BIS-Lancaater Farming, Saturday, August 20, 1988
Challenge Of The
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wife explained, “That’s because he
is allergic to dust. But he does vac
uum the floorS.”
“What works for me may not for
someone else,” Michele cautions.
“When it comes to working and
motherihg, there is no right or
wrong answer. Every situation is
different and it depends on the ful
fillment and the opportunities a
person has.”
One of the most rewarding pro
jects at Michele’s job is coordinat
ing the Fashion Revue. As a for
mer 4-H’er, Michelle identifies
with the joy in a project well done
and in the sadness that 4-H prog
rams sometimes entail. She
explained that the first year she
joined the dairy club she won a
blue ribbon for her cow Gigi, who
was more of a pet than a project.
After several years, Gigi needed to
be sold. A photo captures the emo
tion of the moment where Michelle
walks her cow to a neighboring
farm while wiping tears from her
eyes with her dad’s red bandana
hankerchief. She said, “I swear the
cow cried too.”
After active involvement at
Pequea Valley High School,
Michelle attended Indiana Univer
sity where she majored in home
economics. After her freshman
year, she landed an summer assis
tantship for three summers that
opened doors for her becoming a
Lancaster County home econom
ist. After four years she transferred
to the Berks County extension
office. In 1980, Michele married
Steve who was in seminary. His
first pastoral position was in West
Lawn, Beiks County. By the time
Michelle transferred to the Berks
office, Steve had been transferred
to Manheim, Lancaster County.
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“Consequently, I’ve always had to
commute long distances,” Michele
explained. Her hour long drive
now is not as tedious as it once
was. Michele is not certain if that
stems from becoming accustomed
to it or if it is less hectic. She works
hard not to schedule more than two
nights away from home. That way
the Rodgers manage to have at
least one parent home with their
baby.
She admits to breaking the ste
reotype of the pastor’s wife who is
involved in everything. She teach
es the young adult Sunday school
class and is involved with the
youth. “I can’t do everything,”
Michele said. “But thats ok. I feel
like I am called to fulfill what I am
doing.”
Now, Michele is tackling some
thing new. She, with Judy Stoudt,
the Berks county horticulture
agent, is filling a six month term as
intern assistant to the regional
director. “It’s a new experience in
an administrative role,” Michele
said. The job sharing is a new con
cept for the extension offices. “It’s
too early to evaluate whether or not
job sharing works well in this
area,” Michele said. But she
believes it is an excellent oppor
tunity, one that she undertook only
after much soul-searching.
“Knowing what we can handle
and examining our opportunities
needs constant reevaluation,” she
said. As Michele researches,
writes and lives outs balancing
family and work responsibilities,
she’s tackling one of the major
challenges of the ’Bo’s. And that
brings her much fulfillment.
“Women,” she stresses, “must be
supportive of each other—what is
right for one may not be right for
the other.”
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