A2O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday. September 23, 2000 Glickman Awards $18.7 Million To Boost Technology In Rural Education, Medicine RAISIN CITY, Calif.— Continuing the Clin ton Administration’s efforts to help rural Amer ica, Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman recently announced $18.7 million in grants to promote the use of technology in education and medicine. “Distance learning and telemedicine are the wave of the future for rural America,” Glickman said. “Using new technology students and fami lies can participate in classes not previously available to them, and people who live in rural areas can access health care without driving long distances.” Glickman made the announcement at the Raisin City Elementary School in Raisin City, Calif., near the Community Medical Centers of Fresno County, which received a $206,000 grant to establish a telecommunications network. This network will provide rural residents includ ing medically under-served farmworkers in the surrounding area with round-the-clock access to medical care. The project includes equipping a mobile medical van with telemedi cine equipment to reach out to and visit farm workers and other rural residents who would likely not otherwise receive medical care. The awards also include a $350,000 grant to establish distance-learning classrooms at three high schools in the Union (Miss.) Public School District. The new facilities will give students in small, isolated communities there access to upper division instruction through a regional co operative distance-learning network. Among the other awards is a $277,000 grant to create distance-learning hubs in Clay Center, Doniphan and Superior, Neb. A $325,000 grant was awarded to Copenhagen (N.Y.) Central School for distance-learning technology to up grade agricultural science programs in sparsely populated rural areas near the St. Lawrence River. The 84 grants announced today will include $11.3 million for 49 distance learning projects encompassing over 300 educational facilities, which will enable students in rural school dis tricts to participate in classes taught by instruc tors at distant locations, or to access information from libraries and other learning centers located See Lancaster Farming Cow Cam Featured on altavista.com as Cam-Of the Day Thursday, Sept. 14 Visit our Website at www.lancasterfarming.com Timber Leads “Money DOES Grow on Trees ”, Ihe best price for your standing timber may come from a buyer 100 miles away! One FREE call to Timber Leads connects you to tim ber buyers in Central PA. Our FREE service can help you receive a competitive price for the timber on your land. 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