826-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 7, 1992
GAITHERSBURG. Md.—
Five students from Montgomery
County have each been awarded
$2,000 scholarships by the Mont
gomery County Agricultural Cen
ter Inc. The presentations were
made by the agricultural center
during its annual meeting.
Scholarship recipients were
Christy Crawford of Adamstown;
Robert Delauder Jr., Valerie Mur
ray and Jonathan Rippeon, all of
Gaithersburg; and Amy Savage of
Germantown.
Four $5OO scholarships were
also awarded. Recipients were
Heather Hamm of Clarksburg;
Susan Klopp of Laytonsville; Sta
cy Stabler of Gaithersburg; and
Marguerite White of Olney.
Nearly 30 applicants were in
contention for the nine scholar
ships. In order to apply, applicants
must be a 4-H or Future Farmers
of America member in the Mont
gomery County programs and be
directing their education toward
agriculture, home economics, or a
related field. Applicants are
judged 75 percent on 4-H and FFA
records and achievement; 15 per
cent on grades; and 10 percent on
future plans.
Crawford, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Tommy Crawford, is a senior
at Frederick High School.
While in 4-H, Crawford, 17, has
been active in the Montgomery
County 4-H Beef Club and the
Montgomery County 4-H Senior
Council. She is also a member of
the Frederick FFA Chapter. She
has also held numerous offices
while in 4-H.
Crawford has carried 4-H pro
jects ; n beef, public speaking,
community service, childcare,
photography, and livestock
judging.
Crawford plans to pursue a
career in agriculture journalism.
Delauder, 17, is a freshman at
The Kings College in New York.
He is the son of Robert Delauder
of Frederick and Sherry Delauder
of Gaithersburg.
Delauder is planning to pursue
a career in law or public relations
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with emphasis toward agriculture.
Delauder is a member of the
Lewisdale 4-H Club, Laytonsville
Senior 4-H Club, and the Mont
gomery County 4-H Senior Coun
cil. His main 4-H projects have
been horticulture, citizenship,
leadership, bicycle, woodwork
ing, forestry, arts and crafts, ento
mology, hobbies, and electricity.
Murray is a senior at Damascus
High School. The 16 year old is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Kevin Murray.
Murray is planning to pursue a
career in accounting or fashion.
A member of the Clover Clan
4-H Club and the Montgomery
County 4-H Senior Council, Mur
ray has held numerous offices and
carries projects in fashion, public
speaking, foods, leadership, citi
zenship and community service.
She is the 1991-92 Montgomery
County Agricultural Fair Queen.
Rippeon, 16, is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. David Rippeon. He is a
senior at Gaithersburg High
School.
Rippeon is a member of the
Montgomery County 4-H Beef
Club, the Montgomery County
4-H Senior Council, the Mont
gomery County 4-H Sheep and
Swine Club, and Quail Valley 4-H
Club.
He carries 4-H projects in beef
cattle, agriculture, woodworking
and community service.
Rippeon plans to pursue a
career in agriculture and business.
Savage, daughter of Dennis
Savage of Keymar and Katherine
King of Germantown, is a senior
at Seneca Valley High School.
The 16 year old plans to pursue
her education in dairy science or
pre-veterinary medicine.
Savage is a member of the
Montgomery County 4-H Hols
tein Club and the Montgomery
County 4-H Senior Council. She
carries dairy cattle as her main
4-H project.
“The Montgomery County
Agricultural Center is pleased and
honored to have these high caliber
students receive the scholarships
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The ag center has a written
4-H Integrates Other
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Anyone working with
young people can benefit from
attending a free workshop in
March on "Global Connections; A
Development Education Project"
The workshop, coordinated by
4-H through Penn State Coopera
tive Extension and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, is part
of a statewide effort to help youth
leaders and educators incorporate
international understanding into
their curricula.
"The workshop will provide
youth educators and leaders with
many ideas for giving young peo
ple an international perspective on
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Parents & 4-H
And Youth
Development
Parents play an important role in
the non-formal educational experi
ence that is the community or pro
ject 4-H club. They are instrumen
tal in moving their children into the
program. Parents are in fact the
reason given by youth when asked
why they became involved in 4-H.
Parents form the core of volun
teer leaders that make clubs the
viable delivery method they are.
However, increasing numbers of
youth are being reached through
school enrichment and other intact
groups such as school-age child
care programs. Parents can have a
role here too.
Devising ways to involve
parents in the 4-H youth devclop-
economic, social and cultural
development 4-H agents, teach
ers, scout leaders, youth program
organizers, church educators and
others will be able to use the
information."
Topics will include an introduc
tion to the 4-H and "My World"
leader guides; teaching global citi
zenship during camping, recrea
tion, exhibits, fairs and festivals;
using games that simulate real-life
situations to teach about other
countries; teaching global market
ing of agricultural products; and
planning community service pro
jects with young peqple. Particip
ants will receive a packet of guides
HAPPENINGS
ment experience their children are
having presents a challenge but it
can be accomplished. It can begin
with informing parents that their
children are (or will be) participat
ing in 4-H youth development cur
riculum in their classroom, child
care program, or other setting. The
letter to 4-H families (S 8003) or an
adaption of it can be used for this
purpose.
Parents do want to know about
their children’s experience.
Schools that have 4-H programs
can be encouraged to include 4-H
exhibits during parent nights or
open house type functions. In their
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can’t think of a better way than to
award these scholarships.” Stabler
said.
Cultures
and ideas.
"Global Connections: A Deve
lopment Education Project" will
be offered at State College on
March 20, in Butler on March 23,
and in Wilkes-Barre on March 25.
Registration will be at 9:00 a.m„
and the Erst session will start at
9:20 a.m. Attendance is free, and
lunch will be provided for those
who register by March 10.
To register for the workshop in
State College, call (814) 863-7069.
For the Butler workshop, call
(814) 723-6003, and for the
Wilkes-Barre workshop, call (717)
675-9274.
case parents will not only leant the
child is having a 4-H youth deve
lopment experience but will see
and leant just what this experience
is.
Parents can also be involved in
the child’s experience. Self care
programs using the 4-H materials
“On My Own and OK“ in schools,
day camps, and childcare facilities
can provide the program as a joint
child/parent experience. In some
cases a natural progression would
consist of parent involvement in
their child’s experience then mov
ing on to a program of their own
such as parent education. Total
family involvement is a tried and
true extension concept. 4-H youth
development programming can do
much to accomplish such a goal.
-Anne Heinsohn