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Introducing Anne Hinkel.
Assistant Home Economist is Sold on 4-H Program
By Sally Bair
Feature Writer
“I find every day a learning
day, and that’s why I like my
work. You don’t ever get in a rut;
in fact, I don’t see how you could -
there is always so much
stimulus ”
These are the words of Anne
Hinkel, Lancaster County’s
assistant home economist. Anne
came here in March from a
position m Extension in Monroe
County to replace Joan Lucas
who got married, and she says,
“Living in Lancaster County is a
totally new experience ”
Anne calls herself a “town
girl,” and says she has lived all
her life in three college towns of
about 10,000 population. She grew
up in Bloomsburg where her
father has been professor of
business education for 28 years,
she went to college in Indiana,
Pennsylvania; and her first job
was in Monroe County Extension
office located in Stroudsburg, So
she was pleasantly surprised to
find that Lancaster County is not
just a “quiet farming com
munity.” She says, “It’s a lot
busier with a lot more going on
than I expected.”
In Stroudsburg she was in the
heart of the Pocono resort area
where she says, “There was no
cummunity feeling because
everything was geared to
tourists.” Despite the growing
tourist trade in Lancaster County
she finds it a much warmer
community to live in, and she
said she is particularly im
pressed with the great variety of
Some days the telephone never seems to stop ringing, but
telephone requests are all answered cheerfully, no matter
how small the problem.
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scheduled cultural events.
Monroe County had lots of
mountains and trees, but Anne
says, “The rolling farms here are
gorgeous. I’m amazed that you
can stand in some areas and just
see farms for miles.”
Anne is still getting used to the
fact that Lancaster County has so
many more people than Monroe
County with a population of
45,000. “In Monroe County I could
drive across the county in 30
minutes,” she says. “I’m not
used to the city traffic here, but I
never feel lost on the back roads
because there are so many
houses and people. Maybe I have
a good sense of direction, or get
good directions, but I have never
been lost Having every country
road named is a big help.”
“A very definite difference in
the counties,” Anne said, “is the
4-H program.” In Monroe County
there were 200 4-H’ers with 30
volunteer leaders. Here the
program is ten times larger, with
over 2500 4-H’ers and 300 adult
leaders,” Anne said, “In Monroe
County we worked very closely
with everyone and knew their
abilities. But we always called on
the same people.” Here she said
she is just beginning to get to
know the people in the program
and to know their capabilities.
Anne said she finds the people
of Lancaster County “very open
and always willing to help. I’m
always happy to meet them, and I
never felt there was any kind of
barrier.”
Since she’s been here she has
been concentrating mostly on 4-H
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Anne Hinkel (left) helps the con
sumerama team prepare for their (rip to 4-
H State Days. Team members are: (left to
work because there are so many
activities in the summer. She is
one of the advisers to the 4-H
county council and she speaks
earnestly about their
possibilities: “The more I work
with them, the better I like it.
They have good potential.” She
said one of her goals is to get the
county council members
themselves to take more
responsibility for their program.
“We’re really fortunate in having
so many older teens who are still
interested in 4-H.” She feels it is
important to keep them in
terested and use them as leaders
when they get out of 4-H.
Anne said, “I get a lot of
satisfaction, especially through 4-
H work where you can see youth
making steps. Everyone gains
something.”
Although it was obvious, Anne
added, “I’m really sold on 4-H -1
think it’s the best thing going!”
Anne was a 4-H’er in Columbia
County, but since then she says, International Farm Youth Ex- Slde w^ e sf 1 caa hel P, to solve
project work has become a lot change “can expand worlds and so ™ e of die problems,
more flexible. She said today help voulearn about people and 4- She said, I was never able to
there is often interest in some hin other places.” She added attend ™ an y state events
areas where no project book has that Lancaster County will be because of our family vacations,
been developed, but if an adult is getting an IFYE in September. Now - I’m Setting to events I
willing to sponsor such a project Anne agreed to “dig back into never went to as a 4-H er. She
the 4-H’er can take it. the cobwebs” and tell about her 4- ® aid he !: f mn f rs were very
She just helped coordinate the H work which began when she I ?f ds aad actlvlties
Michigan 4-H exchange, and she was nine and took her first than so “I can sym
said, “I am very much in favor of clothing project. She said, “I held £ a _.f | tt ™ d ]USt
such exchanges. It is a good every office and was president c . * ® ve^ y event
experience for everyone in- several time's.” She was active in h ?, me ® cono A mist
volved. It helps you leam about a county events and gave a 4 nna
different community and allows demonstration which won at the f 1 rea Iy influenced me
an interchange of ideas.” She regional contest. One of her S^^ on ,? miCS and to
recalls that the most memorable proudest accomplishments was T ... _ sian ',
experiences she has had are trips being selected to attend state “., s°° sfl ® , was
within the United States and two dress revue with a long gown, , a . utur ®
trips abroad, and she feels after having won coonty dress S£
everyone should have the op- revue for three years. But at the •„ secrelar y- s>ne
portunity to share in similar same time she said, “The ex- ™£ r ® d \ n , economics at
excursions. Interstate 4-H ex- perience was disillusioning so - diana University of Penn
changes and, programs.Uke the.,
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County Council co-president Anne Spangler and Anne
Hinkei discuss County Council’s participation in the up
coming 4-H Achievement Days.
right) Robin Fellenbaum, Anne Spangler
and Debra Gregory.
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