84-Lancastar Fanning, Saturday, May 10,1986
On being ——
a farm wife /
to
Joyce Bupp J^gg
-And other
hazards
Sad. We live in such a crisis
world.
Nuclear plant disasters - with
little information or facts.
Repeated failures suddenly tar
nishing our ambitious space
program. Earthquakes (even
another little one in our own
backyard). Bombings. Shootings.
Terrorism.
I’ve never paid much personal
attention to the terrorism crisis. It
was too far away. Terrorism was a
problem in Greece, in Libya, in the
general region we label the Middle
East.
JIM RUTT
BUYER
Of Standing Timber
Specializing in:
Oak, Ash, Poplar, Walnut
and Other Hardwoods
No Job Too Small, Will Give Free Appraisals
No Tree Too Big. And Will Also Bid.
Will Also Do Custom Chain Sawing
* Clearing Small Acreage
* Topping and Removing Trees *
* Firewood Cutting, Etc. ★ insured '
I 8 Years of Professional Experience
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That’s all changed. Not just for
me, but I suspect for 19 friends as
well.
Last Saturday’s layover in the
Atlanta, Ga., airport began as
routine time-killing between
flights. This was the last leg of a
week-long cultural exchange with
an Alabama high school and all 20
of us were weary from a hectic, but
memorable, embrace with
Southern Hospitality. Spirits were
high, in spite of fatigue.
Gathering at the gate to prepare
for boarding, we suddenly found
our party, along with all other
passengers on the flight to
Baltimore, being hurriedly herded,
not onto our plane, but downstairs
and into waiting buses.
Grim, worried looks crossed
many faces. Puzzlement and
aggravation marked others.
Our flight had just become the
target of a bomb threat. A
sabotage alert. Of the hundreds of
flights that leave this busiest
airport in the country every day,
our number had come up.
We were suddenly, unex
pectedly, frightfully, innocently,
big money players in the Looney
Bin Lottery of terrorism.
Slowly, the trio of buses wound
its way through the maze of ter
minals, warehouses and giant jet
airline traffic. At the distant edge
of the tarmac, our luggage waited
on tram haulers. We would each
have to claim our own bags. While
we waited, we joked about sear
ches through dirty laundry and
bags stuffed so full they’d never
again be secured if we zipped them
open.
Ambulances, firefighting
equipment, police vehicles, men
dressed in dark suits and carrying
tiny radios hovered around. To the
credit of both harried airline of
ficials and delayed travelers,
everyone was courteous,
cooperative and extremely un
viip
Member FD I C
derstanding.
The wait dragged on as luggage
was reclaimed and then returned
to the trams for reloading.
Meanwhile, our plane was being
carefully searched, isolated at a
distance from people, buildings,
and other traffic. Freight, mail, all
other cargo intended for the flight
was removed.
And from the back of our bus
came the plaintive voice of a child:
“I don’t want to die, Daddy.”
This account, needless to say,
has a happy ending. Just an hour
and a quarter after our scheduled
departure time, we soared over the
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Poultry Queen Candidates Sought
LANCASTER The Lancaster
County Poultry Association is
seeking contestants for this year’s
Poultry Queen Pageant, scheduled
for Aug. 8 at the Farm and Home
Center.
There’s something richly rewarding about getting
up long before the sun does and working hard to get
the most from your land and your livestock. We at
Bank of Lancaster County salute you who have made
farming your chosen field. We’ve been here in
Lancaster County for more than 120 years helping
farms like yours grow strong.
Bob Badger and the Bank of Lancaster County’s
Agricultural Loan Division understand farming from
the ground up. For years now, Bob has been helpihg
area farmers grow with loans for machinery, livestock,
construction, mortgages, and other operating ex
penses For whatever your needs, visit Bob at our
Strasburg office, or give him a call and =SSB
he’ll visit you. He gets up pretty early too. BA I
Bank of Lancaster Agricultural Loan I
Division, Center Square, Strasburg I f/J
(717)687-8691 bsl
green and reddish ground pat
chwork of Georgia’s farm country,
headed home.
The fact that one gentlemen
passenger just a few rows ahead of
our group could have passed as a
twin to Moammar Khadafy is
probably an irrelevant bit of in
formation.
Not all people, tragically, are as
fortunate as were the passengers
of that flight. Accounts of senseless
terrorism continue almost daily in
our headlines.
But we still are no closer than we
were one week ago to an answer to
our most basic question.
Why?
Potential candidates should
contact Milton Landis, R 2, Box 347,
Parkesburg, PA 19365.
The pageant winner will receive
either a $5OO educational
scholarship or $3OO in cash for
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