C6-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 14,1990 CHAMBERSBURG (Franklin Co.) The seventh annual Pen nsylvania Slate Envirolhon was held on Saturday, June 23, at Bald Eagle State Park in Centre County. Teams from 41 counties partici pated in the event, which is designed to give high school stu dents an opportunity to test and prove their knowledge of environ mental resources. Students are challenged in the areas of aquatics, forestry, soils, wildlife, and current environmen tal issues. The overall theme for this year’s competition was wetlands. The annual stale contest is sponsored by the State Conserva tion Commission and the Pennsyl vania Association of Conservation Districts. Teams earn the right to compete in the State Envirothon by capturing a local Envirolhon sponsored by their County Con servation District. More than 3,000 students took part in local Envirolhons this past spring. The 1990 PA State Envirothon champions are from Blue Moun tain High School in Schuylkill County. This marks the third year in a row that Blue Mountain High School has won the state competi tion. Second place went to York County’s Red Lion High School. Franklin Regional High School from Westmoreland County fin ished third. Seven regional awards were also presented. James Buchanan High School represented Franklin County. Team members were James Mey ers, Jason Heinbaugh, Rock Sabcito, Lemar Long, and David Nagy. The team advisor was Steve Harry. Every student taking part in the (POWER KING HENRY B. HOOVER. INC. 1731 W. Main St. Ephrata, PA 17522 v 'SSI MB 717-733-6593, * “ AGWAY Teams From 41 Counties Compete At Envirothon State Envirothon received a hat and a certificate of participauon. Plaques were presented to the slate and regional winners. The winning team also received a while water rafting trip. DER Deputy Secretary James Grace, Office of Natural Resour ces Terry Fabian, State Conserva tion Commission Executive Sec retary Paul O. Swartz, and the President of the PA Association of Conservation Districts Dave Man COLLEGE PARK, Md. The needs of the Southern Maryland agricultural community are changing. Consequently, this year’s Upper Marlboro Facility Field Day will feature such exhibits as “Cut Flower Production” and “Japanese Pear Culture,” as well as the traditional tobacco research exhibits. “We’ve always researched agri cultural alternatives at this facili ty, but in recent years we’ve expanded that type of research,” said Dr. Claude G. McKee, Upper Marlboro facility manager. “We’re evaluating more veget ables and field crops and also doing more research that benefits the environment.” The 1990 field day, scheduled for July 25, features wagon tours of research plots running from 8:30 a.m. to noon. This year, for the first time, the field day will feature two concur rent research tours instead of only one. Slops on Tour One, which focuses on Agricultural Produc- tion, are: • Baling tobacco Unique Exhibits At Upper Marlboro Field Day GASOLINE POWERED, 21 HP MOWN MACHINE DELIVERS RUGGED, RELIABLE PERFORMANCE. 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HOBENSACK’S MACHINERY SONS Thorndale, PA Ivyland, PA 215-269-2676 215-675-1610 R.S. HOLLINGER & THOMAS POWER SON, INC. EQUIPMENT MountvlHe, PA Avondale, PA 717-285-4538 215-268-2181 kamyer presented the awards to the teams. The Department of Environ mental Resources and the Fish Commission, along with the PA Game Commission and the USDA Soil Conservation Service, pro vide annual assistance with both the state and local Envirolhons. The PA Alliance for Environmen tal Education has also assisted with the 1989 and 1990 state contests. • Cut flower production • Tobacco IPM program • Japanese pear culture • Reducing labor at tobacco harvest. Slops on Tour Two, Agriculture and the Environment, are: • Nitrogen quick test • Evaluating atrazine and nitro gen runoff and percolation into Collegian Interns With Select Sires PLAIN CITY, Ohio Select Sires announces the selection of Lisa Mullen of Wisconsin, as their summer intern in their informa tional department. Mullen will assist with the visitor tour prog ram, advertisement design and layout, and the writing of press releases while at national head quarters in Plain City. This September she will con tinue with her senior year at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. She is majoring in Agri cultural Journalism and Agricul tural Education. Mullen will gra duate with two degrees in December 1991. At UW-Madison, Mullen has been active in the Badger Dairy Club (BDC), Association of Women in Agriculture (AWA), mow n machine Through the efforts of the Washington County Conservation District, funds to cover the major costs of the 1990 State Envirolhon contest were donated by the Wet terau Company. Wetterau, the third largest food distribution company in the nation, is asso ciated with the Foodland stores and has an office near Pittsburgh. The company recently unveiled an Environmental Shopper program in its store. groundwater • Pond covers for extending aquacultural season • Legume nitrogen for crop production • Effect of land use on runoff water. Lunch may be purchased for a nominal fee. The lunch program includes an awards presentation Agriculture Education and Exten sion (AEE) and Alpha Gamma Rho as a Rhomate. Along with many other dairy club activities, Mullen was a member of the National Collegiate dairy judging team which took first place overall and in oral rea sons at the 1989 World Dairy Expo, 1988 All-American in Pen nsylvania and 1987 Exposition in lowa. She took second individual and first in reasons at Expo, was first in reasons and first overall at the All-American and third indivi dual and fourth in reasons at Waterloo. She is also president for AWA and serves as Rhomate treasurer. Mullen is the daughter of Donald and Priscilla Mullen of Bloomer, Wise. They milk 60 ...come in for a demonstration MANOR EQUIPMENT INC. Sinking Spring, PA 215-678-0828 RW KELLER SALES Perkasle, PA 215-257-0101 The 1990 Pennsylvania State Envirothon Champs from Blue Mountain High School will now represent the state at the third National Envirothon planned for August in Zanesville, Ohio. Pen nsylvania won both the 1988 and 1989 National Envirothons. Seventeen states across the coun try have now initiated Envirothon contests based on Pennsylvania’s Envirothon Program. and a herbicide and disease update for southern Maryland. There will also be farm equipment displays and demonstrations throughout the day. The Upper Marlboro Facility is part of the University of Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station’s Central Maryland Research and Education Center. registered Holsteins on 320 acres. Select Sires provides intern ships in both the information and marketing departments through out the year in cooperation with colleges and universities across the country. Select Sires consists of 12 farmer-owned and con trolled A.I. cooperatives and serves the largest number of co-op members in the U.S. Ivjw not Mh||P 1i0n... THE CLASSIFIED LIVESTOCK SECTION HAS BEASTLY SELECTIONS! NESLEY EQUIPMENT CO. Pottstown, PA 215-469-6391 N.H. FLICKER & SONS, INC. Maxatawney, PA 218-683-7252 PIPERSVILLE GARDEN CENTER Pipersvllle, PA 215-766-0414
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