NEWARK, Del.—Who could get a bunch of city kids interested in majoring in agriculture? Jean Lonie could, and does, year after year. Every autumn this senior in die University of Dela ware’s College of Agricultural Sciences returns to “Career Day,” at her alma mater, W.B. Saul High School, in the Roxborough section of northwest Philadelphia. Sporting her trademark sunny smile and an exuberant attitude to match, Lonie gracefully fields the Adams County 4-H Horse Club Adams County 4-H Horse Club members will participate at the state 4-H Horse show. The show will be held at the Farm Show Complex Oct. 27-29, Visitors are welcome at the show. The following members will participate in the production show: •Shannon Brady, Hanover, in half Arabian colt or gelding of this year. •Cassie Frederick, Littlestown, in hunter type horse yearling gelding. •James Mackey, Aspers, in hunter type pony colt or gelding of this year. •Teresa Scamack, Gettysburg. • Agricultural • Commercial • Residential Partial In-Ground Tank Featuring Commercial Chain Link Fence (5* High - SCS approved) • Retaining Walls • Bunker Silos • Manure Storage, Etc. Ag Ambassadors Entice Student Enrollment inevitable jokes about how diffi cult it must be to raise cows in her family’s city backyard. Then, Lonie directs the conversation toward the serious stuff of college and career plans. She explains about the diverse career opportun ities available in agriculture— opportunities that extend far bey ond the farm field. It’s all in a day’s work for this walking, talking billboard, better known as an Ag Ambassador. Lonie and 24 other undergradu- in hunter type pony filly of this year. The following members will participate in the performance show: Melissa Hawkins, Gettys burg, in hunter seat equitation senior division, hunter horses under saddle, and hunter hack horses; Emily Schrum, Carroll Valley, in hunter seat equitation junior division; Sarah Sokolovich, New Oxford, in hunter seat equita tion senior division and hunter horses under saddle; and Jeremiah Wooters, New Oxford, in raised box keyhole pony class. For more information about 4-H programs in Adams County, contact the Penn State Coopera tive Extension Office at (717) 334-6271 or (717) 624-4525. ates appointed as Ag Ambassa dors represent the College of Agricultural Sciences at a host of official receptions and events on the university campus, in the com munity, in the Governor’s Office and Legislative Hall, and at high schools throughout the region. They volunteer their time for such large-scale efforts as Preview Days, the university-wide open house held each summer for high school students. And they also will show up, sometimes on just an hour’s notice, to give a pros pective student and his or her fam ily an informal tour of the college. “It’s a real honor for a student to be selected as an Ag Ambassa dor,” says Karen Aniunas, assis tant dean for student services. “We are very particular in whom we appoint because these students get involved in high-level advoca cy work. For example, Ag Ambas sadors have accompanied the dean to sessions with the college’s vis iting board and to meetings with the governor of Delaware.” Yet the most important connec tions the Ag Ambassador make are to the high school students who seek them out, at career fairs and campus tours, with a multi tude of questions and concerns. “The high school students see us their peers and feel comfortable talking with us,” says Ag Ambas sador Eric Benson, a senior major ing in agricultural engineering. “They ask us about college clubs and what life is like in the dorms, as well as about our majors and personal career goals. “The message that I deliver as an Ag Ambassador is one that I really believe in,” adds Benson. “The college is like on big family; we look out for each other. It’s a great place to be.” Sophomore plant science major Andy Haynes is a recent addition to the Ag Ambassadors, appointed last spring. “The College of Agricultural Sciences has done a lot of me," notes Haynes, a recipient of an academic scholarship, “I’m glad I can give something back to the college as an Ag Ambassador.” Ag Ambassador Lonie is sche- Ida's Notebook Ida Risser My husband and I have been grandparents for IS years. How ever, it is only in the last few years that we have had the opportunity to see any of our 13 grandchildren grow up. You see, one was bom in California, one in Tennessee, one in Texas and so on all over the country. It is quite interesting to watch the three, who live on our dairy farm, change from month to month. Of course, the baby grows the fastest but the others change too. The almost two-year-old is the •one to watch as he gets into every thing. His little legs will take him places that he should not go. 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