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EDUCATION
4-H
Camp scheduled
— Photo submitted
Water games are one of the exciting activities that campers get
to participate in at 4-H camp. Robert Beverly, Chelsey True, and
Patrick Jansen race to win the relay competition during Water
Olympics.
Plans are already being
made for the 2006 4-H Summer Resident Camp. Owen County will be
camping July 31 through Aug. 4 at North Central 4-H Camp in Carlisle.
This year we are camping with Carroll, Gallatin and Pendleton
counties. The theme for camp is “Around the World at 4-H
Camp.”
This year we will be going back to a five-day camping program.
We will leave at 8 a.m. July 31 and return at noon Aug. 4. The
cost of camp is $120 if paid by June 1 and $125 if paid after
June 1. This price includes the cost of transportation, lodging,
all meals, snacks and a T-shirt. Owen County Soil Conservation
District is providing some scholarships for 4-H camp. These scholarships
are available based on need. All money and forms must be turned
in to the extension office by July 1.
The number of campers that can attend camp is based on the number
of volunteers we have attending camp. If parents or grandparents
would like to attend camp as a volunteer, one or two of your children
can attend for free. Adults must meet the requirements of the
Youth Protection Standards that 4-H requires before you will be
accepted as a camp volunteer.
Camp is a great experience for youth. It gives them the opportunity
to learn responsibility, meet 4-Her’s from other counties
and experience new activities they may not have experienced before.
Most importantly, kids have fun at 4-H camp. Some of the classes
at camp are canoeing, archery, swimming, nature, recreation, basketball,
volleyball, crafts, rockets, woodworking, no-sew purses and many
others.
Camp applications can be picked up at the elementary and middle
school offices or at the extension office. If you would like more
information about 4-H camp or other activities offered by 4-H,
contact the Owen County Extension Office at 484-5703.
Local
student receives academic honor
Freshman
Rebekah L. Snell, daughter of Peggy Winkle of Owenton, has earned
a Gold A at the Culver Academies. Attained with a grade-point
average of 3.7 or better, the award is the highest academic honor
available during a given semester.
Located on Lake Maxinkuckee in the town of Culver, Ind., the Culver
Academies are boarding schools offering a nine-month, college-preparatory
curriculum for grades nine through 12. Culver’s mission
is to “educate its students for leadership and responsible
citizenship in society by developing and nurturing the whole individual
– mind, spirit, and body – through integrated programs
that emphasize the cultivation of character.”
Founded in 1894, the boys’ school is based upon a military-type
system used to teach self-discipline, responsibility and leadership.
The girls’ school was founded in 1971 and is based upon
the prefect system, with girls following a democratic, self-rule
operation teaching similar values.
Culver has an annual enrollment of more than 750 students representing
25 countries and 38 states. Nearly 15 percent of the enrollment
hails from such countries as Ecuador, Korea, Mexico, the Peoples
Republic of China, and Thailand.
The Academies and the six-week Culver Summer Camps, with an enrollment
of 1,300 for boys and girls ages 9-17, operate on the same 1,800-acre
campus in north-central Indiana.
The more than 24,000 living alumni hail from all 50 states and
56 countries.
Accomplished Culver alumni include Tennessee Titans owner K.S.
“Bud” Adams ’40, actor Hal Holbrook ’42,
Weather Channel founder Frank Batten ’45, New York Yankees
owner George Steinbrenner ’48, Penske Corp.’s Roger
Penske ’50, America’s Cup yacht race winner Bill Koch
’58; Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating ’60, U.S. Sen. Evan
Bayh of Indiana ’69, children’s book author Jon Scieszka
’72, Abbott Laboratories Chairman and CEO Miles White ’73,
and five-time National Hockey League all-star and 1986 rookie
of the year Gary Suter ’82. For more information, visit
www.culver.org.
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