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HAPPENINGS
Cumberland County 4-H
Dairy Chib Banquet
The Cumberland County 4-H
Dairy Club’s 46th annual ban
quet took place March 11 at the
New Hope Church Annex in
Newburg.
Aaron Corman was the master
of ceremonies. Sarah Wickard
led the Pledge of Allegiance and
Brian Nailor led the 4-H Pledge,
after which Greg Hammond gave
the invocation. The turkey dinner
was served family style.
Kathy Walton and Sharon Gi
selman presented member pins
and certificates to 4-H’ers. Rec
ognition was given to Mark and
Greg Hammond and Janel and
Jennifer Zinn for their blue
forms; and several members were
recognized for participating in
the dairy cattle judging and dairy
bowl quiz team.
Other awards presented follow:
Scott Hodgson, representing
Cumberland Valley Coop, gave
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the first-year member award to
Kerri Wickard. Jerry Ogline, Ag-
Choice Farm Credit, gave the
outstanding 4-H dairy member
award to Scott Walton. Amy
Kaucher received the Merle Mill
er Memorial Award, and Sonya
Rinker, the Dairy Achievement
award.
Duane Duncan recognized the
leaders and gave a slide presenta
tion of the show season.
Backtrackers 4-H Horse
Club Equine Garage Sale
On Saturday, April 13, the
annual tack swap or “equine ga
rage sale” will be conducted at
the Northampton County 4-H
Center, Nazareth. The tack
swap will run from 11 a.m.-2
p.m. The public is invited to at
tend.
The Northampton County
4-H Center is located on Bush
kill Center Road, 2.2 miles
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There will be new and used
items for sale for ail horse inter
ests and disciplines. Also there
will be horse crafts, Breyer model
horses, clothing and other horse
related items. All sellers must
preregister for a sale table or
space; there are no consignments.
No live animals are permitted.
Food, courtesy of Backtrackers
4-H Horse and Pony Club, will be
available dining the sale hours.
This is a rain/shine event; being
held inside non-heated buildings
and outside.
Anyone wishing information
concerning the tack swap is
asked to call Janice Martin at
(610) 837-7294.
One Hundred Years
Of 4-H
On Saturday, April 13, the
Schuylkill County 4-H program
will celebrate its 100th birthday,
complete with cake, balloons, and
even a strolling cow! This year’s
4-H Day at the Schuylkill Mall,
Frackville, will begin at 10 a.m.
in the mall’s Center Court and
will feature a 4-H centennial
poster contest, a free Make
Your Own Hobby Horse
table, and a Horseless Horse
Show open to the public.
4-H’ers will gather to com
pete in a public speaking con
test, showcasing the commu
nications skills that 4-H
members have been learning
for decades. And members of
14 different 4-H clubs will be
on hand, competing for the
best educational display as
they offer giveaways and in
formation about their activi
ties. The Schuylkill County
4-H Teen Council will offer
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face painting and balloons. The
4-H Can House a playhouse
sized structure lines with shelves
designed to hold canned goods
will be set up in the mall, ready
to receive food from shoppers.
For the first time, 4-H Day at
the Mall is being conducted in
conjunction with the Pottsville
YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day. Rep
resentatives of the YMCA will be
on hand throughout the day to
perform free fitness testing for all
comers.
4-H Day at the Schuylkill Mall
is made possible through the
American Promise Partnership, a
national campaign for youth
service that has brought Sears at
the Schuylkill Mall and the
Schuylkill County 4-H program
together. Sears sponsors 4-H Day
at the Mail, providing prizes for
the contests and even offering
sales associates as contest judges.
A tentative schedule of events
for 4-H Day at the Schuylkill
Mall includes:
• 10 a.m. 4-H club exhibits
open to the public
• 11 a.m. Andy the Ambu
lance demonstration
• Noon 4-H Public Speak
ing and Demonstration Contest
begins
• 1 p.m. 4-H Centennial
cake-cutting ceremony
• 1:30 p.m. Horse Bowl
Demonstration
• 2 p.m.
Show
• 3 p.m. Wilderness Explor
ers 4-H Club skits and CPR dem
onstration
Outstanding First Year
4-H Dairy Club Member
Quinn Cashell was recognized
at the annual 4-H Dairy Awards
Banquet and Reorganization
Meeting as the outstanding first
year 4-H dairy club member in
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Quinn Cashed
Franklin County for the 2001
project year. Quinn i$ the
9-year-old daughter of Paul and
Nadine CasheU, Chartibersburg,
and is a member of the Hamil
ton-St. Thomas Dairy Club.
The outstanding first year
member is selected upon record
book score as well as participa
tion in the total 4-H dairy pro
gram. The award was sponsored
by Farmer’s Union Cooperative,
Greencastle. The annual meet
ing took place March 2 at the
New Franklin Ruritan Commu
nity Center.