NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS 



verts Project, and NOFA-NH all 

 are there. 



There's food and a petting farm 

 and FARMO. There's even a free 

 blood pressure check sponsored by 

 the New York Center for Agricul- 

 ture Medicine. 



So, does all this variety reflect 

 health or inability to focus? Does 

 one raise emu for the enormous 

 pleasure of it all or because the 

 land's too rocky to grow anything 

 else? Come and find out. 



FFA Results 



The Fall UNH-FFA Interscholastic 

 Career Development Event was 

 held at the UNH Thompson 

 School in Durham on October 24. 

 Schools competing were: Cheshire 

 Center of Applied Science and 

 Technology, Keene; Coe-Brown 

 Northwood Academy, Northwood; 

 Seacoast School of Technology, 

 Exeter; Somersworth High School, 

 Somersworth; and Winnisquam 

 Regional High School, Tilton. 



Nineteen students competed in 

 a general examination, identifying 

 plant problems, repotting, identi- 

 fying woody and horticulture 

 plants, propagation, and tool 

 identification. The number one 

 student was Wayne Roark (Win- 

 nisquam); number two: Stephanie 

 Dodge (Cheshire). The top three 

 teams were Winnisquam, Seacoast 

 School of Technology, and 

 Cheshire Center of Applied Sci- 

 ence and Technology. 



Welcome, 

 New Members! 



ART CADY 

 224 Mast Road #10 

 Durham, NH 03824 



DAN BASCOM 



123 Franklin Street 



Rochester, NH 03867 



BATROW, INC. 



PO Box 2276 



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EDNIE FLOWER BULBS 



111 Fayson Lakes Road 



Kinnelon, NJ 07405 



Once again, congratulations go 

 to all FFA members who attended 

 and thanks to the many people 

 who helped organize the event. 



Departures 



Two people well-known to the 

 Green Industry in the state have 

 left their jobs to go on to new 

 things. Jonathan Jarvis, inspector 

 for the Division of Plant Industry 

 of the nurseries and greenhouses in 

 the south-western and southcentral 

 parts of the state, has returned to 

 Delaware to work in his family's 

 photocopying business. And Ginny 

 Hast, Associate Agricultural Educa- 

 tor, has left her position in 



Merrimack County to spend more 

 time with her young family. 



Both positions will be replaced, 

 but we will miss both Ginny and 

 Jon and wish them success. 



Charles Cornelius Knibbs 



Charlie Knibbs, 95, formerly of 

 Exeter, died in Englewood, Florida 

 on October 18, 1998. 



He was born August 28, 1903, 

 in Worcester, Massachusetts, the 

 son of Charles and Grace (New- 

 comb) Knibbs. 



He was a horticulturalist and 

 the general sales manager for the 

 Borden Company, in the food di- 

 vision. He owned Exeter Feed and 

 Supply and Knibbs Garden Center 

 (now Churchill's) on Hampton 

 Road from 1956 until 1976. 



He was a life member of the 

 New Hampshire Plant Growers As- 

 sociation; he served on the New 

 Hampshire Pesticide Control 

 Board and the state's water supply 

 and pollution control commission. 



He was a member of the Star in 

 the East Masonic Lodge No. 59 in 

 Exeter and the Bektash Temple 

 Shrine in Concord. 



He is survived by his wife, 

 Judith (Chase) Knibbs of Engle- 

 wood; a son, Charles W. Knibbs of 

 Stratham, two grandchildren; and 

 two great grandchildren. 



Memorial donations may be 

 made to the Shriner's Hospital c\o 

 Bektash Temple, PO Box 7252, 

 Concord, NH 03301-7252. 



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