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York
BY JOYCE BUPP
Staff Correspondent
YORK Blessed with abundant
rainfall and warm growing days,
area gardens and farm lands
promise peak production from
numerous crops.
By the end of the week, the
verdict should be in on whether or
not the lush growth has produced a
local world-record-sized fruit or
vegetable.
York Fair, with its promised
Bottle bill hearings set
HARRISBURG Residents of
southcentral Pennsylvania will
finally be able to voice their views
on returnable beverage container
legislation to a state House com
mittee, according to Rep. Terry
Scheetz.
The Lancaster County lawmaker
urges interested parties to contact
him if they wish to testify on the
bill (House Bill 1341) before the
House Consumer Affairs Com
mittee. The committee is holding
hearings in Harrisburg on Thur
sday and Friday, Sept. 6 and 7.
“Because of the late date and
pro-union positions of many
members of this committee, it’s
not likely that the measure will be
considered by the full House this
session,” admitted Scheetz. “But,
for the sake of future ‘bottle bill’
proposals, I hope those with an
interest in the legislation will come
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Fair seeks fat fruit & voluminous
prize of $l,OOO to winning entries in
any of ten produce classes beating
the current world record size, gets
underway on Friday, Sept. 7.
Horticulture entries will be
accepted at the York Fair’s
Horticultural Hall on Tuesday,
Sept. 4, and Wednesday, Sept. 5,
from 1 to 9 p.m., and on Thursday,
Sept. 6,9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Gasses for the world’s record
contest are: apple, cabbage,
cantaloupe, cauliflower, gourd,
pear, potato, squash (including
before the committee.”
Scheetz is a strong supporter of
bottle bills, but the chairman of the
House Consumer Affairs Com
mittee told a large group of glass
company employees at an earlier
hearing that he would do all he
could to block passage of the bill.
“I’m hopeful that the Harrisburg
hearing will include strong
testimony from farmers, en
vironmentalists and others sup
portive of the container recycling
legislation,” said Scheetz. “Their
views are more important than
any short-sighted politician and
may help lead legislators in a more
favorable direction in the future.”
The hearings will be held
beginning at 1 p.m. on Sept. 6 and
continue all day on Sept. 7. The
public session will be held in Room
418 of the Main Capitol.
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pumpkins), tomato and water
melon. Determination of winnings
will be based on weight and to earn
the $l,OOO prize, an entry must best
the current record as established
ion the Guinness Book Of World
Records.
Produce of the “brag patch”
type, but not quite large enough to
beat world records, could still cop
a $25 prize in the “York Fair
Record” class. The fair’s own
records class is also a first this
year, and will also be judged by
weight.
Classes for the York Fair’s
records category include apple,
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A panel of York horticultural
experts will make final rulings on
entries in the World’s Record
class. Members of the committee
are extension agent Tony
Dobrosky, John Smith, retired
extension agent and member of the
York Fair Board, and John Hope
Anderson, retired legislator,
fruitgrower and life member of the
York County Agricultural Society,
organizers of the York Fair.
According to horticulture
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department manager Donald
Lanius, no entry fees will be
charged this yeare for those
exhibits. Instead, entrants will
receive two one-dollar rebate
coupons that can be redeemed with
an adult admission ticket stub (one
rebate coupon per ticket stub) at
the rebate office.
The York Interstate Fair will run
from Sept. 7 through 15. For
further information on the
“records” classes, the York Fair
office may be contacted at 334
Carlisle Avenue, York, or by
calling 717-848-2596, weekdays 9
a.m., through 4 p.m.