Indiana County Farmers Association, Holds Meeting
BY RANDY WELLS
Indiana Co. Correspondent
INDIANA The passage of
pending local tax-reform legisla
tion and the passible reclassifica
tion of anhydrous ammonia would
have a significant impact on Pen
nsylvania farmers, but a proposed
increase in the federal minimum
wage would have little effect on
most of the state’s farms.
Those were the conclusions and
opinions of legislators and offi
cials of the Indiana County Far
mers Association, as they met for
that group’s annual spring dinner
meeting Thursday, March 30, at
Indiana’s Rustic Lodge.
The Indiana County Farmers
Association recruited 40 new
members in the first quarter of
1989, enough to make it only the
second county in the Pennsylvania
Farmers Association Region in to
already achieve its annual mem
bership goal.
Bob Fabin of Indiana received
the praise of the association mem
bers for his service as the 1989
membership drive chairman.
Fabin said the 40 new members
offset the loss of 36 others, giving
the county organization a net gain
of four new members and a total
of 437, exactly what was needed
to reach their goal.
State Rep. Paul Wass, R-
Indiana, who also serves as the
Pennsylvania Farmers Associa
tion state membership chairman,
was recognized with a gold King-
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members into the association in
each of three years.
Legislative issues affecting far
mers were a main focus of the din
ner meeting, and U.S. Rep. Joseph
Kolter, D-4th District, find state
Rep. Andrew Billow, Jr.,*D-72nd
District, also attended the dinner.
Larry Allison of Clymcr, the
county association’s national legi
slative spokesman, reported on a
recent Washington, D.C., meeting
with Rep. Kolter.
Allison said the congressman
opposes rending legislation intro-'*
duccd by die U.S. Department of
Transportation, seeking to reclas
sify anhydrous ammonia as a poi
sonous gas from its present classi
fication as a corrosive chemical.
Anhydrous ammonia is one of
the most widely used nitrogen fer
tilisers, and the Department of
Transportation is said to be con
cerned about the dangers of trans
porting the substance in its liquid
form.
The association believes it
would be very difficult to license
transporters of anhydrous ammo
nia if reclassified, and the
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Among those who attended the Indiana County Farmers’ Association spring dinner
were, from left. Brad Neal, association vice president; Pennsylvania Representative
Paul Wass; U.S. Representative Joseph Kolter; Mary Neal, Indiana County policy
development co-chalrperson; and Pennsylvania Representative Andrew Billow Jr.
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Rep. Roller said the pending
legislation, which would increase
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