_ —' n , in* rv ' mm t ~ ' f vol. 39 NO. 48 VERNON ACHENBACH JR. Lancaster Farming Staff HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) —The 38th Keystone International Livestock Exposition (KILE), held at the state Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, was kicked off Thursday evening with opening ceremo nies held in the Small Arena. The KILE is the state’s premier livestock show and features more than 1,700 sheep with two national shows; a large number of swine with two swine sales; beef cattle shows with three rated nationally; and a horse show that has continued to expand year after year. In fact, this year has been dedicated to the equines and officially has been declared From the left, George Hunter accepts a FLA clock from Peter Krall, chairman of the FLA selection com* mlttee, In honor of Hunter being inducted into the FLA Hall of Fame. State Conservation Association Presents Awards GREENSBURG (Westmore land Co.) The Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Dis tricts, Inc. (PACD) honored citi zens and professionals who have helped to promote or continue con servation efforts in the state at the association’s annual conference on Tuesday. Conservation districts across the state sent nominations to judg ing panels for consideration. Win ners were presented plaques hon oring their efforts. The following Canadian Farmers Visit Manheim Farmers EVERETT NEWSWANGER Managing Editor MANHEIM (Lancaster Co.) Because Manheim Farm Show “sticks specifically to agri culture,” many school children are bused to the event from up to an hour’s drive away. The reason for the attraction to this event is said to be because that when the children get off the buss, they don’t look for the midway rides because there are 604 Per Copy PLA Inducts Hunter Into Hall Of Fame awards were presented; • County Commissioner Direc tor of the Year, Dale Gingrich, Juniata County. The award is pre sented to county commissioner members of a conservation district board who have made an outstand ing contribution to the advance ment of conservation districts. • Watershed Protection Award, Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Association. This award is given to an organization or individual who has promoted the protection of a none. The children look for the ani mals and the tractors. Manheim farmers who are offi cals of the farm show pride them selves on the fact that there are only three small rides for children, and everything alse at the show is either good food from one of the 20 diffe rent community non-profit organi zations or something related to the area’s agriculture. (Turn to P«Q* A 33) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 8, 1994 “The Year of the Horse.” The opening ceremonies held Thursday started with a welcome and introduction by Dennis Grumbine, as well as a welcome by Tony Wagner, Pennsylvania deputy secret ary of agriculture. Charles Itle, Farm Show manager, gave an overview of the 38th KILE and the changes to this years shows. Itle said that the size of the horse shows is tremendous and that this year, for the first time, a KILE activity actually started-Wednesday. The Appaloosa show was held Wednes day evening, an expansion over last year by adding an extra day to the horse showing for a total of six days. Itle said the highlights of the evening shows includes Friday night’s challenge of the breeds horse competition with 13 entries representing for the first time all seven breeds this year for the first time, there will be Percherons, Morgans and half- Arabians added to the four other breeds to add more dimension to the challenge. And he talked about tonight’s evening program of 6-horse hitch competitions, with eight six-horse hitches competiting in an event that qualifies the participants for the national event Beverly Gruber, who coordinates a lot of the event activities and promotions, "" reported to the crowd that advertising for KILE was expanded this past year to include three radio stations and some television advertising in an attempt to attract more of the general public to the event. There has also been an expansion in the number of commercial exhibitors at the show. However, the KILE opening ceremony is traditionally the time when the Pennsylvani a Livestock Association announces and pre sents its annual inductee into its Hall of Fame. PLA began its Hall of Fame recognitions in the very early 1970 s and photographs of the winners are hung on a large placard on the back wall of Small Arena in the Farm Show Complex. This year’s inductee into the PLA Hall of Fame was George Hunter, of Stoneboro. Hunter, 77, has shown sheep at KILE every year, and has sheep entered for this year. A Penn State University alumnus, he Corn ears are head high on the stalks at the Raymond Rinker farm In Upper Fairfield Township, near Montoursville. Pictured here is Curt Rakestraw, president of the Pennsylvania Master Corn Growers Association, on land he rents from Rinker. See what Rakestraw has to say about this year’s corn In the special Corn Talk section Of the paper. Photo by Andy Andnws particular watershed through a coordinated land and water resour ce approach. • Conservation Organization of the Year, Washington County Lancaster County Conservation District was honored with the Goodyear Conserva tion Award. This award honors a district that Is rated the most outstanding conserva tion district In the state by the PACD. From left, Aaron Z. Stauffer, Herbert N. Myer, Jeanne Sonntag, Robert E. Wagner, and Dave Cranston, district manager, Goodyear Corp., who presented the award. Five Sections Groundwater Education Project. > This award is given to an organiza tion that has made a noteworthy contribution to the conservation of, Pennsylvania’s soil, water, and has worn a variety of hats serving various livestock breed organizations and dedicated much time to the improvement and consis tency of competitions, support and educa tional events. (Turn to Page A 35) related natural resources. • Media Conservation Award, Wordpower, Clearfield County. The award is presented to an indi ' (Turn to Pag* A 22) $21.00 Per Year