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From Staff Reports GREENE TWP. — Vietnam War veteran Robert Rupert of Hanover Township received the Quilt of Valor from Hookstown Grange No1980. Presented on May 13 by Drew Fegley, lecturer, Jill Scott, Hookstown Grange president, and Michael Rounds, legislative/agriculture chairman, the Quilt of Valor is sponsored by the National Grange, and is available to local granges to bestow to deserving veterans who saw military action in any of the wars or police action involving the U.S. Rupert, 74, was deployed from December 1968 to December 1969 in the Army infantry. He then was selected by ...

Vietnam veteran from Hanover Township receives Quilt of Valor from Hookstown Grange From Staff Reports © Submitted Robert Rudolph, seated, received the Quilt of Honor at the Hookstown Grange on May 13. GREENE TWP. — Vietnam War veteran Robert Rupert of Hanover Township received the Quilt of Valor from Hookstown Grange No1980. Presented on May 13 by Drew Fegley, lecturer, Jill Scott, Hookstown Grange president, and Michael Rounds, legislative/agriculture chairman, the Quilt of Valor is sponsored by the National Grange, and is available to local granges to bestow to deserv...

While both parties plan to make use of earmarks, vulnerable House Democrats appear to be looking for the most political benefit.  Nearly every member of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s thin majority has filed a request for an earmark, while 106 Republicans — half of the House GOP contingent — have done likewise. Of the 57 House Democrats considered most at risk of losing their seats next year, 56 have filed requests for earmarks with the House Appropriations Committee. “Earmarks could literally alter the outcome of the 2022 election because freshmen or junior members who otherwise canno...

by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine) A group of 10 senators led by Sens. John Thune, R-S.D., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., on March 18 sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack urging the USDA to complete a full lifecycle assessment of soybean oil-based biodiesel, including direct and significant indirect emissions, before the end of the year. “As the Department of Agriculture (USDA) works to ensure the inclusion of agriculture-based biofuels as part of the effort to decarbonize our fuel supply, it’s critical that lifecycle carbon assessments of biofuels be based on current and so...

A bipartisan group of 10 senators on March 8 sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack urging him to provide targeted COVID-19 relief to U.S. biofuel producers through the USDA’s Commodity Credit Corp.