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CLOVERLEAF 4-H CAMP - Several young 4-H students from Montgomery County spent
a week participating in adventurous and educational activities at the Georgia 4-H
Cloverleaf Camp in Jekyll Island. Front Row, L to R: Avimael Serrano, Easton Thigpen,
Ayla Hardeman, Kash Waller, Kinley Barber, Maggie Palmer, Isaac Serrano, Back Row,
L to R: Montgomery County Extension Agent Lauren Stanley, Alyssa Richardson, Grace
Richardson, Macy Bradley, Lyric Thomas, Kaydence Beecher, Maddison Hill, Italy Thorn
ton, Chasen Ford, Jurdan Hudson, Arnez Howard, Peyton Patterson, Karmin Johnson,
Montgomery County Program Assistant Julie Waller,
Montgomery County
4-H’ers Attend Cloverleaf
Camp at Jekyll Island
By Lauren Stanley
Montgomery Co. Agriculture
& Natural Resources/4-H
Youth Development Agent
Twenty-one Mont
gomery County 4-H’ers
packed their bags and
headed to the coast on
Monday June 5, to spend
the week at Camp Jekyll
with other campers from
Treutlen, Coffee, Appling,
Dodge, and Jeff Davis
counties. Each group was
assigned a color crew and
learned they’d be compet
ing throughout the week
for the coveted Captain’s
Bell. Montgomery County
campers made up most
of the green crew for the
week’s activities.
Campers participated
in a variety of educational
activities. These voyages
included biking a five-mile
trail around Jekyll Island,
canoeing, exploring the
maritime forest, and spend
ing time with a bearded
dragon, corn snake, and
turtle in herpetology. The
marsh and beach ecology
voyages allowed campers
to explore both environ
ments, learn more about
their surroundings, and
even identify some native
wildlife!
For the last voyage,
campers cast their nets in
the Atlantic Ocean and
identified the sea creatures
they caught while sein
ing. Our campers identi
fied several crab and fish
species, a tiny squid, and
shrimp!
When not out explor
ing the island, campers
were busy earning points
to win the Captain’s Bell!
Campers swam in the
ocean, attended a camp
fire, took a trip to Summer
Waves water park, compet
ed in the Pirate Games and
a sand sculpture competi
tion, made s’mores, played
basketball and volleyball,
danced, shopped, and
much more!
Thursday night activi
ties signaled a wrap-up to
the fun, busy week. Camp
ers gathered for one last
night of fun before depart
ing for home the next day.
Each color crew presented
a skit during the Thursday
Night Extravaganza. After
the color crew skits, camp
ers enjoyed a dance and
camp slideshow.
The real treat came
at the end of the Extrava
ganza, when their coun
selors put on their own
variety show, filled with
music, dancing, and skits
of their own. After the vari
ety show, it was announced
that the Blue Crew won the
Captain’s Bell.
Campers from Mont
gomery County were
Easton Thigpen, Italy
Thornton, Maddison Hill,
Ayla Hardeman, Jurdan
Hudson, Chasen Ford,
Peyton Patterson, Arnez
Howard, Isaac Serrano,
Avimael Serrano, Mag
gie Palmer, Lyric Thomas,
Alyssa Richardson, Grace
Richardson, Macy Bradley,
Kaydence Beecher, Karmin
Johnson, Kinley Barber,
and Kash Waller.
Georgia 4-H empow
ers youth to become true
leaders by developing nec
essary life skills, positive
relationships, and com
munity awareness. As the
largest youth leadership or
ganization in the state, 4-H
reaches more than 225,000
people annually through
University of Georgia Co
operative Extension offices
and 4-H facilities. For more
information about Geor
gia 4-H, contact your local
UGA Extension office or
visit georgia4h.org.
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Fun By The
Numbers
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the moment you
square off, so
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savvy to the test!
Level; Intermediate
Here’s How It Works:
Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine
3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each
row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row,
column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will
appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The
more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!
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7
4
5
3
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8
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TRAINING FUTURE LEADERS - Four Toombs County High School FFA members recent
ly traveled to Covington for the FFA Summer Leadership Camp. L to R: Walker Hart,
Joyce Taylor, Memphis Soles, Alexis Hart.
Toombs FFA Attends
Summer Leadership Camp
Courtesy of Toombs County
Schools
This summer, four
Toombs County High
School students attended
a Summer Leadership
Camp (SLC) at the Geor
gia FFA-FCCLA Center in
Covington, on the banks
of Jackson Lake. Sum
mer Leadership Camp is
open to FFA and FCCLA
students from all over the
state of Georgia.
FFA Advisors Chasity
Knight and Marlyn Teel
took the group for a week
of camp where they par
ticipated in a leadership
program designed to build
relationships, develop
teamwork and leadership
attributes, and of course,
have a great time! They
participated in team com
petitions such as softball
and volleyball, and also
competed in individual
events such as ping pong,
cornhole, crafts, a speech
contest, and an essay con
test. There were many fun
camp activities, such as a
blob and swimming. The
last day of camp is high
lighted by one final team
event - the mud course!
The theme of Sum
mer Leadership Camp this
year was DRIVE. Life is a
journey to be experienced,
and we are all in our own
driver’s seat. Through this
theme, we hope campers
recognize that the only im
possible journey is the one
you never begin.
“Summer Leadership
Camp is a unique experi
ence for students that is
full of memorable activities
and real leadership devel
opment. One of the best
aspects of camp is that
some of the best teachers
in the state spend a week
with these students and
truly invest in them to
make a difference in their
lives,” says Russel Towns,
Camp Manager.
About FFA
Founded in 1928, the
former "Future Farmers
of America" brought to
gether students, teachers
and agribusiness to solidify
support for agricultural
education. The name of the
organization was changed
to the National FFA Orga
nization in 1988 to reflect
the growing diversity of
agriculture. Georgia FFA
is the 3rd largest state asso
ciation in the nation with
more than 42,000 mem
bers. There are 342 FFA
Chapters and more than
475 agricultural education
teachers in Georgia. The
FFA makes a positive dif
ference in the lives of stu
dents by developing their
potential for premier lead
ership, personal growth,
and career success, through
agricultural education.
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