Dan Wilkinson
President
With the spring planting sea
son coming to a close and the
summer harvest straight ahead,
I wanted to remind everyone of
the important dates coming up:
•June 30 - Summer confer
ence registration due.
• July 2-4 - National Summer
Business Meeting (Las Vegas).
• July 10 - Summer
Conference, Grantville Holiday
Inn.
Although this year’s confer
ence is only one day, it will
include many interesting tours
and sights around the
Grantville area. We will con
clude with a dinner and race at
Penn National Race Course.
Include this in your summer
plans!
The 1999 National Institute
is coming together nicely and
lots of volunteers are needed for
various functions. What will you
volunteer to help with? Call any
of the committee chairpersons
and let" them know you are will
ing to help out.
Looking forward to seeing
you at Grantville.
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Workshop
REHRERSBURG (Berks Co.)
- An alfalfa field scouting work
shop is scheduled Tuesday, June
22, from 10 a.m.-ll;30 a.m. at
the Samuel and Sandra Forry
Farm near here.
Mena Hautau, Berks County
extension agronomic agent, will
join the farmers. Discussions on
common pest problems, sweep
ing, and determining thresholds
will be included.
Each participating “farm”
will receive a sweep net to uti
lize for the day’s activity and
future scouting of their fields. It
will serve as a basis for manage
ment decisions and refresher of
insect life cycles.
Directions to the Forry Farm:
travel north on Rt. 419 (from
New Schaefferstown Road). At
the intersection of Strausstown
Road, turn left toward
Rehrersburg, then right onto
Midway Road. The Pony’s drive
way is the first on the left.
The Tulpebocken Young
Farmer family picnic is sched
uled for Sunday, July 18, at
Wilbur and Arlene Hershey’s.
Dates to note for
Tulpehocken Young Farmers: ♦
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Container Schedule Recycling;
12:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. Ag Chem,
Bethel; 9 a.m. - 11:30' a.m.
Reading Bone Agway, Leesport;
12:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. Anthony’s
Mill, Strausstown.
Pedal to Preserve Bike Tour
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
- Lancaster Farmland Trust’s
third Pedal to Preserve bicycle
tour will be held on Saturday,
June 26, 1999. Registration
begins at 8 a.m. The tour accom
modates leisure and competitive
cyclists, offering both a 21-mile
and 43-mile ride through some
of eastern Lancaster County’s
most beautiful farmland. This
year’s ride begins and ends at
Garden Spot High School, 669
East Main Street, New Holland,
and showcases farms that have
been preserved forever from
development.
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Pennsylvania's Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Chris Herr has been named
honorary chairmen of the Lancaster Farmland Trust's Pedal To Preserve bicycle
benefit ride. Herr posed with a bicycle in front of a barn this week to promote the
event and lend his influence to the effort to raise farm preservation moneys for the
Trust. Herr said he supports the effort because he is from Lancaster County and
wants to save the quality of life inherent in communities where beautiful productive
farms are preserved. Photo by Everett Newswanger, editor.
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Registration is $2O in
advance or $25 on ride day. All
registrants receive a free event
T-shirt and water bottle.
Families are encouraged to ride
along with PA Deputy Secretary
of Agriculture Christian Herr,
the honorary chairperson of
Pedal to Preserve. Children 12
and under ride free when accom
panied by an adult. Riders are
also encouraged to obtain pledge
sponsorships and qualify for
valuable prizes. Pedal to
Preserve attracted 300 riders
last year. Proceeds fund farm
land preservation efforts
FRIDAY JUNE 25,1999 4 pm-8 pm
SATURDAY JUNE 26,1999 9am -12 pm
LIGHT REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED
REIFEN RUBBER CO., INC.
199 WEST STIEGEL STREET
MANHEIM, PA 17545
(717) 665-1428
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 19, 1999-A3l
through Lancaster County -
which was recently named one
of America’s 11 most endan
gered places by the National
Trust for Historic Preservation.
For more information, contact
Jessica Abernathy at (717) 293-
0707 or jess@savelancaster
farms.org
Lancaster Farmland Trust is
a private, non-profit organiza
tion that has worked to preserve
Lancaster County’s productive
farmland, thriving agricultural
economy, and rich farm-related
heritage for over a decade.
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