r, * * y*** ** ' irf ’’ ikf ■ yw, ’ *~ r ;r * <k -/ % ** * * For months, Jason Sauder, Manheim, tried to think of an original way to propose to Jess Young. What better way, he decided, then to use “John Deere green” to paint the proposal and string the banner across one of the family’s red barns. Last week, he nervously waited on the porch while Jess drove from her parents’ (John and Terry Young’s) Mastersonville farm to meet him. As Jess turned into the Sauder farm, she read the sign: "Jess, Will You Marry Me?” Jess described her reaction as "pure shock.” She continued to drive very slowly up the long lane much to Jason’s chagrin. But Jess had a reason. "I couldn’t see,” the teary-eyed 19-year-old explained as Jason slipped the diamond on her finger. The couple are planning a June 10,2000 wedding on the Sauders’ Century Farm. 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Speaking at that celebration was Orion Samuelson, WGN Radio’s national farm radio broadcaster, and Andy Armbrus ter, an officer for the National FFA. Select details about the guide lines are available at Internet site www.nagcat.org; the profes sional resource manual/parent resources themselves are avail able from Gempler’s, a Belle ville, Wisconsin, safety supply company, toll free at 800-382- 8473 or at its web site www.ge mplers.com; and farm safety specialists may be aware of distri butors providing free parent re sources. “We hope these guidelines will help promote a strong work ethic for young people by giving them safe and appropriate opportunities for work experiences under adult supervision,” said Barbara Lee, Ph.D., director. National Chil dren’s Center for Rural and Agri cultural Health and Safety, a pro gram of Marshfield Clinic, Marsh field, Wisconsin, and a site of the Children’s Safety Network. Lee is principal investigator for a team that developed guidelines at the request of farm parents who wanted guidance in assigning ap propriate tasks to children. Guide lines were developed through a consensus development process involving over 150 individuals from the United States, Canada and Mexico including farm par ents, teen workers, agricultural 4£V» Ne’ Call 800-448-4622 for an agent near yo\ LanpMteftfyiplM, safety specialists and child devel opment specialists. “We wanted as many fanners and ranchers as possible to participate in this pro cess,” said Barbara Marlenga, Ph.D., project manager/associate scientist, National Children’s Center. “We needed to know what would be helpful and what in formation they need to make deci sions about jobs their children do.” Matching jobs to children’s de velopment is important. Annually, more than 100 children are killed and 100,000 seriously injured be cause of incidents involving agri cultural machinery, livestock, falls or other events. Injuries may occur because patents and chil dren mistake physical size and age for ability, overestimate develop mental capabilities, or underesti mate levels of hazard and risk. The guidelines cover 62 agri cultural jobs focusing on the most common farm activities children do. Categories are animal care; manual labor, haying operations; implement operations; specialty production; tractor fundamentals, and general activities. Guidelines are based on child development principles, rather than a child’s age. “Kids develop at their own pace, are influenced by their environment and have dif ferent things going on at home,” Marlenga said. “If we said a 10-year-old could do a certain job, we might put half of them at risk.” Guidelines, developed with dif ferent versions for parents and professionals, are recommenda tions not mandates. “Like recom mendations on children’s toys and games, the guidelines serve as a point of reference which require further assessment and decision making by adults,” Lee said. The National Institute for Occu pational Safety and Health, Cana dian Coalition for Agricultural Safety and Rural Health, and fed eral Maternal and Child Health Bureau funded this project.
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