816-Uncaster Farming, Saturday, December 12, 1998
GAIL STROCK
Mifflin Co. Correspondent
PORT ROYAL (Juniata Co.) -
4-H Teens from Juniata County
planned a recognition banquet
m November to honor outstand
ing leaders and youth. 4-H
Leader of the Year went to Dawn
Stitely of Mifflintown. One of
her What's Cookin' members
presented the award.
The Juniata Tenn Leader of
the year is nominated by peers.
This year's recipient was David
Peterson of Port Royal.
According to the presenter,
Peterson truly lived up to the
title of team leaders by arrang
ing meeting places, volunteering
for committees, completing a
meticulous project book, helping
in all aspect of the 4-H exchange
even though he couldn't partici
pate, and committing to become
an adult leader now in his last
year of 4-H.
Casey Paffie of Spruce Hill
earned the Outstanding 4-H’er
Award. An active member of the
Quilting Club for seven years,
Paffie cooperatively finished all
tasks even though active in
many other clubs and organiza
tions.
Donald Love of East
Waterford received recognition
for 35 years of service. Love, a
dairyman, devoted countless
hours to 4-H over the years.
According to statistics,
Pennsylvania has more than
10.000 adult 4-H leaders serve
as positive role models for
125.000 youth ages 8 to 18.
Studies show that 4-H leaders
give more than 200 hours each
year, an equivalent to an in-kind
contribution of $20,000,000.
The Community Service
Award went to the 4-H Seeing
Eye Puppy Club for Operation
Bear Lift, a program that sup
plies teddy bears to orphans in
Russia The club offered a low
cost spayed and neutering clinic,
participated in the American
Cancer Society Relay for Life,
and has trained 11 future seeing
eye puppies. Kathy Queitzsch
serves as leader.
Port Royal resident Fred
Towsey of the Turbett Grange
No. 781 accepted the Friend of 4-
H Award.
Best First Year 4-H'ers
awards went to Katrina Dolan
and Gretchen Wagner. An indi
vidual Cookie Sales Award went
to Jennifer Gilbert, the What's
Low-Fat Cheese
ROSEMONT, 111. Low-fat
and no-fat food products are in,
but not when it comes to cheese.
While nonfat (skim) milk con
sumption continues to increase,
reduced-fat and non-fat cheese
consumption is flat or declining,
according to Dairy Management
Inc.™ (DMI) which represents
dairy farmers throughout the
nation.
Dairy farmer-funded con
sumer research explains why.
Consumers want food that
tastes good and is good for them.
While reduced-fat cheese offers
benefits from a healthy-eating
standpoint, the taste and tex
ture haven’t been able to com
pare to those of full-fat cheese.
That’s why dairy farmers are
funding-research to improve the
flavor, texture, and other char
acteristics of lower fat cheeses.
“If we don’t meet the con
sumer’s need for low-fat dairy
products, we lose that opportu
nity to sell because many fat-
Juniata County Recognizes 4-H Leaders
Donald Love of East
Waterford was recognized
for 35 years of service to 4-H.
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Fred Towsey of Port Royal
accepted the Friend of 4-H
Award for the Turbett
Grange No. 781.
Cookin’ club earned the club
cookie safes award.
conscious consumers turn away
from dairy altogether,” said Bill
Haines, vice president of
Business-to-Business Market
ing. “What makes this a real
win-win for the dairy farmer is
that much of the research
applied to improving low-fat and
reduced-fat cheese manufactur
ing can be applied to improving
the taste and usage of full-fat
cheeses as well.”
Emphasis on improving all
cheese products couldn’t come at
a better time. Nutritionists and
consumers are becoming more
aware of the health-promoting
properties of cheese and whey
components, such as conjugated
lineolic acid or CLA.
“CIA has been shown to be
beneficial to fighting cancer and
heart disease. Both cheese and
whey are excellent sources of it,”
explained Haines. Other cheese
research efforts are improving
manufacturing techniques and
protecting the safety and quality.
include frnm i P c Py ub fl rned „ the Community Service Award. Members
Rnvrai eft ’ K c, b ¥ ? wadz of Port Royal with Kortney; Zach Swartz of Port
Port RoyaV Hu " er; Fletcher Cnmbring with Christina; and Kristen Crimbring of
T h °®® receiving recognition at the Juniata County 4-H Leaders Recognition Banquet
Snmre »!!♦ W !l? ner , u f . M . lff '| nt ? wn (Best First year 4-H’ers, Casey Raffle of
P ® ter ® on of Port Ro V al ( Teen Leader of the
” enni ;® r of McAlisterville (Top Cookie Salesperson), Dawn Stitely of
(Cookie* Sales'” Uad6r ° f th ® Year) ’ and ’ in front ’ Kara Williamson of Honey Grove
Winners at the annual Lancaster 4-H Dairy Meeting are from left, front Neal Her
reC°rdJf?*! wo *** Esther Trimble™ Dramore, runner-up
fi^iiiiu year * ; #nd Jos ah Garber > Lancaster, best 4-H story. Back, Joshua
k ’ ll ' l3 y®*™! Andrew Smith, Denver, best
project book, 11-13 years; Sarah Boyd, Ephrate, best project book. 14-‘lB veers- Lori
lltEl^**^^rf ,nn e rU Su 4 ’5! BCOrd book > 11 *l3 years and winner of the 4-Hdairy skll
lothon, and Brian Smith, Denver, runnerap, 4-H project book, 14-18 years: