AlB-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 26, 1994 LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) “The core values of our country were generated by hard working men of the land, proud of their heritage and working to pass on their fruits from generation to generation,” said Richard Witwer, board chairman, Lancaster Cham ber of Commerce and Industry, in opening remarks at the Ag/ Industry banquet Tuesday evening. “Farming is like any other busi ness. You deal with all the same problems business deals with on a day to day basis. Your assets are renewable, but your goals are iden tical. This common thread makes the Chamber such an important element in Lancaster County agriculture.” Jay Howes, manager of ag ser vices, listed activities for the year based on goals to include educa tion about farming of the non-farm public and involving the non-farm members of the Chamber in the farm educational process. One of the major events was the open house at Kreider Dairy Farms where five to six thousand people took the farm tour. The progress of the implementation of the nutrient Slate Of Developed LEESPORT (Berks Co.) The slate of nominees for the upcoming Farm Service Agency (ESA), former ly ASCS, committee election has been devel oped, Richard Trout man, acting chairman of the Berks County FSA committee, announced. The candidates for each FSA community in Berks County are as fol lows: Community 1 Debra Kieffer, Roland Feeg, Martin Moyer, Franklin Troutman, and David Younker, Com munity 2 Laverne Balthaser, Carl Hollen bach, Charles Moyer, Evald Wicks, and James Yost: and Community 12 —Norman Bare, Emily DcLong, Edwin Gelsinger, Dennis Man beck and David Schaef fer. The FSA committee election will be con ducted by mail from November 25 until December 5. Voters may also get ballots at the county FSA office. Eligible FSA voters will receive a secret ballot in Lancaster Chamber Banquet A Farm/City Event management laws and the water use regulations were also monitored. “Agriculture is the starting point of the food chain,” Howes said. “But it must be market driven. The consumer is the customer; the con sumer pays the bills on the farm, and the consumer is our boss.” In the annual presentation of the prestigious George C. Delp Award, Everett Newswanger, managing editor, Lancaster Farming, was recognized for “dedicated service and contribu tions to Lancaster County agri business.” David Hosier, ag committee chairman, said Newswanger is involved in communications for the agricultural industry and often stands up for agriculture and defends the importance of agricul ture in his editorials. These editor als “often elicit the comment that they deserve wider circulation," Hosier said. “Newswanger is a friend and an advocate of our industry and a communicator on our behalf.” Delp made the presentation of the award given in his name, and was the recipient of the award in Nominees the mail with instruc tions on how to vote for candidates of their choice and return the ballot to the county FSA office. FSA encourages o p en t 0 a |j f armers nominations of quali- regardless of race, reli fied women and minori- gion, sex, color, ages ties because historically handicaps or national they .have not been well origin represented on FSA Broken Down Deteriorating Walls Meed Be pairs'/ ÜBT M%K : ALL‘E*C COWPtgfPE '*The Concrete SpeciaCsts" SOLVE yOWi