Teen Challenge Helps
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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
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There are also construction and industrial shops in addition to six greenhouses at
Teen Challenge.
Saturday, July 13. There will be
ministry teams and other groups
singing and performing dramatic
skits. Saturday night features fire
works. A lot of other events are
scheduled to accommodate the
2,500 graduates that are expected
to attend
Hole is convinced of the validity
of the program, based on the posi
‘We’re probably better at helping them
learn how to handle life, how to become
productive in life.’
live experiences of those who have
graduated. “We think we’ve
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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.
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found the answer,” he said. ‘‘We
know we have, personally.”