DlB-Lancast»r Farming Saturday, March 11,1989 Extensio UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre) Ronald K. Dodds, a multi county associate extension agent for Penn State Cooperative Exten sion stationed in Monroe County, has a full agenda of community development and agricultural edu cation programs for the area. In agriculture, he is working with farmers on crop manage ment, livestock management and, more specifically, risk manage ment. “I plan to help clients learn how to use government programs effectively, develop sound farm management plans and I have a special interest in working with farmers and others on pesticide safety,” he says. Most of Dodd’s work in com munity development concerns growth-related issues. He is now meeting with landowners to estab lish agricultural preservation areas under Act 43 and plans to work with the Monroe Council of Gov ernments and local townships on the program. He also is develop ing workshops for local govern ment officials on community plan ning issues in general, with an emphasis on planning for change. “The Monroe County 4-H Gov ernment Intern program is an excellent program to get students as well as their parents involved in community issues planning,” says Dodds. “So many of our residents are new to the area and don’t understand their role in making local government work. This is a program I hope to expand next year,” he says. The 4-H intern program is oper ated through local school districts. High school students are assigned to work with a local government agency on a specific issue and they receive academic credit and a grade for their work. At the moment, the Pleasant Valley High Agent Plans Multi-County Programs School in Brodheadsville is the only school in the county partici pating in the program. The quality of individual water supplies has been a regional con cern for some time. Dodds is plan ning a workshop on how home owners can improve the quality of private water supplies, including testing options and care and main tenance information. He also is working with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources and the Environmental Protection Agency on a national pesticides survey concerning pes ticides and groundwater supplies. In the area of renewable resour ce management, he is helping to develop environmentally sound forestry programs as a member of the Pocono-Norlheast Resource Conservation and Development Council’s forestry committee. He also plans to develop workshops and printed material on soil nutri ent management as part of an effort to protect the Delaware Bay. In addition, he plans to develop indoor air quality workshops focused on radon education and on testing programs and options TheW mow’ll machine' It runs circles around trees, shrubs, fence rails and the competition. 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Mountville, PA 717-288-4838 MANOR EQUIPMENT INC. Sinking Spring, PA 218-678-0828 home owners may have to reduce radon if necessary. "We will prob ably wait until next fall to offer this program,” he says. Dodds received a bachelor’s degree in agronomy from Penn State in 1982. He has worked in agricultural business management and sales with Agway in the centr al region of Pennsylvania and was an assistant manager in three loca tions in Cecil and Kent counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland with Southern States Cooperative. He is a member of a number of professional associations such as Brochure On Steel TACOMA, WA Big Bin, the 300-gallon alternative to the steel drum, is featured in a totally new brochure from the American Ply wood Association (APA), Big Bin is constructed of APA trademarked structural wood panels. It holds as much as five and a half steel drums, yet fits in the space of four drums and knocks down flat for even more efficient return when empty. 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