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Page 8B — Wednesday, October 4,2017, The True Citizen
Week
2017
Judging Teams are Fun, Educational, and Rewarding!
Leadership Prepares Students for the Future
Judging Teams are one of the highlights of the Burke County 4-H program. 4-H'ers
have the chance to learn to do something new that they might not learn in the
classroom, and then get to compete with their new knowledge and skill in a
contest! Judging Teams teach students to evaluate a situation, make a decision,
and provide reasons for their decision...all through looking at plants and
animals!
Burke County 4-H competes in:
Forestry Judging
Wildlife Judging
Cotton Boll and
Consumer Judging
Dairy Quiz Bowl
Dairy Judging
Poultry Judging
Land Judging
Each contest is different but teaches students something new and exciting!
Many students will tell you that competing on the judging teams are some of the
most fun they have in 4-H. We would love to have you join us!
Forestry Judging
Poultry Judging
Dairy Judging
Musical Talents
Unleashed
Through the state 4-H musical
group, Clovers & Company, three
Burke County 4-H'ers get to use
their talents by performing all
over the state. Kelly Carter, Tripp
Carter, and Garry Fulcher are
among 50 4-H'ers who were
selected to be in this performing
arts group.
Clovers & Company performed at
the Burke County Office Park this
past spring as part of the
Waynesboro-Burke Concert
Series. The group will be
performing in Statesboro and
Swainsboro this year.
4-H Pledge
I Pledge my Head to
clearer thinking, My Heart
to greater loyalty, My
Hands to larger service,
And my Health to better
living - For my club, my
community, my country,
and my world!
Livestock Teach Life Lessons
By Mary Helen Coble, Burke Co. 4-H'er
Burke County 4-H has multiple opportunities to show livestock. These
opportunities include showing lambs, goats, hogs, and dairy cattle. Showing
livestock teaches 4-Hers responsibility to care for their animals by feeding the
right amount of hay and grain. It will teach diligence while training their
animals to adjust their feet to the correct position, walk on the show halter,
and to stand still to appeal to the judge. 4-H'ers will also learn the importance
of patience to prepare their animals through washing, brushing, and fitting for
the show. Lastly, it teaches sportsmanship whether they win or lose, to keep
trying and to encourage one another.
Leadership development is essential to
youth development - after all, the youth
are the future! Burke County 4-H is
training tomorrow's leaders through
officer positions, teen leadership, and
leadership conferences. At the local
level, officers are elected in every club to
run the meetings, starting in the 4 th
grade and going up through high school.
Officers are trained on how to conduct
their duties, but also how to serve as an
example to their peers.
Students also have the opportunity to
run for District and State Office positions
and serve in a leadership role at a high
level. This past year, Tripp Carter was
elected to serve the Southeast District
on the Senior 4-H Board of Directors.
Above, 4-H
Day at the
Capitol.
Right,
Tripp Carter
was elected
to serve on
the
Southeast
District
Senior Board of Directors.
DPA Builds Public Speaking Skills
Left, Burke
Co. 4-H'ers
at the 2017
Cloverleaf
DPA in
Swainsboro
By: Marvin Butler, Burke Co. 4-H'er
DPA or District Project Achievement is a
friendly public speaking competition and
one of the most popular 4-H events.
4-H'ers compete in different age groups, Cloverleaf (4 th -6 th ), Junior (7 th -8 th ), and
Senior (9 th -12 th ), and by their respective topic. There are over 50 topic areas, and
you can even compete in performing arts and cooking! Juniors and Seniors travel to
Rock Eagle 4-H Center to compete against other students in our district after
successfully completing a portfolio or resume to support their project. Cloverleaf's
take a day trip to an area contest to compete against surrounding counties. After
months of gathering information, putting together your presentation, and
practicing to present a project that you have prepared of a specific subject matter
of your choice, you are ready for the competition. There, you will have the chance
to compete against your fellow 4-Hers in a chance to place either first, second, or
third in your respected areas. Aside from the competition, you have the chance to
meet awesome people from all over the state and make connections and
memories that will last for a lifetime.
For Better Unity We Should Help Our Community
By: Morgan Brantley, Burke Co. 4-H'er
One big focus of 4-H is on community service. This teaches students to always
consider others and their needs. Serving others is a very important thing to learn
especially at a young age. Each month 4-H comes up with different tasks that we
can accomplish as a community to better serve the needs of others. One of the
most consistent projects we participate in is donating pop tabs to the Ronald
McDonald house and sending cards to troops who serve our country. Even little
projects like these can make a big difference.
Some projects that require more work and time are things such as visiting the
local nursing home and spending the day with the elderly, road cleanup, collecting
personal care items for people across the country, cooking meals for local families,
and many projects. 4-H wants people to know that we care about them and their
well-being. However we can help, it is our pleasure to serve others. For better
unity we should help our community.
4-H Summer Camp - The Highlight of the Summer!
Summer camp is the highlight of every kid's summer, and 4-H camp is a
tradition for many across the state. With five 4-H centers in Georgia, campers
have the chance to experience something new from the mountains, to the big
city, to the beach. This year, Burke County took 31 fourth, fifth and sixth grade
4-H'ers to Wahsega 4-H Center in Dahlonega, Georgia. Campers spent the
week panning for gold, tubing down the river, on high rope courses like the zip
line and flying squirrel, and played on the giant slip-n-slide.
Sydney Coble exhibits Members of the goat Abby Joyner exhibits her
her breeding ewe at the show team exhibit at the commercial dairy heifer
State Livestock Show Walton Co. Show at the State Livestock Show
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Burke County also took 8 seventh and eighth graders to Camp Jekyll on Jekyll
Island. 4-H'ers spent their week learning about sea turtles at the Sea Turtle
Center, went on a bike tour of the Millionaires community, boat trip, beach
time, and visited the Watermelon Social at the Historic Pavilion.
Senior 4-H Camp was held at Rock Eagle with 10 ninth thru twelfth graders
from Burke County attending. Campers took classes that ranged from yoga, to
commercial making, to more traditional camp activities like canoeing. The
highlight of the week was the Thursday trip to Athens to the University of
Georgia, where campers had the opportunity to attend workshops taught by
University professors in categories that ranged from Dairy Lactation Physiology,
Anthropology, and Early Childhood Education.
Burke County Extension Staff:
Peyton Sapp, CEC & Agriculture & Natural Resources Agent
Katie Burch, Agriculture & Natural Resources Agent
Terri Black, Family & Consumer Science Agent
Meridith Franks, 4-H Youth Development Agent
Louise McClain, Secretary
For more information about how to get involved in
Burke County 4-H, call the Burke County Extension Office at
(706) 554-2119 or visit our website at
www.ugaextension.org/county-offices/burke.html
On the Beach at Junior Camp Cloverleaf Camp Counselors at Rock Eagle
This Community 4-H News
is Sponsored by Frank Carter, M.D.