Show r r Sanpete County Hers 4 Join In Special Week By KAY Sanpete Heme n Agent This week is national H 4 4 H week Every state in the Union is passing on information about H to everyone they can In our nation and Puerto Rico there are over 2 2 22 million million mil mil- lion H 4 members Thousands of dedicated leaders help give our youth between 9 19 years of age many opportunities that they otherwise may not have had Sanpete County has over members registered As a supplement to the training training training train train- ing o our r youth receive at home in church and at school the H 4 program makes leisure time a constructive experience 4 H 4 H is also very rewarding Much joy comes from accomplishing accomplishing accomplishing whether it is a lovely article of clothing freshly baked bread collecting the re required required required re- re number of insects or training a horse to go through its paces H 4 members are also re re- rewarded rewarded warded with ribbons and premiums premiums premiums pre pre- at the county fairs Some get to send their work to the state fair an additional reward The H 4 program offers offers offers of of- fers demonstration public speaking style dress revue and judging contests which enables many youth each earh year to receive receive receive re re- re- re trips to various parts of the nation Scholarships are available to help deserving members through college We are very proud of our 4 H 4 H youth They learn responsibility responsibility maturity and skill They become better citizens too too as they practice parliamentary procedure on holding meetings and as they dedicate their time money and energy to beautify our communities and donate to schools churches hospitals and many other or or- This year has been exceedingly exceedingly exceed exceed- profitable A group from Axtell with the help hep of parents and business constructed their own riding arena from a weed infested piece of land They held their own horse show an and ano raised money to make further improvements Another group from Centerfield Center Center- field helped up clean-up the Sanpete Sanpete Sanpete San San- pete County fairgrounds in preparation for the fair Groups Group from Manti have donated donated do do- a quilt to to the Primary Primary Primary mary Hospital in Salt Lake City raised money at bake sales and donated it to the school for the tennis courts and band uniforms and garbage garbage garbage gar gar- bage cans are being donated to the city Alan Lee Peterson from Sterling won a trip to Camp for his outstanding H 4 work He has truly learned the values of responsibilities friendliness and service Marnie Mamie Sorensen Axtell Sue SuC 1 1 Jorgensen a and n d Elizabeth I Inouye Gunnison have learned i i skill in clothing construction personal cleanliness personality personal- personal ity development and modeling as they won a trip to the state J Styles Dress Revue contest in Logan where they were blue r ribbon winners Dana Smith Manti is extremely extremely ex ex- skilled in putting important im im- important information out to an audience She was a blue ribbon ribbon ribbon rib rib- bon winner at the state demonstration demonstration demonstration dem dem- contest at Logan this year with a technical and scientific scientific scientific demonstration of fabrics Jack Anderson Ephraim is currently in Bolivia South America as an International Farm Youth Exchange student He will be touring that country country country coun coun- try for six for six months broadening his understanding of people customs and language There are many other outstanding outstanding outstanding out out- standing accomplishments of our 4 We feel every 4 H 4 H member is a winner from his first year on because he is trying trying try try- ing to improve himself through w worthy means Throughout the remainder orthis of or this week remember that our youth are capable of many ac ac- Please encourage encourage encourage age yo your r own children to join H 4 and share in the fun Offer Offer Offer Of Of- fer to be a leader and help your children There are 34 different different different dif dif- ferent subjects that are offer offer- ed More than one possible to take in a year Here is a list of oC tl the e subjects Select the ones youre you're interested in taking and enroll anytime from now until next July Art beautification tion beef child care clothing dairy cattle disaster preparation preparation tion training electricity entomology field crops it fix-it projects projectS' flowers foods forestry forestry for for- estry gardening Health home improvement horse junior leadership knitting knitting knit knit- ting outdoor cookery pho photography poultry rabbits range management safety sheep and swine tractor tractor trac trac- tor veterinary science and If yo you want additional information information information mation call catl or write your community community community com com- supervisor or the Sanpete San San- Sanpete pete County Extension Service in the Sanpete Courthouse se in Marti Manti ai ti |