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Trail of hard work and activities led to Outstanding 4-H title for Deb Martin
named the Outstanding Shepherd
in the Woolies Club last year, for
her all-around accomplishments.
Last year, too, she received the
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BY SALLY BAIR
Staff Correspondent
CONESTOGA Deb Martin was
eight years old when she attended
her first 4-h Achievement Day and
was enchanted by the selection of
the 4-H Queen. It became her goal
to be selected queen, but after
being a finalist in the junior con
test, she had to alter her goal when
she contest was changed to an
Outstanding 4-H Boy and Girl
contest.
She admits to some disap
pointment over the change in
titles, but it don’t stop her from
doing her best and pursuing her
alternate goal: on Thursday she
completed her year as Lancaster
County’s Outstanding 4-H girl.
The trail to achieving that title
was years filled with 4-H activities
and projects, and a willingness to
work hard at whatever she did.
A member of the Penn Manor 4-
H Community Club and the Lan
caster County Woolies Club, Deb,
17, has raised sheep, strawberries,
vegetables, flowers and capons.
She has been a teen leader for
vegetables and flowers and has
served in every office available.
Deb can hardly remember
exactly why she enrolled in 4-H,
but recalls that it had to do with
being in second grade with a
friend, and they thought it would
be fun to help the Penn Willow Club
with its annual community clean-
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up. They joined, helped pick up
several truck loads of trash, and
that was the start of 10 years of
involvement for Deb.
Although she began with cooking
and sewing, Deb, who lives south of
Conestoga with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Melvin Martin, changed
directions to flowers and
vegetables because they were
projects that didn’t require weekly
meetings and travel to other
places. Deb says, “I can take these
projects and still be on the farm.”
She explains that her mother is
now a leader for flowers and
vegetables, and they help the 4-
H’ers by working with in them in
planting seeds so that they have
appropriate materials to exhibit at
Achievement Day in August.
Deb believes that the com
petition in 4-H is good. “Although
they are not rewarded for every
little thing, there should be a
reward at the end, in the business
world, the harder you work, the
better of you are,” she states.
Having remained in 4-H through
the teen years, years when many
find other interests, Deb says, “It’s
worth it to stay in. I have found
that it’s better to stay with one club
or one project and do your best.”
As for achieving, she says with a
smile, “It’s like they say, the
harder you work the luckier you
get.” If you stick with it, in the long
run it pays off.” She admits that
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her strawberry project where she has paid off in other ways. She
got third place this year, after received recognition for having the
starting out last in her first year of outstanding project book in
growing them. capons, sheep and flowers and was
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Her 15 Suffolk breeding market sheep keep Deb busy. Last year she was named
Outstanding Shepherd because of her all-around activities with the Lancaster County
Woolies Club.
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