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Vol. 39 No. 28
Ready to cut the ribbon at the new $6 million Penn State Poultry Education and
Research Center are from left, Dave Morrow, David Jannetta, Paul Hann, Boyd Wolff,
Joab Thomas, Gov. Robert Casey, Lamartine Hood, and William Weaver. Photo by
Eventt Newswanger, managing editor.
Students Receive Scholarships
To Pursue Ag-Related Careers
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
“All those years of showing
sheep paid off,” said Mark Tracy
of Elizabethtown. Tracy was refer
ring to the $l,OOO scholarship that
he received to pursue his interest in
animal bioscience at Penn State
University.
His exposure to agriculture
through 4-H and helping with
fanning on the family’s 100 acres
influenced his choice of studies
and enabled him to apply for the
Lancaster County Farm and Home
Foundation scholarships.
Tracy was one of seven county
high school seniors awarded the
$l,OOO scholarships on Tuesday
night at the Farm and Home Cen-
While the frame rises behind them, three generations of the T. Edwin Johnson fami
ly pause for a brief moment on a hectic and grateful day of barn-raising. From left,
Eddie Johnson, daughter Abbe Gore, granddaughter Amanda Schott, and daughter
Edwlna Shoff. See story on page A 34.
60e Per Copy
Penn Staters Celebrate, Reminisce
At New $6 Million Poultry Center Dedication
ter. ■ Redpfemts must pursue a
career in agriculture or home eco
nomics. and must excel scholasti
cally, in leadership, and in extra
curricular activities.
The scholarship monies are
derived from the trust fund set up
by the late Elmer L. Esbenshade,
29 years ago. The number of scho
larships given varies from year to
year depending on the interest
earned from the trust.
Recipients of the $l,OOO scho
larships include the following:
Jeffery Balmer, the son of Nan
cy Balmer of Lititz, is a Warwick
High School student. He plans to
study agribusiness at Penn State.
Jeffrey his career decision
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 21, 1994
Recipients of $l,OOO scholarships from the Lancaster County Farm and Home
Foundation, seated from left, are Lora Shelton, Kristen Groff, Mark Tracy, and Jeffrey
Balmer. Standing, from left, are Amy Espenshade, Debra Fisher, and Marcia Harnish.
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) —The day of dedication
(Thursday) of Penn State Universi
ty’s new $6 million poultry center
became a day of celebration and
reminiscing for the crowd of uni
versity officials and almni, govern
mental representatives, and indus
try leaders present to see Pennsyl
vania Gov. Robert Casey and Penn
State President Joab Thomas cut
the ceremonial ribbon to mark the
begining of a new era of poultry
education and research.
The new 50,000 square-foot
complex consists of six buildings
designed to enable Penn State
faculty and students to conduct
“cutting edge studies” in support of
Pennsylvania’s $5OO million poul
try industry.
SRBC Proposes Rules
For Water Project Review
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Those agricultural pro
ducers within the Susquehanna
River Basin who run large lives
tock operations and “consume”
more than 20,000 gallons of water
per day, and those who irrigate
crops using at least the same
amount of water may be required
to make up the difference.
That’s if a final draft of prop
osed rules governing water use in
the basin eventually becomes law.
The Susquehanna River Basin
Commission (SRBC) last week
approved a draft of proposed rules
which seek to reorganize, consoli
date and provide consistency
among a series of rules that the
multi-state-pact commission uses
to review water-use projects in the
Susquehanna River Basin.
The approval of the regulations
Four Sections
“Good things are worth waiting
for,” said Dr. William Weaver,
head of the poultry science depart
ment “I remember we started dis
cussions in the 1960 s but now the
waiting is over. It’s time to start
anew with a facility we are all
proud of.”
Paul Hann, board chairman of
the Pennsylvania Poultry Federa
tion agreed. “I’m excited about
what this facility means to present
and future Penn State students,”
Hann said. “And what it means to
future employees of these future
Penn State graduates, and what it
can mean to the consumers and the
people who make their living in
this exciting and dramatic industry.
This is a culmination of 20 plus
years of effort by many people. I
applaud this accomplishment and
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for proposal was made by the
SRBC during its most recent meet
ing, held May 12 at the Treadway
Inn, in Owego, N.Y.
As part of those proposed rules,
those in the basin who “consume”
a certain amount of water, and arc
in a position to continue to need to
do so during drought conditions,
will be forced to “compensate” the
agency for the water.
“Compensation” in this case is
not specifically defined, but will
relate to how the commission can
be assured that adequate water
flows will continue to be available
in the river for emergency and life
supporting needs, and environ
mental stability.
Compensation could be in the
form of a storage pond, or lake, or
it could be in the form of cash. The
cash rate, if that method is deter
mined by the water user to be the
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$21.00 Per Year