810-Lancaster Faming, Saturday, June 24,1989 My name is Aaron Krick. I am 11 years old. My mom’s name is Toni Reigel and my best friend’s name is John Clark. I was never really around horses until my good friend John Clark started teaching Everyone Can Be Active Some people think they can’t be active. TTiey think they’re too fat or too thin. Or they have trouble breathing. Or they can’t see well. Read the stories on this page. These people started out with big problems. But that didn’t stop them from being active. They each had a dream. They all worked very hard to reach their dreams. And they had fun doing it. Jim McMahon At age 6, Jim hurt his eye badly. But his vision problem didn’t stop him from being active. He played baseball and basketball in school. And he is best known as quarter back of the Chicago Bears. Jim even led the Bears to a Superbowl Victory. Aaron Krick rides with his friend. me. John and his parents have a lot of horses, but my favorite is a stan dardbrcd named Victor that was an ex-race horse. Victor is just as green as I am when it comes to the saddle, but thanks to my friend John, Victor and I are learning a lot together. John is teaching me gf rp '?( ' Pn'^' a i w U.S. Olympic Team Sixty-seven members of one Olympic team had asthma. People with asthma have trouble brea thing. Some people with asthma are afraid to be active - but not these athletes. In fact 40 of those with asthma won medals. (If you ivc asthma, check with your doc •. Your doctor will tell you what ivities you can do.) MMi af übS tt* /sjr ~ 1 ' ■ :-aCZ^ n everything from muking out stalls to grooming to proper riding tech niques. I hope that someday I will be as good with horses as my friend John. Scott Hamilton As a child Scott was very sick. He even stopped growing for a while. He was in the hospital a lot. Even so, he wanted to learn to ice skate. He did leant and got very good at it. Later Scott won an Olympic gold medal in figure skating. £ Wilma Rudolph Wilma had double pneumonia and scarlet fever at age 4. Because of her sickness, she couldn’t walk for two years. But that didn’t stop her. As she got better, she got more and more active. Later, Wil ma ran in the Olympics. And guess what? She won 3 gold medals. My name is Mattie Fisher. I am 11 years old. My birthday is August 14, 1977. I have three brothers and four sisters. Their names are Fannie, Barbara, Gideon, Rebecca, Aaron, David and Emma. Fannie, Barbara, Gideon and Rebecca are married. I have 11 nieces and nephews. My father’s and mother’s names are Jonathan and Mattie Fisher. We have 19 hens and three roos ters, one turket, 18 big rabbits and a lot of little ones, two lambs named Wooly and Whitie, a dog named Fluffy and three cats; Cher ry, Pepper and Smartie. We also have seven work horses, Jane, Jack, Kate, Betz, Andy, Bill and Charlie and four drivers Jerry, Brownie, Bess and Blackie. We have a lot of white pigeons too. Dear Kid’s Komer, I am Quinton Wenger. I turned six years old on November 2.1 live on a poultry farm. Sometimes, I help gather eggs, and sometimes I help my mom by watching my little brother. I have five brothers: Merlin, 18; Douglas, IS; James and Jason are both 12; and Andrew is 21 months-old. I lie to play trucks with Andrew and play in the sandbox. I like to ride bike and feed rabbits. The twins and Hike to cut out pictures of buildings and equip ment from Lancaster Farming. Then we each set up a paper farm and play farming with our paper tractor. We hitch our equipment on with scotch tape. My dad and older brothers grumble if they want to read the “Lancaster Farming” and find it is cut full of holes. So we may only use the issues that are one week old. Aaron Krick Oley Hello! ' My name is Mikey Stevenson. I live on a farm. We have 12 dairy cows, 3 horses, (Abe, Arron, and Amanda), one pony and four pigs. My best friend’s Bye, Mikey Stevenson, Mercersburg Write and tell us about yourself. Do you have any pets? Did some thing funny or sad happen to yqu? What do you think of school, homework and chores? Send your letters to “Kid’s Kor ncr” 1 East Main Street; P.O. Box 609, Ephrata, PA 17522. READERS WRITE Mattie Fisher, Kirkwood Age 11 Quinton Dear Readers, My name is Emma Stoltzfus. I am in grade 6. My parents are Abram, 41; and Katie, 40.1 have 5 sisters and three brothers. Leah, 19; Mary, 17; Eli, 16; Daniel, 13; Me, 11; Martha, 9; Becky, 6; Elam, S; Katie, 1 and almost 2. Our school let out May 10, and our picnic was May 6. Wc have 36 cows and several calves and heifers and one lamb. The lambs name is Frisky. We have 4 horses. Their names are Sporky, Scotty, Sonny, and Tony. Our dogs names are Buster, Tippy and Cindy. - We have 1 / -acre of asparagus to sell at home. If we don’t get it sold at home, we take it to the auction to sell. Goodbye, Emma Stoltzfus,. Leola Dear Readers, My name is Lydia King. I am in the fith grade. My parents are Amos and Emma King. We have 7 child ren, Elmer, 10; I am 9; Barbie, 7; Christ, 6; Fannie, 4; Marion, 1; and Baby Mary 9 weeks. My birthday is on November 5. We have 40 cows. We got one sheep. Her name is Mary. We have little kittens, and we have a dog named Tippy. We have some calves that I give them milk to drink. We have 31 pupils going to our school. Wc go to Spring Gar den School. Our teachers name is Rebecca. She is going to teach next year again. I have fun playing with my friends. Their names are Anna Mary, Nancy, Katie Mae, Barbie, Lorraine, Ruth, Amanda, and Mary Naomi. My name is Malinda Bender. I am 9 years old. I am ready for fourlh grade. I have to feed two calves. We have one dog. Her" name is Chipy. She has six pup pies. She had eight but they were dead. We have seven children in our family: Herman, 13; Anna, 11; Me, 9; Noah, 7; Samuel, 4; Joseph, 2; Rhoda, 4 months. My birthday is January 6, 1980. Bye for now! Malinda Bender, Calveton, VA Dear Readers, My name is Rachel Miller. I’ll be in fourth grade when school starts. Our school is going to start on August 28. We have 35 cows and 10 heifers and some little ones. I am 9 years old. My birthday is on May 13.1 have three brothers and three sisters: Christ, 15; Lizzie, 13; Rachel, 9; Sadie, 7; David, 5; Malinda, 3; Elam, 2. My father’s name is Aaron Mill er and my mother’s name is Lydia Mijlcr. I guess I’ll stop now. Bye, Rachel Miller, Leola With love, Lydia