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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to p rticip te in thi
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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
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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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Benton
Harbor
Council
Unfulfilled promises,
clogged sewers and
poor public service with
increased fees.
Isn't It Time
For A Change
Pd Pol Adv.