ROCKY TOP 4-H CLUB NEWS

Well we survived another successful year at the Crawford County Fair. We had 16 members make the Junior Livestock Sale. They were Alexander Balandran, Seren & Will Deputy, Cody Wise, Miranda Creel & Samantha Riggs from our Community. We had Dillon & Dalton Hall, Lindsey & Madison Shepherd, Allison Harrison, Kenzie Watson, Rylli Hammond, Lillian & Madelyn & Annie Claire Beasley.
Lillian Beasley & Seren Deputy competed in the Junior Miss Crawford County Fair Pageant and Annie Claire Beasley competed in the Princess Pageant at the Crawford County Fair with Annie Beasley being the first runner up.

Eleven members compete in the 4-H Poultry Chain. They were Annie, Madelyn & Lillian Beasley, Will Deputy, Rose Rippee, Dalton & Dillon Hall, Rylli Hammond & Alexander Balandran and Kenzie Watson with the Champion Pen.

Lillian, Madelyn & Annie Beasley competed also with Market Lambs.

Competing with Market Goats were: Allison Harrison, Rylli Hammond, Cody Wise with the Reserve Champion and Dalton Hall with the Grand Champion. Madison & Lindsey Shepherd, Seren Deputy and Alexander Balandran, Dillon Hall.

In the Breeding Meat Goats class we had Alexander Balandran, Cody Wise, Seren & Will Deputy. They all had some Reserve & Champions.

Shylo & Triston Hamby competed with their rabbits.

Cody Wise & Bri Ellen Millsap competed at the Horse show right before the Fair. Cody Wise also competed at the 2008 Mulberry Mule Days.

We had 4-H members compete in Photography and crafts, Jr. foods, Jr. Canning, Horticulture.

Our club had a 4-H Float promoting Arkansas 4-H Centennial. We had a Club Educational Booth and won first place with it.

At the AR/Okla State Fair we had Rylli Hammond, Cody Wise, Alexander Balandran & Lillian Beasley compete with their 4-H Poultry Chain. Lillian Beasley competed in the Market Lamb class & Dalton Hall competed with his Market Hog and received "Super Showmanship". Lillian, Madelyn & Annie Claire Beasley also competed with their other Poultry and won several Reserve Championship-all 3 of them!

We had Dalton Hall go on to the Arkansas State Fair in Little Rock and placed very high with his Market Goat and also placed 4th place in his age group out of 17 in the Showmanship class.

At our last meeting new Officers were elected for the 2008-2009 year, they are: President-Lillian Beasley; V-President Alexander Balandran; Recreational Leader- Dalton Hall; Samantha Riggs as Secretary, Cody Wise as Reporter; Madelyn Beasley as our Photographer and Miranda Creel as our Treasurer.

We will be very busy the next few months. We are having our Annual Halloween Community Party. We will be shopping for toys to take to Children's Hospital, planning our Club Christmas Party, and preparing our Record Book Journals that are due in January. We will have a very active & busy 2009.

We are having our 4-H Club Achievement Banquet. We reward the kids for all their hard work with some getting certain rewards. We would like to have as many of you come and sit in and help us celebrate their hard work and speak to the kids.

October is also our 4-H Promotional month. Members have worn their club t-shirts and given a talk to their classes at School. The club’s Educational Booth is traveling to different businesses all month. We have handed out bookmarks, pamphlets and spreading the word!!

We thank all of you for your support during the year and we do appreciate it. For any info on joining 4-H call me- Luann Wise @ 217-0280 or the Crawford County Extension Office and ask for Nicki Taul @ 470-474-5286. Rocky Top 4-H Club