School Kids Take Part
(Continued from Page DIO)
station. Buzz Prances, Berks
County Conservation District, in
troduced students to condensation,
evaporation, precipitation, and an
informative walk around the pond.
Armed with a burner to produce
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viroscape model and a micro
scope, Frances kept the youth en
thused while learning about the
water circle.
“Germinate means to sprout
and to grow,” began John Falter,
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Berks County extension agent, as
the “Caretaker of the Plants.” He
had many eager hands all day 1 long
as he taught about different plants
while planting a garden. Assisted
by several Master Gardeners, Fal
ter covered planting techniques
and beneficial garden arrange
ments.
In the large frees tall bam, the
veterinarian team of Chris and
Staci Hytrek, DVM, Willow
Creek Animal Hospital and Her
shey Medical Center respectively,
covered pet care as well as laige
animal husbandry. Students were
able to handle a stethoscope, nail
clippers, hoof trimmers, aspirin,
pill gun, and many other veterin
ary items as they listened to the
professionals.
As “Caretaker of the Communi
ty,” Tammy Weaver, Beef Coun
cil Industry representative, edu
cated the students on crop rota
tion, efforts to save wildlife areas,
and pesticide and herbicide re
sponsibilities. She used a video to
tie the day together and reviewed
concepts with the youth.
At the end of the day students
received educational activity
books to finish and ice cream
treats. The following day a quiz
was given with two questions
from each presentation to remind
students of the facts they have
learned today.
“This year we needed a little
more,” said Chris williams, as she
talked about expanding the pro
gram to make it better and in
crease the exposure of the students
to the many career, science and
agriculture applications and con
cepts.
“We called on more resource
people,” she said, referring to the
volunteerism of the Master Gar
deners and several representatives
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Student Tour Guides included
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Move To Cut Ethanol
Tax Credit Short-Sighted
DENVER, Colo. The Na
tional Farmers Union (NFU) is
blasting a congressional proposal
to do away with tax incentives for
the production of corn-based
ethanol. NFU says the current
spike in energy prices points to the
need to develop alternative energy
sources, not do away with them.
NFU President Leland Swen
son said a proposal by Washing
ton freshman Republican Randy
Tate and a bipartisan group of co
sponsors is “short-sighted and re
actionary.
“The problem is the Tate bill is
exactly die wrong reaction,” said
Swenson.
Tate is urging the House Ways
and Means Committee to elimin
ate the motor fuels excise tax
exemption for ethanol and scale
back the excise tax credit for
ethanol at the same time the com
mittee considers a repeal of the 4.3
cent motor fuels tax increase
passed in 1993. Both moves in
furiate Swenson.
“First of all, the higher gas
prices we have today have nothing
to do with the 4.3 cent tax in
crease. It’s been three years since
the increase went into effect. Fuel
prices have gone up as much as 40
cents not four cents. This is a
cheap shot by those in Congress
who want to use this consumer
hardship for their own political
ends.” said the farm leader.
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Cory Dreifaplbis, senior; Kristy
Light, senior and Laura Phillips.
Others included Jill Vail, Kelly
Peifer, Melanie Kcrsener, and Mi
chelle McMichael, 9th grade stu
dents.
Swenson said the Tale proposal
is an “opportunistic effort to do
away with a program just for the
sake of doing away with it.
“This is a time when we’re
again paying the price for not hav
ing a national energy policy that
would promote alternative energy
development and energy conser
vation.” he said. “This measure
represents exactly the wrong reac
tion to the current energy price
problems.
Swenson’s organization has
long supported the idea of tax in
centives and other measures to
promote the development of alter
native energy sources. NFU be
lieves such development, coupled
with voluntary energy conserva
tion, will make the U.S. less de
pendent on foreign oil.
While the ethanol incentives
have come under fire as “corpor
ate welfare,” Swenson said the
measures have allowed a lot of
“mom-and-pop” ethanol produc
ers to get started.
“Ethanol is good for the en
vironment, good for com produc
ers, and good for our country’s
energy supply. The motor fuels
excise tax credit is an incentive for
consumers to use ethanol to help
protect the environment This ploy
by Representative Tate and the
others is just designed to grab
headlines. It’s not in the best inter
est of consumers, taxpayers, or
farmers,” Swenson said.
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