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4-H International Night: a cultural learning experience

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[OCT. 15, 2005]  The Chester 4-H Club hosted the Logan County 4-H International Night program at the Logan County Extension building on Oct. 10 at 6:30 p.m. Shelby Voyles welcomed everyone and also gave the invocation. Rachael Jones introduced the guest speaker. Approximately 80 youth, parents and club leaders enjoyed a variety of foreign foods and table displays.

This year's guest speaker was Myhanh Nguyen, who was born in Vietnam. She has lived in United States for 17 years. She graduated from Lincoln Community High School, then Lincoln College. Currently, she is a part-time student at Illinois State University with a full-time job at State Farm Insurance Companies working in the Financial Reporting and Analysis Department. Myhanh is married and has a 12-year-old daughter.

The objectives for the evening were to learn something about a foreign country, make a display of what each 4-H club learned and speak briefly about the display, prepare enough food from the country of the club's choice to feed the number of people coming from each group, and tell the group what they are eating. The following five 4-H clubs participated: The Pioneers represented Japan, the 4 Corner Clovers focused on Guatemala, the Hollanders highlighted Germany, Wide-A-Wake chose Japan, and Chester 4-H Club represented Thailand.

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To learn more about the 4-H Japanese Exchange, 4-H International Foreign Youth Exchange, or about the 4-H program in general, please contact the Logan County 4-H office at 732-8289.

[News release by Amy L. Hyde, Logan County Extension Unit]

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