48 —CancatUr Farmina. Saturday. Oct. 11. iq?s 4-H leaders help | Continued from Pqi 461 things, “The girls didn't even know how to read f ' mring cups, so it was a thrill when they made a meal b. ’ amselves. You know you’re getting somewhere when you see something like that." To Kenneth Greider the end product was also the highlight for him. Greider, Conestoga R 2, said, "The lighllght was when we had Achievement Day and had the opportunity to see how the projects were Judged. We were on pins and needles at the end, wondering if they were going to make it because of the pressure of time, but they were quite successful. It was nice to see how well they showed the project. Some had made visual aides to help explain it." Greider was leader for the electricity and electronics project in the Penn Manor Community 4-H Club. He said he had been familiar with 4-H because his children were in it, but didn’t really know the philosophy until he got in volved as a leader. This was his first year. Victor Longenecker, Elizabethtown R 3, has been a 4-H leader longer than anyone else in the county - 42 years, and "I enjoyed every minute of it,” he says en thusiastically. He became a 4-H leader under the tutelage of County Agent “Dutch” Bucher, and very early as a leader he formed a quartet of members who were later able to at tend the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. “That was quite an experience - a wonderful time. I could tell you a lot of things about that.” Interestingly, when the Longeneckers celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary five years ago, the same 4-H’ers sang for them. Victor Longenecker has worked with many 4-H’ers during his years as leader in the Red Rose Baby Beef club. He says, “I can’t get done praising youth. Nothing makes me feel happier than to have a former 4-H’er of mine stop me on the street and say ‘hello.’” Longenecker said, “4-H'ers have remained about the same over the years. The youth as a whole have changed, but farm youth have not changed. I’d be ten years older if I hadn’t been a 4-H leader.” He sums it up pretty suc cinctly when he says, “I have seen good things happen.” Adult leaders shoulder the bulk of the responsibility for the 4-H program, but in many cases they are helped by teen leaders who take on individual tasks. According to Linda Frantz, 4-H assistant in Lancaster County, there were 34 4-H’ers who completed the teen leader project this year. Ken Brubaker, 2418 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster, completed the teen leader project with the Red Rose Baby Beef and Lamb Club. Ken has been a 4-H’er for seven years. His job, be explained, was to work with four younger people and teach them the basic requirements of leading, grooming, showing and feeding and management of their 4-H animals. He also assisted with demon strations. (TO w. 7/ A Tuna or similar-sized can 1 - make good container', in which to bake little cakes for lunch boxes Slice the cakes and fill them with frosting ■ i 111 I (ill 1/ it fjrrnr / w -rvfJA v y JCAN CfikES vW" youth learn skills "At first I thought it was a lot of work, but the more involved I got the more rewarding it became. It is a good feeling of helping others. Hopefully what you teach them helps them and watching them do good makes you feci good. I think it Is very worthwhile. It has taught me to be more responsible and how to work with people." He says he would recommend the project "for anyone after their sixth year when they can get around a little better. It helps the younger members get started." Sixteen-year-old Gayle Kline, Cast Main Street, Mountville is a seven year member of the Mountville 4-H Club, and it's her third year to take a teen leader project. Her job as teen leader this year was to teach the “Let’s Make a Skirt" project to three members. She explained the girls actually made slacks, which is a little more difficult than a skirt because of the fitting involved. Being a teen leader was a learning experience for Gayle. She explained, "I’m sure it helped me in a learning to work with young members. I really like it - the working on my own. I followed the book, but added a few things of my own. Gayle was also club president and said her roles of president and teen leader were “kind of mixed. I learned a lot of responsibility - there was a lot of planning involved.” “I love it,” is how Heidi Bailey, Stoney Hill Road, Quarryville, described being a teen leader. She has been a member of the 4-H Rough Riders for five years. The teen leader project has helped her leam to get up before people and express herself. Another thing, she said, “I have learned to have respect for other people and they respect me.” Heidi 17, said being a teen leader also helps her realize how much woik adult leaders put into 4-H. She said, “In our club we work as a team we are all striving for one thing.” Dan Fellenbaum, Lititz R 3, has been a teeu leader for three of his seven years in 4-H. Sixteen-year-old Dan is a member of the Boots and Saddles Horse Club, and he has responsibility for about five 4-H’ers. One thing it has taught him is responsibility. He said, “Helping to keep them on their toes also makes you keep yourself on your toes. The questions they pome up with!” Dan gave lots of credit to both leaders and parents, saying there is a certain group of really active parents who help keep things going in their club. The Bit and Bradoon 4-H Horse club is the smallest in the county. But for sixteen-year-old Judi Anderson, being a teen leader “was really fun.” She said she was assigned two 4-H’ers to work with, and she “did a lot with demonstrations.” About the members she said, “We learned a lot from each other.” Being a teen leader “really helped me grow up and it helped me responsibility-wise. I really like to work with kids.” As for the leaders and their work, Judi said, “They have a lot of work.” Judi lives at 1440 Country Club Drive, Lancaster. IF STOLTZFUS MEAT MARKET 0, — r I \ Our Own Beef I n\ Right From The Farm I —FRESH BEEF AND PORK- j M OUR OWN HOME MADE L4] SCRAPPLE & FRESH SAUSAGE ) (rf Bacon and Country Cured Hams Orders taken for freezer Meats Custom Butchering PH. 768-3941 Directions: 1 block east of Intercourse on Rt. 772 Reg. Hours: Thurs. 9-5; Fri. 9-8; Sat. 9-5 Wffiniroi yßSgasa*r l^-wowiissgy *°o^h“? VT °e *4^ And so, with fine uamwdrk between teen leaders and adult leaders, the work of the 4-H program goes on, Each year thousands of young people benefit from the hard work by those in positions of leadership. Associate County Agent N. Alan Bair said, "4-H leaders really deserve a lot of credit. Few people realize that they arc all volunteer leaders." Often Bair said, people fed they arc not qualified to be leaders themselves. 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