Cl6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 20,1981
4-H offers canoe
safety
READING A two-day course
on canoe safety will be offered to
anyone 12 years old and older by
the Berks County 4-H. Participants
do not have to be 4-H club mem
bers, says Richard S. Kauffman,
County Agent, in charge of the
program.
Red Cross instructors will
conduct the course on June 30 and
July 1 at Reading Boat Works,
along the Schuylkill River, Bern
Township.
Instruction both days will be
from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Registration is limited, Kauf&nan
said, and those who sign up first
will be selected first. Registration
Thomasville to hold petting zoo
EAST BERLIN At the recent
meeting of the Thomasville 4-H
Club, nine members volunteered to
stage a 4-H petting zoo for guests of
Homewood Retirement Center,
Hanover, and Barley Convalescent
Home, north York, on June 15.
Christine Sheaffer, Angie and
Diane Lang, Bndgette Boyer,
Grace Brodbeck, Robert Haskins,
Nancy Eisenhart, Mike Parr, and
Mike Welsh will be assisting with
the animals.
Club members are selling tickets
for the York County 4-H Beef Bar B
Q being held on June 27 from 4 to 8
p.m. at the York County 4-H
Center, near Bair.
Prices for the deep-pitted-cooked
beef are adult’s platter, $4;
child’s platter, $2.50; and carry-out
for a sandwich, only $1.50.
Tickets may be obtained from
the York County Extension Office,
112 Pleasant Acres Road, York,
757-9657.
Demonstrations presented were
“How to Mount and Hinge
Stamps,” by Jon Haskins, “Rocket
Racket,” by Robert Haskins and
“Spot the Hazards” by Mike
Welsh.
The following members of the
club will attend Pennsylvania 4-H
Club Congress at Pennsylvania
State University, June 22 to 25.
Berks elects FFA
LEESPORT Berks County
FFA officers were elected recently
in a meeting- held at the County
Agricultural Center m Leesport.
The newly elected president is
Richard Savage, Kutztown High
School, and Wade Bernard, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bernard,
Twin Valley, is the new vice
president. Another Twm Valley
Student, Brenda Werner, is the
secretary. Brenda is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Werner, of
Elverson. Tulpehocken High
School’s William Lesher is the
newly elected treasurer.
The new county FFA Sentinel is
Gary Hausman, Oley High School.
Todd Miller, of Hamburg High,
was elected county reporter. Scott
Troutman, the new chaplain, is a
student at Conrad Weiser High
School. The new parliamentarian,
Mike Mertz, attends Kutztown
High School.
A
course
will cost $1 a person.
Persons may sign up at Kauff
man’s office in the Berks County
Agricultural Center, Bern
Township.
It’s open to anyone, but to be
accepted, you must be able to
swim for one minute without
support. And you must be able to
put on a lifejacket m deep water,
without touching bottom, and float
for five minutes.
Anyone who owns a canoe may
bring it along.
Those who complete the course
successfully will receive canoe
safety certification forms from the
Red Cross.
They are Beverly Eisenhart, County Council, Nancy Eisenhart;
James Both, Nancy Eisenhart, Rural Life Sunday, Beverly
Robert Haskins, Patty Lehigh and Eisenhart; Demonstration Day,
Milcp Welsh. Jon Haskins; Hospital Fete, Ellen
Reports given at the meeting Bentzel; and Mini-Tractor Pull,
were: 4-H Dance, Joe Arnold; Ronald Horn.
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June 8 at the home of Scott and
Cindy Trimble, R 2, Peachbottom,
PA.
Mr. Donald Trimble, one of the
club leaders, had a showing and
clipping demonstration. The
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members were reminded of the
Eastern Regional Fitting and
Showing Workshop to be held June
Animal
batallion’s location. The last hope
was Cher Ami.
“Through the fusillade of fire, „
the little racing pigeon rose,
heading for home carying the vital
information,” recounts National
Wildlife. “Suddenly, a burst of
shrapnel ripped its leg. But it
didn’t stop. Gamely, it flew, on,
reaching the base in 25 minutes.
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The July meeting will be held at
the home of Angie Spickler.
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Today, Cher Ami’s stuffed body
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Institution in Washington, D.C. A
real war hero, it serves as a
reminder of the amazing feats
animals can be trained to perform
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