M-Lancastar Firming, Saturday, May 8,1993
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Nearly 400 Grange mem
bers recently gathered at the Shera
ton Inn, Harrisburg, recently to dis
cuss issues with state legislators.
This annual legislative event is
the Pennsylvania State Grange’s
attempt to bring government closer
to its people.
“The banquet is our way of say
ing, ’thank you,’ to the (Pennsyl
vania) Legislature for the hard
work they do.” said Brenda Sham
baugh. Grange legislative director.
“It also gives our members an ideal
opportunity to discuss, one-on
one, the problems facing them.”
Prior to the evening banquet,
members held workshops on vari
ous topics. Coveted were Gov.
Robert Casey’s health care propos
al, water rights, rural transporta
tion, rural leadership and farm and
Lamb Sale Strong
At Yeo Farms
LOWELLVILLE, Ohio 4-H competi
tors from Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Maryland
participated in Yeo Farms’, second Livestock
Judging Contest held in conjunction with Yeo
Farms’ annual Club Lamb Sale, April 24.
Both events took place at the farm in
Lowellville.
Forty seven young people competed, as
individuals and as county 4-H club teams.
There were three junior teams, for those up to
the age of 13, and six senior teams. Each par
ticpant was asked to evaluate eight pens con
taining four animals. There were twp pens of
cattle, two of hogs, and four of sheep.
In the team competition, Mahoning Coun
ty, Ohio had teams in firstplace in both divi
sions. On the junior team were Matt Petrus of
New Springfield, Alvin Flick of Canfield,
Bryan Yosay of Canfield, and Shane Linden
of Canfield. On the senior team were John La
Rocca ofPoland, Travis Moser of Berlin Cen
ter, Sherri Sanders of Youngstown, and
Andrea Musser of New Middletown.
Second place in the junior division went to
Portage County, Ohio, with a team of Justin
Pelletier and Brenda Campbell both of Dia
mond, and David and Cassie Rankin of
Ravenna. Second place in the senior division
was won by Mercer, Pa. with a team of Amy
Lazar of Clarks Mills, Amber Amon of
Stoneboro, and Molly and Lisa Friedman of
Fredonia.
Trumbull County, Ohio teams won third
place in both the junior and senior divisions.
On the junior team were Leah Scharville of
Burghill, Rudy Solomon of Lordstown, and
Josh Boom and Shaun Palette, both of Bristol
ville. On the senior team were Todd Pessek
and Larry Criddle of Bristolville, and Mike
and Jake Biery of Southington.
In the individual competition, David Rank
in of Ravenna, Ohio won the blue ribbon in
the junior division. Second place went to Matt
Petrus of New Springfield, Ohio. Bryan
Yosay of Canfield, Ohio won third place.
In the senior division, John Laßocca of
Poland, Ohio won first place in the individual
competition. Second place went to Andrea
Musser, of New Middletown, Ohio. Third
place went to Travis Moser of Berlin Center,
Ohio.
Club Lamb Sale
At the Yeo Farms Club Lamb Sale that
afternoon, 34 club lambs were sold at an aver
age price of $127, up more than 18 percent
from the previous year.
YEO FARMS LIVESTOCK
JUDGING TEAM RESULTS
Jr. Division; 1 . Mahoning County, OH; Matt Petals, Alvin
Flick, Dryan Yosay, Shane Linden. 2. Portage County, OH:
Justin Pelletier, Brenda Campbell, David Rankin, Cassie
Rankin. 3. Trumbull County, OH; Leah Scharville, Josh
Boom, Shaun Palette, Rudy Solomon.
Sr. Division; 1 . Mahoning County, OH; John Laßocca,
Travis Moser, Shern Sanders, Andrea Musser. 2. Mercer
County, PA; Amy Lazar, Amber Amon, Molly Friedman, Lisa
Friedman. 3. Trumball County, OH; Mike Bleiy, Jake Bleiy,
Todd Passek, Larry Criddle.
YEO FARMS LIVESTOCK JUDGING
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Jr. Division; 1. David Rankin, Portage County, OH; 2.
Matt Petrus, Mahoning County, OH; 3. Bryan Yosay,
Mahoning County, OH.
Sr. Division; 1. John Laßocca, Mahoning County. OH; 2.
Andrea Musser, Mahoning County. OH. 3. Travis Moser,
Mahoning County, OH.
Grangers, Legislators Talk
home safety.
The Pennsylvania State Grange
represents approximately 35,000
rival Pennsylvanians. It was the
first organized farm movement
after the Civil War.
During the legislative banquet, a
number of issues were covered,
according to Shambaugh.
Among them, were nutrient
management and the proposed
House Bill 100, which is expected
to pass me Democrat-majority
ruled Legislature this year. The
Grange’s position is that state
wide nutrient management legisla
tion is needed to protect farmers
and consumers.
For years the Grange has been
lobbying for a “bottle bill” similar
to the ones which have been in
effect for about a decade in other
Middle and North Eastern states.
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Since beverage containers con
stitute a large and continuous dan
ger to the health and welfare of
livestock and rural people, and
since littering laws are apparently
ineffectual or not enforced, the
Grange has sought for a combina
tion recylcing-incentive program
which would be compatible to
programs in surrounding states.
Specifically, the Grange sup
ports a program which would place
a nickle deposit on bottles.
In other areas, the Grange’s
proposal to increase the attractive
ness of rural living to highly
trained and otherwise highly paid
professionals, would be in the
form of an educational loan for
giveness program.
According to Shambaugh,
“Many of the state’s colleges and
universities train some of the best
professionals in the country, but
often these students are lured out
of the state. This bill would give
loan forgiveness for agriculture
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and veterinary students if they
farm or practice in Pennsylvania
after graduation.”
On another environmental
issue, deep mine mediation is a hot
topic for the Grange. According to
Shambaugh. “This compromise on
Mine Subsidence Laws, includes a
provision that the coal company
must replace water and buildings
in the event of loss or pollution of
the water.”
On other issues the Grange:
• Supports the formation of a
DER Agricultural Advisory Com
mittee. This DER committee
would be comprised of representa
tives of agriculture whose job it
would be to review all proposed
DER policies and regulations.
Senate Bill 298 would create such
a committee. The bill passed the
Senate and is now under consider
ation in the House Agriculture and
Rural Affairs Committee.
• Supports seasonal farm labor
legislation which would benefit
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• Wants to change a proposed
water quantity bill. Senate Bill
351, to ensure that local water allo
cation decisions are made locally.
Under the current proposal to
ensure adequate water during
drought, local authority would not
be the case. The Grange seeks
creating regional boards to put the
plan together at the local level.
Generally, on other issues.
Grange officials report that: its
insurance committee is looking
into the rising cost of health care
and what legislative solutions may
be possible; it is upset with the
consistent lack of. and repeated
cutting of adequate state funding
for agriculture and agricultural
education; it wants wetlands reg
ulations to take into account histor
ic uses and allow the continuance
of those uses; it wants a reform of
local tax law so that a more equit
able system of taxing can be used.
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