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Page 4 • Special Edition • Morrow County Fair and Rodeo • Heppner Gazette-Times, Wednesday, August 10,2005 Morrow County 4-H helps build character Raising children to become decent and respon sible adults is a complex and challenging job that is be coming increasingly difficult in our society. To be a person of good character, youth must develop strengths of the 4 “H ’s” : head - they must know what is good; heart - they must desire to do the good; hands - they must be w illing to do good; and health - they must develop a lifestyle that supports the desire and willingness to do good. The Morrow County 4-H program strives to de velop good character in 4-H members. Qualities that define good character have been debated by various groups but in 1992, the Josephson Institute of Ethics with the help o f scholars, parents, youth workers, and others published the Aspen Decla ration. This declaration has become the cornerstone for the character development education programs in the United States. The Aspen Declaration states: 1. The next generation will be the stew ards of the world. 2. The well be ing of society needs citizens with good character. 3. P eo p le do not automatically develop good moral character. Chil dren must be taught so that they develop the values and abilities necessary for moral decision making and con duct. 4. Character education is based on core ethical values - pillars of ch aracter developm ent - trustworthiness, respect for others, responsibility, fair ness, caring, and citizenship. 5. T hese core values transcend cultural, religious, and socio-eco nomic differences. 6. Although character education is first and foremost an obligation o f faith com m unities, the c o mmu n i t y in g en eral, schools, and youth and fam ily serving organizations are also responsible. 7. Youth have a better chance o f learning moral values if all groups work together to teach and reinforce moral values. 8. Every adult must take responsibility to model and teach the pillars of character development. You can see, that al though this declaration was only developed in 1992, 4- H, as the youth program of the land-grant universities (Oregon State University) has been using similar guide lines for the past 75 years. U rM 1 _!_L fl I t — == W ** 8 ^ 1 # i * , f ' j ' *■+ & fwraudler COWBOy Breakfast) at the Morrow County .wiryrounds Sunday, Auyust 21 tt:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. $15 .00 family • $5.00 adults S3,00 for 12 and under Pancakes, Ham, Cyys, Hashhroirns. Coffee, M ilk CONTESTANTS GOOD LUCK DURING THE 2005 MORROW COUNTY FAIR & OREGON TRAIL PRO RODEO E v e ry b o d y ’s H o m e to w n S to re Pendleton Hermiston Athena 276-7611 567-5591 566-3545 Milton-Freewater 938-5551 Island City 9634195 www, pggcountry.com Is______________________________________________ / Mike & Carol Allison 70641 Kunze Lane Boardman, OR 97818 (541) 481-4184 Fax (541) 481-2937
