Section B
The News-Journal
Thursday, August 8, 1985
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Robin Hood
Perhaps this camper could have been one of the "Merry Men. " In the old
tales of Robin Hood and his band, expertise with long bows and arrows
I were boasted. At 4-H camp, archery skills and safety were taught to
campers interested in learning how their ancestors, including the American
Indian, hunted before the time of gunpowder.
Practical classes
Learning what may not be available at home is one of the most important
reasons for attending summer camp. At 4-H camp, youth are given that
opportunity. Pictured is Terrence Shoemaker (foreground) and others
assembling an electric lamp he made.
Real fun
Perhaps the most fun to be had in a boat can be found in a canoe with
some friends. Paddles are not only good for propelling the craft, but also
for splashing water in the faces of other canoers. The numerous strokes
used for correctly paddling a canoe and the safety factors Involved with
the sport were taught to campers.
Hoke County 4-H'ers attend summer camp
Fifty-five young people and six
leadt.s from Hoke County travell
ed to Betsy Jeff Penn 4-H Camp in
Reidsville the week of July 7-12.
Objectives of the week were for
youth to acquire technical and
lifelong skills, to learn responsibili
ty, to acquire leadership and
citizenship skills and to increase
self-esteem.
Campers were able to choose the
classes they wished to participate
in. The classes offered included:
advanced and beginning canoeing,
ecology, advanced and beginning
archery, outdoor living skills, han
dicrafts, guitar, music recorder,
rope course, clogging, trampoline,
puppetry, new games,
photography, model rocketry,
drama, horsemanship, and swim
ming.
Activities during the week in
cluded a field trip to tour the Chi
qua Penn Plantation, a talent
show, rodeo, cookout, swim meet,
volleyball and Softball tour
naments, scavenger hunt, dance,
slide show, and an awards ban
quet.
Those attending from Hoke
County were: Mitchell Matthews,
Vincent Bratcher, James Gibson,
Heather Raynor, Jennifer Raynor,
J.J. Jones, Suzy Parker, Andrea
Smith, Kristina Ellington, Jeff
Propst, Wendy Dudley, Lisa
Maynor, Cheyenna Wright,
Robert Wright, Daniel Wright,
Chad Linder, Chiqiuta Monroe,
Gideon Locklear, Tony Matthews,
Nathan Stec, Amy English, Jeanne
Morris, Tammy Price, Leslie
Tatum, Leslie Ashburn, Shannon
Schaefer, Steven Faircioth, Ter
rence Shumate, Wayne Lewis, Joe
Locklear, Kim Holcomb, Ryan
Jackson, Kisha Williams, William
Nelson, Roy Perryman, Toby
Campbell, Jennifer Davis, Perry
Wiggins, Joanna Bates, Lamont
Blue, Almeta Love, Allonease
Readdy, Glynn Mitchell, Leif
McNeill, Frederick Locklear, Nan
cy Jacobs, Janice Locklear,
Christie Parker, Heather Jones,
Marshall Chavis, Christy
Robinette, Joseph Floyd, Donald
Locklear, Chris Stewart, Michelle
Oldham.
Leaders attending were: Bunky
Williams, Mrs. Emma Purcell,
Uyen Tran, Mrs. Joy Chavis, and
Sandra Ross, 4-H agent.
On your mark
Youth at this year's 4-H summer camp were offered the opportunity to
learn to swim. For those younger campers or for older ones without much
experience in the water, beginning classes were held. For campers who
wanted to improve their strokes, advanced classes were also offered.
Ideas are shared
during extension service program
Participants in Extension Ser
vice's Expanded Foods and Nutri
tion Education Program (EFNEP)
and the Family Education Pro
gram got a chance to share ideas
and recipes at a taste and share
workshop.
Homemakers in the Family
Education Program brought some
of their projects to show and ex
plained how they were done.
Articles displayed were hand
made skirts, dresses, jackets,
blouses, handmade tablecloth and
matching napkins (made from
fabric on hand), handmade
pillowcases, and a handmade
mobile for a baby's room.
Recipes and dishes were brought
in by EFNEP homemakers, and
everyone got a chance to sample
the dishes, which included green
bean pizza, fruit pudding, stir fry
vegetables, baked paprika chicken,
yeast rolls and apple pie. The
homemakers brought their
children and they learned about
nutritinal breakfasts in another
room while the adults were shar
ing.
The EFNEP program and the
Family Education program are
programs administered in Hoke
County by the Agricultural Exten
sion Service. They are both strictly
educational programs designed to
help limited resource families
make better use of their money and
resources.
The EFNEP program is design
ed to improve the nutrition of
families. EFNEP Aides Minnie
Simmons and Gloria Jones work
with approximately 75 families on
a one to one basis teaching them
knowledge of nutrition, food pur
chasing, food storage and sanita
tion, food and meal planning,
food preparation and food preser
vation. They visit homemaken in
their home once, twice or three
times a month and teach them
these skills. 4
Pamela Holmes, EFNEP Youth
Aide, works with youth on the
same topics. She presently works
with four youth groups and is
working to organize more.
Carolyn Dockery, Family
Education Aide, works with
homemakers in the family educa
tion program. She works with
homemakers on a one to one basis
on all areas of home economics ex
cept foods and nutrition. She
works with approximately 35
families on sewing skills, housing
and decorating ideas, simple home
repairs, home furnishings projects
such as making slipcovers,
bedspreads and tablecloths, paren
ting skills, and budgeting skills.
One homemaker attending the
workshop stated that she had real
ly enjoyed participating in the pro
gram and that she had learned to
do some sewing, make some cur
tains and other things to help her
stretch her money. Another
homemaker said she used to sew,
and this program had gotten her
motivated to sew again and helped
her to learn new skills in sewing.
The EFNEP program is federal
ly funded, and the Family Educa
tion Program is funded through
the Agricultural Extension Service
located at A A T State University.
Demonstration
Bertha Bethea shows other homemakers from the
county clothing she made as a participant in the fami
ly education program. Other mmtkerM fhowed toys
and decorations made during the pto tram.