—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 21,1979 16 4-H Leaders (Continued from Page IS) Volunteering in the community is very im portant she said, because “You get to know people I don’t blow what I’d do if I didn’t volunteer.” With four married sons, she feels her time would be heavy without her outside projects. J. Warren Heisey became involved as a 4-H volunteer leader through bis wife, Beverly. “My wife had started a 4-H club,” he relates, “And she asked me to be a leader. I never had been in 4-H before.” And now 13 years later, he is still active in the Elizabethtown Pig and Rabbit Club. Why? “There is a need for boys and girls to have projects to teach them the following things” he firmly stated. “Good work habits, a chance to do your own thing, financial responsibility, and leadership through serving as club officers.” “Ninety-nine per cent of your kids are really fine kids,” he continued, “and they need adult en couragement.” A man who takes his responsibilities seriously, he told that he is bugged by leaders that fail to .visit their 4-H’ers projects, and assess the direction that the youth are going m. “It’s worth the trouble of getting involved,” he con tinued. “There is the satisfaction of seeing 4-H’ers accomplish the goals that they set out to do. And I appreciate the teen leadership that the 4-H’ers do, to help leaders help the first-timers develop then projects.” Looking back on bis years in 4-H, he thinks there is more parent interest in clubs now, and that more specialized clubs are being formed. “And the competition is becoming increasingly tougher,” he added. “The kids really know what they are doing. There is an in crease in the quality of projects that the kids are banding in; and there is more active leadership today coming from the Extension Office.” With four of his own children in the club that numbers between 20 and 25 A SCHLESSMAN’S A EKX hybrid EHi SCHLESSMAW SCHLESSMAN Q SEED CORN^^ SX7OO *^SX4OS PREMIUM PREMIUM SINGLE CROSS 1| SINGLE CROSS ★ Medium Full > *2O Bu. Yield Season Corn. Above Average ★ Fast Dry Down !• in Penn State Com. Test. *43°° *O,OOO Kernel*, MR or MF BOYD S SEED CENTER 306 lon,i Rd , Lebanon, P;> 17042 Phone 71/ 272-8343 A youth, Heisey is quick to point out that while his wife is not an official leader of the pig and rabbit club (she is involved with a cooking 4-H club), he couldn’t do without her help, and also the children are involved in their own projects, doing the best they can. There are six cham pionship and reserve championship trophies on a shelf in an upstairs bedroom. And the latest champion, a young lady named Sharon Heisey, who had the county champion in 1975, eagerly tells that she picked her own Pig- “I try to teach the 4-H’ers the fundamentals” he summed it up. “Helping them do their best is my role in4-H.” For Jesse G. Balmer, being a leader of the Guernsey 4-H Dairy Club has been a rewarding ex perience. Balmer, who resides near Lititz, has been a volunteer leader for about 13 years. He says, “You get to see the 4-H’ers develop, and you get a good feeling.” “I became a leader because I was asked to I guess,” he said matter-of factly. All of his children have been active in the club, with Carol, 18, and Connie, 16, currently participating. He said, “There is definitely always a need for leaders.” He added that while their membership is currently small they are still willing to welcome new volunteer leaders. One of the things that has changed over his 13 years as a leader is that 4-H’ers have become more active. “Their schedules are ''“so much busier, it is hard to fit in all the activities.” As a leader in the dairy club, Balmer said most of the guidance is given at meetings and at round-up time. But he added, “It depends. There are times when we’ve gone out and helped at the farm. I think they’re glad for help, although they don’t call often.” He mentioned that at some time in the past, the leaders have scored the projects on the farms, which gives them a chance to discuss problems and help the 4-H’er as he prepares his animals for shows. Jesse Balmer, Lltitz. besides being active in the dairy 4-H, keeps himself busy with his own farm and dairy herd. Balmer said he feels parents, as a whole, are interested' in their child’s project. Often at the Guernsey Club meetings both the mother and father of children will attend, a trend which he feels is helpful to maintain the in terest in the home. SPRING PLANTER bitemationar 400Cyclo Planter 4 ROW WIDE OR NARROW *5 TOO NOW ONLY / I \o\o International' 56 Planter 4 ROW WITH FERTILIZER ' rr^Z'2 R. S. BOLLINGER & SON INC. * 113 W. HUM ST., MOUNIVIUE PHONE: 717-28&4538 rSSSSP* 1 INTERNATIONAL QUALITY PARTS MON. 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