C2-Lanchstar Fanning, Saturday, February 7, 1998 WILMINGTON, Del. Sev eral communities, schools, and volunteer organizations will soon begin spring planting projects funded through the Delaware Ur ban and Community Forestry Pro gram. These plantings will help beautify recreational areas, estab lish wooded buffers, and expand forested areas. Each year, the Delaware De partment of Agriculture Forest Service offers grants to towns, communities and volunteer or ganizations for tree planting, tree management, and ecosystem based management projects on publicly-owned lands through its Urban and Community Forestry Program. This year, $34,100 was awarded to IS recipients. Grant re cipients use the funds to purchase plant materials to obtain technical assistance for their projects, con duct street trees inventories, and develop community forest man agement plans. The City of Wilmington re ceived a $2,000 grant to help fund Farm Credit Names New Retail Loan Administrator LEWISBURG (Union Co.) North eastern Farm Credit, ACA named a new re tail loan administrator in its Coudersport Branch Office. Peg Rotello, former customer service repre sentative for Northeast ern, has been named re tail loan administrator. Rotello has been with Northeastern since March 1997. She had been previously em ployed as the county executive director for the Potter County Farm Service Agency, USDA for 26 years. Cathy Ransom, for mer retail loan adminis trator for the Couders port Branch Office, will be taking on the duties of the customer service representative position. She is well-known to her customers during her 15 years of service to Coudersport and the surrounding areas. Prior to Rotello’s hire. Ran som was the customer service representative for the Coudersport Branch Office. Executive Vice Pre sident Bobby R. Jones said, “Peg’s work in the community and know ledge of the ag com munity will work to her benefit in her new posi tion as retail loan ad ministrator.” Urban Forestry Grant Awards Total $34,100 an Arbor Day project which will involve the planting of trees at lo cal parks, schools, and community centers. Teachers will incorporate die tree planting project into their science lesson (dans and their stu dents will help maintenance crews plant and care for the trees. Kent County Parks and Recrea tion received a $4,000 grant to continue tree planting at Breck nock Park. The plantings will en hance and expand the forested areas and create hedgerows for sound and wind control. Grant funds totaling $3,500 were awarded to the Village of Af den to assist with the development of a landscape plan for the historic community. The Village of Arden is working with landscape archi tects to develop a four-step pro gram outlining long range plans for its communal grounds to pre serve and maintain its Garden City Design. The project focuses on 12 acres of open space in the center of the Village. Last year, the Vil lage of Arden received at $4,500 LONG DISTANCE PHONE SERVICE ONLY 6.9 cents a minute to 9.9. cents for all toll calls 24 hrs/day 7 days a week For business and residential 1+ and 800/888 calls Rates vary depending in which state you’re located •NO Prepayment • 18/6 second Increment Billing • Monthly Billing • Account Codes with individual •NO Access Codes billing for community phones Low Foreign Rates - Canada from 12.9 cents Pre-Paid Phone Cards only 15.9 cpm. NO surcharge. These rechargeable cards are activated and ready to use. Call anywhere in the world. Send $2 plus the amount of time. Use gheck or Visa, Master Card or Discover credit card to order as many cards as needed and to recharge. 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Outstand ing leaders from across the Inter nationa] dairy industry are being sought for World Dairy Expo’s annual recognition awards. “We’re encouraging people to nominate someone who has dem onstrated exceptional leadership,” says general manager, Tom Mc- Kittrick. “Recognizing these indi viduals during World Dairy Expo showcases the leadership present in the dairy industry and adds to the excitement of Expo.” Nominations will be accepted through April 1,1998 and will be accepted in the four following categories: • Industry Person of the Year • Dairy Woman of the Year Other grant recipients were Hockessin Library, $3,995; Kent Apartments. $1.134; Schutte Park, $3,500; Woodbridgc Elementary PTA, $1,685; Blades Economic Development Co.. $385; Sclby ville Middle School, $2,400; City of Lewes. $1,500; New Castle County Special Services, $2,00; • Dairyman of the Year • International Person of the Year The Industry Person of the Year is presented to an individual in re cognition for excellence in re search, development, education, marketing or other fields which are part of die dairy industry. 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