A3B*Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 27,1989 Chester County Farmer (Continued from Page A 1) R-New York; Joe Colter, D- Pennsylvania; Mervin Dymally, D-Califomia; Charles Hatcher, D- Georgia; Bob Lagomarsino, R- Califomia; William Lipinski, D- Illinois; Buz Lukens, R-Ohio; Lynn Martin, R-Illinois; Denny Smith, R-Oregon; Peter Smith, R- Vermont; and Arlen Strangeland, R-Minnesota, ranking Republican of the House Agriculture Committee. Lange and his family live and operate the 207-acre farm owned by the family matriarch, Jane Gor don Fletcher, an octegenarian. The farm has been in the family since 1896 and provides a living for Lange and his wife, Carla, and his parents, Joan and Warren Hopkins. His sister Ann also works on the farm, while her twin, Sarah, works in Philadelphia but still contributes to the farm operation. In an effort to protect what they have, Lange and his- family devised a strategy to make the land less desirable to developers. 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