Show Marion Behunin attends Washington DC D.C. H 4 confab Marion A. A Behunin returned last week from Washington DC D.C. where she attended a National H 4 lea leader er forum on effective involvement of teens in community service activities related to to citizenship development She was one of 71 delegates from 21 states attending attending attending at at- tending the sessions at the National H H 4 Center FEA FEATURED during the week were sharing sessions on current H 4 citizenship programs plus in-depth in discussions of a variety of community service approaches such as community safety cross cultural awareness youth forums working with the elderly and inter person relations and communication skills vj q i Mrs s 's most most interesting parts of these sessions were the H 4 Awards program A tool to help teens Become by Larry Brown Mr Brown noted that tha t record books are a tool they can build or destroy the H 4 program If used the right way they can be bean bean an incentive to a H 4 member Another interesting topic was Understanding our Government Government Government Govern Govern- ment in Action by Steve Walker Mr Walker stressed the importance to know your congressman About 20 o of the delegates were selected to attend a conference at the HEW offices According to Mrs Behunin she went to the HEW offices while other delegates attended conferences at HUD BUD Dept of Interior and Dept of Energy Other highlights of the week in Washington included meeting most H 4 staff members the one that impressed impressed impressed im im- pressed Mrs Behunin was Louise Killpatrick consultant Leadership I 1 J JUST happened to have an album of Newels Newel's Harmony Four smiled Marion which I presented to Mrs Killpa Killpatrick trick On Saturday as Mrs Behunin stopped in the 4 H center gift shop a commemorative mural in honor of J JC C Penney was getting the finishing touches by bya a gentleman on a ladder Said Mrs Behunin I explained ex ex- to the m man ma that I had worked for the Penney Co for or 16 years The gentleman asked where and when I 1 told him Vernal Utah he came down off the ladder Come to find out the man was the artist himself none other than Dean Fausett eminent American muralist portraitist and landscapist landsea land- land sea He lie told me he had lived in Price Utah and around Duchesne Utah for a number of years and still has a sister Iva Allred Mired and a niece Nadine Horrocks living in Duchesne He has been named one of theTen the theTen theTen Ten Best pest painters in America by Art News MR FAUSETT autographed a brochure for his sister and niece also one for Irvin Haws laws manager of Vernal JC Penney Lorna Hodgkinson of Salt Lake City spent from Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- to Sunday with her parents Ralph and Ardith Hodgkinson Co the local Uintah County and Duchesne Extension offices and andor for or Mrs Behunin Mr Haws has received his but the Allreds and Horrocks were not at home Another interesting highlight of ot the week was Saturday when Dr and Mrs Robert Syme of or Alexandria Virginia picked up tip the Utah delegates for a tour lour of DC and treated them to a Virginian dinner at their home which was formerly owned by bythe bythe bythe the well-known well CBS news reporter El Eric c Dr Symes is an uncle to Carol Ricks the other Utah delegate who accompanied Mrs Behunin to Washington DC D.C. Mrs Behunin plans to use newly acquired skills in working with the local extension extension extension ex ex- tension office and 4 H members that would like to have a community project for the coming year I would be willing to spend time helping any 4 H member to bring their books up to date f Every very 4 IIer should work for or these trips as they are well worth it Fred host state out visitors Thanksgiving week visitors at atthe atthe atthe the Fred Feltch home were children Boyd and Frances Birchell and their three children Bryan Raina and Johna Lynn of Cheyenne Wyo Donald and Joni Feltch of North Escondido Calif Don and Joni were married in Las Vegas November 22 on their trip to Vernal The had come forthe for forthe forthe the funeral of a year old nephew John Barry Birchell who died in an accident Nov 18 at Ballard Paul and Barbara Feltch of Vernal were also dinner guests Thanksgiving Day |