BUCK (Lancaster Co.) When Buck Motorsports Park opened 25 years ago, folks would turn out in the hundreds for an evening of family fun, taking in a handful of events (with mostly a local feel) throughout the summer. Now, as Buck Motorsports Park prepares to celebrate its 25th anni versary season, a full calendar of events capturing local, regional, and national interest will draw crowds of more than 5,000 from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and more to the “Playground of Pow er” each week. And while having monster truck shows, regional and national pulling events, mud bogs, demoli tion derbies, and championship rodeos on the schedule helps Buck Motorsports pack ’em in, the fo cus on providing family fun has never been greater. “We take great pride in being able to showcase the level of per formers and competitions we fea ture weekly,” said Mike Hoff of Buck Motorspoits Park. “But the reason we have been able to be successful and continue to grow for 25 years is our commitment to offer a fun night out for families Buck Motorsports Celebrates 25th and people of all ages at a reason able price.” The 1999 season at The Buck opens Saturday, May 8 with a Mud Bog Series Event, featuring Modified, Super Stock, Pro Street and Street Legal classes, plus the kickoff to the Tuff Truck Chal lenge ’99 series. “We’re very excited about our season opener,” said Hoff. “It’s going to be a lot of fun, we’re ex pecting a big crowd, and it’s a great way to begin what we think will be a memorable year for our fans.” Among the other high-profile events coming to Buck Motor sports Park in 1999 are Memorial Day Weekend Demolition Derby and Fireworks Display (May 29), Dave Martin’s Championship Rodeo (June 5); The Smoke and Thunder Nationals (June 12); Big Rig National Championships (June 19); 25th Anniversary Inde pendence Day Grand Demolition Derby and Fireworks Display (July 3); The NTPA Summer Na tionals (July 10); Monster Mania Showdown featuring “Bigfoot,” “Firestone Wilderness,” “The Un dertaker,” and “Stone Cold Steve Austin” Monster Trucks (July 24); East Coast Points Series Summer Truck and Tractor Pulling Cham pionships (Aug. 7); The Tuff Truck Nationals (Aug. 14); The 10th Annual Truckers Day at the Buck (Aug. 21); and The “Grave Digger” Monster Truck Show MILLHEJM (Centre Co.) The USDA has recently released information compiled as part of its 1997 Agricultural Census. This was the first census to separate Christmas tree production from other forestry products. The census reported a total of 17,234 farms which harvested cut Christmas trees. Oregon had the most farms (1,626) followed by Pennsylvania (1,458) and North Carolina (1,257). The other top states in the number of Chrismas tree farms were Michigan, New Jersey, and New York. The 1997 census also recorded Christmas tree sales dollars. Ore gon again ranked number one ($111,999,000). North Carolina ($49,422,000) switched rank with Pennsylvania ($35,439,000) in this area. Average farm size may be the major factor creating the differ ence in average farm income. The census also attempted to record Experience the Bobcat Advantage Total Venue See One Of These Local Dealers Today! Quarryville, PA GRUMELLI’s FARM SERV. 717-786-7318 Lebanon, PA EVERGREEN TRACTOR CO. 717-866-2585 1-800-441-4450 (Aug. 28). The ’99 season concludes Oct. 2 with the Mud Bog Series Finals. For most events, gates at Buck Motorsports Park open at 5:30 p.m. with action getting under Pennsylvania Ranks Second In Christmas Tree Farms farm acreage, however, due to Christmas trees being a multi-year crop, with uncut trees to be report ed as other nursery and green house crops, there was enough confusion in the repotting process to invalidate these numbers. As expected, the average sales of Christmas tree farms across the United States is, on the average, relatively small with 89.1 percent of the farms reporting sales of $39,000 or less. At the other end of the spec trum, there are very few large Christmas tree farms. Only 1.6 percent of the reporting Christmas tree farms had sales of $200,000 or more. This did, however, con stitute 48.8 percent of total Christ mas tree sales. hi June, Pennsylvania Christ mas tree growers will vote on a marketing referendum that will enable growers in the Common wealth to pool their resources and invest in research and marketing Harrisburg, PA HIGHWAY EQUIPMENT 717-564-3031 Lititz, PA 717-625-2800 fJluncy, PA BEST LINE LEASING, INC. 717-546-8422 800-321 -2378 W bobcat Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, May t, 1999-C3 at Can't Be Matched th ride id reliability itor comfort iment choices '/Training Reading, PA CSI ENTERPRISES INC. 610-926-4400 Bethlehem, PA 610-868-1481 Martinsburg, PA BURCHFIELDS, INC. 814-793-2194 way at 7 p.m. Admission is trom $lO (adults) to $5 (children 5-12), with children under S admitted free. Buck Motorsports Park is lo cated 10 miles south of Lancaster on RL 272. efforts on (heir behalt. 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