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Programs For Chi
ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.)
ChQdreaknd adults can handle an
insect compete in a science-based
game show, listen to the tales of a
storyteller, and lake a hands-on
tour of agriculture’s rich historical
past at Ag Progress Days, Aug.
13-15.
An insect exhibit hosted by
Penn State’s entomology depart
ment in the Family and Youth Ex
hibits Building will reveal the se
crets of our planet’s most popu
lous and varied life form. Visitors
will go buggy at the insect zoo,
featuring cockroaches, large walk
ing sticks, mantises and large lub
ber grasshoppers. Several other
insect exhibits, such as a feeding
and experiment station, also will
be featured, and youngsters can
leant how to start their own insect
collection.
Computers have become inte
grated into our lives so quickly
that some folks can’t keep up with
Newspaper Editor Named
To Communications Staff
ALBANY, N.Y. Robert
(Bob) P. Lindsay of Fort Plain has
been named assistant director of
communications for the
25,000-member New York Farm
Bureau.
Prior to joining the Farm Bur
eau staff, he was managing editor
of the Courier-Standard-Enter
prise, a weekly newspaper located
in the Montgomery County com
munity of Fort Plain for nine
years, as well as serving as general
manager for the last eight months.
During his tenure with the pa
per, he was the recipient of several
fust place awards from the New
York Press Association, includ
ing best editorial writing, best
front page, and best spot news
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society’s technological changes.
The College of Agricultural Sci
ences offers an easily understood
journey into the world of comput
er mouses and digital interfaces at
the computer awareness area in
the Youth Building. Experts in the
college’s computer services de
partment will lead visitors through
a computer database in search of
tasty recipes, instruct users in the
world of multimedia programs
and guide classes on a tour of the
World Wide Web, as well as Penn
State’s PENpages information
service.
Storyteller Jan Kinney will per
form in the College Exhibits
Building Theater at noon each
day. Kinney has been writing and
collecting stories for more than SO
years and can spin any one of 200
tales for audiences of all ages.
In an era of trash compactors
and gourmet coffee makers, the
coverage. He also worked as a
contributing writer and photog
rapher for the Amsterdam Record
er.
According to Mark F. Emery,
NYFB’s director of communica
tions. “Bob brings strong skills in
writing, publications design, com
puter technology, and photog
raphy to Farm Bureau.
Robert was graduated from-
Hudson Valley Community Col
lege with an associate’s degree in
liberal arts and from C.W. Post
College with a bachelor’s in poli
tical science. Prior to going to
work for the newspaper in Fort
Plain, he served in the U.S. Army
in Hawaii as a staff writer and
photographer for Tropic Light
ning News.
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Idren, Families At Ag Progress
artifacts displayed at the Pasto
Agricultural Museum may seem
like ancient history. However,
once visitors discover a dog-pow
ered treadmill that was used to
wash clothes or a milking machine
designed to be pedaled, they ap
preciate the ingenuity of yester
day’s agricultural tools. The mu
seum houses such items as icebox
es, tools, mechanized apple
peelers, a vintage cream separator
and an ornamental drinking foun
tain for chicks. The museum is lo
cated opposite the main bam.
Adults and children can test
their knowledge of Pennsylva
nia’s food system by competing in
SciQ, a TV-style quiz show with a
recipe for fun food facts. SciQ will
be held daily in the College Exhib
its Building Theatre. There will be
a special children’s version of
SciQ Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. in
the theatre.
The Penn State chapter of Stu
dents for the Responsible Use of
Animals will display young
calves, lambs, pigs and other live
stock next to the Family and
Youth Building. Visitors can see
the animals and ask Penn State
students questions on how farm
animals are used in agriculture
and the food system.
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Shaver’s Creek Environmental
Center also will display live owls,
hawks, turtles, snakes and wildlife
materials at its nearby tent 4-H
and the Foundation for Better Liv
ing offer displays and activities
for children as well
Many kids love power equip
ment, and acres of big tractors,
harvesters and other machines will
be exhibited at Ag Progress Days.
More than 300 commercial and
noncommercial exhibitors will
give curious visitors a chance to
take a look at the latest in agricul
tural technology.
Everyone needs to eat. and
adults and children alike will be
fascinated by the displays outlin
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processed and made into a fin
ished product, such as a potato
chip. In addition, budget-minded
visitors can see how economic
value is added to a commodity
from the time a crop of wheat is
planted to the moment a consumer
picks up a fresh loaf of bread on a
supermarket shelf. For those who
want to ask questions about grow
ing vegetables or flowers, Pout
State faculty and extension staff
will be available to give advice at
the Landscape, Lawn and Garden
tent, next to the Exhibits Building
Plant and insect samples can be
brought to the tent for identify
lion or diagnosis.
For more information, call
(800) PSU-1010 toll-free until
Aug. IS. If you have access to the
Internet, visit Ag Progress Days
on the World Wide Web;
http://www.cas.psu.edu/docs/CA
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