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,
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Extension, presented the Vice
President’s awards on May 24:
• Vice President’s Award for
Outreach Leadership Michelle
Rodgers, regional director, capi
tol region, Penn State Coopera
tive Extension and Outreach, for
her strong leadership and vision
as a champion of outreach pro
gram within the capitol region
Rep. Raymond Bunt Jr., who
sponsored the measures, to ex
pand the legislation to include all
types of agricultural research ma
terials, in addition to the field
crops addressed by Bunt’s bills.
“The fact of the matter is,
there’s more to agriculture these
days than just field crops. The in
dustry has progressed to the
point of relying on important re
search programs which have
been targeted by protesters, as
evidenced recently by the build
ing fire in the state of Washing
ton,” Daley said.
In the final version passed by
the House, one of the bills (H.B.
1493) would make it a second-de
gree felony to intentionally dam
age a field crop, vegetable, fruit,
tree, livestock, research materials
or equipment. Penalties could be
up to 10 years in prison and a
$25,000 fine. Those convicted
also could be ordered to pay resti
tution, attorney fees and court
costs.
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• Vice President’s Award for
Innovation “Pathfinder Award”
Maryann Frazier, senior exten
sion associate, Penn State Coop
erative Extension, and team, for
developing and delivering the an
nual Great Insect Fair. 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.
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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.