Vice-President’s Awards Recognize Staff Members’ Efforts UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.) Staff members in Penn State Outreach and Cooperative Extension have been honored with Vice President’s awards for their contributions and dedicat ion to the outreach mission of the university. James H. Ryan, vice president for Outreach and Cooperative Agriterrorists Targeted By Pa, Legislation HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) People who intentionally damage agricultural crops, live stock or research materials could face criminal and civil penalties under legislation passed recently by the House of Representatives. “We’re united in saying loud and clear that Pennsylvania will not tolerate so-called agriterro rism. Because agriculture is so important to the state’s economy, we must do everything we can to ensure the well-being of the in dustry’s future, including re search products,” said Rep. Peter J. Daley, D-Fayette/Washington, Democratic chairman of the House Agriculture and Rural Af fairs Committee. “Agriterrorists” destroy re search crops and other materials in an effort to hamper engi neering and biotechnology proj ects. In offering amendments to the two-bill package, Daley worked with his Republican counterpart, Heavy Duty Bale Movers Finished with a zinc rich under coat & polyester top coat. With Kverneland Forged Steel Spears • Electrically Heat Treated These spears are stronger & allow easier bale penetration. 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The 2000 fair attracted more than 5,000 adults and children. Team mem- The other measure (H.B. 1492) would allow victims of agriterro rism to pursue civil penalties. Awards could be up to triple the market value of the product, plus triple the replacement cost. To alleviate concerns that the new penaKLa are too harsh, Daley also expanded the state’s current agricultural vandalism statute to include buildings and research materials. Pennsylvania presently has a graded penalty scale for agricultural vandalism, based on the amount of damage done. “By creating this expanded definition, prosecutors will have an option of whether to charge the offender with agricultural vandalism or the more serious crime of agricultural destruc tion,” Daley said. “Again, mak ing sure that people understand that we’re serious about protect ing our vast array of agricultural research facilities.” Both bills have been referred to the Senate for consideration. Front End Loader Forks PLF compact tractors) Hours' bers are Steve Jacobs and Greg Hoover, senior extension associ ates; Lyn Garling, project associ ate; and Dave Love, safety and facilities. Department of Ento mology, College of Agricultural Sciences. • Vice President’s Award for Quality Enhancement: Tracey D. Huston, director. Office of Out reach Communications, for her leadership in creating a continuo us quality improvement team to streamline the planning and pro duction of Penn State Outreach magazine. • Vice President’s Award for Customer Service Winifred McGee, extension agent, Lebanon County. • Penn State Cooperative Ex tension, and team, for coordinat ing the capitol region food pro cessor joint outreach initiative, which assessed the education and training needs of small- and mid sized food processors and devel oped educational programs to ad dress their needs. Team members are Warren Weaver and Dana Stuller, senior technical special ists, Pennsylvania Technical As sistance Program; Terry Riley, director, Continuing Education, Penn State York; Steve Bogash, extension agent, Franklin County Cooperative Extension; Luke La- Borde, assistant professor of food science; Heather Koberle, confer ence planner. Conferences and institutes, Division of Continuing Education; Jim Fong, director, and Ginny Pearson, research as sociate, Outreach Office of Mar keting Research; Eric Vorodi, ex tension agent, Dauphin County Seven Gardens Or Ohio Tour July 15 MARYSVILLE, Ohio - Seven Union County gardens will be highlighted on the Ohio State University Extension Union County Master Gardeners fifth annual Union County Tour of Gardens. The event will be July 15 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The tour will fea ture colonial gardens, perennial gardens, native and invasive plants, landscape ponds, vermi composting, and beekeeping. The tour will also include skin cancer screenings and raffle and door prizes. Master gardeners and gar den homeowners will be on hand at each location to answer ques tions, and each garden will fea ture a demonstration and/or live entertainment. The tour will be conducted regardless of weather. The following gardens will be featured on the tour: • Linda and Phil Shandle, 14458 Fladt Road: transformed their rural farm fields into exten sive perennial and vegetable gar dens surrounding an 1840 s milkshed that was purchased at an auction and moved to the property. • Robert and Cynthia Robin son, 12587 Adams Road: started beekeeping on their farm in 1994. Visitors will see 20 colonies of honeybees and the vegetable and fruit gardens that surround them. A demonstration on beekeeping will be presented as well as honey recipes. • Becky Rowe, 21914 West lake Lee Road: has created a gar den from scratch in just three years. Her focus is on keeping things natural. She has been chal lenged by a swampy area behind the house that now has a gazebo surrounded by a profusion of per ennials. • Paul and Jackie Lazenby, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 16 2001-A37 Cooperative Extension; Nancy Wiker, extension agent, Lancas ter County Cooperative Exten sion; and Ron Smith, area repre sentative, Continuing Education, Penn State Harrisburg. • Vice President’s Award for Partnership “Bridge Builder Award” Armando Villarroel, executive director of CREAD, the Inter-American Distance Ed ucation Consortium, for his dedi cation to building “rainbow” bridges and partnerships among individuals, academic institutions and organizations to share re sources and expertise throughout the Western Hemisphere. • Vice President’s Award for Diversity and Public Service “Marybeth Reese Award” Mary P. Miller, extension agent, 4-H/youth development, Mont gomery County Cooperative Ex tension, for her educational pro grams for at-risk youth and her work in developing and deliver ing diversity programs for exten sion agents and support staff and Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program advisers in the southeast region of Penn State Cooperative Extension. She also serves on the Pennsylvania Diversity Catalyst Team. • Vice President’s Award for Special Contributions Lori Pacchioli, director of marketing, Penn State Public Broadcasting, for her perseverance in success fully overcoming the challenges of a serious medical illness while maintaining an outstanding level of accomplishment in her role at Penn State Public Broadcasting. She has been an inspiration to her colleagues. 22725 Pelomar Lane: created a colonial period garden using a lot of broadleaf evergreens and per ennials. Their garden and a five acre stocked lake accent a coloni al period home that Paul Lazen by constructed in a new gated community named Reflections. • Dover Farms, 13302 U.S. Rt. 36: is a small nursery managed by Lynn Emler and Lynn Mur- phy, who will share a wealth of knowledge about prairie and woodland plants that are native to Ohio. • Marysville’s McCloud Park: located at the corner of West sth and West 4th Streets, which is now in phase two of the renova tion of its perennial and shrub beds, is the showcase garden for the Master Gardeners of Union County, who have provided land scape design, construction and maintenance. WOSU radio host Tom Wiebell and Green Scene members will be at McCloud to answer horticulture questions and offer games and prizes. Tickets are $5 each and may be purchased in advance at the Union County Extension Office, 246 West sth Street, Marysville, or from any Union County mas ter gardener. On the day of the tour, tickets may be purchased at the Union County Extension of fice or at any other featured gar den on the tour. Ticket sales ben efit master gardener horticultural projects in Union County. For more information, contact Laura McConnell, master gar dener coordinator, OSU Union County Extension, *,937) 644-8117 or (800) 589-8584, or visit the Websiie at mastergardener.osu.edu/union.
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