4-H Prepares For Roundup
The Northampton County 4-H
clubs are preparing for the 4-H
roundup to be held Thursday,
Aug. 10 - 13 at the Northampton
County 4-H Center on Bushkill
Road in Nazareth.
This event marks the culmina
tion of a year of work on any giv
en 4-H project and will be attend
ed by the endre 4-H community.
Roundup is open to the public.
There is no admission fee. Good
food, lively entertainment, and
friendship will be available all
during the roundup.
Thursday will kick off roundup
with country line dancing from 7
p.m. -10 p.m. Music and instruc
tor are being provided by “Jane
R.” Food, games, and craft stands
will be open to the general public
during the dance.
Friday night will feature a
karate demonstration by Valley
Martial Arts of Easton. The main
attraction is 7th Degree Black Belt
Master Ed Hartzell.
The rabbit roundup and goat
herd evaluations will also be held
at this time. Project dropoff will
be held from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. on
Friday. Food will be available all
day.
Saturday will begin with the
livestock roundup, then on to
judging of the exhibits in the Blue
Building and finishing off with a
celebrity goat milk off and whip
ped cream pie toss. Group games
will also be held Saturday evening
for all youngsters (even those who
are young at heart). Awards will
be given for each winner or win
ning team.
This is open to all participants
and there is no charge or fee. The
evening finishes with an old-fash
ioned cake walk. This year it will
start at 9 p.m.
Sunday will stait at 8 a.m. with
the horse roundup. Six separate
4-H horse clubs will have mem
bers participating for a chance to
advance to regional and state
awards. Classes include show
manship, English and Western flat
classes, jumping, driving, and
gymkhana.
Sunday wjjll also host the fam
ous Northampton County 4-H
Center Chicken Barbecue from
noon to 4 p.m.
Call the Northampton County
4-H offices at (610) 746-1970 on
weekdays from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30
p.m.
4-H Livestock Club
The Harford County, Maryland
4-H Livestock Club is proud to an
nounce the 1995 recipients of the
livestock club scholarships and to
recognize these outstanding mem
bers for their years of excellent
work in the 4-H program.
This year, the livestock club has
awarded three scholarships, and
the recipients are:
* Courtney Miller. A graduate
of Havre de Grace High School
and attending Harford Communi
ty College, Courtney has been an
outstanding member of 4-H for 10
years. She is continuing her career
in agronomy at Virginia Tech,
* Mary Lisa Myers. A graduate
of C. Milton Wright High School
and a sophomore at Delaware Val
ley College in Doylestown, Mary
has been a leading member of the
Livestock Club for 11 years. She
la pursuing a career in veterinary
medicine.
* Lee Wilkinson. A graduate of
Fallston High School and attend
ing Harford Community College,
Lee has been an outstanding mem
ber of 4-H for many years and is a
4-H AH Star member. He is enroU
ed in general studies.
Beef Club
The May Beef Club meeting
was held at Troy Gelsinger’s
house on May 14, during the an
nual field day.
A picnic lunch was foUowed by
a short business meeting. -
Susan Smith did a fitting de
monstration. She explained the
proper way to get your beef ani
mal ready for the fair.
She explained that you must
work with your animal before the
fair, training the hair on the animal
by rinsing and brushing it.
Goat Club Meets
The Cumberland County 4-H
Goat Club met June 7 at the home
of Derrick Carpenter. Eight mem
bers were present
Members were reminded of sev
eral upcoming events: The Ship
pensburg Fair starts July 23. The
Ag Expo will be held August 9-12
at the Newville Fair Ground.
Members were asked to help with
the petting zoo on August 9-12.
Derrick Carpenter gave a
demonstration on Shippensburg
Fair registration papers.
The next meeting will be held
July 8 at 4 p.m. at the home of Red
Allen. Demonstrations must be
completed by this meeting. Buyer
letters will be reviewed. Bring a
hot and cold dish and your own
place settings.
Those needing additional infor
mation should contact one of the
leaders: Red Allen at (717)
776-5097 or Ron and Lois Zeigler
at (717) 776-7583.
Statewide 4-H Camps
-It’s More Than
You Ever Imagined!
Join youth from around New
Jersey this summer at the Beemer
ville 4-H Camp in Sussex County,
New Jersey.
If you are in grades 3-11, you
can make friends from all over the
state at your “summer home away
from home”: Beemerville 4-H
Camp. You will find programs just
perfect for fun, making friends and
learning new things. It’s more than
you can imagine!
If you are in grades 3-7, you can
participate in one or more of the
following programs:
• Life on the Farm, from July 2-7
and July 9-14. Come meet the
cows, horses, lambs, goats, chick
ens and pigs as you learn about
agriculture and its connection to
your everyday life.
• Youth on the Move, from July
23-28 and July 30-August4. Your
action-packed options, emphasiz
ing both fun and safety, including
all-terrain vehicles, hiking, boat
ing and canoeing, fitness, and
horseback riding.
■ The Scientist Within You,
from August 6-11 and August
13-18. Explore ecology, wildlife,
plant science and other natural sci
ences while you discover the sci
entist within you.
Each week will emphasize
knowledge and skills from the par
ticular theme and include tradi
tional camp activities of recrea
tion, tinging, campfires, and group
living.
This is a Counselor In Training/
Leadership Development program
available during each of die weeks
mentioned above for youths in
grades 8 and 9. These youths will
enroll in special leadership classes
and have an opportunity to assist
trained staff and counselors with
activities.
If you are in grades 8-11 and
love the adventures of life, you
will be able to enroll in Teen Cha
llenge Camp from July 16-21. Your
adventure track choices include
horsemanship, hiking, canoeing,
theater, all terrain vehicles, and
shooting sports.
For more information and appli
cations, contact your local Rutgers
Cooperative Extension Office,
4-H Department, 4 Gauntt Place,
(908) 788-1340/788-1341 or the
Rutgers Cooperative Extension,
NJ. 4-H Camp Office. SO Neilson
Road Sussex. N.J. 07461 (201)
875-4715.
All camp sessions cost $205 per
person with additional fees for
horseback riding and other special
program options. Bus transporta
tion is .available for an additional
fee.
Bradford County 4-H Camp
Any you th between the ages of 8
and 18 (as of January 1,1995) who
is interested in the outdoors and
such topics as wildlife, trees, pond
life and the environment will want
to attend this year’s Bradford
County 4-H Environmental Camp
on Wednesday, July 12, from 9:30
a.m. • 3:30 p.m. at the Lakeside
Pavilion at ML Pisgah State Park.
There is no charge for this camp
sponsored by Penn State-Bradford
County Cooperative Extension.
However, participants will need to
bring bag lunches. Beverages will
be provided. Registrations are due
on July 3 at the Cooperative Exten
sion Office, (717) 265-2896.
There will be fun, hands-on
activities on wildlife, forestry, and
pond life during the day as well as
nature games and a scavenger
hunt Rich Gulyas from the Brad
ford County Conservation District
will lead the wildlife activities. Dr.
Robert Hansen and Tom Maloney,
both from Bradford County
Cooperative Extension, will lead
forestry and pond life activities
respectively.
Youths do not need to be
enrolled in 4-H to attend. Come
and have fun and enjoy and leant
mote about Bradford County’s
great outdoors. For more informa
tion, call Tom Maloney at (717)
265-2896.
4-H’er Top Junior At
Rabbit Convention
Rijelle Kraft, Manchester, a
member of the York County 4-H
Rabbit And Small Animal Club,
won top honors in the educational
category in competition at the
Pennsylvania State Rabbit and
Cavy Convention held recently at
the Clinton County Fairgrounds.
For her efforts in educational
displays, Rijelle was named the
outstanding junior member at the
state convention.
She had three entries, all of
which received a first place blue
ribbon. Her entries included her
completed 1994 project book, an
apron on which she had painted
her own design to promote rabbits,
and a colorful poster depicting the
digestive system of a rabbit Ri
jelle also competed in the state
rabbit royalty contest and showed
her prize-winning Netherland
Dwarf and Mini-rex rabbits at the
rabbit show.
Abo winning honors at the state
show were Missy Stough, Glen
Rock, who showed the best of
breed mini lop rabbit and Lucas
Kraft Manchester, who showed
the best of breed Dutch rabbit.
Lycoming County 4-H members (from left): Ginl Stopper
and Craig Glrven met with Representative Tom Dempsey
and Senator Roger Madlgan at 4-H Capital Days held recen
tly In Harrisburg. In addition to meeting their legislators,
4-H members visited government departments or agencies
and toured the capitol building.
Kids’ And Parents’
Views Sought On
Educational Television
WASHINGTON. D.C. Sur
veys have shown that children un
der the age of 18 spend thousands
of hours each year glued to their
television sets. Children as young
as 2 watch TV more than 23 hours
a week, a figure that remains
amazingly consistent until they
turn 17.
Some experts now say many in
fants are propped in front of the
TV to be dazzled by the sight and
sound.
Federal Communications Com
mission, the government agency
that regulates die television indus
try, is studying ways to ensure.that
an adequate supply of educational
and informational television pro
gramming is available to children.
The FCC also is asking that this
programming be clearly identified
for children, their parents and care
givers. Up until June 16 the FCC
received comments and sugges
tions and will consider adopting
new rules to improve children’s
TV programming.
There will be many comments
from the broadcasters, from the
people who produce the programs,
from lawyers and from profes
sional children’s advocates. But
the Commission would also like to
get comments from kids, their par
ents and care givers.
Because it found that broadcast
ers were not providing enough
educational programming for chil
dren, Congress in 1990 enacted
the Children’s .Television Act to
ensure such programming was
available!. The FCC was charged
with overseeing this effort.
Based on the results of FCC’s
1993 inquiry and a 1994 hearing
on the effectiveness of its child
ren’s television programming re
gulation, the FCC proposed to
make changes to assure that
broadcast station license holders
comply with the Children’s Tele-
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vision Act and to implement the
Act more effectively.
In developing the proposed
changes, the Commission has fol
lowed three principles: (1) judg
ments about the quality of pro
gramming, educational or other
wise, are best made by audiences,
not the federal government; (2)
the Commission’s rules must be
clear, simple and fair, and (3)
broadcasters should be guided by
market forces ... in determining
whether they meet their program
ming obligations.
Specific proposals suggest that
stations identify programs as edu
cational and informational at the
time they are aired and provide
such identifying information to
publishers of programming
guides.
Stations would publicize the
availability of their children’s pro
gramming, perhaps by announc
ing their existence and time shown
over the air.
So kids and parents sit
down at your kitchen table, at your
desk, on the flora, wherever you
are comfortable, and let the FCC
know what’s right about the way
educational programs come into
your home, if there’s enough
available, what’s wrong with it,
and how it should be identified so
you’ll know when to tune in.
Please send your comments to:
Federal Communications Com
mission Office of the Secretary,
1919 M SL, NW, Washington, DC
20554.
Also, so the FCC will know
what you’re sending comments
about, please write “MM Docket
93-48” on the first page.
Readers seeking more informa
tion can obtain the SO-page Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking via inter
net by anonymous ftpfrom/pub/
orders/massmedia; omm 5068
(either .txt or .wp).