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Vol. 39 No. 12
Another week of snow and ice has caused many picturesque scenes to
appear in the farm community. Fluffy-coated tree limbs, outlined with
reflective ice bands, added to dark roofline angles and cylindrical silos cre
ate artistically contrasting black and white picture compositions that give
real photographers goosebumps when they look through the viewfinder.
But for farmers, this weather is a pain, just trying to get the feed and milk
truck in the lane and to keep electric motors running and the water pipes
from freezing.
In the photo, David Brandt is using the snow plow in the lane of the fami
ly’s dairy farm, located long Route 322 east of Hershey near Annville in
Lebanon County. Brandt had the lane open before the photographer arrived
but was on his way to help a neighbor plow out of isolation.
Fair Person Of The Year Named
VERNON ACHENBACH, JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
HERSHEY (Dauphin
Co.) Paulene Poggi, a longtime
volunteer for her home county
West-End County Fair in Union
County was honored as “Fairper
son of The Year,” on Saturday dur
ing the annual convention of the
Pa. State Association of County
Pairs at the Hershey Lodge and
Convention Center.
And while not revealing her age,
f°ggi. of Mifflinburg, she said is
J*ie of the oldest people involved
*Wlh the fair association.
And she said one of the main
jiKasons she stays involved with the
Jair association, though retired
Lfrom full-time work for years, is
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because of the special nature of the
other members of the fair
association.
The annual mid-winter conven
tion affords fair operators and
organizers the opportunity to meet
and discuss problems, share ideas
and stories, provide for mutual
support, and also provides a forum
for them to meet with entertainers
of all sorts who seek working
engagements.
Held for four days, the conven
tion is held in conjunction with the
meeting of the Pa. State Show
men's Association. The showmen
are the entertainers.
Despite a statewide winter
storm emergency, turnout was not
down, according to Beverly Grub-
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 29, 1994
er, spokesperson for the group.
In the lobby of the convention
center normal is this:
Blinking lights on baseball hats
and people wearing them passing
out cards and fliers to representa
tives of fairs, and discussing the
attraction of them at fairs.
The same holds true with
daredevils, country and folk music
representatives.
The convention is also a huge
business transaction and meeting
place.
Hotel rooms served as presenta
tion rooms for a variety of acts and
talents, and hundreds of associa
tion members visit talk, are enter
tained and discuss the next fair and
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For the last number of years, many older people told their children we
don’t have winter cold and snow like “the good old days.” But one farmer
said he told his children this week they should remember how it is now,
because in 30 years they will tell their children about the blizzards of 1994.
And spring isn't here yet. According to an official of the Pennsylvania
Transportation Emergency Management Agency in Harrisburg, as of press
time, they are preparing for another blast of snow and ice that could take
down power lines and tree limbs. If the weatherman’s predictions come
true, by the time you read this, Brandt and every other farmer in the area
may be in the process of reopening farm lanes that have already been
opened several times in the last several weeks. Happy plowing! Photo by
Everett Newswanger, managing editor.
The annual Pennsylvania
Com Conference, sponsored by
the Pennsylvania Master Corn
Growers Association and Penn
State University College of
Agricultural Sciences, is sche
duled for Friday, February 4, at
the Lancaster Host Resort m
Lancaster. A special “Com
Talk” section with this issue has
this meeting schedule: the Pen
nsylvania Commercial Hybrid
Com Tests Reports; and other
features, stories, and advertis
ing messages of special interest
to all farmers who grow com.
In addition, the Pennsylvania
Vegetable Conference and
Trade Show, and State Horti-
Four Sections
Special This Issue
cultural Association of Pen
nsylvania annual meeting,
sponsored by the Pennylvania
Vegetable Growers Associa
tion; Penn Stale University Col
lege Of Agricultural Sciences;
Horticultural Societies of
Maryland and New Jersey; and
the - Pennsylvania, Maryland,
and Rutgers Cooperative
Extension is scheduled to be
held at the Hershey Lodge and
Convention Center Tuesday,
February Thursday,
February 3. Pages related to this
event indKtfe stories, the full
meeting schedule, and mes
sages from advertisers. This
feature starts on Page C 2.
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