Pequea Valley FFA To Represent County In Envirothon
KINZERS (Lancaster Co.)
On May 11, five young men from
Pequea Valley High School’s Fu
ture Farmers of America (FFA)
Chapter teamed together and de
fended their title as “Lancaster
County Envirothon Champions.”
In fact, this is the fourth straight
year in a row they have managed
to do so. Their closest competition
came from Lancaster Mennonite
High School (LMH), who sent
two teams that claimed second
and third place. Coached by Leon
Good, LMH really made Pequea
Valley FFA work for the win.
Who are these young men from
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Pequea Valley, and what is this
“Envirothon Contest?”
Seniors Jason Artus, Jason
Huyett, Keith Landis, Tony Mill
er, and Chad Slusser, coached by
Vocational Agricultural teacher
Clair Witwer, formed the “C
Team.” Pequea Valley also had
“A dand B Teams” that took
fourth and fifth place. The “C
Team” not only triumphed over
fellow classmates, but also kept 21
other teams from area high
schools at bay.
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mental contest that tests students
on their knowledge of the out-
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would expect to encounter. Teams
of three to five students compete
against each other. Tho teams are
tested in the following topic areas:
wildlife, forestry, soils, aquatics,
ecology, and this year’s current
topic “acid rain.”
The tests ae in written form; '
however, the students see, feel,
smell, and hear the actual ques
tions. It might be a tree or mam
mal they’re asked to identify. It
may be a bird call they are asked
to know. Understanding the “wa
ter cycle” would definitely come
in handy, as well as recognizing
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 28, 1994-C5
To Hold Public
Forum
ANNAPOLIS. Md.
Governor William
Donald Schaefer’s Pes
ticide Council is seek-
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manages to claim first place at
Montour County’s “PP&L Mon
tour Preserve.” They will continue
on as Pennsylvania’s representa
tive at the national level contest.
ing public participation
and direct input during
its monthly meeting.
The Governor’s
Pesticide Council was
formed to provide a me
chanism by which a
variety of people could
have input into evalua
tion and development of
state pesticide programs
relating to pesticide use.
The council advises the
governor and the secre
tary of agriculture on
actions necessary to
produce healthy agri
cultural products and to
allow proper pest con
trol while protecting the
health and safety of
Maryland citizens and
the environment
The council’s 15
members represent
pesticide manufactur
ers, regulators, scient
ists, pesticide users, lo
cal government envir
onmental organizations,
and the public.
“We want the public
to be a big part of our
decision-making pro
cess and we are encour
aging people or groups
to give an oral presenta
tion to the council on
specific issues or con
cerns relating to pesti
cides,” said Acting Se
cretary Lewis Riley.
The council general
ly meets on the fourth
Wednesday of each
month. Public forums
are held regularly dur
ing the year at which
the public may present
their questions, issues
or support relating to
pesticide storage, sale,
use or disposal pro
grams. The May 25
meeting was the eighth
in a series of scheduled
meetings held to pro
vide an opportunity for
public comment.
The council has
formed two subcommit-
focus on specific
issues. The Regulatory
Subcommittee is ad
dressing pesticide use,
storage, and disposal re
gulations or programs.
The Education Sub
committee is consider
ing integrated pest man
agement (IPM) and
pesticide education pro
grams for farmers, com
mercial pesticide appli
cators and the general
public. Both subcom
mittees are considering
issues presented by
members of the public
during the prior public
forums. Pesticide regu
lations recently have
been adopted as a result
of input from the public
to the council.