824-Lancaster Firming, Saturday, May 27, 1995
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don’t know whom to ask for answers.
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tions. When a reader sends in a question, it will be printed
in the paper. Readers who know the answer are asked to
respond by mailing the answer, which will then be printed
In the paper.
Questions and Answers to this column should be
addressed to You Ask—You Answer, Lancaster Farming,
P.O. Box 609, Ephrata, PA 17522. Attention: Lou Ann
Good.
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swer to your question, we will publish it as soon as possi
ble.
QUESTION Scott Strosnider of Stephens City, Va.,
would like any information available on old marbles and also
where he can purchase them in bulk or large amounts.
QUESTION Yvonne Lawrence, Newburgh, N.Y., would
like to know where to purchase a rhubarb and soda mixture
used for indigestion. She used to purchase it in a pharmacy
but finds the New York pharmacies don't stock it anymore.
QUESTION Mrs. William Pierce, Palmyra, would like to
know where to purchase antique two bottom dishes for crock
type chicken water fountains. Must be white with 10-inch top
and 8-inch bottom.
QUESTION E. Walsh from Auburn would like the name
and phone number of a business that sells Round Pens for
training horses. Portable pens should be 60-feet in diameter
and be constructed with metal pipe panels. Approximately
6-feet high in 10 to 12-foot panels.
QUESTION Esther Miller, Coatesville, and Edgar Jack
son, Ligonier, would like to know howto puff wheat, rice, corn,
and other grains for making cereal. Esther writes that when
she visited Europe, the Austrians especially served puffed
cereals and one of her favorites was puffed peas served with
soup.
QUESTION Patricia Varchol, Reinholds, writes that she
started plants from seed for her large garden. She used a
commercial planting mix for starting the seed, grew the plants
under lights for 15 hours a day, watered from the bottom and
watered only enough to keep them from drying out. She had a
great germination rate, but since then has lost almost all the
seedlings to damping off. Every time she has tried to start
seeds, the seedlings met the same fate.
She knows it's too late this season, but are tnere tips or
tricks to try next year to keep this from happening?
QUESTION—Kay McGrath, 68 Hunter St., Tamaqua, Pa.,
writes that she found an antique in the attic of a deceased
relative. She believes it is a spinning wheel loom. She has a
picture of it if someone collects such objects.
QUESTION Paul Early, R.R. 1, Box 632 A, Annville, Pa.
17008 has a hopper to a wheelbarrow grass seeder that was
made in the 19205. He would like to hear from someone who
has the wheelbarrow part or he would be willing to sell the
hopper.
QUESTION A Lehighton subscriber was given an,
appliance called Merit Quik Chef Fast Grille. She did not
receive the card and plug with it. Does anyone know where
she could purchase a plug or have the address of the com
pany that makes the grill so that she could purchase some
instructions?
QUESTION —A Lebanon reader would like to know where
to purchase a Kistka, an instrument that resembles an old
time fountain pen that is used to apply the wax for egg
decoration.
QUESTION Betty Bixler, 2710 Maytown Rd., Marietta,
subscribes to “Country Woman,” but did not receive the
Nov.-Dee. 1994 issue. The company is sold out. Betty is col
lecting the issues and will pay cost of the magazine and post
age to someone who no longer wants their copy.
QUESTION Ruth Dundore would like the book with the
following poems: Brier Rose, The Old Man Goes To School,
The Station Agent’s Store, and The Last Hymn. It was pub
lished about 1900.
QUESTION Mrs. S. Carol, P.O. Box 344, Shiloh. N.J,
08353, would like some Amish penpals.
QUESTION Maxine Tutton, Fort Royal, Va., would like
the address for a mail order company that sells patterns for
clothing that fits cement lawn geese that are so popular now.
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Caren Glotfelty has been
selected to occupy the Maurice K.
Goddard Chair in forestry and en
vironmental resources in Penn
State’s School of Forest Re
sources. effective May 1. She was
deputy secretary for water man
agement in the Pennsylvania De
partment of Environmental Re
sources from April 1991 to Febru
ary 1995.
The endowed chair honors
Maurice Goddard, who served as
secretary of the Department of En
vironmental Resources under five
Pennsylvania governors. Goddard
served as director of the School of
Forest Resources as well.
“It was clear to me that the De
partment of Environmental Re
sources did not use the varied re
sources at Penn State to their full
extent,” Glotfelty said. “As God
dard professor. I’d like to come
from the other direction and build
bridges from the school to federal
and state agencies and to increase
the visibility of Penn State faculty
and staff.”
“We’re delighted that Caren is
joining Penn Slate. Her skills in
water resource management will
add a much-needed dimension to
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the University,” said Larry Niel
sen, director of the School of For
est Resources. “Her extensive
work with state agencies, regional
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tor will help us address environ
mental dilemmas in practical and
resourceful ways.”
Glotfelty started her career as a
planning expert in the Department
Environmental Resources from
1973 to 1981. From 1981 to 1983,
she worked for Maryland’s De
partment of Health and Mental
Hygiene as an environmental pro
grams analyst and Chesapeake
Bay program coordinator. In addi
tion, she worked as a sewage en
forcement officer from 1986 to
1989 in Sadsbury Township, Lan
caster County, arid was vice presi
dent of Winsor Associates in Ard
more, a consulting firm specializ
ing in resolving environmental
policy conflicts, from 1988 to
1990.
Glotfclty returned to DER in
1990, where she worked as special
assistant to the secretary, staffing
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tee on Nonpoint Source Nutrient
Management She has a bache
lor’s degree from Raymond Col
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Stockton, California, and a mas
ter’s degree in regional planning
from the University of Pennsylva
nia.
As deputy secretary for water
management, Glotfelty supervised
Pennsylvania’s water-related pro
grams, including watershed man
agement. wetlands and waterways
protection, surface and groundwa
ter quality and nonpoint source
pollution. She also reorganized
the department’s water programs
and developed its first strategic
plan for water management.
Glotfelty also pushed for in
creased public interaction with
water programs by seeking public
comment and reaction earlier in
the regulatory development pro
cess. ‘She developed Pennsylva
nia’s policy for reducing nutrient
loads, agricultural runoff, sewage
discharges, and stormwater runoff
into the Chesapeake Bay. In addi
tion. she also worked with Penn
State to develop a Geographic In
formation System for DER.
“The emphasis of the Goddard
Chair is on public service and out
reach to environmental agencies
and industries,” she said. “I have
done those things working in
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