Are you leadership material?

We will be conducting 4-H Officer training at CCMS, after-school, in October. If you were elected as President, Vice President, or Secretary of your club you will be getting a letter, stating when that training will be.

Please bring something to write with and the Secretary book that we gave to Secretaries during our September meetings. We will give out the 2008-09 4-H Officer Handbooks to each officer who attends and teen volunteer leaders will explain each office and the expectations we have of you.

Getcha 2008-09 Yearbooks!!

Now I am all updated with Adobe Professional 8.0 so I was busy this morning doing some converting and formatting!

I uploaded the 08-09 4-H Yearbook to the Chester County Extension web site. If you misplace (or the dog eats, or your mom throws it out, or your brother uses it to practice origami, etc...) the one we gave to EVERYONE in class, then you can go to the web site and download the yearbook in it's entirety! You can also just print out the page you need or simply add our site to your Favorites folder and print out nothing!!

We sincerely hope by giving out yearbooks and making them available on the web that participation in monthly contests and activities will increase. The rules are all there - as are the dates of the events. Remember to contact us if you ever have any questions!

4-H Judging Day @ West Tennessee State Fair

On Tuesday afternoon Chester County 4-Hers descended on the Jackson Fairgrounds like a swarm of bees! OK - well, not quite a "swarm", but we brought a total of 19 people with us to the 4-H Judging Day at the West Tennessee State Fair. Many thanks to the great adult leaders who chaperoned: Mrs. Sara Beth Hanson, Mrs. Lisa Melton, and Mrs. Denise Jones! :D

Chester County walked away into the midway as winners (was there ever any doubt?) as the CC 4-Hers placed 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in the Wildlife Judging competition and 1st and 2nd in the Forestry competition.

Wildlife Teams
1st = Katie Cabrera, Jessica Lindsey, and Ben Melton
2nd = Landon Butler, Cole Lindsey, and Bianca Tunning
3rd = Amber Jones, Kyle Azevedo, and Steven Henson

Kyle was the high scoring individual in Wildlife!

Forestry Teams
1st = Melanie Hanson, Kriste Hatch, and Hailey Hopper
2nd = Ethan Hanson, Jacob Williams, and Brian Barnett

Hailey was the high scoring individual in Forestry!

Jessica Lindsey also got two 1st place ribbons for her photography (which she competed against adults!!) for Flowers and Birds. Her flower photograph was also voted as Best of Show!!

Your prize money, from the fair, should arrive next week. We'll give you a call as soon as it comes to us! Congrats to all & thanks again Mrs. Sara Beth, Mrs. Lisa, & Mrs. Denise!