Four Teens Represent First
State at 4-H National Conference
NEWARK, Del. More than
350 4-H’ers among them four
from the First State gathered
recently for the 71st Annual Na
tional 4-H Conference in Wash
ington, D.C.
The annual meeting, which
brings together youth from
across the U.S., Puerto Rico,
Canada, and the U.S. Virgin Is
lands and serves as a leadership
development opportunity for
teens to address current issues
and to help plan the direction of
4-H.
Representing the First State
at the meeting were Kelly Glan
den, Wyoming; Chris Tinsman,
Georgetown; Dusti Van
derwende, Greenwood; and
Karen Vattilana, Wilmington.
According to Ted Palmer,
University of Delaware Exten
sion agent for Sussex County
who accompanied the teens, the
4-H’ers were selected for their
leadership ability and for their
citizenship. High school sopho
mores or juniors are chosen, he
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Leland Swenson, president of
the National Farmers Union
(NFU) recently called on Con
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mechanism by which farmers
can be compensated for the
staggering increases in energy
related costs. At a meeting of the
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returning the following year.
“The National Conference
provides an opportunity for
these leaders to do something
specific to further the work of 4-
H in the state,” said Palmer.
“This year the leaders decided
to start a teen council at the
state level.”
Palmer said that councils al
ready exist at the state level with
4-H’ers from each club repre
sented. The council works in
conjunction with committees to
plan and coordinate all activities
and special events for the year.
The new state council would
plan state activities, he said.
“Kelly Glanden presented the
idea to the Kent County 4-H
Council soon after returning
from Washington,” said Palmer.
“The other kids are talking with
their councils now and plan to
schedule their first meeting in
the near future.”
Palmer said the week-long
Washington-based conference
search, he urged members to
take strong action to mitigate
the greater-than $2 billion in
crease in energy costs to Ameri
ca’s farmers and ranchers in this
period of low commodity prices.
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to address the staggering in
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consisted of about 10 focus
teams as well as operation com
mittees and various workshops
and seminars. In addition to
their meetings at the Conference
Center, the teens traveled to
Capitol Hill, where they met
with their U.S. representatives
and senators.
Two topics discussed were the
Centennial of the 4-H in 2002
and the Younger Americans
Act. This Act, to be introduced
into Congress this year, will pro
vide $5.75 billion in the next five
years for youth development
programs in local communities.
The annual 4-H meeting that
convenes in Washington each
year has had a rich history of
conferences since their genesis
during the depression years.
Palmer explained.
“The first meeting was held in
1930,” he said, “when the teens
camped in tents on the Capitol
Green.”
The 4-H program is an inter
national youth development
program, the largest in the
world. In the U.S. alone, 4-H
serves about 6.8 million mem
bers in all 3,067 counties
throughout the nation.
Palmer said the teens he ac
companied to Washington
“were phenomenal. It was the
first time any of them had been
to the National Conference and
they were terrific.
“They told me they had a
great time, learned lots of new
things, got lots of new ideas, and
said they wouldn’t have missed
it for the world.”
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(ASA) recently praised a group
of 18 U.S. senators who are
asking the Bush administration
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biodiesel and ethanol in the
Energy Task Force Report.
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of a letter spearheaded by Sena
tors Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and
Tim Johnson (D-SD) to Vice
President Richard Cheney, who
leads the administration’s
Energy Task Force.
The senators stated that
biodiesel and ethanol could meet
three percent of the U.S. motor
fuel market within 10 years
providing energy, environmen
tal and economic benefits for the
nation. A three percent market
share for biodiesel and ethanol
would displace about nine bil
lion gallons of motor fuels annu
ally or between 500,000 and
600,000 barrels of crude oil each
day.
“ASA appreciates the efforts
of these senators to promote do
mestic energy production from
biodiesel,” said ASA President
Tony Anderson of Mount Ster
ling, Ohio.
“Increased biodiesel use
would give a much-needed boost
to soybean prices, farm income
and the rural economy while re
ducing U.S. dependence on im
ported oil.”
“Our rising dependence on
imported petroleum has become
a storm cloud over the econ
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future energy needs, all sources
of fuel and energy must be thor
oughly explored and utilized.
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