DATE:     7/17/96 
Contact:  Kim Alexander, (864) 656-3848
Writer:   Susan Bedingfield, (864) 656-3876

Charleston County 4-H'er Wins
Clemson Presidential Tray

     CLEMSON -- A Charleston County Youth has won the highest 
award given to South Carolina 4-H'ers.
     Jason True Osgood of Monks Corner was named one of four
Clemson University Presidential Tray winners at the annual State
4-H Congress July 9 in Columbia. Clemson University President
Constantine Curris presented the awards.
     Osgood, 18, is the son of Orville and Betty Osgood. He has
been in 4-H since 1989.
     He is a graduate of Ferndale Baptist School, where he
was involved in sports. He played on the school soccer team
for three years and two years on the basketball team. This year
he was named captain of the basketball team and named to the 2A
Coastal All-Conference team.
     During his seven years as a 4-H'er, Osgood has been involved
in the Charleston Pride Project. He has visited nursing homes and
collected toys for migrant workers.
     Osgood's first love is baking. He not only bakes for his
family, but he also bakes in competition. He has been in the
Coastal Carolina Fair Bake-Off since 1991, and he has been the
overall winner since entering. Thanks to his baking skills, he 
has raised money to attend camp and for school organizations with 
which he is involved.
     Osgood works with young 4-H'ers in bread workshops, teaching
them the basics, such as how to measure ingredients and how to 
crack an egg. 
     Other tray winners are: Tracy Laws, 16, of Chester; Matt 
Grier, 17, of Calhoun County; and Rebecca Ann Bozard, 18, of 
Orangeburg County. 
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