818-Lancaster Fuming, Saturday, March 25, 1995
Bedford Extension Reaches Out To Area Needs
LINDA WILLIAMS
Bedford Co. Correspondent
EVERETT (Bedford Co.)
“We at the Bedford County Exten
sion Office experienced an
extremely busy year,” Susan Fox,
one of the few women county
extension/dairy directors in Pen
nsylvania, said at the recent annu
al meeting.
“We received more than 1,000
requests for information varying
from homemaking to dairying
problems.”
Susan cites her most successful
program in 1994, the “Scissor Cut
Alfalfa Program,” which gener
ated more than 200 telephone
calls.
“We went out into the fields
every other day to lake samplings
of alfalfa and then did a lab
analysis,” she explains. “We used
the local newspaper update line to
provide the results.”
“A Farm Safety project was
another successful event with
more than 85 farms accessing the
information.
“In all of our programs we have
tried to lean towards more partici
pation,” reveals Bedford’s agent
“We arc trying to get away from
the old lecture type events.”
“We’ve had some satellite tele-
Susan Fox, Bedford County extension/
dairy agent, sums up a very busy years at
the annual meeting held in Everett
recently.
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conferences and farmers seem to
be pleased with the results. We
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videos.”
Bedford County has a high
number of woodland owners and
the extension has provided sup
port work through the Southern
Central Council of Southern
Alleghenies for woodland owners.
A pro-ag group has been started in
the county which has multiple
purposes.
Another extension project in
which Susan has become actively
involved is the "Income Oppor
tunities for Rural Areas,” which is
scheduled to be held in Bedford
County in 1996.
And, while Susan keeps up her
busy schedule wearing multiple
hats, others on the staff do
likewise.
Melanie Barkley is the exten
sion 4-H/agriculture agent who
was more than pleased with the
pesticide update seminar she held
last year. “We had more than 100
people there.”
An annual Christmas tree meet
ing organized by Melanie brings
about similar results with as many
as 90 people attending.
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Melanie also heads up the'
“Master Gardeners,” program and
has ten master gardeners inolved
in the area.
As the 4-H advisor, she is proud
of all her groups. Chapman’s Run
has about SO members involved in
bees, sheep, swine, and dairy
projects.
The Shawnee Lakers keep busy
with multiple community projects.
This past summer, Melanie,
with the help of summer assistant,
Genny Washington, organized a
Summer Fun Club getting both
town and country kids involved.
With four volunteer leaders,
they met four days a week and had
nearly 20 to 25 kids in attendance
on a daily basis.
These two were also instrumen
tal in getting the Solid Waste
Authority to provide a grant for a
Recycling Day Camp.
Highly successful “inschool
programs,” have included, “Me
That I Am—Me That I Can Be”
for seventh and ninth graders.
A career development program
resulted in area students partici
pating in an agriculturally based
career tour.
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Other programs were “Meet the
Plants,” and “Kids In Control. The
letter was offered to children who
arrived home with no one to greet
them each day.
“We try to teach leadership skill
and like skills and encourage 4-H
clubs and kids to make presenta
tions and leant cooperation,” sums
up Melanie.
Janice Stoudnour heads up the
Family Living division of Bedford
County Extension.
Her parenting programs have
been very popular with Janice
organizing child-care training for
people who run day cares.
She teaches self-esteem prog
rams to kids and works with Mela
nie on the “Kids in Control,”
programs.
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Church and club members ave
been enthusiastic attending for
themselves and for sharing what
they learn with others.
A Master Super Cupboard
program helps those in search of
food at local food banks to know
what to look for nutritionally and
how to cook what is offered.
In another “knowledge sharing”
program, six hours of training is
offered to volunteers rat the super
cupboard program to be taught to
at least two other families. At least
38 people completed the first three
hours of training.
This year’s annual meeting/
banquet was held at the Everett
Church of the Brethren. Officers
for 1994-95 include Steve Wack
er, president; Karen Kreiger, vice
president; Thelma Albright, sec
retary; and Terry Moxley, treasur
er. There are 20 local citizens on
the board.
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