D36-Lancaster Farming Saturday, April 8,1989
NASHVILLE, TN—Thanks to
biotechnology, a herbicide
resistant com may be on the mark
Lititz Student Awarded
Summer Internship
ALTOONA (Blair) Sallie M.
Gregory, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Gregory of Lititz, has been
awarded a summer history intern
ship at the Cornwall Iron Furnace
in Lebanon.
“I really like interpreting what
life was like long ago to other peo
ple,” Sallie said recently. “One of
my duties at Cornwall Furnace will
be conducting tours, and I’m look
ing forward to explaining how the
furnace was used. An internship
like this is a great chance to
explore my interest in history as
well as further my education.”
Sallie, a 1987 graduate of War
wick High School, participated in
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Herbicide-Resistant Corn Being Developed
et by 1992, according to Walt Fehr,
biotechnology coordinator at lowa
State University, who talked to
4-H activities in Lititz. She is cur
rently a sophomore at the Penn
State Altoona campus majoring in
elementary education with a minor
in history. She has earned dean’s
list honors for the last two semes
ters, is vice president of the Circle
K Service Club, and is active in
intramural volleyball.
In addition to conducting tours
of Cornwall Furnace, Sallie will be
responsible for maintenance work
and doing research at the Furnace.
As part of her internship, she is
required to write a research paper
about the Furnace to be published
in a newsletter printed by the state
archives in Harrisburg.
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attendees of the 31st Com Classic
of the National Com Growers
Association (NCGA).
Biotechnology is just the newest
tool for breeders who have been
improving plants genetically for
years, Fehr said. In addition,
biotechnology allows scientists
and agriculture to respond to socie
ty’s increasing concern over farm
chemicals by breeding both
disease- and pesticide-resistant
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Public concern over agricultural
chemicals in surface and ground
water led to the formation of the
Alliance for a Clean Rural Envi
ronment (ACRE). ACRE is a coal
ition of the 20 chemical companies
that accound for 92 to 94 percent of
the U.S. agricultural pesticide
market, according to Pat Haggerty,
executive director of ACRE.
“We want to be a beacon of truth
in the darkness of emotion,” Hag
gerty told com growers, inviting
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