Stockton Rec. hosts Gingerbread Family Night
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Decorations made of candy, marshmallow, frosting and more were generously applied to all the “gingerbread” entries fashioned by several families at the Gingerbread Family Night on December 5th, sponsored by Stockton Rec. -
REPRESENTING THE ATKISSON/GASPER TEAM, Eli Atkisson and Meredith Gasper proudly display their "gingerbread" truck creation which won them the "Most Holly Jolly" trophy at the Gingerbread Family Night, sponsored December 5th by the Stockton Rec. -
SEVERAL FAMILIES took part in the Gingerbread Family Night on December 5th, a fun addition to the Christmas season. Each family used graham crackers, frosting and their choice of edible decorations to create a Christmas scene. It was a Holly, Jolly time!
Stockton Recreation hosted a Gingerbread Family Night Thursday, Dec. 5.
Several families came out to create and decorate their own unique entries that were as unique as the families creating them, with everything from horse barns to trucks. Everyone put their own unique spin on this holiday tradition. Each creation was constructed in a tight 45 minutes.
Chris Sander was the guest judge with the unenviable task of deciding which house would be deemed the 'Most Holly Jolly.’
The Kennedy family came in 3rd, Gibbs/Neil-son family in 2nd, and the Most Holly Jolly trophy went to the Atkisson/Gasper families. sion, improve water quality and develop wildlife habitat on marginally productive agricultural lands.
“The Conservation Reserve Program is one of our nation’s largest conservation endeavors and a critical tool to help producers better manage their operations while conserving natural resources,” Secretary Per-due said. “The program marks its 35-year anniversary in 2020, and we’re hoping to see one of our largest signups in many years.”
CRP has 22 million acres enrolled, but the 2018 Farm Bill lifted the cap to 27 million acres. This means farmers and ranchers have a chance to enroll in CRP for the first time or continue their participation for another lion tons of greenhouse gases, equal to taking 9 million cars off the road;
• Created more than 3 million acres of restored wetlands while protecting more than 175,000 stream miles with riparian forest and grass buffers, enough to go around the world 7 times; and
• Benefited bees and other pollinators and increased populations of ducks, pheasants, turkey, bobwhite quail, prairie chickens, grasshopper sparrows and many other birds
By enrolling in CRP, producers are improving water quality, reducing soil erosion, and restoring habitat for wildlife. This in turn spurs hunting, fishing, recreation, tourism, and other economic development across rural America. term.
Signed into law in 1985, CRP is one of the largest private-lands conservation programs in the U.S. The program was originally primarily intended to control soil erosion and potentially stabilize commodity prices by taking marginal lands out of production. This Farm Bill program has evolved over the years, providing a variety of conservation and economic benefits from coast to coast. CRP has:
• Prevented more than 9 billion tons of soil from eroding, enough soil to fill 600 million dump trucks;
• Reduced nitrogen and phosphorous runoff relative to annually tilled cropland by 95 and 85 percent respectively;
• Sequestered an annual average of 49 mil-
