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Evans was also instrumental
in helping form a committee
within the Eastern Area School
District to restore agriculture
studies to the curriculum and
served as chair of the group for
several years. And, both Dave
and Janet faithfully serve in
various capacities as members
of the East, Prospect United
Methodist Church.
“A lot of people can’t relate to
a farmer any more; they have no
background in agriculture,” he
says as one of the reasons he
continues in a role as an agricul
tural advocate. “Too many peo
ple think food just comes from
supermarkets.”
An active and healthy 66,
Evans looks forward to farming
EDGEWATER, Md. The
Maryland Grain Producers Asso
ciation (MGPA) will be promot
ing the use of E-8S as an alterna
tive to gasoline on Monday, June
1, as the Ethanol Vehicle Chal
lenge cars drive through Mont
gomery County.
The promotion will be held at
Southeast Regional Small Fruit
POTTSVILLE (Schuylkill
Co.) Strawberry growers and
individuals interested in grow
ing strawberries are invited to a
twilight meeting sponsored by
Penn State Cooperative
Extension.
The meeting will be held
Wednesday, June 3 at 6:30 p.m.
at James Rodichok Farm, Tower
City. This meeting will qualify
for update credits.
Speakers for the meeting will
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just as long as he can. When a
1300-pound bull shoved a gate
into him a few years ago, break
ing several ribs, collapsing his
lungs and sending him to a ten
day hospital stay, Evans dread
ed the anticipated long recovery
period. A similar accident some
time before had sent Janet into
a painful, six-week recuperative
period.
But less than a day after
returning home from hospital
ization, Evans was up and walk
ing around and checking up on
the farm. He credits that to good
health and durability based on
an active, farming lifestyle.
“You can’t find a better way of
life,” he asserts. “As long as I
can make a living at this and I’m
able, I’ll keep at it.”
Grain Producers To Promote E-85 June 1
the farm of Robert Raver on
Mount Ephriam Road in Dicker
son.
MGPA is a strong supporter of
E-8S fuel, which is made up of a
blend of 85 percent ethanol and IS
percent gasoline.
“Expanding the E-8S market is
be: Dr. Joseph A Fiola, specialist
in small fruit and viticulture,
Rutgers Cooperative Extension,
New Jersey Agricultural
Experiment Station. He will dis
cuss strawberry production on
raised bed plastic culture with
trickle irrigation. A demonstra
tion plot will be observed with 3,
2, and 1 year production with
this system.
Scott Walker, Jersey
Asparagus Farms, Inc., who has
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grain prices,” said Melvin Baile,
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through E-10 blends that are used
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five years experience with this
system, will discuss their pro
duction accomplishments. A
sprayer demonstration for the
control of weeds, insects, and
disease on strawberries will be
offered.
For additional information,
contact George P. Perry, Jr.,
Extension Agent/Horticulture,
Schuylkill County Extension
Office, 1202 Ag Center Drive,
Pottsville, PA 17901, (717) 622-
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The 1998 Ethanol Vehicle
Challenge is bringing engineering
teams from 14 colleges and uni
versities across the country to
Washington, D.C. The competi
tion, sponsored by the United
States Department of Energy
(DOE) and General Motors Cor
poration (GM), challenges top
automotive engineering students
to design, build, and test dedicated
ethanol-fueled vehicles.
Participating schools received a
1997 Chevrolet Malibu powered
by 3.1 liter V 6 engine, plus one
spare engine from GM. The stu
dents then put their engineering
skills to the test The challenge is
to re-engineer the vehicle to run
on a blend of E-BS. The objective
of the competition is to optimize
fuel economy, emissions, and
cold-start characteristics without
sacrificing driveability and per
formance.
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“The Ethanol Challenge teams
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tangible and practical sense that
domestic fuels and today’s auto
mobiles are a winning combina
tion. ESS is good for our economy
and good for our environment,”
said Tom Gross, deputy assistant
secretary for transportation tech
nologies, USDOE
There are to companies who of
fer vehicles that run on ESS. All
3.3 litre Chrysler mini vans will
run on ESS. Ford offers the Taurus
as a flexible fuel version at no ex
tra cost and starting with model
year 1999 all 3.0 litre Ranger
pickups will run on ESS. These
flexible fuel vehicles will run on
an SS percent blend of Ethanol or
100 percent gasoline or any com
bination in between.
“Wc want to make people
aware of the alternative fuel op
tion so we can'get enough vehicles
available to establish an ethanol
refueling infrastructure,” said
Baile.
The schools compet
ing in The Ethanol Chal
lenge are Cedarville
College, Ohio; Crowder
College, Missouri; GMI
Engineering & Manage
ment Institute, Michi
gan; Idaho State Unive
rsity; Illinois Institute of
Technology; Mankato
State University, Min
nesota; University of
California, Riverside;
University of Illinois at
Chicago; University of
Kansas; University of
Nebraska. Lincoln; Uni
versity of Texas at Aus
tin; University of Texas
at El Paso; University of
Waterloo, Ontario, Can
ada; and Wayne State
University, Michigan.
Judging will be held
at the General Motors
Proving Ground in Mil
ford, Michigan, begin
ning May 25. After five
days of competition, the
teams will motorcade to
Washington, D.C.
where they will join the
activities of the National
Clean Cities Conference
stopping in Dickerson,
in Montgomery County
on June 1. On June 2, the
students and sponsors
will display their vehi
cles on the capitol
grounds.