» » » » , <r *» » » « ( fc YOUTH ON THE MOVE 4-11 Poster Art Program - The National 4-H Poster Art program has been developed jointly by the 4-H division, Extension service - USDA and National ,4-H council in cooperation with Coats & Clark, Inc. Lee Tomlinson, McHenry,». received the National Cer tificate of Recognition for her participation in the 1977 Poster Art program Her poster "4 H Where The Action Is" was part of the 1977 Art Exhibit at National 4-H Congress,Jt has also been included in regional exhibits which are currently being used at State 4-H func tions across the United States during 1978. Currently enrolled 4-H'ers can create a poster design and submit in this years exhibition. The themes for this years exhibit are: 4-H - For AH Ages Put Your Energy in 4-H Open Theme - This category allows you to create a poster and theme to go with it. PofSters should be turned into the County Extension office by Aug. 21. Three entries will be selected at the Federation meeting to be submitted to the State 4-H office. (Counties can submit no more than one poster designed by anyone 4-H member). All posters must be designed on or affixed to standard poster board of 14 x22" dimensions They may be horiz6ntal or vertical. Posters submitted may be produced by .ggv medium. ...as long as theywe not 3 dimensional Posters incorporating, copy lighted material will not be accepted Open theme participants are urged to avoid "Join 4-H" themes or theme ideas that have been used nationally in the past Your name, address, age and a brief artwork interpretative statement must be affixed to the back of your poster in the upper left hand confer. Make-It-V ourself-With-Wool • Sponsors of the Illinois Make-It- Yourself-With-Wool contest are making plans for this year's district and state competitions, according to Gary Ricketts, University of Illinois Extension Sheep specialist. Competition is open to con testants aged 14 to 24. Both a junior-ages 14-16- and a senior -ages 17-24--will win trips to the national finals scheduled next January in Las Vegas, Nev. * According to Ricketts, en trants must win district competition to advance to the state contest, scheduled December 2, in Springfield. Contestants must have made garments after Jan. 1. Contestants can enter only one district competition, notes Ricketts. They can enter more than one garment, but can win with only one Contest officials now accept 60 percent wool fabric, with fabric and yarn eligibility determined by test. Material found ineligible will disqualify a contestant. All competitions will feature lamb and wool displays, says Ricketts. Some will maintain a wool booth, offering wearing apparel, accessories and novelty items. Entrjj deadlines are two Weeks before scheduled district competition. , Registration information is available from Mrs. Lawrence Ralston; District I Director, 5694 Swanson road, Roscoe, 111., 61073, phone: 815 633-0098. Competition date: Oct 28, 1978 at Cherry Vale Mall. Rockford, 111., with registration at 9 a.m. American Dairy Association Toid To Promote 4>roducts^ Predict RTA Gas Tax $20 on Short Goal "The Regional Tran sportation Authority gas tax will yield about $20 million less than the $89 million predicted in the RTA budget figures," estimates State Rep Cal Skinner, Jr (R-McHenry county) After six months, the RTA gas tax has brought in only $28.0 million, according to Revenue department figures. As in the past, suburban Cook county motorists have paid most of the tax Almost 41 percent ($118 million > has been paid by those buying gasoline in suburban Cook county Although Chicago has slightly less than 50 percent of the six-county area's population, its automobile owners purchased only 28 percent of the area's motor fuel i$8 2 million) In the collar counties, 11.5 percent ($3 3 million) was paid in DuPage county. 6 9 percent ($2 million) in Lake county, 5 5 percent ($16 million) in Will county, 4 7 percent ($14 million) in Kane county, and 2.3 percent ($663,300) in McHenry county "The Regional Tran Control Goal A goal for reducing about half the soil erosion in Illinois by 1990, largely with easy-to install measures like con servation tillage and contour plowing, was adopted by the I l l i n o i s E n v i r o n m e n t a l P r o t e c t i o n A g e n c y ' s Agriculture task force recently The task force report recom mends that in 12 years no land in the state should exceed soil losses of 10 tons per acre an nually, and that no gently sloping land (up to 4 percent slope) exceed state soil loss tolerance levels of three to five tons per acre per year sportation Authority estimated that the RTA gas tax would yield $89 million a year," Rep. Skinner pointed out. "If one ignores the extremely minimal collections in December, it is reasonable to estimate that the average monthly RTA gas tax collections will be about $5 8 million. Multiplying $5.8 million times 12 shows that the RTA can only expect $69 6 million from this hated tax " Dairy farmers must become activists in the promotion of their own products, Jim Kurtz, manager of the American Dairy association of Illinois, told members of the ADA board at a quarterly meeting in El Paso in mid-June. --\ The meeting was combined with an open house at the renovated new headquarters of the ADA of Illinois, a former bank building on the main street in El Paso which still contains marble front counter and huge vaults. Kurtz assisted James Her bert, Winnebago dairy farmer, with ribbon-cutting ceremonies to symbolize opening the headquarters building. Explaining the urgency for farmers and their wives to take more aggressive roles in dairy promotion, Kurtz said "people are brain-washed by the car bonated soft-drink industry. They don't know the nutritional value of milk nor the im portance of a balanced diet. "You can count on greater inroads by the soft-drink in dustry if we don't work harder. Two companies are ready to announce a new household appliance. It will dispense soft- drinks-make your own at home!" - Kurtz said the activist program should include con centrated effort to distribute informational brochures during day-to-day contacts-visits to doctors, dentists, beauty shops, banks, laundromats, and grocery stores where cooperative grocers would participate withrrecipe folders in each groceryj&ack. "Farm men ahd women make hundreds of contacts in the course of a month, and it is up to you with the help of your organization to become much more aggressive," he asserted. Herbert, ADA president the past three years, said distribution of nutritional in formation would be a way farmers could be most helpful because "changing life styles with fewer sit down family meals mean more people are eating on the run. They reach for a soft drink or whatever is convenient in the refrigerator. We need to inform people milk products provide essential nutrients Schools are not doing $n adequate job of making this information stick during classroom discussions." Kurtz told board members and guests the changing directiorurf promotion since he took oylr as manager one year ago stresses displays and point- of-sale information at grocery stores. Bud Boyd, field man with the ADA for 10 years, spearheads this work, ser vicing more than 300 stores at such cities as Moline, Rock Island, Peoria, Champaign, and Rockford. Kurtz said eigh ty percent of milk sales are through grocery stores, and that's why he has made grocery store visibility for dairy product promotion his major effort in 1978. Beth Nepermann, Elgin, Illinois Dairy Princess, discussed some of her year's activities. One highlight was a sitdown session with a kin dergarten class. Another was to visit several nursing home? where she found many people with farm "backgrounds and agricultural ties. Two men were recognized with 15-year service pins from United 'Dairy Industry association They were Bud Boyd, Carlyle, fieldman for 19 years, and Cliff Whitney, Winnebago farmer and prominent national dairy PAGE 5 - PLAINDF < association represent at'-., Ii,e men were given t' ?ii a .^ard by Larrry G-rnkemeyer. UDIA execut vt. The award is newly- created recognition for service lo the dairy industry ' ! ELECT CHIEF JUDGE Chief Judge Fred H Geiger has announced that at the June 22 quarterly meeting of the 19th Judicial Circuit judges. Judge John J Kaufman was unanimoulsy elected chief judge. His term of office will commence Jan. 1, 1979 I, - VV f'DNESDAY, JULY 5.1978 FKl'IT PROGRAM T h e f i r s t s u m m e r f r u i t program of the McHenry Codfnty Farm Bureau is now under way with fresh Wisconsin cherries They can be ordered by calling the Farm Bureau office, 338-1520 Deadline for ordering cherries will be Monday, July 17 Tentative delivery date will be Thursday, July 27. * * * * There are still people who hunt the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. * I L U I SIZZLING EOT JUL? SALE! • & Summer Clearance-While Quantities last The McHenry Plaindealer Established U7S rhon* 3*5-0170 McH*nry Illinois 60050 3912 W.st Elm Str»«t Published Every Wednesday A Friday at McHenry. Illinois Second Class Postage Paid at McHenry. 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