A2O-Unca«tef Farming, Saturday, May 3, 1997
(Continued from Pago A 1)
ago was manifest in the efforts to
create the first Pennsylvania
Grange meeting in Reading, by
spreading the word from commun
ity to community.
State Ll Gov. Mark Schweiker
was first speaker of the afternoon
workshops. From 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
he discussed emergency prepared
ness in rural Pennsylvania and the
role of the volunteers, who in
many rural areas serve first and
sometime second line defense in
battles against tragedy.
From rural fire fighters to volun
teer ambulance drews and radio
dispatchers, rural communities in
Pennsylvania have served to
demonstrate the cooperative abili
ties of people to organize and
maintain such protective services
for the good of all.
The rest of the afternoon offered
a choice of workshops.
From 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., members
could either attend a talk about the
dairy crisis and the Pennsylvania
Milk Marketing Board, or a work
Senate Agricultural and Rural Affairs
Committee, presents the Senate pro
clamation for State Grange Week and
Day, and also discusses some of the
achievements and changes in the
state’s agricultural policies.
Charlie Wismer, president of the Pa.
State Grange Service Corporation, and
a past state master, receives a bag of
seed com in honor of his heading
efforts to Institute and operate the
member-service non-profit
State Grange Day
shop on threats to the sense of
hearing.
The next set of workshops
offered insight into insurance
reform in the state, and review of
the first 125 years of the Grange
activities through a review of the
State Grange history in conjunc
tion with the upcoming 125 th
anniversary.
From 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., Gene
Barr, slated to soon become the
executive directoritve director of
the Associated Petroleum Indus
tries organization, and Robin Ross,
with the William Hawkins public
relations consulting firm in Harris
burg, discussed the proposed tight
ening of air particulate standards
by the federal Environmental Pro
tection Agency (EPA).
While representing the petro
leum industry, the implications for
agriculture ate significant
Barr said that adoption of the
standards would result in further
departure of United States petro
leum industries and jobs to other
nations where such standards are
nonexistant
The basic argument from both
men was that the EPA has prop
osed standards without consider
ing the potential for achievement,
for benefits, and for cost to indus
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framed certificate of appreciation from the Pennsylvania State Grange by William
Steel, master, while others applaud in the second of two standing ovations.
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