Bio-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Auguat 28,1993
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Fanning Staff
ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.)
Not only do adults learn about new
trends in agriculture at Ag Prog
ress but also children can partici
pate in many activities created just
for them.
This year, the big attention get
ter was the Youth Building where
homemade toys, games, puzzles,
and computers were display for
children to experiment with.
Bradley Hook of Lewisburg
said that he likes the displays at Ag
During the computer lab, Chris Snyder, 10, learns to use a
mouse to load haybales unto a wagon.
Hook of Lewlsburg, oxpeiiements with musical Intruments.
Children gather around the display where William Wetzel, itinerant talesman,
demonstrates toys and games from around the world. He uses storytelling,participat
ory activities, and demonstrations to celebrate natural and cultural heritage.
Kids Participate In Ag Progress Days
watching Bill Metzel, the Itinerant
Talesman demonstrate simple
homemade toys. Metzel enter
tained crowds with demonstra
tions of his homemade dulcimer
made from a cardboard box.
“This is real backyard music,”
Wetzel said. “It’s a good way to
find out if you want to play an
instrument before investing in the
real thing.”
Surrounding Wetzel were tables
of toys, games, and musical instru
ments that kids and adults alike
played with.
These children and adults enjoy the petting zoo at Ag Progress Days. The people
who operated the activity own Happy Valley Farm, a year-around petting zoo located
along Rt. 322, east of State College.
In the same building, Chris
Snyder took part in a computer lab.
The 10-year-old learned to use a
Macintosh computer with a mouse
to load hay on a wagon.
The computer classes lasted 20
minutes and Chris said that he
learned a lot.
At another booth, Rachel Hilty,
10, and her sisters Joanna, 12, and
Melita, 6, stuck earphones on their
heads to listen to tapes that told
about educational and career
opportunities for women.
Children could get a close-up
look at owls, hawks, turtles and
snakes at the Shaver’s Creek
Environmental Center exhibit.
Even a petting zoo was open for
children. Horse shows and, of
course, climbing over the acres of
tractors displayed remain favorites
for children attending Ag Progress
Days.
Here are some pictures of child
ren who attended Ag Progress
Days.
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Rebecca Sonnen, who works for the Middle Atlantic Milk
Marketing Agency, hands out a cow eraser. She also distri
buted tote bags with a milk promotion message, and
answered questions.
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Rachael Hilly, 10; Melita, 6; and Joanna, 12, examine the dis
play at a booth on Women In Ag Sciences. Children put on
headphones to listen to tapes of several women who found
careers in untradltlonal fields.