OCTO ER 14 - 20, 1915 THE CITIZE
B. H. grad in apprentice program
y mmie Kay Polley
Per nnel Manarement
Specialist, Wayne Hoosier NF
B ttin Bee and Yvette
recently completed a
or shop on the Brown
District of the
ati n Fore t.
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program. They worked on a
variety of jobs under the
upervision of Bruce Whittredge,
ater Treatment Plant Operator
on the Brown town Di trict.
'Th young women were e -
posed to recreation man ement
'from the round up' aid
Whittredge. They experienced
many job which weren't too
pleasant for them like cleaning
toilets an shoveling gravel, but
both . agreed that they had
learned and ccomplished
m ny things during the 7 -week
period. They al 0 felt the pro-
ram w successful in helping
them to mea deci ion out
th ir career. ichele expect
to m 'or in fore try, while
th field experience ha led
ttin to con ider rel ted work
in 1 or tory re earch."
e hope the program will
continue to b a uccess ..
id Lee Tatum, RO Per onnel
St ffmg Spetialist. "Th Michl
n State program is a step
in the right direction."
The inority Apprenticeship
Program w initiated in 1984
on the Superior F by Joe
Gomer, recently retired Per n
nel Staffing Speciali t. Other
fore ts participating in the
Minority Apprenticeship Pro
gram this year are the Huron
ani tee ar Twain, Superior,
and the Chippewa Fs. The
Re 'on expect to have 100%
rticipation in FY'86.
Bettina Be
ith Bruce Whittredge, Water Treatment Plant
Supervisor for th Wayn Hoo' .
Still other cite 4-H for its
influence on per nal develop
ment and attitudes.
An achievrnent inner, now
man ger of agricultural develop
ment in Latin merica y,
4-H provided an aren to learn
bout life, its challenge and
ucce t an early ge. It
helped teach m to be competit
ive yet to be nsi tive and to
ppreciate that nything can be
ccomplished if you appro ch
it correctly and wor hard
enough."
A beef nutritionist feel that
4-H is major f ctor in deve
lopment of hi self-image and
value sy em.
An engineer y 4-H
useful tool in growing up to
becom a warmer more caring
per on.
The 4-H pled li on
ll. A petroleum po
winner write: "As I ha
gotten older and, more mature,
the motto continues to have
greater . gnificance in that head
heart hands, and health
all delicately interrel ted with
one not being able to function
100 percent without the
others."
The re just a fe samples
of umni enthusi sm for 4-H
reflected in nationwide rvey
being conducted by ational
4-H Council.
Alumni cite 4-H life-long influence
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farm are con tantly changing.
o t change however u ually
refer back to basic information
from 4-H. Recording keeping
which was required in every
4-H project prepared me for
record keeping today.'
Similarly, a health cientist
credits record keeping the
be t and mo t helpful kill
learned in 4-H. 'The bility
to document progre , t oal
and come to conclu ion are
ills required in research -
ills that were taught in 4-H."
Still other alumni report how
their 4-H experience served as
a stepping stone to careers.
A medical doctor writes that
hi interest in photography led
him into a career of pecializa
tion in laser microsurgery of the
eye. A dairy foods winner
ys her interest in food led her
to obtain a degree in biochemi
cal nutrition. A research scien
tist in processed meats says his
career choice was a natural
outgrowth of his 4-H exper
ience. A journalist ay he i
"often in the public eye and
public peaking skill are im
portant. My expo ure to public
speaking as teen ger helped
me to develop the poi e and
rtivene s to rai e que tions
t pre conference, to arti-
culate and to think and peak
on one' feet."
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the College
f .... 5 e h
1 tenal
ur eon, pharmacist a home
economic teacher a dietician,
regi tered nurse, lawyer
a homemaker a ocial wor
ker, a cretary an interior
de igner, a journalist and a
chemical engineer all have in
common?
Everyone of them w a
4-H member - and beyond
that each of them was a
national winner in the 4-H
bread program during the period
from 1965 to 1975.
What does bread baking have
to do with the e professions?
According to these winner the
skills of making bread m y not
have been of primary impor
tance they pursue their
career goals. But every one of
them cite the 4-H experience
as contributing measurably to
their success in life.
One of the common denorni
n tors running through report
from some 2 000 winners not
only in the bread program but
al 0 in wide range of 4-H
projects, i the value and im
portance of goal , tting and
record keeping .
junior high hool
teacher and 196 winner in
the bread program ys: "I
realize that many of the qualit
ie I need to ucceed I learned
in 4-H - the bility to set
objective, to set rea onable
o Is to be or anized, to keep
re ord to pe in public
nd to de 1 ith variety of
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Harbor
Council
Unfulfilled promises,
clogged sewers and
poor public service with
increased fees.
Isn't It Time
For A Change
Pd Pol Adv.