0 4-H HAPPENINGS Wayne County 4-H Tractor Club To Begin The “2002 Wayne County 4-H Tractor Club and Farm Machinery Safety Certification Program” will (Wgiir on Tuesday, April 2 at 8 p.m., at the Wayne County Cooperative Extension, Courthouse, in Hon esdale. Other meeting dates are April 9,16,23, and 30. This 4-H program is designed mainly for 14- to 16-year-old youth that intend to work on area farms this spring and summer. It can also be valuable safety training to others currently operating or working with farm tractors or other farm equip ment. A total of five classroom-type meetings are scheduled for this year’s program. The requirements of this 4-H proj ect include; completing a 4-H tractor and machinery safety project book, taking and “passing” a comprehen sive written examination and suc cessfully competing in a tractor and machinery handling test. 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Progressive Clovers 4-H Carroll County, Md. The meeting of the Progressive Clovers 4-H took place March 11 and Sarah Gieron, the president, called the meeting to order. Austin Schwartzbeck led the 4-H pledge; John Saunders did roll call; and Ryan Haines gave the treasurer’s re port. Twenty-two members attended the meeting. While presentations were going on, dairy members did the Hoards Dairymen Dairy Judging Contest. Presentations were done by Matt Carmen and Sarah Gieron on how to wrap a horse’s leg; Matt Carmen, how to pasteurize goats milk; Jenni fer Jackson and Sarah Gross, how to care for a weak lamb and how to judge a beef steer; Kristen Lease, how to make a 4-H tote bag; Kevin Ridinger, how to build a bird feeder, and Amy Ridinger, how to make a paper heart craft. Come See Our Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri 7:00-7:00 Wed. 7:00-5:00 Sat. 7:00-12:00 Closed Sundays Twin Lab Nature’s Way Futurebiotic NOW Foods Awareness Nature’s Herb and More 4-H Summer Program Assistant Wanted In Chester County Attention all interested men and women who have completed at least one year of college and who are inter ested in learning more about Penn State Cooperative Extension and the 4-H Youth Development Program. Hands-on experience as a member of the Chester County 4-H team, working with Penn State Coopera tive Extension, is available this sum mer. Experiences will be provided in the 4-H Program that includes family living, dairy, livestock, camp, and other Penn State programs. Please send a letter of inquiry with a current resume to: Laurie Szoke, Chester County 4-H Coordinator, 601 Westtown Road, Suite 370, P.O. Box 2747, West Chester, PA 19380-0990. Kennard-Dale FFA Members Attend State Conference The Pennsylvania FFA Associa tion conducted its annual State Leg islative Leadership Conference on March 10-12, at the Holiday Inn of Grantville, and the Harrisburg Hil ton and Towers. Three members of the Kennard-Dale FFA Chapter, York County, were among the 267 participants this year. The three-day conference consis ted of leadership workshops that ex pressed the importance of commu nication and partnerships, parliamentary procedure in legisla tion, and appearance and etiquette; educational tours of Milton Hershey School, the Hershey Zoo, and the Hershey Chocolate Factory; a legisla tive breakfast at the Harrisburg Hil ton on Tuesday morning with the students’ respective representatives Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 23, 2002-B7 Virginia Youth, Volunteer Leaders Participate In 4-H National Conversation BLACKSBURG, Va. Virginia’s views on what is needed for youth development were well represented at a National Conversation on Youth Development held last week at Washington, D.C. “We were celebrating the centen nial of the National 4-H by gathering the thoughts and suggestions from all over the country about what youth need to realize their potential,” said Dorothy McCargo Freeman, Virginia Cooperative Extension 4-H youth de velopment specialist at Virginia Tech. “Virginia 4-H youth development agents provided leadership to have more than 60 local conversations, in viting all the adults who work with youth as well as youth themselves, to list what they thought was needed,” she said. and senators; and a legislative simu lation that divided the students into six bill committees, then into a ma jority and minority caucus, and final ly a general assembly to leam the process in which legislation is passed. The members who attended this conference learned what it is like to work in legislation and also what role they can play, as high school stu dents, in government. They also had the chance to discuss issues with their legislators at the breakfast on Tuesday and gain first-hand knowl edge of what the “hot topics” in their district might be. “After all the local conversations, we held a state conversation in Rich mond to gather all the local conver sations and to discuss our state needs. This is the report that we took to the National. At the national all of America was represented.” Virginia 4-H Alumna Nancy Redd, Martinsville, who is a student at Harvard University, was master of ceremonies for the Congressional dinner Representing Virginia were: Jessi ca Kirkby, Chesapeake; Lindsey Charity, Roanoke; Brandon Crawley, Alton; Christina Ritter, Henry Coun ty; Calie Lambert, Narrows; Amanda Milgrim, Gladys; Kaitlyn O’Malley, Boones Mill; Gerome Woodson, Pe tersburg; Joshua Gravelle, Tazewell; Jenna Lawrence, Buchanan. Also, Rachel Barrett, Danville; Kylie Lowe, Vernon Hill; Ingrid Par ris-Hinklinl, Fairfax; Cherlisa Tar peh, Alexandria; Ryan Jones, Rust burg; Andrew Coffey, Riner; Myckieala Cooper, Alexandria; Daryl Walker, Alexandria. Volunteer leaders with the group were; George Rivers, Sutherland; Liz Shockley, Middleburg; Rebekah Woodie, Fincastle; Sandi Hutchison, Chesapeake; Shannon Scott, Alexan dria; Joyce Pettit-Dix, Parksley; Iris Smith, Onancock; Cheryl Tarpeh, Alexandria; Andrew Lowe, Vernon Hill. 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