820-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, July 24, 1993
m HAPPENINGS
SOLANCO 4-H
The third meeting of the Solan
co Community 4-H Club was held
June 22 in the Hoffman building.
Lori Burkholder, host of Chan
nel 3 Live, came to talk to the
members. She highlighted the
pros and cons of television
careers, and the ways you can
become involved in television.
She told the members that on
Wednesdays, when C.S. Keys, her
co-host, has off the co-host spot is
opened to the public. The next 4-H
meeting will be on July 27 in the
Hoffman Building at 7:30 p.m.
The talent show is going to be per
formed at this meeting.
4-H Foundation
Awards 1993 Grants
The Delaware 4-H Foundation
Inc. has rewarded 1993 innovative
program grants to three clubs.
The grants went to Giorgianna
Daugherty of the Fantastics 4-H
Club, Newark; the Statclinc 4-H
Club. Scaford; and the Highland-
Warren County hosted the annual northwestern Pennsyl
vania 4-H dairy ovemighter recently. More than 100 four-
H’crs and many leaders and parents from nine counties at
tended the two-day training. Several tours and dairy judging
highlighted the first day of events.
Dr. Gary Rogers, Penn State dairy specialist, was the fea
tured speaker. He discussed dairy animal selection, changes
to the unified score card, and dairy genetics. After Dr. Rog
ers spoke to the entire group, the 4-H’ers divided into three
groups according to age.
A dairy judging contest was held. The juniors placed three
classes of dairy heifers and cows. The top ten winners were
1. Jonathon Kosa, Potter County. 2. Maria Mowrey, Jeffer
son. 3. Jenni Owens, Warren.
The intermediate group had to place six; classes of dairy
heifers and cows. Those placing were 1. Mark Blair, Warren
County. 2. Mandy Hitchcock. Warren. 3. Jeremy Williams,
Crawford.
The intermediate group also had to prepare a two-minute
talk on choosing a 4-H dairy project. The top placers for
their talk were 1. Shannon Cavanagh, Crawford County.'2.
Paul Smith, Clarion. 3. Amanda Gilkinson, Erie. Combining
the two scores the highest overal placings were: 1. Mark
Blair, Warren County. 2. Jeremy Williams, Crawford. 3.
Mandy Hitchcock, Warren.
The senior division also had to place six classes of ani
mals. Highest for placing were: 1. Emily Smith, Clarion
County. 2. Sara Duncan, Crawford. 3. Brian Gourley, War
ren. The seniors had to give oral reasons on two classes of
dairy cows. The lop reasons scores were 1. Candy Hitch
cock, Warren County. 2. Sara Duncan, Crawford. 3. Andy
Marzka, Crawford. The best overall scores were 1. Sara
Duncan, Crawford County. 2. Candy Hitchcock, Warren. 3.
Emily Smith, Clarion.
Upon completion of the dairy judging contest the juniors
went on a tour of the Kinzua Dam. The intermediate and
senior groups toured Tussey Mountain Animal Bedding and
Ray’s Recycling. Tussey Mountain processes old newspaper
into animal bedding and Ray’s transforms raw garbage into
fuel pellets.
After dinner, the 4-H’ers painted T-shirts, participated in
skill-a-thons, and enjoyed games.
The second day had a series of workshops for the juniors.
They learned about dairy breeds, animal parts, preparing a
show bed, and organizing a show box. The intermediate and
senior groups had workshops on animal health care skills,
clipper maintenance, hoof trimming, and dairy nutrition.
The Anal event was a mock auction of 12 dairy heifers.
The 4-H’ers divided into 10 teams and were allotted $2,300
to bid on the animals. All the heifers were given a value bas
ed on their genetics and appearance. The team that spent
their money the wisest were the winners.
ONTHE GROW
ers 4-H Club, Wilmington. Grants
were awarded in two areas: under
standing other people and com
munity service.
Daugherty’s $5O grant will as
sist her in developing a “Sights
and Sounds of Canadian Culture”
program to be presented to local
4-H groups.
The Slatcline 4-H Club will use
their $5O grant to buy water-quali
ty testing materials. The club has
adopted Pen Branch Stream as
part of the Delaware Stream
Watch program and will be run
ning monthly tests and inspec
tions.
The $65 grant that the High
landers 4-H Club received was
used by Mike Nye and Brian
Raughley to take photo portraits
of Ministry of Caring day-care
children. The photos were pre
sented to the children’s parents.
4-H Dairy Training
Local Teens Attend Conference
Katie Crcssman of Telford and
Dee Williams of Chalfont recently
participated in the fifth annual
Penn State 4-H Ambassador Con
ference held June 21-23 at the
University Park Campus where
they attended workshops on inter
viewing skills, public speaking,
and marketing.
These ambassadors will serve
as spokespersons for the 120,000
4-H members of Pennsylvania.
Dee was a Junior Advisor to the
program, and served as a 4-H
State Ambassador Team member
this past year.
Serving on the Conference
Management committee were Key
4-H Leader Betty Lutz of Spring
City and Montgomery County
Extension Agent Nancy Kadwill
of Collegeville.
Katie will be a county 4-H
Ambassador for the coming year
and hopes to promote 4-H through
radio, school talks, displays and
programs for civic organizations.
In addition to the workshops,
the conference delegates visited
with a number of Penn State facul
ty and administrators during a
reception at the Nittany Lion Inn
sponsored by Williams Asbury,
vice president for student affairs.
State 4-H ambassadors promote
the 4-H youth program and the
land-grant university system and
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Adams County 4-H
' Three Adams County 4-H teens
will be attending a week-long con
ference, 4-H Citizenship
Washington Focus (CWF), at the
National 4-H Center in Chevy
Chase, Md.
The 4-H teens are Denise
Green, Gettysburg; Kim Funt,
Arendtsville; and Debbie Wilkin
son, Gettysburg. The National 4-H
Center, located just outside
Washington, D.C., is the perfect
place for the 4-H members to stay
while learning about citizenship,
our democratic form of govern
ment, and current issues facing the
federal government The theme
for this year’s CWF Conference is
“A People’s Power.”
Adams County 4-H teens and
41 other teens from Pennsylvania,
will join members from five other
states to use our nation’s catitol as
a classroom for a week. Meetings
with congressmen and senators,
along with visits to federal agen
cies, historical buildings, and cul
tural centers allow the 4-H teens to
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participate as they learn. This is
the traditional “learn by doing”
4-H trademark.
Between visits to Washington,
the 4-H teens will attend discus
sion and lecture workshops on
what they experienced. They also
will explore ways to make use of
the concepts for themselves and
for their communities at home.
After a week at CWF, these 4-H
teens will have a better under
standing of government “by the
people and for the people.”
4-H’ers Participate
In Demonstration Contest
In the annual Somerset County
4-H Demonstration Contest, 43
4-H club members presented a tot
al of 35 demonstrations in six pro
ject areas. The event was held
Wednesday, June 16, at the Some
rset Area Vo-Tech School. Project
work in categories of animal sci
ence, foods and nutrition, home
and family management, clothing
and textiles, engineering and plant
science was demonstrated.
Senior division winners will
move on to the State 4-H Days at
the Penn State campus July 27-29.
Premiums and operating funds for
the contest were provided by the
Somerset County 4-H Develop
ment Fund, Inc.
Judges for the event were David
Antram, Rachael Mostoller, and
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