A32-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 13, 1996
Morel Raub Named Outstanding NESA Senior .
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, ognition for five semesters and the first Pennsylvania Junior All- On the nationid level, Marel has
Co.) Maid A. Raub, a Penn The award was presented at this wa s inducted into Gamma Sigma Breeds Convention. earned numerous honors and
State student from Duncannon, year’s NESA meetings held at the Delta honor society. awards. She was a member of the
was recently named outstanding
senior by the Northeastern Student
Affiliate (NESA) Division of the
American Dairy Science Associa
tion and American Sodety of Ani
mal Science.
The northeast affiliate is com
prised of member schools in New
England, New York, Delaware,
Water Withdrawal
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program.
Brenda tShambaugh, legislative
director of the Pennsylvania State
Grange, said, “Agriculture needs
to begin documenting its water
use to establish a data base for our
industry needs. We believe that
this documentation is necessary to
protect our industry in the event of
r severe drought or future water
rights battles.”
You should register your farm’s
naximum water withdrawal,
which for many farmers occurred
ast summer. Although the official
leadline for registering agricultur
Ag Sciences College
tion for serving two years on the
board.
In addition to the discussions
and awards presentations, mem
bers of the FCCEA and commis
sioners were given a quick tour of
the new $55 million Jordon Bryce
Sprats Center, constructed adja
cent to the Beaver Stadium foot
ball arena, and also their choice of
five tours in the College of Agri
culture Sciences its Land
Analysis Laboratory where Geo
graphical Information Systems
University of Delaware.
Marel is a senior at Penn State
majoring in dairy and animal sci
ence. She is enrolled in the Uni
versity Scholars program, and her
honors thesis relates to labor laws
in 28 stales and their applicdon to
agriculture.
She has earned Dean’s List rec-
al water withdrawals is March 31,
1997, the best time to register is
now, while the effects of the 1995
drought are still fresh in your
mind. Operations initiated after
March 31, 1997, will need to
register before using water.
Call or write the SRBC and get
a copy of the easy-to-use registra
tion form. Forms will also be
available from many county con
servation district offices. For more
information, call or write Dave
Heicher at the Susquehanna River
Basin Commission, 1721 North
Front Street, Harrisburg, PA
17102 (717) 238-0423.
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(GIS) mapping using spacial aerial
photography techniques, satellite
imaging, and computers; Compu
ter Services network; the Agricul
ture Arena; the horse bams; and
the Agricultural Analytical Ser
vices Laboratory were soil testing
and feterility can be determined as
well as plant analysis and environ
mental testing of soils and
biosolids.
For more information on the
PCCEA, contact a local Extension
office.
Marel's activities in the Penn
State Dairy Science Club have
been extensive. She served as sec
retary and corresponding secret
ary and was named Penn State
Dairy Princess for 1994-95.
Marel has displayed a strong
commitment to educating dairy
youth for the past four years. She
was co-chair of the Pennsylvania
Junior Holstein Quiz Bowl for
1995 and 1996 and helped coordi
nate 35 club members in writing
questions and moderating, scor
ing, and liming matches.
In 1996, Marel was co-chair of
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