SCids .Korner * . % Kids Become Entrepreneurs At Bedford’s Fall Foliage Festival LINDA WILLIAMS Bedford Co. Correspondent BEDFORD (Bedford Co.) Entrepreneur is a big word for a little kid. According to the dic tionary, entrepreneur means one who operates and assumes the risk in a business venture in the expectation of gaining a profit. The label is generally applied to adults who begin a business. But recently some kids had the opportunity to become entrepre Jennifer Ward, Lacey and Ben Sollenberger and their fall stand. Many of their items were produced from pro duce grown on their farm. An overall group picture of young entrepreneurs at Bedford’s Fall Foliage Festival. Kamryn’s Candy and Kalyn’s Magnets provided inter esting shopping experiences. neurs at Bedford’s Fall Foliage Festival. Every year the annual event grows with a few more craft stands, more tempting food venders, and by the swelling number of people who have dis covered this fun time in the Alle gheny Mountains. It is the perfect opportunity for kids to strut their talents and pick up some spare change for Christmas shopping. Fall Foliage is always held the first two weekends in October. On the second weekend, a por tion of Fort Bedford Park is set aside for young crafters selling anything from self-done water colors to bat houses or hair wraps. The Raystown branch of the Juniata River provides a mir ror image for the fall colors, ca ncers paddle lazily in these last warm days of the year and toes tap to the wandering musicians. It all adds up to the perfect set ting for shopping. To keep kids from dealing with change, a parent offers to work the cash box, keeping track by number of all the sales. “It’s wonderful how many peo ple patronize the kids,” says Dr. Katherine Erlichman, one of the volunteer parents at this year’s event. “Not only do we teach the chil dren about entreprenaurship, they also learn to create items to sell,” says Bev Lingenfelter, whose son, Ethan created bat houses complete with an explana tion. “Bats eat mosquitoes which spread the West Nile Virus,” he explains. “It is important to pro vide a place for the bats.” James Trail and Molly Tolbert also build bird houses. It has be come a real business for these two ambitious youngsters who partic ipate in the Corn Festival at Shippensburg. Sara Erlichman sold pottery and paintings from her summer art classes. • Albert Burnham of Morrison’s Cove had copies of a painting he created right after September 11, 2001. The painting depicts a plane flying into the World Trade Center and emerging as a victorious eagle. Other items made with little fingers and offered for sale at the children’s portion of the festival included: flag pins, hair wraps, paper weights, puppets, cro cheted bags and pot holders, dried flower arrangements, candy baskets, and key chains. Linda Burnham shows the painting her son cre ated after 9/11. He has had them made into prints. Shoppers purchase items from Nicole Feight. Ethan Lingenfelter of Bedford is proud of the bat houses he made. School Milk Makes The Grade COLUMBUS, Ohio Results The study involved more than of a year-long pilot test developed 100,000 students in 146 elemen a"d the daily tery> mid(Ue and h checkoff show that school milk itc tu •> “ sales increased 22 percent among , . . - The pilot test secondary school students and 15 ® ear showed that more chil percent among elementary school dren Wl ** °Pt to drink more milk students after milk packaging, when offered an enhanced mi»c flavor, variety, and temperature product as part of the school enhancements were made. meal program. /' t* s '
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