822-Lancast«r Farming, Saturday, Dactmbar 6,1986
School PTA Sells Local Farm Products
HARRISBURG - Promote local provided a computer to keep up
farm products and still mnkp a with the flow of orders,
buck? “Response was tremendous
Why not, the Keystone
Elementary School PTA decided
this fall at Knox, Clarion county.
And PTA members made it happen
with almost $12,000 in sales and a
fat |4,000 in profits for school
activities.
Sales by 410 Keystone elemen
tary students would have done a
supermarket proud. During the
two week effort, they sold 1,500
pounds of cheese and butter, 5.5
tons of potatoes, 4 tons of apples,
750 mini hams, 600 pounds of
hamburger and 210 pounds of
honey.
“It sure beats selling candy from
Texas,” says Donna Kline,
chairman of the Clarion County
Dairy Promotion Committee that
co-sponsored the fund raiser with
the Clarion County Farmers’
Association.
Some 2,010 local residents
agreed by buying the home-grown
products.
County Agent Dave Fowler, a
Keystone PTA member, came up
with the “shop locally” idea and
Nature Classes
LANCASTER - The Lancaster
County Parks and Recreation
Department will offer two guided
nature walks in December and
January. The first hike will take
place at Octoraro Lake in southern
Lancaster County on Sunday, Dec.
14. The hike will include waterfowl
identification and a side trip to
adjacent woodlands to view other
species. Those interested should
meet at the Central Park office at 1
p.m., or at the Chester Water
Authority Boat Launch on Spruce
Grove Road at 1:45 p.m.
Registration is required. Call 299-
8215.
A Winter Tree Identification
class will be held on Saturday, Jan.
10. The program includes indoor
instruction followed by outdoor
field work. Those interested should
meet at Shuts Environmental
Center on Eshleman Mill Road at 1
p.m. Register by calling 299-8215.
State 4-H fimati Winners
(Continued from Page B 21)
Matthew Will
Matthew Will, R 1
Berlin, has been named
the state petroleum
power award winner.
The son of James K. ” ff
and Mary R. Will, he is a %
junior at Freedom
Christian School. A 4-H t
member for nine years, \ IwVB
he served his local club as treasurer, news
reporter/photographer and junior leader,
and was also a member of county council.
Will participated in State Leadership
Congress, placed second in the National 4-
H Calendar Contest and participated in the
National 4-H Photo Contest. He completed
projects in dairy, snowmobile safety,
rocketry, photography, beef, riflery,
aviation, leadership, forestry, wildlife,
swine, small engines, lawn and garden
equipment, tractor maintenance and
weather.
Kristen Youngman
Kristen Youngman, R 1
Sugarloaf, has been ■
named the state foods and kJJVB
nutrition winner.
The daughter of Scott
and Jeanette Youngman,
she is a sophomore at ** w
West Hazelton
Junior/SeniorHigh 1
School. A 4-H member for six years, she
has served her local club as president, vice
president, secretary/treasurer and news
reporter.
Youngman completed projects in foods
and nutrition, clothing and textiles,
working with wool, pet care, entomology,
clowning, vegetables, plant services,
roller skating, computers, cross country
skiing, sheep, photography, Wildlife
through the Seasons, snowmobiling,
cultural arts, health and fitness, child care
and family relations and energy con
servation.
from producers and buyers alike,”
reported Betsy Fowler and
Beverly Engle, co-chairmen of the
PTA fund raiser.
Top salesman was Chad Smith, a
first grade student at Keystone
Elementary. Dave Fowler’s
daughter, Bethany, was high
salesmen for dairy products. She’s
in the third grade.
Actually, no cheese or butter is
made in Clarion county.
“That’s right,” Donna Kline
explains, “but 125 Clarion county
dairy farms ship milk across the
county line to the MMI plant at
New Wilmington that does.”
Mozzarella and Provolone
cheese from the plant was bought
in bulk and cut and wrapped in
three pound packages by members
of the county dairy promotion com
mittee.
Cooperating producers besides
MMI Farmers Cheese were:
Clarion County Beekeepers,
Hirsch’s Meats, Long Acres Potato
Farms, Musser Fruit Farm and
Zacheri Farms.
Is the fund raising idea catching
on?
“Other area schools are excited
about it,” Donna reports. “Our
committee expects to be really
busy next year.”
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