Teen Challenge Helps (Continued from Page A2B) According to Ralph Chapin, building, grounds, and vocational administrator, those who enter the program with skills “have the best chance of getting jobs when they leave the program. “We’re probably better at help ing them learn how to handle life, how to become productive in life,’’ he said. Chapin said that some will pick up skills as part of the training program in electricity, plumbing, painting, auto body, and other trade basics. Other trades include carpentry, printing, and ‘Without Teen Challenge , I would be dead of AIDS or violence other small shop work. Chapin said that the program could do a lot more for those who sign up “if we had second-phase training’ ’ beyond the eight months of program membership. That way, the school could provide further trade school services that could result in greater job placement. For now, “We provide the atmosphere for the person to deve lop in, depending on how he applies himself,” said Chapin, “We like to sec them go out of here wanting to be a success in life, not being troubled by the ups and downs that there arc,” said Hole. “It’s important they know there are good limes, they’re bad limes, but you know, you can gel through those times if you set your focus on the right things. “We like to see them go out of there in victory, going out and not being downcast or depressed, or dismayed, but with a good, posi tive outlook, knowing that they can make it,” he said, “They’ve got everything they need to make it when they leave here.” Every year, alumni of the train ing center meet for a three-day celebration of what the program has meant to them. It’s called Cele brate, and will be held this year from July 12-14 on the grounds of the training center. Featured guests included Rev. David Wilkerson on Friday, July 12; Bishop John Gimenez, on Saturday, July 13; and Selena, on Addicts Turn Their Lives Around - •>» s v N 'V ♦ N Farm Tour June 28 DANVILLE (Montour Co.) —The conser vation districts of the Pocono Northeast RC & D Area and the Keystone Chapter, Soil and Water Conservation Society are sponsoring a farm tour on Friday, June 28 at Dave Jack son’s Kiwi Komcrs, located between Dan ville and Syndcrtown. Kiwi Komcrs has the distinction of being the largest acreage of successfully fruiting winter hardy kiwi in the U S. Nearly a decade of research and development has been con ducted on 31 different cullivars to determine those best suited to Pennsylvania. The event will begin at noon with a project overview, followed by a picnic lunch featur mg foods prepared with kiwi puree A walk ing lour of the nine-acre kiwi plantation will follow as will demonstrations of conservation equipment and methods Demonstrations will include compost pro duction using a self-propelled wmdiow turn er, no-lill vegetable transplanting, soil aera tion using the Council’s AerWay, and a tillage demonstration using a rotary spading ma chine. All the experts will be on hand to ex plain and answer questions. This farm lour is the finale of a two-day conference which begins on Thursday, June 27 at Bloomsburg University. The conference will focus on the health or condition of our farmland soils. University researchers and USDA experts will present information on a variety of topics including ecological soil management, composting for waste manage ment and plant disease suppression, and the interrelationships between plants and soil fau na to soil health. These technical sessions be gin at 9:15 a.m. and will end around 5 p.m. A registration fee of $l5 each day includes lunch and all refreshments. For more informa tion or to prcrcgistcr, contact the Pocono Northeast RC&D Office at 395 Bedford Street, Clarks Summit, PA 18411, (717) 586-1019. ■£nsw ■*.* 'V'- - ■■■■mV, found the answer,” he said. ‘‘We know we have, personally.”