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If cows with excellent type catch your fancy, the annual
Pennsylvania Holstein Convention promises the little extras
that always make attending worthwhile. Set to run Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday, “Holsteins Shine in ’99,” follows the
Juniors convention last week with the same theme. Held in
the Ramada Plaza Hotel in Wilkes-Barne, The Northeast
District welcomes all state breeders. A trip to Hillside Farm
with the Conyngham family will be a highlight. Also, you can
take in the discussion groups on time management and
employee relations. It’s always fun to see good cows and meet
other dairy farmers who have the same interests in life. But
there will be a lot of business too. A panel discussion with the
theme “Recapturing Time” will be part of the Thursday
program. Everybody can use time management ideas, and this
panel promises a wealth of information on how to make the
most of your valuable time. For families with small children,
there will be affordable babysitting available. The registered
cow business is what makes dairy farming fun. See you there.
Saturday, February 13
SWCS/Mid-Atlantic No-Till Con
ference, Embers Inn, Carlisle, 9
a.m.-3;25 pjn.
Beginning Beekeeping Seminar,
Ag Center, Beaver, 9 ajn.-3
Mondin. I'ihiuar\ 15
Solanco Young Fanner meeting.
Other Business Applications,
Solanco High School, 7:30p.m.
Adams County Fruit Growers
meeting, Biglervilie High
School, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Bradford County Daily Day, SRU
School, East Southfield, 10
a.m.-3:30 pun.
Understanding Tax Reform
Changes In Pa., Central High
School, Martinsburg, 7:30
p.m.-9 p.m.
Feeder School, Penn State Ag Are
na, University Park, 10 a.m.-3
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Franklin County Fruit Growers
meeting. Savoy Restaurant,
8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Mid-Atlantic Direct Marketing
Conference and Trade Show,
Ocean City, Md., thru Feb. 20.
Western Pa. Potato Meeting,
TaTa’s Restaurant, Lyndora,
11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
Roundtable Discussion for Veget
able Growers and Orchardists,
York extension office, 7 p.m.-9
p.m.
World Wide Web and Agriculture,
Venango County extension
office, 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
ADADC annual meeting. Four
Points Hotel Sheraton, Liver
pool, N.Y., princess pageant 6
p.m. and meeting Feb. 17, 8
a.m.
Franklin County Farm Financial
-Management Forum, Light
house Restaurant, Chambcrs
buig. 9:15 ajn.-2;30 pjn.
Northumberland County Conser
vation District/Coopcrativc
Extension Winter Conference,
Otterbein United Methodist
Church Hall, Sunbuiy, 10 a.m.
PQA Certifiestion/Recertification
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Shine In ’99
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Meeting, Middleburg High
School, 7 p.m.
Beekeeping Short Course, James
Rumsey Technical Institute,
Martinsburg, W.Va., also Feb.
23 and March 2. 9. and 16.
Wednesday, I'chruar} 17
Mid-Atlantic Direct Marketing
Conference, Princess Royale
Hotel, Ocean City, Md., thru
Feb. 20.
Delmarva Com and Soybean Con
femee, Wicomico Youth and
Civic Center, Salisbury, Md, 8
ajn.-2 p.m.
Pa. Christmas Tree Short Course,
Penn State, thru Feb. 19.
York/Lancaster Fruit Grower
Meeting, York extension
office, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
World Wide Web and Agriculture,
Clarion County extension
office, 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
Farm Credit Ag Outlook Forums,
Troy Fire Hall, Troy, 12:30
p.m.-3:30 p.m., and Best West
ern Country Cupboard Inn,
Lewisburg, 6:30p.m.-9;30p.m.
Ontario Fruit and Vegetable
Growers Association Annual
Meeting, Regal Constellation
Hotel, Toronto, thru Feb. 18.
Northeast Region Landscape
Seminar, Holiday Inn, Bartons
villc, 8:15 a.m.-4 p.m.
Land-O’-Lakes Members Resolu
tion Meeting, Solanco Fair
grounds. 7:30 n.m.
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Editor,
On Wednesday, February 17,
1999 a meeting of Land-O-Lakcs'
members will be asked to discuss
and give a vote of confidence to a
Special Resolution Committee’s
proposed resolution demanding
that their well paid employees
(Land-O-Lakes administration at
To Store Pesticides
Correctly
Spring is now coming at a
.rapid rate and many chores
associated with spring will soon
be upon us. The proper storage of
pesticides should be high on our
list of priorities to get done,
according to Robert Anderson,
Lancaster County Extension
Agronomy Agent If you store
pesticides during the winter,
remember many liquid pesticides
will freeze and need to be protected
from freezing. If pesticides are
delivered to the farm before the
threat of freezing passes, these too
must be protected from freezing
In addition dry materials must be
kept out of wet conditions. All
containers, including bags, cans,
jars, etc. need to be protected from
damage or breakage.
Maintaining the quality of
pesticides in storage is extremely
important. Care needs to be taken
to ensure that pesticides do not
contaminate each other or other
farm products including livestock
feed. Good storage facilities help
prevent accidents.
To Plan Pesticide
Storage
According to Robert Anderson,
Lancaster County Extension
Agronomy Agent, pesticides
should be stored in a separate
building at least 50 feet away
from other buildings. The
building should be located in a
manner which protects wells and
surface waters from spills. The
building should prevent
unauthorized persons from
entering. Children should be
locked out of the building and
taught not to play near pesticide
storage locations.
The small shed which is so
common in residential areas is
almost ideal for pesticide storage.
Whenever possible, the storage
should include separate locations
for herbicides, insecticides and
fungicides to help prevent
contamination of the products
The building should have a
ventilation system and have the
necessary protective equipment to
handle all products stored there.
Washing facilities should be
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Minnesota) follow the Co-op by
laws in reference to the following
issues:
1. Equal member representa
tion at all levels of govern-
ance.
2. Membership’s right to as
semble to discuss co-op
business.
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At first glance, the situation
in Corinth to which Paul
addresses himself in I
Corinthians 11:17-34 seems
almost totally irrelevant to
Christian life today. I’m sure
none of us can identify with the
problem which leads Paul to
write this passage.
It appears that in the
Corinthian church, members
gathered from time to time to
share a common meal that
included a celebration of the
Lord’s Supper. Paul learned that
the more prosperous members of
the church arrived first with
generous amounts of food and
drink. The poorer members
apparently arrived later because
they worked longer hours. When
they arrived, they had meager
provisions and found that the
more prosperous Corinthian
Christians had not waited for
them, nor did they share their
provisions with them. In fact,
Paul learned that some of the
early arrivers ate and drank to
excess, making a shameful trav
esty of the Lord’s Supper.
AN ‘UNWORTHY MANNER’
Paul concludes that the
Corinthian Christians did not
really understand what the
Lord’s Supper was all about.
They may call it the Lord’s
Supper, but it is not. “When you
meet together it is not the Lord’s
Supper that you eat” (11:20).
Instead of a Holy Communion,
the Corinthian experience is a
very dangerous practice. There
can be, and perhaps there
already have been, fearful con
sequences: “Whoever... eats the
bread or drinks the cup of the
Lord in an unworthy manner
will be guilty of profaning the
body and blood of the Lord... For
anyone who eats and drinks
without discerning the body eats
and drinks judgement upon
himself (11:27, 29).
As I have already said, this
specific situation is probably not
applicable to us today, but the
burden of Paul’s message is per
tinent to Christians in any day
and age: do not handle holy
things in a careless or unmind
ful manner! To do so is to invite
God’s judgement upon us and
may be spiritually, mentally and
physically unhealthy for us as
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available to deal with spills or
skin contamination When
possible, provisions should be
made m the building to contain
any spills.
To Call Before You Dig
Anyone planning to dig, drill,
blast, auger, bore, grade, trench or
demolish anywhere in
Pennsylvania including engineers
in design phase must call
Pennsylvania One Call System at
1-800-242-1776.
You are required to give the
utilities a 3 working day noticed
before construction and 10
working day notice in design
stage. In addition OSHA requires
before any excavation actually
HANDLING
HOLY THINGS!
February 14,1999
Background Scripture:
I Corinthians 11:17-34
Devotional Reading;
I Corinthians 12:14-27
begins, the employer must
determine the estimated location
of utility installations sewer,
telephone, fuel, electric, water
lines or any other underground
installations that may be
encountered during digging
The contractor must ask the
utility companies or owners t 0
find the exact location of
underground installations. By
calling Pennsylvania One Call
System, you could save your life
and the lives of the people living
and working around you.
Feather Prof, 's Footnote: "The
one who complains about the way
the ball bounces is likely the one
who dropped it."
well. “This is why many of you
are weak and ill, and some have
died” (11:31).
When I first read that verse
many years ago, I was very dubi
ous that consciously or uncon
sciously profaning holy things
could have any affect on us
physically. But many scientific
studies in recent years have
demonstrated that there are
often physical consequences of
our spiritual lives. Dr. Carl Jung
said that spiritual problems lay
at the heart of the physical and
emotional complaints of a large
proportion of the people who
came to him for psychotherapy.
HOLY EXPECTATION
So Paul sets about to explain
to them what the Lord’s Supper
meant the night that Christ
shared it with his disciples and
what it should mean to his fol
lowers today. Both the bread and
the cup are to be taken in
remembrance of Christ’s betray
al and sacrifice for them. (How
could the Corinthians remember
Christ’s supreme sacrifice and
yet practice discrimination and
hardheartedness at the Lord’s
Table?) There is also to be a
remembrance of the “new
covenant in my blood” —the new
relationship with God through
Christ. “For as often as you eat
the bread and drink the cup, you
proclaim the Lord’s death until
he comes” (11:26). The Lord’s
Supper is intended to help us
live in holy expectation of our
Lord’s return and the kingdom
of God.
Some have pointed to this
passage as proof that the Lord’s
Supper was intended to be only
a memorial, a remembrance of
what Christ did and promised.
Yet, Paul also implies that the
bread and wine have a meaning
beyond remembrance. In a mys
tical sense, these common ele
ments become, at least spiritual
ly if not physically, the body and
blood of our Lord.
So the Lord’s Supper vitally
defines the very nature of our
relationship with Christ who
gave himself for us.
Consequently it also defines our
relationship with other
Christians as a caring and shar
ing that rises above petty differ
ences. For the follower of Jesus
Christ the form of Holy
Communion is optional, but the
experience is not.
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