Town and Country 4-H Club Rec Managerial Recreation
Town and Country 4-H Club emphasizes work and play through a recreation project. Members meet requirements for trips and awards by attending meetings, completing records, giving demonstrations, and earning points via offices, group activities, and community service. The year featured a Kansas trip to a square dance workshop, hospital programs, a Lake Wabaunsee campout, and a Pier award for recreational activities.
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Oklahoma
Osawatomie State Hospital
Cedar House
Kansas City
Tions
Lake Wabaunsee
Lake Pomona
Richard Hewitt
4-H Photogs Have Fun
4 H photography is a popular hobby for all ages. The article notes learning to choose subjects use light compose images mount photos and care for equipment. Countywide training meetings have been held the past three years led by Joel Nordeen.
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Joel Nordeen
Gerald Shepherd 4-H Leader Earns Honors
Gerald Shepherd, former Green Rockets 4-H Club member and current club leader in his 20s, has four years in 4-H. He earned five champions, fifteen blues, and fourteen red ribbons in sheep, horses, and beef projects, plus tractor maintenance honors from Hutchinson trips. He held multiple offices including president for two years and county council vice president this year.
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Gerald Shepherd
Green Rockets
Gerald
Hutchinson
County Council
Little Champ Ronnie Stockard Wins 4-H Honors Again
Ronnie Stockard, 11, won another trophy and multiple ribbons in his 4-H hog project. He raises two barrows and one breeding gilt on his father’s 685 acre farm, feeding them with mixed commercial feed and ground corn. He names his barrows Pork, Beans, and Sam and trains them with brushes and a cane. The piece notes his use of lice control additives, fly bait, and cholera prevention serum, reflecting his motto to make the best better. The final sentence references Labillardiere in 18th century Australia using a telescope and gun to observe blossoms.
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Roy Hobbs
Ronnie Stockard
Ronnie
Sam
Potawatomi Valley 4-H Exhibits Shine at Fairs
The Potawatomi Valley 4-H Club posted 78 exhibits across Lane Fair Ottawa Franklin County Fair and Mid America Fair Topeka. Darlene Page won a purple ribbon for a light as feather angel food cake Loretta Alexander earned a purple for stove light Ann Wakeman took a purple for dill pickles and Richard Alexander earned a purple for poultry entry. Darlene Ann and Loretta also entered the Mid America Fair in Topeka.
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Vickie James
Pottawatomie Valley
Lane Fair
Ottawa
Darlene Page
Loretta Alexander
Stove Light
Ann Wakeman
Richard Alexander
Darlene
Ann
Loretta
Topeka
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Sherrill
Town and Country
Nuzman Lumber
By David Nelson
Labillardiere
Australia
Little Champ
Melvin Stockard
Princeton
Barrow
Franklin County Fair
Jolly Workers 4-H Club
Pottawatomie
Yin
Franklin County
Bank OF Ottawa
F.D.I.C
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