826—Uncastf Finning, Saturday, August 11,1984
BY SUZANNE KEENE
UNIVERSITY PARK - Over
1,700 4-H’ers, leaders and
chaperones came to the University
Park campus of the Penn State
University this week to participate
in State 4-H Achievement Days.
At an award ceremony held
Wednesday morning, many of the
4-H’ers were recognized for the
countless hours of work they had
put into their projects. Amid loud
applause and screams of delight.
Joanne Barbera, Somerset County, presents her award
winning speach about her school years. Joanne won first
place in public speaking competition.
Grain is sold
to Africa
DALLAS, Tex. - The
U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s Com
modity Credit Cor
poration has announced
the sale of $89.4 million
worth of grain to private
exporters for resale to
African countries hard
hit by severe drought.
The sales were made
under an invitation for
offers made on June 15.
Sales were made to
private exporters on a
competitive bid basis.
The commodities were
sold in store at the
warehouse location and
the exporters will pay
all processing costs plus
the cost of tran
sportation to the im
porting country, Block
said.
CCC received bids for
585,696 metric tons of
wheat, 513,518 tons of.
com and 481,044 tons of
rough rice. The contract
awards totaled
$21,720,000 in wheat,
$36,613,865 in com and
$31,081,683 in rice based
on CCCs acquisition
cost.
Bids for wheat lots
offered by CCC ranged
from a high of $3.09 per
bushel to a low of $.Ol
per bushel. For com,
bids on lots offered by
CCC ranged from a high
of $3 per bushel to a low
of $.223 per bushel. For
rice, the bids ranged
from a high of $3.95 per
hundredweight to a low
of $.lO per hun
dredweight.
Pa. 4-H' ers gather for State Achievement Days
the winners in each category of
competition came forward to
accept their ribbons or medals.
Early in the ceremonies Interim
State 4-H Leader Carroll Howes
presented National 4-H President
Grant Shrum with a $lOl,OOO check,
signifying Pennsylvania’s final
payment of a $lOl,OOO pledge to the
National 4-H Center.
When the 4-H Center opened in
Washington D.C. in 1959, a number
of states pledged funds to help in
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Interim State Leader Carroll Howes, right, presents National 4-H President Grant
Shrum with an oversized check for $lOl,OOO. The check signifys Pennsylvania's last
payment on its commitment to the National 4-H Center in Washington D.C.
its renovation. Pennsylvania
pledged $lOl,OOO, more than any
other state. This year Penn
sylvania made its last payment in
that large pledge.
4-H Youth Specialist U.B.
Bakker told the group that “It is an
honor and a privilege to work with
the State 4-H Achievement Days.”
The 4-H’ers arrived in State
College on Monday to compete in
various project categories with
other 4-H’ers from across the
state. In between competition, they
participated in a number of other
activities, including swimimng,
dancing and ice skating.
“We really enjoy the campus,”
4-H’er Lisa Shaffer of Somerset
County said. She added that
making friends from all over
Pennsylvania is another part of the
event she especially enjoys.
Some of the top-placing 4-H’ers
will continue on to national com-
Delaware Co. 4-H clubs prepare for fair
MEDIA Delaware County 4-H a beef barbeque dinner will be
Clubs will be holding their annual available from noon to 5 p.m. at the
Summer Fair from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. refreshment stand. Refreshments
on Saturday, August 18th at Rose w ill be on sale throughout the day
Tree Park. at the 4-H Center. All of the 4-H
The day will begin with an open
horse show, a tailgate sale and a 4-
H dairy goat show. Events in the
late morning will include a 4-H
Rabbit and Cavy (guinea pig)
Show, individual project judging in
many project areas and club
exhibits showing many of the
different types of 4-H work done in
Delaware County.
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petitions, but for many, the
competition ends at the state level.
Look for a list of winners and their
pictures in this section of next
week’s issue.
activities will be held in the rear of
the park beyond the Hunt Club
Building near the 4-H Center.
Also in the park that day,
sponsored by the Summer
Festival, will be the Delaware
County Craft Fair and Old Fiddlers
Day. Come out for a full day of fun
for the entire family.
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