Lake Perry 4-H Center hosts sample camping day
Two years to self support Lake Perry 4 H Center draws about 40 youths weekly. A two day event explored camping basics with orienteering canoeing and a test of camp facilities open to all groups at 3 to 4 per day. Contact county Extension Service for details.
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Lake Perry Center
Joan Istas
Lake Perry
John Abell
Abell
Wilderness
Gerry Bratton
County Extension Service
Lake Perry 4-H Center Camps For All Ages
The Lake Perry 4-H Center offers Pioneer Discovery and Threshold camps for ages eight to eighteen. Camps emphasize safety, small groups, and outdoor skills with activities from fishing to canoeing and archery. Registration deadlines apply and costs range from 25 to 90 dollars for multi day sessions.
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Lake Perry
Franklin County 4-H enrollment holds steady at 434 in 1979
Franklin County 4-H enrollment remains 434 for 1979 with 243 girls and 191 boys among 278 families and 14 clubs. Replacements, Pomona Pioneers and Dynamite, span Williamsburg and Pomona. Club sizes range 13 to 53 members, led by Town and Country with 53 and Trail Blazers with 50. Dynamite shows 16 members and Pomona Pioneers 13. Agent Jo Ellen Arnold notes no growth but no loss and aims to reach 500 by her departure.
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Joan Istas
Franklin County
Franklin County Extension Service
Westerners
Pomona Pioneers
Dynamite
Williamsburg
Pomona
Trail Blazers
Acorn Rustlers
Clover Leaf
Silver Leaf
Pottawatomie Valley
Dynamite Club
Rambling Ranchers
Jo Ellen Arnold
Arnold
Central Heights FFA Members Earn District Contest Placements
Members of the Central Heights Future Farmers of America chapter placed in the East Central District Livestock Judging contest in Lawrence and the Fort Scott Community College Agriculture Interscholastics. At Lawrence the A team of Barbara Lee Jeff Reekie Jeff Spencer Kenny Massengale Lonnie McMahon and Mary Lu Egidy finished 11th of 18. the B team of Cindy Wilson Melissa Dimoush Brian Vining Jim Riley Frank Sobba and Doug Poss finished 2nd of 14. Cindy Melissa and Brian were among top high individuals. At Fort Scott the farm management team of Brian Vining Jim Riley Lenny Williams placed 7th. farm shop Williams Steve Walter Glen Edwards 7th. livestock judging Jeff Spencer Barbara Lee Cindy Wilson Doug Poss 11th.
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Central Heights
Future Farmers of America
Lawrence
Fort Scott
Cindy
Melissa
Brian
Brian Vining
Jim Riley
Lenny Williams
Williams
Steve Walter
Glen Edwards
Jeff Spencer
Barbara Lee
Cindy Wilson
Doug Poss
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Rove
Morton Buildings
Morton
Bayond
Pricas
Darrell Christensen
Holton
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Perry
Grace Storey
Libby
Germany
Austria
Nippon
Haviland
Heisey
Lge
Ige
Army
Wrigley
Coates and Clark
Ken Hornberger
Lawrence, Kan
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