Pa. Grange Legislative Day
slative director. “It also gives our ? isc “ rep ‘ ir r ° ,c ! s
members an opportunity to discuss dam, « cd by Uus P B5l winter s
one-on-one the problems facing s J? rms *
t | ien) » * The Grange also endorses
Some of the issue of concern changes andreforms in state edu
includc local tax reform. The State catonal policy, such as proposed
Grange policy endorses legislation “^ Ucal ref ° rm - f ts *
mat requires less reliance on prop- House was in the Senate
.n/i mm .mnim.V.Xi Education Committee. That
crty taxes ana more emphasis on -
equal taxes. The Grange also sup- te *cJ l ®^
... . from using sabbaticals for travel,
port more local control on the tax ... „,•* ..
formula because one tax base is etr^y .y® Uren ?^ l !|’
different than another, across the “uW be utilized to edu
sta(B * cational or health reasons. Sham-
The Grange has also been a b, “ gh “ i 1 d GrBn S e **
ima/W in fi«in{n» .Hrn.ni. kTn.ii wl * *e legislauve proposal, and
tk rr ,rt
lanced,- which moms they ce P I-** «■» aabbaucal lca.ca
seeking to increase rural rates £iJ , Sw I Ii restoration of
while lowering city and urban rates nn »hr .t.tr
became oT capanMo. In high b^ ( JSK -lta j hite
the Univenity of Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary Medicine
•nA° f restored, and it wants the incentive
*“ program restored for rural teachers
state pohcy calb to consumers Im j agricultural students who
and oil franchises to split the dif-
ference in gas taxes proposed to
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) The Pennsylvania State
Grange is celebrating the aid of
state and national Grange Week
with its annual meeting and legi
slative banquet Monday, April 29
at the Sheraton Inn-East, in
Harrisburg.
Grangers and non-Grange mem
bers were invited to register for the
afternoon workshops and banquet
The event is held to educate
Grange members and legislators
about Grange policy.
Grange policy is developed by
the members fust and then further
refined according to agreement
logic and popularity. About 400
Grange members are expected to
attend and discuss issue of impor
tance with state legislators.
“The legislative reception and
banquet is grassroots at work as
our members meet with their legi
slators to affirm Grange policy and
express their concerns about agri
cultural and rural issues,” said
Brenda Shambaugh, Grange legi-
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Schuylkill County Drought
Disaster Assistance
POTTS VILLE (Schuylkill Co.)
Effective March 11, Schuylkill
County has been declared a natur
al disaster area due to the draught
which occurred from April 1,
1995 and continued through the
summer of 1995.
This declaration covert both
physical and production losses
which occurred during this disas
ter period.
Eligible family size farmers
may qualify for Emergency Loan
Assistance for physical and pro
duction losses. Eligibility criteria
is as follows:
-Applicants must be in com
pliance with the Highly Eiodable
MORTON
BUILDINGS
Since 1903
Soil Conservation requirements.
-Applicants must have pur
chased Multi-peril Crap Insurance
during the disaster period.
-Applicants must not be able to
obtain credit from commercial
sources.
-Applicants must have operated
the farm during the disaster year
and intend to continue fanning
after the disaster year.
Interested producers who want
more details or wish to receive an
application should contact the
PSA/Credit Division at PO Box
806, Blooms burg. PA 178 IS, or
call (717) 784-9033. or call the
Schuylkill County FSA at (717)
622-1555.
Haenlein
(Condnuad from
?aga A 23)
mal Science, teaching
both semesters.
Still the state dairy
specialist, he is a mem
ber of Dairy Herd
Improvement Associa
tion (DHIA), corres
ponds with hundreds of
people around the
United States and
world, and is a guest
speaker at international
conferences.
A world-recognized
dairy expert, Haenlein’s
USDA text. Extension
Goat Handbook, has
become the bible worl
dwide for the dairy goat
industry. And his Nutri
ent Requirements for
Goals, which was com
missioned by the
National Research
Council and was the
first publication of its
kind, is still considered
the best source on the
subject
A champion of alter
native dairy farming, he
is recognized interna
tionally for his research
with dairy goats.
In 1988, he founded
Small Ruminant
Research, a monthly
international journal for
which he serves as
editor-in-chief. In addi
tion, the U.S. Agency
for International Deve
lopment has asked him
to assist in dairy deve
lopment programs in
Third World countries.
At6B,Haenleinisnot
considering retirement.
“What would I do with
myself? As long as I am
healthy and can still
make a contribution. I’ll
keep at it"