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York County plans Bwiro-Otympics
YORK The first York County
Enviro-Olympics will be held at
the Izaak Walton League, York
County Chapter 67 Grounds near
Dallastown on May 14.
Teams of five students, grades
nine through 12, from York County
School Districts will compete in
five environmental categories
soils, wildlife, forestry, aquatic
environments and current en
vironmental issues.
The teams move through outdoor
stations answering questions and
solving problems pertinent to each
of the five categories. Members of
a team must be from the same
school district and only one team
from each district may participate
in the county competition.
The county winner will advance
to the state competition scheduled
for June 21 at Shaver’s Creek
Ag preserve bumper sticker
ANNAPOLIS - A bumper sticker Maryland Agricultural Land
designed to promote awareness of Preservation Foundation. “It’s
the need for preserving Maryland important that Maryland farmland
farmland is now available to be saved so that there will always
Maryland residents. The bumper be an adequate local supply of
sticker, which carries the agricultural products here in the
message, “SAVE MARYLAND state.”
FARMLAND” is a project of the Bumper stickers are available
Maryland Agricultural Land free of charge through local
Preservation Foundation, agricultural preservation advisory
Maryland currently leads the boards or local planning and
nation in the amount of per- zoning departments. The car
manently preserved agricultural stickers may also be obtained by
innH sending a stamped self-addressed
“The bumper sticker is needed
to make the public aware of the
threat to agricultural land and the
need to preserve it,” said Gerald
Talbert, Executive Director of the
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The goal of the program is to
increase students’ awareness of
the interactions and in
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vironment and the effect each
individual’s actions have on the
environment. The program is
aimed at providing a foundation
for environmentally aware and
action-oriented adults and to
provide a fulfilling day of outdoor
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For more information on the
Enviro-Olympics and how your
school may participate, contact
the York County Conservation
District, 118 Pleasant Acres Rd.,
York, 17402, phone 717-771-9430. Do
not delay so your school can
receive practice material in time
for preparation.
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or you may call 841-5860.
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Ephrata Am Young Farmers honor Martin, Zimmerman
MOUNT AIRY - The Ephrata
Area Young Farmers bestowed
their two top awards on Curtis
Martin and John Zimmerman at
their annual awards banquet at the
Mount Airy-Durlach Fire Co.
Saturday.
Martin, a dairyman who milks 45
cows and farms 63 acres of com,
alfalfa and rye, was chosen Out
standing Young Farmer under 30.
Zimmerman, who farms 80 acres
of com and rye and runs a beef
fattening operation, was selected
Outstanding Young Farmer over
30.
Dairy awards went to Paul S.
Horning, Earl E. Martin and
Richard Fox. Homing farms 200
acres and had the top herd in
protein, fat and milk output with a
rolling herd average of 19,260
pounds of milk, 701 pounds of
butterfat and 600 pounds of protein.
Martin and his family milk 48
cows and farm 100 acres, com
piling an average of 17,830 pounds
of milk and 688 pounds of fat, with
a 1985 increase of 2,062 pounds of
production and 52 pounds of fat.
The Fox family farms 150 acres
and reported an increase of 5,329
pounds in milk production and 176
pounds of fat on a 58-cow herd. The
herd now averages 18,908 pounds
production and 687 pounds fat
annually.
The association’s beef award
went to Ira Martin, who farms 69
acres and fattens 100 steers.
Mahlon Eberly, who raises 500,000
broilers annually, won the poultry
award
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Winners of the two top awards at the Ephrata Area Young
Farmers Association annual banquet were Curtis Martin,
Young Farmer Under 30, and John R. Zimmerman, Young
Farmer Over 30.
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