Bl#-Unca*ter Farming, Saturday, June 21, 1997
Adams County
Farm Safety Day Camp
Adams County Cooperative
Extension and 4-H, with assis
tance from the American Trauma
Society Pennsylvania division,
will be hosting the Ist Adams
County Farm Safety Day Camp on
July 23, at the South Mountain
Fairgrounds. '
A full day of interactive safety
demonstrations is planned for
youth 8-13 years old Any child
from Adams’ County, within this
age range, is welcome to attend
regardless of whether or not they
live on a farm.
Youth will participate in ten
interactive stations that will cover
the following safety areas: lawn
mower, fire, bicycles, first aid,
electricity, PTO entanglements,
flowing grains, poison control, all
terrain vehicles, and tractor
rollovers.
Several other suprises are
planned throughout the day.
Regisglration will begin at 8:30
a.m. and the day will finish with
supper and skits concluding at
7:30 p.m.
An advanced registration fee of
$2/child is due to the Adams
County Extension Office by July
1. Registrations will be received
until the maximum number of par
ticipants is reached, so register
early. The goal is to have a com
memorative T-shirt and first aid
kit for each participant For addi
tional information or registration
forms, contact the Adams County
Extension Office at (717)
334-6271.
Finally, a program of this mag
nitude cannot be undertaken with
out financial and volunteer sup
port Any person or group willing
to contribute financially or pro
vide volunteers should contact
Darlene Resh or Larry Swartz at
the Adams County Extension
Office located at 1135 Chambers
burg Road, Gettysburg.
4-H Forestry Invitational
John Creek of Shippensburg
will be a member of the team to
represent Pennsylvania at the
National 4-H Forestry Invitational
to be held at the Jackson’s Mill
4-H Camp in West Virginia Aug.
3-7.
John was chosen for the Pen
nsylvania team by placing in the
top four during the recently held
Pennsylvania 4-H Forestry Judg
ing Event held at the Ag Progress
Days site is Rocksprings. John
was the highest scorer at the event
in forest evaluation. Serving on
the team with John will be Tresa
Albright from Bedford County,
Dan Ackerman from Somerset
County, and Seth Conway from
Clinton County.
Mother’s Day Horse
Show A Success
It was a pleasant but breezy day
for the 25th annual Gum Tree 4-H
horse show, a popular Mother’s
Day activity.
Mothers who attend received
flowers and special recognition
for all the work they do in support
ing “children who ride.” Special
awards to class winners were
black T-shirts with silve lettering
commemorating the 25th year of
Gum Tree 4-H.
The show received good com
munity support for Gum Tree, one
of the largest 4-H horse clubs in
Pennsylvania, and including
members from nearby Maryland
and Delaware. Show champions
follow.
Mini Stirrup: Champion, Andrea Hemz
man; Reserve, Laura Kretz.
Short Stirrup: Champion, Leigh
Aldridge; Rasarva, Lindsey March.
Low Hunter: Champion, Leigh Aldridge;
Reserve, Chrystal Coffelt.
Hunter Pony: Champion, Meg Short
lidge; Reserve, Sam Mease.
Hunter Horae: Champion, Jessica
Moore: Reserve, Sharon Bryant.
Open Equitation: Champion, Sara Wil
son; Reserve, Meg Shortlidge.
Pleasure: Champion, Sara Wilson, Re
serve, Leigh Aldridge.
Western: Champion, Leah Moorhead;
Reserve, Sara Wilson.
Saddle Seat: Champion, Karen Guer
nna. Reserve, Lindsey March.
Gymkhanna: Champions, Leslie McFad
den, Nina Pannell, Bethany Moore: Reserve,
Ah Sacks.
Winners for individual classes follow.
Mini Stirrup Walk: 1. Laura Kretz, 2. An
drea Hemzman, 3. Jesse Vanderhoef.
Mini Stirrup Walk/Trot; 1. Andrea Hemz
man, 2 Jesse Vanderhoef, 3. Bethany
Moore
Mini Stirrup Waik/Trot/Cantar: 1. An
drea Hemzman, 2 Laura Kretz, 3 Jesse
Vanderhoef
Mini Stirrup X-Raila/Pattam: 1. Jasse
Vanderhoef, 2. Courtnay Ross, 3. Laura
Kretz.
Short Stirrup Walk/Trot: 1. Leigh
Aldridge, 2. Lindsay March, 3. Sharon Bry
ant.
Short Stirrup Walk/Trot/Cantar: 1. Leigh
Aldndge, 2. Lindsey March, 3. Andrea Heinz
man.
Short Stirrup Ovar Fences: 1. Leslie Mc-
Fadden, 2. Sharon Bryant, 3. Sam Mease.
Low Hunter Ovar Fancaa: 1. Jamie Van
derhoef, 2. Brooke Coldiron, 3. Leslie Mc-
Fadden.
Low Hunter II: 1. Chelsea Sacks, 2. Leigh
Aldndge, 3. Leslie McFadden.
Low Hunter Walk/Trot: 1. Leigh Aldridge,
2. Andrea Heinzman, 3. Chrystal Coffelt.
Low Hunter Walk/Trot/Cantar: 1. Jes
sica Farrell, 2. Leigh Aldridge, 3. Jessica
Moore.
Pony Huntar Ovar Fancaa: 1. Meg Short
iidge, 2. Jesse Vanderhoef, 3. Sam Mease.
Pony Hunter Quick Caah: 1. Meg Short
lidge.
Pony Hunter Under Saddle; 1. Meg
Shortlidge, 2. Sam Mease, 3. Jesse Vander
hoef.
Hunter Horaa Ovar Fences: 1. Jessica
Moore, 2. Sharon Bryant, 3. Sara Wilson.
Hunter Horaa Quick Cash: 1. Sharon
Bryant, 2. Jessica Moore, 3. Sara Wilson.
Huntar Horaa Under Saddle: 1. Sara Wil
son, Chrystal Coffelt, 3. Jessica Moore.
Open Equitation Walk/Trot: 1. Sara Wil
son, 2. Meg Shortlidge, 3. Gillianne Farrell.
Open Equitation Walk/Trot/Cantar: 1.
Sara Wilson, 2. Jessica Farrell, 3. Rebecca
Bristow.
Open Equitation Ovar Fancas: 1. Sara
Wilson, 2. Meg Shordidge.
Junior Modal; 1. Meg ShoiHidge, 2. Sara
Wilson, 3. Jessica Moore.
Adult Hunter Walk/Trot: 1. Judy Lion, 2.
Jackie Smith.
Adult Hunter Walk/Trot/Cantar: 1 . Jack
ie Smith, 2. Judy Lion.
Pleasure Walk/Trot: 1. Leigh Aldndge, 2.
Sara Wilson, 3. Andrea Heinzman.
Pleasure Walk/Trot/Cantar: 1. Sara Wil
son, 2. Leigh Aldridge, 3. Andrea Heinzman.
Command: 1. Becky Bristow, 2. Jamie
Vanderhoef, 3. Sara Wilson.
Saddle Seat Walk/Trot: 1. Karen Guer
rina, 2. Lindsey March, 3. Lisa Moore.
Saddle Seat Walk/Trot/Cantar: 1. Lind
sey March, 2. Karen Guerrina, 3. Lisa Moore.
Saddle Seat Equitation: 1. Karen Guer
rina, 2. Lindsey March, 3. Lisa Moore.
Western Plsaaura Walk/ Jog: 1. Leah
Moorhead, 2. Sara Wilson, 3. Becky Bristow.
Maiden Western; 1. Faye Carpenter.
Novice Western: 1. Faye Carpenter, 2.
Allie Sacks.
Western Limit: 1. Faye Carpenter, 2. All
Sacks.
Western Walk/Jog/Lopa; 1. Leah Moor
head, 2. Sara Wilson, 3. Becky Bristow.
Stock Seal Equitation: 1. Leah Moor
head, 2. Sara Wilson, 3. Rebecca Bristow.
Pleasure Driving: 1. Jennifer Batt
chelder.
Polas-Pony; 1. Alison Sacks.
Poles-Horae: 1. Nina Pannell.
Kay hols (10 and undar): 1. Bethany
Moore.
Keyhole-Pony: 1. Alison Sacks.
Keyhole-Horse; 1. Nina Pannell
Barrele-Horse: 1. Nina Pannell.
Spurs ‘N’ Burrs
For May the group did not have
a meeting. They had a pet fair.
The club provided a demonstra
tion on simple horse management.
The club also had a snack stand.
There was a police dog demon
stration. People could bring their
pets and get a picture taken of
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4-H Club Plants Trees
A local 4-H club recently planted trees along the Susque
hanna River in Exeter Township. The club used funds from
a grant by the 4-H National Council and Deft, Inc. to purch
ase Famous and Historic Trees.
Club members attended a workshop with Urban Forester
Vlnnie Cotrone where they learned why trees affect water
quality locally as well as water quality In Chesapeake Bayjw
Planting one of the trees are Vlnnie Cotrone, Kaltlln ancm
Jenn Bitters, and Bobbi Deltz.
them. A member could take his or
her pet for other people to look at.
Members could also take their pet,
dress it up, and enter it in a con
test
4-H Science Discovery
Kits Available
“4-H Science Discovery Kits”
are available for Hunterdon Coun
ty youth programs at the 4-H
Department of Rutgers Coopera
tive Extension of Hunterdon
County.
These kits help youth program
staff and volunteers, as well as
classroom and after-school teach
ers, to provide science lessons to
youth using a fun, leam-by doing
approach. Each kit contains a les
son plan and nearly all of the
teaching materials needed to teach
the Isson in a hands-on way. The
kits are aimed at teaching youth in
group settings such as clubs and
other meetings, day camps and
school classrooms.
These lessons were developed
by faculty and staff of Rutgers
Cooperative Extension. Topics
are:
•Geology Where you live
(Rocks & Minerals best for
grades 3-7)
•Don’t Trash the Planet!
(Recycling/Solid Waste best
for grades 3-6)
•Tree-Mendous Fun (Trees
best for grades 2-3)
•As Big As A Whale! (Whales
best for grades 4-8)
•Good To The Last Prop
(Water best for grades 3-6)
A youth leader or teacher can
sign out one kit at a time, for a per
iod of one week. A simple, one
page evaluation/report form needs
to be completed when the kit is
returned.
For more information, contact
the 4-H office at (908) 788-1340
or 1341.
Lancaster 4-H Woolies Club
Nancy Frey and Laurie Schio
arranged the April meeting for the
4-H Woolies Club held at the West
Lampeter Fairgrounds. John Eaton
explained how to pick a show
lamb. Curt Diffenderfer explained
how to feed sheep. Dr. Brian Reed
talked about keeping sheep health
y. Fritz and Nancy Frey explained
the equipment needed for shows.
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