority for 1963, according to
Sturges, is getting Congress to
repeal the “confiscatory USDA tax
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might wish for a return to the
“good old days” probably don’t
realize how much safer hunting is
in the 'Bos, compared to
yesteryear.
He points out that fifty years
ago, in 1932, there were 54 fatal
hunting accidents. In 1931, there
were 54 fatal hunting accidents. But
in 1932, there were only half a
million licensed hunters in toe Com
monwealth, compared to the 1.35
million licensed today.
Filkosky said, “From 1920
sets legislative priorities
on dairy farmers’ gross receipts.”
Federal legislation will also be
sought to limit imports of dairy
products. Sturges claims much of
the dairy surplus problem is the
direct result of excessive imports
of casein, cheese, and other dairy
products.
Officers elected by PFU’s
legislative committee were Jack
Philson (Mercer Co.), chairman;
REC’s publish stray voltage brochures
HARRISBURG - Neutral-to
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voltage regardless of what this
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only (me thing to fanners whose
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To help farmers and electricians
identify these problems and work
to solve them, the Pennsylvania
Rural Electric Cooperatives are
offering a set of brochures.
Copies of "The Farmer’s Guide
to Stray Voltage’’ and “The
Electrician’s Guide to Stray
Voltage” can be obtained from
local rural electric cooperatives or
from the Pennsylvania Rural
Electric Association, P.O. Box
1266, Harrisburg, Pa. 17108. Both
publications are available free of
charge.
By drinking from metal water
cups, eating from metal feed
troughs, or brushing up against
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through 1929, there were 467 fatal
hunting accidents. In the decade of
the 19305, 461 died. By the ’4os, the
total had dropped to 288, and in the
’sos there were just 227 fatal
mishaps.
“From 1960 through 1969, there
were 223 fatal hunting mishaps in
the Keystone State, and in the ’7os
the number dropped to 171. If the
1980-82 fatality rate is maintained
for the remainder of this decade,
there will be fewer than 100 fatal
accidents recorded in the 1980’s.
Filksoky attributes the steady
Sam Reed (president of Clinton-
Centre Co.), vice chairman, and
Naomi Spahr (Lancaster Co.),
secretary.
Priority issues selected by the
legislative committee were:
inadequate funds in Pa. Milk
Marketing Security Fund to cover
claims filed by producers against
insolvent dealers; inequities in
f«rm orooerty tax assessment
other metal obfects in and around
barns, animals can “ground out”
any electrical current that is
flowing through these objects.
In effect, the animals’ bodies
complete the electrical circuit,
providing a convenient path for the
electricity, which is always
seeking the most readily available
ground.
“Problems associated with stray
voltage have been around as long
as I’ve been associated with rural
electrification,” said William
Matson, Executive Vice President
and General Manager of the
Pennsylvania Rural Electric
Association.
Matson, a 30-year-veteran of the
rural electric program, added that
“there’s a greater stray voltage
problem perceived today for
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decrease in Pennsylvania hunting
accidents to hunter education
courses and the increased use of
fluorescent orange clothing.
In 1969, the first year of man*
oatory hunter education training
for youths under 16, there were 530,
hunting accidents, including 23
fatalities. Mishaps have been
declining steadily since then.
While final figures on 1982
hunting accidents won’t be com-'
piled until later this year, it’s
believed the total will be less than
200 mishaps.
laws; game law problems; defects
in commodity referendum laws in
respect to producer voting
procedures; improving protection
for landowners in oil and gas
drilling safety legislation; and
participation in public com
mentary on Sunset review of
several sta{e agencies, including
toe Pa. Milk Marketing Board.
several reasons: farmers are
better educated about the potential
problems that can affect their
animals; there are greater
numbers of complex electrical
equipment used in bams today;
there are more metal buildings in
service, and water tables are
dropping, causing grounding
problems for farmers.”
The solutions to stray voltage
problems can usually be found on
the farm itself. The recommended
technique for solving the problem
is “bonding” all metal surfaces in
the bam together to form an
“equipotential plane.” Drinking
cups, feed troughs, milking
equipment, milk coolers, water
heaters, drains and all other metal
surfaces are connected by wire to
provide for a common ground.
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