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A3O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 26, 1987
Teens Learn To Be Leaders
Fifteen teenagers from three
Delaware counties spent some of
their summer learning how to
develop new 4-H projects to share
with younger club members later
this year.
Selected for their leadership
potential, the teens completed a
two-day Salute to Excellence
workshop at the University of
Delaware in August. Marty Butter
field and Joy Sparks of the Dela
ware 4-H staff trained the young
people using a model from North
Carolina 4-H called TRY (Teens
Reaching Youth). Funds for the
program were provided by the RJ.
Reynolds Nabisco Foundation.
New Castle County teens parti
cipating wfcre Karen Anderson,
Middletown; Gayle Cleaver, Mid
dletown; Chris Melson, Wilming
ton; Chad Nelson, Newark; Jason
Pepin, Wilmington; Jamal Wig
gins, Newark; and Ted Wolfer,
Newark.
Kent County teens taking part in
the training were Michelle Char
les, Dover; John Clendaniel, Hart
ly; Chris Masten, Harrington; and
Sherry Sharpe, Wyoming.
Sussex County teens in the
program included Lisa Eger, Sea
ford; Dawn Melson, Bridgeville;
Hope Messick, Laurel; and Caro
lyn Sipos, Seaford.
The training experience
included a segment on the deve
lopmental characteristics of youth
between 6 and 19 to help the teens
understand their audience. They
were also shown how to sell their
program to different groups.
“For instance, if they wanted to
use a program in a school and
needed to enlist the help of the
PTA or the school board, they
were shown how to approach that
party,” explains Sparks.
As a final part of the workshop,
the teens were asked to design a
program to present to their 4-H
club or to help their community or
county. The young leaders have
until Oct IS to develop their plans
and recruit their audience. From
Oct. 15 to the end of March they
will put their program into
operation.
Among the possible projects
discussed by the group were prog
rams on insects, ATV safety,
horses, microwaved meals, space
and 4-H itself.
The seven New Castle County
4-H’ers have a variety of interests
and skills to share.
Chad Nelson, 14, wants to start a
horticulture club. He plans to teach
the younger members about house
plants and gardening.
Because she likes horses, Karen
Anderson, 14, would like to take
her 4-H’ers on field trips to learn
about the different kinds of horses
and-how they are used for racing,
pleasure riding or harness racing.
An amateur entomologist, Ted
Wolfer, 14, is interested in teach
ing his club about insects. If he is
successful, he would like to
expand his entomology program
throughout the county.
Food projects fascinate Chris
Melson and Gayle Cleaver, both
age 15. Gayle plans a program on
food and nutrition, and Chris
expects to take younger club mem
bers to visit the Herr’s pretzel and
potato chip factor in Nottingham,
Pa.
Jason Pepin, IS, is interested in
space. He plans to use a new 4-H
program called “Blue Sky Below
My Feet” to teach 9- and 12-year
olds about gravity and forces, fib
ers and spacesuits and how food is
eaten in space.
Jamal Wiggins, 16, wants to
introduce 8- and 9-year-olds to the
different projects in 4-H. He will
use the “Exploring 4-H” program
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to provide activities for his club.
The four Kent County 4-H’ers
attending the August workshop
want to get more people from their
county involved with 4-H.
Sherry Sharpe, 15, and Chris
Masten, 16, both hope to increase
enrollment in Kent clubs. Sherry
wants to involve more young peo
ple in 4-H club activities and get
them to stay past the age of 13 or
14. Chris also feels a particular
need for older members, and he
plans to recruit older teens into
4-H.
Michelle Charles, 16, wants to
recruit more 4-H project leaders,
individuals who work with special
interest groups ranging from
photography to dairy science. The
younger members of her club often
have to do things alone, and
Michelle believes they could get
more out of club activities if they
had leaders to help. She plans to
become a project leader for her
club.
John Clendaniel, 15, is working
on an ATV safety project. He will
make a video tape demonstrating
ATV safety procedures for4-H’ers
and the general public. He will be
teaching 6- to 25-year-olds.
The four Sussex County 4-H’ers
will help younger club members
and also contribute to their com
munity’s needs.
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lent. The next dam is also 3E
Excellent 91. Milk records on the
dam and daughter are over 28,000
and 30,000 pounds. This choice
consignment by Teresa Meyers,
Lisa Eger, 16, wants to start a
day camp in western Sussex Coun
ty to stimulate more interest in
4-H.
Hope Messick, 17, will work
toward having a traffic light
installed near the inside flea mark
et off Route 13 in Laurel. Shesays
the area is very congested and a
traffic light would make it safer.
Harrisonburg, Virginia, sold to
Maple Dell Farm, Woodbine,
Maryland.
In all, 33 head sold for a total of
$104,100 with an average of
$3,155.
By starting a microwave cook
ing class, Dawn Melson, IS, will
teach younger members how to
prepare meals for their parents.
Carolyn Sipos, 17. intends to
expand her club’s clothing project
She also wants her club to post a
‘Delaware 4-H welcomes you to
Delaware” sign at the state line.
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