I National Holstein Convention (Continued from Page A2B) airport exit is less than two miles. Or, to get to Charlotte/Douglas from Winston-Salem, take 1-40 West (or Business 40 West to 1- 40 West) to 1-77. In Charlotte, take Exit 6B to Billy Graham Parkway. The airport exit is ap proximately five miles. Take Airport Connector Road out of Charlotte Airport. Road will fork. Veer to left to Billy Graham Parkway to 1-85 North. From 1-85 North take 1-77 North to Statesville. From Statesville, take 1-40 East. When approach ing Winston-Salem, 1-40 will split. Take the business 1-40 (left lanes) to downtown Winston- Salem. Take Cherry Street exit. Turn onto Cherry St. (one way road). The Adam’s Mark Win ston-Salem is located 4 blocks north. To Winston-Salem Exit the airport and take either I -77 North or 1-85 North. 1-77 North leads you to 1-40 East to Winston-Salem. 1-85 North leads Registration Deadline: May 16, 2003 (No forms accepted after June 2, 2003) Saturday, June 21, 2003 - Pre-Convention Tours 7 00 a m - 600 p m Biltmore House Tour Winery & lunch 9 30 a m - 500 p m Moravian History Tour - Qethabara, Old Salem & lunch Sunday, June 22, 2003 - Host Day 7 00 a m Golf Tournament - Tanglewood PGA Course No @ $7O - 700am-5 00 pm Tour A - Rocky Creek Dairy. Sunny Hill Farm Vineyard Stop & lunch No @s3o = 7 00 am - 500 p m Tour B - Butlke Enterprises, Maple View Farm, Race Stop & lunch No @ $3O - Note Please select I*' Choice Tour 2 nd Choice Tour President's Reception & Openng of Trade Show (hors d’oeuvres) 7 00 p m Monday, June 23, 2003 9 00 am -400 pm Ladies Day Brunch - Tourßeynolda House 500 p m 630 p m Pre-Sale Barbecue Tuesday, June 24, 2003 700 p m 10 00 p m Contention Banquet (social at 630 p m ) Calf Rathe Tickets 1 @ $2 00 or 6 @ $lO 00 Late Registration Fee (May 16 - Jane 2) Please make checks payable to "NC Holstein Association Convention " and send with this completed form to Kenneth Vaughn. Holstein Convention, 705 Oakdale Drive. Statesville. A IC 28677 Any questions contact Registrator Chairperson Jean Keck (336)685-4778 ( ] Check here if arriving by group bus [ ] Check here if you havs a disability and may require accommodations Registrants Name(s) (please print) Address Phene Name(s) as you wish them to appear on badge(s) Statewide Video Conference Planned HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Pennsylvania Rural De velopment Council (PRDC) Ex ecutive Director Jody Bruckner has announced the PRDC will host the first videoconference for 2003 titled “Pennsylvania’s Rural Opportunities for the Future.” This videoconference will begin at 9:30 a.m., Friday, April 4, at 17 interactive sites through out Pennsylvania, as well as a site in Washington, D.C. The videoconference will begin On behalf ol the North ( aiolma Holstein Association 1 would like lo unite \ou to paitiupate in the 2()0> Golf Omni” lo be held on Sundav lunc 22 200’ during the Holstein GS\ National Convention in Winston Salem We hope vou will be able to join us m a tun dav on a beautiful and challenging course lor further information please contact David McAuley al 1122 SW JV h Street. Okeechobee I londa 34974 Cell (863) 624 9733, Home & Fax (861) 157-2151 I mail meaulcv d 'a msn com you to U.S. 52 North to 1-40 West or Business 40 West. Driving time is approximately an hour and 15 minutes, either route. Raleigh-Durham Airport From Winston-Salem Take 1-40 East to exit 284 or 285 ADULTTICKET ORDER FORM 2003 National Holstein Convention Winston-Salem, North Carolina June 21-24, 2003 No ref urn Is after June 2,2003 with Congressman John E. Peter son, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Co-chair of the Congressional Rural Caucus. Congressman Peterson will dis cuss “Pennsylvania Opportuni ties through the Congressional Rural Caucus Efforts.” Concluding the conference will be a presentation by Rick Peltz Alternate Co-chair, Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) “An Overview of the ARC and its five goal areas: Education and Tanglewood Golf C oursc Professional C ourse Place June 22, 2001 Date 7*30 AM - Tee Times hront and Back Time $7O 00 (includes: greens fees, cart, continental breakfast, lunch and prizes) C osl Format Best Ball P* Place Team S4OO 2 nd Place Team SW 3 rd Place Team S2OO Hole in One TBA Prizes To Winston-Salem Exit the airport and follow the signs to 1-40 West. Follow 1-40 all the way to Winston-Salem, or take the Business 40 loop. Driv ing time is approximately an hour and 15 minutes. International Beef Chicken TOTAL ENCLOSED $ Are you a delegate? .State Email Workforce Training, Physical In frastructure, Civic Capacity Leadership, Dynamic and self-sustaining Economics, and Telecommunica tions initiative.” “Government can not force change. However, the PRDC is working to aggregate the demand for change” Bruckner said. “This video conference is an example of the high tech digital change com ing to rural Pennsylvania. Through the leadership of Gover No @ $75 = No @ $45 = @ $2O = No @ $35 = No @ $l5- No @ $4O = No @ $4O = (ci $ No @s2s - Transportation Information If you will be flying Arrival Date Airport Airline & Flight # Time Departure Date Airport, Airline Time USDA-NRCS Seeks Info From Technical Service Providers HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) The USDA’s Natural Re sources Conservation Service (NRCS) seeks information on market prices for conservation technical services from existing and potential technical service providers during the next several weeks. “The pricing information we collect will help us establish pay ment rates for existing and po tential technical service provid ers,” said Robin Heard, NRCS state conservationist for Pennsyl vania. “USDA needs this inform ation to ensure that providers re ceive fair market prices for the services they perform.” The 2002 Farm Bill expanded the availability of technical as sistance to producers by encour aging the use of third parties, called technical service providers, to help landowners meet their conservation goals. This process allows USD A to provide more resources for tech nical assistance from private and nonprofit sectors and state and local governments. As a result, producers can select NRCS or technical service providers to help them meet their conserva tion goals. 2003 Cropping Intentions Being Measured HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Farmers have already started to talk about which crops and how many acres they intend to plant. For example, how much corn will be planted and how does this compare with 2002? In 2002, Pennsylvania farmers planted 1.45 million acres, which was a three percent decrease from 2001. The Pennsylvania Agricultural Statistics Service (PASS), a field office of USDA’s National Agri cultural Statistics Service, is re sponsible for publishing statistics about crop intentions for Penn sylvania. These numbers are based on information gathered from the nationwide March Agri cultural Survey. Farmers see di rect benefits from this project be cause it allows producers to make sound planting decisions, based on changes in agricultural mar kets and planting intentions re ported in this survey. For Pennsylvania we collect in formation on acreage planting in tentions for corn, soybeans, sorg hum, winter wheat, oats, and barley; on-farm stocks data for whole grain com, soybeans, sorg hum grain, wheat, oats, and bar ley; and acres cut and to be cut for dry hay in 2003. About 1,450 Pennsylvania fanners are being asked to take part in this national effort to measure farmer’s planting inten- On Rural Development nor Rendell these instruments of change, will enable heretofore isolated citizens to actually have a personal voice directly with government officials.” Scheduled to speak at the vid eoconference are: Congressman John E. Peterson, Member, U.S. House of Representatives and Rick Peltz, Alternate Co-chair, Appalachian Regional Commis sion. Invited to speak are Governor Edward G. Rendell and Con gressman Tim Holden, Member, USDA is seeking sources of certified technical service provid ers and costs for the technical services they provide by March 30. Conservation technical serv ices include conservation plan ning and the design, layout, in stallation, and review of approved conservation practices. The work completed by these technical service providers must meet NRCS standards and speci fications, program requirements, and relevant laws and regula tions. Respondents can submit in formation via the Internet, e mail, and regular mail. Please submit information online at http://tspcost.sc.egov.usda.gov/ through the “Data Entry” but ton. Mail responses can be sent to Edward M. Riggers, Director, Management Services Division, Room 5221-S, USDA-NRCS, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW. Washington DC 20250. For more information on be coming a technical service pro vider in Pennsylvania, begin the registration process at http:// techreg.usda.gov/, or contact Gary Smith, assistant state con servationist, at (717) 237-2204. tions for 2003. “The participation of Pennsylvania farmers is imper ative to ensure that planting in tentions, stocks, and hay to be cut are accurately being measured,” said Mark Tosiano, State Statisti cian, of the Pennsylvania Agri cultural Statistics Service. The operators, who are randomly sampled, will be mailed a pre-survey letter in forming them of the requested in formation and a sample copy of the questionnaire. The operators will be called or personally visited by an interviewer from February 27 to March 11. Individual operation informa tion is completely confidential by law. PASS safeguards the confi dentiality of all survey responses. The data are only used in combi nation with reports from other farmers to prepare State and Na tional statistics. Results from the survey will be available in the Prospective Plantings report from Washing ton, D.C. March 31, at 8:30 a.m. It will be available on the Intern et at http://www.usda.gov/nass/. The statistics are also available in the Ag Digest. This bi-monthly publication is available from our web site at http;// www.nass.usda.gov/pa/. Results from the March Agricultural Sur vey will be mailed upon request. U.S. House of Representatives. Attendees may choose any of PRDC’s 17 sites: Altoona, Brad ford, Butler, Cambridge Springs, Coudersport, Greensburg, Green ville, Harrisburg, Kutztown, Lock Haven, Montandon, St. Marys, Titusville, Waynesburg, Wellsbo ro, Williamsport, and Washing ton D.C. For further information con cerning the videoconference, please contact Joyce Hockenber ry at (717) 787-1954 or jhocken ber@state.pa.us.
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