Crawford Honors Good Stewards Of The Land
BY
CAROLYN HILSDON'
GILLES
MEADVILLE After a tureen
dinner on Tuesday, November 17,
at the Community and Convention
Center in Meadville, Robert G.
Agnew, Chairman of the Conser
vation District Directors, called
the Annual Meeting to order.
The first presentation of the
evening was made by Agnew to
honor the Farmer of the Year. The
1987 award, which exists “to hon
or farmers who are good stewards
of the land,” was given to Russell
and Richard Vosburgh for employ
ing conservation practices in the
management of their 420 acre farm
-ity < stonar David Glenn, left, pre
sents the award to Gerald Knickerbocker, Teacher of the
Year, for outstanding teaching In conservation. Knicker
bocker’s program, “Wilderness Quest,” has been exper
ienced by 4,000 Titusville sixth grade students over the last
16 years.
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in Oil Creek Township. Accepting
the award for himself and his
brother, Russell Vosburgh stated
that they have always been inter
ested in conservation. According
to Vosburgh, former County
Extension Agent Russ Mollenauer
laid out their first strips and, since
then, they have continued to use
conservation methods such as con
tour strips, crop rotations and rye
grass for cover on com. The Vos
burgh farm was described as “a
showcase and an inspiration.”
County Commissioner David
Glenn next presented the Teacher
of the Year Award to Gerald
Knickerbocker of Titusville Area
School. The award is made each
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year to a teacher who, “in promot
ing conservation, strives to leave
an inheritance of rich natural
resources to the next generation.”
Knickerbocker’s efforts have
affected 4,000 sixth grade students
in an entire school district for a
period of 16 years. His program,
“Wilderness Quest,” is held every
fall over a three-week period, dur
ing which all sixth grade students
in the district are given four days
and three nights of outdoor educa
tion, including a hunter safety
course and speakers from the
Forestry Service and Fish
Commission.
Knickerbocker accepted the
award for outstanding teaching in
conservation on behalf of the
entire Titusville School District,
stating that he was, “grateful to be
a part of such a forward looking
administration and Board of Direc
tors.” Also attending was Titusvil
le Area School Principal John Rea
gle who commended Knicker
bocker’s dedication and
enthusiasm and stated that recog
nition for the conservation educa
tion project was “long overdue.”
Ted Perdos of the PA Bureau of
Forestry, one of Knickerbocker’s
resources for the project, testified
that there was “no other program
like this in the state of Pennsylva
nia.” In an unsolicited testimonial,
student Mac Knapp, stood and said
of Knickerbocker, “He’s good! I
had him in sixth grade.”
Conservation District Public
Director C. Sherman Allen recog
nized this year’s Future Farmers of
America students who had placed
highly in regional competitions in
natural resource categories. Janice
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Teacher Mary Lou Parry, from left, and student Janice
Von Loewe of Conneaut Valley High School were recog*
nized by Conservation District Public Director Sherman
Allen for Loewe's placing In the state forestry competition.
Absent for the picture, but also honored, was Conneaut Vai*
ley Student Lisa Stoneman.
Russell Vosburgh, left, accepts the Fanner of the Year
Award on his and brother Richard's behalf from Robert G.
Agnew, Chairman of the Conservation District Directors.
The Vosburghs were honored for conservation practices In
the management of their 420 acre farm in OH Creek
Township.
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