It that time again.....

Yes, I know it's time for school bells to toll & buses to make me late for work, but I was talking about Livestock Shows!  The Farm Credit Showmanship Circuit kicked off the show season with the first show held in Montgomery County this past Saturday.  

Richmond County 4-H’ers are busy after the first show of the 2010 Farm Credit Showmanship Circuit last Saturday.  The first show was held in Montgomery County and youth had the opportunity to compete against youth from across the region there and at each of the 11 Goat Shows between now and the State Fair.  Youth can show goats, heifers or lambs as part of the Show Circuit.  The Showmen will finish the season at the Farm Credit Circuit Banquet on November 12th in Sampson County.  

Richmond County Cloverbuds who made the trip to show included: Taylor Chappell, Bryce Goodwin, Abby Hamilton, Eli Maske, Will Meacham, DeLani Reep & Garrett Thompson.  They all did a wonderful job showing their goats!  Some future 4-H Showmen even got to take a trip around the show ring & learn from some older 4-H'ers!

Showmanship placings for the older classes are listed below.  Congrats to everyone & we are looking forward to seeing how you do at the next show!  Good luck!  (Thanks Chrissy Haynes & Hattie Reep for the pictures!  To see all of Hattie' pictures, click here.)

The Juniors - 9-10 year olds - had some tough competition, but here are the final results. 

Kristen DeBerry	1	Union
Savannah Chappell	2	Richmond
Marla Fehlman	3	Union
Faith Thompson	4	Richmond
Brianna Hamilton	5	Richmond
Katie Edwards		Anson

   

 The Intermediate Showmen, youth 11-13 years old, ended the day with these placings.  

Jordan Carroll	1	Richmond
Madelyn Chappell	2	Richmond
Peggyann Kennedy	3	Richmond
Michaela McInnis	4	Moore
Sarah Maske	5	Richmond
Alana McQueen		Richmond
Bethany Thompson		Montgomery
Kristi Reep		Richmond
Nathan Lemonds		Montgomery
Jeremy Fehlman		Union
Matthew Acorn		Hoke

Senior Showmen finished the showmanship classes for the day.  

Dixie Acorn	1	Hoke
Morgan Rockwell	2	Hoke
Catherine DeBerry	3	Union
Santiago Robinson	4	Richmond
Grayson McQueen	5	Richmond
Theresa Fehlman		Union
Darren Lefler		Moore

Cloverbuds Can Camp Too!

While our older campers probably spent that evening and day after we got back from Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Camp sleeping & recounting stories of camp fun for family members, our Cloverbuds got into the camping mood with a one night event at Millstone 4-H Camp right here in Richmond County!

About 30 youth ages 5-8 from Richmond, Moore & Scotland Counties gathered for the night to have fun and make new friends.  We sang camp songs, ate yummy food and spent the night in the newly renovated cabins at Millstone!  Of course, we took a few laps in the swimming pool.  The campers participated in classes where they got to take aim on the archery range, paddle around the lake by canoe, try to withstand the current in the creek & discover more about the world around us. 

We would like to send a BIG thank you to the staff of Millstone for letting us come out & have fun!  You all were great!  We also need to thank all the agents & volunteers (teens & grown-ups) for getting the kids there & making sure they were safe while having fun!  Jennifer Christensen of the Girl Scouts also came out & helped us learn some new campfire songs - THANKS!  Hope to see you all next year!!  If you want to see the rest of the pictures from the weekend - click here!