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Volume 10 ~ Issue 3
Aug. 19, 2015
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GGP Celebrates Summer Interns
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Thirty-eight interns representing all of the Geauga School Districts were recognized by the Geauga Growth Partnership and the Geauga-based companies that employed them this past summer at St. Mary’s Banquet Room in Chardon on Aug. 11.
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Kathleen Grendell, Kenston High School, who worked in human resources with Metzenbaum Sheltered Industries. “I loved my internship.” Michael Mulh, Cardinal High School, worked for Aerospace Maintenance Solutions in Chesterland, a company that receives, tests, repairs and ships out old aircraft parts. “I learned how a business functions from A to Z and everything in between.” Madalyn Timmons, Berkshire High School, who completed her internship with Geauga Growth Partnership said she learned to act in a professional setting using time management and organizational skills.
“Even if what I was doing wasn’t my favorite thing, the people I worked with are great.” Some students made use of video in their presentations, and the evening concluded with a comedic office video presented by Christin Dornback, Berkshire High School who interned with Geauga County Maple Leaf. The Geauga Growth Partnership High School Internship Program was launched the summer of 2012 by the GGP Internship Task Force with the purpose of matching high school juniors and seniors with sponsoring businesses who provide paid Continued on Page 15
Avian Flu and the 4-H
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he audience of more than 140 students, parents, employers and educators heard a new twist on “What I did on my summer vacation” from 38 high school students who completed summer internships with sponsoring companies and organizations. Work experiences covered a broad range of assignments in areas of marketing, administration, electronics, landscaping, graphic design, event planning and many more. Whether they were performing office skills, catering large events or maintaining landscapes, all students reported lessons learned. “I learned to work with all kinds of people and manage problems,” said
The Middlefield-based Tucholski family, (l-r) Andrew, his mom, Vanessa and sister, Olivia, pause from the never ending but enjoyable and often amusing barn chores involving their 4-H projects of chickens and pygmy goats.
questions being asked is, “What about ducks?” According to Alisha Faudie, 4-H Program Coordinator of Geauga county, “Avian flu affects all animals with feathers and wings, domestic and wild.” Because of this outbreak of Avian flu, the Ohio poultry 4-H groups will not be exhibiting at the fair this year. While there are no reported cases of Avian flu in Ohio, the ban is to safeguard Ohio’s poultry industry. Some surrounding states like Pennsylvania are also enacting bans. Also affected are natural wildlife exhibits. According to the Ohio State Department of Agriculture (ODA) a strain of Avian flu, H5N2, has been detected along the Mississippi Migratory Flyway. This strain is likely spread via the migratory birds and some states: Minnesota, Missouri and Arkansas along this route have detected this H5N2 Avian flu strain. The virus is spread through bird feces. If a domestic birds shares a pond with wild birds, there is
a potential invasion. Poultry farmers are cautioned to keep their flocks separate in covered and enclosed pens. How will the poultry 4-H students be able to present their hard work? They will not be showing their animals at the fair, but they are learning how to take precautions to not spread the disease among the flocks. They learned biosecurity requirements such as not to let flocks comingle with wild birds, care with introducing new animals (separation for two weeks) and extreme Continued on Page 9
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