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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Sunday, November 26, 1995
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From left to right are Janie Ditmore, Megan Ditmore, Heather Ditmore, Carey Wilson, and
Jessica Lang. Janie Ditmore dines with some Forsyth County 4-H’ers at a recent awards
dinner at Rock Eagle 4-H Center. Several years ago when older daughter, Heather, came
home from school to announce she was in 4-H, Janie asked a lot of questions. Now a vet
eran 4-H parent, she has learned the advantages of 4-H Club for her three daughters.
A United Way agency
Youth grow through involvement in 4-H
If new tennis shoes, just the
right book bags, and trying to pre
tend you understand your fifth
grader’s homework assignment
isn’t enough, now your child
comes home to announce, “I’ve
joined 4-H Club”. “Whoa”, you
say. “We don’t live on a farm, and
we are not keeping any sheep in
the garage; so how can you be in
4-H?”
Scenes like this may be occur
ring all over Forsyth County at
the beginning of each school year,
but before too long parents learn
that 4-H has grown with the
times. It’s no longer just cows and
cookies. Today 4-H concentrates
on developing young people by
teaching leadership and citizen
ship skills, public speaking, envi
ronmental awareness, decision
making, and social interaction.
4-H is proud of its beginnings on
the farm, but Forsyth County 4-
H’ers also take on projects like
communications, computers,
human development, and per
forming arts. Our official project
list includes more than 50 other
areas that provide real opportuni
ties for exposure to a wide variety
of interests and experiences.
4-H is an educational organiza
tion sponsored by The University
of Georgia Cooperative Extension
Service. Any child between the
ages of 9 and 19 is eligible to be a
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4-H member. All sth and 6th
graders in Forsyth County meet in
a 4-H Club in school each month.
Members in 7th grade or above
meet with 4-H Agents and
Program Assistants on their own
or in small groups to work on
their projects and events.
Each 4-H’er is encouraged to
work on a project that interests
them, and share the knowledge
learned with other members in the
form of a demonstration. In doing
their project work, 4-H’ers learn
how to do research, how to plan
and organize, how to keep
records, as well as practical skills
that may range from operating an
electric saw to cruising the elec
tronic highway. When they pre
sent their demonstrations to their
class, they learn different
research, planning, and organiza
tional skills; plus they learn skills
that will help them overcome one
of the biggest fears of adults -
public speaking.
Public speaking is a big part of
4-H. As 4-H’ers gain self confi
dence in the knowledge of their
project area and their public
speaking abilities, they are
encouraged to take part in project
competition. A County Project
Achievement (CPA) meeting is
held each year to allow 4-H’ers
from all over the county to
demonstrate their skills in front of
a judge, and be scored for a possi
ble invitation to compete on the
district level. This District Project
Achievement, or DPA for short, is
where your United Way dollars
help out. For Cloverleaf and
Junior 4-H’ers, district is the
highest level of competition, but
for Senior 4-H’ers, 9th to 12th
grade, there will be opportunities
for State as well as possible
Regional and National honors.
In addition to project competi
tion, 4-H holds a wide variety of
competitive events, including ani
mal shows, shooting matches,
interviews, judgings, and poster
contests. For each event, your
United Way dollars provide a
child a chance to do his or her
best. Why do we promote demon
strations, portfolios, animal
shows, judging activities, and
other competition? Motivation for
self improvement and involve
ment is the purpose for holding 4-
H competitions. When a young
person reflects on their 4-H expe
rience, we hope they feel a sense
of self improvement whether they
have won first place or not.
So, when your child comes
home and says, “I’ve joined 4-H”,
don’t start fencing off the back
yard. Start watching your child
grow.
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Lodge celebrates 150 years
Lafayette Lodge #44. F. & A. M., Cumming,
celebrated its 150th year anniversary
Sunday, Nov. 5, 1995. More than 140 mem
bers and distinguished guests attended the
occasion. The guests were entertained by
speeches from Forsyth County
Commissioner James Harrington; 9th district
Representative Nathan Deal. Dr. Rupert H.
Bramblett, and M. W. Grand Master, Clyde E.
Griffin, of Savannah, Ga. Past Masters of the
Lodge that were present were recognized, as well as Royal Arch Masons. Members of
Eastern Star and the Rainbow Girls. Lafayette Lodge is proud to have been a fraternai
organization in operation in the Cumming/Forsyth County area for the past 150 years.
We look forward to at least another 150 years of continuing civic activity here in the area.
Parents get high marks for child restraint use
The Georgia State Patrol is giv
ing high marks to parents for seat
belt and child restraint use after
conducting a statewide survey of
1,162 vehicles at more than 50
day care centers across the state
over the last six weeks. Captain J.
L. Howell, in charge of the cour
tesy safety inspection, said the
study indicated more than 83 per
cent of the children under age 5
and 68 percent of the parents were
properly secured in their vehicles.
The courtesy inspection was
done in cooperation with the
University of Georgia
Cooperative Extension Service’s
occupant safety program and was
conducted during times when
children were being delivered or
picked up at the care centers. The
special Patrol squad also used the
occasion to observe parents use of
seat belts and inspected child
safety seats for condition, use and
installation. Participation in the
survey was not mandatory on the
part of the public.
Captain Howell said the results
of the inspection was particularly
encouraging because some figures
on hand indicated that parental
and child restraint equipment use
was not as high as the survey
showed. “We are seeing an
exceptionally high degree of com
pliance with child restraints and
seat belts,” he said. “But, we can
help encourage even more use
with these programs.” Earlier
studies had put child restraint use
at 65 percent and seat belt use at
53 percent.
Most of the problems reported
by troopers in the survey were
improper installation of the child
safety seats and “I was running
late and forgot to put my seat belt
on.” During the program troopers
gave free child safety seats to five
families who could not afford the
seats.
Captain Howell said the public
response to the courtesy inspec
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