Extension Service: Summer options

May 29, 2008 11:37 am

— As promised, I have great news to report on the Randolph County 4-H front concerning the youth representing your county at the recent N.C. State 4-H Quiz Bowl Contest held in Statesville.
The Senior 4-H team, consisting of members Katie Wicker, Courtney Elliott, Terri Lane Frazier and Adam Frazier, placed first among the teams participating.
They will now represent N.C. 4-H at the North American Dairy Quiz Bowl Contest to be held in Louisville, Ky., in November.
In addition the Junior 4-H members from Randolph County 4-H also took home first place. Congratulations Mickey Jo Grubb, Sydney Davis, Rachel Osborne and Evan Gunter.
We especially want to thank Jason Wright, Heather Wright and Kerri Beth Frazier for holding quiz bowl meetings to prepare all team members to compete and the parents who made sure these 4-Hers were able to attend practices to be so prepared.
We have several 4-Hers tirelessly working on presentations for Randolph County Presentation day in early June.
Those participants selected to move on to the district level will have the opportunity to compete against folks in their age and specialty level.
Do you remember the first time you got up in front of a group to deliver a speech or just relay information?
How many times in adulthood do we speak in front of a small or even large group of people?
Whether you do it often or rarely, it is never wrong to prepare young people for such an occasion. Public speaking promotes self-confidence and self-awareness. Randolph County 4-H is proud to have the quality of presentations that we do year after year.
As spring turns to summer and the school year winds down, it’s time to look for cold lemonade, vacations and summer fun (three of my favorite things!).
Yes, 4-H Summer Adventures are on their way. Look for registration information to be sent out through Asheboro City and Randolph County schools as well as the mass mailing for participants of past years summer fun.
Our 4-H Summer Adventure Days are special programs sponsored by Randolph County 4-H through N.C. Cooperative Extension.
These activities are held at our Asheboro office as well as satellite locations in Liberty and the Archdale-Trinity area.
Pick your passion and we probably offer a fun and informative adventure to experience.
From strawberry picking to electric experiments, 4-H has something for everyone.
This day camp type of delivery of quality programming allows us to give families a glimpse of what we do all year round at a reasonable cost.
Sign up early to insure you get all the adventures you want before they fill to capacity.
In other 4-H news, we have a new 4-H club forming in the Seagrove area. If you know a family that would be interested in joining, contact the Randolph County office so we can connect you with this group.
It sounds like they already have some exciting ideas for there club meetings. Stay tuned for an update on results from our 4-H Entertains/Fashion Revue.
For more information about 4-H, call at (336) 218-4000 in Liberty; (336) 819-3000 in Archdale/Trinity and (336) 318-6000 in Asheboro.
4-H is open to girls and boys ages 5-19 without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin or disability.

Jody Terry is the 4-H program assistant for Randolph County 4-H, part of the N.C. Cooperative Extension Service in Asheboro. She can be reached at (336) 318-6013.