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Children Welcome To Participate In Tri-State Relief Sale July 19-20
SANDRA LEPLEY
Somerset Co. Correspondent
GARRETT, Md. “Abe the
Giant Penny” will be a part of
this year’s Tri-State Relief Sale, a
Mennonite Central Committee
fund-raiser conducted Friday
and Saturday, July 19 and 20, at
the Garrett County (Md.) Fair
grounds at Deep Creek Lake.
Dale Miller (left), Harris
on City, treasurer for the
Tri-State Relief Sale, to be
conducted Friday and Sat
urday, July 19 and 20, at
the Garrett County (Md.)
Fairgrounds near Deep
Creek Lake, helps Isaac
Tice of Salisbury in Somer
set County onto “Abe the
Giant Penny” at last year’s
sale. Young Tice and Willis
Beitzel of Bittinger, Md.,
will present a special pro
gram on giving at the Tri-
State Sale, which has been
conducted for the past four
year? as an effort to raise
funds for the Mennonite
Central Committee.
Farm Safety Day Camp Draws Over 140 Children
BEAVER SPRINGS (Snyder
Co.) According to the West
Snyder FFA Chapter, over 140
community children learned how
to identify and deal with hazards
on the farm June 27, at the Bea
ver Community Fairgrounds.
West Snyder FFA Chapter’s
Progressive Farmer Farm Safety
Day Camp drew children be
tween the ages of three to 12
from throughout the community
for a day-long event.
Children learned how to take
Derek Fetterolf, 2002-2003 president of the West
Snyder FFA Chapter, demonstrates to the campers at the
West Snyder FFA and Progressive Farmer Safety Day
Camp “How to make a keychain to hold earplugs.” Derek
demonstrated the importance of wearing earplugs, eye
protection, steel-toed shoes, and a hard hat at his Per
sonal Protective Devices station.
Willis Beitzel of Bittinger, Md.,
and his young assistant Isaac
Tice of Salisbury in Somerset
County travel to different
churches throughout their areas
using “Abe” as a teaching and
fund-raising tool.
In addition to the giant benefit
auction on Saturday, conducted
for the past four years at the fair
grounds, children of all ages and
adults too will be counting all the
coins saved during the year and
sending the funds collected to
help with water projects through
out the world, such as building
cisterns and providing clean
water.
“Some churches and youth
groups take offerings and collect
all year long,” explained Harriet
Berg of the Somerset area, publi
cist for the event. “All day long at
the sale on Saturday, there is a
coin counter provided for the
children to count coins. Adults
really love it too with the giant
penny. It’s a fun presentation
and brings the whole project to
life.”
While their coins are being
counted, children can take rides
in the penny, wearing a motorcy
cle helmet and a seat-belt.
“Abe” is located in the Kids
Activity Center, which allows
children to play board games and
participate in several activities,
such as “shoots and ladders,”
and different craft areas where
they can do things such as quilt
ing.
In the movie theater area of
the children’s area, which is actu
ally a tent, children can buy some
popcorn, watch videos about chil
dren around world, and relax.
responsibility for their own safe
ty, respect parents’ safety rules,
and share safety tips with their
family and friends, said Mrs.
Cynthia Shaffer, West Snyder
FFA adviser and coordinator of
the event.
Samuel E. Hayes, Pa. Secre
tary of Agriculture, was present
to welcome the group of children
and West Snyder FFA members.
Secretary Hayes told the children
“Without safety, it’s very hard to
have fim. It’s very important to
Children can also get their photo
taken on a computer printout
and attach it to a greeting card.
And, they can also dress up like
children from different countries.
Children also stuff health kits
and school kits for other children
in Third World countries. Health
kits include things such as finger
nail clippers, wash cloths, tooth
paste, toothbrushes, soap and a
hand towel. School kits include
notebooks, pencils, rulers, erasers
and other educational items.
In addition, children ages 12
and under will have their own
auction from 11 a.m. to noon Sat
urday. Toys, books, backpacks
and other items, all of which will
be new and have been donated,
will be auctioned off.
“Parents are encouraged to at
tend the auction with their chil
dren so the younger ones learn
about the process as well as how
important it is to help others
through the sale,” said Berg.
“These children learn about
the auction process and the giv
ing process, not just the getting
process, but giving to world relief
projects. The sale allows families
to come together and have fun as
well as serve a greater cause.”
Diane Holsopple of Hollsopple
in northern Somerset County,
serves as auctioneer and coordi
nator for the children’s auction.
She and her husband, Ernest,
helped begin the Tri-State Relief
Sale in 1998. This is the fourth
year for the annual event.
The Holsopples have traveled
to other relief sales throughout
the U.S. Ernest has served as a
volunteer auctioneer for many of
the sales. He had done some
protect our hands, our feet, our
legs, our eyes, and our ears.”
Dr. Merril Arnold, superinten
dent of Midd-West School Dis
trict, also reminded the children
of the importance of being safe
on the farms that are fun, but can
also be dangerous.
Hands-on experiences led by
members of the West Snyder
FT A Chapter taught camp par
ticipants lifetime farm safety les
sons. Over time, Mrs. Shaffer said
that she hopes that by sharing
and applying the lessons learned
at camp, participants will help
reduce the number of rural chil
dren who die or are injured in
farm accidents.
The West Snyder FFA and
Progressive Fanner Farm Safety
Day Camp was sponsored na
tionally by Shell Lubricants,
Farm Plan, Pioneer Hi-Bred In
ternational, Inc., Dupont Agri
cultural Products, Cargill, Inc.,
Agco, As grow Seed Company,
The Phillip Morris Family of
Companies, State Farm Insur
ance Companies, Case IH, Farm
Credit System Foundation, Inc.,
CHS Cooperative Foundation,
Agrium, Inc., Potash Corp.,
Farmland Insurance/Nation
wide Agribusiness, Mac Don In
dustries, Ltd., National Chil
dren’s Center for Rural and Agri
cultural Health and Safety, and
Progressive Farmer Magazine.
Throughout the day, the
140-camp participants rotated
through 10 safety stations. Each
More than 50 quilts and wall hangings, In addition 130
handcrafted items, will be auctioned off at the Tri-State
Relief Sale on July 19 and 20 at the Garrett County (Md.)
Fairgrounds. At the children’s activity center (pictured
here), children of all ages can come and participate in
crafts, including quilting.
work locally with a sale out of the
Richland Mall in Johnstown in
Cambria County for several
years. After the mall closed, the
Holsopples thought this area was
a prime location for a relief sale.
The Tri-State Relief Sale is one
of 46 relief sales in the U.S. and
Canada, raising funds for the
Mennonite Central Committee,
an organization founded in 1920
and dedicated to helping people
suffering from poverty, oppres
sion and natural disasters.
“This is such a great cause and
the joy of giving is rewarding,”
said Berg. “This is a way to help
others who are in need in foreign
countries or who have suffered
disasters in the United States and
aboard.”
Berg also explained that the
group of approximately 14 camp
ers each were led to the stations
by members of the West Snyder
Jr. High FFA Chapter, Sr. High
FFA Chapter, and the Middle
burg Boy Scouts. The West Snyd
er Senior High FFA members
conducted the safety presenta
tions for the campers.
At the Basic First Aid station,
FFA members Tiffany Esben
shade and Jenna Briggs ex
plained how to bandage a wound.
Each camp participant also as
sembled their own first aid kit.
At the Chemical Safety station,
FFA alumnus Jennifer McWil
liams and Heidi Good explained
the similarities between house
hold chemicals and certain food
and candy products.
At the Gun Safety station.
Wildlife Conservation Officer
Harold Malhorn, with the assist
ance of FFA members Tyler Mill
er and Jeremy Roush taught gun
safety to the campers.
Campers mack their own ear
plug key chain at the Personal
Protective Devices station. FFA
member Derek Fetterolf also
demonstrated the value of wear
ing safety glasses, steel-toed
shoes, and a hard hat at this sta
tion.
Each camp participant was
professionally fitted for their own
bike helmet by Theresa Lacianca
from the North Central Highway
Network, Inc. While campers
were fitted for their bike helmet,
FFA member Victoria Adams ex-
sale brings together several hun
dred volunteers from about 20
churches in the Pennsylvania,
Maryland, and West Virginia.
The bidding begins at 10 a.m.
with more than 180 up for sale.
The giant benefit auction will
feature over 50 handmade quilts
and wall hangings, handcrafted
furniture, such as bentwood hick
ory rockers, cherry Shaker tables,
an oak king-sized headboard,
limited edition prints by P. Buck
ley Moss, glassware by Lenox,
Simon Pearce, and L.E. Smith.
“We truly have beautiful, high
quality handcrafted products
here at the sale,” she stressed.
“These are items that buyers
would have to search for at local
stores and shops but they are all
here for their purchase. It’s a
buyer’s paradise.”
plained to the participants other
aspects of bike safety.
Doug Hollenbach and Steve
Yakamook, West Snyder FFA
members, conducted the ATV
and lawn mower safety station.
The participants were able to
view the safe and unsafe parts of
the equipment.
FFA Alumni Maria Trego
demonstrated water safety. Each
camper tried on a life vest as they
learned the importance of wear
ing one at all times while boating.
At the animal safety station,
FFA members Hannah Etzler
and Amanda Shaffer explained
how and when to safely approach
an animal. Each participant
practiced their skills with live
cows.
Paul Saylor of the Beavertown
Fire Company volunteered to
give the participants a “tour” of
the fire truck. He also explained
the equipment that a fireman
uses to fight the fires.
FFA member Phaedra Wray
explained the importance of hav
ing an escape route, using smoke
alarms, and how to “stop,-drop,
and roll.” Each participant re
ceived their own smoke alarm.
At the farm equipment safety
station, FFA members Jeremy
Waite and Shane Kreamer ex
plained how difficult it is to see
small children while operating a
tractor. Participants were able to
climb up on a tractor and try to
locate others around the equip
ment.
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