4-H News
Geauga Prime Time 4-H Club met June 19 at the school building on the Geauga County Fairgrounds.
Geauga Prime Time
Geauga Prime Time 4-H Club met June 19 at the school building on the Geauga County Fairgrounds. The meeting was called to order at 7 p.m. by the president, Dillon Cox. The pledges were led by Hunter Greco.
Members went over old business. The club washed Hoar Construction Trucks on June 16 and were given a donation from Hoar Construction and then the price was matched by Carter Lumber in Middlefield. They thank both companies for their generous donation to the group.
Members went over the ordering of shirts for the club and the club advisor took all of the blue forms for registering members for their fair classes. Members then talked about this year’s fair theme, which is “Working together to make the best better with junior fair.” The group will talk about barn decorations at the next meeting.
Jeanne then told members that they need to start to write their buyers letters. They need to write at least 10 of them. She let everyone know the sale will be on Sept. 1 starting at 2:30 p.m. for small animals in the sale tent and large animal sale will start at 5 p.m. in the arena.
Members of the club brought nonperishable food items for the local food pantries in Geauga County.
Motion was made to adjourn the meeting by RJ Jefferson and seconded by William Mazurek. Dillon Cox adjourned meeting at 7:48 p.m.
The next meeting is July 19 at 7 p.m. at the Junior Fair Pavilion. (Submitted by Dillon Martin, news reporter)
Feathers and Fleece
For the 2018 Feathers and Fleece 4-H year, the president is Emily Stern, the vice presidents are Jessica Burden and Sammie Kosie, Anna Brent is the secretary and Grace Koppelman is treasurer.
During the 2017-18 4-H year, Feathers and Fleece has written letters of encouragement and thanks to Erik Burden and Dustin Modic, who are both in the military. Eric is stationed in Germany and Dustin is at Fort Campbell, Ky.
The club had meetings in October, November, February, March and April. During these months, there were a few presentations from club members. In November, Anna Brent did a wonderful presentation on pig ear tagging. In February there were two presentations – one by Julia Suvak on eggs and another by Mrs. Ray, the club advisor. In March there was a presentation on wool feathers and fur. In April, Grace Koppelman presented on lamb diseases and the Steimles did a presentation on how to bottle feed a goat. In May, Isaac Burden did a presentation on how to identify a turkey during skillathon ,and Rebekah and Jessica Burden did a wonderfully amazing presentation on how to identify chickens during skillathon.
The cloverbuds of the club put together flowerpot centerpieces for a donation to a local nursing home.(Submitted by Rebekah Burden, news reporter)
