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Children sharpen
skills at 4-H camp
By SHARON KILPATRICK
Ranahannaek News Staff Writer
About 100 Rappahannock children and adults spent most of last week at the 4-H Educational Center outside Front Royal taking part in 4-H Day Camp. Most had a good time.
There were about 75 campers ages 6 to 12 getting a chance to swim and take four classes chosen from 11 offered. Each group of campers was assigned to a teenage leader. Several of them were 13, just old enough so they could no longer be campers. Each class was taught by one or more adults with teenagers assisting.
The Rappahannock contingent had the use of a large picnic pavilion. Most of the classes were taught in the pavilion, with campers venturing out for fishing, archery, swimming and learning about wildlife or water polution.
On one day campers were building rockets with the assistance of Paul Nichols, making and decorating pillows with the assistance of Sarah Brown, and cooking beef strogonoff with the assistance of Susan Carney.
Another group was watching a video about Indian dances, preparing to learn an Indian game, and still others were fishing with Marsha Thompson or learning archery with Cheryl Taylor. Ron Hughes had groups planting feed plots for wildlife, and Sandra Jenkins and Helen Smith had a group weaving refrigerator magnets with plastic needlepoint canvas and ribbons.
Mrs. Thompson reported, that her group had actually caught two fish, and Ms Taylor said by the end of the week all her archers would be putting their arrows in the paper targets.
A different volunteer from the Rappahannock Animal Welfare League showed up each day to teach pet care, bringing a pet to work with. Virginia Scott had a group making pop-up clown puppets and dog puppets made from socks.
Kathy Gangel had a group that was testing the pH of drinking, creek and pond water. They had also tested the Ph of various household products. Charlotte Nichols had a group learning to make and appreciate music.
Many of the teen-aged assistants had spent several years as campers themselves. They enjoyed the extra responsibility, but reported that it sometimes was more interesting to come as a eamper and take part in fpur classes instead of repeating one class four times a day.
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