Youth Conference
Promotes Personal
Development,
Community Service
COLUMBUS, Ohio Even
though school is out, summer
can still be a time for learning
and development.
This summer, more than 420
teens from around Ohio will
gather on the Columbus campus
of Ohio State University to par
ticipate in leadership, citizen
ship, and educational activities
during the 84th Ohio 4-H Youth
Expo.
The annual conference, which
takes place June 14-16, lets 4-
H’ers focus on an area of inter
est, participate in a related
service project, and learn strate
gies for initiating similar activi
ties at home.-
The service-learning compo
nent of Youth Expo was intro
duced two years ago and, based
on the response of 4-H’ers and
the community, will continue
this year, said Allen Auck, an
Ohio State University Extension
associate for 4-H youth develop
ment who is coordinating the
program.
On Thursday, June 15, the 4-
H’ers will participate in small
group, all-day, hands-on work-
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shops on topics such as clown
ing, history, and pet therapy.
The next day, the same groups
will perform community ser
vices that incorporate the mate
rials from Thursday’s
workshops. They will clown for
patients at local hospitals; clean,
repair and work with materials
at the Ohio Historical Society
Museum and Ohio Village; and
take pets to visit residents at a
Columbus-area retirement vil
lage.
“4-H has always valued
giving something back to the
community,” Auck said.
“Youth Expo will help give teen
leaders the tools they need to im
plement more formal commu
nity service. projects in their
hometowns.”
Conference delegates also will
tour Ohio State’s campus, expe
rience college life by staying in
student dorms, and take part in
a variety of recreational and
social events. Any youth ages 14
to 19 and in 4-H can attend the
summer youth conference. For
information on the conference,
teens can contact their local ex
tension office.
SYRACUSE, N.Y.
Dairylea Cooperative Inc. and
Dairy Farmers of America
(DFA) recently held a joint leg
islative breakfast in Harrisburg,
Pa. The event provided an op
portunity for members of the
two Cooperatives to meet with
state-level legislators and offi
cials to discuss issues that are
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From left, Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Samuel Hayes Jr., Dairy Marketing
Services Chief Executive Officer Rick Smith, Dairylea President Clyde Rutherford, and
DFA Northeast Council Chairman Lewis Gardner discuss issues important to agriculture
at a recent joint Dairylea/DFA legislative reception held at the State Capitol in Harris
burg.
Dairylea/DFA Hold Legislative Breakfast
important to agriculture.
More than 100 legislators,
government officials and aides
interacted with the dairy farm
ers at the reception held in the
East Wing of the Capitol.
During the breakfast, Penn
sylvania Secretary of Agricul
ture Samuel Hayes Jr. met with
Dairylea President Clyde
Rutherford, DFA Northeast
Council Chairman Lewis
Gardner and Dairy Marketing
Services Chief Executive Officer
Rick Smith.
The meeting with Secretary
Hayes focused on environmental
issues and how to provide assist
ance to dairy farmers dealing
with the new federal Concen
trated Animal Feeding Opera-
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 10, 2000-A29
tions (CAFOs) regulations.
Additionally, they discussed the
current low milk pricing cycle
and strategies that could be ex
plored to help enhance financial
returns to farmers in Pennsylva
nia.
Dairylea Cooperative is an
agricultural service organiza
tion, cooperatively owned by
2,700 Northeast dairy farmers.
Dairy Farmers of America is a
dairy marketing cooperative
with 24,000 dairy farmer mem
bers in 45 states. In 1999, the
two cooperatives formed Dairy
Marketing Services, LLC to
jointly manage their milk
marketing operations, as well as
assist with other common activi
ties.