—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 6, 1973
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Rural Leadership Program To
A major rural leadership
development program, initiated
in the state in 1970, will be con
tinued and expanded during the
next three years, Dr. James M.
Beattie, dean of The Penn
sylvania State University College
of r Agriculture, announced
recently.
The Public Affairs Leadership
Program, which thus far has
provided intensive training in
analyzing rural problems for 264
young men and women, will be
assisted by an additional grant of
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$261,034 from the W. K. Kellogg
Foundation, of Battle Creek,
Michigan. The grant will be
utilized over a three-year period.
The W. K. Kellogg Foundation
provided a grant of $512,788 in
1970 to launch the Public Affairs
Leadership Program.
This “grassroots” educational
program will be conducted
jointly by the University’s
Department of Agricultural
Economics and Rural Sociology
and the Cooperative Extension
Service. Dr. Robert E. Howell,
assistant professor of rural
sociology extension, serves as
program director.
“Many of the 264 young men
and women who have already
participated in the program have
become actively engaged in
solving rural problems,” said Dr.
Beattie. “Some are serving in
community and agricultural
leadership positions they had
never before conceived of pur
suing.”
He added that “Given the
growing complexity of rural
problems and the increasing
demands placed upon local
leaders, it is essential that we
provide more educational
programs in community
decision-making and public af
fairs leadership.”
The “three-pronged” proposal
calls for a series of statewide two
year programs involving 30 days'
of intensive training for 72
selected participants each year;
multicounty-based workshops
focusing on local public affairs
issues; and several statewide
public affairs forums where
current issues will be debated
and discussed by experts. A
series of correspondence courses
in public decision-making will
also be developed as resources
are made available.
The statewide two-year phase
of the program, for men and
women between the ages of 20
and 40, is primarily a con
tinuation of the present program.
Be Continued
It offers an integrated sequence
of workshops and home study on
such topics as public decision
making; economic, social, and
political changes affecting rural
areas; communications; com
munity resource development;
local planning; and public
finance.
The first-year phase will be
climaxed by a trip to Harrisburg
for a seminar on state govern
ment and state services available
to local communities. The
second-year program will include
a field trip to Washington, D. C.,
for a seminar on federal
government and federal services
for communities.
Faculty of the Department of
Agricultural Economics and
Rural Sociology will form the
nucleus of the instructional staff.
In addition, key instructors from
other colleges of the University
and resource persons from
other universities, government,
and industry will assist with the
instructional program.
Additional financial support for
fellowships awarded to par
ticipants in the statewide two
year program is provided by
contributions from businesses
and corporations, and other in
terested individuals.
Proposals under the new grant
were based upon experience
.gained during the present
program. The design of the ex
panded phase was based upon
recommendations made by a
committee of county, regional,
and state Extension Service staff
who have assisted with the
program during the past three
years. Additional recom
mendations included in the
proposal were made by the
Program’s 24-member Advisory
Council comprised of
representatives from major
public and private organizations
within the Commonwealth.
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Six food preparation classes
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sponsored by the Lancaster
County Cooperative Extension
Service beginning Tuesday,
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Classes will be held each week
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INTEREST FREE
UNTIL NEXT SPRINGS USE
Ph. 367-1319
John Kreider Home 367-6039
to 9 p.m. from Tuesday October 9
through Tuesday November 13.
Foods which will be demon
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breads, and' egg and cheese
dishes.
Registration is open to a
limited number of interested
people. A nominal fee will be
charged to cover the cost of
foods. For more information con
tact the Lancaster County Ex
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