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Our last livestock auction in
York County has gone out of busi
ness.
So what?
The closing of this one agri
business will n6t have any great,
devastating, earth-shaking impact
on the area’s economics. As num
bers go, it was a relatively small
piece of the auction action that
goes on weekly across hcavily
agriculture-oricntcd Pennsylva
nia.
For those of us who used its fa
cilities, its closing means finding
new places to market, perhaps tra
veling a little farther, facing a little
more inconvenience. But produc
ers adapt. They have to or they
gel out of the farming business.
No, the larger implication of the
closing of this auction’s livestock
doors is that it is indicative of
what is happening to a backbone
industry of our beautiful York
County.
In a county that long prided it
self on its agriculture diversity, on
its highly-productive soils, on its
rural heritage, one more domino
has toppled.
We continue to move from an
agriculture community to a “bed
room” community. There contin-
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ucs to be fewer farms and more
front yards. Less com and more
geraniums. Fewer tractors on the
roads and more commuter cars.
We began farming here in our
native York County nearly 30
years ago. Nearly every small rur
al town had a feed mill or store, a
farm equipment dealer, a hard
ware store. As it became increas
ingly difficult to make a living
from a small general farm, they
either grew larger to remain eco
nomically viable or went up for
sale. Some farmland stayed in pro
duction; far more went under
parking lots, malls, fast food es
tablishments, houses. With dimin
ishing numbers of farmers sup-
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porting small-town ag businesses,
the equipment people, the Teed
mills, the little hardware stores
and the rural auctions—closed up
shop.
Farmers today, like everyone
else, have moved into a larger
community and embraced the age
of technology. We still swap local
news and market information at
the few remaining equipment
dealers and feed mills... or com
pare cattle pedigrees across states
by phone or video... or pull data
reports off nationwide info-ndT
works with PCs, modems and
FAXs.
If a part or piece of equipment
is needed, farmers are likely to
phone-shop first before hopping
into a pickup or simply have
the part sent overnight air or via a
parcel handler. Fcedstuffs may
come from central mixing facili
ties 25 to 100 miles away. Few
rural towns have a source where a
farmer can buy a tractor tire or cat
tle cartags or fencing. Those sup
pliers for what we need have in
creasingly specialized but in
fewer locations that serve increas
ingly-distant customers.
And those remaining agricul
ture-oriented businesses have with
merchandising savvy and of eco
nomic necessity expanded to in
clude garden equipment, horticul
ture supplies, pel needs, country
craft items.
1 do not want to go back to the
“good old days,” thank you. (I’d
have to give up my computer!)
But, it’s what the “good old days”
represent that I think we miss:
neighborlincss, the country life
style, the slower pace of an earlier,
more rural, more helpful to one
another, way of life.
Our last livestock auction in
York County has gone out of busi
ness. And for what that represents.
I am saddened.
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Kids Learn
Life’s Lessons
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that is the ball field, children real
ize the importance of teamwork
and the value of persistence, pa
tience and commitment.
Occasionally, kids leant less
positive lessons. They may come
to believe that winning is all that
matters, or that they can’t feel
good about themselves if they
aren’t the star of the game.
According to University of
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4-H agent Mark Manno, what a
child learns on the playing field is
influenced, to a large degree, by
the philosophy of his or her coach.
“Coaches are the linchpin of the
team,” says Manno, who will soon
be leading coaching seminars in
New Castle County. "They set the
tone for how the game will be
played. A good coach teaches the
basics of the sport and helps the
children develop self-esteem and a
sense of team. Most of all, a good
coach makes sure that practices
and games arc a lot of fun.”
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coaches make the error of taking
the game too seriously. According
to Manno, some coaches feel that
they are there to win as many
games as possible.
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That’s the wrong message to
send, especially to young children,
the 4-H agent says. He believes
that a moderate amount of compe
tition is appropriate and even
beneficial for children 9 and older.
Competition allows middle
school-age youngsters to discover
ways to be good losers and
good winners.
But an overly competitive en
vironment can quickly squelch the
enthusiasm of 5- to 7-year-olds in
the Pee-Wee leagues.
“Young children are very sensi
tive,” says Manno. “The biggest
mistake coaches make with these
kids is to criticize too much and
too often. Instead, coaches need to
work on encouraging young chil
dren in the things they do well.”
Of course, the only way that
coaches can do their job well is by
having the support and involve
ment of parents.
“Parents must recognize that
coaching isn’t as easy as it looks,”
says Manno. “It’s a difficult job
and remember, it’s a volunteer
job.”
Parents can lend a hand by
maintaining equipment, pitching
in with coaching duties or treating
the team to an occasional pizza.
Parents also should inform the
coach of their child’s special
needs, whether it’s hyperactivity,
allergies or developmental delays.
Share relevant information, but
stifle the urge to brag about your
child’s hook shot or future NBA
career.
“Parents foster competitiveness
and create stress when they set un
realistic expectations for their
child,” says Manno.
Over the years, Manno says he
has known many good coaches,
but one man stands out in his
mind. This Little League coach
gathered his players around him
after every game, win or lose, then
each child shared at least one con
tribution he or she made to the
game. In this way, the children be
gan to learn the real meaning of
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