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4-H show not just about farming Student ventures include robotics, visual arts talk in front of crowds,” Govig said. Public speaking is not the only skill 4-H helps members develop. Self-driven learning and communication are other skills that some 4-H leaders find important to cultivate in a rapidly changing world. Those skills were on full display at the organization’s annual 4-H General Project Show in the DeKalb County Farm Bureau building. The show started Wednesday and continues today. The organization focused
By FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – Speaking in front of crowds used to make Nolan Govig nervous, but 4-H helped him overcome his fear. The Indian Creek Middle School eighth-grader has been part of one of the 19 4-H youth clubs in DeKalb County for five years. Govig, 13, gained enough confidence through the club to read a paper he wrote at his school’s basketball game. “4-H has really helped me to
on agricultural activities when it began more than 100 years ago. It was meant to educate rural youths and connect them with developing agriculture technology. Some members today have a rural background, such as Govig who works on a farm in Malta. 4-H now has expanded its service to urban and suburban communities. Their members work on more than 170 types of projects including robotics, computers and the visual arts. The organization’s name represents their values: head,
heart, hands and health. For the General Project Show this year, 4-H members brought in projects that required their head and hands. The projects included visual arts, photography, clothing and food. In order to be part of 4-H, members have to choose one project to work on for a year. A conference judge specializing in the kind of project the members choose sits with them and discusses the project. Afterward, the members
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Jaylene Jennings, 18, a 10-year member of 4-H, has her stained glass piece judged by Julie Sorensen during judging day Wednesday at the DeKalb County Farm Bureau. The 4-H club is for youths ages 8 to 18. The four H’s stand for head, heart, health and hands.
Deal on student loans reached
First local sweet corn hits local farm stands
Senate vote may be as early as today The ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON – Heading off a costly increase for returning college students, a bipartisan group of senators reached a deal Wednesday that would offer students better rates on their loans this fall but perhaps assign higher rates in coming years. The deal would offer students lower interest rates through the 2015 academic year, but then rates were expected to climb above where they were when students left campus this spring. The interest rates would be linked to the financial markets, but Democrats won a protection for students that rates would never climb higher than 8.25 percent for undergraduate students. Graduate students would not pay rates higher than 9.5 percent and parents’ rates would top out at 10.5 percent. Under the deal, all undergraduates this fall would borrow at 3.85 percent interest rates. Graduate students would have access to loans at 5.4 percent and parents would borrow at 6.4 percent. Those rates would climb as the economy improves and it becomes more expensive for the government to borrow money. A vote on the agreement could come as early as today, although it could be pushed back to the middle of next week depending on the Senate calendar.
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Christi Bedell picks out sweet corn with her daughter, Celia Bedell, 3, and her son, Spencer Bedell, 1, on Wednesday, the first day of sweet corn sales at Wiltse Farm in Maple Park. The sweet corn is picked fresh daily. By FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Growing sweet corn is a weather game for local farmers, and this season the rain has helped some crops and delayed others. Wiltse’s Farm in Maple Park has received more inquiries about its sweet corn than usual this year, and the rainy weather has helped with its crops, said Patty Marco, a Wiltse’s Farm’s employee and Wiltse family member.
Last season’s drought made cultivation difficult, but the sweet corn this year is looking good enough that people should try to get some as soon as they can, she said. They shouldn’t count on the sweet corn lasting for the rest of the year, she said. “If it’s coming good right now, get out and get it,” Marco said. Wiltse’s Farm workers started picking and selling sweet corn Wednesday. Although the rain helped their sweet corn crop, it
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Local sweet corn providers: Available now n Wiltse’s Farm Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Saturday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday Location: 50 W. 379 Route 38, Maple Park n Yaeger’s Farm Market Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Saturday; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday Location: 14643 Route 38, DeKalb Coming soon n Phillips Family Farm
Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday Location: 17735 Chicago Road, Big Rock n Wessels Family Farm Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Sunday Location: Intersection of Routes 23 and 30, Waterman n Johnson’s Sweet Corn, Pumpkin Stand and Corn Maze Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Sunday Location: 1765 W. State St., Sycamore
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