822-LancMt«r Farming, Saturday, July 20,1985 Lancaster youth get a taste of travel BY SUZANNE KEENE LANCASTER Long months of planning paid off last week for a group of Lancaster County 4-H’ers who traveled to Bay County, Michigan as the first part of an exchange program. Sixteen 4-H’ers and three adult chaperons flew into Detroit last week and spent several days ex ploring the area and enjoying the hospitality of the Michigan 4-H’ers who opened their homes to the Lancaster youths. Next year, Lancaster County 4- H’ers will return the favor by showing the Michigan 4-H’ers Lancaster County. “It’s a big education for the kids to see what the rest of the world is like,” Lancaster 4-H agent Zoann Parker said. And, she added, exchange trips offer an op portunity to “see how other 4-H groups work.” One day of the trip was devoted to a tour of Frankenmuth, a German Bavarian town that featured great shopping. Here a glockenspiel clock portrays the story of the Pied Piper. \m m mm Hiitod m Wo*M tectmtomig* an tAtVW v\aa*amitxjtoi toisoffflwg my 25-t>y'*o-foote» wlttioi/tOO*. MoiMuniKKX) everything «fce was the some today ImoMlfwti thatf ASY UP* has pa<d (or tlMrtto dOJ»n times over lntnct«o**d«to toad n (rouble irtm unloading in increased »(ftci(»noy AnOmy 26-Oy ICMoot m («on uoioadwig nightmare II send you details of my test Vnte or call MADISON’ SILOS Today l ■\lHWr MoeM *604 I A ) , S A <>o 0 st'ibuto' u OF PENNSYLVANIA 1070 Steinmetz Road Ephrata, PA 17522 717-733-1206 Planning for the trip began last January, when members of the Exchange Club, led by Paul and Orpha Strausbaugh of Manhiem, selected areas they would like to visit. The group chose the deep south, west and middle America, then followed up by contacting 4-H groups in each area. The Michigan group responded to the Lancaster 4-H’ers’ inquiries with an in vitation to visit them, and the trip plans began. The group held two fundraisers a food stand at a farm sale and a pizza sale to raise travel money, Zoann said. The fundraisers were so successful that each 4-H’er who traveled to Michigan had to con tribute only $3B for the week-long trip. During their stay the Lancaster teens had ample opportunity to scrutinize the area. * s*< * > * v A. ->> S' V >£ - *J* *” *$ 4, > \Vvj ';yfc£%£. N* I “We were impressed by the straight roads,” club leader Paul Strausbaugh noted. Land usage is very organized with 640 acres to a section and six square miles to a township. Drainage ditches run into larger ditches that run parallel to the roads and into lakes and rivers, he continued. The main crops in the county were navy beans and sugar beets. Paul’s wife and club co-leader, Orpha Strausbaugh, was im pressed with the size of the barns, which are much smaller than the large dairy bams here. The bams are smaller, she explained, because the navy bean farmers do not have to store their crop. The compames that purchase their crops come to the farm to harvest the beans and take them the same day. The Strausbaugh’s two children, •“Wj 6 TON *500.00 w 8 TON *615.00 % 10 TON *830.00 With Exclusive Zimmerman ACCU-TRAK A DISTRIBUTOR OF CCNTRAL TRACTOR FARM A FAMILY CCNTER la HEWER'S This group of Lancaster County 4-H’ers traveled to Bay County, Michigan last week to get a look at how people in other parts of the country live. Matthew, 16, and Amy Jo, 14, also went on the trip. Amy Jo especially enjoyed a trip to Frankenmuth, a German Bavarian town that offers excellent shopping. While in Frankenmuth, the visitors saw a glockenspiel clock that told the story of die Pied Piper of Hamelin. But while she enjoyed this town the most, Amy Jo also had fun fishing for perch in Lake Huron. And, like her parents, she was impressed with the area’s straight roads. A member of the Elm-Penryn and Mastersonville Clubs, Amy Jo said she came home with a new appreciation for the 4-H leadership here. “The leadership in Penn sylvania is really good,” she noted. Another member of the Elm- Penryn Club, Kevin Hess enjoyed horseback riding and canoeing in Michigan. His host family, the Lynches, had two horses, and he rode them in the family’s meadow. The canoe trip on the Rifle River nlonned and and Matt Strausbaugh "were treated to an overnight trip to MMERMAN WAGON GEARS "Feel Free To Call For Stock Check" Hours Mon thru Fn 8 AM to 7 PM Sat BAMto 4 PM R.D. 412 S FLEETWOOD, PA. 19522 (on win roid from Fl—twood to Toptonl Mackinaw Island by their host family. Dale Roberts and his daughter Tammy, showed their Lancaster County guests this remote island where there is no motorized transportation. Julie said the group also toured the Dow Chemical Plant, where many BayCountians work. She enjoyed having the op portunity to see how people in other areas live. “They never drank water,” she noted. “They drank soda and they called it pop.” The Michigan hosts made sure their guests got to visit the area’s Com Festival and Farm Show. The Com Festival, held in Album, consists mostly of rides, gambling and beer tents, Orpha Strausbaugh noted, while the Farm Show is more like our county fairs, only much smaller. While the 4-H’ers said they en joyed their trip, most seemed happy to be back home in Lan caster County. However, they anA^ ! plan trjn< , wit}l 28 FT 32 FT. 36 FT 40 FT *lB3B* * $3O DISCOUNT IF PICKED UP AT FACTORY ST €6 Phone 215-944-7681 AL *1472* *1546* •1772*
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