FEBRUARY 3 - 9, 1986
4-H: Learning old-fashloned values
By Lin Dixon
USKEGO - When young
people have the opportunity to
learn 'Us in cIa offered
through chools or other com
munity group, what make
4-H come out on top? "The
4-H Club tting provide mall
group interactive learning ex
perience tha teach young
people not only skills in career
explor tion, for example, but
al leadership. re ponsibility,
communication and social
kill , vs Le Schick, 4-H
youth ent. 'ember of
4-H Club learn the value of
cooperation and working with
other to complete a task."
Schick explain th t children
are more Iikely to particip te
in activitie they enjoy and
find tisfying. 4-H provide
ctive, fun learning while help
ing young people develop scale
of value, their social person
ality and acceptable indepen
dence.
'Greater empha is should be
put on the oroce members
go throuzh in a 4-H Club rather
t the end product," Schick
explain. "For example, iUving
4-H'ers the responsibility of
making meal on a camping
trip i more important than the
perfect blueberry pancake that
may be an adult leader'
pecialty - even if everyone
must eat the slightly ra or
slightly burnt .pancakes of the
young camper ."
In studies done around the
country, 4-H members and
volunteer leaders have been a -
ed to identify leadership -
learnin to plan and work with
others, coperation, decision
making, re ponsibility, and per
sonal and. social skills - such a
communication If -confidence,
patience, the ability to meet
and interact with all kinds of
people, as the benefits thev
reap from being 4-H club,
members serve as officers on
planning committee and, ideally,
make mo t of the decisions
related to activities of their
club.
4-H volunteers practice
'shadow leadership" - watch
ing. ob rving, offering suggest
ion, support, and encourage
ment, but allowing member to
be the "leaders" of the aroup.
R .. ROBERTSO , U
gon Ht . 4-H Pr ident.
LES SCHICK, Exten . n 4-H
Youth nt.
Being a father is a lOt more than iu makinS a baby.
And if you really want to know how a real man handles
sex and deals with being a father, call or stop by your local
Urban office.
'4-H mixes tozether boy nd
girl youn r outh and older
youth, caring adults, diverse and
exciting experience the club
tting, and the expertise of
ichigan St te niver itv
speciali ts. The result is a
unique youth program meeting
the needs of today's young
people allover Michiaan.
. On Friday, Februar 2
through Sund , arch 2, 19 6
t the ichigan State University
there will be a 4-H Le dermete.
This event is for all dult and
teen 4-H leaders, the b ckbone
of the 4-H programs.
There will be two evnote
speakers, Sue Miller, Wh lemind
orks, Inc., a nationally recog
nized educator and in oirational'
speaker. She will show you
ways to prepare for the future
and help you m e difference
in the rneaninzfullne s of your
life and the lives of those
around vou. The other speaker
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is Dr. Violet al ne Illin i
Cooper tive Extension ervice
will talk on way to help you
strenzthen and develop your
leadership tyle 0 vou an e
the be t YOU can b. The
theme is 'Leadership, Th
ever Ending Challenge,"
You are invited t
come learn zro , and
with ther 4-H I ader
11 over Mi hizan.
The other highlights of thi
weekend ill be wide variety
of 4-H proiect ill e sion
4-H le der nd alumni rec gni
tion pre ntation of out t nding
county 4-H orozrarns and round
t ble discussions. The cost for
this is 0.00 Thi covers the
registration fee, all meals for
Frid y's dinner through Sun
day's lunch, and shared lodging
for t 0 nights. Contact your
Cooper tive Extension Service,
724-6361 to receive regi' -
tration book.
Sem.inars assist women
in business
USKEGO - Beginning
with The Str tegy, on ed-
ne day February 19 series
f three d y-long rninars at
u gon omrnunity olle
are de . ned to a ist the oman
in busines chi ve su ess,
The . first e ion will fe ture
Kathy ard Dire t r 0 Plan-
ning and arketing at Ha kley
Hospital. She will fo us on the
process of strategi planning for
entering the busin environ
ment' the p cific tools r
m ving from on ept to a t
ion' and the u of creative
management ide s. Ms. Agard
h s a Bachelor's and aster's
D gree nd po -gr duate wor
in Publi Administration from
Western Mi higan ni er ity.
The rketing Plan ill be
presented by Lois onn on
ednesday. ar h 19. Her
pre ent tion will d fine the
PL a a detail m th d for
cornplishing pr �e t or oal.
he ill di u
f th
pre ntation to the audi n ;
prepare n effective ales pr -
nt tion; and ho t dev lop
sclf-c nfiden e in
t tion skills.
h s ion
s ' n. Int rested
per ns hould register by llin
777-0250 from 10
6 p.m.
day. for
as follows: The tr te .
o. 3076; The Marketin Plan.
0.3100; and Th Pr
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Th
by omrnunity
Department of u e on om
munity oIl ge through the
mall Business D I pm nt
BD , funded in p rt
D troit BD under
ith th
Echos plan
four trips
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i offerin four opportuniti
for travel durin 19 6,
On ar h ter Shop-
nina Trip to F airl all in
D troit: u utI nd 2 trip
to th 0 I J zz Fe rival in
incinnati Ohio; ugu t to
Great meri a in Gurn , Ill.:
and for October 26 through
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