De-Lancaster Farming Saturday, May 19,1990
Eastern
KUTZTOWN (Berks
Co.) The Kutztown Produce
Auction will open its gates for the
first time on Tuesday, May 22 to
wholesale produce buyers and area
growers. The sale of spring veget
ables, fruits, and plants starts at the
Auction site on Oakhaven Road,
just west of Kutztown, at 10:00
a.m.
“I’m excited for the area fruit
and vegetable growers and whole
sale buyers who are looking for
better trade,” said Herb Gebely,
auction manager. “I’m also per
sonally looking forward to making
the dream of a Berks County Auc
tion into a widely-known reality.”
All growers with produce and
plants are invited to sell at the auc
tion throughout the growing sea
son. Other auction days include
Friday, May 25; Tuesday, May 29;
Thursday May 31; and Tuesdays
and Thursdays thereafter. Sale
days will be added according to
supply and demand. Auctions will
be held through Thanksgiving.
Buyers in southeastern Pennsyl
vania are being mailed an invita
tion and a registration form. The
mailing list includes farmers with
retail markets and representatives
of wholesalers, farmers’ market
stands, supermarkets, institutional
food service companies, and major
Bank Promotes
Rohrer
Roger M. Rohrer
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
Rodger M. Rohrer has been pro
moted to vice president in Hamil
ton Bank’s agri-finance
department.
A Lancaster native, Rohrer
joined the Bank in 1986 as an
assistant vice president.
Prior to joining Hamilton,
Rohrer was 'employed as a vice
president for Farm Credit Services
of Lancaster.
A 1970 graduate of Pequea Val
ley High School, Rohrer attended
Penn State University and Frank
lin and Marshall College.
Rohrer serves as a director of
the Lancaster County Cooperative
Extension, is a member of the
Pennsylvania Future Farmers of
America Foundation board of
trustees, and is involved with Sol
anco Young Farmers.
Market to Benefit
New
Pennsylvania Growers
The Kutztown Produce Auction will open its gates for the
first time on Tuesday, May 22 to wholesale produce buyers
and area growers. Auction days include Friday, May 25;
Tuesday, May 29; Thursday May 31; and Tuesdays and
Thursdays thereafter.
restaurants. The buyers registra
tion form simplifies the purchasing
and payment process.
prowers are, likewise, being
sent an announcement and a pro
ducers registration form to explain
procedures and to obtain an identi
fication number.
Herb Gebely was recently
appointed Manager of the Kutz
town Produce Auction by the
board of directors. Gebely worked
for Ontelaunee Orchards in Lees
port as store manager, and handled
the buying and sale of fruits and
vegetables there for 8 years. He
was graduated from Delaware Val-
No Budget , No Pay
CORTLAND, N.Y.— A prop
osal to withhold pay from state
legislators who can’t produce a
timely budget is right on the mark,
state grange leaders say.
Forwarded last week by Gov.
Mario Cuomo, the bill would
require the forfeiture of one day’s
salary for each day the budget is
delayed on or after April 1 of each
year. Those who would lose their
salary would include elected offi
cials in the legislative and execu
tive branches of state government.
A similar proposal was made
Agency Moves
LANCASTER (Lancaster
Co.) — Greiner+Herr+Company,
a full service advertising agency
specializing in strong design and
copy, has moved to a new
location.
The company’s principals, Jer
ry Greiner and Jim Herr, con
ducted operations for more than a
year from offices in their homes.
However, an outstanding growth
in clientele compelled the partners
to locate under the same roof.
The new office of Greiner+
Herr+Company occupies the
fourth floor at 129 East Orange
Street, Lancaster, PA 17602,
(717) 394-4446.
ness
News
ley College in 1976, where he
obtained a degree in horticulure.
“Herb was just the manager we
were looking for,” according to
Enos Burkholder, president of the
Kutztown Produce Auction. “He
knows the production and market
ing side of this region’s produce
trade. Growers and buyers will
And that he’s got their interests in
mind. Herb knows we have to
please customers to keep them in
today’s market.
For more information, contact
Herb Gebely, auction manager at
(215) 683-7161.
more than a month ago by mem
bers of Steuben County’s Wheeler
Grange. State grange legislative
director Bert S. Morse says he’s
not sure whether Cuomo was
influenced by the Subordinate
Grange proposal, but he com
mended die governor’s action just
the same.
“This is the sixth year the
budget has been late and the
state’s credit rating has slipped
dangerously low,” Morse said.
“There has to be some incentive
for our leaders to get the budget
done on time, and this is one way
that could happen.”
The Wheeler Grange proposal
is the result of an active grange
interest in state legislation. “They
know very well in advance when
things are supposed to be finished
and there shouldn’t be any reason
why a budget can’t be done in a
timely fashion,” Wheeler Grange
Master Barre Butts said recently.
“I just don’t feel this is a very
responsible way for them to
handle their positions. Some por
tion of their salaries should be lost
if they’re not meeting the require
ments of the job.”
There are more than 25,000
people in 439 subordinate granges
across New York state.
Lamb Marketing Program
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) — The Pennsylvania Sheep/
Lamb Marketing Board and the
American Lamb Council, a divi
sion of the American Sheep Indus
try Association, will conduct a
lamb promotion program in sever
al major cities in Pennsylvania.
The program is designed to
educate retailers on the variety of
lamb cuts and versatility as a
healthful meat.
The program will be introduced
in Harrisburg and Pittsburgh, and
subsequently expanded to Erie
and Scranton.
“With these special promotions.
Receives Record Calls
WASHINGTON, D.C.— More
than 64,000 persons called the
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
meat and poultry hotline in fiscal
year 1989 a record number,
according to the hotline manager.
The hotline, a service of USDA’s
Food Safety and Inspection Ser
vice, has been in operation five
years.
“The hotline plays an important
role in preventing foodbome ill
ness,” said Sue Templin, hotline
supervisor. “Many of the situa
tions described by callers present
a clear risk of foodbome illness.
Examples are improper thawing,
improper cooling and storage of
cooked food, and not thoroughly
cooking meat and poultry.”
Data collected from the hotline
show that consumers today are
more sophisticated and informed
than in years past. ’This may be
due to food-related news stories,”
said Templin.
Although callers expressed a
wide variety of questions and con
cerns, 71 percent of the inquiries
involved “basic food safety.”
USDA Consumer Advisor Ann
Chadwick said the hodine helps
teach consumers that controlling
microbiological contamination of
food is everybody’s responsibili
ty. “Safe food handling only
begins with farmers,” she said. “It
Show-Ease Receives Award
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) Show-Ease Badger has
been recognized by Badger Northland Inc. for superior
sales performance by Inclusion In the prestigious Badger
Northland Inc. President's Club for 1990.
Each year, Badger Northland Inc. recognizes 10 dealers
across North America with the largest sales volume by
awarding them membership in the Badger President’s Club.
As members of the President's Club, they receive a hand
some wall plaque, noting their achievement as well as parti
cipation in product councils and advisory groups through
out the year.
Pictured, left to right, Bob School, vice president and
sales manager; K. B. Myers, president; John Krelder, Jr.,
Show-Ease; and Ken Mansfield, district sales manager.
Pennsylvania sheep producers
will be marketing more lamb, and
that means eventually more profits
for everyone,” said James Sheed
er, chairman of the Pennsylvania
Sheep and Lamb Marketing
Board.
“Promotion and education are
two goals of the marketing board,”
Sheeder said, “and other programs
will follow.”
Questions and comments
should be addressed to the pro
gram’s liaison, LJ. Hubert, at the
Pennsylvania Department of Agri
culture’s Bureau of Maiket Devel
opment, Harrisburg, (717)
783-9948.
must be continued by food proces
sors and retailers, enforced at the
commercial level by government,
and practiced by consumers from
the time food is bought until it is
eaten.”
As in previous years, consum
ers continued to be the predomin
ant users of the hotline service.
The holiday season, traditional
ly the busiest time of year for the
hotline, generated 11,500 calls
during November, Templin said.
To accommodate the pre-
Thanksgiving demand, food safe
ty experts staffed the hotline the
weekend before, and from 8:00
a.m. - 2:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving
Day.
Calls during the year were
received from all U.S. states, dis
tricts and territories. The five lead
ing states, accounting for 40 per
cent of all calls to the hotline,
were New York, California, Illi
nois, Florida, and Pennsylvania.
Fourteen calls were received from
foreign countries, including Cana
da and Great Britain.
Consumers with questions
about the safe handling of meat
and poultry can call the Meat
and Poultry Hotline at
1-800-535-4555, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
weekdays, Eastern Time. (Wash
ington, D.C., area callers should
dial 447-3333.)