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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1991-03-13, Page 10i Page 10 Times -Advocate, March 13, 1991 4-H club - Hurondale One recently Leader Judith Puma residence. Diff t took dlscussed by the 4-H member for the cora B rHurondale Agricultural _Ieadershio Local residents attend seminar I TBR held their Puri meedng at ercn s were yam. Elections Ofikaa were elected as follows: Becky Case - pretident, Erin Palter - vice president; Sarah McAllister - secretary and Jackie - press the tions, the members constructed houses out of marsh- mallows and toothpicks. There were four groups with three people each. One director and two workers were also present. The director gave instructions to the workers and the workers had to follow the instruc- tions with their eyes closed. The meeting was closed with snacks at 9 p.m. Meeting number two was held on Monday, March 4 at Bev Prout's residence. The club chose its name as the Curious Cats (credit to Rebecca Miller) and proceeded to design a title page. The club then began demonstrations. Good eating habits were dis- cussed at the meeting and then the leaders divided the groups up for activities. • Group one began at the sewing centre. They learned how to sew a button on a shirt and to do a hem -stitch. Group two started at the cooking centre. The recipes included Shake -em -up pudding, straw- berry sundae topping and Egg'n muffin. Centres were switched half- way through the meeting. At the end of the night, everyone had a small sample of their nights' work. The meeting was adjourned at 9:15 p.m. GUELPH - Lynda Hodgins, R.R. 1, Granton, Steve Twynstra, R.R. 1, Aila Craig, Valerie Lind, St. Marys, Rick De Brabandere, RR 1, St. Marys and Cora Whittington, RR 6, Peterborough attended the Advanced- Agricultural Program(AALP) seminar m King- ston, Ontario from January 20 to 30. Participants in the leadership pro- gram studied management of media issues. "The media is a major player of influence in decision making to- day," said Roy Maxwell, Commu- nications Officer with the Ontario Chicken Producers' Marketing Board. "You must learn the media rules and understand the urban audi- ence that the media caters to," he told the group of 30 young men and women. "The media is whether like it t or not,the leader of q ran in this country," said Paul Meldrum, a journalist and dairy fanner and a graduate of the Advanced Agricultu- ral Leadership Program. "Avoid jargon. Use words that your audience can understand," ad- vised Susan White, Professor of Print Journalism at Loyalist Col- lege.' "Many readers don't know what OMAF (Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food) stands for or what quota is," she added. BECKER FARM EQUIPMENT Parts Trade Fair and Lawn and Garden Show Thurs., Mar. 21 - 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. South Huron Rec Centre, Exeter (Featuring Cub Cadet) Grounds to own a Cub Cadet White then asked each participant to write a press release. The results were critiqued by White and two other Loyalist College faculty members. Reg. $2,950 Trade Fair ' Price '2650 Exeter 4-H Fitness Fantasizers First meeting Exeter II first 4-H meeting was held on February 7 at the home of leader Norma Cockwell. The other leader is Linda Russell. Ten mem- bers were present. The meeting was opened with the 4-H pledge. Elec- tion of officers are as follows: pres. Kristy Ahrens; vice pres. Jody Hamilton; sec. Juanita Chappel and press reporter Jennifer Stastk. A brief introduction to the pro- gram was given by the leader. Each member participated in several stretching exercises. Topics covered during the meet- ing were: stretching the limits; the benefits of being fit and health; re- sisting fitness or "I'd run but I have a wooden leg and setting fitness and health goals. The club did a very interesting club on negative and positive health habits. • EXETER - On March 7, Exeter's Fittness Fantasizers had a meeting at the home of Karen Rohde. They opened their meeting with the 4-H pledge. Juanita Chappel asked everybody "What is your fa- vourite sport or exercise?" Then they discussed the food groups in- ventory and what belonged to each group. They also talked about the foot - its muscles and nerve systems. They did their exercises off of a video tape. After that they tasted Gatorade and found out why you shouldn't drink before running or exercising. They then judged four different types of running shoes to see if they were in good shape. They looked at such things as their shoelaces, how flexible they were,' the arch support and whether they were bent out of shape. They will also take turns coat- checktng at the St. Patrick's Day Dance held at the Exeter Legion on March 16. After a snack the meeting was adjourned. Next meeting will be at the home of Jennifer Stasik on March 21. Second meeting The second meeting of the Exet- er II - Fittness Fantasizers was held on February 21, at the home of Chris .and Kula Passmore. Kristy Ahrens opened the meet- ing and said the 4-H pledge. Juanita Chappel took the roll call and asked "What was the. most strenuous thing you did today?" Linda Snell discussed what dif- ferent pulse points were. The club also learned about resting heart rates and target heart rates. They also leamed the Fitt Formula for success. Kristy led in exercises and the club also did some exercises to _a video tape. A beverage and snack was served. 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