Cl6—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, July 11,1981
LANCASTER As usual,
Lancaster County 4-H’ers have
been keeping a busy schedule so
far this summer.
From June 9-12,210 campers and
counselors attended Camp
Nawaka in Adams County. Six
counties were involved in the
campout.
Backpacking, swimming,
hiking, and even rocketry were on
the list cl activities.
Junior members who attended
the camp had the opportunity to
sleep in wood cabins, but their
senior camp friends had to find a
home on the ground with only a
small tent to cover them.
Other news in Lancaster 4-H is
clown club started b’
Fred Rudy and Sue Clouse find cooking over coals a slow
way to get food at Camp Nawaka.
Three nights in a tent was enough for the senior campers
from Lancaster County. Junior members spent their nights in
the wood cabins nearby. '
Belvidere FFA
wins top awards
BELVIDERE, N.J. - The
Belvidere FFA Chapter and
several of its members won top
awards in competition at the 52nd
annual N.J. State FFA' Convention
held recently at Cook College,
Rutgers University, in New
Brunswick.
The chapter was named the top
chapter in the state by placing first
in the National Chapter Emblem
and Evaluation Contest.
The Belvidere FFA also earned
first place in the Chapter Safety
Contest and will compete on the
national level in both contests.
Other chapter awards were first
in public relations and a first-place
regional award for its Building Our
American Communities (BOAC)
project.
Janet Johnson was elected State
FFA Secretary and Advisor Bryan
Lancaster County 4-H update
Nancy Meyers, 4-H Agent.
Members will be meeting to don
faces in the next few weeks.
Anyone interested in joining the
club, call Nancy at 394-6851.
Looking ahead, Lancaster
County will say goodbye for a week
to 30 of its 4-H’ers. They will be
heading to Massachusetts, July 26
to August 2, as part of an exchange
trip.
On August 10-12, judging teams
will be traveling to Penn State for
state days. You must be 14 years of
age to qualify.
Achievement Day has been set
for August 27 at the Farm and
Home Center.
Look for further details in future
issues of Lancaster Farmiug.-DK
Leh was elected as the advisor
representative to the executive
committee.
Member awards included;
Steve Menegers - Agricultural
Mechanics Proficiency Award.
Howie Malon - Placement in
Agricultural Production
Proficiency Award; second place
in the state tractor driving contest.
Jack Burdge - third place in
livestock judging.
Tammy Disbrow - second place
in horse judging.
Earl Makatura - first place m
poultry judging.
Ed- March - fifth place m dairy
products judging.
Keith Rush and Greg Lampert
received the Garden State Farmer
Degree, the highest degree ot the
state association
Just clowning around are these members of -elanie Rotifer, Gini Nissley, and leader
the Lancaster 4-H clown club:' Dan Forry, Nancy Meyers.
Junior members of Camp Nawaka were
given the opportunity to try rocketry as a
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"And we thought camping was supposed to Camp Nawaka in Adams County. Five counties
be fun, not work," these campers mumble at attended along with Lancaster.
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FLEMINGTON, N.J. - Two
workshop sessions have been
scheduled by the Hunterdon
County Cooperative Extension
Service to explain the Farmland
Assessment program and to aid
applicants in completing the
required toims. Dates are
Tuesday, July 14, 2-4 f.u., and
Thursday, July lb, I ;30-a: JO pan.
Farmland assessment sessions set
These sessions will be held in the
Conference Room in the Extension
Center, Rt. 31, north of
Flemington, according to Calvin
Wettstem, County Agricultural
Agent.
Leader will be John M. Hunter,
Specialist in Public Policy at Cook
College, Rutgers, the State
University. Hunter is the
project. Not only did they build their own, but
they also launched them.
Cooperative Extension Service’s
authority on farmland assessment,
says Wettstein.
Also participating in the
program will be Richard Wagner,
new County Agricultural Agent.
The extension agents stress the
importance of observing the
August I filing deadline for the
annual forms.