UUmcMtir Farming, Saturday, Octabar 25,1986 Two Pa. Agents Receive Distinguished Service Awards BY SALLY BAIR Lancaster Co. Correapondeat HERSHEY Two Pennsylvania 4-H Agents received the prestigious Distinguished Service Award at the 40th annual con vention of the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents here this week. Roxanne F. Price, York County, and Carol J. Scfaurman, Indiana County, were recognized for their outstanding work in 4-H by their peers at a banquet held Friday night. It was especially fitting that they should be honored this year when the conference was held in Pennsylvania and they served as co-host coordinators. Schurman said the award was especially meaingful because it was bestowed by her peers, ad ding, “That is the hardest award to get, but it is nice to get it.” Both women grew up in the 4-H program in the state Price in Yourk County and Shurman in Cumberland County. Price manages a 4-H program that has 2,700 traditional and school enrichment members and 300 volunteer leaders. She has Miriam Lowrie, a 4-H agent from Oregon, is interviewing numerous 4-H leaders in an attempt to discover why some remain active even after their own kids are out of the 4-H program. Quilt Emphasizes Pennsylvania’s Friendliness BY SALLY BAIR Lancaster Co. Correspondent HERSHEY - A “Friendship Quilt” was one of nine treasures won by visiting 4-H agents at tending the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents annual conference in Hershey this week. Dietrichs Announces Bonus SYRACUSE, N.Y. Progressive Dairymen’s Cooperative, Inc. has inaugurated a new seasonal bonus incentive plan developed by United Dairy Cooperative Services, a division of NEDCO, and Dietrich’s Milk Products, Inc. Dietrich’s owner/operator of the Middlebury Center, Pa. Milk Manufacturing Plant, has offered this opportunity to Progressive producers to en courage more production in the fall months when milk is needed most. Progressive’s Program is a two fold plan to reward producers for increasing milk during the fall or short supply season and also for improving total production by increasing their production base. This program is available to all United member cooperatives shipping to Dietrich’s. Each member’s base is calculated as the daily average per farm for milk produced in the base-forming months of August, September, October and helped implement a Middle Management committee system and has project Key Leaders who are a vital part of her program. She says, “The Key Leaders are people who have a special interest and knowledge of a specific area. They help new leaders and determine program training needs. I also refer phone calls to them.” Enrollment in the 4-H program in York is about evenly divided between traditional 4-H and the school programs. Last year they began embryology projects in the schools and they also have a blade locust project in which students raise a seedling. Price said this lends itself to experiments in science class and has been well accepted. She said, “We still stress the traditional 4-H program in com munity dub settings because there are more advantages there. As a 4-H’er, Price had home economics related projects. Shurman was recognized for developing a “quality program with emphasis in communication arts, teen development and leader The brainchild of Pennsylvania 4-H agent Sandy Rose, Tioga County, the quilt has 44 squares created by 4-H members, leaders and friends throughout the state. Rose said, “We are emphasizing the friendliness of Pennsylvania following the theme ‘You’ve got a November. Under the seasonal premium plan, a premium of 10 cents per hundredweight will be paid on all base pounds for the base-forming period and two cents a hundredweight paid on all base pounds during December, January, February and July. No premium payments are made during the flush season of March, April, May and June. In addition, an extra premium of 50 cents per hundredweight will be paid during the months of August through November on all milk produced over and above the farmer’s base established the preceding year. “Other cooperatives have adopted seasonal incentive programs,” stated United President James Patsos, “but we feel ours is more advantageous to the dairy farmer. This is an ad ditional bonus to the farmers that Dietrich’s and United is able to provide to their producers along with the solids-not-fat premium.” development.” Her demonstration workshop has been presented to nearly 1,000 people at the county, regional and state levels. Schur man says, “We have a lot of communications workshops because I think it is important that we help 4-H’ers as a group become part of the real world. She said she presents the program to all levels, and has had school teachers tell her they can always spot 4-H’ers because of their ability to speak in class. As evidence of the program’s importance and. success, she said they have nearly 40 4-H’ers at their county demonstration night. She said she also works in leader developoment, stressing state, regionid and national forums, and works with teen leadership, in cluding career guidance. She puts leaders to work in planning programs, saying she has “lots of committees.” Schurman had dairy related projects as a 4-H member in Cumberland County, and has been an agent for nine years. There ar 750 4-H’ers in Indiana County. Oregon Agent Seeks Clues To Keeping Leaders Active BY SALLY BAIR program did for their own leaders interviewed and hopes to Lancaster Co. Correspondent children. She said, “They really be able to present a program on HERSHEY - Why does a 4-H want to contribute and share her work at future conferences, leader remain a leader long after skills.” l ..One thing she has already his own children are finished with Lowne says she hopes to see if , tua* “there are won -4-H? Miriam Lowrie. a 4-H agent ttiere are trends which can help 4- “““ no mX from Pok County, Oregon, is H agents learn about leaders and wher ’ g 0 4-H:is what brings us spending about seven weeks of a perhaps encourage new leaders to together You cou i d come to us in four-month sabbatical to find the remain in the program. She said in Oregon and find the same caring answer. the 4-H volunteer leader program * le 4_ H is a real positive She is traveling to five states and there are leaders who serve just thine.” interviewing dozens of veteran 4-H one or two years, those who serve ‘ , , leaders to gain clues to what keeps while their own children are part of lowrie praises conferences such 4-H leaders active. the program, and those who stay as the one at Hershey, saying, I So far, Lowrie has interviewedlO on for longer periods. “These are have learned s ° You see Pennsylvania leaders and says, the ones who have strongly made a different ways of doing things. The “You have a real caring group of commitment.” professional development op people. They care about kids and What Lowrie is searching for are portumties are wonderful. I have a enjoy seeing them mature and “commonalities.” She said, “I hard time picking among Uie many develop into resourceful people.” want to see what appealed to those good seminars being offered. Of those interviewed, Lowrie leaders and perhaps it will help us Lowrie herself was never a - says, about half have been 4-H’ers in keeping people involved. H’er and had not heard of the themselves, and most started as Perhaps there is some feedback Cooperative Extension Service leaders when their own children and recognition that we should be until she began applying for jobs, were in 4-H. She says they stayed giving beginning leaders.” She has worked as a 4-H agent in on because they saw what the She is taking pictures of all the Oregon for 15 years. friend in Pennsylvania.’” The project began three years ago and the contributors were told what kind of fabric to use, the size of their square and that the patch should represent something from their county. Adams County’s square, for instance, featured an apple, while Allegheny’s county featured the three rivers. The center of the quilt, which is king sized, has the logo for the 40th anniversary convention. The actual assembly and quilting were done by Karen Phillips, a quilting instructor from Fayette County. The quilt has attracted much attention, but is one of nine prizes awarded to winners of the treasure chest. Keys to the chest were distributed to those who attended last year’s annual conference. Others could purchase a key for |l. If the key fit, the winner selected one of the envelopes in the chest which revealed which prize was theirs. Another quilt is being offered, this one quilted by 4-H leaders and members from Adams County. The quilt from Adams County is single bed size, and has the names of the patch-makers attached to the back. Other prizes include a one week’s stay at Hershey Lodge, a Tandy 1000 Computer and monitor, a ruby ring with diamond center, a VCR, a $lOO bill, visionware cookware from Corning and a 35 mm camera. Carol Schurman, Indiana County, at right, and Roxanne Price, York County, left, received Distinguished Service Awards at the 4-H agents annual convention this week. 5> HHj Vv \ 4-H agents Sandy Rose, right, of Tioga County, and Darlene Resh, Adams County, display the Friendship Quilt that was one of nine treasures given to visiting agents.
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