A22-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 22, 1996 ANNAPOLIS. Md. A team of five students from Middletown High School in Frederick County recently beat out teams from 22 counties and Baltimore City to win its second straight Maryland Envirothon, an annual two-day outdoor natural resources compet ition for high school students. This year’s event was held May 16-18 at the Grove Point Girl Scout Camp on the Sassafras River in Cecil County. Team members Elaine Bucheimer, Natalie Bucheimer, Crissi Gamache, Jennifer Morat, Erin Weber, Lara Wise, and Tara Harrell returned this year to defend their 1995 title. They were coached by science instructor Ron Albaugh and Barry Burch, a plan ner with* the Frederick and Catoc tin soil conservation districts. Established in 1991, the objec tives of the Maryland Envirothon are twofold to test students’ environmental knowledge and understanding of state resource issues and to instill a desire to learn more about the natural world. Since its inception, the program has grown from 250 stu dents to more than 1,000 students this year. The competition is spon * mini on lUlanis in dtliui tin p.iiN urn mul qunkK .did uli.tbK Oui pails waidimise lm Hi ai 111 \li Kv mki i \\ I his i iiiiilii niillimi dull ii iiiunion nl lis a liilK mmpiitui/ul him nloi \ mil shipping s\s|i m Wlmh itu ms \mi II qi i |in uhai \mi mul win n \on incd H MARYLAND SCHROCK ROVENDALE AG FARM EQUIPMENT & BARN EQUIPMENT Route 1, Box 2568 RD 2, Box 210 Oakland. MD Watontwn P* 301 >334-9060 717-538-9564 D. W. OGG 5149 Cap Stine Rd Frederick, MD 301-473-4250 961 Leister’s Church Rd Westminster, MD 410-848*4585 STARKEY FARM CO. Rt. 213, PO Box 250 Galena, Md. 410-648-5105 - Frederick Team Wins Md. Envirothon sored by the Maryland Associa tion of Soil Conservation Districts and the State Soil Conservation Committee. The Frederick team will now go on to represent Maryland at the National Envirothon competition slated for July 29 in Ashland, Neb. More than 30 teams from the United States, Canada, and Mex ico are expected to participate in the national competition. “The Envirothon is an excellent educational program for stu dents,” said Maryland Agriculture Secretary Lewis Riley. ‘The program gets students out of the classroom and into the natural world where they learn first-hand from the experts about how to build a soil profile to deter mine the health of a stream. “Our Envirothon really pre pares students to become leaders in agricultural and other natural resource-related fields,” he said. The Maryland Envirothon is held once a year at an outdoor environmental education center. Students taking part in the com petition have been studying Mary land’s natural resources for the past year in hopes of winning. Working in teams of five (with Parts. People. Promptness. LUBINIECKI WELDING & EQUIPMENT RD 2, Box 160 Meadville, PA MARSHALL ■ ■■■. . MACHINERY, INC. 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