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-FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS-SUNOAY, OCTOBER 4, 1987
4-H Club
Rock Eagle being restored
Rock Eagle’s 30th birthday has
prompted a five-year campaign to
raise $2 million so the 4-H Center can
have rebuilt cabins, new seats in
Talmadge Auditorium, and improved
classrooms. The 4-H’ers across
Georgia have pledged to give SIOO,OOO
about $1.25 each. Businesses, cor
porations and individuals will be
kicking in to help. Forsyth County 4-
H’ers are doing their part by selling
Rock Eagle coke bottles.
The Rock Eagle coke bottles have a
4-H clover on one side and a picture of
the Indian mound at Rock Eagle on
the other. Forsyth County 4-H’ers
have sold over 60 cases of Rock Eagle
cokes to bottle collectors and 4-H
supporters.
If you are interested in buying a 4-H
coke bottle contact the Forsyth
County Extension Service at 887-2418.
Clinic helps vets
By Adena Shoemake
and Heather Ditmore
Forsyth County 4-H’ers
The rabies clinic is an annual
event to fight rabies in the county. It
was held at some of the local schools
and stores throughout the county. The
4-H’ers help fill out forms, take up
money, and give out licenses. Some of
the veterinarians that helped this
year were Dr. Orr, Dr. Gilbert, Dr.
Avra, and Dr. McGruder. The fee is
$5 per animal.
The 4-H’ers that helped this year
were Heather Ditmore, Adena Shoe
make, Kim Shoemake, Laurie Pirkle,
Justin Castleberry, Rodney Stanford,
Devin Wrightf Darron Wright, Dustin
Wright, Datfd Roden, Chris Roden,
Scott Born and Stacy Samples.
Forestry day
is field event
By Terry Smith
Forsyth County 4-H’er
Forestry Field Day is a day of fun
competition between 4-H’ers. We do
many events ranging from compass
and pacing, tree identification,
judging volume, board feet and width
of a tree, to insect identification.
In compass and pacing we use a
compass to follow directions, given
by the judges, and we pace the length
that they give. We also identified
trees by looking at leaves, bark and
limbs. We used crusing sticks which
are sticks used to tell the diameter of
the tree and tell the board feet of a
tree. We have to know the names of
insects and diseases that cause trees
to die.
Four-H is fun and offers more
judging events such as land judging,
poultry judging, livestock judging
and cotton boll, where you judge
clothes made from cotton. Four-H is
fun and you learn from the events.
Group tours
UGA campus
In August a large group of Forsyth
County 4-H’ers toured the University
of Georgia in Athens. The 4-H’ers had
the opportunity to experience every
thing from how ice cream is made in
the dairy school, to the size and
beauty of Sanford Stadium.
The 4-H’ers toured real college
classrooms and bought a ton of bull
dog souvenirs from the University of
Georgia Bookstore.
Club members get
lost in space
Educational trips are a way that 4-
H’ers learn from experience. In July
a group of 4-H’ers visited the Space
Center in Huntsville, Ala. Not only
did the 4-H’ers learn about the future
of man in space and science but the
group also learned about the history
of flying all the way back to the
Wright Brothers.
4-H has display
at ‘Olde Night"
In May Forsyth County 4-H’ers
exhibited a display at the “Old Night
In Cumming.” Money from the coun
try fair type event went toward the
Community Center project. Through
the display 4-H’ers showed how 4-H
has changed over the years in For
syth County.
Radio stars
perform on WHNE
Four-H’ers taped radio spots that
will be aired on WHNE AM Radio
Station during National 4-H Week.
Brett Johnson’ a fifth grade 4-H’er
from Cumming Elementary school, is
one of eight 4-H’ers that developed
radio tapes about 4-H.
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Almost 900 youngsters in Forsyth County are
getting a head start on life through the county 4-H
Clubs. While this club from the 1960 s concentrated
mostly on cows and canning, today’s 4-H’ers are
expanding their interests to electronics, performing
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still enjoy the farm life, such as Justin Castleberry
and his pigs, and (at bottom) these 4-H’ers enjoying
a forestry field trip.
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