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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1968
Page
5
Frederick County Extension Office announces two conservation projects for 4-H members, offering pine seedling planting and bird habitat patches. Participants may order 100 to 500 trees from several pine varieties to establish forests on Virginia lands, with strict usage and care guidelines.
Ned Conklin extension agent says the program will establish permanent forest cover in open areas and increase soil and water-holding capacity. Orders for tree seedlings require parent approval and must be filed by February 20. Boys and girls may sign up with county extension or Soil Conservation Service to receive up to six pounds of wild bird seed mixture feeding about a quarter acre, with the annual game bird mixture including Korean lespedeza rape milo millet buckwheat peas and soybeans.
Rebecca Estelle Kanak 17 from Hopewell is named Virginia's Junior Miss 1968 after a piano recital of Chopin. She earns a scholarship and an expense paid trip to Mobile Alabama for the National Junior Miss Pageant. First runner up Carol Rose McGann of McLean, second Elizabeth Fleming Ellis of Petersburg, third Patricia Daily of Virginia Beach. An airstrip near New Castle in Craig County serves as base for the Blue Ridge Soaring Society glider and parachute club.
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