—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 3,1977
22
Seven Pennsylvanians
claim
Chicago, ILL. - Seven 4-H
members from Penn
sylvania claimed $6BOO in
scholarships at the 56th
National 4-H Congress here
this week. Each was named
a winner in programs
arranged by the National 4-H
Council and supervised by
the Cooperative Extension
Service.
Selected for their ac
complishments in 4-H
projects and activities,
leadership development and
growth in personal, com
munity, and civic respon
sibilities, 273 winners
nationwide shared $249,600
in educational grants.
Pennsylvania’s national
winners were: Jeffrey
Craig, 17, of Royersford,
achievement; Gary W.
Welsh, 18, of East Berlin,
automotive; Patricia
LeVan, 19, of Milton, dairy;
Ellen Rigas, 17, of
Coudersport, dress revue;
Kevin Kase, 18, of Danville,
entomology; Anne G.
Meyers, 18, of Wapwallopen,
horse; and Jeffrey Stull, 17,
of Waynesboro, petroleum
power.
During their visit to
Chicago, the 4-H’ers toured
the museums and other
points of interest.
With the theme, “4-H-
Freedom To Be”, the five
day event provided a
balanced program of
education, inspiration, and
Jeff Craig
recognition. Jobs, careers,
and understanding of
America’s economic system
were emphasized throughout
the Congress program.
The Congress closed
Thursday evening with the
naming of six presidential
award winners, a banquet,
and a farewell party.
Individual resumes of the
seven Pennsylvania national
winners follow:
Jeff Craig
Jeffrey Craig was one of
nine national winners who
received $lOOO scholarships
from Ford Motor Company
Fund, the 4-H achievement
program sponsor.
A high school senior, Craig
was carrying on a family
tradition by being selected to
make the trip to Chicago. His
older sister was the first 4-H
member from Montgomery
County ever to attend
National 4-H Congress.
Craig’s leadership skills
have included handling a
group of 35 younger 4-H
members as a camp coun
selor. His 4-H projects
reflect a wide ranging in
terest in consumer products
and problems. He belonged
to a four-member 4-H team
which specialized in
researching best buys in a
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nat’l 4-H scholarships
products and won a blue
ribbon at the Pennsylvania
Farm Show.
Gary Welsh
Gary Welsh received a
$lOOO scholarship at the 56th
National 4-H Congress.
The Firestone Tire &
Rubber Company presented
the automotive scholarships
and also provided winners
with expense-paid trips to
the Congress.
Welsh, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James E.-Welsh, Jr., has
been in the automotive
program three years. At the
end of one year in the
program, he had already
become a county winner,
regional winner, and
received a second place in
state competition. . -
Since the automotive
program has no countywide
club or project leader in
Gary Welsh
York County, he has carried
the program independently
and taught himself whatever
he has learned.
Last year he started a
countywide automotive club
and this year he trained
members for the county
Autorama contest. He
stresses safety in all of his
instruction to younger
members.
Patty LeVan
Welsh graduated from
high school last June. He
plans to operate his own
automotive repair shop.
Patricia LeVan
Patricia LeVan has been
named one of six national
winners in the 4-H dairy
program.
The daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Clifford A. LeVan, she
received a $lOOO scholarship
from Insurance Company of
North America, sponsor of
the 4-H dairy program.
The Montour County youth
received an overwhelming
response from 4-H’ers in
such states as Arizona,
Colorado, Florida, and
Texas when they learned
through the National 4-H
News that he was trying to
set up an insect exchange
For two years she was program Ronald Struble of
named distinguished junior the Penn State University
momhpr finalist in the spninr__entnmilljD£y „ tn}£.n,
This year Miss LeVan was
4-H Keystone dairy winner
for the third time and also
received a blue award and a
state medal for her
demonstration on mastitis.
division of the Pennsylvania
Holstein Association contest.
The young winner lives on
a dairy farm and has won
many showmanship awards
at county, district and state
levels. She has also been
champion showman for the
last two years at the Nor
thumberland County Fair.
She received a master
exhibitor award at the
district 4-H show.
Ellen Rigas
Ellen Rigas
A 17-year-old Penn
sylvania girl, who designed
her own pattern pieces so
that she could copy an
original Mexican designed
gown, has been named one of
six national winners in the 4-
H Dress Revue program.
Ellen Rigas, of Couder
sport Rl, received a $lOOO
scholarship during the 56th
National 4-H Congress.
Miss Rigas, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Rigas,
is a high school senior and
plans a theater-related
career. She is a nine-year 4-
H’er.
The Potter County girl was
one of some 50 Congress
delegates who, as state
winner, modeled their outifts
at the National 4-H Fashion
Revue, an annual Congress
highlight.
Kevin Kase
Kevin Kase, received an
$BOO scholarship during the
56th National 4-H Congress.
Kase’s award was donated
by Hercules, Incorporated,
sponsor of the entomology
program.
Kase, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas C. Kase, is a
sophomore'at Clarion State
College, and plans a career
Kevin Kase
in counseling. He is a 10-year
4-H’er.
Anne Meyers
aided him in setting up an
exchange program that was
“logically as well as lawfully
coordinated”, the youth
added.
The youth also coached the
second place entomology
team in state competition.
Kase has applied' his
knowledge from his en
tomology project to his
vegetable gardening and
landscape projects by
controlling harmful insects.
Annie Meyers
Annie Meyers, has won a
$lOOO scholarship, for out
standing achievement in the
4-H horse program.
She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Meyers,
Wapwallopenß2.
Miss Meyers joined the 4-H
Horse program five years
ago and in two years went
from fifth out of five at
county competition to second
at regional when she won the' 1
right to represent Luzerne
County and Region 3 in
equitation at the state show.
Fast upward momentum
seems to be a habit with the
Luzerne County winner. In
four years in the Horse Bowl
competition, she went from
county winner to regional to
state, and in 1976, won the
national title.
She has now set another
goal for herself, she says.
She would like to coach the
state championship Horse
Bowl team.
Miss Meyers attends
Bloomsburg State College
where she is majoring in
veterinary medicine.
Jeffrey Stull
Jeffrey Stull, has won a
$lOOO scholarship as one of
six national winners in the 4-
H petroleum power
program. The petroleum
power scholarships were
presented by Amoco
Foundation, Inc., the
program sponsor.
Stull is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Berlin Stull.
The youth has been
recognized for his skill with
engines both in 4-H and at his
local high school where he is
in his senior year.
Jeff Stull
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