Grand flag rug anchors Flag Day display in Slippery Rock
Regina Temenski of Slippery Rock Township spent three years creating a 10 by 11 foot red white and blue hooked rug for the Bicentennial. The wall sized piece will hang at Pearson Park for Flag Day and features star shapes and mottled patches. Temenski, an art teacher at Shenango Elementary, built her loom and backing herself, using 100 to 150 skeins of wool. The piece disassembles for mobility, and she incorporated patriotic items throughout her home and wardrobe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Debbie Wachter
Slippery Rock
Regina Temenski
Slippery Rock Township
Pearson Park
Shenango Elementary School
Temenski
Rudy Nyhoff
Frew Mill Road
Farmland preservation options reviewed in Pennsylvania
The 1978 land policy program offers several tools to slow farmland loss but none fully works. Differential assessment, Clean and Green, purchase and leaseback, and development rights programs exist in various states but Pennsylvania counties show limited adoption and funding. Local leaders emphasize voluntary efforts, zoning, and maps to focus preservation on the county’s best farmland while noting resistance and challenges ahead.
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Pennsylvania General Assembly
Lawrence County
Lawrence County Conservation District
J. Carl Pelino
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Pennsylvania
Office of State Planning and Development
Connecticut
New York
Lawrence County Grange notices outline May events and activities
Lawrence County Pomona plans at Moravia United Presbyterian Church hosted by North Beaver Grange with a memorial service and officer elections at 7 30 p m tomorrow. Westfield Grange hosts a Monday 7 p m family picnic at the Grange hall with beverages and picnic baskets. Liberty Grange meets Tuesday at 8 p m with Mrs Earl McDanel in charge. East Brook Grange notes all officers present except the assistant steward away with Boy Scouts. John Thompson Penn State agronomy grad spoke on AG Progress Days including York County field trips and USDA Seeds research in Beltsville. East Brook to sponsor CPR course July 16 18 open to public. more details to come. Big Beaver Grange honors sixty year members Grace McHattie and Florence Jenkins with 60 year seals and Harmonaires performances as part of June meeting.
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Lawrence County
Pomona
Pomona Grange
Moravia United
East Brook Grange
John Thompson
Pennsylvania State University
York County
Wolf
Pennsylvania
Beltsville
Usda Research Farms
Bill Jones Jr
Grace McHattie
Florence Jenkins
Property owners urged to check flood insurance status
Harrisburg editors report that the Thornburgh administration urged Pennsylvanians in flood risk areas to update federal flood insurance policies. Officials explained that disaster relief is not automatic and stressed flood coverage helps both residents and businesses, noting 97,000 policies in force and $11.9 million in losses in 1979. A free flood insurance guide is available from the Pennsylvania Insurance Department.
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Harrisburg
API
Thornburgh Administration
Bartle
Pennsylvania
Congress
U.S. Senate
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Erie
Pennsylvania Insurance Department
Coal firm trialing water diffusion to protect park land
Miller and McKnight Coal Co. reports progress on a surface mining project next to McConnell's Mill State Park aiming to curb muddy runoff with a novel water diffusion system. Aimed at 5 to 6 acres near the park, the system channels water into sedimentation ponds and disperses it through a 150 foot pipe to sink into the ground within about two thousand feet of Slippery Rock Creek. State parks official Woody Colbert called the approach cautious and potentially effective, noting it is a first-time use in surface mining and that reclamation will return the area to pastureland. The project, begun mid April, is roughly 10-15 percent complete, with all work to be finished this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slippery Rock
Miller and McKnight Coal Co
McConnell’s Mill State Park
Miller
McKnight
Woody Colbert
Der’s
Bureau of State Parks
Colbert
Miller and McKnight
Gary McKnight
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Kay Radwanski
Pelino
State Grange
Pennsylvania Farmers Association
Soil Conservation Service
Joseph Shick
Shick
Charles Wismer
Lawrence County Grange News
Westfield Grange
Grange Hall
Liberty Grange
Earl McDanel
Women’s Activities
Big Beaver Grange
Harmonaires
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