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Michigan 4-H’ers Visit Mifflin Countians
During a week-long summer exchange program, new friends from Gradiot County,
Michigan, visited Mifflin County. Members of the Mifflin County Junior Leaders Club
plan to reciprocate next year with a trip out west.
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The Wolverine State’s
3,258-mile shoreline is longer
than any other in the United States
except Alaska. While this shore
line touches four out of the five
Great Lakes, Michigan’s interior
farmland produces crops similar
to those grown in Pennsylvania,
com, soybeans, wheat, cherries
and apples. It also produces lesser
grown crops such as sugar beets
and potatoes. While Michigan’s
leading farm commodity is milk,
it’s rural counties also raise
another product commonly found'
in Pennsylvania - 4-H kids!
As the end of the July sweltered
into the dog days of August, mem
bers of Mifflin County’s 4-H
Junior Leaders club welcomed 14
Michigan teens and their chape
rons in a week-long cultural
exchange experience. The group
from Gradiot County, Michigan,
stepped off the train in Lewistown
tired and hungry but also looking
forward to new friends and experi
ences in Central Pennsylvania.
“You can get lost out here! ” one
youth exclaims of central Pennsyl
vania’s twisty Appalachian toads.
Coming from a perfectly square
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Gail Strock
Mifflin Co. Correspondent
county where all roads run either
directly north-south or east-west,
these youth describe their own
county as very flat During their
visit, thye youth joined their hosts
in their busy pre-fair week prepa
rations and saw a wide variety of
Central Pennsylvania’s highlights.
“We plan to visit an Amish
farm and to tour Penn State,” says
Amy Laughlin, president of the
Mifflin County 4-H junior leaders.
Rounding out their busy itinerary
will be visits to the Belleville
Livestock Auction, breakfast at
AJ. Peachey and Sons, and a tour
of the Ford New Holland plant At
Penn State, they visited the dairy
bams, deer pens, and Beaver Sta
dium, as well as campus centers
such as the creamery, the HUB
student center, and the bookstore.
Earlier in the week, the group
spent the day at Greenwood State
Park picnicking, swimming in the
spring-fed mountain dam, and
playing baseball.
During a break in the action, a
few gathered to talk about their
experience.
“I came on the exchange
because it sounded like fun and a
good experience. I’ve traveled
within the state, but not out of the
state,” Jessi Skinner says. A
Michigan 4-H’er invovled in
sheep, steer, and food clubs, she
also takes part in a club called
“collections” or still exhibits. Jessi
is staying with Amy Laughlin.
Joined by Kelly O’Boyle, another
Laughlin guest, the three girls
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