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It’s also hard to beat a plain, ET 4-H HAPPENINGS Red Rose 4-H Beef Club Seeking New Members Interested Lancaster County youth are welcome to attend the next meeting of the Red Rose 4-H Beef Club at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at the Lan caster Farm and Home Center. New members are invited to attend this meeting and there will be a Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) presentation by Scott Wright, Pennsylvania Beef Coun cil. The club conducts seven meet ings each year, a round-up in Au gust, and a recognition banquet. Members of the club will have the opportunity to participate in live stock and meats judging pro grams, community fair beef shows, and the Pennsylvania Farm Show. Lancaster County youth be tween the ages of 8 and 19 years regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, or handicap are in vited to attend the “new mem ber” meeting. Feel free to bring along your parents and friends. 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Orange St. • Lancaster, PA 17602 I in ifh jmhliL inltnsl fiom (lit Beims\l\<jmj Bat Iwouution Bums\l\anui Bat Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 12, 2002-B3 old juicy hamburger, dressed up with tomato, onion, pickle, and lettuce. Proving that comfort food doesn’t have to be fancy, or expensive or take long to fix. And, in confession, after a long day of tackling the variety of jobs here, from milking and calf feed* ing to banging my head against computer glitches, few things are more comforting than settling down in the evening with a dish of ice cream and bag of potato chips. Served with a fork on the side to fight off the food police. For additional information, contact Chet Hughes, Penn State Cooperative Extension livestock agent at (717) 394-6851. Maryland 4-H Team First In Engineering Bowl The Maryland 4-H team won first place in the Engineering Bowl at the National 4-H Engi neering, Science, and Leadership Event, September 22-25, in West Lafayette, Ind. 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