814-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Janolry 31, 1998
Carbon County 4-H
The Carbon County 4-H Live
stock Club held its Achievement
Night in December at the Big
Creek Grange, Lehigh ton.
Members and families enjoyed
a pizza party prior to recognizing
outstanding members.
Organizational Leader Diane
Miller-Graver and Vice President
Justin Cunfer presented achieve
ment trophies and a 4-H key-chain
to each member. They then pre
sented special recognition tro
phies to the following: Justin Cun
fer, outstanding member, cattle;
Ashley Barry, outstanding mem
ber, gost; Kerry Shoenberger, out
standing member, poultry; Ashley
Barry, outstanding member,
sheep; and Miles Hearn, outstand
ing member, swine. Also pre
sented awards were Miles Hearn,
housekeeping Award, cattle; Sar
ah M. Miller. Housekeeping
Award, goat; Josh Kemmerer,
Housekeeping Award, poultry;
Laura Mazur, Housekeeping
Award, sheep; and Sara Miller,
Housekeeping Award, swine.
Bucks County 4-H Clubs
Local youth 4-H members
and adult volunteers are partici
pating m a nationwide media
campaign designed to promote
youth community service and
volunteensm and to raise
awareness of the diverse educa
tional opportunities offered by 4-
H
4-H Youth Voices and Action
joins Smokey the Bear, McGruff
the Crime Dog, the Crash-Test
Dummies and other successful
campaigns developed by the
Advertising Council, the
nation's largest producer of pub
lic service advertising.
The ads use the slogan "Are
You Into It 9" to encourage youth
and adults interested in commu
nity service to call a toll-free
telephone number (888-77-
YOUTH) or visit the camp
aign's World Wide Web site
(www.areyouintoit.com).
Callers then will be contacted by
a youth 4-H member or adult 4-
H leader in Bucks County, who
will provide information on vol
unteer opportunities, as well as
on local 4-H clubs and activities.
Bucks County 4-H'ers who
are part of the Voices and Action
Rapid Response Media Teams
are Kelly Pike, Quakertown;
James and Emma Kaminski,
Bensalem; Rebekah Winder,
Perkasie; Jason Smedberg,
Chalfont; and Bonnie
Stephenson, Huntington Valley.
Those interested in communi
ty service or 4-H can call the
Bucks County office of Penn
State Cooperative Extension at
(215)345-3283.
The messages began running
on radio and television stations
and in newspapers and other
publications this fall. Local tele
vision stations that were con
tacted include WCAU (Channel
10), WTGI (Channel 61) and
Suburban Cable (Channel 9).
Local radio stations include
KYW-AM (1060), WFLN-FM
Certificates and appreciation
items were presented to Kerry
Shoenberger as Carbon County
4-H Livestock Club over all out
standing member and to Justin
Cunfer as top seller fundraiser.
The officers of the club then
presented the leaders with gift cer
tificates and pins as tokens of their
appreciation for time and emergy
given to the 4-H members. Lead
ers of the club are Diane Miller-
Graver, Organizational Leader,
Dennis and Deanna Cunfer, Rob
ert L. Miller, Kris Simmons. Kelly
Wentz, and Marie Zimmerman.
Special tokens of appreciation
from Diane Miller-Graver were
presented to Robert L. Miller in
recognition of his years of service
in chaperoning members to the
Farm Show and out of area shows
and to Deanna Cunfer in apprecia
tion for the work undertaken to
bring the club rules up to date and
helping the club run smoothly.
Officer pins were awarded to
Mike Fedor, president; Justin
Cunfer, vice president; Sara Mill
er, secretary/treasurer; and Miles
Hearn, news reporter.
(95.7), WTTM-AM (990), WBCB
and WBUX.
"Young people who get inter
ested in community service tend
to carry that value forward into
adulthood," said Pat Freiler,
Bucks County 4-H coordinator.
"These ads demonstrate that
volunteering is a fun and worth
while activity, especially when
you do it with a group of your
friends. Most 4-H clubs and pro
grams have a community service
component."
Those who respond to the ad
campaign can choose to partici
pate in a variety of volunteer
activities such as caring for ani
mals at the SPCA, community
cleanup days, planting trees and
flowers, visiting nursing homes,
and collecting food and supplies
for the needy.
"Besides helping the commu
nity, the campaign also will
enable us to get the word out
about what 4-H has to offer,"
Freiler said. In Bucks County,
5,054 4-H members between the
ages of eight and 19 take part in
programs such as animal sci
ence, natural resources, clothing
and textiles, public speaking,
seeing eye puppy and leadership
development.
More than 119,000 urban and
rural youth in Pennsylvania,
and 5.4 million nationwide, are
involved in 4-H, which is admin
istered by Penn State and other
land-grand universities.
"4-H has an image much nar
rower than its actual program
and reach today, and this ad
campaign is going to help us
broaden that image," said Dick
Sauer, president of the National
4-H Council. "Ultimately, the
real success of this effort will
come when young people are
fully engaged in helping to solve
the critical issues their commu
nities face, making those com
munities better places to live
and work."
Members of Carbon County 4-H Livestock Club. Front row, from left, Kerry Shoen
berger, Stephen Hearn, Sarah M. Miller, and Nicholas Simmons. Middle row, Tony
Quinn, Chad Shafer, Kerry Shoenberger, John Klntz, Rebecca Cunfer, Andrew Miller,
and Ashley Barry. Back row, Miles Hearn, Randy Miller, Sara Miller, Scott Cunfer,
Justin Cunfer, Shanna Simmons, and Josh Kemmerer. Missing from picture are Ste*
phen Green, Jamie Klntz, Carl, Laura, and Leslie Mazur, and Mike Fedor.
jnty 4-H Lives; jners.. nt row,. jrry. n
berger, outstanding member, poultry, also overall outstanding club member; Ashley
Barry, outstanding member, goat, and outstanding member, sheep; and Sarah M.
Miller, housekeeping award, goat. Back row, Miles Hearn, outstanding member,
swine, also housekeeping award, cattle; Sara Miller, housekeeping award, swine;
Justin Cunfer, outstanding member, cattle, also top seller-fundraiser; and Josh Kem
merer, housekeeping award, poultry. Not shown: Laura Mazur, housekeeping award,
sheep.
National 4-H Congress
Tara DeAngelo of Carlisle
and John Creek of Shippensburg
were among more than 1,000 4-
H young people who stepped
closer to leadership, national
style, while attending the
National 4-H Congress in
Memphis, Tenn.
Tara and John, along with
Sylvania Negley, 4-H program
assistant, attended Congress
Nov. 28 through Dec. 3. The
theme for this 76th congress was
"Learning to Lead... Leading to
Leam in a Diverse World."
The congress provided an
opportunity for 4-H'ers to meet
national figures such as Dave
Thomas, CEO of Wendy's Inc.,
and Kate Shindle, Miss
America. In addition, Tara,
John, and Sylvania heard super
seminars and leadership and
motivational speakers, who
encouraged all of the 4-H'ers to
take steps to make a difference
in their communities.
Thomas, in addressing the 4-
H'ers, expressed no doubt that
future megabusiness moguls
were sitting in the audience.
"You have a great opportunity.
I'm big on 4-H. I want to con
gratulate you on what you are
going to do."
The group also participated
in a live, national broadcast of
the 4-H Congress's town hall
meeting called "4-H Leadership
in Action." The broadcast allows
the 1,000-plus youth to express
On The Move
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until a customer base is estab- into the area.
lished,” Rita said
The idea of using a mobile unit
was birthed when an on-staff nurse
said, “What we need is a motor
home.”
Rhoads was delighted with the
idea, and when the concept was
presented to the board, a board
member offered his motor home
for that purpose.
A bed in the back bedroom
serves as an exam table. The front
room is used to take blood pres
sure, check heart rate, blood and
urine levels and other checks.
Set-up equipment includes
scales, equipment for checking
Mood and urine levels, cleaning
chemicals to meet OS HA guide
lines, and other necessary items.
A lending library and medical
reference books are also crammed
their opinions on how the
United States can address criti
cal issues facing youth. The
issues, voted on by the youth,
are drugs, other substance
abuse, teen sexual activity, and
crime and violence.
If the mobile sites gain a large
enough customer base. Rhoads
plans to establish an office in the
area.
In addition to Rhoads. Valerie
Peery is also on the staff as a mid
wife. Peery has been involved in
birthing for years in the Chadds
Ford area and has six children.
Rhoads and her husband have five
children.
Rita is especially grateful for the
financial support of the James S.
Herr Foundation of Nottingham,
for helping fund crisis pregnancies
and health care for children and
women.
If you are interested you know
ing more about either the birthing
center or mobile services, call the
Quarryville office at (717)
786-4010,