April 5

BREAKFAST: Sat., April 5, Pancake Breakfast, East Ararat UM Church, 7:00 – 11:00 a.m. All you can eat.

April 10

MEETING: Thurs., April 10, Woodlawn Cemetery Association will hold a meeting at Bev Tierney’s home on Randolph Road, Great Bend at 6:00 p.m. All interested, please attend, we need you.

April 12

DINNER: Sat., April 12, 4:30 – 8:00 p.m., Chicken and Biscuit Dinner, Thompson Hose Co., All you can eat buffet. There is a cost. Children under 5 free.

AUCTION NIGHT: Sat., April 12, 6:00 p.m., Susquehanna County Historical Society and Free Library Association, 16th Annual Auction, VFW Hall, Montrose. Doors open at 4:15, Dinner at 5:00. If you have a item you would like to donate, please contact 570-278-1881.

April 13

SERVICE: Sun., April 13, 5:00 p.m., Second Sunday Vesper Service, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Montrose. Angie Tyler is guest musician.

Mon., April 7: pork riblet, potato salad, chuckwagon corn, ww roll, pineapple.

Tues., April 8: meatloaf w/gravy, mashed potatoes, dilled carrots, ww roll, cherry banana pudding.

Wed., April 9: italian chicken, herbed potatoes, ww roll, chocolate chip cookie.

Thur., April 10: baked ham w/fruit sauce, sweet potatoes, lima beans, ww roll, pineapple crisp.

Fri., April 11: fish sandwich, corn chowder, coleslaw, ww roll, fruit sorbet.

Susquehanna County Farm Bureau Annual Spring Meeting will be held Thursday, May 1st at Dreyer Lodge Tea Room (Montrose Bible Conference) 218 Locust St, Montrose. Social time 6:30-7:00 pm. Roast turkey dinner will be served at 7:00 pm. Ticket reservation deadline is April 21st. All Directors have dinner tickets.

Program includes "Meet the Candidates Forum." All candidates and Incumbents have been invited to participate. Chinese Auction proceeds will benefit Pa. Friends of Agriculture Fundraiser for Mobile Ag Lab Program.

All are welcome.

The Susquehanna County Conservation District (SCCD) is planning two manure management workshops. The workshops will be focused on the laws and regulations of the new manure management requirements set forth by the DEP. Until recently, small horse, chicken, goat and other exotic animal operations were not required to develop any type of manure or nutrient management plan.

In 2006, Pennsylvania’s Nutrient Management Act was revised to include small farm operations in the regulations. Under Act 38, all animal operations are required to complete a Nutrient Management Plan if the farm is defined as a Concentrated Animal Operation (CAO) or a Confined Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO).  DEP also revised the Clean Stream Act, released in fall of 2011, which mandates that small farm and livestock operations that are not classified as a CAO or CAFO, as well as all farms that apply manure must have a written Manure Management Plan. So today, any livestock operations in Pennsylvania - large and small, production and non-production - are required to have a plan to manage farm nutrients.

All farm operations and equine operations are invited to attend these brief workshops. Those attending will be supplied with a manure management plan. They will have the opportunity to become familiar with the plan, begin filling it out and ask questions about the plan. Light refreshments will be provided will be provided at both meetings.

The first meeting will begin promptly at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, March 31st and is being held at the East Rush Church in East Rush Township on State Route 3023.

The second workshop will be held in the Susquehanna County Conservation District conference room located at 88 Chenango Street Montrose, PA. This meeting will be held on April 1st, 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

The workshop will be held by Laura Holbrook, the Chesapeake Bay Technician/ Resource Conservationist.

For more directions and to register please contact Laura Holbrook at 570-278-4600 ext. 262