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HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Agriculture Secretary Samuel
E. Hayes Jr. announced May 6 that
Pennsylvania’s vegetable growers
have voted to continue the Penn
sylvania Vegetable Marketing and
Research Program for another five
years.
“This vote reflects the import
ance of this program to the future
of Pennsylvania’s vegetable in
dustry,” Hayes said. “It demon
strates a vote of confidence in the
research support and promotional
efforts the program provides.”
An impartial Teller Committee
comprised of individuals repre
senting the Pennsylvania Farm
Bureau, the Pennsylvania State
Grange, the Pennsylvania Far
mer’s Union, the Pennsylvania
State University Cooperative Ex
tension and the Pennsylvania
Agricultural Statistics Service
counted the ballots in April.
Of those voting, 66 percent vot-
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ed in favor of and 34 percent voted
against continuing the program.
Pennsylvania’s Agricultural
Commodities Marketing Act
stipulates that a program will con
tinue when favored by a simple
majority of those voting.
Regional Envirothon
Competition May 12
SUNBURY (Northumberland
Co.) —Sixty-three teams totalling
31S high school students from Co
lumbia, Montour, Northumber
land, Snyder, and Union counties
will take part in the 13th annual
Susquehanna Valley Envirothon
on Tuesday, May 12 at Shikel
lamy State Park on the Island in
Sunbury. The event is scheduled
to begin at 9: IS a.m. and end at
1:30 p.m.
Lancaster Fai
log,
Pennsylvania’s vegetable mar
keting and research program pro
motes the sale of Pennsylvania
grown vegetables and conducts re
search beneficial to the state’s
vegetable industry.
Students will be tested at five
separate stations in each of the fol
lowing categories: aquatics, fores
try, wildlife, soils, and current is
sues. This year’s current environ
mental issue is “watershed
management” A fun, nontesting
station is also included in the rota
tion. The nontesting station will
focus on Native American culture
and its rich history in this region.
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The team from each
county with the highest
combined score will be
declared the county
winner, but there will
also be an overall first
place winner. All win
ners will receive
awards. Each county
winner is eligible to ad
vance and participate in
the Pennsylvania En
virothon competition
being held at Bald Eagle
State Park in Centre
County on Thursday,
May 28. Participants at
the state level receive a
certificate of participa
tion, and the fust place
overall finisher at the
state level wins an all
expenses paid trip to the
National Envirothon.
The 1998 national event
will be held in Michi
gan.
Representatives from
the Pennsylvania Fish
Commission, Pennsyl
vania Game Commis
sion, Bureau of Fores
try, USDA Natural Re
sources Conservation
Service, Bureau of State
Parks, and a current is
sues specialist will con
duct the testing at each
station. The Pennsylva
nia Department of En
vironmental Protection
and conservation dis
trict personnel will also
be assisting at the event.
The competition is
sponsored by the con
servation districts and is
designated to heighten
environmental aware
ness in each student, test
their knowledge and un
derstanding of resource
issues, and produce en
vironmentally responsi
ble adults. Pennsylvania
is the birthplace of the
Envirothon. The Na
tional Envirothon now
boasts participation by
at least 42 states and
four Canadian pro
vinces.
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