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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.
All young people interested in this
valuable 4-H project training are en
couraged to contact the 4-H office so
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that the necessary 4-H project mater
ials can be ordered. Participants
must attend all five meetings plus the
tractor and machinery handling test.
Every 4-H member that completes
this project can also receive the
“Tractor and Machinery Mainte
nance and Safety Completion Certif
icate.” This certificate is accepted by
the United States Department of
Labor as proof of training for those
young people working on area farms.
Please contact the Wayne County
Cooperative Extension if you intend
to participate in this 4-H program.
The number to dial is (570) 253-5970,
ext. 239.
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.
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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.
John Blankenship, Virginia Coop
erative Extension 4-H youth develop
ment agent at Tazewell County, also
was part of the group.
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