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February 2020 - Club Report by Jacob Hirtle
The monthly meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club was held February 18, 2020 at the Somerset School. President Kathryn Spicer and Secretary Leah Newcombe called the meeting to order with the reciting of the 4-H pledge and roll call.
This year, Western Kings will be hosting the county 4-H woodsman competition. This will be held April 5, 1 p.m., at the Berwick Fire Hall. If anyone is interested in organizing a canteen committee, please let Tammy West or Mary Magee know. Practices will soon be starting so keep an eye on the Western Kings 4H Woodsman group on Facebook to stay up to date.
The county skating party will be held March 20 from 6:15 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. at the Apple Dome in Berwick. Helmets are mandatory and please leave your hockey sticks home. This event is planned by the Spirit Committee. The committee usually meets the second Tuesday of each month, 6:30 p.m., at the Kentville Research Station. They are always looking for more senior members to join them to help plan fun events for county members.
Junior Tour is tentatively planned for June 5. An exciting overnight adventure is being planned at Kingswood Camp. Watch for information about registration and activities.
My sister, Emilee, and I spoke about a presentation we made about 4-H to the Cambridge Women’s Institute. It was fun to hear their memories from 4-H.
Bailey Justason spoke about the Exploring 4-H and Foods Project members touring the Clarke’s farm, where they learned about eggs and egg farming. What an egg-citing way to tie in this year’s Foods Project focus on meat and alternates.
Congratulations to Jr. Ambassadors Bailey Justason and Walker Nauss and to Sr. Ambassadors Mackenzie West and Leah Newcombe. They will be taking part in the Ambassadors Competition at County Rally on March 28, 9:30 a.m., at Evangeline Middle School, New Minas.
Congratulations were also extended to myself and Novalea Sears for being selected for the Kevin Grant Tour taking place March 16 to 18 in the Cape Breton region, as well as to Emilee Hirtle and Leah Newcombe for being elected to the Kings County Council as co-Historian and Secretary, respectively.
Important dates to make note of include: Regional Rally will be held April 4 in Hants County with more details coming soon and March 10 is the deadline to let Mary know if you would like to have yourself added or removed from a project.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will take place March 10, 6:30 p.m., at the Somerset School. This is a week earlier than normal due to March break. Junior speeches will be presented at this meeting.
Following the meeting, junior demonstrations and senior speeches were presented. We heard some great speeches and learned lots watching the fantastic demonstrations. Congratulations to the following members who will be moving on to County Rally: junior double demonstration, Samantha West and Lila Price; junior single demonstration, Keera Best; senior speech, Kathryn Spicer.
This year, Western Kings will be hosting the county 4-H woodsman competition. This will be held April 5, 1 p.m., at the Berwick Fire Hall. If anyone is interested in organizing a canteen committee, please let Tammy West or Mary Magee know. Practices will soon be starting so keep an eye on the Western Kings 4H Woodsman group on Facebook to stay up to date.
The county skating party will be held March 20 from 6:15 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. at the Apple Dome in Berwick. Helmets are mandatory and please leave your hockey sticks home. This event is planned by the Spirit Committee. The committee usually meets the second Tuesday of each month, 6:30 p.m., at the Kentville Research Station. They are always looking for more senior members to join them to help plan fun events for county members.
Junior Tour is tentatively planned for June 5. An exciting overnight adventure is being planned at Kingswood Camp. Watch for information about registration and activities.
My sister, Emilee, and I spoke about a presentation we made about 4-H to the Cambridge Women’s Institute. It was fun to hear their memories from 4-H.
Bailey Justason spoke about the Exploring 4-H and Foods Project members touring the Clarke’s farm, where they learned about eggs and egg farming. What an egg-citing way to tie in this year’s Foods Project focus on meat and alternates.
Congratulations to Jr. Ambassadors Bailey Justason and Walker Nauss and to Sr. Ambassadors Mackenzie West and Leah Newcombe. They will be taking part in the Ambassadors Competition at County Rally on March 28, 9:30 a.m., at Evangeline Middle School, New Minas.
Congratulations were also extended to myself and Novalea Sears for being selected for the Kevin Grant Tour taking place March 16 to 18 in the Cape Breton region, as well as to Emilee Hirtle and Leah Newcombe for being elected to the Kings County Council as co-Historian and Secretary, respectively.
Important dates to make note of include: Regional Rally will be held April 4 in Hants County with more details coming soon and March 10 is the deadline to let Mary know if you would like to have yourself added or removed from a project.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will take place March 10, 6:30 p.m., at the Somerset School. This is a week earlier than normal due to March break. Junior speeches will be presented at this meeting.
Following the meeting, junior demonstrations and senior speeches were presented. We heard some great speeches and learned lots watching the fantastic demonstrations. Congratulations to the following members who will be moving on to County Rally: junior double demonstration, Samantha West and Lila Price; junior single demonstration, Keera Best; senior speech, Kathryn Spicer.
January 2020 - First Club Report by Jacob Hirtle
The monthly meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club was held January 14, 2020 at the Somerset School. Vice-President Emilee Hirtle and Secretary Leah Newcombe called the meeting to order with the reciting of the 4-H pledge and roll call.
The next cheese order is due to Mary by January 26 and is due to arrive February 20 or 21. Cheese orders are a big fundraiser for our club so please support if you’re able to.
Amy VanderHeide spoke on behalf of Mackenzie West about woodsman. A committee will be formed in February to start planning the woodsman county competition. Volunteers will be needed.
The Spirit Committee is looking for senior members to join them in helping plan fun events like senior tour and learning workshops for members. The committee meets the second Tuesday of every month, often at the Kentville Research Station from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. An added bonus to these meetings is that there is usually yummy food involved.
A reminder to members that the theme for 2020 is 4-H Leads the Way in 2020 and the vegetable for the giant vegetable competition is a cucumber. The giant vegetable competition is open to all 4-H members in any project.
Nominations were made for leaders to attend the annual Kings County Youth and Adult Volunteer of the Year banquet. Lots of great leaders were nominated for this event. Congratulations to Amy VanderHeide, Tractor, Exploring 4-H, and Foods leader, on being chosen to represent our club at this event.
Kings County Council has reported receiving two generous donations - $500 from Farm Credit Canada and $15,000 from the Louis Millet Trust. The donations will be used to purchase items needed to support Kings County Joint Achievement Days and other events. The $5 county council fee has been rescinded. Marshall Daniels moved that money paid for the county fee will now be used for club purposes. Bailey Justason seconded the motion.
The provincial chocolate bar fundraiser will be happening in March. This is an important fundraiser for 4-H Nova Scotia with money raised being used to support Camp Rankin, the Nova Scotia 4-H Provincial Show, and other events. Families are asked to sell one case of 30 Laura Secord chocolate bars for $3/bar.
The leader report, given by Mary Magee, included a reminder to Grade 12 students to check with her or look online for scholarships available to graduating 4-H members. Amy VanderHeide will be the club representative on a committee formed to plan the junior tour. If you have any ideas or suggestions for junior tour, please touch base with Amy. Kings County Council is still looking for nominations for a secretary and historian. Please let Mary know if you’re interested in having your name put forward for either of those positions. The next Joint Achievement Day meeting will be held at Scotian Gold on February 3 starting at 6 p.m., followed by the Annual General Meeting and County Council meeting.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held February 18, 6:30 p.m., at the Somerset School. Please remember indoor footwear. Junior demonstrations (ages 9-13) and senior speeches (ages 16-21) will be presented at this meeting. Please call Mary, 902-538-8559, by February 2 to let her know if you will be presenting either a demonstration or a speech so she will have time to organize judges.
Following our meeting, senior demonstrations and intermediate speeches were presented. There was lots of great information on how to properly tie up a cow, making nuts and bolts, the Australian wildfires, and a fun family vacation. Congratulations to the following members who will be moving on to represent our club at County Rally: senior double demonstration, Evan and Sean VanOostrum; intermediate speech, Kaylee Newcombe.
The next cheese order is due to Mary by January 26 and is due to arrive February 20 or 21. Cheese orders are a big fundraiser for our club so please support if you’re able to.
Amy VanderHeide spoke on behalf of Mackenzie West about woodsman. A committee will be formed in February to start planning the woodsman county competition. Volunteers will be needed.
The Spirit Committee is looking for senior members to join them in helping plan fun events like senior tour and learning workshops for members. The committee meets the second Tuesday of every month, often at the Kentville Research Station from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. An added bonus to these meetings is that there is usually yummy food involved.
A reminder to members that the theme for 2020 is 4-H Leads the Way in 2020 and the vegetable for the giant vegetable competition is a cucumber. The giant vegetable competition is open to all 4-H members in any project.
Nominations were made for leaders to attend the annual Kings County Youth and Adult Volunteer of the Year banquet. Lots of great leaders were nominated for this event. Congratulations to Amy VanderHeide, Tractor, Exploring 4-H, and Foods leader, on being chosen to represent our club at this event.
Kings County Council has reported receiving two generous donations - $500 from Farm Credit Canada and $15,000 from the Louis Millet Trust. The donations will be used to purchase items needed to support Kings County Joint Achievement Days and other events. The $5 county council fee has been rescinded. Marshall Daniels moved that money paid for the county fee will now be used for club purposes. Bailey Justason seconded the motion.
The provincial chocolate bar fundraiser will be happening in March. This is an important fundraiser for 4-H Nova Scotia with money raised being used to support Camp Rankin, the Nova Scotia 4-H Provincial Show, and other events. Families are asked to sell one case of 30 Laura Secord chocolate bars for $3/bar.
The leader report, given by Mary Magee, included a reminder to Grade 12 students to check with her or look online for scholarships available to graduating 4-H members. Amy VanderHeide will be the club representative on a committee formed to plan the junior tour. If you have any ideas or suggestions for junior tour, please touch base with Amy. Kings County Council is still looking for nominations for a secretary and historian. Please let Mary know if you’re interested in having your name put forward for either of those positions. The next Joint Achievement Day meeting will be held at Scotian Gold on February 3 starting at 6 p.m., followed by the Annual General Meeting and County Council meeting.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held February 18, 6:30 p.m., at the Somerset School. Please remember indoor footwear. Junior demonstrations (ages 9-13) and senior speeches (ages 16-21) will be presented at this meeting. Please call Mary, 902-538-8559, by February 2 to let her know if you will be presenting either a demonstration or a speech so she will have time to organize judges.
Following our meeting, senior demonstrations and intermediate speeches were presented. There was lots of great information on how to properly tie up a cow, making nuts and bolts, the Australian wildfires, and a fun family vacation. Congratulations to the following members who will be moving on to represent our club at County Rally: senior double demonstration, Evan and Sean VanOostrum; intermediate speech, Kaylee Newcombe.
December 2019 - First Club Report by Jacob Hirtle
Hello! My name is Jacob Hirtle and I am the 2019-2020 club reporter. I have been a 4-H member for six years and have taken part in the light horse, mini horse, exploring 4-H, and shooting sports projects; woodsman and tug of war. I am proud to be one of the 74 members in the Western Kings 4-H Club.
The December 20 meeting of the club was held at the Woodville Community Centre starting with a pot luck supper and finishing with awards.
New president, Kathryn Spicer, and secretary, Leah Newcombe, called the meeting to order with the reciting of the 4-H pledge and roll call.
Past minutes were read and new business discussed. Thalia Tobin spoke about her time as a Youth Service Leader as part of the Hands to Larger Service Program sharing some of the projects they completed while here in Nova Scotia and in British Columbia. She encouraged anyone interested in this opportunity to apply.
Mackenzie West reported that our club will be hosting the Kings County 4-H Woodsman Competition this year. Watch for a sign-up sheet at the next meeting if you are interested in joining woodsman.
Novalea Sears reported on the Valley Regional Hospital Dessert Auction held December 12. Cake decorating members along with project leader, Sophie Saulnier, made and donated cakes to the auction. All together, they raised $350 towards buying a portable x-ray machine. Great job, everyone!
Emilee Hirtle asked members if they would be willing to lend to us small project articles for our presentation about 4-H to the Cambridge Women’s Institute on January 21. Members that have items to share are encouraged to bring them to the next club meeting.
A motion was carried to donate $50 to the Woodville Community Centre.
Upcoming events and dates shared by Mary Magee included:
- The next cheese order will be in January for delivery in February. Watch for order forms at the next meeting.
- Club public speaking competitions begin at the next meeting starting with senior demonstrations (ages 14-21 as of Jan. 1, 2020 )and intermediate speeches (ages 13-15). Members are asked to let Mary know if they will be doing a speech or demonstration by January 4 so she can organize judges.
- Any senior members interested in having their name put forward for County Council elections are to let Mary know before January 6.
- January 15, 6:30 p.m., a 4-H transition meeting will be held at the Kentville Research Station.
- County skating party, date to be announced.
- NS 4-H Pro Show will be held October 2 to 4, 2020 and October 1 to 3, 2021, in Truro. Book your accommodations early.
Congratulations to all members who achieved project completion certificates and to the members who were awarded trophies and plaques for being the top members in their projects. Members receiving special awards were: Top senior member, Mackenzie West; top junior member, Kaylee Newcombe; Danny Arnold Memorial Award for top junior dairy member, Brody Nauss; Eleanor Tree Memorial Award, Brooke and Alexis Kinsman.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held January 14, 6:30 p.m., at Somerset School.
The December 20 meeting of the club was held at the Woodville Community Centre starting with a pot luck supper and finishing with awards.
New president, Kathryn Spicer, and secretary, Leah Newcombe, called the meeting to order with the reciting of the 4-H pledge and roll call.
Past minutes were read and new business discussed. Thalia Tobin spoke about her time as a Youth Service Leader as part of the Hands to Larger Service Program sharing some of the projects they completed while here in Nova Scotia and in British Columbia. She encouraged anyone interested in this opportunity to apply.
Mackenzie West reported that our club will be hosting the Kings County 4-H Woodsman Competition this year. Watch for a sign-up sheet at the next meeting if you are interested in joining woodsman.
Novalea Sears reported on the Valley Regional Hospital Dessert Auction held December 12. Cake decorating members along with project leader, Sophie Saulnier, made and donated cakes to the auction. All together, they raised $350 towards buying a portable x-ray machine. Great job, everyone!
Emilee Hirtle asked members if they would be willing to lend to us small project articles for our presentation about 4-H to the Cambridge Women’s Institute on January 21. Members that have items to share are encouraged to bring them to the next club meeting.
A motion was carried to donate $50 to the Woodville Community Centre.
Upcoming events and dates shared by Mary Magee included:
- The next cheese order will be in January for delivery in February. Watch for order forms at the next meeting.
- Club public speaking competitions begin at the next meeting starting with senior demonstrations (ages 14-21 as of Jan. 1, 2020 )and intermediate speeches (ages 13-15). Members are asked to let Mary know if they will be doing a speech or demonstration by January 4 so she can organize judges.
- Any senior members interested in having their name put forward for County Council elections are to let Mary know before January 6.
- January 15, 6:30 p.m., a 4-H transition meeting will be held at the Kentville Research Station.
- County skating party, date to be announced.
- NS 4-H Pro Show will be held October 2 to 4, 2020 and October 1 to 3, 2021, in Truro. Book your accommodations early.
Congratulations to all members who achieved project completion certificates and to the members who were awarded trophies and plaques for being the top members in their projects. Members receiving special awards were: Top senior member, Mackenzie West; top junior member, Kaylee Newcombe; Danny Arnold Memorial Award for top junior dairy member, Brody Nauss; Eleanor Tree Memorial Award, Brooke and Alexis Kinsman.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held January 14, 6:30 p.m., at Somerset School.
November 2019 - Last Club Report by Allyson Gibson
On November 12th 2019, the Western Kings 4-H club held their monthly meeting at Somerset School. We had a very busy meeting and new executive positions were appointed. Katie Spicer has taken on the role of being our new club president, replacing our former president Thomas Clarke. Emilee Hirtle will be the new vice president, Leah Newcombe will be our secretary. Thalia Tobin will continue her role as treasurer. Jacob Hirtle will be our club reporter. Congratulations to our new executive and thank you to our past executive for your great service over the past year.
We recently had our County Awards night. There was a great turn out and lots of good food. Congratulations to all who won awards. Our 4-H club participated in the Health and Wellness Fair recently held in Berwick. Members talked to people about joining 4-H. It was a really great experience for all involved and we hope to help out at it again in the future.
The Clean Annapolis River Project team met on Nov. 3rd to help put up signs to raise awareness about woodland turtles. Well done to all involved. Our 4-H club also helped out at the Scotian Gold shavings sale fundraiser. Everyone worked really hard and had a lot of fun. Thank you to everyone who helped out.
Our club donated treats to the local radio station on 4-H day. There were lots of yummy treats and the staff members were very happy. We also collected items for the Berwick Food Bank as part of 4-H Month.
Our next Western Kings 4-H meeting will be held on December 20th.Please arrive between 6:00 and 6:30 at the Woodville Hall to eat at 6:30. Our December meeting will be a potluck dinner followed by our meeting and an awards ceremony and holiday games. Please remember to bring your own cups, dishes and cutlery as well as a main course and dessert to share
October 2019 - Club Report by Allyson Gibson
Hello everyone. Our October 4-H meeting was very productive. We had a BBQ and info session for all new and returning members.
We would like to congratulate Andrew Murray who was the Kings County Jr. Giant Radish Champion. Congratulations to everyone who won and participated at the NS 4-H Show. There was a great turn out and everyone seemed to have a terrific time.
Our annual County Awards Night was held on Saturday, October 19th. There was lots of delicious food and fun. Thank you to everyone who came out and congratulations to all the winners. Special congratulations to Sophia Clarke who received the Waldo Walsh Memorial trophy as Kings County’s Most Outstanding Senior Member and Emilee Hirtle who shared the Heidi Daniels Memorial Spirit award. I was also fortunate to share the Top Club Reporter award.
The Clean Annapolis River project is moving forward. We will be putting up a sign on November 3 in Cambridge.
The month of November is 4-H month, and November 6th is Show your 4-H Colours day, so make sure you remember to wear your green 4-H gear. We will also be bringing some baked treats to the local radio station on the 6th.
Senior 4-H members (16+) are encouraged to apply for the 4-H Awards Trips, and all intermediate members (14-15 ) are encouraged to apply for the Kevin Grant Tour.
Our 4-H club is introducing a buddy system for all members new to 4-H this year. This means that experienced 4-H families are encouraged to help support new families by helping answer questions and offering a hand of friendship to newcomers.
Our next Western Kings 4-H meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 12th at Somerset School beginning at 6:30pm. We are asking all members to bring a non-perishable food bank item or two to this meeting as another way of celebrating 4-H Month.
We would like to congratulate Andrew Murray who was the Kings County Jr. Giant Radish Champion. Congratulations to everyone who won and participated at the NS 4-H Show. There was a great turn out and everyone seemed to have a terrific time.
Our annual County Awards Night was held on Saturday, October 19th. There was lots of delicious food and fun. Thank you to everyone who came out and congratulations to all the winners. Special congratulations to Sophia Clarke who received the Waldo Walsh Memorial trophy as Kings County’s Most Outstanding Senior Member and Emilee Hirtle who shared the Heidi Daniels Memorial Spirit award. I was also fortunate to share the Top Club Reporter award.
The Clean Annapolis River project is moving forward. We will be putting up a sign on November 3 in Cambridge.
The month of November is 4-H month, and November 6th is Show your 4-H Colours day, so make sure you remember to wear your green 4-H gear. We will also be bringing some baked treats to the local radio station on the 6th.
Senior 4-H members (16+) are encouraged to apply for the 4-H Awards Trips, and all intermediate members (14-15 ) are encouraged to apply for the Kevin Grant Tour.
Our 4-H club is introducing a buddy system for all members new to 4-H this year. This means that experienced 4-H families are encouraged to help support new families by helping answer questions and offering a hand of friendship to newcomers.
Our next Western Kings 4-H meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 12th at Somerset School beginning at 6:30pm. We are asking all members to bring a non-perishable food bank item or two to this meeting as another way of celebrating 4-H Month.
September 2019 - Club Report by Allyson Gibson
Hello everyone! We had our first 4-H meeting of the new 4-H year on Tuesday, September 19th. As we start off an exciting new year of 4-H we would like to invite all new members and families to the next meeting on October 15th at Somerset School. The new members meeting will start at 6:30 with a BBQ and run until 7:00. The regular meeting will start at 7:00.
Achievement days were very successful this year. Congratulations to everyone who participated and good luck to those who moved on to Pro Show. Thank you to everyone who volunteered at Achievement days and who donated prizes for the silent auction. We really appreciate it.
Thanks to everyone who helped out at the 100 Mile Food Festival. It was a great success. Everyone had a good time and guests loved all the animals.
Congratulations to club members, Sophia Clarke who was crowned 2019 Gala Days Queen and Miss Friendship, and Ella Baxter who was chosen the First Lady- in -Waiting.
The 4-H Potluck Awards Night will be held on October 19th at the Aylesford Fire Hall. We look forward to seeing you all there. Family and friends are welcome.
There will be a Berwick Health and Wellness Fair at Berwick School on October 19th. We are looking for members to volunteer at a 4-H information booth from 9-2pm.
Registration for the new year will be available at the October meeting. We are all very excited to welcome new members into our 4-H club. We can't wait to see you all there!
Achievement days were very successful this year. Congratulations to everyone who participated and good luck to those who moved on to Pro Show. Thank you to everyone who volunteered at Achievement days and who donated prizes for the silent auction. We really appreciate it.
Thanks to everyone who helped out at the 100 Mile Food Festival. It was a great success. Everyone had a good time and guests loved all the animals.
Congratulations to club members, Sophia Clarke who was crowned 2019 Gala Days Queen and Miss Friendship, and Ella Baxter who was chosen the First Lady- in -Waiting.
The 4-H Potluck Awards Night will be held on October 19th at the Aylesford Fire Hall. We look forward to seeing you all there. Family and friends are welcome.
There will be a Berwick Health and Wellness Fair at Berwick School on October 19th. We are looking for members to volunteer at a 4-H information booth from 9-2pm.
Registration for the new year will be available at the October meeting. We are all very excited to welcome new members into our 4-H club. We can't wait to see you all there!
June 2019 - Club Report by Allyson Gibson
Hello everyone. The last meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club for the 2018-2019 Season was held June 11 at Somerset School. There were lots of reports. The Wood Turtle Volunteer Training Session in Millville went well. Amy and Jack enjoyed searching for turtles.
Senior Tour will be to Lunenburg July 6 and 7. Sounds like a really good opportunity to have fun and get to know other seniors in the county.
Joint Achievement Days are fast approaching at the Kings Mutual Century Centre in Berwick. All non- perishable projects are due at the Apple Dome on July 31. Perishable items must be registered at the Apple Dome by 8:30am August 1. We have volunteers to take charge of both Lifeskills and Livestock Displays. They will need lots of help to prepare and then set up the displays on July 31. The theme this year is 4-H Steals the Scene in 2019.
Thank you to the families who have volunteered to provide items for the Achievement Days Silent Auction. Each club will be providing three things for the auction. Be sure to check out the items and bid on your favourites.
Thalia is looking for volunteers to sell ice cream at our JAD booth during the two day show. Check the schedule and let her know when you will be available to work at the booth.
Most of the in-person lifeskills competitions are held the second day of the show. There are unlimited entries from each club, but you must be registered for that project in order to enter. Please let Mary know by July 2 if you would like to enter any of the special project competitions such as photography, food prep, cake decorating, building blocks, crafts, great outdoors, woodworking and fashion show.
New this year all the clipping competitions will be held July 20 from approximately 8:30am to 3:00pm at the Berwick Apple Dome. Get your partner and register with Mary by July 2. Each team must provide an animal for the draw. The public is welcome to watch this event.
We have two new dates to put on our calendars. The Kings County Awards Night is October 19 at the Aylesford Fire Hall. We are still looking for sponsors for some awards. A new event organized by the Spirit Club is a Barn Dance for 4-H families and friends at the Old Orchard Inn on October 25.
We also picked up Proud to Bee a 4-H’er seeds to share and to plant. It is important to encourage bees and butterflies to thrive in our communities.
The next meeting will be held Tuesday, September 17 at 6:30pm at Somerset Elementary School. Bring a friend.
Good luck to everyone at the Kings County Joint Achievement Days! Have a great summer.
Senior Tour will be to Lunenburg July 6 and 7. Sounds like a really good opportunity to have fun and get to know other seniors in the county.
Joint Achievement Days are fast approaching at the Kings Mutual Century Centre in Berwick. All non- perishable projects are due at the Apple Dome on July 31. Perishable items must be registered at the Apple Dome by 8:30am August 1. We have volunteers to take charge of both Lifeskills and Livestock Displays. They will need lots of help to prepare and then set up the displays on July 31. The theme this year is 4-H Steals the Scene in 2019.
Thank you to the families who have volunteered to provide items for the Achievement Days Silent Auction. Each club will be providing three things for the auction. Be sure to check out the items and bid on your favourites.
Thalia is looking for volunteers to sell ice cream at our JAD booth during the two day show. Check the schedule and let her know when you will be available to work at the booth.
Most of the in-person lifeskills competitions are held the second day of the show. There are unlimited entries from each club, but you must be registered for that project in order to enter. Please let Mary know by July 2 if you would like to enter any of the special project competitions such as photography, food prep, cake decorating, building blocks, crafts, great outdoors, woodworking and fashion show.
New this year all the clipping competitions will be held July 20 from approximately 8:30am to 3:00pm at the Berwick Apple Dome. Get your partner and register with Mary by July 2. Each team must provide an animal for the draw. The public is welcome to watch this event.
We have two new dates to put on our calendars. The Kings County Awards Night is October 19 at the Aylesford Fire Hall. We are still looking for sponsors for some awards. A new event organized by the Spirit Club is a Barn Dance for 4-H families and friends at the Old Orchard Inn on October 25.
We also picked up Proud to Bee a 4-H’er seeds to share and to plant. It is important to encourage bees and butterflies to thrive in our communities.
The next meeting will be held Tuesday, September 17 at 6:30pm at Somerset Elementary School. Bring a friend.
Good luck to everyone at the Kings County Joint Achievement Days! Have a great summer.
May 2019 - Club Report by Allyson Gibson
Hello everyone. The last meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club was held on May 21st 2019. It was a busy meeting with lots of things to share and be discussed. We had a few speeches and demonstrations to finish off a busy night.
Mark your calendars because county judging will be held on May 29th at the Apple Dome in Berwick. Lifeskills classes are between 5:00pm and 8:00pm. Livestock judging will take place between 6:00pm and 8:00pm. Be sure to contact the 4-H office if you cannot attend that evening. The make-up date is June 12th at Kentville Research Station from 3:00pm to 6:00pm.. The Junior and Senior tours are coming up soon. The Junior Tour is June 22 to Upper Clements Park. The details can be found in the email sent to all of our members earlier in the month. Get registered early.
4-H Provincial Weekend was held on May 3rd and 4th in Truro. Everyone really enjoyed it and had a lot of fun. Congratulations to Emily and Jacob Hirtle who won with their double demo. Also congratulations to Sydney Milne who was the Provincial Senior Public Speaking Champion.
Ira Freeman recently went on the Kevin Grant Tour and reported that it was a very good time. Mackenzie West was one of seven Nova Scotians who attended the Ottawa Citizenship Congress. She reported it was a great experience with many fun activities.
On May 11th our 4-H club volunteered at the Waterville Fire Department Annual Appreciation Dinner. Our club helped prepare, serve and clean up. We all enjoyed helping out fire fighters in our community.
Joint Achievement Days will be held on August 1st and 2nd at the Apple Dome. Our club will have an ice cream canteen. We will be looking for lots of help at the booth during those two days.
There is a new food bank challenge for all the clubs in Kings County. The Spirit Committee has challenged each club to gather as many food bank items as they can and record how much they collect. We will bring our items to the June 11th meeting and take what is collected to the Berwick Food Bank.
Congratulations to Bailey Justason who won third prize in the province for her chocolate bar sales. Great job! Congratulations as well to Sydney Redden who won $25.00 in the chocolate draw and to Grace Tree and Thalia Tobin who were winners in the coffee draw.
Remember that the vegetable for the giant vegetable growing competition this year is the radish.
You don’t have to be a horticulture member to do this competition. Good luck everyone!
Record sheets and newsletters are available on the 4-H website. Record sheets are due at the 4-H office by July 15th.
Our last club meeting before the summer break will be held on June 11th 2019 at Somerset School at 6:30pm. We will be doing a roadside cleanup and having a BBQ. Please bring work gloves and $3 each to help cover the BBQ costs. Remember to check our club website regularly to stay up to date on club activities and events.
Mark your calendars because county judging will be held on May 29th at the Apple Dome in Berwick. Lifeskills classes are between 5:00pm and 8:00pm. Livestock judging will take place between 6:00pm and 8:00pm. Be sure to contact the 4-H office if you cannot attend that evening. The make-up date is June 12th at Kentville Research Station from 3:00pm to 6:00pm.. The Junior and Senior tours are coming up soon. The Junior Tour is June 22 to Upper Clements Park. The details can be found in the email sent to all of our members earlier in the month. Get registered early.
4-H Provincial Weekend was held on May 3rd and 4th in Truro. Everyone really enjoyed it and had a lot of fun. Congratulations to Emily and Jacob Hirtle who won with their double demo. Also congratulations to Sydney Milne who was the Provincial Senior Public Speaking Champion.
Ira Freeman recently went on the Kevin Grant Tour and reported that it was a very good time. Mackenzie West was one of seven Nova Scotians who attended the Ottawa Citizenship Congress. She reported it was a great experience with many fun activities.
On May 11th our 4-H club volunteered at the Waterville Fire Department Annual Appreciation Dinner. Our club helped prepare, serve and clean up. We all enjoyed helping out fire fighters in our community.
Joint Achievement Days will be held on August 1st and 2nd at the Apple Dome. Our club will have an ice cream canteen. We will be looking for lots of help at the booth during those two days.
There is a new food bank challenge for all the clubs in Kings County. The Spirit Committee has challenged each club to gather as many food bank items as they can and record how much they collect. We will bring our items to the June 11th meeting and take what is collected to the Berwick Food Bank.
Congratulations to Bailey Justason who won third prize in the province for her chocolate bar sales. Great job! Congratulations as well to Sydney Redden who won $25.00 in the chocolate draw and to Grace Tree and Thalia Tobin who were winners in the coffee draw.
Remember that the vegetable for the giant vegetable growing competition this year is the radish.
You don’t have to be a horticulture member to do this competition. Good luck everyone!
Record sheets and newsletters are available on the 4-H website. Record sheets are due at the 4-H office by July 15th.
Our last club meeting before the summer break will be held on June 11th 2019 at Somerset School at 6:30pm. We will be doing a roadside cleanup and having a BBQ. Please bring work gloves and $3 each to help cover the BBQ costs. Remember to check our club website regularly to stay up to date on club activities and events.
April 2019 - Club Report by Allyson Gibson
Hello everyone. We had a very busy 4-H meeting this month. There were many reports. We hope to receive the cheese for our fundraiser on April 25th. Please check the website for more information. The county skating party was held last month. There were 88 people and everyone had a lot of fun.
County Rally was a great success. We had lots of members move on to the Regional Rally including Vincent Armstrong, Sydney Milne, Emilee Hirtle and Jacob Hirtle. Congratulations to all those who participated. Congratulations as well to Kaylee Newcombe who was chosen as one of the two Kings County Junior Ambassadors for 2019.
The “keeping your livestock healthy workshop” was held last month and everyone who participated learned a lot and had a great time. The next 4-H event is the Woodsman Competition on April 28th at Harmony Hall. Come out and cheer on our junior and senior teams. The following weekend is Provincial Weekend from May 3rd to 4.th Everyone is welcome to check out the public speaking and woodsman activities and attend 4-H Night in Nova Scotia. The Waterville Fire Hall Banquet will be held May 11th. We have a good group of volunteers to help serve and clean up that evening.
Other important dates include the Beef Dinner fundraiser for the livestock shelter at the Kings Mutual Centre which will be held on May 26th at the Berwick Lions Hall. If you don’t already have a ticket, be sure to get one soon. County Judging will be held on May 29th at the Apple Dome in Berwick. This date is very important because members cannot compete at Provincial Show if they do not complete this judging requirement. Provincial Show will be from September 27th to the 29th in Truro.
The Spirit Club is hosting a showmanship clinic on June 8th from 9 to 11am at the Apple Dome. That will be a great opportunity to learn valuable tips for Achievement Days. 4-H livestock registration is due to the 4-H office by May 15th and if you need to change your animal, you must do so by July 15th. There is an early reminder that record sheets are also due on July 15th.
At our April meeting we were very excited to have a guest speaker from the Clean Annapolis Valley River Project who came to talk to us about wood turtle awareness in Nova Scotia. We learned about how to help these at-risk critters. Thank you so much to Katie for joining us. We all really enjoyed the presentation and learned a lot!
Please be sure to check the 4-H website about any upcoming events. Our next 4-H meeting will be held on May 21st at 6:30pm at Somerset School. At the end of the meeting there will be a judging workshop to help us prepare for the County Judging night. We encourage all members to participate.
County Rally was a great success. We had lots of members move on to the Regional Rally including Vincent Armstrong, Sydney Milne, Emilee Hirtle and Jacob Hirtle. Congratulations to all those who participated. Congratulations as well to Kaylee Newcombe who was chosen as one of the two Kings County Junior Ambassadors for 2019.
The “keeping your livestock healthy workshop” was held last month and everyone who participated learned a lot and had a great time. The next 4-H event is the Woodsman Competition on April 28th at Harmony Hall. Come out and cheer on our junior and senior teams. The following weekend is Provincial Weekend from May 3rd to 4.th Everyone is welcome to check out the public speaking and woodsman activities and attend 4-H Night in Nova Scotia. The Waterville Fire Hall Banquet will be held May 11th. We have a good group of volunteers to help serve and clean up that evening.
Other important dates include the Beef Dinner fundraiser for the livestock shelter at the Kings Mutual Centre which will be held on May 26th at the Berwick Lions Hall. If you don’t already have a ticket, be sure to get one soon. County Judging will be held on May 29th at the Apple Dome in Berwick. This date is very important because members cannot compete at Provincial Show if they do not complete this judging requirement. Provincial Show will be from September 27th to the 29th in Truro.
The Spirit Club is hosting a showmanship clinic on June 8th from 9 to 11am at the Apple Dome. That will be a great opportunity to learn valuable tips for Achievement Days. 4-H livestock registration is due to the 4-H office by May 15th and if you need to change your animal, you must do so by July 15th. There is an early reminder that record sheets are also due on July 15th.
At our April meeting we were very excited to have a guest speaker from the Clean Annapolis Valley River Project who came to talk to us about wood turtle awareness in Nova Scotia. We learned about how to help these at-risk critters. Thank you so much to Katie for joining us. We all really enjoyed the presentation and learned a lot!
Please be sure to check the 4-H website about any upcoming events. Our next 4-H meeting will be held on May 21st at 6:30pm at Somerset School. At the end of the meeting there will be a judging workshop to help us prepare for the County Judging night. We encourage all members to participate.
March 2019 -Club Report by Allyson Gibson
Hello everyone! The Western Kings 4-H Club had a busy meeting this month with junior and senior speeches. They went very well, congratulations to everyone who participated. Vincent Armstrong, Leah Robinson and Bailey Justason will be representing us at the Kings County Rally as junior speaker, introducer and thanker.
The 4-H County skating party is happening on March 22 from 6:30-8:00pm. We encourage all 4-Her’s, family and friends to join us at the Kings Mutual Center. Please remember to bring your helmets.
County Rally will be held on March 30th at the New Minas Baptist Church from 9:30-3:00pm. Please check out the 4-H website for details and information on the poster contest. Everyone is welcome! Regional Rally will be on April 6th at the Evangeline Middle School.
Our club is selling Laura Secord chocolate bars and Fair Trade coffee as part of a provincial fundraiser this year. We encourage you to help support 4-H by purchasing some of these tasty treats.
4-H will be helping serve and clean up at the Waterville Fire Department dinner on May 11th. Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to help that night. There will be a BBQ at the Kentville arena on April 5th as part of John Deere Days. Members from our club will be helping with this as well. Please join us for a tasty treat.
4-H weekend will be on May 3rd and 4th this year. It will be held at Dalhousie Agricultural campus in Truro. Applications to stay overnight are due April 15. Any 4-H members interested in attending Camp Rankin this year must have their applications submitted by April 15th too. All members in 4-H who are applying for the 4-H scholarships must have their applications in by April 1st.
This year’s giant vegetable growing competition vegetable will be the longest radish. Don’t forget April 10th there will be a workshop on Keeping Your Livestock Healthy. Please contact Cheryl Theriau at the 4-H office to register for this exciting and educational event.
Practice for the woodsman competition will be starting up soon. If you are interested please contact Mackenzie West and sign up.
The next Western Kings 4-H Club meeting will be held on April 16th at 6:30pm. We will be joined by a guest speaker from the Clean Annapolis River Project.
Enjoy your March Break!
The 4-H County skating party is happening on March 22 from 6:30-8:00pm. We encourage all 4-Her’s, family and friends to join us at the Kings Mutual Center. Please remember to bring your helmets.
County Rally will be held on March 30th at the New Minas Baptist Church from 9:30-3:00pm. Please check out the 4-H website for details and information on the poster contest. Everyone is welcome! Regional Rally will be on April 6th at the Evangeline Middle School.
Our club is selling Laura Secord chocolate bars and Fair Trade coffee as part of a provincial fundraiser this year. We encourage you to help support 4-H by purchasing some of these tasty treats.
4-H will be helping serve and clean up at the Waterville Fire Department dinner on May 11th. Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to help that night. There will be a BBQ at the Kentville arena on April 5th as part of John Deere Days. Members from our club will be helping with this as well. Please join us for a tasty treat.
4-H weekend will be on May 3rd and 4th this year. It will be held at Dalhousie Agricultural campus in Truro. Applications to stay overnight are due April 15. Any 4-H members interested in attending Camp Rankin this year must have their applications submitted by April 15th too. All members in 4-H who are applying for the 4-H scholarships must have their applications in by April 1st.
This year’s giant vegetable growing competition vegetable will be the longest radish. Don’t forget April 10th there will be a workshop on Keeping Your Livestock Healthy. Please contact Cheryl Theriau at the 4-H office to register for this exciting and educational event.
Practice for the woodsman competition will be starting up soon. If you are interested please contact Mackenzie West and sign up.
The next Western Kings 4-H Club meeting will be held on April 16th at 6:30pm. We will be joined by a guest speaker from the Clean Annapolis River Project.
Enjoy your March Break!
February 2019 Club Report by Allyson Gibson
Hello everyone! This month we had a busy 4-H meeting that was followed by our Junior Demonstration competition. Congratulations to all those who participated. You did a great job! Our Junior Team representatives for county competition are Alex and Mark MacLean. The Junior Single winner is Keera Best.
At our February 19th meeting we received lots of information and dates of upcoming events in 4-H as listed below.
Our cake decorating project members received a lovely thank you from Grand View Manor for the beautifully decorated cake they donated to the residents. All project members are encouraged to do “Random Acts of Cakeness”.
On March 22nd a county 4-H skating party is being held at the Apple Dome from 6:30-8pm for all 4-H’ers, family, and friends. Please remember to bring your helmets! This will be a great way to meet 4-H’ers from all clubs in the county!
4-H will be selling coffee and chocolate bars again this year. Please consider purchasing some Laura Secord chocolate bars or Fair Trade coffee to help support the 4-H program.
The 4-H Host and Hostess competition has now been changed to an Ambassadors competition. Each club is eligible to send two junior and two senior members to the competition. Our club has chosen Emily Hirtle and Ella Baxter to be our Senior Ambassadors, and Kaylee Newcombe and Bailey Justason to be our Junior Ambassadors. Congratulations, we wish you all the best of luck.
We would like to congratulate Ira Freeman who will be participating in the Kevin Grant Tour, Mackenzie West who will be attending the Ottawa Citizenship Conference and Thalia Tobin who was selected for the 4-H Canada Youth Service Leadership. Please remember to check our website for further information on any upcoming 4-H events. Our website is westernkings4h.weebly.com
Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday March 12th at 6:30pm at Somerset School. There will be Junior and Senior speeches, as well as optional Cloverbud speeches. Please note that the meeting is being held a week earlier than usual because of March Break.
At our February 19th meeting we received lots of information and dates of upcoming events in 4-H as listed below.
- County Rally will be held this year on March 30th at the New Minas Baptist Church
- Regional Rally will be held at the Evangeline Middle School on April 6th
- April 1st is the scholarship deadline for grade 12 students
- Keeping Your Livestock Healthy workshop is taking place on April 10th
- May 29th is County Judging
Our cake decorating project members received a lovely thank you from Grand View Manor for the beautifully decorated cake they donated to the residents. All project members are encouraged to do “Random Acts of Cakeness”.
On March 22nd a county 4-H skating party is being held at the Apple Dome from 6:30-8pm for all 4-H’ers, family, and friends. Please remember to bring your helmets! This will be a great way to meet 4-H’ers from all clubs in the county!
4-H will be selling coffee and chocolate bars again this year. Please consider purchasing some Laura Secord chocolate bars or Fair Trade coffee to help support the 4-H program.
The 4-H Host and Hostess competition has now been changed to an Ambassadors competition. Each club is eligible to send two junior and two senior members to the competition. Our club has chosen Emily Hirtle and Ella Baxter to be our Senior Ambassadors, and Kaylee Newcombe and Bailey Justason to be our Junior Ambassadors. Congratulations, we wish you all the best of luck.
We would like to congratulate Ira Freeman who will be participating in the Kevin Grant Tour, Mackenzie West who will be attending the Ottawa Citizenship Conference and Thalia Tobin who was selected for the 4-H Canada Youth Service Leadership. Please remember to check our website for further information on any upcoming 4-H events. Our website is westernkings4h.weebly.com
Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday March 12th at 6:30pm at Somerset School. There will be Junior and Senior speeches, as well as optional Cloverbud speeches. Please note that the meeting is being held a week earlier than usual because of March Break.
January 2019 Club Report by Allyson Gibson
Happy New Year everyone! We had our first 4-H meeting of 2019 on January 15th, 2019. During our meeting we discussed the DM Lightfoot Environmental Contribution that was given to County Council for 4-H to participate in environmental causes. We discussed options of what we can do for this project. These options included supporting wood turtles using signage, conducting visual surveys of turtles, and a clean up the Annapolis River project. Further discussion will take place.
Despite poor weather conditions, the public speaking workshop on January 8th at Grafton Hall had a great turnout. Nicole and Tyler gave lots of great information and everyone had a lot of fun.
There will be a club snowshoeing event on February 16th at 2pm on the Woodville trails. We encourage all 4-H members, family and friends to come out and participate. Be sure to let Kelly know if you need snowshoes.
April 1st is the deadline for the grade 12 student scholarships this year. Please note on your calendars that the County Judging event will be held on May 29th. This year’s Provincial Show will be held September 27th to 29th in Bible Hill.
We are holding the provincial fundraiser during the month of March. Members will be selling chocolate bars and coffee this year. An animal health workshop is coming up in February. Watch for updates. A county skating party will be held on March 22nd from 6:30 to 8pm at the Kings Mutual Century Centre. Helmets are strongly encouraged. The 100 Mile Farm Food Festival will be held on Sunday, August 4th from 11am to 4pm at the Northville Farm Heritage Center. Members from our club will be supporting a petting zoo for this event.
After we finished our meeting, we had the intermediate speech competition. Thank you to all the judges who volunteered their time. Congratulations to Jack Archibald who will be moving on to County Rally which will be held March 30 at New Minas Baptist Church.
Following next month’s meeting on Tuesday, February 19th at 6:30pm there will be demos for junior members ages 9 to 13. Please note that the senior speech competition has been moved to the March meeting. Hope to see you in February.
Despite poor weather conditions, the public speaking workshop on January 8th at Grafton Hall had a great turnout. Nicole and Tyler gave lots of great information and everyone had a lot of fun.
There will be a club snowshoeing event on February 16th at 2pm on the Woodville trails. We encourage all 4-H members, family and friends to come out and participate. Be sure to let Kelly know if you need snowshoes.
April 1st is the deadline for the grade 12 student scholarships this year. Please note on your calendars that the County Judging event will be held on May 29th. This year’s Provincial Show will be held September 27th to 29th in Bible Hill.
We are holding the provincial fundraiser during the month of March. Members will be selling chocolate bars and coffee this year. An animal health workshop is coming up in February. Watch for updates. A county skating party will be held on March 22nd from 6:30 to 8pm at the Kings Mutual Century Centre. Helmets are strongly encouraged. The 100 Mile Farm Food Festival will be held on Sunday, August 4th from 11am to 4pm at the Northville Farm Heritage Center. Members from our club will be supporting a petting zoo for this event.
After we finished our meeting, we had the intermediate speech competition. Thank you to all the judges who volunteered their time. Congratulations to Jack Archibald who will be moving on to County Rally which will be held March 30 at New Minas Baptist Church.
Following next month’s meeting on Tuesday, February 19th at 6:30pm there will be demos for junior members ages 9 to 13. Please note that the senior speech competition has been moved to the March meeting. Hope to see you in February.
December 2018 Club Report by Allyson Gibson
Happy New Year everyone from the Western Kings 4-H Club. At our last Western Kings 4-H Club meeting on December 21st 2018 we had our Christmas potluck and awards night. We started off our evening with a delicious potluck dinner and dessert.
After everyone was finished and had helped with clean-up we started our meeting. At the Kentville VRH Auction, 4-H cake decorating members raised $535.00 with their donated cakes. Monies were used towards buying three new ventilators. A group of 4-H volunteers recently helped out at the Valley Hospice fundraiser. Our volunteers helped serve and clear tables as well as cleaning up afterwards. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed helping out this great cause and there was a great turn out.
For the holiday season our 4-H club sold wreaths. This was a good fundraiser. A public speaking workshop was held on January 8th 2019 at the Grafton Community Center for any 4-H’ers who wanted to improve their public speaking skills. The workshop was facilitated by Nicole Martin. We encouraged anyone in 4-H to participate, and to bring a friend.
Recently money from the Environmental Stewardship Fund was donated to Kings County 4-H. Each club is invited to come up with an idea on how to use this donation to help the environment.
The Western Kings 4-H club would like to thank the Woodville Community Hall for allowing us to use their facility to host our holiday meeting and potluck. After our meeting was finished we continued with an awards ceremony where lots of our members received awards and certificates of completion. Among the recipients were Jeana Rogers who received the Eleanor Tree Memorial Award and Kaylee Newcombe who won the Daniel Arnold Memorial Award. Tyler MacEachern received a plaque in recognition of his contribution as Nova Scotia 4-H Host, Jacob Hirtle was the recipient of the Top Junior Member, and Sophia Clarke and Thalia Tobin received the Most Outstanding Senior Member awards. Congratulations to all recipients. 4-H leader Amy VanderHeide recently received recognition as the Outstanding Woman in Atlantic Agriculture. Congratulations Amy Our club is so proud of everyone.
After everyone was finished and had helped with clean-up we started our meeting. At the Kentville VRH Auction, 4-H cake decorating members raised $535.00 with their donated cakes. Monies were used towards buying three new ventilators. A group of 4-H volunteers recently helped out at the Valley Hospice fundraiser. Our volunteers helped serve and clear tables as well as cleaning up afterwards. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed helping out this great cause and there was a great turn out.
For the holiday season our 4-H club sold wreaths. This was a good fundraiser. A public speaking workshop was held on January 8th 2019 at the Grafton Community Center for any 4-H’ers who wanted to improve their public speaking skills. The workshop was facilitated by Nicole Martin. We encouraged anyone in 4-H to participate, and to bring a friend.
Recently money from the Environmental Stewardship Fund was donated to Kings County 4-H. Each club is invited to come up with an idea on how to use this donation to help the environment.
The Western Kings 4-H club would like to thank the Woodville Community Hall for allowing us to use their facility to host our holiday meeting and potluck. After our meeting was finished we continued with an awards ceremony where lots of our members received awards and certificates of completion. Among the recipients were Jeana Rogers who received the Eleanor Tree Memorial Award and Kaylee Newcombe who won the Daniel Arnold Memorial Award. Tyler MacEachern received a plaque in recognition of his contribution as Nova Scotia 4-H Host, Jacob Hirtle was the recipient of the Top Junior Member, and Sophia Clarke and Thalia Tobin received the Most Outstanding Senior Member awards. Congratulations to all recipients. 4-H leader Amy VanderHeide recently received recognition as the Outstanding Woman in Atlantic Agriculture. Congratulations Amy Our club is so proud of everyone.
November 2018 Club Report by Allyson Gibson
Hello everyone! My name is Allyson Gibson, I am 15 years old and have been a member of the Western Kings 4-H Club for 6 years. I am in sewing and dog obedience. At our last meeting, held on November 20th 2018, I was elected to be the new club reporter. I would like to thank our former club reporter, Thalia Tobin, for her work last year.
At our last meeting we held elections for our executive positions. We have a new club president, Thomas Clarke, replacing our former president Mahala Brydon. Our new vice president is Kathryn Spicer, our treasurer is Thalia Tobin, and our secretary is Mackenzie West. Congratulations to the new executive members. We look forward to your leadership this year. Many thanks to all those who served on our executive last year.
Welcome to all the new members who have joined our club. It will be a busy year ahead. The new 4-H theme for the coming year is 4-H Steals the Scene in 2019. The giant vegetable for the 2019 competition will be the longest radish.
We would like to congratulate Mitchell Best on placing 3rd with his beef calf at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto.
In November we celebrated 4-H month by bringing treats such as homemade muffins to our local radio station, as well as collecting and donating food to our local food bank. We will bring more items to our December meeting to help with the important needs of the Berwick Food Bank.
On Friday, November 23 the Western Kings 4-H Club volunteered at the Valley Hospice Christmas Gala in New Minas. We had a great turnout with lots of volunteers and everyone enjoyed the activity. We helped serve and clear the tables as well as helping to clean up, all for a good cause.
Our December meeting will be a Christmas potluck event on December 21 at the Woodville Community Hall. We will have games and awards for the 2017-2018 4-H year.We are asking each family to bring a main course, and a dessert or bread, or rolls. We also ask for everyone to bring their own plates, cutlery and cups, and a food bank donation. We plan to eat at 6:30pm. Our Christmas meeting is for all our 4-H members and their families. Have a Merry Christmas!
At our last meeting we held elections for our executive positions. We have a new club president, Thomas Clarke, replacing our former president Mahala Brydon. Our new vice president is Kathryn Spicer, our treasurer is Thalia Tobin, and our secretary is Mackenzie West. Congratulations to the new executive members. We look forward to your leadership this year. Many thanks to all those who served on our executive last year.
Welcome to all the new members who have joined our club. It will be a busy year ahead. The new 4-H theme for the coming year is 4-H Steals the Scene in 2019. The giant vegetable for the 2019 competition will be the longest radish.
We would like to congratulate Mitchell Best on placing 3rd with his beef calf at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto.
In November we celebrated 4-H month by bringing treats such as homemade muffins to our local radio station, as well as collecting and donating food to our local food bank. We will bring more items to our December meeting to help with the important needs of the Berwick Food Bank.
On Friday, November 23 the Western Kings 4-H Club volunteered at the Valley Hospice Christmas Gala in New Minas. We had a great turnout with lots of volunteers and everyone enjoyed the activity. We helped serve and clear the tables as well as helping to clean up, all for a good cause.
Our December meeting will be a Christmas potluck event on December 21 at the Woodville Community Hall. We will have games and awards for the 2017-2018 4-H year.We are asking each family to bring a main course, and a dessert or bread, or rolls. We also ask for everyone to bring their own plates, cutlery and cups, and a food bank donation. We plan to eat at 6:30pm. Our Christmas meeting is for all our 4-H members and their families. Have a Merry Christmas!
October 2018 Club Report by Thalia Tobin
A new 4-H year is well underway at the Western Kings 4-H Club. Vice President Thomas Clarke opened the 16 October meeting with the pledge and welcomed new members. One of the first reports concerned the County Giant Rutabaga competition. Congratulations to Andrew Murray who placed first in the junior category and went on to have the champion provincial rutabaga. Thalia Tobin had the senior county reserve champion rutabaga.
The successful Nova Scotia 4-H show in Bridgewater was discussed. Kings County placed third in the province. Well done everyone! Our members can be proud of their accomplishments in lifeskills, livestock and public speaking competitions.
The County Awards Night was held recently beginning with a yummy potluck supper. A special shout out to Sydney Milne the Heidi Daniels Memorial Spirit Award winner, Mackenzie West the recipient of the Jean Ann Mitchell Most Improved Dairy Award, Jacob Hirtle for the Jean Ann Mitchell Most Improved Horse Member and Thalia Tobin for Top Club Reporter. Three clubs were recognized for special community service: Eastern Kings, Harmony-Nicholsville and Western Kings.
November is 4-H month. We will be delivering treats to AVR/Magic 94.9 to celebrate International 4-H Day 07 November, wearing green and white that day and bringing food bank donations to the November 20 meeting.
Another special activity this month is the Valley Hospice Christmas Gala 23 November at the Louis Millett Centre. Members will be serving and helping clean up at the event.
If you placed a Meadowbrook Meat Market fundraising order, remember to pick it up at Mary's on Wednesday 07 November between 4:30 and 5:30. If you need an extra few minutes, give Mary a call at 902-538-8559.
Upcoming club fundraisers were discussed. There will be a cheese fundraiser and a wreath sale in time for the Christmas season. Wreath orders can be brought to the 20 November meeting which begins at 6:30 at the Somerset School. New members and leaders are welcome. Happy 4-H month!
The successful Nova Scotia 4-H show in Bridgewater was discussed. Kings County placed third in the province. Well done everyone! Our members can be proud of their accomplishments in lifeskills, livestock and public speaking competitions.
The County Awards Night was held recently beginning with a yummy potluck supper. A special shout out to Sydney Milne the Heidi Daniels Memorial Spirit Award winner, Mackenzie West the recipient of the Jean Ann Mitchell Most Improved Dairy Award, Jacob Hirtle for the Jean Ann Mitchell Most Improved Horse Member and Thalia Tobin for Top Club Reporter. Three clubs were recognized for special community service: Eastern Kings, Harmony-Nicholsville and Western Kings.
November is 4-H month. We will be delivering treats to AVR/Magic 94.9 to celebrate International 4-H Day 07 November, wearing green and white that day and bringing food bank donations to the November 20 meeting.
Another special activity this month is the Valley Hospice Christmas Gala 23 November at the Louis Millett Centre. Members will be serving and helping clean up at the event.
If you placed a Meadowbrook Meat Market fundraising order, remember to pick it up at Mary's on Wednesday 07 November between 4:30 and 5:30. If you need an extra few minutes, give Mary a call at 902-538-8559.
Upcoming club fundraisers were discussed. There will be a cheese fundraiser and a wreath sale in time for the Christmas season. Wreath orders can be brought to the 20 November meeting which begins at 6:30 at the Somerset School. New members and leaders are welcome. Happy 4-H month!
September 2018 - Club Report by Thalia Tobin
The Western Kings 4-H Club welcomed members back after the summer break on 16
September 2018 at Somerset School at 6:30 pm, and added some new members. The
meeting had to take place outdoors on a cool and damp evening, due to circumstances
beyond our control. Past minutes were read and new business discussed.
MacKenzie West read correspondence from Nicholas Clarke and Megan Gibson who
wrote to thank the Club for their bursaries.
We are proud to recognize that our Kings County Joint Achievement Days was a
success for another year. The Western Kings ice cream booth did very well and as well
the livestock shelter continued to get many positive comments.
Lana Rogers reported on the very successful BBQ hospitality that the Club participated
in as a fundraiser on 08 September 2018 from noon to 2pm or so at the Greenwood
Wings and Wheels Car Show. The members who participated were awesome and Emily
Rogers reported it was one of the best fundraising events.
The members who are headed to 4–H NS Provincial Show were recognized and wished
well on their efforts. Huge thank yous were given to Kelly Clarke and her group who will
coordinate the Club’s Life Skills indoor display in Bridgewater.
Mary Magee presented her General Leader’s report. She explained the proposed
Meadowbrook Meat Market Fundraiser, from which 20 percent will go to our Club. Order
forms were available after the meeting. Orders and payment are due at the 16 October
meeting. Boxes will be delivered to Mary’s home. They must be picked up there
between 4:30 and 5:30pm. Check the website. Cheese order forms were also made
available. Mary distributed registration forms for members and adult volunteers/leaders.
Harvest Fest in Kentville responsibilities were arranged.
Kings County 4-H Council meeting for senior members and leaders
was held 05 September 2018, 6:00 pm, at Scotian Gold, preceded by the Achievement
Days Work Group, with the County meeting afterwards.
Well done Western Kings for staying to the end of the meeting outdoors in less than
welcoming weather!
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held 16 October 2018, 6:30 pm,
at Somerset School.
September 2018 at Somerset School at 6:30 pm, and added some new members. The
meeting had to take place outdoors on a cool and damp evening, due to circumstances
beyond our control. Past minutes were read and new business discussed.
MacKenzie West read correspondence from Nicholas Clarke and Megan Gibson who
wrote to thank the Club for their bursaries.
We are proud to recognize that our Kings County Joint Achievement Days was a
success for another year. The Western Kings ice cream booth did very well and as well
the livestock shelter continued to get many positive comments.
Lana Rogers reported on the very successful BBQ hospitality that the Club participated
in as a fundraiser on 08 September 2018 from noon to 2pm or so at the Greenwood
Wings and Wheels Car Show. The members who participated were awesome and Emily
Rogers reported it was one of the best fundraising events.
The members who are headed to 4–H NS Provincial Show were recognized and wished
well on their efforts. Huge thank yous were given to Kelly Clarke and her group who will
coordinate the Club’s Life Skills indoor display in Bridgewater.
Mary Magee presented her General Leader’s report. She explained the proposed
Meadowbrook Meat Market Fundraiser, from which 20 percent will go to our Club. Order
forms were available after the meeting. Orders and payment are due at the 16 October
meeting. Boxes will be delivered to Mary’s home. They must be picked up there
between 4:30 and 5:30pm. Check the website. Cheese order forms were also made
available. Mary distributed registration forms for members and adult volunteers/leaders.
Harvest Fest in Kentville responsibilities were arranged.
Kings County 4-H Council meeting for senior members and leaders
was held 05 September 2018, 6:00 pm, at Scotian Gold, preceded by the Achievement
Days Work Group, with the County meeting afterwards.
Well done Western Kings for staying to the end of the meeting outdoors in less than
welcoming weather!
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held 16 October 2018, 6:30 pm,
at Somerset School.
May 2018 - Club Report by Thalia Tobin
The Western Kings 4-H Club met 15 May 2018 at Somerset School at 6:30 pm with members answering roll call to the question of “What is your favourite part of spring?” Past minutes were read and new business discussed.
General Leader Mary reminded the members that no one is to visit any other part of the school except for the foyer and gym.
Sophie Saulnier thanked the members for their card of condolence on the death of her father-in-law. Rose Spicer thanked the members for their card of condolence on the death of Gary Spicer.
Several of our Senior members will be travelling to various events representing our Club. Mahala Brydon will be going to Finland and Sydney Milne to the St Francis Xavier Leadership Conference.
Sophia Clarke informed members that the Spirit Committee is organizing a float for the Children’s Parade for Apple Blossom Festival. Come join us with your family and friends, including an animal, on the float, or just come to watch at 9:30am by the Kings Arms Rec Centre. The Committee is developing the Junior and Senior Tour. Everyone is welcome to attend the meetings; the next one will be 23 May in the Cornwallis Room at the Research Station.
The members who participated in 4H Weekend did very well and the Club recognized MacKenzie West, Mahala and Victoria Brydon, Sydney Milne, and Tyler MacEachern as well as Thalia Tobin and Mahala Brydon who went to Ottawa for the Citizenship Congress.
There are some important upcoming dates for members to remember:
■ 15 May is the deadline for livestock registration and 22 May for other.
■ Colin Hirtle will host a Judging clinic, 5:30 to 8pm at the Research Station
■ County Judging will be 30 May at the Apple Dome in Berwick, 4:30 to 8pm. Livestock should be present between 6pm and 8pm. Cloverbuds may judge any project and give their reasons to the Cloverbud Judge.
General Leader Mary reminded the members that no one is to visit any other part of the school except for the foyer and gym.
Sophie Saulnier thanked the members for their card of condolence on the death of her father-in-law. Rose Spicer thanked the members for their card of condolence on the death of Gary Spicer.
Several of our Senior members will be travelling to various events representing our Club. Mahala Brydon will be going to Finland and Sydney Milne to the St Francis Xavier Leadership Conference.
Sophia Clarke informed members that the Spirit Committee is organizing a float for the Children’s Parade for Apple Blossom Festival. Come join us with your family and friends, including an animal, on the float, or just come to watch at 9:30am by the Kings Arms Rec Centre. The Committee is developing the Junior and Senior Tour. Everyone is welcome to attend the meetings; the next one will be 23 May in the Cornwallis Room at the Research Station.
The members who participated in 4H Weekend did very well and the Club recognized MacKenzie West, Mahala and Victoria Brydon, Sydney Milne, and Tyler MacEachern as well as Thalia Tobin and Mahala Brydon who went to Ottawa for the Citizenship Congress.
There are some important upcoming dates for members to remember:
■ 15 May is the deadline for livestock registration and 22 May for other.
■ Colin Hirtle will host a Judging clinic, 5:30 to 8pm at the Research Station
■ County Judging will be 30 May at the Apple Dome in Berwick, 4:30 to 8pm. Livestock should be present between 6pm and 8pm. Cloverbuds may judge any project and give their reasons to the Cloverbud Judge.
April 2018 - Club Report by Thalia Tobin
The regional rally was held later this month and we are pleased to
announce that Mackenzie West, Sydney Milne, Mahala Brydon, Victoria
Brydon and Tyler MacEachern will be the regional representatives in
their categories at the Nova Scotia 4-H Weekend in Truro May 4 and 5.
Mitchell Best gave a report on the Woodsman Competition. We have two
junior teams and a senior team. This is always a fun activity.
Camp Rankin applications are now available on line. This summer
program includes crafts, hiking, canoeing and making new friends
Congratulations to Mason Freeman who won the Kings County scholarship
to attend camp in July.
Sydney Milne invited senior members to get involved in the county
spirit committee. They are planning social activities and educational
events including a showmanship workshop with a BBQ to be held June 2.
More about that next month.
Judging is an important skill in 4-H. A judging workshop will be held
May 16 from 5:30 to 8:00 at the Kentville Research station with Colin Hirtle
and helpers as instructors. Pizza will be provided. Be sure to
reserve the date for a fun way to learn what judging is all about. The
county judging day is May 30 at the Apple Dome in Berwick.
It won’t be long before the Apple Blossom Festival gets underway. The
club will be assisting by providing a display and animals for the
Antique Car Show and BBQ May 27 at Rainforth Park in Berwick.
Check out the Meadowbrook Meat Market fundraiser on our website.
Orders and money need to be given to Mary Magee by June 12. The meat
must be picked up between 4:30pm and 6:30pm Wednesday, June 27 at
Mary’s.
At our April meeting we brought items for the Food Bank to support the
Kings Tech Food Bank Drive. Mikahla Dorey delivered them for us.
General leader Mary Magee announced some exciting accomplishments of
our members. Mahala Brydon will be ‘Going Global’ this summer. She is
travelling to Finland. Sydney Milne received a Scholarship for the St.
FX Leadership Conference this spring. She will also be a 4-H Canada
Youth Service Leader in the Atlantic Provinces this summer.
Congratulations everyone!
The Kings County Achievement Days are scheduled for August 2 and 3.
Reserve that date on your calendar. We will be having a silent auction
and donations will be greatly appreciated.
The next meeting of Western Kings 4-H is Tuesday, May 15 at 6:30pm.
The June meeting is June 12. Both meetings are at Somerset School.
Remember your indoor footwear.
announce that Mackenzie West, Sydney Milne, Mahala Brydon, Victoria
Brydon and Tyler MacEachern will be the regional representatives in
their categories at the Nova Scotia 4-H Weekend in Truro May 4 and 5.
Mitchell Best gave a report on the Woodsman Competition. We have two
junior teams and a senior team. This is always a fun activity.
Camp Rankin applications are now available on line. This summer
program includes crafts, hiking, canoeing and making new friends
Congratulations to Mason Freeman who won the Kings County scholarship
to attend camp in July.
Sydney Milne invited senior members to get involved in the county
spirit committee. They are planning social activities and educational
events including a showmanship workshop with a BBQ to be held June 2.
More about that next month.
Judging is an important skill in 4-H. A judging workshop will be held
May 16 from 5:30 to 8:00 at the Kentville Research station with Colin Hirtle
and helpers as instructors. Pizza will be provided. Be sure to
reserve the date for a fun way to learn what judging is all about. The
county judging day is May 30 at the Apple Dome in Berwick.
It won’t be long before the Apple Blossom Festival gets underway. The
club will be assisting by providing a display and animals for the
Antique Car Show and BBQ May 27 at Rainforth Park in Berwick.
Check out the Meadowbrook Meat Market fundraiser on our website.
Orders and money need to be given to Mary Magee by June 12. The meat
must be picked up between 4:30pm and 6:30pm Wednesday, June 27 at
Mary’s.
At our April meeting we brought items for the Food Bank to support the
Kings Tech Food Bank Drive. Mikahla Dorey delivered them for us.
General leader Mary Magee announced some exciting accomplishments of
our members. Mahala Brydon will be ‘Going Global’ this summer. She is
travelling to Finland. Sydney Milne received a Scholarship for the St.
FX Leadership Conference this spring. She will also be a 4-H Canada
Youth Service Leader in the Atlantic Provinces this summer.
Congratulations everyone!
The Kings County Achievement Days are scheduled for August 2 and 3.
Reserve that date on your calendar. We will be having a silent auction
and donations will be greatly appreciated.
The next meeting of Western Kings 4-H is Tuesday, May 15 at 6:30pm.
The June meeting is June 12. Both meetings are at Somerset School.
Remember your indoor footwear.
March 2018 - Club Report by Thalia Tobin
The Western Kings 4-H Club met 06 March 2018 at Somerset School at 6
pm with members answering roll call to the question of “What are your
March Break plans?” Past minutes were read and new business discussed.
County Rally was held at Evangeline Middle School on 25 March at
9:30am. Everyone was invited to attend and show support for our Club’s
representatives: members chosen to represent our club as hosts and
hostesses: Senior Host, Tyler MacEachern; Senior Hostess, Sydney
Milne; Junior Host, Jacob Hirtle; Junior Hostess, Bailey Justason.
Sophia Clarke reminded members about the Spirit Committee which is
organizing events for the Kings County members. The first one was held
on 16 March. Family and friends were invited to the Berwick Arena for
a free skate from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. There was a draw for the Laura
Secord chocolate basket, as well as hot chocolate.
Tammy West reported that Woodsmen practices would be starting soon.
There will also be a Fire Safety event in April where members can have
the opportunity for a hands-on experience with a fire extinguisher.
Woodsmen Competition will be held on 29 April in Harmony.
4H Weekend is 4–5 May. County Judging will be 30 May at the arena in Berwick.
Tyler MacEachern has been selected to represent Kings County as the
youth voice.
Mary Magee presented her General Leader’s report. She encouraged the
members to pick up their boxes of chocolates. She explained the
proposed changes coming out of the Awards Review Committee and polled
the members about the recommendation to eliminate certain medallions
at JAD. The members supported keeping them.
Mary also informed members of the opportunity to participate in the
Brookfield 4H Rabbit, Cavy, Poultry, and Waterfowl clinic/workshop on
12 May 2018, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm at Exhibition Hall in Truro. See Mary
for details. She reminded members to check out the variety of
bursaries available as well as applications for the St FX Leadership
Conference, 11–13 May and for which there is a $125 scholarship
available. Newsletters are available from Mary.
President Brydon offered members the chance to support NSCC
Kentville’s food bank drive and to bring donations to the next meeting.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held 17 April
2018, 6:30 pm, at Somerset School.
The meeting was adjourned and junior speeches began. The members
learned a wide variety of interesting and informative ideas from how
to make chocolate chip cookies and snickerdoodles, to alligator facts
and the science behind the health benefits of hugs. Congratulations to
Vincent Armstrong who placed first, Aleida Hutten who was second and
Bailey Justason who placed third.
pm with members answering roll call to the question of “What are your
March Break plans?” Past minutes were read and new business discussed.
County Rally was held at Evangeline Middle School on 25 March at
9:30am. Everyone was invited to attend and show support for our Club’s
representatives: members chosen to represent our club as hosts and
hostesses: Senior Host, Tyler MacEachern; Senior Hostess, Sydney
Milne; Junior Host, Jacob Hirtle; Junior Hostess, Bailey Justason.
Sophia Clarke reminded members about the Spirit Committee which is
organizing events for the Kings County members. The first one was held
on 16 March. Family and friends were invited to the Berwick Arena for
a free skate from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. There was a draw for the Laura
Secord chocolate basket, as well as hot chocolate.
Tammy West reported that Woodsmen practices would be starting soon.
There will also be a Fire Safety event in April where members can have
the opportunity for a hands-on experience with a fire extinguisher.
Woodsmen Competition will be held on 29 April in Harmony.
4H Weekend is 4–5 May. County Judging will be 30 May at the arena in Berwick.
Tyler MacEachern has been selected to represent Kings County as the
youth voice.
Mary Magee presented her General Leader’s report. She encouraged the
members to pick up their boxes of chocolates. She explained the
proposed changes coming out of the Awards Review Committee and polled
the members about the recommendation to eliminate certain medallions
at JAD. The members supported keeping them.
Mary also informed members of the opportunity to participate in the
Brookfield 4H Rabbit, Cavy, Poultry, and Waterfowl clinic/workshop on
12 May 2018, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm at Exhibition Hall in Truro. See Mary
for details. She reminded members to check out the variety of
bursaries available as well as applications for the St FX Leadership
Conference, 11–13 May and for which there is a $125 scholarship
available. Newsletters are available from Mary.
President Brydon offered members the chance to support NSCC
Kentville’s food bank drive and to bring donations to the next meeting.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held 17 April
2018, 6:30 pm, at Somerset School.
The meeting was adjourned and junior speeches began. The members
learned a wide variety of interesting and informative ideas from how
to make chocolate chip cookies and snickerdoodles, to alligator facts
and the science behind the health benefits of hugs. Congratulations to
Vincent Armstrong who placed first, Aleida Hutten who was second and
Bailey Justason who placed third.
February 2018 - Club Report by Thalia Tobin
The Western Kings 4-H Club met 13 February with members answering roll
call to the question of “What is your favourite animal?” Past minutes
were read and new business discussed.
Sophia Clarke reported on the Parliamentary Procedures Workshop that
Colin Hirtle, ALC, hosted. Due to bad weather attendance was slim, but
Sophia persevered and noted that it was very informative though
sometimes dense, so she took lots of notes. Sophie Saulnier challenged
members to celebrate this day which is also National Agriculture Day
and join her to develop a rocket to provide feed, in simulation, to
the endangered ponies of Sable Island. Contact her if you want to
participate on 13 March 2018 at the base in Greenwood.
Amy VanderHeide reported on her challenge to bring Ag related books to
our meeting and thanked members who did so. She encouraged anyone else
who might still have some to bring them to the March 6 meeting. The
books will then be given to mini libraries and classrooms on behalf of
our club.
Welcome was extended to Melody Aalders the new sheep Leader.
Congratulations go to Mahala Brydon and Thalia Tobin who are going to
Ottawa in May to the 4H National Leadership Conference.
Congratulations also go out to the following members for being chosen to
represent our club as hosts and hostesses: Senior Host, Tyler
MacEachern; Senior Hostess, Sydney Milne; Junior Host, Jacob Hirtle;
Junior Hostess, Bailey Justason.
Sophia Clarke reported about the 4-H Spirit meeting which is
organizing events for the Kings County members. The first one will be
held on 16 March. Come join us with your family and friends at the
Berwick Arena for a free skate from 6:30pm to 8:00pm.
There are some important upcoming dates for members to remember:
County Rally (speeches and demos) will be held 24 March 2018 at the
Evangeline Middle School, New Minas, starting at 9:30am. Contact Mary
Magee if you need information about the Poster Contest. Regional Rally
will be held at Hants West Middle School in April.
A scholarship for one county member 9 to 12 years of age to attend
Camp Rankin is available. To be eligible, write an essay explaining in
75 words or less why you want to go to Camp Rankin.
Woodsmen Competition will be held on 22 April in Harmony. 4H Weekend
is 4–5 May. County Judging will be 30 May at the arena in Berwick.
This is an important date to mark on the calendar.
The next Kings County 4-H Council meeting for senior members and leaders
will be held 5 March, 7:00 pm, at Scotian Gold.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held 6 March,
6:30 pm, at Somerset School. Junior speeches (for members ages 9 to
12) and Cloverbud speeches will be held. Please call Mary Magee,
902-538-8559, before the meeting date if you are planning to do a
speech.
The business meeting was adjourned and the speeches and demonstrations
began. Congratulations to the following members who will be moving on
to County Rally: Senior Speech, Sydney Milne; Junior Single
Demonstration, Mason Freeman; Junior Double Demonstration, Alex and
Mark MacLean.
The chocolate fundraiser is set for the month of March. Check with
Mary for pick-up. Remember to get your chocolate fix and support 4-H
at the same time.
call to the question of “What is your favourite animal?” Past minutes
were read and new business discussed.
Sophia Clarke reported on the Parliamentary Procedures Workshop that
Colin Hirtle, ALC, hosted. Due to bad weather attendance was slim, but
Sophia persevered and noted that it was very informative though
sometimes dense, so she took lots of notes. Sophie Saulnier challenged
members to celebrate this day which is also National Agriculture Day
and join her to develop a rocket to provide feed, in simulation, to
the endangered ponies of Sable Island. Contact her if you want to
participate on 13 March 2018 at the base in Greenwood.
Amy VanderHeide reported on her challenge to bring Ag related books to
our meeting and thanked members who did so. She encouraged anyone else
who might still have some to bring them to the March 6 meeting. The
books will then be given to mini libraries and classrooms on behalf of
our club.
Welcome was extended to Melody Aalders the new sheep Leader.
Congratulations go to Mahala Brydon and Thalia Tobin who are going to
Ottawa in May to the 4H National Leadership Conference.
Congratulations also go out to the following members for being chosen to
represent our club as hosts and hostesses: Senior Host, Tyler
MacEachern; Senior Hostess, Sydney Milne; Junior Host, Jacob Hirtle;
Junior Hostess, Bailey Justason.
Sophia Clarke reported about the 4-H Spirit meeting which is
organizing events for the Kings County members. The first one will be
held on 16 March. Come join us with your family and friends at the
Berwick Arena for a free skate from 6:30pm to 8:00pm.
There are some important upcoming dates for members to remember:
County Rally (speeches and demos) will be held 24 March 2018 at the
Evangeline Middle School, New Minas, starting at 9:30am. Contact Mary
Magee if you need information about the Poster Contest. Regional Rally
will be held at Hants West Middle School in April.
A scholarship for one county member 9 to 12 years of age to attend
Camp Rankin is available. To be eligible, write an essay explaining in
75 words or less why you want to go to Camp Rankin.
Woodsmen Competition will be held on 22 April in Harmony. 4H Weekend
is 4–5 May. County Judging will be 30 May at the arena in Berwick.
This is an important date to mark on the calendar.
The next Kings County 4-H Council meeting for senior members and leaders
will be held 5 March, 7:00 pm, at Scotian Gold.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held 6 March,
6:30 pm, at Somerset School. Junior speeches (for members ages 9 to
12) and Cloverbud speeches will be held. Please call Mary Magee,
902-538-8559, before the meeting date if you are planning to do a
speech.
The business meeting was adjourned and the speeches and demonstrations
began. Congratulations to the following members who will be moving on
to County Rally: Senior Speech, Sydney Milne; Junior Single
Demonstration, Mason Freeman; Junior Double Demonstration, Alex and
Mark MacLean.
The chocolate fundraiser is set for the month of March. Check with
Mary for pick-up. Remember to get your chocolate fix and support 4-H
at the same time.
January 2018 - Club Report by Thalia Tobin
The Western Kings 4-H Club met January 16 with members answering roll
call. Past minutes were read and new business discussed. We were
reminded that the 2018 Giant Vegetable will be the rutabaga. It is
time to plan for spring despite the cold and snow.
General Leader Mary Magee spoke about the chocolate bar campaign. Members are
encouraged to sell a variety box of 30 chocolate bars. We are very
pleased that the chocolate this year is from Laura Secord. The bars
are to be sold for $3 each. This is a fundraiser for 4-H Nova Scotia
to help support the many 4-H programs. There are great prizes for the
top selling members and each member who sells a box of thirty is
entered into random draws for prizes.
Mary also challenged members to remember this year’s 4-H slogan: “Let
4-H reign supreme in 2018". Watch for displays throughout the province
featuring this theme.
There are some important upcoming dates for members to note in their
calendars. The next Kings County 4-H Council meeting for senior
members and leaders will be held February 6 at 7pm at Scotian Gold,
the Kings County Rally will be March 24 at Evangeline Middle School
and Achievement Days will take place August 2 and 3 at the Apple Dome
in Berwick with set up taking place August 1. The Nova Scotia
Provincial Show will be held September 29 to October 1 in Truro.
The next club monthly meeting will be February 13, 2018 at 6pm. After
the meeting we will be entertained with our senior speeches (16-21)
and junior demonstrations (9-13). Call Mary the week before to tell
her if you will do a speech or a demo. Note that the March meeting is
early, March 6.
Do you want to learn how to run a meeting or move a motion at a
meeting? Members, leaders and parents can attend a free workshop in
Kings County on February 7 from 6:30 to 7:30 at the Kentville Research
Station or Hants County on February 12 at West Hants Middle School, 6
to 7pm. Our ALC Colin Hirtle will help us out in learning some good
parliamentary procedures. Be sure to let him know if you plan to
attend so he will be able to order enough pizza.
The meeting was adjourned and the speeches and demonstrations began.
We learned everything from training a horse to how to make devilishly
good eggs. Congratulations to the following members who will be moving
on to County Rally: Intermediate Speech, Mackenzie West, and Senior
Double Demonstration, Mahala and Victoria Brydon. We would also like
to thank our judges who were fair and impartial in judging the
talented array of presenters: Doug Butt, Rhonda Connell, Kaye Logie,
Thelma McLeod, Louise Rainforth and Chris Wickens.
call. Past minutes were read and new business discussed. We were
reminded that the 2018 Giant Vegetable will be the rutabaga. It is
time to plan for spring despite the cold and snow.
General Leader Mary Magee spoke about the chocolate bar campaign. Members are
encouraged to sell a variety box of 30 chocolate bars. We are very
pleased that the chocolate this year is from Laura Secord. The bars
are to be sold for $3 each. This is a fundraiser for 4-H Nova Scotia
to help support the many 4-H programs. There are great prizes for the
top selling members and each member who sells a box of thirty is
entered into random draws for prizes.
Mary also challenged members to remember this year’s 4-H slogan: “Let
4-H reign supreme in 2018". Watch for displays throughout the province
featuring this theme.
There are some important upcoming dates for members to note in their
calendars. The next Kings County 4-H Council meeting for senior
members and leaders will be held February 6 at 7pm at Scotian Gold,
the Kings County Rally will be March 24 at Evangeline Middle School
and Achievement Days will take place August 2 and 3 at the Apple Dome
in Berwick with set up taking place August 1. The Nova Scotia
Provincial Show will be held September 29 to October 1 in Truro.
The next club monthly meeting will be February 13, 2018 at 6pm. After
the meeting we will be entertained with our senior speeches (16-21)
and junior demonstrations (9-13). Call Mary the week before to tell
her if you will do a speech or a demo. Note that the March meeting is
early, March 6.
Do you want to learn how to run a meeting or move a motion at a
meeting? Members, leaders and parents can attend a free workshop in
Kings County on February 7 from 6:30 to 7:30 at the Kentville Research
Station or Hants County on February 12 at West Hants Middle School, 6
to 7pm. Our ALC Colin Hirtle will help us out in learning some good
parliamentary procedures. Be sure to let him know if you plan to
attend so he will be able to order enough pizza.
The meeting was adjourned and the speeches and demonstrations began.
We learned everything from training a horse to how to make devilishly
good eggs. Congratulations to the following members who will be moving
on to County Rally: Intermediate Speech, Mackenzie West, and Senior
Double Demonstration, Mahala and Victoria Brydon. We would also like
to thank our judges who were fair and impartial in judging the
talented array of presenters: Doug Butt, Rhonda Connell, Kaye Logie,
Thelma McLeod, Louise Rainforth and Chris Wickens.
December 2017 - Club Report by Thalia Tobin
Hello club members. My name is Thalia Tobin. I am the newly elected
reporter for the Western Kings 4-H Club. I’ve been a 4-H member for 7
years and have taken part in the Light Horse project and woodsman
activity. This year, I’m also going to take part in my first life
skills project, The Great Outdoors.
The December 19 meeting of the Club was held at the Woodville
Community Centre. Traditionally, the December meeting of our Club is
also a pot luck and awards night and, as always, there was lots of
yummy food.
The new officers of the Club are:
President Mahala Brydon
Vice-President Thomas Clarke
Secretary Breanna Tree
Treasurer Sophia Clarke
Reporter Thalia Tobin
Past President Megan Gibson
Incoming president Mahala and secretary Breanna called the meeting to
order with the reciting of the 4-H pledge and members answered roll
call with the gift they most wished for Christmas. New members were
welcomed and encouraged to speak to other members and leaders for more
information. Robert Brydon was recognized and thanked for his sheep
and lamb leadership.
London Moses told us about the successful hospital cake auction that
was held in December. Some of our cake decorating members decorated
cakes, raising $275 for a great cause.
Thalia Tobin reported on the workshop offered in December by the Ag–4-
H liaison Rep, Colin Hirtle, on interview skills to help members
prepare for the interviews for the National and Provincial Awards
Opportunities. It was attended by her and Jason Rand with pizza and
cookies provided by Colin. Well worth participating in it. Interviews
for these Awards were held during the Christmas break and members will
be notified later in the new year.
The wreath fund raiser was a great success and Kelly Clarke, members,
and friends were thanked for making it happen.
Another fundraiser for our Club is cheese sales. A variety of ADL
cheese may be pre-ordered from Club members. The next cheese order is
due to arrive mid-February. Members can see Mary Magee for blank
cheese order forms. These will be due back to Mary in mid to late
January.
Thanks to Carol Tobin for delivering the food bank donations members
brought to the November meeting. A total of 90 pounds was collected
for the Berwick Food Bank.
Mary Magee shared upcoming dates for member speeches and
demonstrations. Senior demonstrations (for members age 14 to 21) and
intermediate speeches (for members age 13, 14, and 15) will take place
at the January 16 meeting. Senior speeches (for members age 16 and up)
and junior demonstrations (for members age 9 to 13) will be held at
the February meeting. Junior speeches (for members age 9, 10, 11, and
12) will happen at the March meeting. More information about speeches
and demonstrations can be found on the Club website,
http://westernkings4h.weebly.com/. Please let Mary know by January 9
at 902-538-8559, if you’re planning to do a speech or demonstration at
the January meeting.
The next Kings County 4-H Council meeting for senior members and
leaders will be held January 10 at Scotian Gold.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held January
16, 6:00 p.m., at Somerset School. Remember to bring indoor footwear.
Once the meeting was adjourned, we moved on to awards, and finished
with a couple of fun games.
Congratulations to all members who achieved project completion
certificates and trophies. A special congratulations to the Most
Outstanding Junior Member Emilee Hirtle and Most Outstanding Senior
Member Megan Gibson. There were also two memorial trophies presented.
The Daniel Arnold Junior Dairy Memorial was shared by Hannah Foss and
Hailey Slauenwhite. The Eleanor Tree Memorial award was presented to
Bailey Justason.
We now look forward to a new year of learning to do by doing.
reporter for the Western Kings 4-H Club. I’ve been a 4-H member for 7
years and have taken part in the Light Horse project and woodsman
activity. This year, I’m also going to take part in my first life
skills project, The Great Outdoors.
The December 19 meeting of the Club was held at the Woodville
Community Centre. Traditionally, the December meeting of our Club is
also a pot luck and awards night and, as always, there was lots of
yummy food.
The new officers of the Club are:
President Mahala Brydon
Vice-President Thomas Clarke
Secretary Breanna Tree
Treasurer Sophia Clarke
Reporter Thalia Tobin
Past President Megan Gibson
Incoming president Mahala and secretary Breanna called the meeting to
order with the reciting of the 4-H pledge and members answered roll
call with the gift they most wished for Christmas. New members were
welcomed and encouraged to speak to other members and leaders for more
information. Robert Brydon was recognized and thanked for his sheep
and lamb leadership.
London Moses told us about the successful hospital cake auction that
was held in December. Some of our cake decorating members decorated
cakes, raising $275 for a great cause.
Thalia Tobin reported on the workshop offered in December by the Ag–4-
H liaison Rep, Colin Hirtle, on interview skills to help members
prepare for the interviews for the National and Provincial Awards
Opportunities. It was attended by her and Jason Rand with pizza and
cookies provided by Colin. Well worth participating in it. Interviews
for these Awards were held during the Christmas break and members will
be notified later in the new year.
The wreath fund raiser was a great success and Kelly Clarke, members,
and friends were thanked for making it happen.
Another fundraiser for our Club is cheese sales. A variety of ADL
cheese may be pre-ordered from Club members. The next cheese order is
due to arrive mid-February. Members can see Mary Magee for blank
cheese order forms. These will be due back to Mary in mid to late
January.
Thanks to Carol Tobin for delivering the food bank donations members
brought to the November meeting. A total of 90 pounds was collected
for the Berwick Food Bank.
Mary Magee shared upcoming dates for member speeches and
demonstrations. Senior demonstrations (for members age 14 to 21) and
intermediate speeches (for members age 13, 14, and 15) will take place
at the January 16 meeting. Senior speeches (for members age 16 and up)
and junior demonstrations (for members age 9 to 13) will be held at
the February meeting. Junior speeches (for members age 9, 10, 11, and
12) will happen at the March meeting. More information about speeches
and demonstrations can be found on the Club website,
http://westernkings4h.weebly.com/. Please let Mary know by January 9
at 902-538-8559, if you’re planning to do a speech or demonstration at
the January meeting.
The next Kings County 4-H Council meeting for senior members and
leaders will be held January 10 at Scotian Gold.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held January
16, 6:00 p.m., at Somerset School. Remember to bring indoor footwear.
Once the meeting was adjourned, we moved on to awards, and finished
with a couple of fun games.
Congratulations to all members who achieved project completion
certificates and trophies. A special congratulations to the Most
Outstanding Junior Member Emilee Hirtle and Most Outstanding Senior
Member Megan Gibson. There were also two memorial trophies presented.
The Daniel Arnold Junior Dairy Memorial was shared by Hannah Foss and
Hailey Slauenwhite. The Eleanor Tree Memorial award was presented to
Bailey Justason.
We now look forward to a new year of learning to do by doing.
November 2017 - Report by Emilee Hirtle
The monthly meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club was held November
21, 2017 at Somerset school.
Members and leaders from the club recently pledged their hands to
larger service by serving dinner at the Valley Hospice Foundation's
holiday gala. Many thanks to those who volunteered. Mahala Brydon
reported hearing lots of good comments and that everyone was very
happy with the work done.
November was 4-H month. As a way of saying thanks to AVR/Magic 94.9
for supporting Kings County 4-H, members baked cookies, muffins and
cupcakes that were delivered to the station on November 1, National
4-H Day, by Rose Spicer. Kathryn Spicer said the staff was
appreciative of all the baked goods.
At the October meeting, a vote was made to bring in food bank items to
the November meeting. Thank you to all the families for their
contributions. Carol Tobin will deliver our donations, on our behalf,
to the Berwick Food Bank.
Tyler MacEachern recently attended the Nova Scotia 4-H Annual General
Meeting in Debert. He reported many, many hours were spent looking at
resolutions, a new data base is now in place, and the provincial 4-H
website is in the process of being updated.
The club's wreath selling fundraiser was a success again this year,
with over 100 wreaths being ordered.
Cake decorating leader, Sophie Saulnier, reported she had received a
generous donation from The Honourable Keith Colwell, Nova Scotia's
Minister of Agriculture. Sophie was able to purchase items needed for
the level 1 cake decorating project and build kits that level 1
members will be able to borrow to complete their project. Sophie is
also in the process of putting together a new club project,
Agriculture Grows with Science, and is in need of 2L plastic Coke
bottles. If you have any Coke bottles you would like to donate to this
new project, please bring them to Sophie at the next meeting.
Congratulations to the newly elected club executive: President, Mahala
Brydon; Past President, Megan Gibson; Vice President, Thomas Clarke;
Treasurer, Sophia Clarke; Secretary, Breanna Tree; and Club Reporter,
Thalia Tobin.
General leader, Mary Magee, shared some important dates and
information about upcoming workshops. Colin Hirtle, Agriculture
Leadership Coordinator is planning workshops on judging, record sheets
and interview skills. More information will be sent out from the 4-H
office as it becomes available. Members can also, tentatively, pencil
in Kings County Joint Achievement Days in their calendar on August 2
and 3 with set up taking place August 1 at the Apple Dome in Berwick.
For those members with green thumbs, Mary also shared that this year's
giant vegetable competition will be rutabagas.
Congratulations to Olivia Hiltz, a member of this year's Nova Scotia
Beef team at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, Ontario. Olivia and her
heifer placed 4th in their heat for the senior Simmental yearling class.
Club members with a passion for public speaking are encouraged to
check out the Annapolis Valley Music Festival being held April 30 to
May 6, 2018. The festival includes public speaking, poetry, theatre
scenes and choral verse feature for those interested in those aspects
of performance. More information can be found at www.avmf.ca.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will also be the annual
Christmas party/potluck. The meeting will be held December 19, 2017 at
the Woodville Community Centre, 6 p.m., with plans to eat at 6:30 p.m.
Please bring a main dish with dessert or rolls and your own dishes and
cutlery. Don't forget your indoor shoes.
21, 2017 at Somerset school.
Members and leaders from the club recently pledged their hands to
larger service by serving dinner at the Valley Hospice Foundation's
holiday gala. Many thanks to those who volunteered. Mahala Brydon
reported hearing lots of good comments and that everyone was very
happy with the work done.
November was 4-H month. As a way of saying thanks to AVR/Magic 94.9
for supporting Kings County 4-H, members baked cookies, muffins and
cupcakes that were delivered to the station on November 1, National
4-H Day, by Rose Spicer. Kathryn Spicer said the staff was
appreciative of all the baked goods.
At the October meeting, a vote was made to bring in food bank items to
the November meeting. Thank you to all the families for their
contributions. Carol Tobin will deliver our donations, on our behalf,
to the Berwick Food Bank.
Tyler MacEachern recently attended the Nova Scotia 4-H Annual General
Meeting in Debert. He reported many, many hours were spent looking at
resolutions, a new data base is now in place, and the provincial 4-H
website is in the process of being updated.
The club's wreath selling fundraiser was a success again this year,
with over 100 wreaths being ordered.
Cake decorating leader, Sophie Saulnier, reported she had received a
generous donation from The Honourable Keith Colwell, Nova Scotia's
Minister of Agriculture. Sophie was able to purchase items needed for
the level 1 cake decorating project and build kits that level 1
members will be able to borrow to complete their project. Sophie is
also in the process of putting together a new club project,
Agriculture Grows with Science, and is in need of 2L plastic Coke
bottles. If you have any Coke bottles you would like to donate to this
new project, please bring them to Sophie at the next meeting.
Congratulations to the newly elected club executive: President, Mahala
Brydon; Past President, Megan Gibson; Vice President, Thomas Clarke;
Treasurer, Sophia Clarke; Secretary, Breanna Tree; and Club Reporter,
Thalia Tobin.
General leader, Mary Magee, shared some important dates and
information about upcoming workshops. Colin Hirtle, Agriculture
Leadership Coordinator is planning workshops on judging, record sheets
and interview skills. More information will be sent out from the 4-H
office as it becomes available. Members can also, tentatively, pencil
in Kings County Joint Achievement Days in their calendar on August 2
and 3 with set up taking place August 1 at the Apple Dome in Berwick.
For those members with green thumbs, Mary also shared that this year's
giant vegetable competition will be rutabagas.
Congratulations to Olivia Hiltz, a member of this year's Nova Scotia
Beef team at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, Ontario. Olivia and her
heifer placed 4th in their heat for the senior Simmental yearling class.
Club members with a passion for public speaking are encouraged to
check out the Annapolis Valley Music Festival being held April 30 to
May 6, 2018. The festival includes public speaking, poetry, theatre
scenes and choral verse feature for those interested in those aspects
of performance. More information can be found at www.avmf.ca.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will also be the annual
Christmas party/potluck. The meeting will be held December 19, 2017 at
the Woodville Community Centre, 6 p.m., with plans to eat at 6:30 p.m.
Please bring a main dish with dessert or rolls and your own dishes and
cutlery. Don't forget your indoor shoes.
October 2017 - Club Report by Emilee Hirtle
The Nova Scotia Provincial 4-H Show was held September 29 to October 1 at
the Annapolis Valley Exhibition Grounds in Lawrencetown. Olivia Hiltz
reported that all the displays looked good and a great job was done by all
the members representing Kings County.
Anna Boudreau spoke about the Kings County 4-H awards banquet, held October
7, at the Aylesford Fire Hall. There was lots of yummy food and fun to be
had. Congratulations to the following club members who were winners of
special awards: Jacob Hirtle, Annapolis Valley Shooting Sports Club
Recognition Award; Tyler MacEachern, Heidi Daniels Memorial Spirit Award;
Anna Boudreau, Janet MacLean Memorial Award; Victoria Brydon, Terry
Spinney Memorial Sheep Award; Emilee Hirtle, Top Junior Member and Top Club
Reporter; Sydney Milne, Contribution Award; and the Western Kings 4-H Club
shared in winning the Outstanding Community Service Project Award.
Emilee and Jacob Hirtle reported on the 4-H display at Wilson’s Pharmasave
Health and Wellness Expo, held October 14, at the Berwick School. There
were over 40 vendors and organizations there. The 4-H display looked great
and had many visitors. Thank you to the Hirtles, Freemans and Reddens for
taking turns manning the display and to the Clarkes for providing a few
project items for the display.
The club has been asked to serve at a Valley Hospice fundraiser being held
November 18 at the Louis Millett Centre, New Minas. Senior members, leaders
and parents who have volunteered for this event are asked to wear white
tops and dark bottoms.
Kelly Clarke shared information on the next club fundraiser. We will once
again be selling fir wreaths for $15. Orders and money are due at the
November meeting with an expected delivery date by or before December 1.
General leader, Mary Magee, passed along congratulations to Casilda Tobin,
Junior Reserve Champion in the giant vegetable competition and to Thalia
Tobin, Senior Reserve Champion in the giant vegetable competition at the
Nova Scotia Provincial 4-H Show. This year’s competition vegetable was
broccoli. Congratulations were also extended to Olivia Hiltz for being
selected as a member of the Royal Fair Beef Team representing Nova Scotia.
Mary was also pleased to announce the club has a couple of new leaders and
projects. New to the club will be the tractor project led by Amy
VanderHeide and for those interested in cavy, Mikayla Dorey will be leading
that project. Sydney Redden will be a Junior Leader for the waterfowl
project and welcome to Louis-Philippe Dube and Trevor Matheson who will be
co-leading the photography project.
Start digging through your closets and dresser drawers for your 4-H swag or
green and white colours. National 4-H Day was November 1. Show everyone how
proud you are to be a 4-H’er by wearing 4-H colours. November is 4-H month.
We took treats to the local radio station on 4-H day and will be
bringing items for Berwick Food Bank to the next meeting to help
celebrate 4-H month.
The next Kings County 4-H Council meeting will be held November 6, 7 p.m.,
at Scotian Gold.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held November 21,
6:30 p.m., at the Somerset School. Please remember to bring indoor
footwear, a food bank donation and your registration forms.
the Annapolis Valley Exhibition Grounds in Lawrencetown. Olivia Hiltz
reported that all the displays looked good and a great job was done by all
the members representing Kings County.
Anna Boudreau spoke about the Kings County 4-H awards banquet, held October
7, at the Aylesford Fire Hall. There was lots of yummy food and fun to be
had. Congratulations to the following club members who were winners of
special awards: Jacob Hirtle, Annapolis Valley Shooting Sports Club
Recognition Award; Tyler MacEachern, Heidi Daniels Memorial Spirit Award;
Anna Boudreau, Janet MacLean Memorial Award; Victoria Brydon, Terry
Spinney Memorial Sheep Award; Emilee Hirtle, Top Junior Member and Top Club
Reporter; Sydney Milne, Contribution Award; and the Western Kings 4-H Club
shared in winning the Outstanding Community Service Project Award.
Emilee and Jacob Hirtle reported on the 4-H display at Wilson’s Pharmasave
Health and Wellness Expo, held October 14, at the Berwick School. There
were over 40 vendors and organizations there. The 4-H display looked great
and had many visitors. Thank you to the Hirtles, Freemans and Reddens for
taking turns manning the display and to the Clarkes for providing a few
project items for the display.
The club has been asked to serve at a Valley Hospice fundraiser being held
November 18 at the Louis Millett Centre, New Minas. Senior members, leaders
and parents who have volunteered for this event are asked to wear white
tops and dark bottoms.
Kelly Clarke shared information on the next club fundraiser. We will once
again be selling fir wreaths for $15. Orders and money are due at the
November meeting with an expected delivery date by or before December 1.
General leader, Mary Magee, passed along congratulations to Casilda Tobin,
Junior Reserve Champion in the giant vegetable competition and to Thalia
Tobin, Senior Reserve Champion in the giant vegetable competition at the
Nova Scotia Provincial 4-H Show. This year’s competition vegetable was
broccoli. Congratulations were also extended to Olivia Hiltz for being
selected as a member of the Royal Fair Beef Team representing Nova Scotia.
Mary was also pleased to announce the club has a couple of new leaders and
projects. New to the club will be the tractor project led by Amy
VanderHeide and for those interested in cavy, Mikayla Dorey will be leading
that project. Sydney Redden will be a Junior Leader for the waterfowl
project and welcome to Louis-Philippe Dube and Trevor Matheson who will be
co-leading the photography project.
Start digging through your closets and dresser drawers for your 4-H swag or
green and white colours. National 4-H Day was November 1. Show everyone how
proud you are to be a 4-H’er by wearing 4-H colours. November is 4-H month.
We took treats to the local radio station on 4-H day and will be
bringing items for Berwick Food Bank to the next meeting to help
celebrate 4-H month.
The next Kings County 4-H Council meeting will be held November 6, 7 p.m.,
at Scotian Gold.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held November 21,
6:30 p.m., at the Somerset School. Please remember to bring indoor
footwear, a food bank donation and your registration forms.
September 2017 - Club Report by Emilee Hirtle
Welcome back everyone!
The Kings County Museum’s Canada 150 Chair made a special guest appearance
at the recent monthly meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club to be
photographed with club members. The chair is thought to have been made
locally around the time of Confederation. In 2016, it was rescued from the
spring clean- up and restored. Museum curator Bria Stokesbury asked local
artist, Victoria Marston, to transform the chair to commemorate Canada’s 150
th birthday. You can follow the chair’s journey around Nova Scotia at
www.canada150chair.com.
Tyler MacEachern gave a report on the Alberta exchange trip. Kings County
members visited Alberta in early July taking in a gondola ride in Banff,
the dinosaurs in Drumheller and the Calgary Stampede. When the Alberta
members visited this area later in July, the group spent time visiting
sights along the South Shore, Annapolis Royal, Halifax and here locally in
the Valley. It sounds like a wonderful trip was had by all and lots of new
friendships were made.
Thank you to everyone who supported the club’s ice cream booth at Kings
County Joint Achievement Days. It was a wonderful fundraiser for our club.
Congratulations to the following club members who moved on from Kings
County Joint Achievement Days to represent Kings County with their projects
at the Nova Scotia Provincial 4-H Show held in Lawrencetown September 29 to
October 1: Lance Hiltz, Logan Menzies, Sydney Redden, Sydney Milne, Breanna
Tree, Sophia Clarke, Kathryn Spicer, Matthew Spicer, Ira Lee Freeman,
Thomas Clarke, Evan VanOostrum, Allison Shay, Heidi Collier, Hannah
Foss, Sydnee Fraser, Olivia Hiltz, Nathaniel Stevens, Victoria Brydon,
Nicholas Clarke, Shannon Fraser, Brianna Hamilton, Amber Dort, Jacob
Hirtle, Sophie Brydon, Alex MacLean, Sydnee Fraser, Mackenzie West,
Georgia Moses, Sean VanOostrum, Rebecca Picard, London Moses, Cameron
Shay, Mitchell Best, Emilee Hirtle, Tyler MacEachern, Allyson Gibson,
Anna Boudreau, Ella Baxter, Casilda Tobin and Thalia Tobin.
Emilee and Jacob Hirtle spoke about Junior Tour. This year’s Junior Tour was a
visit at Rainbow Haven Beach for a quick swim and lunch followed by a tour
of Hope for Wildlife where they got to see and touch a variety of different
animals. A great day was had by all!
Mahala Brydon told members about Senior Tour which was an overnight camping
trip at Blomidon Provincial Park.
Cake decorating leader, Sophie Saulnier, shared her experience at the 4-H
Global Summit held in Ottawa in July. There were 35 countries represented
by 400 delegates over the five days. Sophie was one of 20 members and
leaders from Nova Scotia chosen to take part in the summit. A couple of
highlights from the trip included listening to the inspirational morning
speakers and building an air powered rocket that was then launched.
Congratulations were extended to Mason Freeman as one of the lucky random
$25 winners from the chocolate bar campaign and to Tyler MacEachern who
will be attending 4-H Nova Scotia’s annual general meeting as an observer.
The club will be promoting 4-H at the Wellness Expo being held October 14,
9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Berwick School gym. Members are asked to provide
project items for the display.
Registration forms were passed out and are to be returned to general
leader, Mary Magee, by the November meeting.
Get your pencils and calendars ready for these important dates:
October 4: Kings County 4-H council meeting, Scotian Gold, 6:30 p.m.
October 7: Kings County 4-H Awards Banquet, Aylesford Fire Hall. Arrive at
6 p.m. with plans to eat at 6:30 p.m. This is a pot luck banquet and you
are reminded to please bring your own dishes and food to contribute to
the meal.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held October 17,
6:30 p.m., at Somerset School. Please bring indoor footwear. A great
way to stay up-to-date with club activities is to visit the club
website at www.westernkings4h.weebly.com
The Kings County Museum’s Canada 150 Chair made a special guest appearance
at the recent monthly meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club to be
photographed with club members. The chair is thought to have been made
locally around the time of Confederation. In 2016, it was rescued from the
spring clean- up and restored. Museum curator Bria Stokesbury asked local
artist, Victoria Marston, to transform the chair to commemorate Canada’s 150
th birthday. You can follow the chair’s journey around Nova Scotia at
www.canada150chair.com.
Tyler MacEachern gave a report on the Alberta exchange trip. Kings County
members visited Alberta in early July taking in a gondola ride in Banff,
the dinosaurs in Drumheller and the Calgary Stampede. When the Alberta
members visited this area later in July, the group spent time visiting
sights along the South Shore, Annapolis Royal, Halifax and here locally in
the Valley. It sounds like a wonderful trip was had by all and lots of new
friendships were made.
Thank you to everyone who supported the club’s ice cream booth at Kings
County Joint Achievement Days. It was a wonderful fundraiser for our club.
Congratulations to the following club members who moved on from Kings
County Joint Achievement Days to represent Kings County with their projects
at the Nova Scotia Provincial 4-H Show held in Lawrencetown September 29 to
October 1: Lance Hiltz, Logan Menzies, Sydney Redden, Sydney Milne, Breanna
Tree, Sophia Clarke, Kathryn Spicer, Matthew Spicer, Ira Lee Freeman,
Thomas Clarke, Evan VanOostrum, Allison Shay, Heidi Collier, Hannah
Foss, Sydnee Fraser, Olivia Hiltz, Nathaniel Stevens, Victoria Brydon,
Nicholas Clarke, Shannon Fraser, Brianna Hamilton, Amber Dort, Jacob
Hirtle, Sophie Brydon, Alex MacLean, Sydnee Fraser, Mackenzie West,
Georgia Moses, Sean VanOostrum, Rebecca Picard, London Moses, Cameron
Shay, Mitchell Best, Emilee Hirtle, Tyler MacEachern, Allyson Gibson,
Anna Boudreau, Ella Baxter, Casilda Tobin and Thalia Tobin.
Emilee and Jacob Hirtle spoke about Junior Tour. This year’s Junior Tour was a
visit at Rainbow Haven Beach for a quick swim and lunch followed by a tour
of Hope for Wildlife where they got to see and touch a variety of different
animals. A great day was had by all!
Mahala Brydon told members about Senior Tour which was an overnight camping
trip at Blomidon Provincial Park.
Cake decorating leader, Sophie Saulnier, shared her experience at the 4-H
Global Summit held in Ottawa in July. There were 35 countries represented
by 400 delegates over the five days. Sophie was one of 20 members and
leaders from Nova Scotia chosen to take part in the summit. A couple of
highlights from the trip included listening to the inspirational morning
speakers and building an air powered rocket that was then launched.
Congratulations were extended to Mason Freeman as one of the lucky random
$25 winners from the chocolate bar campaign and to Tyler MacEachern who
will be attending 4-H Nova Scotia’s annual general meeting as an observer.
The club will be promoting 4-H at the Wellness Expo being held October 14,
9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Berwick School gym. Members are asked to provide
project items for the display.
Registration forms were passed out and are to be returned to general
leader, Mary Magee, by the November meeting.
Get your pencils and calendars ready for these important dates:
October 4: Kings County 4-H council meeting, Scotian Gold, 6:30 p.m.
October 7: Kings County 4-H Awards Banquet, Aylesford Fire Hall. Arrive at
6 p.m. with plans to eat at 6:30 p.m. This is a pot luck banquet and you
are reminded to please bring your own dishes and food to contribute to
the meal.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held October 17,
6:30 p.m., at Somerset School. Please bring indoor footwear. A great
way to stay up-to-date with club activities is to visit the club
website at www.westernkings4h.weebly.com
June 2017 - Club Report by Emilee Hirtle
School is out for summer and so is the Western Kings 4-H Club!
The monthly meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club was held June 13, 2017.
Bailey Justason shared photos of the Kings County 4-H Apple Blossom
Children’s parade entry. The members won second place in the group
category. Good job, everyone!
Tyler MacEachern gave an update on fundraising efforts by the members
participating in the Alberta exchange. They are counting down the days to
the start of their adventure.
Sydney Milne shared information about Senior and Junior Tours. Senior Tour
will be overnight camping at the Blomidon provincial park August 10. Junior
Tour date is to be announced but will take place at the Shubenacadie Animal
Reserve. Watch your mailbox for more information from the 4-H office.
Congratulations to graduating members Thalia Tobin, Sydney Milne, Amber
Dort and Cassidy Coombs. They each received a club bursary to help them
further their education.
Kings County Joint Achievement Days will be held August 3 and 4 at the
Apple Dome in Berwick. Non-perishable life skills projects may be brought
to the Apple Dome on August 2 for set up. Perishable items and livestock
are to arrive the morning of August 3. Members are reminded to be available
or make arrangements for someone to take their project home at the end of
achievement days. We will, once again, host an ice cream booth. Watch for
emails with more information on sign up times for shifts. If you haven’t
already done so, please get your 4x6 photos of you with your project or 4-H
activity to Kelly Clarke for the achievement day display.
Ira Lee Freeman has been awarded the Daniel Arnold Memorial Scholarship to
Camp Rankin for intermediate camp and Bailey Justason was recognized
as Kings County’s top seller during the chocolate bar campaign.
Congratulations, to you both!
Record sheets are due at the 4-H office in Kentville by July 14.
The next Joint Achievement Days meeting will be held July 5, 6:30 p.m., at
Scotian Gold, followed by the Kings County 4-H Council meeting at 7 p.m.
Following adjournment of the meeting, members took part in a roadside clean
up around Somerset School and then enjoyed a pizza party.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be September 19, 6:30
p.m., at Somerset school. Please continue to check the website, www.
westernkings4h.weebly.com, for updates over the summer.
The monthly meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club was held June 13, 2017.
Bailey Justason shared photos of the Kings County 4-H Apple Blossom
Children’s parade entry. The members won second place in the group
category. Good job, everyone!
Tyler MacEachern gave an update on fundraising efforts by the members
participating in the Alberta exchange. They are counting down the days to
the start of their adventure.
Sydney Milne shared information about Senior and Junior Tours. Senior Tour
will be overnight camping at the Blomidon provincial park August 10. Junior
Tour date is to be announced but will take place at the Shubenacadie Animal
Reserve. Watch your mailbox for more information from the 4-H office.
Congratulations to graduating members Thalia Tobin, Sydney Milne, Amber
Dort and Cassidy Coombs. They each received a club bursary to help them
further their education.
Kings County Joint Achievement Days will be held August 3 and 4 at the
Apple Dome in Berwick. Non-perishable life skills projects may be brought
to the Apple Dome on August 2 for set up. Perishable items and livestock
are to arrive the morning of August 3. Members are reminded to be available
or make arrangements for someone to take their project home at the end of
achievement days. We will, once again, host an ice cream booth. Watch for
emails with more information on sign up times for shifts. If you haven’t
already done so, please get your 4x6 photos of you with your project or 4-H
activity to Kelly Clarke for the achievement day display.
Ira Lee Freeman has been awarded the Daniel Arnold Memorial Scholarship to
Camp Rankin for intermediate camp and Bailey Justason was recognized
as Kings County’s top seller during the chocolate bar campaign.
Congratulations, to you both!
Record sheets are due at the 4-H office in Kentville by July 14.
The next Joint Achievement Days meeting will be held July 5, 6:30 p.m., at
Scotian Gold, followed by the Kings County 4-H Council meeting at 7 p.m.
Following adjournment of the meeting, members took part in a roadside clean
up around Somerset School and then enjoyed a pizza party.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be September 19, 6:30
p.m., at Somerset school. Please continue to check the website, www.
westernkings4h.weebly.com, for updates over the summer.
May 2017 - Club Report by Emilee Hirtle
The monthly meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club was held May 16, 2017.
Congratulations to our very own general leader, Mary Magee, for being
chosen as one of the provincial volunteers of the year. Thank you,
Mary, for everything you do for our members, club and 4-H!
Olivia Hiltz spoke about 4-H Regional Rally held April 22 at
Evangeline Middle School. Congratulations were extended to the
following club members who moved on to represent the Valley Region at
4-H Provincial Weekend: Junior Introducer, Vincent Armstrong; Junior
Thanker, Shannon Fraser; Junior Team Demonstration, Emilee and Jacob
Hirtle; Senior Single Demonstration, Tyler MacEachern; Senior hand
drawn poster, Sophia Clarke; Junior computer generated poster, Evan
VanOostrum; Senior Hostess, Victoria Brydon; and Senior Host, Logan
Menzies. Well done, everyone!
Tyler MacEachern then followed with a summary of 4-H Provincial
Weekend held May 5 and 6 at the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus, Bible
Hill. Congratulations were passed on to Vincent Armstrong , placing
second in the Junior Introducer competition, Emilee and Jacob Hirtle
who placed first in the Junior Team Demonstrations, Evan VanOostrum
whose computer generated poster placed third in the junior division
and Victoria Brydon who was runner-up in the Senior Hostess
competition. Bailey Justason was recognized as the second highest
chocolate bar seller in the province.
Amy VanderHeide shared information on the clean-up at the Waterville
United Church Cemetery. Thank you to the members, leaders and parents
who spent many hours raking, bagging and hauling away leaves. This was
a great opportunity for members to participate in a club contribution
and to put their hands to larger service.
Ideas were discussed for this year’s display for Achievement Days.
Thank you to Kelly Clarke for taking a lead role in organizing the
display. Members are encouraged to bring to the June meeting two or
three 4x6 photos of them taking part in a 4-H activity or project, to
be used as part of the display.
The club will be putting their hands to larger service again June 17
serving supper at the Black Rock Cultural and Recreation Hall. Members
are reminded to dress appropriately, tie back long hair and arrive by
4 p.m.
Proud to Bee a 4-H’er seed packets were handed out. The packets
contain seeds for flowers meant to help sustain the bee population.
Members are encouraged to take a picture to send to 4-H Canada showing
how and where you chose to plant your seeds.
Kelly Clarke shared information for a club fundraiser. Members will be
selling Vesey’s bulbs in the fall. This is a great opportunity to
purchase winter bulbs and plants while supporting the club.
A huge thank you goes out to our woodsman coaches, Jim and Tammy West
and Matthew Redden, for another great woodsman season.
Members of the light horse project recently hosted club members during
an evening of line dancing with choreographer, Charlie Milne. Those in
attendance learned two different dances and then put their new moves
to the test on the dance floor.
Important dates:
May 28: Last cheese order of the season due to Mary. Cheese is
expected in mid June.
May 30: Judging Day at the Apple Dome, Berwick, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
June 5: Joint Achievement Days meeting, 6:30 p.m., Scotian Gold.
July 1: Deadline to contact Colin Hirtle at the 4-H office if you are
unable to attend Joint Achievement Days.
July 14: Record sheets are due at the 4-H office in Kentville.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held June 13,
6:30p.m., Somerset School. After the meeting, members will participate
in a roadside clean up and pizza party. Please bring gloves, hand
sanitizer, a cup, and wear bright colours and sturdy footwear. If you
want pizza, remember to bring five dollars. Please contact either
Cyndi Palmer, [email protected] or Mary Magee, 902-538-8559, and let
them know at least one week before the meeting if you will be
attending the pizza party.
Congratulations to our very own general leader, Mary Magee, for being
chosen as one of the provincial volunteers of the year. Thank you,
Mary, for everything you do for our members, club and 4-H!
Olivia Hiltz spoke about 4-H Regional Rally held April 22 at
Evangeline Middle School. Congratulations were extended to the
following club members who moved on to represent the Valley Region at
4-H Provincial Weekend: Junior Introducer, Vincent Armstrong; Junior
Thanker, Shannon Fraser; Junior Team Demonstration, Emilee and Jacob
Hirtle; Senior Single Demonstration, Tyler MacEachern; Senior hand
drawn poster, Sophia Clarke; Junior computer generated poster, Evan
VanOostrum; Senior Hostess, Victoria Brydon; and Senior Host, Logan
Menzies. Well done, everyone!
Tyler MacEachern then followed with a summary of 4-H Provincial
Weekend held May 5 and 6 at the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus, Bible
Hill. Congratulations were passed on to Vincent Armstrong , placing
second in the Junior Introducer competition, Emilee and Jacob Hirtle
who placed first in the Junior Team Demonstrations, Evan VanOostrum
whose computer generated poster placed third in the junior division
and Victoria Brydon who was runner-up in the Senior Hostess
competition. Bailey Justason was recognized as the second highest
chocolate bar seller in the province.
Amy VanderHeide shared information on the clean-up at the Waterville
United Church Cemetery. Thank you to the members, leaders and parents
who spent many hours raking, bagging and hauling away leaves. This was
a great opportunity for members to participate in a club contribution
and to put their hands to larger service.
Ideas were discussed for this year’s display for Achievement Days.
Thank you to Kelly Clarke for taking a lead role in organizing the
display. Members are encouraged to bring to the June meeting two or
three 4x6 photos of them taking part in a 4-H activity or project, to
be used as part of the display.
The club will be putting their hands to larger service again June 17
serving supper at the Black Rock Cultural and Recreation Hall. Members
are reminded to dress appropriately, tie back long hair and arrive by
4 p.m.
Proud to Bee a 4-H’er seed packets were handed out. The packets
contain seeds for flowers meant to help sustain the bee population.
Members are encouraged to take a picture to send to 4-H Canada showing
how and where you chose to plant your seeds.
Kelly Clarke shared information for a club fundraiser. Members will be
selling Vesey’s bulbs in the fall. This is a great opportunity to
purchase winter bulbs and plants while supporting the club.
A huge thank you goes out to our woodsman coaches, Jim and Tammy West
and Matthew Redden, for another great woodsman season.
Members of the light horse project recently hosted club members during
an evening of line dancing with choreographer, Charlie Milne. Those in
attendance learned two different dances and then put their new moves
to the test on the dance floor.
Important dates:
May 28: Last cheese order of the season due to Mary. Cheese is
expected in mid June.
May 30: Judging Day at the Apple Dome, Berwick, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
June 5: Joint Achievement Days meeting, 6:30 p.m., Scotian Gold.
July 1: Deadline to contact Colin Hirtle at the 4-H office if you are
unable to attend Joint Achievement Days.
July 14: Record sheets are due at the 4-H office in Kentville.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held June 13,
6:30p.m., Somerset School. After the meeting, members will participate
in a roadside clean up and pizza party. Please bring gloves, hand
sanitizer, a cup, and wear bright colours and sturdy footwear. If you
want pizza, remember to bring five dollars. Please contact either
Cyndi Palmer, [email protected] or Mary Magee, 902-538-8559, and let
them know at least one week before the meeting if you will be
attending the pizza party.
April 2017 - Club Report by Emilee Hirtle
The monthly meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club was held April 18, 2017.
The past minutes were read and new business discussed. The last cheese
order will be sent in May with delivery expected mid-June. Thank you to all
members and families who support this fundraiser by selling and ordering
cheese.
Tyler MacEachern spoke about County Rally, held April 1. Everyone
participating did a wonderful job presenting their speeches and
demonstrations that covered a wide variety of topics. Congratulations were
extended to club members moving on to represent Kings County at Regional
Rally on April 22. Junior Introducer, Vincent Armstrong; Junior Thanker,
Shannon Fraser; Intermediate Speech, Olivia Hiltz; Senior Speech, Sydney
Milne; Junior Team Demonstration, Emilee and Jacob Hirtle; Senior Team
Demonstration, Victoria and Mahala Brydon; Senior Single Demonstration,
Tyler MacEachern; Senior hand drawn poster, Sophia Clarke; Junior computer
generated poster, Evan VanOostrum; Junior Host, Lance Hiltz; Senior Host,
Logan Menzies; Senior Hostess, Victoria Brydon.
Logan Menzies told us about woodsman practices and how they are going. This
year, Western Kings will have a junior woodsman team and two senior
woodsman teams. The Kings County competition will be held April 30 at the
Harmony Hall.
Sophia Clarke shared a Random Act of Cakeness that members of the foods
project took part in. Random Act of Cakeness was created by cake decorating
leader, Sophie Saulnier. She encourages her project members to pledge their
hands to larger service by baking and decorating a cake to share with
someone in their family, community, or school to brighten their day. Sophie
also challenged other club projects to come up with their own Random Act of
Cakeness ideas. The foods members made sweet potato biscuits for dogs and
then delivered them to the SPCA. Great work!
Get your calendars ready! There are lots of important upcoming event dates
and deadlines.
-May 1 is the deadline to apply to attend Camp Rankin. The next meeting of
the Joint Achievement Days committee will also be held May 1, 6:30 p.m.,
just before the Kings County 4-H Council meeting at 7 p.m. Both meetings
will be held at the Scotian Gold boardroom.
-May 5 and 6 is 4-H Weekend at the Dalhousie Agriculture Campus. Regional
Rally winners will present their speeches and demonstration during the
weekend. Host and hostess competitions are also held, as well as, the
woodsman competition.
-May 12, club members will be raking up leaves and cleaning up the
Waterville United Church Cemetery, 5:30 p.m. Please remember to bring your
own rakes and gloves.
-May 14 is the deadline to get livestock registration information to Mary.
She will then submit the information to the 4-H office.
-May 15 is the deadline to apply for the Leadership Development Conference
to be held at St. FX June 27 and 28. This conference is for members age 14
to 18. It is also the deadline for those members wanting to apply for the
Royal Dairy Classic.
- Judging Day will be held May 30 at the Apple Dome in Berwick.
Sydney Milne spoke briefly about the Junior and Senior Tours happening this
summer. The Junior Tour will be going to the Shubenacadie Animal Reserve
and the Senior Tour will be camping overnight at Blomidon Provincial Park.
More information and dates will be provided at a later date. Sydney also,
on behalf of the light horse project, invited the club to join them for an
evening of line dancing at the North Alton Community Centre, April 28, 6:30
p.m. Members will learn two line dances with well-known line dancer and
choreographer, Charlie Milne.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held May 16, 6:30
p.m. at Somerset and District Elementary.
The past minutes were read and new business discussed. The last cheese
order will be sent in May with delivery expected mid-June. Thank you to all
members and families who support this fundraiser by selling and ordering
cheese.
Tyler MacEachern spoke about County Rally, held April 1. Everyone
participating did a wonderful job presenting their speeches and
demonstrations that covered a wide variety of topics. Congratulations were
extended to club members moving on to represent Kings County at Regional
Rally on April 22. Junior Introducer, Vincent Armstrong; Junior Thanker,
Shannon Fraser; Intermediate Speech, Olivia Hiltz; Senior Speech, Sydney
Milne; Junior Team Demonstration, Emilee and Jacob Hirtle; Senior Team
Demonstration, Victoria and Mahala Brydon; Senior Single Demonstration,
Tyler MacEachern; Senior hand drawn poster, Sophia Clarke; Junior computer
generated poster, Evan VanOostrum; Junior Host, Lance Hiltz; Senior Host,
Logan Menzies; Senior Hostess, Victoria Brydon.
Logan Menzies told us about woodsman practices and how they are going. This
year, Western Kings will have a junior woodsman team and two senior
woodsman teams. The Kings County competition will be held April 30 at the
Harmony Hall.
Sophia Clarke shared a Random Act of Cakeness that members of the foods
project took part in. Random Act of Cakeness was created by cake decorating
leader, Sophie Saulnier. She encourages her project members to pledge their
hands to larger service by baking and decorating a cake to share with
someone in their family, community, or school to brighten their day. Sophie
also challenged other club projects to come up with their own Random Act of
Cakeness ideas. The foods members made sweet potato biscuits for dogs and
then delivered them to the SPCA. Great work!
Get your calendars ready! There are lots of important upcoming event dates
and deadlines.
-May 1 is the deadline to apply to attend Camp Rankin. The next meeting of
the Joint Achievement Days committee will also be held May 1, 6:30 p.m.,
just before the Kings County 4-H Council meeting at 7 p.m. Both meetings
will be held at the Scotian Gold boardroom.
-May 5 and 6 is 4-H Weekend at the Dalhousie Agriculture Campus. Regional
Rally winners will present their speeches and demonstration during the
weekend. Host and hostess competitions are also held, as well as, the
woodsman competition.
-May 12, club members will be raking up leaves and cleaning up the
Waterville United Church Cemetery, 5:30 p.m. Please remember to bring your
own rakes and gloves.
-May 14 is the deadline to get livestock registration information to Mary.
She will then submit the information to the 4-H office.
-May 15 is the deadline to apply for the Leadership Development Conference
to be held at St. FX June 27 and 28. This conference is for members age 14
to 18. It is also the deadline for those members wanting to apply for the
Royal Dairy Classic.
- Judging Day will be held May 30 at the Apple Dome in Berwick.
Sydney Milne spoke briefly about the Junior and Senior Tours happening this
summer. The Junior Tour will be going to the Shubenacadie Animal Reserve
and the Senior Tour will be camping overnight at Blomidon Provincial Park.
More information and dates will be provided at a later date. Sydney also,
on behalf of the light horse project, invited the club to join them for an
evening of line dancing at the North Alton Community Centre, April 28, 6:30
p.m. Members will learn two line dances with well-known line dancer and
choreographer, Charlie Milne.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held May 16, 6:30
p.m. at Somerset and District Elementary.
March 2017 - Club Report by Emilee Hirtle
Spring is here and it is time for one of our favourite 4-H activity.
At the March 21 meeting of the Western KINGS 4-H CLUB, Logan Menzies
spoke about the start-up of woodsman practices. An email, for those
members who signed up for woodsman, will be sent out to let everyone
know when practices will be held. The Kings County woodsman
competition will be held April 30 at the Harmony Community Hall.
Sydney Milne spoke about the upcoming 4-H exchange trip for ten Kings
County 4-H members. From June 29 to July 8, Anna Boudreau, Thomas
Clarke, Tyler MacEachern, Sydney Redden and Olivia Hiltz will travel
to Alberta. On July 24, the group they visited in Alberta will travel
here. There will be lots of fundraising efforts for the Kings County
exchange members. Please support them when you can.
Congratulations were passed on to Mackenzie West for being chosen to
participate in the Kevin Grant Tour and to Sophia Clarke for being
elected the new secretary for Kings County 4-H Council.
For senior members who are graduating this year and pursuing a
post-secondary education, there are scholarships available. Please
contact Mary Magee for more information.
The cake decorating members in our club have been busy doing their
acts of kindness. The rest of the club were encouraged by our project
leader Sophie Saulnier to participate in this Random Act of Cakeness.
We look forward to the creative ways that other members will take part
in this worthwhile challenge.
Some important dates to remember are Regional 4-H Rally being held
April 22 at Evangeline Middle School and 4-H Weekend held May 5 and 6
at the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus in Truro. Applications to stay in
residence are being accepted at this time.
After our business meeting junior speeches began. Topics ranged from
fishing trips to sports. Congratulations to the following members who
moved on to County Rally: First place, Alex MacLean; second place,
Vincent Armstrong; third place, Shannon Fraser. Also a big shout-out
to cloverbuds Bailey Justason and Mason Freeman who did an awesome job presenting
speeches for their first time.
At our April 18 meeting at the Somerset School beginning at 6:30pm,
Tyler MacEachern will be showing us how to sharpen our judging skills.
This will be good practice for the county judging event to be held May
30 at the Apple Dome.
At the March 21 meeting of the Western KINGS 4-H CLUB, Logan Menzies
spoke about the start-up of woodsman practices. An email, for those
members who signed up for woodsman, will be sent out to let everyone
know when practices will be held. The Kings County woodsman
competition will be held April 30 at the Harmony Community Hall.
Sydney Milne spoke about the upcoming 4-H exchange trip for ten Kings
County 4-H members. From June 29 to July 8, Anna Boudreau, Thomas
Clarke, Tyler MacEachern, Sydney Redden and Olivia Hiltz will travel
to Alberta. On July 24, the group they visited in Alberta will travel
here. There will be lots of fundraising efforts for the Kings County
exchange members. Please support them when you can.
Congratulations were passed on to Mackenzie West for being chosen to
participate in the Kevin Grant Tour and to Sophia Clarke for being
elected the new secretary for Kings County 4-H Council.
For senior members who are graduating this year and pursuing a
post-secondary education, there are scholarships available. Please
contact Mary Magee for more information.
The cake decorating members in our club have been busy doing their
acts of kindness. The rest of the club were encouraged by our project
leader Sophie Saulnier to participate in this Random Act of Cakeness.
We look forward to the creative ways that other members will take part
in this worthwhile challenge.
Some important dates to remember are Regional 4-H Rally being held
April 22 at Evangeline Middle School and 4-H Weekend held May 5 and 6
at the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus in Truro. Applications to stay in
residence are being accepted at this time.
After our business meeting junior speeches began. Topics ranged from
fishing trips to sports. Congratulations to the following members who
moved on to County Rally: First place, Alex MacLean; second place,
Vincent Armstrong; third place, Shannon Fraser. Also a big shout-out
to cloverbuds Bailey Justason and Mason Freeman who did an awesome job presenting
speeches for their first time.
At our April 18 meeting at the Somerset School beginning at 6:30pm,
Tyler MacEachern will be showing us how to sharpen our judging skills.
This will be good practice for the county judging event to be held May
30 at the Apple Dome.
February 2017 - Club Report by Emilee Hirtle
The Western Kings 4-H Club met February 21 with members answering roll call
by saying how old they are.
Past minutes were read and new business discussed. Kelly Clarke proposed a
snow shoeing adventure at the Woodville Trail for club members and their
families to possibly be held during the week of March break. Tammy West
spoke about practices starting soon for our club’s woodsman team and
encouraged everyone to come out and give it a try.
Congratulations to our fantastic cake decorating leader, Sophie Saulnier,
for being chosen to attend the Global 4-H Network Summit to be held in
Ottawa July 11 to 14. There are over 70 independent, country-led 4-H
programs around the world and seven million 4-H’ers worldwide!
Congratulations also go out to the following members for being chosen to
represent our club as hosts and hostesses: Senior Host, Logan Menzies;
Senior Hostess, Brianna Hamilton; Junior Host, Lance Hiltz; Junior Hostess,
myself, Emilee Hirtle.
There are some important upcoming dates for members to pencil in their
calendars. County Rally will be held April 1 at the New Minas Baptist
Church. Regional Rally will be held April 22 at Evangeline Middle School,
New Minas.
The next Kings County 4-H Council meeting for senior members and leaders
will be held March 6, 7 p.m., at Scotian Gold.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held March 21, 6:30
p.m., at Somerset School. Junior speeches (for members age 9 to 12) and
cloverbud speeches will be held. Please call Mary Magee, 902-538-8559, if
you are planning to do a speech, at least a week before the meeting date.
The meeting was adjourned and the speeches and demonstrations began. We
learned everything from how to do a magic trick to information about feminism.
Congratulations to the following members who will be moving on to County
Rally: Senior Speech, Sydney Milne; Junior Single Demonstration, Ira Lee
Freeman; Junior Double Demonstration, myself and my brother, Jacob Hirtle.
by saying how old they are.
Past minutes were read and new business discussed. Kelly Clarke proposed a
snow shoeing adventure at the Woodville Trail for club members and their
families to possibly be held during the week of March break. Tammy West
spoke about practices starting soon for our club’s woodsman team and
encouraged everyone to come out and give it a try.
Congratulations to our fantastic cake decorating leader, Sophie Saulnier,
for being chosen to attend the Global 4-H Network Summit to be held in
Ottawa July 11 to 14. There are over 70 independent, country-led 4-H
programs around the world and seven million 4-H’ers worldwide!
Congratulations also go out to the following members for being chosen to
represent our club as hosts and hostesses: Senior Host, Logan Menzies;
Senior Hostess, Brianna Hamilton; Junior Host, Lance Hiltz; Junior Hostess,
myself, Emilee Hirtle.
There are some important upcoming dates for members to pencil in their
calendars. County Rally will be held April 1 at the New Minas Baptist
Church. Regional Rally will be held April 22 at Evangeline Middle School,
New Minas.
The next Kings County 4-H Council meeting for senior members and leaders
will be held March 6, 7 p.m., at Scotian Gold.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held March 21, 6:30
p.m., at Somerset School. Junior speeches (for members age 9 to 12) and
cloverbud speeches will be held. Please call Mary Magee, 902-538-8559, if
you are planning to do a speech, at least a week before the meeting date.
The meeting was adjourned and the speeches and demonstrations began. We
learned everything from how to do a magic trick to information about feminism.
Congratulations to the following members who will be moving on to County
Rally: Senior Speech, Sydney Milne; Junior Single Demonstration, Ira Lee
Freeman; Junior Double Demonstration, myself and my brother, Jacob Hirtle.
January 2017 - Club Report by Emilee Hirtle
The Western Kings 4-H Club met January 17 with members answering roll
call by saying whether they would be doing a speech or demonstration
to fulfill the communication part of the 4-H program. Based on the
responses, we have lots of great entertainment to look forward to.
Past minutes were read and new business discussed. Kelly Clarke told
us the paint night, hosted by our club, January 6, was well attended.
The ladies from Live Thru Art Painting donated a portion of the cost
back to our club.
Mary Magee spoke about the chocolate bar campaign. Members are
encouraged to sell a variety box of World’s Finest 30 chocolate bars.
The bars are sold for $2 each. This is a fundraiser for 4-H Nova
Scotia. There are great prizes for the top selling members and each
member who sells a box of thirty is entered into random draws for
prizes. Last year, member Casilda Tobin won a TV through the random
draw and Jack VanderHeide received $25.00!
Our club has nominated the Clarke family, Mary Magee and Megan Gibson
to represent us during volunteer appreciation activities. April is
volunteer appreciation month.
There are some important upcoming dates for members to pencil in their
calendars. Judging Day will probably be held May 30 at the Apple Dome
in Berwick. Achievement Days, also held at the Apple Dome, will take
place August 3 and 4 with set up taking place August 2. The Nova
Scotia Provincial Show will be held September 29 to October 1 in
Lawrencetown at the Annapolis Valley Exhibition grounds.
The next Kings County 4-H Council meeting for senior members and
leaders will be held February 6, 7 p.m., at Scotian Gold.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held February
21, 6:30 p.m., at Somerset School. Senior speeches (for members age 16
and up) and junior demonstrations (for members age 9 to 13) will be
held. Please call Mary Magee, 902 538 8559, if you’re planning to do a
speech or demonstration, by February 12 so she can arrange for enough
judges.
The meeting was adjourned and the speeches and demonstrations began.
We learned everything from how to do laundry to marine life in
captivity. Congratulations to the following members who will be moving
on to County Rally: Intermediate Speech, Olivia Hiltz, Senior Single
Demonstration, Tyler MacEachern and Senior Double Demonstration,
Mahala and Victoria Brydon.
call by saying whether they would be doing a speech or demonstration
to fulfill the communication part of the 4-H program. Based on the
responses, we have lots of great entertainment to look forward to.
Past minutes were read and new business discussed. Kelly Clarke told
us the paint night, hosted by our club, January 6, was well attended.
The ladies from Live Thru Art Painting donated a portion of the cost
back to our club.
Mary Magee spoke about the chocolate bar campaign. Members are
encouraged to sell a variety box of World’s Finest 30 chocolate bars.
The bars are sold for $2 each. This is a fundraiser for 4-H Nova
Scotia. There are great prizes for the top selling members and each
member who sells a box of thirty is entered into random draws for
prizes. Last year, member Casilda Tobin won a TV through the random
draw and Jack VanderHeide received $25.00!
Our club has nominated the Clarke family, Mary Magee and Megan Gibson
to represent us during volunteer appreciation activities. April is
volunteer appreciation month.
There are some important upcoming dates for members to pencil in their
calendars. Judging Day will probably be held May 30 at the Apple Dome
in Berwick. Achievement Days, also held at the Apple Dome, will take
place August 3 and 4 with set up taking place August 2. The Nova
Scotia Provincial Show will be held September 29 to October 1 in
Lawrencetown at the Annapolis Valley Exhibition grounds.
The next Kings County 4-H Council meeting for senior members and
leaders will be held February 6, 7 p.m., at Scotian Gold.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held February
21, 6:30 p.m., at Somerset School. Senior speeches (for members age 16
and up) and junior demonstrations (for members age 9 to 13) will be
held. Please call Mary Magee, 902 538 8559, if you’re planning to do a
speech or demonstration, by February 12 so she can arrange for enough
judges.
The meeting was adjourned and the speeches and demonstrations began.
We learned everything from how to do laundry to marine life in
captivity. Congratulations to the following members who will be moving
on to County Rally: Intermediate Speech, Olivia Hiltz, Senior Single
Demonstration, Tyler MacEachern and Senior Double Demonstration,
Mahala and Victoria Brydon.
December 2016 - Club Report by Emilee Hirtle
Hi, everyone! My name is Emilee Hirtle and I am the newly elected reporter for the Western Kings 4-H Club. I’ve been a 4-H member for 6 years and have taken part in the Light Horse and Mini Horse projects, woodsman, and tug of war. This year, I’m also going to take part in my first life skills project, Cake Decorating.
The December 20 meeting of the club was held at the Woodville Community Centre. Traditionally, the December meeting of our club is also a pot luck and awards night and, as always, there was lots of yummy food.
New president, Megan Gibson, and secretary, Sydney Milne, called the meeting to order with the reciting of the 4-H pledge and members answering role call with their favourite Christmas carol.
Past minutes were read and new business was discussed. Kelly Clarke spoke about another great fundraising opportunity for our club. On January 6, our club will host a paint night at the Woodville Community Hall, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., with a cost of $40. A percentage of the cost will then be returned to the club.
Another fundraiser for our club is cheese sales. A variety of ADL cheese may be pre-ordered from club members which will then be delivered to you when it arrives. The next cheese order is due to arrive mid-February. Members can see Mary Magee for blank cheese order forms. These will be due back to Mary in mid-January.
Sydney Milne told us about a proposed idea for a Kings County Youth Voices committee for senior members in the county. This group would create a stronger voice for youth in the 4-H program and plan recreation events for the county, develop a mentorship program and workshops.
Thanks to Carol Tobin for delivering the food bank donations members brought to the November meeting. A total of 78 pounds was collected for the Berwick Food Bank.
Cake Decorating project member, Rebecca Picard, told us about the Valley Regional Hospital’s cake auction that some project members participated in. On December 7, five cakes made by Brianna Hamilton, Megan Gibson, Ira Lee Freeman, Shannon Fraser, Rebecca Picard, Robyn Tiedt and Sophie Saulnier were auctioned off for $285, adding to the approximate grand total of $1500 raised that evening for the hospital.
Mary Magee shared upcoming dates for member speeches and demonstrations. Senior demonstrations (for members age 14 and up) and intermediate speeches (for members age 13, 14 & 15) will take place at the January 17 meeting. Senior speeches (for members age 16 and up) and junior demonstrations (for members age 9 to 13) will be held at the February meeting. Junior speeches (for members age 9, 10, 11 and 12) will happen at the March meeting. More information about speeches and demonstrations can be found on the club website, http://westernkings4h.weebly.com/. Please touch base with Mary, 902 538 8559, by January 8 if you’re planning to do a speech or demonstration at the January meeting.
The next Kings County 4-H Council meeting for senior members and leaders will be held January 4, 7 p.m., at Scotian Gold.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held January 17, 6:30 p.m., at Somerset School.
Once the meeting was adjourned, we moved on to awards, and finished with a couple of fun games.
Congratulations to all members who achieved project completion certificates and to the following members who were awarded trophies for being the top members in their project. Click here for a complete list.
The December 20 meeting of the club was held at the Woodville Community Centre. Traditionally, the December meeting of our club is also a pot luck and awards night and, as always, there was lots of yummy food.
New president, Megan Gibson, and secretary, Sydney Milne, called the meeting to order with the reciting of the 4-H pledge and members answering role call with their favourite Christmas carol.
Past minutes were read and new business was discussed. Kelly Clarke spoke about another great fundraising opportunity for our club. On January 6, our club will host a paint night at the Woodville Community Hall, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., with a cost of $40. A percentage of the cost will then be returned to the club.
Another fundraiser for our club is cheese sales. A variety of ADL cheese may be pre-ordered from club members which will then be delivered to you when it arrives. The next cheese order is due to arrive mid-February. Members can see Mary Magee for blank cheese order forms. These will be due back to Mary in mid-January.
Sydney Milne told us about a proposed idea for a Kings County Youth Voices committee for senior members in the county. This group would create a stronger voice for youth in the 4-H program and plan recreation events for the county, develop a mentorship program and workshops.
Thanks to Carol Tobin for delivering the food bank donations members brought to the November meeting. A total of 78 pounds was collected for the Berwick Food Bank.
Cake Decorating project member, Rebecca Picard, told us about the Valley Regional Hospital’s cake auction that some project members participated in. On December 7, five cakes made by Brianna Hamilton, Megan Gibson, Ira Lee Freeman, Shannon Fraser, Rebecca Picard, Robyn Tiedt and Sophie Saulnier were auctioned off for $285, adding to the approximate grand total of $1500 raised that evening for the hospital.
Mary Magee shared upcoming dates for member speeches and demonstrations. Senior demonstrations (for members age 14 and up) and intermediate speeches (for members age 13, 14 & 15) will take place at the January 17 meeting. Senior speeches (for members age 16 and up) and junior demonstrations (for members age 9 to 13) will be held at the February meeting. Junior speeches (for members age 9, 10, 11 and 12) will happen at the March meeting. More information about speeches and demonstrations can be found on the club website, http://westernkings4h.weebly.com/. Please touch base with Mary, 902 538 8559, by January 8 if you’re planning to do a speech or demonstration at the January meeting.
The next Kings County 4-H Council meeting for senior members and leaders will be held January 4, 7 p.m., at Scotian Gold.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held January 17, 6:30 p.m., at Somerset School.
Once the meeting was adjourned, we moved on to awards, and finished with a couple of fun games.
Congratulations to all members who achieved project completion certificates and to the following members who were awarded trophies for being the top members in their project. Click here for a complete list.
November 2016 - Club Report by Olivia Hiltz
Heads, hearts and hands have been busy in the Western Kings 4-H Club
this fall. Some members are beginning a new venture in cooperation
with the Berwick Library. They are making mini libraries. There will
be more about that at a later date. We have just completed a
successful wreath fundraiser and are now busy selling Yuletide
magazines. If you haven’t purchased yours yet, let us know. The
magazines have great recipes.
We congratulated all the winners at the Kings County Awards Night.
Special congratulations were extended to Outstanding Junior member
Thomas Clarke, the F. Waldo Walsh Most Outstanding Senior Victoria
Brydon, Top Club Reporter Olivia Hiltz and Stephanie Curran Memorial
Sportsmanship winners Thalia Tobin and Emilee Hirtle. It was also
exciting to be recognized with three other clubs for our community
service activities.
Sydney Milne gave an inspiring report about her recent award trip to
Toronto. She brought back some great ideas to put into action in our
area. Mitchell Best was very successful at the Royal Winter Fair, also
in Toronto.
November was 4-H month. To celebrate, we took treats to the local
radio station where they were quickly enjoyed. We also collected food
for the Berwick Food Bank. With Christmas just around the corner, we
decided to bring more food donations to the December 20th meeting.
A new executive was chosen recently. President is Megan Gibson, Vice
President Mahala Brydon, Secretary Sydney Milne, Treasurer Sophia
Clarke and Club Reporter Emilee Hirtle. Congratulations to all! They
will begin their duties at the next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H
Club December 20 at the Woodville Community Hall. The whole family is
invited to share in a pot luck supper beginning at 5:30 pm. Bring a
main dish, dessert (4-Her’s like sweets), dishes, cutlery and indoor
footwear. After our business meeting, we will have our club awards
and a few games. As this is my last report, I want to wish everyone a
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
this fall. Some members are beginning a new venture in cooperation
with the Berwick Library. They are making mini libraries. There will
be more about that at a later date. We have just completed a
successful wreath fundraiser and are now busy selling Yuletide
magazines. If you haven’t purchased yours yet, let us know. The
magazines have great recipes.
We congratulated all the winners at the Kings County Awards Night.
Special congratulations were extended to Outstanding Junior member
Thomas Clarke, the F. Waldo Walsh Most Outstanding Senior Victoria
Brydon, Top Club Reporter Olivia Hiltz and Stephanie Curran Memorial
Sportsmanship winners Thalia Tobin and Emilee Hirtle. It was also
exciting to be recognized with three other clubs for our community
service activities.
Sydney Milne gave an inspiring report about her recent award trip to
Toronto. She brought back some great ideas to put into action in our
area. Mitchell Best was very successful at the Royal Winter Fair, also
in Toronto.
November was 4-H month. To celebrate, we took treats to the local
radio station where they were quickly enjoyed. We also collected food
for the Berwick Food Bank. With Christmas just around the corner, we
decided to bring more food donations to the December 20th meeting.
A new executive was chosen recently. President is Megan Gibson, Vice
President Mahala Brydon, Secretary Sydney Milne, Treasurer Sophia
Clarke and Club Reporter Emilee Hirtle. Congratulations to all! They
will begin their duties at the next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H
Club December 20 at the Woodville Community Hall. The whole family is
invited to share in a pot luck supper beginning at 5:30 pm. Bring a
main dish, dessert (4-Her’s like sweets), dishes, cutlery and indoor
footwear. After our business meeting, we will have our club awards
and a few games. As this is my last report, I want to wish everyone a
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
September 2016 - Club Report by Olivia Hiltz
Welcome back everyone! The last meeting of the Western Kings 4-H club
was held September 20 at the Somerset District School. The last two
months have been crazy with preparation for Achievement Days and
Provincial Show but our club has managed to pull off some pretty big
accomplishments. I’m proud to say our Kings County Joint Achievement
Days was a success for another year. The Western Kings ice cream booth
did very well and as well the new livestock shelter got many positive
comments. On September 25 Western Kings had an information table set
up in Berwick. Thank you to all members and leaders who helped out
with this as it brought in many new members for this coming year.
A big congratulations goes out to the Kings County tug-of-war team who
pulled off a second place at the Annapolis Valley Exhibition. I would
also like to wish them luck as they head off to provincial show. Good
job to Sydney Milne for winning a national member award trip to
Toronto, as well to Victoria Brydon for becoming the 2016 Berwick Gala
Days Queen and to Mahala Brydon for becoming Ms. Spirit.
We had two big events recently that everyone had been waiting for, one
of them being our giant tomato competition which was held on September
29 at 7:00 at Mary Magee’s house. Congratulations to Casilda Tobin who
won the junior division. The next big event was Provincial Show! It
was held September 30 to October 2 in Truro. There will be more news
about the Show in my next report.
On October 7 at 7:00 our 4-H club went as a group to the VanOostrum’s
corn maze. The weather was perfect and everyone had a super time!
This year Sophie Saulnier will be organizing the 4-H science fair for
our club. There are three rounds, round 1 is virtual, round 2 is held
in Truro and round 3 is held somewhere in Canada. This is for grades
7-12 and they are taking registration up until January 16. For more
information check out our club website.
I’m glad to announce that the 2017 4-H theme will be Let the Clover be
Seen in 2017! The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H club will be
held on October 18 at the Somerset and District School at 6:30. All
new and old members are welcome to attend!
4-H Fun Fact:
Did you know the first 4-H Provincial 4-H show was held in 1977? That
was 39 years ago.
was held September 20 at the Somerset District School. The last two
months have been crazy with preparation for Achievement Days and
Provincial Show but our club has managed to pull off some pretty big
accomplishments. I’m proud to say our Kings County Joint Achievement
Days was a success for another year. The Western Kings ice cream booth
did very well and as well the new livestock shelter got many positive
comments. On September 25 Western Kings had an information table set
up in Berwick. Thank you to all members and leaders who helped out
with this as it brought in many new members for this coming year.
A big congratulations goes out to the Kings County tug-of-war team who
pulled off a second place at the Annapolis Valley Exhibition. I would
also like to wish them luck as they head off to provincial show. Good
job to Sydney Milne for winning a national member award trip to
Toronto, as well to Victoria Brydon for becoming the 2016 Berwick Gala
Days Queen and to Mahala Brydon for becoming Ms. Spirit.
We had two big events recently that everyone had been waiting for, one
of them being our giant tomato competition which was held on September
29 at 7:00 at Mary Magee’s house. Congratulations to Casilda Tobin who
won the junior division. The next big event was Provincial Show! It
was held September 30 to October 2 in Truro. There will be more news
about the Show in my next report.
On October 7 at 7:00 our 4-H club went as a group to the VanOostrum’s
corn maze. The weather was perfect and everyone had a super time!
This year Sophie Saulnier will be organizing the 4-H science fair for
our club. There are three rounds, round 1 is virtual, round 2 is held
in Truro and round 3 is held somewhere in Canada. This is for grades
7-12 and they are taking registration up until January 16. For more
information check out our club website.
I’m glad to announce that the 2017 4-H theme will be Let the Clover be
Seen in 2017! The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H club will be
held on October 18 at the Somerset and District School at 6:30. All
new and old members are welcome to attend!
4-H Fun Fact:
Did you know the first 4-H Provincial 4-H show was held in 1977? That
was 39 years ago.
June 2016 - Club Report by Olivia Hiltz
The June meeting of the Western Kings 4-H club was held at the
Somerset and District School followed by a road side clean up, along
with a pizza party. Despite rather wet conditions we found a variety
of garbage including old televisions and computer screens.
Our club was very successful as well this month. We would like to
congratulate Jack Vanderheide, as he was the lucky winner of $25 from
our chocolate bar fundraiser! We would also like to congratulate
Sydney Milne on her first place in the Lions’ Multiple District
Convention Speak Out in St. John’s, Newfoundland! Congratulations as
well to Brianna Hamilton and Amy Ivany who graduated from Central
Kings High School. Brianna received a bursary from our club. Well
done everyone!
On June 7 members from our club joined other 4-H’ers in Kings County
to come together for our annual judging of projects. The night went by
very smoothly and all members had lots of fun.
Megan Gibson reported that the cake decorating members and leader
Sophie were very proud that we already have 26 acts of kindness in the
random act of cakeness challenge. Participants include teams, families
and members. It is great to see all the kind things our club can do
when we come together!
On Saturday July 2, 4-H in Kings County will be holding a BBQ from
11am-2pm at Meadowbrook Meat Market. Come out and enjoy a sausage or
jimmie dog in support of this wonderful youth organization.
Our 2016 County Achievement Days will be held on August 5 and 6 at the
Kings Mutual Centre in Berwick. This year there has been a change in
schedule. Further details will be sent out. The public is encouraged
to check out the displays and activities. There will be a meeting held
on July 4 at 6:30 at Scotian Gold to continue Achievement Days plans.
If there are any members interested in the tractor driving competition
held during these days please contact Mary as we are still in search
of one more member to lift water buckets.
Record Books are due to Mary by July 15. If you are in need of one,
check with your project leader or Mary. There is also a record keeping
competition this year.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H club will be held at the
Somerset and District School at 6:30 on Tuesday, September 20. This
will also be your next chance to order cheese. I hope everyone enjoys
their summer as they work hard on their projects! See you in the
2016-2017 4-Hyear!
Fun fact:
In 1933 an organization was put together to organize for trips,
prizes, scholarships and programs at national contests for 4-H
Somerset and District School followed by a road side clean up, along
with a pizza party. Despite rather wet conditions we found a variety
of garbage including old televisions and computer screens.
Our club was very successful as well this month. We would like to
congratulate Jack Vanderheide, as he was the lucky winner of $25 from
our chocolate bar fundraiser! We would also like to congratulate
Sydney Milne on her first place in the Lions’ Multiple District
Convention Speak Out in St. John’s, Newfoundland! Congratulations as
well to Brianna Hamilton and Amy Ivany who graduated from Central
Kings High School. Brianna received a bursary from our club. Well
done everyone!
On June 7 members from our club joined other 4-H’ers in Kings County
to come together for our annual judging of projects. The night went by
very smoothly and all members had lots of fun.
Megan Gibson reported that the cake decorating members and leader
Sophie were very proud that we already have 26 acts of kindness in the
random act of cakeness challenge. Participants include teams, families
and members. It is great to see all the kind things our club can do
when we come together!
On Saturday July 2, 4-H in Kings County will be holding a BBQ from
11am-2pm at Meadowbrook Meat Market. Come out and enjoy a sausage or
jimmie dog in support of this wonderful youth organization.
Our 2016 County Achievement Days will be held on August 5 and 6 at the
Kings Mutual Centre in Berwick. This year there has been a change in
schedule. Further details will be sent out. The public is encouraged
to check out the displays and activities. There will be a meeting held
on July 4 at 6:30 at Scotian Gold to continue Achievement Days plans.
If there are any members interested in the tractor driving competition
held during these days please contact Mary as we are still in search
of one more member to lift water buckets.
Record Books are due to Mary by July 15. If you are in need of one,
check with your project leader or Mary. There is also a record keeping
competition this year.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H club will be held at the
Somerset and District School at 6:30 on Tuesday, September 20. This
will also be your next chance to order cheese. I hope everyone enjoys
their summer as they work hard on their projects! See you in the
2016-2017 4-Hyear!
Fun fact:
In 1933 an organization was put together to organize for trips,
prizes, scholarships and programs at national contests for 4-H
May 2016 - Club Report by Olivia Hiltz
The last meeting of the Western Kings 4-H club was called to order on
Tuesday, May 17th at the Somerset & District School. To start off the
meeting a thank you card from Margie Lamb was read.
The past month our 4-H’ers have been very successful with achieving
many of their goals! Congratulations to all competitors at Regional
Rally and our winners who moved on to represent us at Provincial
Weekend. Tyler MacEachern will now be this year’s Regional Host.
Sydney Milne moved on with her senior single demonstration, Lance
Hiltz with his junior introducing speech, Shannon Fraser with her
junior thanking speech, Emilee and Jacob Hirtle with their junior
double demonstration and Kathryn Spicer with her junior single
demonstration. At Provincial Weekend all of our members did great!
Sydney Milne placed second, Emilee and Jacob Hirtle placed third,
Lance Hiltz placed first, Kathryn Spicer placed first overall and
Shannon Fraser placed second! Casilda Tobin was the lucky winner of a
brand new TV from the chocolate bar fundraiser. Well done to all of
our members this past month and all we have accomplished!
On April 29, 30 and May 1 a large number of the Western Kings 4-H
members gathered at the Waterville United Cemetery to help with clean
up. It did take a little longer than expected but we had a lot of
helping hands and it was a good time. Our work was very much appreciated
.
Our county judging took place on Tuesday June 7 at the Northville
Heritage Farm.
Our cheese orders are due to Mary by no later than June 12 and are
expected to arrive June 23 or 24. The cheese prices have gone up by
$0.50 from the last order. Reminder you can drop your order off at
Mary’s house or call over the phone.
Achievement Days will be held on August 5 and 6 and preparation for
the days will be held on August 4 at the Apple Dome in Berwick. Our
club is looking to create a new indoor display. Further information
will be given out at our next meeting.
Kings County 4-H is holding a BBQ on July 2 at Meadow Brook Meat
Market from 11:00-2:00. Our club's time is from 10:30-11:30. Stop in
and buy your lunch to support 4-H in Kings County!
Record books are due to Mary in early July. If you are in need of one
for your projects contact your project leader or Mary.
Colin Hirtle is now our new 4-H Agriculture and Leadership
Coordinator! If you ever need to contact the 4-H office you can ask to
talk to him. Salts Scape Expo was a great turn out and a great
promotion for 4-H! The 4-H theme for 2016 is Let’s all be green in 2016!
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H club will be held on Tuesday
June 14 followed by a Roadside Clean Up around the school and a pizza
party. Contact Mary by June 12 to let her know if you are attending
and want pizza. Bring your own cup for pop. The cost will be $5 per
person, to cover the food costs. Hope to see everyone there!
Fun fact:
Did you know that 4-H is one of Canada’s longest running and most
respected youth organizations? 2016 marks the 103rd birthday!
Tuesday, May 17th at the Somerset & District School. To start off the
meeting a thank you card from Margie Lamb was read.
The past month our 4-H’ers have been very successful with achieving
many of their goals! Congratulations to all competitors at Regional
Rally and our winners who moved on to represent us at Provincial
Weekend. Tyler MacEachern will now be this year’s Regional Host.
Sydney Milne moved on with her senior single demonstration, Lance
Hiltz with his junior introducing speech, Shannon Fraser with her
junior thanking speech, Emilee and Jacob Hirtle with their junior
double demonstration and Kathryn Spicer with her junior single
demonstration. At Provincial Weekend all of our members did great!
Sydney Milne placed second, Emilee and Jacob Hirtle placed third,
Lance Hiltz placed first, Kathryn Spicer placed first overall and
Shannon Fraser placed second! Casilda Tobin was the lucky winner of a
brand new TV from the chocolate bar fundraiser. Well done to all of
our members this past month and all we have accomplished!
On April 29, 30 and May 1 a large number of the Western Kings 4-H
members gathered at the Waterville United Cemetery to help with clean
up. It did take a little longer than expected but we had a lot of
helping hands and it was a good time. Our work was very much appreciated
.
Our county judging took place on Tuesday June 7 at the Northville
Heritage Farm.
Our cheese orders are due to Mary by no later than June 12 and are
expected to arrive June 23 or 24. The cheese prices have gone up by
$0.50 from the last order. Reminder you can drop your order off at
Mary’s house or call over the phone.
Achievement Days will be held on August 5 and 6 and preparation for
the days will be held on August 4 at the Apple Dome in Berwick. Our
club is looking to create a new indoor display. Further information
will be given out at our next meeting.
Kings County 4-H is holding a BBQ on July 2 at Meadow Brook Meat
Market from 11:00-2:00. Our club's time is from 10:30-11:30. Stop in
and buy your lunch to support 4-H in Kings County!
Record books are due to Mary in early July. If you are in need of one
for your projects contact your project leader or Mary.
Colin Hirtle is now our new 4-H Agriculture and Leadership
Coordinator! If you ever need to contact the 4-H office you can ask to
talk to him. Salts Scape Expo was a great turn out and a great
promotion for 4-H! The 4-H theme for 2016 is Let’s all be green in 2016!
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H club will be held on Tuesday
June 14 followed by a Roadside Clean Up around the school and a pizza
party. Contact Mary by June 12 to let her know if you are attending
and want pizza. Bring your own cup for pop. The cost will be $5 per
person, to cover the food costs. Hope to see everyone there!
Fun fact:
Did you know that 4-H is one of Canada’s longest running and most
respected youth organizations? 2016 marks the 103rd birthday!
April 2016 - Club Report by Olivia Hiltz
The last meeting of the Western Kings 4-H club was held on April 19 at
the Somerset and District School, followed by a judging workshop put
on by Victoria Brydon. The past month our club has really shown what
4-H is all about and our members have done some pretty amazing things
to stand out. Starting off with our winners from County Rally who will
be moving on to represent us at Regional Rally, congratulations to
Sydney Milne with her single demonstration, Lance Hiltz with his
junior introducer Shannon Fraser with her junior thanker, Mahala and
Victoria Brydon with their senior double demonstration, Emilee and
Jacob Hirtle with their junior double demonstration, Mackenzie West
with her Intermediate speech and Kathryn Spicer with her junior single
demonstration. Another big congratulation goes to Thomas Clarke for
becoming the Kings County Junior Host and to Tyler MacEachern for
becoming the Kings County Senior Host. Best wishes go to Kyleigh
Veniotte on winning the Camp Rankin scholarship. We can’t wait to hear
all of your amazing camp stories! Sydney Milne and a group of our 4-H
members have been going around to different schools promoting 4-H, and
she announced last meeting that her presentations are starting to slow
down. Tyler MacEachern attended the Kevin Grant 4-H trip to Halifax
and the Debert Intermediate conference and did very well with winning
the impromptu speech there. Another big congratulation goes to our
president, Victoria Brydon on becoming the co-chair for the 2016 Kings
County Joint Achievement days. Well done to all of our members!
The Clarke family took a little different approach on Sophie, our cake
decorator leader’s acts of kindness challenge. Their family is making
cards for families that have special occasions in their community that
are coming up like birthdays and anniversaries. Well done Clarke
family! Reminder that other families and projects are encouraged to
take on Sophie’s challenge.
This is one of the hardest times of the year for 4-H’ers in livestock
projects. We have to pick just one animal that we want to take in that
project. Members are reminded to start thinking of their choices
because your animal registration will be due to your project leader or
Mary by May 14.
On Friday April 29 at 6:00 our club will be helping the Waterville
United Church by cleaning up the cemetery. We are all reminded to
bring our own rakes. If the job takes longer than expected we will
also be helping on Saturday the 30, at 3:00pm.
Summer is nearing which means a lot of our 4-H members’ favourite
events are just around the corner, including Camp Rankin! You don’t
want to miss out so make sure to have your applications in to the
Truro office by May 1.
Any dairy or beef members that are interested in the Royal Dairy
Classic or the National Junior Beef Classic, are reminded that your
applications are due by May 15.
Any members that are in Grade 12 or university are welcome to check
out the summer staff work opportunity!
All members are encouraged to donate some volunteer time to local
libraries in our community for Story Time with a Farmer this summer.
4-H’ers may pick the time and the date for when they would like to
read. Please contact Mary if you are interested.
Judging will be held on June 7 at the Northville farm. All members
must attend if they are interested in having a chance to move on to
Provincial show and to have a gold project completion.
The day we have all been waiting for is approaching quickly!
Achievement Days will be held at the Apple Dome on August 5 and 6 and
set up will be on the 4. Everyone is welcome to come out and watch.
If you are proud to bee a 4-H’er, don’t miss out on your chance to
plant your Proud to Bee a 4-H’er flowers! This is an opportunity to
help encourage bees to come to our area.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H will be held on Tuesday May
17 at 6:30 at the Somerset District School!
Fun Fact:
Did you know that in 1924 we sent our first 4-H members to the Royal
Winter Fair on Toronto, Ontario?
the Somerset and District School, followed by a judging workshop put
on by Victoria Brydon. The past month our club has really shown what
4-H is all about and our members have done some pretty amazing things
to stand out. Starting off with our winners from County Rally who will
be moving on to represent us at Regional Rally, congratulations to
Sydney Milne with her single demonstration, Lance Hiltz with his
junior introducer Shannon Fraser with her junior thanker, Mahala and
Victoria Brydon with their senior double demonstration, Emilee and
Jacob Hirtle with their junior double demonstration, Mackenzie West
with her Intermediate speech and Kathryn Spicer with her junior single
demonstration. Another big congratulation goes to Thomas Clarke for
becoming the Kings County Junior Host and to Tyler MacEachern for
becoming the Kings County Senior Host. Best wishes go to Kyleigh
Veniotte on winning the Camp Rankin scholarship. We can’t wait to hear
all of your amazing camp stories! Sydney Milne and a group of our 4-H
members have been going around to different schools promoting 4-H, and
she announced last meeting that her presentations are starting to slow
down. Tyler MacEachern attended the Kevin Grant 4-H trip to Halifax
and the Debert Intermediate conference and did very well with winning
the impromptu speech there. Another big congratulation goes to our
president, Victoria Brydon on becoming the co-chair for the 2016 Kings
County Joint Achievement days. Well done to all of our members!
The Clarke family took a little different approach on Sophie, our cake
decorator leader’s acts of kindness challenge. Their family is making
cards for families that have special occasions in their community that
are coming up like birthdays and anniversaries. Well done Clarke
family! Reminder that other families and projects are encouraged to
take on Sophie’s challenge.
This is one of the hardest times of the year for 4-H’ers in livestock
projects. We have to pick just one animal that we want to take in that
project. Members are reminded to start thinking of their choices
because your animal registration will be due to your project leader or
Mary by May 14.
On Friday April 29 at 6:00 our club will be helping the Waterville
United Church by cleaning up the cemetery. We are all reminded to
bring our own rakes. If the job takes longer than expected we will
also be helping on Saturday the 30, at 3:00pm.
Summer is nearing which means a lot of our 4-H members’ favourite
events are just around the corner, including Camp Rankin! You don’t
want to miss out so make sure to have your applications in to the
Truro office by May 1.
Any dairy or beef members that are interested in the Royal Dairy
Classic or the National Junior Beef Classic, are reminded that your
applications are due by May 15.
Any members that are in Grade 12 or university are welcome to check
out the summer staff work opportunity!
All members are encouraged to donate some volunteer time to local
libraries in our community for Story Time with a Farmer this summer.
4-H’ers may pick the time and the date for when they would like to
read. Please contact Mary if you are interested.
Judging will be held on June 7 at the Northville farm. All members
must attend if they are interested in having a chance to move on to
Provincial show and to have a gold project completion.
The day we have all been waiting for is approaching quickly!
Achievement Days will be held at the Apple Dome on August 5 and 6 and
set up will be on the 4. Everyone is welcome to come out and watch.
If you are proud to bee a 4-H’er, don’t miss out on your chance to
plant your Proud to Bee a 4-H’er flowers! This is an opportunity to
help encourage bees to come to our area.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H will be held on Tuesday May
17 at 6:30 at the Somerset District School!
Fun Fact:
Did you know that in 1924 we sent our first 4-H members to the Royal
Winter Fair on Toronto, Ontario?
March 2016 - Club Report by Olivia Hiltz
The March meeting of the Western Kings 4-H club was held on March 22
at 6:30 at the Somerset and District Elementary School, followed by
the wrap up of our speeches. Congratulations to Thomas Clarke winning
first place, Lance Hiltz with second place and Shannon Fraser in third
place for our junior speeches. A big shout out goes to all of the
members who participated in public speaking. I know from my own
experience that it can be difficult speaking in front of large crowds.
The Waterville Cemetery is looking for a group of 4-H members to clean
up around the cemetery, when the snow is gone. They are being very
generous and willing to give our club a donation. We will make further
plans to do this at our next meeting.
Our chocolate bar fundraiser is coming to an end for another year.
Thank you to all families who have participated in selling the bars.
If anyone still has money it must be in to Mary no later than the end
of March.
The pride in Canada essay or drawing is for ages 8-18. This is due to
the national organizers by Friday, April 1. Members are encouraged to
participate and show off their pride.
The cheese order is due to Mary no later than Sunday April 3. It’s
expected to arrive by Thursday April 21 or Friday April 22.
There is a Camp Rankin Scholarship offered to a lucky member aged 9-12
years of age who has never been to this camp. If you are interested
you will need to write a short essay no longer than 75 words, stating
why you would like to go to camp. Get your application to Mary by the
deadline of Sunday, April 3.
County Rally will be held on Saturday, April 9 at 9:30 at Evangeline
Middle School in New Minas. All competitors are encouraged to be there
before 9:30. Any other members are encouraged to come out and support
the participants.
There will be a supper and auction on Sunday, April 17 at the Apple
Dome in Berwick. Tickets are $20 each. Everyone is invited to come out
and support. All money raised will be going towards putting a cover
over the outdoor livestock stall. The organizers are still looking for
auction items.
It is that time of year again, when our woodsman teams are well under
way with practicing for their big competition. Once again the
competition will be held at the Harmony Hall on April 24 at 1:00. Rain
date will be May 1. We wish all the woodsman teams the best of luck!
4-H Weekend is going to be held at Dal Agricultural Campus on Friday,
May 6 and Saturday, May 7. All are welcome to attend. This year the
Young Speakers for Agriculture contest will be held there for ages
16-24. The winner will be moving on to present their speech at the
Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. Contact Mary for topics if you are
interested.
Fluff and Buff will be held at the Lawrencetown Exhibition grounds on
Friday, May 20 – Sunday, May 22. This is for all members in the beef,
dairy, sheep and rabbit projects.
In past years our county 4-H has entered a float in the Apple Blossom
Parade. This year the parade is being held Saturday, May 28. If anyone
is interested in helping to organize a float, please contact Mary.
Judging will be held on Tuesday, June 7 at Northville Farms. All
members must attend to have gold project completion and to move on to
Provincial Show.
Achievement Days are being held Friday, August 5 and Saturday, August
6 at the Apple Dome in Berwick. Set up for the indoor and outdoor
displays will be Thursday August 4. It is strongly recommended that
all members help set up with the projects they are in, if possible.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held on
Tuesday, April 19 at the Somerset School beginning at 6:30pm. We will
have a chance to learn judging techniques after the business meeting.
I hope to see everyone there!
Fun Fact:
Canada did not adopt the 4-H name until 1952. Before then it was known
as the Boys and Girls Club.
at 6:30 at the Somerset and District Elementary School, followed by
the wrap up of our speeches. Congratulations to Thomas Clarke winning
first place, Lance Hiltz with second place and Shannon Fraser in third
place for our junior speeches. A big shout out goes to all of the
members who participated in public speaking. I know from my own
experience that it can be difficult speaking in front of large crowds.
The Waterville Cemetery is looking for a group of 4-H members to clean
up around the cemetery, when the snow is gone. They are being very
generous and willing to give our club a donation. We will make further
plans to do this at our next meeting.
Our chocolate bar fundraiser is coming to an end for another year.
Thank you to all families who have participated in selling the bars.
If anyone still has money it must be in to Mary no later than the end
of March.
The pride in Canada essay or drawing is for ages 8-18. This is due to
the national organizers by Friday, April 1. Members are encouraged to
participate and show off their pride.
The cheese order is due to Mary no later than Sunday April 3. It’s
expected to arrive by Thursday April 21 or Friday April 22.
There is a Camp Rankin Scholarship offered to a lucky member aged 9-12
years of age who has never been to this camp. If you are interested
you will need to write a short essay no longer than 75 words, stating
why you would like to go to camp. Get your application to Mary by the
deadline of Sunday, April 3.
County Rally will be held on Saturday, April 9 at 9:30 at Evangeline
Middle School in New Minas. All competitors are encouraged to be there
before 9:30. Any other members are encouraged to come out and support
the participants.
There will be a supper and auction on Sunday, April 17 at the Apple
Dome in Berwick. Tickets are $20 each. Everyone is invited to come out
and support. All money raised will be going towards putting a cover
over the outdoor livestock stall. The organizers are still looking for
auction items.
It is that time of year again, when our woodsman teams are well under
way with practicing for their big competition. Once again the
competition will be held at the Harmony Hall on April 24 at 1:00. Rain
date will be May 1. We wish all the woodsman teams the best of luck!
4-H Weekend is going to be held at Dal Agricultural Campus on Friday,
May 6 and Saturday, May 7. All are welcome to attend. This year the
Young Speakers for Agriculture contest will be held there for ages
16-24. The winner will be moving on to present their speech at the
Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. Contact Mary for topics if you are
interested.
Fluff and Buff will be held at the Lawrencetown Exhibition grounds on
Friday, May 20 – Sunday, May 22. This is for all members in the beef,
dairy, sheep and rabbit projects.
In past years our county 4-H has entered a float in the Apple Blossom
Parade. This year the parade is being held Saturday, May 28. If anyone
is interested in helping to organize a float, please contact Mary.
Judging will be held on Tuesday, June 7 at Northville Farms. All
members must attend to have gold project completion and to move on to
Provincial Show.
Achievement Days are being held Friday, August 5 and Saturday, August
6 at the Apple Dome in Berwick. Set up for the indoor and outdoor
displays will be Thursday August 4. It is strongly recommended that
all members help set up with the projects they are in, if possible.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held on
Tuesday, April 19 at the Somerset School beginning at 6:30pm. We will
have a chance to learn judging techniques after the business meeting.
I hope to see everyone there!
Fun Fact:
Canada did not adopt the 4-H name until 1952. Before then it was known
as the Boys and Girls Club.
February 2016 - Club Report by Olivia Hiltz
The February meeting of the Western Kings 4-H club was held at the
Somerset School followed by some of our public speaking competitions.
Emilee Hirtle and Jacob Hirtle won top Junior Team Demonstration,
Kathryn Spicer won top Junior Single Demonstration and Megan Gibson
won top Senior Speaker. As well, our host and hostess candidates were
chosen, Emilee Hirtle as Junior Hostess, Thomas Clarke as Junior Host,
Sydney Milne as Senior Hostess and Tyler MacEachern as Senior Host. A
big congratulation goes out to all of our winners who will be moving
on to represent us on April 9th at Evangeline Middle School in New
Minas for County Rally. We know you will do us proud. Another big
congratulation goes out to Sydney Milne for becoming the Kings County
Council Secretary and Megan Gibson for becoming Kings County Council
Historian.
Once again at County Rally, poster competitions will be taking place.
The theme this year is Let’s all be Green in 2016. You may either
hand draw a poster on a 14 inch by 14 inch piece of bristle board or
make a computer generated poster. We can’t wait to see what all of
your wonderful imaginations will create.
It is that time of year again, where the wood chips start flying and
the water begins to boil, yes ladies and gentleman it is woodsman
season. Jim West along with Matthew Redden will once again be coaching
our teams. Emails will be sent out soon as to when the first practice
will be. We would like all new and old members to be informed that
there is now a new event called the pulp throw. The object of the
event is to see who will be able to throw a piece of pulp wood the
farthest. All members are welcome to attend but remember that
cloverbuds cannot compete and numbers will determine if all members
will compete as well.
Our cake decorating act of kindness challenge is well under way. The
exploring 4-H project has made muffins for a local breakfast club. We
are reminding everyone that all other projects are still being
challenged. Let’s all try and show what pledging our hands to larger
service really means.
The Kings County Light Horse members will be selling Regal. With every
item sold 30% will be sent back to the Kings County Light Horse
Members. The money is used for things like judges and clinics. The
more support, the better!
Again this year a record book keeping competition will be held. First
place prize is $100, second prize is $50 and third prize is $25. For
more information contact Mary.
Young or old Camp Rankin has a place for all! The deadline for both
Camp Rankin councillor and Camp Rankin mentor forms are due by March
15th. You don’t want to miss out on both of these wonderful
opportunities!
Attention to all beef members who are interested in market steer. The
deadline for these forms is March 1st.
For all of our soon-to-be graduates of 2016 who are interested in 4-H
scholarships please check the 4-H website or contact Mary for more
information.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H club will be held on
Tuesday, March 22nd, followed by our junior speeches (ages 9-12) and
any cloverbud speeches (any member under the age of 9). Hope to see
everyone there!
Fun Fact:
Did you know that in 1984 Nova Scotia took top honors in all four
public speaking categories at the Atlantic 4-H Conference?
Somerset School followed by some of our public speaking competitions.
Emilee Hirtle and Jacob Hirtle won top Junior Team Demonstration,
Kathryn Spicer won top Junior Single Demonstration and Megan Gibson
won top Senior Speaker. As well, our host and hostess candidates were
chosen, Emilee Hirtle as Junior Hostess, Thomas Clarke as Junior Host,
Sydney Milne as Senior Hostess and Tyler MacEachern as Senior Host. A
big congratulation goes out to all of our winners who will be moving
on to represent us on April 9th at Evangeline Middle School in New
Minas for County Rally. We know you will do us proud. Another big
congratulation goes out to Sydney Milne for becoming the Kings County
Council Secretary and Megan Gibson for becoming Kings County Council
Historian.
Once again at County Rally, poster competitions will be taking place.
The theme this year is Let’s all be Green in 2016. You may either
hand draw a poster on a 14 inch by 14 inch piece of bristle board or
make a computer generated poster. We can’t wait to see what all of
your wonderful imaginations will create.
It is that time of year again, where the wood chips start flying and
the water begins to boil, yes ladies and gentleman it is woodsman
season. Jim West along with Matthew Redden will once again be coaching
our teams. Emails will be sent out soon as to when the first practice
will be. We would like all new and old members to be informed that
there is now a new event called the pulp throw. The object of the
event is to see who will be able to throw a piece of pulp wood the
farthest. All members are welcome to attend but remember that
cloverbuds cannot compete and numbers will determine if all members
will compete as well.
Our cake decorating act of kindness challenge is well under way. The
exploring 4-H project has made muffins for a local breakfast club. We
are reminding everyone that all other projects are still being
challenged. Let’s all try and show what pledging our hands to larger
service really means.
The Kings County Light Horse members will be selling Regal. With every
item sold 30% will be sent back to the Kings County Light Horse
Members. The money is used for things like judges and clinics. The
more support, the better!
Again this year a record book keeping competition will be held. First
place prize is $100, second prize is $50 and third prize is $25. For
more information contact Mary.
Young or old Camp Rankin has a place for all! The deadline for both
Camp Rankin councillor and Camp Rankin mentor forms are due by March
15th. You don’t want to miss out on both of these wonderful
opportunities!
Attention to all beef members who are interested in market steer. The
deadline for these forms is March 1st.
For all of our soon-to-be graduates of 2016 who are interested in 4-H
scholarships please check the 4-H website or contact Mary for more
information.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H club will be held on
Tuesday, March 22nd, followed by our junior speeches (ages 9-12) and
any cloverbud speeches (any member under the age of 9). Hope to see
everyone there!
Fun Fact:
Did you know that in 1984 Nova Scotia took top honors in all four
public speaking categories at the Atlantic 4-H Conference?
January 2016 - Club Report by Olivia Hiltz
The January meeting of the Western Kings 4-H club was held at the
Somerset District Elementary School and was followed by Intermediate
Speeches and Senior Demonstrations. Congratulations to our winners of
the night who will be moving on to County Rally: MacKenzie West for
top Intermediate Speech, Sydney Milne for top Senior Single
Demonstration and Victoria and Mahala Brydon for top Senior Double
Demonstration. We wish you all the best of luck!
Since public speaking is such an important part of 4-H, we learned of
another opportunity to put these skills to work. The Annapolis Valley
Music Festival has added a Speech Arts component this year. For more
information, check their website avmf.ca and click on Syllabus 2016.
The deadline is January 31st.
This month cheese orders are due to Mary by Sunday, January 31st and
are expected to arrive either Thursday, February 18th or Friday,
February 19th. The arrival date may change due to storm days. You are
reminded that you may call Mary to place your order and to see if your
cheese has arrived.
As well this month we will be starting our annual chocolate bar
fundraiser. The more we sell the better! One chocolate bar cost $2.00.
From this money $1.10 of it goes back to 4-H. The money 4-H receives
is split between provincial and county. This money helps 4-H by
keeping member fees down, provincial show cost, workshops, Camp Rankin
and many other ways. First place person to sell the most chocolate
bars will receive $100, second prize is $80, third place wins $60,
fourth place receives $40 and fifth place prize is $20. If you’re not
lucky enough to win one of these prizes, there are also many random
draws. For every box you sell, you will receive one ballot to enter.
Let the friendly competition begin.
This 4-H year our giant vegetable is a tomato. Members are encouraged
to grow the biggest tomato they possibly can and be prepared to bring
it to the county competition in the fall. The heaviest tomato will
move on to provincial show. Good luck to everyone and let the growing
begin!
We all know what the 4-H pledge is but has anyone thought of what you
could do when you pledge your hands to larger service? From January to
July our cake decorating project members will be giving away free
beautiful cakes they make in their ‘Random Act of Cakeness’. Sophie,
the project leader, and her members would like to challenge other
projects to use their creativity and see how they can pledge their
hands to larger service!
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held on
Tuesday, February 16th at 6:30 at the Somerset District Elementary
School. Please bring a change of footwear. Reminder that after the
meeting all Junior Demonstrations (ages 9-13) and Senior Speeches
(ages 16-21) will be taking place. Hope to see everyone there!
Fun Fact:
Did you know 4-H has been part of Nova Scotia since 1922?
Somerset District Elementary School and was followed by Intermediate
Speeches and Senior Demonstrations. Congratulations to our winners of
the night who will be moving on to County Rally: MacKenzie West for
top Intermediate Speech, Sydney Milne for top Senior Single
Demonstration and Victoria and Mahala Brydon for top Senior Double
Demonstration. We wish you all the best of luck!
Since public speaking is such an important part of 4-H, we learned of
another opportunity to put these skills to work. The Annapolis Valley
Music Festival has added a Speech Arts component this year. For more
information, check their website avmf.ca and click on Syllabus 2016.
The deadline is January 31st.
This month cheese orders are due to Mary by Sunday, January 31st and
are expected to arrive either Thursday, February 18th or Friday,
February 19th. The arrival date may change due to storm days. You are
reminded that you may call Mary to place your order and to see if your
cheese has arrived.
As well this month we will be starting our annual chocolate bar
fundraiser. The more we sell the better! One chocolate bar cost $2.00.
From this money $1.10 of it goes back to 4-H. The money 4-H receives
is split between provincial and county. This money helps 4-H by
keeping member fees down, provincial show cost, workshops, Camp Rankin
and many other ways. First place person to sell the most chocolate
bars will receive $100, second prize is $80, third place wins $60,
fourth place receives $40 and fifth place prize is $20. If you’re not
lucky enough to win one of these prizes, there are also many random
draws. For every box you sell, you will receive one ballot to enter.
Let the friendly competition begin.
This 4-H year our giant vegetable is a tomato. Members are encouraged
to grow the biggest tomato they possibly can and be prepared to bring
it to the county competition in the fall. The heaviest tomato will
move on to provincial show. Good luck to everyone and let the growing
begin!
We all know what the 4-H pledge is but has anyone thought of what you
could do when you pledge your hands to larger service? From January to
July our cake decorating project members will be giving away free
beautiful cakes they make in their ‘Random Act of Cakeness’. Sophie,
the project leader, and her members would like to challenge other
projects to use their creativity and see how they can pledge their
hands to larger service!
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held on
Tuesday, February 16th at 6:30 at the Somerset District Elementary
School. Please bring a change of footwear. Reminder that after the
meeting all Junior Demonstrations (ages 9-13) and Senior Speeches
(ages 16-21) will be taking place. Hope to see everyone there!
Fun Fact:
Did you know 4-H has been part of Nova Scotia since 1922?
December 2015 - Club Report by Olivia Hiltz
Welcome to the new beginning of the 2015 /2016 4-H year. My name is
Olivia Hiltz and I am proud to say I am the new Western Kings 4-H club
reporter! I have participated in the beef, sewing and waterfowl
projects. As well I was the 2013 /2014 Kings County Jr. Hostess. Let’s
cross our fingers for a great 4-H year!
On December 18 we held our Christmas meeting at the Woodville
Community Center with a potluck/ awards supper and games. I would like
to congratulate all award and gold achievement recipients for their
hard work and dedication. Special shout out to the most outstanding
junior members, Sophia Clarke and Katherine Spicer and most
outstanding senior member, Brianna Hamilton. This evening there were
two memorial awards given out. The Daniel Arnold award was given to
the top Jr. Dairy member, Zachary Hamilton. The Eleanor Tree memorial
award was given to the top exploring 4-H member Jacob Hirtle.
A charity auction was held at the Annapolis Valley Regional Hospital.
5 beautiful cakes were entered from our club, raising $220. All money
raised from this day went towards a knee surgery operating platform.
We have reached that time of year again where our public speaking and
demonstrations begin to be practiced. At our next meeting, all
intermediate speeches (ages 13 - 15 as of January 1, 2016) will take
place as well as the senior demonstrations (ages 14 - 21). In the
following month, February, our senior speeches (ages 16 -21) and
junior demonstrations (ages 9-13) will take place. Finally in March
our junior speeches (ages 9-12) will be held as well as any clover bud
member who is interested in just practicing their speaking skills.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H club will be held at the
Somerset School on January 12 beginning at 6:30pm. We welcome all new
members and anyone who is interested in being a project leader. Hope
to see you there!
Olivia Hiltz and I am proud to say I am the new Western Kings 4-H club
reporter! I have participated in the beef, sewing and waterfowl
projects. As well I was the 2013 /2014 Kings County Jr. Hostess. Let’s
cross our fingers for a great 4-H year!
On December 18 we held our Christmas meeting at the Woodville
Community Center with a potluck/ awards supper and games. I would like
to congratulate all award and gold achievement recipients for their
hard work and dedication. Special shout out to the most outstanding
junior members, Sophia Clarke and Katherine Spicer and most
outstanding senior member, Brianna Hamilton. This evening there were
two memorial awards given out. The Daniel Arnold award was given to
the top Jr. Dairy member, Zachary Hamilton. The Eleanor Tree memorial
award was given to the top exploring 4-H member Jacob Hirtle.
A charity auction was held at the Annapolis Valley Regional Hospital.
5 beautiful cakes were entered from our club, raising $220. All money
raised from this day went towards a knee surgery operating platform.
We have reached that time of year again where our public speaking and
demonstrations begin to be practiced. At our next meeting, all
intermediate speeches (ages 13 - 15 as of January 1, 2016) will take
place as well as the senior demonstrations (ages 14 - 21). In the
following month, February, our senior speeches (ages 16 -21) and
junior demonstrations (ages 9-13) will take place. Finally in March
our junior speeches (ages 9-12) will be held as well as any clover bud
member who is interested in just practicing their speaking skills.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H club will be held at the
Somerset School on January 12 beginning at 6:30pm. We welcome all new
members and anyone who is interested in being a project leader. Hope
to see you there!
10 December 2015 - Annapolis Valley Regional Hospital Cake Auction
On 10 December 2015, four senior cake decorating members, a 4-H mom and the cake decorating leader all brought cakes they had made to the Annapolis Valley Regional Hospital Silent Cake Auction. In total, the five cakes raised $220 towards a new knee surgery operating platform. They also raised awareness of the lifeskill projects available in 4-H. Thanks Alexis, Brianna, Megan, Becca, Robyn and Sophie for making it happen. See the thank you note from the hospital below.
November 2015 - Club Report by Kathryn Spicer
The 4-H year is well underway for the Western Kings 4-H Club. Members
gathered once again at the Somerset School on November 17th, with more
foodbank items in hand, which have now been delivered. Thanks to all
who contributed. This food will be put to good use during this
holiday season.
With November being 4-H month, it seemed most appropriate to deliver
baked goodies, on Nov. 4th, to our local radio station, in thanks for
their continued support of this great youth organization. Sydney
Milne and Emilee Hirtle were interviewed on-air, to talk about all the
wonderful things 4-H has to offer.
Christmas is in the air, and 4-H’ers will once again be selling
Yuletide magazines for $3.75, with $1 of that price going directly to
our club. These magazines are full of recipes, stories, and crafts
and make great stocking stuffers. Our continuing ADL cheese
fundraiser order went in on Nov. 23rd and is expected to arrive on
December 17th or 18th. Thank you to all who support these
fundraisers, as it keeps our costs down.
The Western Kings 4-H Club’s annual Christmas pot luck meeting and
awards night will be held on Friday, December 18th, at the Woodville
Community Hall. Families are asked to bring a main dish, dessert or
rolls, your own plates and utensils. We will begin eating at 6:00,
followed by the meeting, and then the presentation of awards. The fun
doesn’t stop there, as there are always a few fun games to play. I
hope to see you all there!
Be on the lookout at local elementary schools for a visit from some of
our club 4-H members, as we may be giving presentations to raise
awareness about just how awesome 4-H is! We want every child who is
interested in joining to come on out and give us a try. I know you
won’t be disappointed! New members are always welcomed!
An Executive meeting was held at Mary Magee's on the evening of
November 12th where a proposed slate of officers was prepared. Voting
took place at our November meeting and our club welcomes some new
executive members: President - Victoria Brydon, Vice President –
Megan Gibson, Secretary – Sophia Clarke, and Club Reporter – Olivia
Hiltz. Christina Palmer will be returning as treasurer.
Congratulations to all on your new positions. I’m sure you will have
a great year. Thank you to our Past President Brianna Hamilton for
your hard work over the past year.
To end my last report, I am happy to be able to reveal the new 2016
4-H theme, which is, “Let’s all be green in 2016!” Thank you all for
reading my reports and I would like to wish Olivia Hiltz the best of
luck as your new Club Reporter for the next year! On behalf of our
4-H family, we wish you all a very merry Christmas and a blessed New
Year!
gathered once again at the Somerset School on November 17th, with more
foodbank items in hand, which have now been delivered. Thanks to all
who contributed. This food will be put to good use during this
holiday season.
With November being 4-H month, it seemed most appropriate to deliver
baked goodies, on Nov. 4th, to our local radio station, in thanks for
their continued support of this great youth organization. Sydney
Milne and Emilee Hirtle were interviewed on-air, to talk about all the
wonderful things 4-H has to offer.
Christmas is in the air, and 4-H’ers will once again be selling
Yuletide magazines for $3.75, with $1 of that price going directly to
our club. These magazines are full of recipes, stories, and crafts
and make great stocking stuffers. Our continuing ADL cheese
fundraiser order went in on Nov. 23rd and is expected to arrive on
December 17th or 18th. Thank you to all who support these
fundraisers, as it keeps our costs down.
The Western Kings 4-H Club’s annual Christmas pot luck meeting and
awards night will be held on Friday, December 18th, at the Woodville
Community Hall. Families are asked to bring a main dish, dessert or
rolls, your own plates and utensils. We will begin eating at 6:00,
followed by the meeting, and then the presentation of awards. The fun
doesn’t stop there, as there are always a few fun games to play. I
hope to see you all there!
Be on the lookout at local elementary schools for a visit from some of
our club 4-H members, as we may be giving presentations to raise
awareness about just how awesome 4-H is! We want every child who is
interested in joining to come on out and give us a try. I know you
won’t be disappointed! New members are always welcomed!
An Executive meeting was held at Mary Magee's on the evening of
November 12th where a proposed slate of officers was prepared. Voting
took place at our November meeting and our club welcomes some new
executive members: President - Victoria Brydon, Vice President –
Megan Gibson, Secretary – Sophia Clarke, and Club Reporter – Olivia
Hiltz. Christina Palmer will be returning as treasurer.
Congratulations to all on your new positions. I’m sure you will have
a great year. Thank you to our Past President Brianna Hamilton for
your hard work over the past year.
To end my last report, I am happy to be able to reveal the new 2016
4-H theme, which is, “Let’s all be green in 2016!” Thank you all for
reading my reports and I would like to wish Olivia Hiltz the best of
luck as your new Club Reporter for the next year! On behalf of our
4-H family, we wish you all a very merry Christmas and a blessed New
Year!
02 November 2015 - Eleanor Tree, 1952-2015
It is with great sadness that we announce that one of our Leaders, Eleanor Tree, passed away on 2 November 2015. She dedicated 28 years of her life volunteering with 4-H. Our sincere condolences go to her family and friends.
October 2015 - Club Report by Kathryn Spicer
Our new 4-H year is underway for the Western Kings 4-H Club and we
gathered once again at the Somerset School on October 27th for our
monthly meeting. Food bank donations were brought in, and will be
collected at our November meeting as well. With Christmas just around
the corner, these much needed donations will certainly be put to good
use!
This year our Provincial Show was held from October 2-4th in Windsor.
As always, it was well attended with lots to see and do. Keeping up
with what seems to be a 4-H tradition, it rained, however, I’m happy
to report that there were many winners from our club! Congratulations
to everyone! It was a lot of fun and we hope to see you all next year!
The Kings County Awards Night took place on October 24th at the
Aylesford Fire Hall. The food at the pot luck was great, and there
were many trophies, plaques, and medallions given out to lots of very
deserving members. Great job and congratulations to everyone! We
would like to recognize the following people for winning these special
awards; The Stephanie Curran (Horse) Memorial Award went to Maggie
Sarsfield, the Janet MacLean Memorial Award for the member showing the
most improvement in horse went to Emilee Hirtle and the dairy member
showing the most improvement went to Shayna Keddy. The Terrie Spinney
Sheep Memorial Award was presented to Sophia Clarke, and the Top Club
Reporter went to (myself) Kathryn Spicer. This year there were two
Top Junior awards which were presented to myself, Kathryn Spicer, and
Carson Cole who is a member of the Harmony/Nicholsville Club. The
Jean Ann Mitchell Memorial Award went to Logan Menzies, who also
received the F. Waldo Walsh Award for Outstanding Senior Member. This
year’s Contribution Award recipient was Katie Stokes of Harmony
Nicholsville and the Daisy Ward Memorial Award went to Julia Bland of
Horton. Last but certainly not least I would like to congratulate our
entire club for earning the Community Service Award! Well done! All
award recipients are reminded to send those thank you notes to the
trophy, plaque, and medallion donors, to show our appreciation.
Congrats to Mitchell Best, as he will be going to the Royal Winter
Fair in Toronto with his beef calf. Great job Mitchell!
In fundraising news, Yuletide magazines are available again, just in
time for Christmas gift giving. Please support our club by
purchasing one or more from a 4-H member. Also, the ADL November
cheese order will be going in on the 24th with an arrival time of
mid-December. I know my family will be putting in our order!
Christmas gift packs are available, which include a trio of medium,
marble, and mozzarella.
November is National 4-H month. What better way to celebrate than by
taking muffins and goodies to our local radio station, AVR/Magic 94.9,
to thank them for their on-going support of the 4-H program. Nov.4th
was ‘Show your 4-H Colours Day’ across Canada, so I hope you saw lots
of green and white that day. Did you know that green represents
agriculture and white represents purity?
History repeated itself this year, with the cancelling of the November
1st corn maze gathering due to rain, just as last year.
There will be a class 8 (tractor license) safety course offered on
Nov.21st for anyone interested.
4-H members aged 18-25 can apply to be a part of the Global Exchange
project. All applications must be sent to the Canadian 4-H Council by
November 15th. National trips are also available for senior members.
Applications for these are available now.
Members between the ages of 13 and 15 years old are invited to attend
the intermediate conference from March 18-20, 2016.
The next meeting of the Western 4-H Club will be held at 6:30 pm on
November 17th, at the Somerset School. Please bring your food bank
donations, as well as your completed registration forms, as the
deadline for these to reach the 4-H office is December 1st. A list
of available projects to enroll in can be found at our website,
www.westernkings4h.weebly.com. Our club is looking for leaders in
the projects of woodworking, scrapbooking, rabbit, and poultry. New
members are always welcomed. It is not too late to join for this year!
In closing, did you know that there is a grade 10 4-H Personal
Development high school credit available? Go to our website and check
it out! It’s just another great reason to let 4-H become a part of
your life!
gathered once again at the Somerset School on October 27th for our
monthly meeting. Food bank donations were brought in, and will be
collected at our November meeting as well. With Christmas just around
the corner, these much needed donations will certainly be put to good
use!
This year our Provincial Show was held from October 2-4th in Windsor.
As always, it was well attended with lots to see and do. Keeping up
with what seems to be a 4-H tradition, it rained, however, I’m happy
to report that there were many winners from our club! Congratulations
to everyone! It was a lot of fun and we hope to see you all next year!
The Kings County Awards Night took place on October 24th at the
Aylesford Fire Hall. The food at the pot luck was great, and there
were many trophies, plaques, and medallions given out to lots of very
deserving members. Great job and congratulations to everyone! We
would like to recognize the following people for winning these special
awards; The Stephanie Curran (Horse) Memorial Award went to Maggie
Sarsfield, the Janet MacLean Memorial Award for the member showing the
most improvement in horse went to Emilee Hirtle and the dairy member
showing the most improvement went to Shayna Keddy. The Terrie Spinney
Sheep Memorial Award was presented to Sophia Clarke, and the Top Club
Reporter went to (myself) Kathryn Spicer. This year there were two
Top Junior awards which were presented to myself, Kathryn Spicer, and
Carson Cole who is a member of the Harmony/Nicholsville Club. The
Jean Ann Mitchell Memorial Award went to Logan Menzies, who also
received the F. Waldo Walsh Award for Outstanding Senior Member. This
year’s Contribution Award recipient was Katie Stokes of Harmony
Nicholsville and the Daisy Ward Memorial Award went to Julia Bland of
Horton. Last but certainly not least I would like to congratulate our
entire club for earning the Community Service Award! Well done! All
award recipients are reminded to send those thank you notes to the
trophy, plaque, and medallion donors, to show our appreciation.
Congrats to Mitchell Best, as he will be going to the Royal Winter
Fair in Toronto with his beef calf. Great job Mitchell!
In fundraising news, Yuletide magazines are available again, just in
time for Christmas gift giving. Please support our club by
purchasing one or more from a 4-H member. Also, the ADL November
cheese order will be going in on the 24th with an arrival time of
mid-December. I know my family will be putting in our order!
Christmas gift packs are available, which include a trio of medium,
marble, and mozzarella.
November is National 4-H month. What better way to celebrate than by
taking muffins and goodies to our local radio station, AVR/Magic 94.9,
to thank them for their on-going support of the 4-H program. Nov.4th
was ‘Show your 4-H Colours Day’ across Canada, so I hope you saw lots
of green and white that day. Did you know that green represents
agriculture and white represents purity?
History repeated itself this year, with the cancelling of the November
1st corn maze gathering due to rain, just as last year.
There will be a class 8 (tractor license) safety course offered on
Nov.21st for anyone interested.
4-H members aged 18-25 can apply to be a part of the Global Exchange
project. All applications must be sent to the Canadian 4-H Council by
November 15th. National trips are also available for senior members.
Applications for these are available now.
Members between the ages of 13 and 15 years old are invited to attend
the intermediate conference from March 18-20, 2016.
The next meeting of the Western 4-H Club will be held at 6:30 pm on
November 17th, at the Somerset School. Please bring your food bank
donations, as well as your completed registration forms, as the
deadline for these to reach the 4-H office is December 1st. A list
of available projects to enroll in can be found at our website,
www.westernkings4h.weebly.com. Our club is looking for leaders in
the projects of woodworking, scrapbooking, rabbit, and poultry. New
members are always welcomed. It is not too late to join for this year!
In closing, did you know that there is a grade 10 4-H Personal
Development high school credit available? Go to our website and check
it out! It’s just another great reason to let 4-H become a part of
your life!
September 2015 - Club Report by Kathryn Spicer
A New 4-H Year Begins!
After another busy and exciting summer in 4-H, September kicks off a
new year, with our first meeting being held on September 15th at the
Somerset and District Elementary School, at 6:30 pm. We welcomed new
members and encourage anyone between the ages of 8- 21 who are
interested in joining to come on out to our October meeting. We
usually have them on the third Tuesday of each month from September to
June. For more information, please visit our website at
westernkings4h.weebly.com.
Our summer Achievement Days in early August was another huge success, with many of our members moving on to compete in our annual provincial show. Thank you to all of the amazing volunteers who came out to help.
This year, our annual Provincial Show will take place from October
2nd-4th at the Windsor Exhibition Grounds. It is open to the public,
so come on out and see what all the many talented 4-H members have
been working on all year! There will be lots to see, including the
giant vegetable competition winners and a tug of war competition. If
you are a 4-H member between the ages of 16-24, there will be a Young
Speakers competition that Friday evening, for those interested in
entering. A choice of five topics can be found by going to the NS 4-H
website. The winner gets a free trip to the Royal Winter Fair in
Toronto! Mark your calendars for next year’s provincial show as well,
as it will be held from September 30th – October 2nd, 2016.
Berwick Gala Days was a busy and fun packed weekend for many of our
4-H members. Seven woodsman teams competed during Gala Days,
including four junior and three senior teams. Congratulations to our
Western Kings junior team members, for their first place win. We
would also like to congratulate the senior team of
Harmony-Nicholsville, as the senior winners. It was a blast and
everyone left with a prize! Some of our Western Kings 4-H members
were also entered into the livestock competition at Berwick Gala Days,
which turned out to be a big success in that category too.
Congratulations to those winners as well as to our very own Western
Kings 4-H Club president, Brianna Hamilton, who won the Miss Spirit
and the Miss Friendship Awards at Gala Days!
Bursaries were given out to Logan Menzies and Christina Palmer. We
wish them much success as they continue their studies.
Our County Awards night will be held on Saturday October 24th, at the
Aylesford Fire Hall at 6:00. It is a pot luck, which is always yummy
with lots to choose from. Here trophies will be given out to many
deserving members, along with a few “special” awards.
In fundraising news, our first cheese order of the new 4-H year has
gone in and is due to arrive on October 8th or 9th. Thanks to those
who ordered. Another order will be placed in November, with the
delivery date being before Christmas. Be on the lookout once again
for 4-H’ers selling Yuletides during November and December. They make
great stocking stuffers!
2015 is the year of soil, I kid you not. If you would like to enter a
photo contest, be sure to take photos which show ways that soil is
useful. They are to be submitted by the end of October in one of
these categories: grades P-6, or grades 7-12. Simply go to
[email protected] to enter. Don’t forget to include your photos, name,
grade, and all contact information. The top prize is $100, with $50
for second prize. There are other smaller prizes as well.
The 4-H Council’s annual meeting weekend will take place in Debert on
November 20th and 21st. Each county council can select one leader and
senior member to attend. Some councils send an observer as well.
On October 5th there will be a County Council meeting at 7:30, at
Scotian Gold in Coldbrook.
Projects with leaders that members can enroll in this year include
cake decorating, scrapbooking, sewing, vet science, welding,
photography, exploring 4-H, garden and floriculture, heritage, donkey,
draft horse, light horse, rabbit, sheep, beef, and dairy. There are
also other projects members can enroll in that do not have a leader at
the moment, such as foods, woodworking, the great outdoors, and water
fowl, as long as they have a responsible adult to help them.
Registration forms will probably be handed out at our October meeting,
which will take place on October 20 at 6:30 at the Somerset and
District Elementary School. Members are encouraged to bring a friend.
New members are very welcome!
Did you know that there are more than 1900 4-H Clubs across Canada
with more than 25,000 members?! Come on out and give 4-H a try. You
won’t be disappointed!
After another busy and exciting summer in 4-H, September kicks off a
new year, with our first meeting being held on September 15th at the
Somerset and District Elementary School, at 6:30 pm. We welcomed new
members and encourage anyone between the ages of 8- 21 who are
interested in joining to come on out to our October meeting. We
usually have them on the third Tuesday of each month from September to
June. For more information, please visit our website at
westernkings4h.weebly.com.
Our summer Achievement Days in early August was another huge success, with many of our members moving on to compete in our annual provincial show. Thank you to all of the amazing volunteers who came out to help.
This year, our annual Provincial Show will take place from October
2nd-4th at the Windsor Exhibition Grounds. It is open to the public,
so come on out and see what all the many talented 4-H members have
been working on all year! There will be lots to see, including the
giant vegetable competition winners and a tug of war competition. If
you are a 4-H member between the ages of 16-24, there will be a Young
Speakers competition that Friday evening, for those interested in
entering. A choice of five topics can be found by going to the NS 4-H
website. The winner gets a free trip to the Royal Winter Fair in
Toronto! Mark your calendars for next year’s provincial show as well,
as it will be held from September 30th – October 2nd, 2016.
Berwick Gala Days was a busy and fun packed weekend for many of our
4-H members. Seven woodsman teams competed during Gala Days,
including four junior and three senior teams. Congratulations to our
Western Kings junior team members, for their first place win. We
would also like to congratulate the senior team of
Harmony-Nicholsville, as the senior winners. It was a blast and
everyone left with a prize! Some of our Western Kings 4-H members
were also entered into the livestock competition at Berwick Gala Days,
which turned out to be a big success in that category too.
Congratulations to those winners as well as to our very own Western
Kings 4-H Club president, Brianna Hamilton, who won the Miss Spirit
and the Miss Friendship Awards at Gala Days!
Bursaries were given out to Logan Menzies and Christina Palmer. We
wish them much success as they continue their studies.
Our County Awards night will be held on Saturday October 24th, at the
Aylesford Fire Hall at 6:00. It is a pot luck, which is always yummy
with lots to choose from. Here trophies will be given out to many
deserving members, along with a few “special” awards.
In fundraising news, our first cheese order of the new 4-H year has
gone in and is due to arrive on October 8th or 9th. Thanks to those
who ordered. Another order will be placed in November, with the
delivery date being before Christmas. Be on the lookout once again
for 4-H’ers selling Yuletides during November and December. They make
great stocking stuffers!
2015 is the year of soil, I kid you not. If you would like to enter a
photo contest, be sure to take photos which show ways that soil is
useful. They are to be submitted by the end of October in one of
these categories: grades P-6, or grades 7-12. Simply go to
[email protected] to enter. Don’t forget to include your photos, name,
grade, and all contact information. The top prize is $100, with $50
for second prize. There are other smaller prizes as well.
The 4-H Council’s annual meeting weekend will take place in Debert on
November 20th and 21st. Each county council can select one leader and
senior member to attend. Some councils send an observer as well.
On October 5th there will be a County Council meeting at 7:30, at
Scotian Gold in Coldbrook.
Projects with leaders that members can enroll in this year include
cake decorating, scrapbooking, sewing, vet science, welding,
photography, exploring 4-H, garden and floriculture, heritage, donkey,
draft horse, light horse, rabbit, sheep, beef, and dairy. There are
also other projects members can enroll in that do not have a leader at
the moment, such as foods, woodworking, the great outdoors, and water
fowl, as long as they have a responsible adult to help them.
Registration forms will probably be handed out at our October meeting,
which will take place on October 20 at 6:30 at the Somerset and
District Elementary School. Members are encouraged to bring a friend.
New members are very welcome!
Did you know that there are more than 1900 4-H Clubs across Canada
with more than 25,000 members?! Come on out and give 4-H a try. You
won’t be disappointed!
June 2015 - Club Report by Kathryn Spicer
Another 4-H Year Wraps Up With a Roadside Clean-up!
Our last meeting of the 4-H year was held June 9th at the Somerset and
District School. It was followed by a road-side clean up and pizza
party, which was lots of fun and very rewarding. You can view
pictures of this on our website.
Following our 4-H pledge, the meeting opened with news of member
record sheets. These are due on July 17, with the exception of light
horse, which is due on July 19th. These dates are just around the
corner, so to all you fellow 4-H’ers, I encourage you to soon get
started on them if you haven’t already! Any member who would like to
enter the record keeping contest can go on-line to our 4-H website for
details.
Our final cheese order for the season arrived on the 26th. Thanks
again to all those who supported this fundraiser, which will resume
again in October.
On July 4th a 4-H barbeque fundraiser will take place at Meadowbrook
Meat Market! Clubs in Kings County will take turns at the grill. A
big thank you goes to Margie and Jim Lamb for their support. Money
raised will help support our County Council.
The next County Council meeting will be held at Scotian Gold July 6th.
Achievement Day set-up and our Provincial Show display will be
discussed. Volunteers are needed and will be greatly appreciated.
If you are a 4-H member and would like to attend our Junior Tour at
Upper Clements Park on July 24th, the RSVP deadline is nearly here.
The tour promises to be a lot of fun. Senior members are reminded to
apply for their exciting outing on August 14th. It looks like a busy
summer ahead.
The next chapter of our 4-H year is completing our projects in time
for our Achievement Days, which will be held on August 5th and 6th at
the Kings Mutual Century Centre. Here is another example of where we
“learn to do by doing.” Let the fun begin! There will be so much
amazing talent to see, so come on out and join us! I know you won’t
be disappointed!
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held on
September 15th, at the Somerset and District Elementary School at
6:30, where we will kick off a new 4-H year. It is “Bring a Friend”
and we love getting new members, so if you are between the ages of 8
and 21, and it sounds like something you would like to join, come and
give us a try. It is awesome! I guarantee you will meet lots of new
friends, learn new things, and have lots of fun!
And that’s a wrap! Go out and enjoy your summer and make lots of
memories! See you in the fall!
Our last meeting of the 4-H year was held June 9th at the Somerset and
District School. It was followed by a road-side clean up and pizza
party, which was lots of fun and very rewarding. You can view
pictures of this on our website.
Following our 4-H pledge, the meeting opened with news of member
record sheets. These are due on July 17, with the exception of light
horse, which is due on July 19th. These dates are just around the
corner, so to all you fellow 4-H’ers, I encourage you to soon get
started on them if you haven’t already! Any member who would like to
enter the record keeping contest can go on-line to our 4-H website for
details.
Our final cheese order for the season arrived on the 26th. Thanks
again to all those who supported this fundraiser, which will resume
again in October.
On July 4th a 4-H barbeque fundraiser will take place at Meadowbrook
Meat Market! Clubs in Kings County will take turns at the grill. A
big thank you goes to Margie and Jim Lamb for their support. Money
raised will help support our County Council.
The next County Council meeting will be held at Scotian Gold July 6th.
Achievement Day set-up and our Provincial Show display will be
discussed. Volunteers are needed and will be greatly appreciated.
If you are a 4-H member and would like to attend our Junior Tour at
Upper Clements Park on July 24th, the RSVP deadline is nearly here.
The tour promises to be a lot of fun. Senior members are reminded to
apply for their exciting outing on August 14th. It looks like a busy
summer ahead.
The next chapter of our 4-H year is completing our projects in time
for our Achievement Days, which will be held on August 5th and 6th at
the Kings Mutual Century Centre. Here is another example of where we
“learn to do by doing.” Let the fun begin! There will be so much
amazing talent to see, so come on out and join us! I know you won’t
be disappointed!
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held on
September 15th, at the Somerset and District Elementary School at
6:30, where we will kick off a new 4-H year. It is “Bring a Friend”
and we love getting new members, so if you are between the ages of 8
and 21, and it sounds like something you would like to join, come and
give us a try. It is awesome! I guarantee you will meet lots of new
friends, learn new things, and have lots of fun!
And that’s a wrap! Go out and enjoy your summer and make lots of
memories! See you in the fall!
May 2015 - Club Report by Kathryn Spicer
The last meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club was held on May 19th at
the Somerset and District Elementary School. It opened with the
reciting of our 4-H pledge, “I pledge my Head to clearing thinking, my
Heart to greater loyalty, my Hands to larger service, and my Health to
better living, for my club, my community, and my country.”
The delivery date of the final cheese order for this 4-H year is June
25th or 26th. Cheese orders will resume in the fall.
Once again, many4-H’ers came out to Murray Salsman’s Glad Gardens, to
plant gladiola bulbs. The sale of these flowers will help people
affected by cancer. This will be the last year that Mr. Salsman will
be doing this particular event. Thank you to those who have
participated over the many years.
We would like to thank AVR for their continued support of 4-H. A
recent barn dance was a successful fundraiser for Kings County 4-H.
This is only one of the ways AVR supports our youth organization.
Our June meeting will be held on the 9th, which is a week earlier than
usual, due to exams and the many school functions that take place
during this month. Following the meeting, we will hold our annual
roadside clean-up and pizza party. It is always rewarding to see how
much nicer our roads look when we get rid of all the litter, so come
on out and join us!
We are happy to have Brianna Graham as our new summer assistant and
Sophie Chisholm as the Kings County summer worker.
4-H judging has been rescheduled and will now take place on June 10th
at Northview Farm in Centreville. Life skills projects will be judged
from 4:30-8 pm, with livestock being judged from 6-8 pm. It is
important to take part in judging so that you can compete at the Nova
Scotia 4-H Show if you are selected.
Congratulations to Ira-Lee Freeman, who won the Camp Rankin
scholarship this year! I know he will have so much fun! I attend
every year and love it!
Admissions for the 4-H theme contest for 2016 are due on July 1st. If
you can think up a catchy theme, make sure you enter! This year’s
theme is “Plant a Seed and Grow with Our Team, 4-H 2015.”
I hope you all had a chance to come out to the Apple Blossom Parade
and see the great floats, as well as the many other fun things to see
and do during that very special weekend.
Did you know that there are more than 25,000 4-H members in Canada and
that it is the longest running youth organization? This year marks
102 years! Wow!
the Somerset and District Elementary School. It opened with the
reciting of our 4-H pledge, “I pledge my Head to clearing thinking, my
Heart to greater loyalty, my Hands to larger service, and my Health to
better living, for my club, my community, and my country.”
The delivery date of the final cheese order for this 4-H year is June
25th or 26th. Cheese orders will resume in the fall.
Once again, many4-H’ers came out to Murray Salsman’s Glad Gardens, to
plant gladiola bulbs. The sale of these flowers will help people
affected by cancer. This will be the last year that Mr. Salsman will
be doing this particular event. Thank you to those who have
participated over the many years.
We would like to thank AVR for their continued support of 4-H. A
recent barn dance was a successful fundraiser for Kings County 4-H.
This is only one of the ways AVR supports our youth organization.
Our June meeting will be held on the 9th, which is a week earlier than
usual, due to exams and the many school functions that take place
during this month. Following the meeting, we will hold our annual
roadside clean-up and pizza party. It is always rewarding to see how
much nicer our roads look when we get rid of all the litter, so come
on out and join us!
We are happy to have Brianna Graham as our new summer assistant and
Sophie Chisholm as the Kings County summer worker.
4-H judging has been rescheduled and will now take place on June 10th
at Northview Farm in Centreville. Life skills projects will be judged
from 4:30-8 pm, with livestock being judged from 6-8 pm. It is
important to take part in judging so that you can compete at the Nova
Scotia 4-H Show if you are selected.
Congratulations to Ira-Lee Freeman, who won the Camp Rankin
scholarship this year! I know he will have so much fun! I attend
every year and love it!
Admissions for the 4-H theme contest for 2016 are due on July 1st. If
you can think up a catchy theme, make sure you enter! This year’s
theme is “Plant a Seed and Grow with Our Team, 4-H 2015.”
I hope you all had a chance to come out to the Apple Blossom Parade
and see the great floats, as well as the many other fun things to see
and do during that very special weekend.
Did you know that there are more than 25,000 4-H members in Canada and
that it is the longest running youth organization? This year marks
102 years! Wow!
April 2015 - Club Report by Kathryn Spicer
Our April meeting was held at the Somerset Elementary School on the 21st.
There was a judging practice at the end of the meeting, for those
interested, as our judging day is just around the corner, on May 20th at
Bob Best’s farm. Judging the projects we are taking is very
important, because we cannot compete at the Provincial Show unless we judge. It is also a skill that we use every day when we make decisions.
In fundraising news, there will be one more ADL cheese order going in this 4-H year, at the end of May, with a June delivery date. Many thanks to all those who supported this fundraiser. We also have had great support from Shur Gain Feeds N’ Needs in Berwick where we will be running a BBQ Saturday, May 9th.
Our woodsman team this year was very successful, with 26 members who were divided into two senior teams and three junior teams. The annual woodsman competition was held in Harmony on April 26th. This was a lot of fun for everyone who attended. Congratulations to the junior A
team, who moved on to compete on May 2nd at the Provincial 4-H Weekend in Truro. Team members were Captain Mackenzie West, Zachary Hamilton, Cameron Shay, Breanna Tree, and yours truly, Kathryn Spicer. Thank you to Jim and Tammy West, and Matthew Redden, for their leadership in this very fun 4-H event.
There was an Atlantic Senior Members Conference in March in Debert, and one of our senior members, Logan Menzies, attended. He talked about this impressive program at our April meeting.
County Rally was held at NKEC on April 11th and all participants did a great job! Congratulations to all the Western Kings winners who moved on to the Regional Rally held a week later, including Emilee Hirtle (junior single demo), Kathryn Spicer and Mackenzie West (junior team demo), Tyler McEachern (intermediate speech), junior speech introducer, Lance Hiltz, and junior speech thanker Alex MacLean. The winner for junior hostess was me, Kathryn Spicer. I am very pleased to be representing Kings County as your junior hostess for 2015. The Regional Rally was held at EMS on April 18th, where we got to see some pretty great talent! Some of the many things we learned were how to tie dye, make our own laundry soap, fire starters for camping, bake cookies, and a lot of 4-H history. I am excited to tell you that Western Kings had a few winners who moved on to the Provincial 4-H Weekend on May 2nd in Truro! Congratulations to Lance Hiltz and Alex MacLean (Junior speech introducer and thanker), Emilee Hirtle (junior
single demo), and myself, Kathryn Spicer, and my partner and friend, MacKenzie West (junior team demo). Kings County won for entertainment, which was a lot of fun to watch. Well done everyone!
The Provincial 4-H Weekend took place at the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus on May 1st and 2nd. Emilee Hirtle won first place for her single demonstration “This Girl is on Fire.” She also won the junior poster contest in the category of hand-drawn poster. Mackenzie West
and I, Kathryn Spicer won first place for our junior team demonstration, “One Tough Cookie” as well as champion team demonstration, which means we had the highest overall score in the
team demonstration category, for both juniors and seniors, and got to perform it again at the awards ceremony. There was a lot to see, do and learn all weekend, and it was lots of fun!
If you are a dairy member wanting to attend the Royal Dairy Classic, the deadline for applications is May 15th. This is also the date that all livestock registration is due. Be sure to get yours in on time because this information is needed to plan the 2015 Kings County
Achievement Days program.
Any members registered in dairy, beef, goat, and/or sheep who would like to attend Fluff n’ Buff, this will be held on the weekend of May 15-17th. There are always positive comments from members who attend this event.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be on May 19th at the Somerset School beginning at 6:30. Hope to see you there.
important, because we cannot compete at the Provincial Show unless we judge. It is also a skill that we use every day when we make decisions.
In fundraising news, there will be one more ADL cheese order going in this 4-H year, at the end of May, with a June delivery date. Many thanks to all those who supported this fundraiser. We also have had great support from Shur Gain Feeds N’ Needs in Berwick where we will be running a BBQ Saturday, May 9th.
Our woodsman team this year was very successful, with 26 members who were divided into two senior teams and three junior teams. The annual woodsman competition was held in Harmony on April 26th. This was a lot of fun for everyone who attended. Congratulations to the junior A
team, who moved on to compete on May 2nd at the Provincial 4-H Weekend in Truro. Team members were Captain Mackenzie West, Zachary Hamilton, Cameron Shay, Breanna Tree, and yours truly, Kathryn Spicer. Thank you to Jim and Tammy West, and Matthew Redden, for their leadership in this very fun 4-H event.
There was an Atlantic Senior Members Conference in March in Debert, and one of our senior members, Logan Menzies, attended. He talked about this impressive program at our April meeting.
County Rally was held at NKEC on April 11th and all participants did a great job! Congratulations to all the Western Kings winners who moved on to the Regional Rally held a week later, including Emilee Hirtle (junior single demo), Kathryn Spicer and Mackenzie West (junior team demo), Tyler McEachern (intermediate speech), junior speech introducer, Lance Hiltz, and junior speech thanker Alex MacLean. The winner for junior hostess was me, Kathryn Spicer. I am very pleased to be representing Kings County as your junior hostess for 2015. The Regional Rally was held at EMS on April 18th, where we got to see some pretty great talent! Some of the many things we learned were how to tie dye, make our own laundry soap, fire starters for camping, bake cookies, and a lot of 4-H history. I am excited to tell you that Western Kings had a few winners who moved on to the Provincial 4-H Weekend on May 2nd in Truro! Congratulations to Lance Hiltz and Alex MacLean (Junior speech introducer and thanker), Emilee Hirtle (junior
single demo), and myself, Kathryn Spicer, and my partner and friend, MacKenzie West (junior team demo). Kings County won for entertainment, which was a lot of fun to watch. Well done everyone!
The Provincial 4-H Weekend took place at the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus on May 1st and 2nd. Emilee Hirtle won first place for her single demonstration “This Girl is on Fire.” She also won the junior poster contest in the category of hand-drawn poster. Mackenzie West
and I, Kathryn Spicer won first place for our junior team demonstration, “One Tough Cookie” as well as champion team demonstration, which means we had the highest overall score in the
team demonstration category, for both juniors and seniors, and got to perform it again at the awards ceremony. There was a lot to see, do and learn all weekend, and it was lots of fun!
If you are a dairy member wanting to attend the Royal Dairy Classic, the deadline for applications is May 15th. This is also the date that all livestock registration is due. Be sure to get yours in on time because this information is needed to plan the 2015 Kings County
Achievement Days program.
Any members registered in dairy, beef, goat, and/or sheep who would like to attend Fluff n’ Buff, this will be held on the weekend of May 15-17th. There are always positive comments from members who attend this event.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be on May 19th at the Somerset School beginning at 6:30. Hope to see you there.
March 2015 - Club Report by Kathryn Spicer
Junior Speeches held at the Western Kings 4-H meeting
At the March meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club the last of the
public speaking competitions took place following the meeting. Before
that time we discussed the province wide chocolate bar fundraiser,
which was a success, and is now ended. Another ADL cheese order was
placed with a delivery date of April 23rd. We will be placing another
order in June. Thank you to all those who supported these fundraisers!
Also, on March 28th, volunteers from our club took part in the Nova
Scotia Select event at the Berwick Foodland, where we passed out
samples and encouraged shoppers to buy local. It was definitely fun
and we enjoyed getting to talk to lots of people. A big thank you is
extended to Berwick Foodland owners, Greg and Belinda Pulsifer, for
their support of our club!
There will be another opportunity to support 4-H next month. Come on
out and join our club on May 9th, as we host the hot dog barbeque at
Shur Gain Feeds and Needs in Berwick. A free will offering is greatly
appreciated!
For all you outdoor enthusiasts, the snow is finally melting so
woodsman practices are starting this week, with our competition taking
place at the end of April. There are 21 members who have signed up
this far. It is a lot of fun!
The county 4-H skating event was cancelled due to snow and was
rescheduled for Friday, April 3rd, from 7:30 – 9:00 at the Berwick
arena. Thank you to Logan Menzies and Brianna Hamilton who organized
the event.
Our Canadian 4-H emblem will be updated as part of our movement into
the second century of 4-H in Canada. The big reveal will be ready for
the June national meeting in Fredericton.
The next special event for our area is the Regional Rally which was
held at EMS (Evangeline Middle School) on Saturday, April 18th at
9:30am. Members of the public were invited to come hear the awesome
speeches and demonstrations. Winners of this Rally will move on to the
final stage of the public speaking competitions which will be on
Provincial Weekend. This year, it will be held on May 1st and 2nd, at
the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus in Bible Hill. Also taking place
that weekend for senior members 16 and older, you can be a part of the
Young Speakers for Agriculture. Speaking topics have already been
determined. All are welcome so come on out and join us! There will be
lots to see!
An important day for 4-H’ers is fast approaching! Kings County
judging day will be held once again at Bob Best’s farm, on May 20th.If
you are interested in taking part in the giant vegetable competition,
you had better
soon start planting your rutabaga…….well, after the snow melts. It
will be judged by weight.
Remember, the deadline for registration to Camp Rankin is May 1st.
This is an awesome week at summer camp in Cape Breton for junior and
intermediate 4-H members.
The last part of our meeting concluded with our junior speeches.
Congratulations to our winner, Thomas Clarke, who moved on to the
county rally. 2nd and 3rd place winners were Olivia Hiltz and Allyson
Gibson. Unfortunately, both were unable to attend County Rally, so
Lance Hiltz and Alex MacLean did the jobs of introducer and thanker.
They were joined by our other speech and demonstration winners from
previous meetings.
Our next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H club will take place on
April 21st, at the Somerset and District Elementary School beginning
at 6:30pm. New members are always welcome!
Fun fact: Did you know the 4-H motto is “learn to do by doing?”
At the March meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club the last of the
public speaking competitions took place following the meeting. Before
that time we discussed the province wide chocolate bar fundraiser,
which was a success, and is now ended. Another ADL cheese order was
placed with a delivery date of April 23rd. We will be placing another
order in June. Thank you to all those who supported these fundraisers!
Also, on March 28th, volunteers from our club took part in the Nova
Scotia Select event at the Berwick Foodland, where we passed out
samples and encouraged shoppers to buy local. It was definitely fun
and we enjoyed getting to talk to lots of people. A big thank you is
extended to Berwick Foodland owners, Greg and Belinda Pulsifer, for
their support of our club!
There will be another opportunity to support 4-H next month. Come on
out and join our club on May 9th, as we host the hot dog barbeque at
Shur Gain Feeds and Needs in Berwick. A free will offering is greatly
appreciated!
For all you outdoor enthusiasts, the snow is finally melting so
woodsman practices are starting this week, with our competition taking
place at the end of April. There are 21 members who have signed up
this far. It is a lot of fun!
The county 4-H skating event was cancelled due to snow and was
rescheduled for Friday, April 3rd, from 7:30 – 9:00 at the Berwick
arena. Thank you to Logan Menzies and Brianna Hamilton who organized
the event.
Our Canadian 4-H emblem will be updated as part of our movement into
the second century of 4-H in Canada. The big reveal will be ready for
the June national meeting in Fredericton.
The next special event for our area is the Regional Rally which was
held at EMS (Evangeline Middle School) on Saturday, April 18th at
9:30am. Members of the public were invited to come hear the awesome
speeches and demonstrations. Winners of this Rally will move on to the
final stage of the public speaking competitions which will be on
Provincial Weekend. This year, it will be held on May 1st and 2nd, at
the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus in Bible Hill. Also taking place
that weekend for senior members 16 and older, you can be a part of the
Young Speakers for Agriculture. Speaking topics have already been
determined. All are welcome so come on out and join us! There will be
lots to see!
An important day for 4-H’ers is fast approaching! Kings County
judging day will be held once again at Bob Best’s farm, on May 20th.If
you are interested in taking part in the giant vegetable competition,
you had better
soon start planting your rutabaga…….well, after the snow melts. It
will be judged by weight.
Remember, the deadline for registration to Camp Rankin is May 1st.
This is an awesome week at summer camp in Cape Breton for junior and
intermediate 4-H members.
The last part of our meeting concluded with our junior speeches.
Congratulations to our winner, Thomas Clarke, who moved on to the
county rally. 2nd and 3rd place winners were Olivia Hiltz and Allyson
Gibson. Unfortunately, both were unable to attend County Rally, so
Lance Hiltz and Alex MacLean did the jobs of introducer and thanker.
They were joined by our other speech and demonstration winners from
previous meetings.
Our next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H club will take place on
April 21st, at the Somerset and District Elementary School beginning
at 6:30pm. New members are always welcome!
Fun fact: Did you know the 4-H motto is “learn to do by doing?”
February 2015 - Club Report by Kathryn Spicer
Our February meeting kicked off with a report on our cheese and chocolate bar fundraisers, which have now both arrived. Many thanks to those who have supported us in the past and who continue to support this wonderful cause.
For all you outdoor enthusiasts out there, our yearly woodsman practices start up again this month, with competitions taking place at the end of April. It’s not too late to join in the fun!
At the March 2nd County Council meeting, the planning of our joint Achievement Days, which will take place on August 7th and 8th, was discussed. Volunteers are needed to make this event a great success!
Come and support your fellow 4-H public speaking winners at the County Rally on April 11th, as the competition continues! This year it will be held at NKEC (Northeast Kings Education Centre), in Canning, starting at 9:30 am. There will be lots of interesting speeches and demonstrations, as well as the Host and Hostess competition, and poster competition. A canteen will be available. The junior representatives (aged 9-14) for the host and hostess competition for Western Kings will be myself, Kathryn Spicer, and my brother Matthew Spicer. The senior representatives (aged 15-21) will be Logan Menzies and Brianna Hamilton. The junior competitors will be writing and presenting a short speech about themselves, including
their 4-H experiences, as well as being interviewed by a panel of judges. The senior competition will also include an impromptu speech as well as sight reading.
For the poster competition, members entering are to submit either a hand drawn or a computer-generated poster following this year’s 4-H theme, which is ‘Plant a Seed and Grow With Our Team, 4-H 2015. Good luck to everyone who will be representing our club!
Big congratulations are sent to Logan Menzies and Brittany Brydon. Logan was voted in as the new Kings County Council President, and Brittany was chosen for the “Going Global” exchange trip to the United Kingdom this summer!
Scholarships are available for any members in grade 12 who are interested in applying. The deadline is in April.
If you are a 4-H-er and planning to attend Camp Rankin this summer, you must now apply and pay on-line. If you are 9-12 years old and have never attended before, you can write an essay of up to 75 words saying why you would like to go, and enter for a chance to win a week
of fun at camp.
We ended off the evening with entertainment by our junior demonstrators and senior speeches. Congratulations to our senior speech winner Christina Palmer, our winning single junior
demonstrator, Emilee Hirtle, and to the winning team demonstrators, me, Kathryn Spicer and my partner, Mackenzie West! We will all be competing at the county rally in hopes of continuing on to regionals. Great job to everyone who participated, and good luck!
Our next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held on March 24th, where junior members (aged 9-12 years) will present their speeches. Cloverbud (9 years old and under) speeches are optional.
The winner will join us at the County Rally in April, as the competition continues. Please note that cloverbuds are not eligible to compete or move on to the next level. Good luck to all!
Fun fact: the four H’s in 4-H stand for head, heart, hands and health.
For all you outdoor enthusiasts out there, our yearly woodsman practices start up again this month, with competitions taking place at the end of April. It’s not too late to join in the fun!
At the March 2nd County Council meeting, the planning of our joint Achievement Days, which will take place on August 7th and 8th, was discussed. Volunteers are needed to make this event a great success!
Come and support your fellow 4-H public speaking winners at the County Rally on April 11th, as the competition continues! This year it will be held at NKEC (Northeast Kings Education Centre), in Canning, starting at 9:30 am. There will be lots of interesting speeches and demonstrations, as well as the Host and Hostess competition, and poster competition. A canteen will be available. The junior representatives (aged 9-14) for the host and hostess competition for Western Kings will be myself, Kathryn Spicer, and my brother Matthew Spicer. The senior representatives (aged 15-21) will be Logan Menzies and Brianna Hamilton. The junior competitors will be writing and presenting a short speech about themselves, including
their 4-H experiences, as well as being interviewed by a panel of judges. The senior competition will also include an impromptu speech as well as sight reading.
For the poster competition, members entering are to submit either a hand drawn or a computer-generated poster following this year’s 4-H theme, which is ‘Plant a Seed and Grow With Our Team, 4-H 2015. Good luck to everyone who will be representing our club!
Big congratulations are sent to Logan Menzies and Brittany Brydon. Logan was voted in as the new Kings County Council President, and Brittany was chosen for the “Going Global” exchange trip to the United Kingdom this summer!
Scholarships are available for any members in grade 12 who are interested in applying. The deadline is in April.
If you are a 4-H-er and planning to attend Camp Rankin this summer, you must now apply and pay on-line. If you are 9-12 years old and have never attended before, you can write an essay of up to 75 words saying why you would like to go, and enter for a chance to win a week
of fun at camp.
We ended off the evening with entertainment by our junior demonstrators and senior speeches. Congratulations to our senior speech winner Christina Palmer, our winning single junior
demonstrator, Emilee Hirtle, and to the winning team demonstrators, me, Kathryn Spicer and my partner, Mackenzie West! We will all be competing at the county rally in hopes of continuing on to regionals. Great job to everyone who participated, and good luck!
Our next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held on March 24th, where junior members (aged 9-12 years) will present their speeches. Cloverbud (9 years old and under) speeches are optional.
The winner will join us at the County Rally in April, as the competition continues. Please note that cloverbuds are not eligible to compete or move on to the next level. Good luck to all!
Fun fact: the four H’s in 4-H stand for head, heart, hands and health.
January 2015 - Club Report by Kathryn Spicer
The Western Kings 4-H Club January meeting was held on the 20th, at the
Somerset and District Elementary School, with senior demonstrations and
intermediate speeches following the general meeting. The meeting opened with
a letter of thanks for our donation to
the Betty Best Memorial fund. Condolences went out to the Best family, who have been actively involved in 4-H for several years. Our condolences also go out to our Agricultural Leadership Co-ordinator, Valorie Skinner, on the passing of her mother.
In fundraising news, ADL cheese orders will continue to be placed every other month, so if anyone is interested in supporting this great cause, please see a 4-H member to place your order. Money raised from these sales goes directly to our Western Kings member registration
fees. Also, please be on the lookout during the month of March for our chocolate bar campaign, which provincial clubs will participate in again this year. Funds raised will be used by the provincial council for many things, including Pro Show, Provincial Weekend, helping to
fund scholarships, bursaries and award trips, as well as workshops. Prizes will be awarded to both the member and club who have the most sales. Our own Western Kings Club won last year, so make sure to buy a chocolate bar or three from a 4-H member and let the winning continue!
At our last county council meeting, a majority vote determined that our Achievement Days for 2015 will be held on August 7th and 8th, with set-up taking place on the evening of the 6th. Please note that this will be on a Friday and Saturday, rather than the usual Thursday and
Friday from previous years. Volunteers will be much needed and appreciated.
With spring hopefully just around the corner, an invitation for all new or nearly new junior members is extended, to sign up to attend the 2015 Valley region “Planting a Seed” workshop on Wednesday, March 18th 2015, at the Windsor Community Center. The cost for this is only $10.
This year’s giant vegetable competition will be the rutabaga (winter turnip). Any 4-H member may enter. It will be judged by weight, so may the heaviest rutabaga win!
Heads up to all 4-H'ers who are interested in participating in Woodsmen. It will be starting up in the next couple of months. Woodsmen competitions include water boil, backpack racing, and single pulp, double pulp, and crosscut sawing. Last year a very successful roast beef dinner and auction brought in funds to spend on much needed equipment, so it’s a great time to join! It is open to both junior and senior members. We had a blast last year!
Congratulations are extended to Tyler MacEachern for being chosen this year’s Kings County representative for the Kevin Grant Memorial Leadership Tour in Cape Breton over March Break!
The February 2nd County Council meeting, where the voting for new executive members will take place, was postponed, due to the winter weather. More news on that next month.
Following the general meeting, we were entertained by our intermediate speeches and senior demonstrations. Congratulations to Tyler MacEachern, our intermediate winner, and to our senior team demonstration winners, Sydney Milne and Amber Dort. These club winners will move on to compete in the County Rally on April 11th, at Northeast Kings Education Centre (NKEC) in Canning.
Our next meeting will be held on February 17th, at 6:30 pm, where junior demonstrations (ages 9-13) and senior speeches (ages 16-21) will take place. Parents and friends are welcome.
the Betty Best Memorial fund. Condolences went out to the Best family, who have been actively involved in 4-H for several years. Our condolences also go out to our Agricultural Leadership Co-ordinator, Valorie Skinner, on the passing of her mother.
In fundraising news, ADL cheese orders will continue to be placed every other month, so if anyone is interested in supporting this great cause, please see a 4-H member to place your order. Money raised from these sales goes directly to our Western Kings member registration
fees. Also, please be on the lookout during the month of March for our chocolate bar campaign, which provincial clubs will participate in again this year. Funds raised will be used by the provincial council for many things, including Pro Show, Provincial Weekend, helping to
fund scholarships, bursaries and award trips, as well as workshops. Prizes will be awarded to both the member and club who have the most sales. Our own Western Kings Club won last year, so make sure to buy a chocolate bar or three from a 4-H member and let the winning continue!
At our last county council meeting, a majority vote determined that our Achievement Days for 2015 will be held on August 7th and 8th, with set-up taking place on the evening of the 6th. Please note that this will be on a Friday and Saturday, rather than the usual Thursday and
Friday from previous years. Volunteers will be much needed and appreciated.
With spring hopefully just around the corner, an invitation for all new or nearly new junior members is extended, to sign up to attend the 2015 Valley region “Planting a Seed” workshop on Wednesday, March 18th 2015, at the Windsor Community Center. The cost for this is only $10.
This year’s giant vegetable competition will be the rutabaga (winter turnip). Any 4-H member may enter. It will be judged by weight, so may the heaviest rutabaga win!
Heads up to all 4-H'ers who are interested in participating in Woodsmen. It will be starting up in the next couple of months. Woodsmen competitions include water boil, backpack racing, and single pulp, double pulp, and crosscut sawing. Last year a very successful roast beef dinner and auction brought in funds to spend on much needed equipment, so it’s a great time to join! It is open to both junior and senior members. We had a blast last year!
Congratulations are extended to Tyler MacEachern for being chosen this year’s Kings County representative for the Kevin Grant Memorial Leadership Tour in Cape Breton over March Break!
The February 2nd County Council meeting, where the voting for new executive members will take place, was postponed, due to the winter weather. More news on that next month.
Following the general meeting, we were entertained by our intermediate speeches and senior demonstrations. Congratulations to Tyler MacEachern, our intermediate winner, and to our senior team demonstration winners, Sydney Milne and Amber Dort. These club winners will move on to compete in the County Rally on April 11th, at Northeast Kings Education Centre (NKEC) in Canning.
Our next meeting will be held on February 17th, at 6:30 pm, where junior demonstrations (ages 9-13) and senior speeches (ages 16-21) will take place. Parents and friends are welcome.
December 2014 - Club Report by Kathryn Spicer - Club Reporter
Happy Holidays everyone and welcome to the next chapter of the Western
Kings 4-H year! My name is Kathryn Spicer and I am excited to be this
year’s newly elected club reporter. I am 12 years old and this is my
5th year in 4-H. Projects I have taken include Exploring 4-H, Crafts,
Sewing, Scrapbooking, and Sheep. I have been successful in my public
speaking competitions, advancing to the Provincials three times and
winning two Provincial Titles. 4-H is a great way to develop
confidence and leadership skills. Enough about me, let’s get down to
business!
Our December 12th meeting was a yummy Christmas pot-luck supper and
awards ceremony which was held at the Woodville Community Centre.
Following the meal and games, the meeting started. A big welcome was
extended to our newly elected executive, President, Brianna Hamilton,
and our Secretary, Erica Lutz.
A big thank you was received from the Berwick Food Bank, for our
donation of 65.5 lbs. of much needed food, which was collected at our
November meeting.
We are very appreciative to those who supported our November
fundraisers with the sale of ADL cheese and Yuletide magazines.
Money raised goes towards member registration fees. In the near
future we will be selling chocolate bars as well for the provincial
4-H program.
Our next three monthly meetings will include the public speaking
competitions, where club winners will advance to the County Rally in
the spring. Our January 20th meeting will kick this off, with senior
demonstrations (ages 14-21), and intermediate speeches (ages 13-15).
Good luck to everyone participating!
Our 2015 4-H theme is “Plant a Seed and Grow with Our 4-H Team In 2015.”
We have a new Foods leader! A big thank you is extended to Andrea
Keating who will be helping us with this project.
Congratulations to all members who received project awards from the
previous 4-H year. They are too numerous to mention all. John Arnold
and his son, Steven Arnold, made a special trophy presentation in
loving memory of their son, Daniel Arnold, who loved 4-H, and
especially enjoyed showing dairy calves. This year’s first junior
dairy recipient is Cameron Shay. Congratulations!
There were two special awards presented. Our Most Outstanding Junior
Award was presented to Nicholas Clarke, who was enrolled in Sheep,
Foods, and Rabbit. He is also the 2014 Kings County Junior Host. The
Most Outstanding Senior Award was presented to Logan Menzies, who was
enrolled in Dairy and Woodworking. Logan has been actively involved
at club, county, provincial and national levels. He is our club’s
Past President and is currently Vice President of our County 4-H
Council.
I will conclude my report with an interesting 4-H fact. Did you know
that there are about 2000 4-H clubs across Canada, with approximately
26,000 members? Each one of us would like to wish you and your family
a blessed holiday season!
Kings 4-H year! My name is Kathryn Spicer and I am excited to be this
year’s newly elected club reporter. I am 12 years old and this is my
5th year in 4-H. Projects I have taken include Exploring 4-H, Crafts,
Sewing, Scrapbooking, and Sheep. I have been successful in my public
speaking competitions, advancing to the Provincials three times and
winning two Provincial Titles. 4-H is a great way to develop
confidence and leadership skills. Enough about me, let’s get down to
business!
Our December 12th meeting was a yummy Christmas pot-luck supper and
awards ceremony which was held at the Woodville Community Centre.
Following the meal and games, the meeting started. A big welcome was
extended to our newly elected executive, President, Brianna Hamilton,
and our Secretary, Erica Lutz.
A big thank you was received from the Berwick Food Bank, for our
donation of 65.5 lbs. of much needed food, which was collected at our
November meeting.
We are very appreciative to those who supported our November
fundraisers with the sale of ADL cheese and Yuletide magazines.
Money raised goes towards member registration fees. In the near
future we will be selling chocolate bars as well for the provincial
4-H program.
Our next three monthly meetings will include the public speaking
competitions, where club winners will advance to the County Rally in
the spring. Our January 20th meeting will kick this off, with senior
demonstrations (ages 14-21), and intermediate speeches (ages 13-15).
Good luck to everyone participating!
Our 2015 4-H theme is “Plant a Seed and Grow with Our 4-H Team In 2015.”
We have a new Foods leader! A big thank you is extended to Andrea
Keating who will be helping us with this project.
Congratulations to all members who received project awards from the
previous 4-H year. They are too numerous to mention all. John Arnold
and his son, Steven Arnold, made a special trophy presentation in
loving memory of their son, Daniel Arnold, who loved 4-H, and
especially enjoyed showing dairy calves. This year’s first junior
dairy recipient is Cameron Shay. Congratulations!
There were two special awards presented. Our Most Outstanding Junior
Award was presented to Nicholas Clarke, who was enrolled in Sheep,
Foods, and Rabbit. He is also the 2014 Kings County Junior Host. The
Most Outstanding Senior Award was presented to Logan Menzies, who was
enrolled in Dairy and Woodworking. Logan has been actively involved
at club, county, provincial and national levels. He is our club’s
Past President and is currently Vice President of our County 4-H
Council.
I will conclude my report with an interesting 4-H fact. Did you know
that there are about 2000 4-H clubs across Canada, with approximately
26,000 members? Each one of us would like to wish you and your family
a blessed holiday season!
November 2014 - Club Report by Megan Gibson - Club Reporter
At the last meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club held on November
18th at Somerset School many things were discussed. Those members who
received awards at the County Awards night in October are reminded to
get their thank you notes written and delivered. Sadly the scheduled
club visit to the corn maze had to be cancelled because of rainy
weather.
Our club is still selling Yuletide magazines. They make great little
gifts. Earlier this month muffins and cookies were delivered to
AVR/Magic 94.9 for 4-H Day and our own Tyler MacEachern was interviewed!
Club members brought food bank items to the November meeting. Two of
our junior members Evan and Sean Van Oostrum delivered the donations
to the Berwick Food Bank the next day. If you forgot, items will still
be welcomed at our Christmas potluck meeting. The food bank really
appreciates our donations especially at this time of year.
Our president, Logan Menzies attended the National Members Conference
in Toronto and reported it was a great time with lots of group sharing
and interesting tours. Senior members are encouraged to apply for
these trips when they become available. They are a wonderful
opportunity to meet new friends, learn new skills and discover more
about our country.
Voting took place and our club now has some new executive members:
President - Brianna Hamilton, Vice President - Victoria Brydon,
Secretary - Erica Lutz, Club Reporter - Katie Spicer. Congratulations
to all on your new positions. I’m sure you will have a great year.
Thank you to our Past President Logan Menzies for your hard work over
the past year.
The December meeting will be a Christmas potluck supper for members
and their families on Friday, Dec. 12th, 2014 at 6pm at the Woodville
Community Hall. Please bring a main dish and dessert or rolls as well
as your own dishes and cutlery. I hope to see you all there. A very
Merry Christmas to you from the Western Kings 4-H Club and my special
good wishes to Katie Spicer who will be bringing you all our club news
in 2015.
18th at Somerset School many things were discussed. Those members who
received awards at the County Awards night in October are reminded to
get their thank you notes written and delivered. Sadly the scheduled
club visit to the corn maze had to be cancelled because of rainy
weather.
Our club is still selling Yuletide magazines. They make great little
gifts. Earlier this month muffins and cookies were delivered to
AVR/Magic 94.9 for 4-H Day and our own Tyler MacEachern was interviewed!
Club members brought food bank items to the November meeting. Two of
our junior members Evan and Sean Van Oostrum delivered the donations
to the Berwick Food Bank the next day. If you forgot, items will still
be welcomed at our Christmas potluck meeting. The food bank really
appreciates our donations especially at this time of year.
Our president, Logan Menzies attended the National Members Conference
in Toronto and reported it was a great time with lots of group sharing
and interesting tours. Senior members are encouraged to apply for
these trips when they become available. They are a wonderful
opportunity to meet new friends, learn new skills and discover more
about our country.
Voting took place and our club now has some new executive members:
President - Brianna Hamilton, Vice President - Victoria Brydon,
Secretary - Erica Lutz, Club Reporter - Katie Spicer. Congratulations
to all on your new positions. I’m sure you will have a great year.
Thank you to our Past President Logan Menzies for your hard work over
the past year.
The December meeting will be a Christmas potluck supper for members
and their families on Friday, Dec. 12th, 2014 at 6pm at the Woodville
Community Hall. Please bring a main dish and dessert or rolls as well
as your own dishes and cutlery. I hope to see you all there. A very
Merry Christmas to you from the Western Kings 4-H Club and my special
good wishes to Katie Spicer who will be bringing you all our club news
in 2015.
October 2014 Club Report by Megan Gibson - Club Reporter
At the last meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club held on October 21,
2014 at Somerset School one of the highlights was a report about the
recent Kings County Awards Night. It was a great supper and many of
our members won awards. A few members we would like to mention are Logan
Menzies who won Top Contribution Member, Tyler MacEachern who won Top
Junior Member and Madeline Visser who received the Terry Spinney Sheep
Memorial Award. We were also pleased to receive the plaque for Top
Community Service Club. Well done everyone!
In October some members attended the Berwick Farmers’ Market. They
gave out 4-H information and helped run a petting zoo. We also had a
report from members who attended the Select Nova Scotia Incredible
Picnic in Dartmouth helping to sell ice cream. The local food day
which was held in October was a very successful event. Thanks to
everyone for your help.
Yuletides are now in and can be picked up from Mary Magee. Our 4-H
members will be happy to sell them to you. There are lots of yummy
recipes and interesting stories in the magazine.
Registrations are due this month so remember to bring them to the next
meeting. New members are also welcome.
November is national 4-H month. We decided to celebrate by taking
muffins to the local radio station. We will also be bringing donations
for the Berwick Food Bank to our next meeting which will be held
November 18 at Somerset School at 6:30pm. I look forward to seeing you
there.
September 2014 Club Report by Megan Gibson - Club Reporter
I would like to begin with a BIG welcome to all new and returning club
members of the Western Kings 4-H Club. Hope everyone had a great
summer. Many things were discussed at our meeting on Sept. 16, 2014.
Here is a little recap of our spring and summer events. The County
Oaklawn Farm fun day was a great success. The barbeque was delicious
and everyone enjoyed visiting the animals and eating ice cream
afterwards. The Woodsman team fundraiser dinner also went well,
raising money for some much needed equipment.
Woodsman will be starting up soon so watch for updates.
Our club did very well in the provincial chocolate bar campaign
selling the most bars overall. Well done, everyone. Club members who
attended the Junior and Senior Tours reported that both events were
really fun and everyone had a great time. This year’s Achievement
Days, held at the Kings Mutual Century Centre in Berwick were a huge
success! Everyone did really well and many
members attended this year’s Provincial Show in Truro.
We participated in the Local Food Day held on Oct. 4th, at Berwick
Foodland handing out yummy samples and operating a BBQ. Then we set
up a 4-H display at the Berwick Farmers’ Market on Oct. 9th. Sheep,
chickens and rabbits were all popular at the market petting zoo.
The county awards night will be held Oct. 18th at Aylesford Fire Hall
beginning with a potluck supper. Families are reminded to bring their
own dishes and cutlery plus food to share at the supper.
Our club will be selling Yuletide Magazines this year as we get closer
to Christmas. Remember they make great stocking stuffers.
To finish off I would like to let everyone know where to go for
up-to-date club information. Our club website is
westernkings4h.weebly.com. Please remember to get your registration
forms in to Mary Magee as soon as possible. I am looking forward to
another great 4-H year and can’t wait to see everyone at our next club
meeting which will be help on October 21st at 6:30pm at Somerset
School. New members are welcome to attend.
Club Reporter
Megan Gibson
members of the Western Kings 4-H Club. Hope everyone had a great
summer. Many things were discussed at our meeting on Sept. 16, 2014.
Here is a little recap of our spring and summer events. The County
Oaklawn Farm fun day was a great success. The barbeque was delicious
and everyone enjoyed visiting the animals and eating ice cream
afterwards. The Woodsman team fundraiser dinner also went well,
raising money for some much needed equipment.
Woodsman will be starting up soon so watch for updates.
Our club did very well in the provincial chocolate bar campaign
selling the most bars overall. Well done, everyone. Club members who
attended the Junior and Senior Tours reported that both events were
really fun and everyone had a great time. This year’s Achievement
Days, held at the Kings Mutual Century Centre in Berwick were a huge
success! Everyone did really well and many
members attended this year’s Provincial Show in Truro.
We participated in the Local Food Day held on Oct. 4th, at Berwick
Foodland handing out yummy samples and operating a BBQ. Then we set
up a 4-H display at the Berwick Farmers’ Market on Oct. 9th. Sheep,
chickens and rabbits were all popular at the market petting zoo.
The county awards night will be held Oct. 18th at Aylesford Fire Hall
beginning with a potluck supper. Families are reminded to bring their
own dishes and cutlery plus food to share at the supper.
Our club will be selling Yuletide Magazines this year as we get closer
to Christmas. Remember they make great stocking stuffers.
To finish off I would like to let everyone know where to go for
up-to-date club information. Our club website is
westernkings4h.weebly.com. Please remember to get your registration
forms in to Mary Magee as soon as possible. I am looking forward to
another great 4-H year and can’t wait to see everyone at our next club
meeting which will be help on October 21st at 6:30pm at Somerset
School. New members are welcome to attend.
Club Reporter
Megan Gibson
June 2014 Club Report by Megan Gibson - Club Reporter
The June meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club was a busy night. It
began with a report about judging at Bob Best’s farm. This event was a
great success despite the rain. Another successful venture was our
cheese sale. We hope to resume selling cheese again in the fall.
Achievement Days is right around the corner and will be held at the
Berwick Apple Dome July 31 and August 1. The public is encouraged to
check out the wide variety of projects in both life skills and
livestock. Helpers from our club are needed to set up the inside and
outside displays. The theme this year is ‘Realize your 4-H dream in
2014’. Volunteers are also needed to help throughout the days with the
ice cream booth, clerks for livestock classes and other little jobs.
If you are interested in helping, please let Mary Magee know as soon
as possible. Some more VERY important information is coming in
the mail. Please read all of the information that is sent from the 4-H
office and pay close attention to the guidelines for animal projects,
when they have to be on the grounds and when they can be taken home.
One more thing is if you would like Mary to bring your record sheets
to the 4-H office she must have them by July 9.
On June 21, 2014 the woodsman team hosted a Roast Beef Dinner at the
Apple Dome. It was a great success. Money raised will be used to buy
new equipment for the team. The County Family Fun Event at Oaklawn
Farm Zoo also had a great turn out and was a lot of fun! Thanks to the
Eastern Kings Club for providing the great BBQ supper.
Our roadside clean- up which was held in Somerset after our last
meeting went really well. Everyone did their part to clean up the
community and we all enjoyed pizza afterward. Thanks to everybody who
stayed to help out.
Mark your calendars because the Kings County Awards Night will be held
on October 18. Watch for more details including information about the
location. Another thing to note is that the contest for the 2015
provincial 4-H theme is due to the Nova Scotia 4-H office by June 30.
If you have an idea for a theme, be sure to send it in right away.
I hope that everyone has a wonderful summer and that we will all enjoy
the warm weather now that it is finally here. Have fun on the junior
and senior tours if you are able to attend. I look forward to seeing
everyone at our next meeting which will be held on September 16, 2014
at 6:30pm at Somerset School.
began with a report about judging at Bob Best’s farm. This event was a
great success despite the rain. Another successful venture was our
cheese sale. We hope to resume selling cheese again in the fall.
Achievement Days is right around the corner and will be held at the
Berwick Apple Dome July 31 and August 1. The public is encouraged to
check out the wide variety of projects in both life skills and
livestock. Helpers from our club are needed to set up the inside and
outside displays. The theme this year is ‘Realize your 4-H dream in
2014’. Volunteers are also needed to help throughout the days with the
ice cream booth, clerks for livestock classes and other little jobs.
If you are interested in helping, please let Mary Magee know as soon
as possible. Some more VERY important information is coming in
the mail. Please read all of the information that is sent from the 4-H
office and pay close attention to the guidelines for animal projects,
when they have to be on the grounds and when they can be taken home.
One more thing is if you would like Mary to bring your record sheets
to the 4-H office she must have them by July 9.
On June 21, 2014 the woodsman team hosted a Roast Beef Dinner at the
Apple Dome. It was a great success. Money raised will be used to buy
new equipment for the team. The County Family Fun Event at Oaklawn
Farm Zoo also had a great turn out and was a lot of fun! Thanks to the
Eastern Kings Club for providing the great BBQ supper.
Our roadside clean- up which was held in Somerset after our last
meeting went really well. Everyone did their part to clean up the
community and we all enjoyed pizza afterward. Thanks to everybody who
stayed to help out.
Mark your calendars because the Kings County Awards Night will be held
on October 18. Watch for more details including information about the
location. Another thing to note is that the contest for the 2015
provincial 4-H theme is due to the Nova Scotia 4-H office by June 30.
If you have an idea for a theme, be sure to send it in right away.
I hope that everyone has a wonderful summer and that we will all enjoy
the warm weather now that it is finally here. Have fun on the junior
and senior tours if you are able to attend. I look forward to seeing
everyone at our next meeting which will be held on September 16, 2014
at 6:30pm at Somerset School.
May 2014 Club Report by Megan Gibson - Club Reporter
At the last meeting of the Western Kings 4-H club, held on May 20th at
Somerset School many things were discussed. To start off I would like
to congratulate Shannon Fraser who won the Camp Rankin Scholarship.
May 21st was judging at Bob Best’s farm. Members were well prepared
with a review of the judging format following the meeting. Thank you
to Melody Aalders and Breagh Ross for leading this.
More congratulations are going out to the members who attended the
4-H weekend. Great job to Katherine Spicer and Thomas Clarke,
provincial winners for team demonstrations and to Lance Hiltz,
provincial junior thanker. Good job to Austin Visser who sold the most
chocolate bars in the county.
Bulb planting at Murray Salsman’s was a great success. Many bulbs
were planted that afternoon. The BBQ at Shurgain was also a great
success and we raised lots of money for our club. Thanks to
everyone who helped throughout the day and to the Shurgain staff.
The Woodsman Competition was held at Harmony Hall and our team did well.
I hear that it was a lot of fun! In case anyone was wondering, the
Proud to Bee a 4-H’er seeds have arrived and there are some for sale.
You can do your part to help bees while enjoying beautiful flowers at
the same time. Now for a few reminders. The woodsman team will be hosting a
fundraising roast beef dinner at the Berwick Lions Hall on June 21st
at 6:00pm. There will also be a live and silent ticket auction and all
of the money raised will go to buying equipment for the woodsman team.
Tickets cost $20 and can be purchased from woodsman team members.
Achievement days are fast approaching and will be held July 31st to
August 1st at the Berwick Appledome. Volunteers are needed to help
organize indoor and outdoor display., The theme of this year’s event
is ‘Realize your 4-H Dream in 2014’. One last reminder is that
following next month’s meeting our club will be doing a roadside
cleanup. Everyone is reminded to wear safety vests and gloves. There
will be pizza after the cleanup.
Before I finish off there is a bit of senior news this month. Great
job to Breagh Ross who will be going on a UK 4-H trip this summer. Have lots of fun! Logan Menzies is also going to attend a National Members’ Conference in Toronto so
we hope that you have lots of fun too. We would also like to thank all
of those senior members and other adults who helped out at the
OldOrchard Inn barn dance. It was a great success! Last but not least
we would also like to recognize that Jessie Swinamer is the summer 4-H
assistant this year.
I hope everybody is enjoying the warm spring weather now that it is
finally here and I hope it stays the rest of the summer. I look
forward to seeing you all at the next meeting which will be held on
June 10th at 6:30pm at Somerset School.
Somerset School many things were discussed. To start off I would like
to congratulate Shannon Fraser who won the Camp Rankin Scholarship.
May 21st was judging at Bob Best’s farm. Members were well prepared
with a review of the judging format following the meeting. Thank you
to Melody Aalders and Breagh Ross for leading this.
More congratulations are going out to the members who attended the
4-H weekend. Great job to Katherine Spicer and Thomas Clarke,
provincial winners for team demonstrations and to Lance Hiltz,
provincial junior thanker. Good job to Austin Visser who sold the most
chocolate bars in the county.
Bulb planting at Murray Salsman’s was a great success. Many bulbs
were planted that afternoon. The BBQ at Shurgain was also a great
success and we raised lots of money for our club. Thanks to
everyone who helped throughout the day and to the Shurgain staff.
The Woodsman Competition was held at Harmony Hall and our team did well.
I hear that it was a lot of fun! In case anyone was wondering, the
Proud to Bee a 4-H’er seeds have arrived and there are some for sale.
You can do your part to help bees while enjoying beautiful flowers at
the same time. Now for a few reminders. The woodsman team will be hosting a
fundraising roast beef dinner at the Berwick Lions Hall on June 21st
at 6:00pm. There will also be a live and silent ticket auction and all
of the money raised will go to buying equipment for the woodsman team.
Tickets cost $20 and can be purchased from woodsman team members.
Achievement days are fast approaching and will be held July 31st to
August 1st at the Berwick Appledome. Volunteers are needed to help
organize indoor and outdoor display., The theme of this year’s event
is ‘Realize your 4-H Dream in 2014’. One last reminder is that
following next month’s meeting our club will be doing a roadside
cleanup. Everyone is reminded to wear safety vests and gloves. There
will be pizza after the cleanup.
Before I finish off there is a bit of senior news this month. Great
job to Breagh Ross who will be going on a UK 4-H trip this summer. Have lots of fun! Logan Menzies is also going to attend a National Members’ Conference in Toronto so
we hope that you have lots of fun too. We would also like to thank all
of those senior members and other adults who helped out at the
OldOrchard Inn barn dance. It was a great success! Last but not least
we would also like to recognize that Jessie Swinamer is the summer 4-H
assistant this year.
I hope everybody is enjoying the warm spring weather now that it is
finally here and I hope it stays the rest of the summer. I look
forward to seeing you all at the next meeting which will be held on
June 10th at 6:30pm at Somerset School.
April 2014 Club Report by Megan Gibson - Club Reporter
At the last meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club held on April 15,
2014, there were many things on the agenda. First of all, everyone
did a great job selling chocolate bars. It was a very successful
fundraiser. Congratulations to Austin Visser who sold the most bars
in the county.
A big thank you was extended to Carol Tobin for donating two sawhorses
to the woodsman team. The woodsman competition was held at Harmony
Hall on April 27. It is always a great event for both the participants
and the audience.
Another event that will happen on May 3 is bulb planting at Marg’s Glad
Garden in Grafton. This is a wonderful opportunity to get together,
enjoy the out-of-doors and demonstrate our horticultural skills, all
for a good cause.
Judging will be held at Bob Best’s farm on May 21. More details will
be coming in the mail. Following the May meeting there will be a
refresher to review how judging works for anyone who would like
further information and practice.
Other news is that there will be a 4-H barbeque on May 10 at Shur Gain
in Berwick. Please come for lunch and show your support. May 10 is a
busy time for 4-H since the AVR Adult Barn Dance is held that evening
at the Old Orchard Inn with funds going to the Kings County 4-H program.
If you are interested in participating in Fluff and Buff and are a
livestock member, contact Mary for more information. Applications are
due right away. Code of conduct sheets are also due. Remember as well
that livestock registrations should be given to Mary by May 15.
Project newsletters are still available.
Some exciting news is that we have the results from county rally and
our club did a fantastic job! Our winners are as follows... Olivia
Hiltz first place Junior Speech and Junior Hostess, Lance Hiltz Junior
Thanker, Mahala and Victoria Brydon Senior Team Demo, Katherine
Spicer and Thomas Clarke Junior Team Demo, Emily Hirtle Junior
Single Demo, Tyler MacEachern Intermediate Speech, Jillian Lamb
Senior Speech and Nicholas Clarke Junior Host. Great job everyone and
congratulations.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held on May 20
at 6:30pm at Somerset School. Hope to see you there.
2014, there were many things on the agenda. First of all, everyone
did a great job selling chocolate bars. It was a very successful
fundraiser. Congratulations to Austin Visser who sold the most bars
in the county.
A big thank you was extended to Carol Tobin for donating two sawhorses
to the woodsman team. The woodsman competition was held at Harmony
Hall on April 27. It is always a great event for both the participants
and the audience.
Another event that will happen on May 3 is bulb planting at Marg’s Glad
Garden in Grafton. This is a wonderful opportunity to get together,
enjoy the out-of-doors and demonstrate our horticultural skills, all
for a good cause.
Judging will be held at Bob Best’s farm on May 21. More details will
be coming in the mail. Following the May meeting there will be a
refresher to review how judging works for anyone who would like
further information and practice.
Other news is that there will be a 4-H barbeque on May 10 at Shur Gain
in Berwick. Please come for lunch and show your support. May 10 is a
busy time for 4-H since the AVR Adult Barn Dance is held that evening
at the Old Orchard Inn with funds going to the Kings County 4-H program.
If you are interested in participating in Fluff and Buff and are a
livestock member, contact Mary for more information. Applications are
due right away. Code of conduct sheets are also due. Remember as well
that livestock registrations should be given to Mary by May 15.
Project newsletters are still available.
Some exciting news is that we have the results from county rally and
our club did a fantastic job! Our winners are as follows... Olivia
Hiltz first place Junior Speech and Junior Hostess, Lance Hiltz Junior
Thanker, Mahala and Victoria Brydon Senior Team Demo, Katherine
Spicer and Thomas Clarke Junior Team Demo, Emily Hirtle Junior
Single Demo, Tyler MacEachern Intermediate Speech, Jillian Lamb
Senior Speech and Nicholas Clarke Junior Host. Great job everyone and
congratulations.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be held on May 20
at 6:30pm at Somerset School. Hope to see you there.
March 2014 Club Report by Megan Gibson - Club Reporter
The last meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club was held on Tuesday,
March 25. During old business we discussed the county skating party
held at the Appledome. It was a great success. There were games,
treats and lots of skating. Thanks to everyone who came out for a
night of family fun. We had a reminder as well that chocolate bar
money is due to Mary Magee as soon as possible. We appreciated the
support of all those who helped with this provincial fundraiser.
Another fundraiser happening right now is the sale of cheese. It is
through ADL with the profit going to our local club. The cheese is
expected to arrive April 23.
Even though it is a ways away, judging at Bob Best’s farm is fast
approaching. It will be held on May 21, 2014. Keep practicing so you
are ready for judging. Before we know it Achievement Days will be
here. They will be held at the Berwick Appledome from July 31 to
August 1.
A deadline that is quickly approaching is May 1 for Camp Rankin
applications. This provincial 4-H camp is located in St. Peters, Cape
Breton. Many of our members have participated in the past and are
eager to go again.
The county woodsman competition will be held on April 27, 2014 at the
Harmony Hall. We are planning to enter teams. The public is welcome to
come see the members in action. Some other cool news is that Tyler
MacEachern recently attended the Atlantic Intermediate Conference. He
reported that it was a great weekend with guest speakers, leadership
information and lots of fun.
Following the meeting we enjoyed junior speeches. There were nine
participants and everyone did a wonderful job! The third place winner
was Lance Hiltz, second place winner was Allyson Gibson and first
place winner was Olivia Hiltz. Congratulations to those three and to
everyone who gave a speech. Well done. The County Rally will be held
at Evangeline Middle School on April 12. We encourage everyone to come
out and show your support for the members from our club. This will
include speech and demonstration winners and junior and senior hosts
and hostesses. There will also be a poster contest involving the theme
‘Realize your 4-H Dream in 2014’. You can contact Mary Magee for more
information. Any members advancing from that level will move on to
Regional Rally which will be held April 26, 2014 in Hants County.
Hopefully spring will be here for our next meeting which will be held
April 15, 2014 at 6:30 pm at Somerset School. Look forward to seeing
you all there.
March 25. During old business we discussed the county skating party
held at the Appledome. It was a great success. There were games,
treats and lots of skating. Thanks to everyone who came out for a
night of family fun. We had a reminder as well that chocolate bar
money is due to Mary Magee as soon as possible. We appreciated the
support of all those who helped with this provincial fundraiser.
Another fundraiser happening right now is the sale of cheese. It is
through ADL with the profit going to our local club. The cheese is
expected to arrive April 23.
Even though it is a ways away, judging at Bob Best’s farm is fast
approaching. It will be held on May 21, 2014. Keep practicing so you
are ready for judging. Before we know it Achievement Days will be
here. They will be held at the Berwick Appledome from July 31 to
August 1.
A deadline that is quickly approaching is May 1 for Camp Rankin
applications. This provincial 4-H camp is located in St. Peters, Cape
Breton. Many of our members have participated in the past and are
eager to go again.
The county woodsman competition will be held on April 27, 2014 at the
Harmony Hall. We are planning to enter teams. The public is welcome to
come see the members in action. Some other cool news is that Tyler
MacEachern recently attended the Atlantic Intermediate Conference. He
reported that it was a great weekend with guest speakers, leadership
information and lots of fun.
Following the meeting we enjoyed junior speeches. There were nine
participants and everyone did a wonderful job! The third place winner
was Lance Hiltz, second place winner was Allyson Gibson and first
place winner was Olivia Hiltz. Congratulations to those three and to
everyone who gave a speech. Well done. The County Rally will be held
at Evangeline Middle School on April 12. We encourage everyone to come
out and show your support for the members from our club. This will
include speech and demonstration winners and junior and senior hosts
and hostesses. There will also be a poster contest involving the theme
‘Realize your 4-H Dream in 2014’. You can contact Mary Magee for more
information. Any members advancing from that level will move on to
Regional Rally which will be held April 26, 2014 in Hants County.
Hopefully spring will be here for our next meeting which will be held
April 15, 2014 at 6:30 pm at Somerset School. Look forward to seeing
you all there.
February 2014 Club Report by Megan Gibson - Club Reporter
At the last meeting of the Western Kings 4-H
Club held on Feb. 18,
2014, many things were discussed. We are looking forward to the County
skating party to be held at the Appledome in Berwick. Here is the
latest news and upcoming events for our club.
If you are a 9-12 year old member interested in going to Camp Rankin,
you should check the recent newsletter and start writing your 75 word
essay to apply for a chance to win a week at camp. Any members in
grade 12 who are interested in applying for a 4-H scholarship should
start working on applications and contact Mary Magee if you have any
questions.
As many of you know we decided to do the chocolate bar campaign again
this year and the bars have arrived. Please support our provincial
fundraiser. Even though it’s a long time away, judging at Bob Best’s
farm is coming up. It will be held on May 21. Judging is a requirement
to compete at the Nova Scotia 4-H Show.
A few exciting decisions were made at our last meeting. Christina
Palmer is our new treasurer. We would like to thank Brianna Hamilton
for being our past treasurer. A vote was held to select participants
for the Host and Hostess competition at the Kings County Rally April
12 at Evangeline Middle School in New Minas. Our Junior Hostess will
be Olivia Hiltz and Junior Host will be Nicholas Clarke. Senior
Hostess will be Brianna Hamilton. We do not yet have a Senior Host so
if you are interested please let Mary Magee know. Good luck to
everyone who will be representing our club. One more bit of exciting
news is that Breagh Ross was just chosen to go on the Garfield Weston
UK Exchange. Well done Breagh!
Ending off our meeting we had wonderful junior demonstrations and
senior speeches. The winners for the junior team demonstrations were
Katie Spicer and Thomas Clarke while the single demo winner was Emilee
Hirtle. Christina Palmer won the senior speech category. Great job to
everyone who participated!
On March 25 junior members 9 to 12 years old will present their
speeches at the Somerset School beginning at 6:30 pm. Cloverbud
speeches are optional. Look forward to seeing you there.
2014, many things were discussed. We are looking forward to the County
skating party to be held at the Appledome in Berwick. Here is the
latest news and upcoming events for our club.
If you are a 9-12 year old member interested in going to Camp Rankin,
you should check the recent newsletter and start writing your 75 word
essay to apply for a chance to win a week at camp. Any members in
grade 12 who are interested in applying for a 4-H scholarship should
start working on applications and contact Mary Magee if you have any
questions.
As many of you know we decided to do the chocolate bar campaign again
this year and the bars have arrived. Please support our provincial
fundraiser. Even though it’s a long time away, judging at Bob Best’s
farm is coming up. It will be held on May 21. Judging is a requirement
to compete at the Nova Scotia 4-H Show.
A few exciting decisions were made at our last meeting. Christina
Palmer is our new treasurer. We would like to thank Brianna Hamilton
for being our past treasurer. A vote was held to select participants
for the Host and Hostess competition at the Kings County Rally April
12 at Evangeline Middle School in New Minas. Our Junior Hostess will
be Olivia Hiltz and Junior Host will be Nicholas Clarke. Senior
Hostess will be Brianna Hamilton. We do not yet have a Senior Host so
if you are interested please let Mary Magee know. Good luck to
everyone who will be representing our club. One more bit of exciting
news is that Breagh Ross was just chosen to go on the Garfield Weston
UK Exchange. Well done Breagh!
Ending off our meeting we had wonderful junior demonstrations and
senior speeches. The winners for the junior team demonstrations were
Katie Spicer and Thomas Clarke while the single demo winner was Emilee
Hirtle. Christina Palmer won the senior speech category. Great job to
everyone who participated!
On March 25 junior members 9 to 12 years old will present their
speeches at the Somerset School beginning at 6:30 pm. Cloverbud
speeches are optional. Look forward to seeing you there.
4-H Member wins a prestigious scholarship.
Check out the article in the Kings County Register about Jill Lamb winning a prestigious scholarship.
Check out the article in the Kings County Register about Jill Lamb winning a prestigious scholarship.
January 2014 Club Report by Megan Gibson - Club Reporter
Starting off the New Year, the Western Kings 4-H Club had a busy
meeting on January 21st with many things being discussed. President
Logan Menzies talked about the Woodsman Competition and gave a great
explanation of the activities. Again this year there will be an
opportunity for club members to participate in the giant vegetable
growing competition. The vegetable will be cabbages which will be
judged by weight only. Alison Magee, the garden leader will be happy
to give growing tips if you are interested.
Any 9 to 12 year old 4-H members interested in going to Camp Rankin,
in St. Peter’s, Cape Breton should start working on their
applications. A scholarship will be available for one new camper in
Kings County who writes a short essay. Watch the mail for more
information.
Coming soon will be a delicious fundraising opportunity... chocolate
bar selling. This is an affordable, yummy and easy way to support 4-H
in our community. The profits will help support both local and
provincial 4-H activities.
Following the meeting everyone enjoyed listening to the intermediate
speeches and senior demonstrations. Congratulations to Brianna
Hamilton who won first place with her speech and to Tyler MacEachern
who placed second. Congratulations to Victoria and Mahala Brydon, our
first place senior demonstration winners. Well done to everybody who
participated. Junior demonstrations for members 9 to 13 and senior
speeches for those 16 to 21 will be held at the February meeting.
Junior and Cloverbud speeches will be coming up in March.
4-H families are reminded to get their skates ready for the upcoming
County skating party at the Kings Mutual Century Centre in Berwick on
March 7th from 8:00 to 10:00pm. It promises to be a great evening. The
next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be on February 18th
2014 at 6:30pm at Somerset School. Look forward to seeing you there to
enjoy the speeches and demos.
meeting on January 21st with many things being discussed. President
Logan Menzies talked about the Woodsman Competition and gave a great
explanation of the activities. Again this year there will be an
opportunity for club members to participate in the giant vegetable
growing competition. The vegetable will be cabbages which will be
judged by weight only. Alison Magee, the garden leader will be happy
to give growing tips if you are interested.
Any 9 to 12 year old 4-H members interested in going to Camp Rankin,
in St. Peter’s, Cape Breton should start working on their
applications. A scholarship will be available for one new camper in
Kings County who writes a short essay. Watch the mail for more
information.
Coming soon will be a delicious fundraising opportunity... chocolate
bar selling. This is an affordable, yummy and easy way to support 4-H
in our community. The profits will help support both local and
provincial 4-H activities.
Following the meeting everyone enjoyed listening to the intermediate
speeches and senior demonstrations. Congratulations to Brianna
Hamilton who won first place with her speech and to Tyler MacEachern
who placed second. Congratulations to Victoria and Mahala Brydon, our
first place senior demonstration winners. Well done to everybody who
participated. Junior demonstrations for members 9 to 13 and senior
speeches for those 16 to 21 will be held at the February meeting.
Junior and Cloverbud speeches will be coming up in March.
4-H families are reminded to get their skates ready for the upcoming
County skating party at the Kings Mutual Century Centre in Berwick on
March 7th from 8:00 to 10:00pm. It promises to be a great evening. The
next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be on February 18th
2014 at 6:30pm at Somerset School. Look forward to seeing you there to
enjoy the speeches and demos.
December 2013 Club Report by Megan Gibson - Club Reporter
My name is Megan Gibson and I am the new club
reporter for the Western
Kings 4-H Club. I am a grade 8 student at Berwick and District School.
This is my second year in 4-H and I really enjoy all of the
opportunities it gives for friendship, community involvement and
learning, especially all I have learned in the cake decorating
project. Our club has excellent leaders and offers a great variety of
projects.
On behalf of the Western Kings 4-H Club I would like to start by
thanking Tyler MacEachern for being a super club reporter. I will try
hard to fill his shoes in my new role this year.
Last month, or I guess you could say, last year the Western Kings 4-H
club met at the Woodville Hall for a Christmas party, meeting and
awards night. There was a great turnout. We would like to thank
everybody for sharing their delicious food and holiday enthusiasm.
Following the meal a club meeting was held. Although it is a long time
away preparations are beginning for 4-H Achievement Days. They will be
held from July 30th to August 1st at the Kings Mutual Century Centre
in Berwick. This is an exciting time for members to showcase their
hard work. Stay tuned for updates.
The New Year is the time for club members to do speeches and
demonstrations. This will start with intermediate speeches for members
13 to 15 years of age and senior demonstrations for those 14 to 21 at
the January meeting. Any members planning to present at the January
meeting should let Mary Magee know as soon as possible.
The club meeting finished with the presentation of awards and
celebration of the success of members throughout 2013. Top senior
member awards were given to Jessica D’Entremont and Olivia Sawler. Top
junior member awards were given to Victoria Brydon and Tyler
MacEachern. Congratulations to all members for the completion of their
projects and all their great work in 2013. Well done everyone!
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H club will be held on January
21, 2014 at 6:30pm at Somerset School. I hope that the New Year will
bring all the best to you and your families. I look forward to sharing
4-H news with you throughout 2014.
Kings 4-H Club. I am a grade 8 student at Berwick and District School.
This is my second year in 4-H and I really enjoy all of the
opportunities it gives for friendship, community involvement and
learning, especially all I have learned in the cake decorating
project. Our club has excellent leaders and offers a great variety of
projects.
On behalf of the Western Kings 4-H Club I would like to start by
thanking Tyler MacEachern for being a super club reporter. I will try
hard to fill his shoes in my new role this year.
Last month, or I guess you could say, last year the Western Kings 4-H
club met at the Woodville Hall for a Christmas party, meeting and
awards night. There was a great turnout. We would like to thank
everybody for sharing their delicious food and holiday enthusiasm.
Following the meal a club meeting was held. Although it is a long time
away preparations are beginning for 4-H Achievement Days. They will be
held from July 30th to August 1st at the Kings Mutual Century Centre
in Berwick. This is an exciting time for members to showcase their
hard work. Stay tuned for updates.
The New Year is the time for club members to do speeches and
demonstrations. This will start with intermediate speeches for members
13 to 15 years of age and senior demonstrations for those 14 to 21 at
the January meeting. Any members planning to present at the January
meeting should let Mary Magee know as soon as possible.
The club meeting finished with the presentation of awards and
celebration of the success of members throughout 2013. Top senior
member awards were given to Jessica D’Entremont and Olivia Sawler. Top
junior member awards were given to Victoria Brydon and Tyler
MacEachern. Congratulations to all members for the completion of their
projects and all their great work in 2013. Well done everyone!
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H club will be held on January
21, 2014 at 6:30pm at Somerset School. I hope that the New Year will
bring all the best to you and your families. I look forward to sharing
4-H news with you throughout 2014.
November 2013 Club Report by
Tyler MacEachern - Club Reporter
The Western Kings 4-H club met on November 19 at 7:00pm at Somerset school. Yuletides (Christmas magazine with recipes and crafts) are for sale again this year by members of our club and these yuletides make great stocking stuffers.
Members brought in more food bank items again this month. Well done everyone. The food will be put to good use during the Christmas season.
We were glad to hear that Melody Aalders is our new photography leader. 4-H members are selling Magazine Subscriptions, until 10 January 2014. These subscriptions will help raise funds for 4-H at the provincial, county and club level. The magazines are Rural Delivery, Atlantic
Beef + Sheep, Atlantic Forestry and, Horse and Pony. Top seller wins an Apple iPad mini worth $300ish and the top club wins $500. Mary has more information on this fundraiser.
We now have a new executive for our club.
Past President-Olivia Sawler, President-Logan Menzies, Vice-President-Brianna Hamilton, Secretary-Victoria Brydon, Treasurer-Christina Palmer and Club Reporter-Megan Gibson. Congratulations to our new officers.
Our Christmas party/meeting/awards night will take place on December 17 at the
Woodville Hall. It begins with a potluck supper. We will start dishing up at 6:30pm. Families are asked to bring a main dish, dessert or rolls, your own plates and utensils. Don't forget your
holiday enthusiasm for the games that will take place after the awards are handed out.
This is Tyler signing off with my last report before Megan Gibson takes over, so here is a 4-H fact: Did you know we have our own 4-H grace?
We thank Thee Lord for Blessings great, on this our own fair land.
Teach us to serve Thee joyfully with Head, Heart, Health and Hands.
Members brought in more food bank items again this month. Well done everyone. The food will be put to good use during the Christmas season.
We were glad to hear that Melody Aalders is our new photography leader. 4-H members are selling Magazine Subscriptions, until 10 January 2014. These subscriptions will help raise funds for 4-H at the provincial, county and club level. The magazines are Rural Delivery, Atlantic
Beef + Sheep, Atlantic Forestry and, Horse and Pony. Top seller wins an Apple iPad mini worth $300ish and the top club wins $500. Mary has more information on this fundraiser.
We now have a new executive for our club.
Past President-Olivia Sawler, President-Logan Menzies, Vice-President-Brianna Hamilton, Secretary-Victoria Brydon, Treasurer-Christina Palmer and Club Reporter-Megan Gibson. Congratulations to our new officers.
Our Christmas party/meeting/awards night will take place on December 17 at the
Woodville Hall. It begins with a potluck supper. We will start dishing up at 6:30pm. Families are asked to bring a main dish, dessert or rolls, your own plates and utensils. Don't forget your
holiday enthusiasm for the games that will take place after the awards are handed out.
This is Tyler signing off with my last report before Megan Gibson takes over, so here is a 4-H fact: Did you know we have our own 4-H grace?
We thank Thee Lord for Blessings great, on this our own fair land.
Teach us to serve Thee joyfully with Head, Heart, Health and Hands.
October 2013 Club Report by
Tyler MacEachern - Club Reporter
October was a very busy month and our kick off to a new year of 4-H for the Western Kings members. As most of you know we had a 4-H food drive/BBQ at Berwick Foodland on October 12th. Our goal was to raise 100 pounds of food for the Berwick Food Bank. We raised over 300 pounds of food that day. Plus, many members brought more donations on registration night. We would like to give a big thank you to the Gibson's for running the BBQ from
10am till 3pm. We would also like to thank Greg Pulsifer, Berwick Foodland and everyone who
came and showed their support.
10am till 3pm. We would also like to thank Greg Pulsifer, Berwick Foodland and everyone who
came and showed their support.
Photo originally appeared in the Kings County Register on 17 October 2013
Another event that took place was the petting zoo at the Berwick Farm Market. A big thank you goes to those who brought animals. We heard that many liked holding the chicken and petting the lamb.
October is registration month and Western Kings has over 16 different projects to choose from. Although members can register anytime, we would like to have the registration forms in
by the November meeting. Don't forget that both parents and members must sign the form. To get a list of projects check out our webpage, http://westernkings4h.weebly.com
We will be selling Yuletides again this year. If you were not at the meeting, talk to Mary to get yours to sell. They will probably be available by the time you read this report. We hope that there will be lots of people who will help support 4-H by buying a Yuletide from a 4-H
member.
As the proud national title sponsor of 4-H Canada's 2013 Centennial celebrations, Enbridge was hosting a special contest highlighting the creativity and originality of 4-Hers across the
country. The contest asks that members work together to ultimately build structures that
represent their club's vision for where 4-H is headed in the next century. We met after the meeting and had lots of fun constructing a bridge.
October is registration month and Western Kings has over 16 different projects to choose from. Although members can register anytime, we would like to have the registration forms in
by the November meeting. Don't forget that both parents and members must sign the form. To get a list of projects check out our webpage, http://westernkings4h.weebly.com
We will be selling Yuletides again this year. If you were not at the meeting, talk to Mary to get yours to sell. They will probably be available by the time you read this report. We hope that there will be lots of people who will help support 4-H by buying a Yuletide from a 4-H
member.
As the proud national title sponsor of 4-H Canada's 2013 Centennial celebrations, Enbridge was hosting a special contest highlighting the creativity and originality of 4-Hers across the
country. The contest asks that members work together to ultimately build structures that
represent their club's vision for where 4-H is headed in the next century. We met after the meeting and had lots of fun constructing a bridge.
Our next general meeting will be held at Somerset School on November 19th at 7:00. Food bank donations will be accepted at this meeting for the Berwick Food Bank for anyone who was
unable to donate earlier. New members are also welcome.
unable to donate earlier. New members are also welcome.
Septembre 2013 Club Report
by Tyler MacEachern - Club Reporter
A successful 4-H Provincial Show has just been completed in Bridgewater. Kings County members are to be congratulated on their fine showing. From the Western Kings 4-H
Club some of our top winners included Breagh Ross, Brittany Brydon , Sophia Clarke, Jessica
D’Entremont Victoria Brydon, Maggie Sarsfield, Logan Menzies, Eric Visser and Sophie Visser.
At our recent club meeting we decided to have a petting zoo at the final Berwick Farmers’ Market .Come check out the lambs, ducks and other interesting animals under the Big Apple on Thursday, October 10th from 3pm to 6pm. You can learn more about 4-H at the same time.
In celebrating 4-H’s 100th year the Western Kings 4-H club is trying to raise 100kgs of food by November for the Berwick food bank. Watch for more about this project coming soon.
Check out the Canadian 4-H website for information on “How 4-H will look in the future” ideas.
There is an opportunity to use a special deck of cards filled with 4-H trivia to build a vision of the future 4-H program. The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H club will be Tuesday,
October 15 at 7pm, where registration for the 2014 year will take place. New members are welcome. Some of this year’s project choices include beef, cake decorating, crafts, dairy, dog, exploring 4-H, floriculture, garden, draft horse, lighthorse, rabbit, scrapbooking, sewing, sheep and vet science. For more info telephone 538-8559 and check the website at www.westernkings4h.weebly.com.
by Tyler MacEachern - Club Reporter
A successful 4-H Provincial Show has just been completed in Bridgewater. Kings County members are to be congratulated on their fine showing. From the Western Kings 4-H
Club some of our top winners included Breagh Ross, Brittany Brydon , Sophia Clarke, Jessica
D’Entremont Victoria Brydon, Maggie Sarsfield, Logan Menzies, Eric Visser and Sophie Visser.
At our recent club meeting we decided to have a petting zoo at the final Berwick Farmers’ Market .Come check out the lambs, ducks and other interesting animals under the Big Apple on Thursday, October 10th from 3pm to 6pm. You can learn more about 4-H at the same time.
In celebrating 4-H’s 100th year the Western Kings 4-H club is trying to raise 100kgs of food by November for the Berwick food bank. Watch for more about this project coming soon.
Check out the Canadian 4-H website for information on “How 4-H will look in the future” ideas.
There is an opportunity to use a special deck of cards filled with 4-H trivia to build a vision of the future 4-H program. The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H club will be Tuesday,
October 15 at 7pm, where registration for the 2014 year will take place. New members are welcome. Some of this year’s project choices include beef, cake decorating, crafts, dairy, dog, exploring 4-H, floriculture, garden, draft horse, lighthorse, rabbit, scrapbooking, sewing, sheep and vet science. For more info telephone 538-8559 and check the website at www.westernkings4h.weebly.com.
July and August 2013 Club Report
by Tyler MacEachern - Club Reporter
Hello here’s your summer report from the Western Kings 4-H Club. This summer was very busy and successful for the Western Kings 4-H Club. Members participated in both junior and senior tours. Camp Rankin and the light horse boot camp had good attendance and were lots of fun. Tug of War competitions were also popular. Members are continuing to practise for the county team. The light horse group had three shows which went very well. Our Achievement days were a big success, as many of our members are now preparing for Pro Show on September the27th,
28th and 29th. For those of you who don’t know what pro-show is, it’s a provincial competition where the winners from a wide variety of projects compete against the 4-H members from all
around Nova Scotia who have also won at their county days. This year it will be held in Bridgewater. Everyone is invited to check out this impressive show of 4-H talent. There will be lots of displays paying tribute to the 100th anniversary of 4-H in Canada.
We would like to congratulate one of our members, Jillian Lamb for becoming the Queen of the Berwick Gala Days. Nice job, Jillian.
Now that our summer is over we are getting ready to begin our new year of 4-H. The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be September 17th at 7:00 pm. We will have a report on the Kings County Awards Night which is taking place September 14 at 6:30 in the Aylesford Fire Hall. The evening begins with a pot luck supper. Remember your own plates and cutlery to be kind to the environment. We will also continue our plans for Pro Show. New members are welcome to register at this meeting. They can also register at our October meeting which, like
most months, will be held on the third Tuesday of the month. Now, if you want to know more about our club and the different projects available, go online to our Western Kings 4-H Club web site at www.westernkings4h.weebly.com. Don’t forget that Nova Scotia 4-H members can enrol in a Personal Development Credit to receive a Grade 10 school credit which recognizes their 4-H work. We all look forward to an exciting 4-H year.
28th and 29th. For those of you who don’t know what pro-show is, it’s a provincial competition where the winners from a wide variety of projects compete against the 4-H members from all
around Nova Scotia who have also won at their county days. This year it will be held in Bridgewater. Everyone is invited to check out this impressive show of 4-H talent. There will be lots of displays paying tribute to the 100th anniversary of 4-H in Canada.
We would like to congratulate one of our members, Jillian Lamb for becoming the Queen of the Berwick Gala Days. Nice job, Jillian.
Now that our summer is over we are getting ready to begin our new year of 4-H. The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club will be September 17th at 7:00 pm. We will have a report on the Kings County Awards Night which is taking place September 14 at 6:30 in the Aylesford Fire Hall. The evening begins with a pot luck supper. Remember your own plates and cutlery to be kind to the environment. We will also continue our plans for Pro Show. New members are welcome to register at this meeting. They can also register at our October meeting which, like
most months, will be held on the third Tuesday of the month. Now, if you want to know more about our club and the different projects available, go online to our Western Kings 4-H Club web site at www.westernkings4h.weebly.com. Don’t forget that Nova Scotia 4-H members can enrol in a Personal Development Credit to receive a Grade 10 school credit which recognizes their 4-H work. We all look forward to an exciting 4-H year.
June 2013 Club Report
by Tyler MacEachern - Club Reporter
At the final meeting of the Western Kings 4-H Club for this season, there were many reports given including one on the successful fun days at Scotian Gold. Our petting zoo at the Berwick Farmers’ Market on Thursday afternoon was well attended. Everyone seemed to enjoy seeing
all the animals including a baby lamb, goat, ducks and a rabbit. The Oaklawn Zoo trip had to be postponed because of the weather. When it finally took place we had sunshine and warm
temperatures so it was worth the wait.
We had more volunteers come forward to help out at the Shur Gain Dog Fun Days held in June. It was lots of fun. Another event where our help was needed was the Burlington Days July 1st celebrations where there would be a petting zoo. We were also reminded at our meeting to drop in this summer and see the 4-H display at the Kentville museum. Don`t forget to sign your name and be part of the 100th Anniversary records.
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The 2013Kings County Joint Achievement Days will be happening in Berwick on August 1st and 2nd at the Apple Dome. Club members and their families are needed to build the displays at
Achievement Days and to be part of the cleanup crew. Achievement Days are open to the
public so mark your calendars and come check out the life skills projects, the livestock and the county competitions.
All record sheets are due to Mary by July 11th (except horse and those are due on July 14th, the date of the first horse show). There is also a Record Sheet competition and more information can be found on the 4-H web site.
Topics for the Young Speaker`s Competition are now available. Any members who are 16 or older and are interested in presenting a speech at Pro Show for a chance to attend the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto should speak to Mary.
After our meeting we did our road side cleanup. Among the many things we picked up we found hundreds of cigarettes butts, a tire and a spoon! After our community clean-up we were all treated to a pizza party and had a good time. The next meeting is in September on the 17th at Somerset School.
This is Tyler signing off until September with a 4-H fact. Did you know that Today, 4-H continues to strive to help the 35,000 members and 10,000 leaders across Canada
become exceptional community leaders? Worldwide, there are over 7 million members in 80 countries that belong to the 4-H program.
all the animals including a baby lamb, goat, ducks and a rabbit. The Oaklawn Zoo trip had to be postponed because of the weather. When it finally took place we had sunshine and warm
temperatures so it was worth the wait.
We had more volunteers come forward to help out at the Shur Gain Dog Fun Days held in June. It was lots of fun. Another event where our help was needed was the Burlington Days July 1st celebrations where there would be a petting zoo. We were also reminded at our meeting to drop in this summer and see the 4-H display at the Kentville museum. Don`t forget to sign your name and be part of the 100th Anniversary records.
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The 2013Kings County Joint Achievement Days will be happening in Berwick on August 1st and 2nd at the Apple Dome. Club members and their families are needed to build the displays at
Achievement Days and to be part of the cleanup crew. Achievement Days are open to the
public so mark your calendars and come check out the life skills projects, the livestock and the county competitions.
All record sheets are due to Mary by July 11th (except horse and those are due on July 14th, the date of the first horse show). There is also a Record Sheet competition and more information can be found on the 4-H web site.
Topics for the Young Speaker`s Competition are now available. Any members who are 16 or older and are interested in presenting a speech at Pro Show for a chance to attend the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto should speak to Mary.
After our meeting we did our road side cleanup. Among the many things we picked up we found hundreds of cigarettes butts, a tire and a spoon! After our community clean-up we were all treated to a pizza party and had a good time. The next meeting is in September on the 17th at Somerset School.
This is Tyler signing off until September with a 4-H fact. Did you know that Today, 4-H continues to strive to help the 35,000 members and 10,000 leaders across Canada
become exceptional community leaders? Worldwide, there are over 7 million members in 80 countries that belong to the 4-H program.
May 2013 Club report
by Tyler MacEachern - Club Reporter
On May 21 the Western Kings 4-H Club had its general meeting. A number of reports were given. The Glad Bulb planting for Cancer was very successful. Members learned a number of helpful tips about showing livestock at the Fluff and Buff event on May 18 and 19. Olivia
Sawler gave a report on her trip to the Citizenship Seminar in Ottawa. We had good participation at the Provincial Weekend in Truro. Katie Spicer placed third in the province for her speech “Ringette, One Tough Cookie”. Olivia Sawler was chosen second runner-up in the
hostess competition. Our junior woodsman team participated in the provincial event and the Harmony-Nicholsville senior team placed first in Nova Scotia. Congratulations to everyone.
We were pleased with the official opening of the 4-H exhibit at the Kings County Museum. There were over 60 people in attendance. The display looked very nice and Mayor Dave Corkum of Kentville, a couple of councillors and some other very important community members said a few words at the ceremony. The first Nova Scotia 4-H Hostess Connie Milne and the 2012 Hostess Brittany Brydon cut the cake. The 4-H booth at the Women’s Institute centennial event also went well. It was nice to see so many people celebrating the Institute’s 100th
anniversary. Other topics discussed during our busy meeting included our last cheese order for the season. The order is due on June 9. Contact Mary for more info.
It’s time once again for the Scotian Gold Fun Days on June 2 and workers are needed. Shur-Gain is also having a Fun Day later in June so we will need more volunteers to help out with that canteen and games. In Berwick on June 6 the Berwick Farmers’ Market will be open between 3 and 6 o’clock. We will be having a petting zoo. Volunteers are reminded to bring their animals. Just look under the” big apple” for some 4-H critters.
June 15 there will be a Picnic BBQ and a Zoo visit that will be beginning at 4:30pm. This is a county 4-H outing and a great opportunity to have fun with other 4-H families. Be on the
lookout for more information.
After our next meeting on June 11 we will be having a road side clean up and PIZZA PARTY! Members bring gloves and wear bright shirts or vests. For the pizza party you will need a glass for some drinks. Also come with some ideas for our Achievement Day display which will be held in August in Berwick.
This is Tyler signing off with a 4-H fact… did you know that 4-H is one of Canada’s longest-running youth organizations for young people between the ages of 8 and 21.
Sawler gave a report on her trip to the Citizenship Seminar in Ottawa. We had good participation at the Provincial Weekend in Truro. Katie Spicer placed third in the province for her speech “Ringette, One Tough Cookie”. Olivia Sawler was chosen second runner-up in the
hostess competition. Our junior woodsman team participated in the provincial event and the Harmony-Nicholsville senior team placed first in Nova Scotia. Congratulations to everyone.
We were pleased with the official opening of the 4-H exhibit at the Kings County Museum. There were over 60 people in attendance. The display looked very nice and Mayor Dave Corkum of Kentville, a couple of councillors and some other very important community members said a few words at the ceremony. The first Nova Scotia 4-H Hostess Connie Milne and the 2012 Hostess Brittany Brydon cut the cake. The 4-H booth at the Women’s Institute centennial event also went well. It was nice to see so many people celebrating the Institute’s 100th
anniversary. Other topics discussed during our busy meeting included our last cheese order for the season. The order is due on June 9. Contact Mary for more info.
It’s time once again for the Scotian Gold Fun Days on June 2 and workers are needed. Shur-Gain is also having a Fun Day later in June so we will need more volunteers to help out with that canteen and games. In Berwick on June 6 the Berwick Farmers’ Market will be open between 3 and 6 o’clock. We will be having a petting zoo. Volunteers are reminded to bring their animals. Just look under the” big apple” for some 4-H critters.
June 15 there will be a Picnic BBQ and a Zoo visit that will be beginning at 4:30pm. This is a county 4-H outing and a great opportunity to have fun with other 4-H families. Be on the
lookout for more information.
After our next meeting on June 11 we will be having a road side clean up and PIZZA PARTY! Members bring gloves and wear bright shirts or vests. For the pizza party you will need a glass for some drinks. Also come with some ideas for our Achievement Day display which will be held in August in Berwick.
This is Tyler signing off with a 4-H fact… did you know that 4-H is one of Canada’s longest-running youth organizations for young people between the ages of 8 and 21.
April 2013 Club report
by Tyler MacEachern - Club Reporter
At the April meeting it was announced that Breanna Tree won the Camp Rankin scholarship! Congrats Breanna. A report was given announcing those from our club who were going on to the Regional Rally being held in New Minas. County rally winners were in Junior Speech- Katie
Spicer, Junior Introducer-Sophie Visser, Thanker-Brennan Foote, Junior Team Demonstration-Nick Clarke and Matthew Spicer, Single Junior Demonstration-myself, Tyler MacEachern, Senior Speech-Emily Lamb, Senior Team Demonstration-Jessica D’Entremont and Olivia Sawler,
Olivia Sawler-Hostess. As you can see, our club did very well at the county rally. Congratulations everyone!
On May 3rd at 7:30 pm the 4-H display opens at the Kings County Museum in Kentville. If you don’t get a chance to view the exhibit that evening, be sure to drop in any weekday from now
until the end of August. “100 Years of Green in 2013’ covers moments from the early Boys and Girls Clubs to modern day 4-H. On May 4th at 1:00 pm we will be planting bulbs at Marg’s Glad
Gardens. This should only take an hour but don’t forget your gloves! May 10th-11th is provincial 4-H weekend in Truro. This is where all the speech and demonstration winners compete for the provincial titles, plus there are other fun 4-H events for those not competing. Olivia Sawler, Jessica D’Entremont and Katie Spicer will be representing our region at this event.
An important part of our projects in 4-H is judging. Our judging day this year is May 22nd, and it will be held at Bob Best’s Farm. 4-Hers, watch your newsletters for more info. Some other up-coming events to remember were also mentioned. They include: Scotian Gold Family Fun Day, June 2nd, and on June 23rd it’s “Dog Day at the Bark Park”! 4-H will be having a BBQ. Workers will be needed.
Our next monthly meeting is Tuesday, May 21 at 6:30 pm at Somerset Elementary School.
This is Tyler signing out with a 4-H fact. 4-H isn’t just a Nova Scotia organization. In fact, there are over 7 million members in over 80 different countries.
Spicer, Junior Introducer-Sophie Visser, Thanker-Brennan Foote, Junior Team Demonstration-Nick Clarke and Matthew Spicer, Single Junior Demonstration-myself, Tyler MacEachern, Senior Speech-Emily Lamb, Senior Team Demonstration-Jessica D’Entremont and Olivia Sawler,
Olivia Sawler-Hostess. As you can see, our club did very well at the county rally. Congratulations everyone!
On May 3rd at 7:30 pm the 4-H display opens at the Kings County Museum in Kentville. If you don’t get a chance to view the exhibit that evening, be sure to drop in any weekday from now
until the end of August. “100 Years of Green in 2013’ covers moments from the early Boys and Girls Clubs to modern day 4-H. On May 4th at 1:00 pm we will be planting bulbs at Marg’s Glad
Gardens. This should only take an hour but don’t forget your gloves! May 10th-11th is provincial 4-H weekend in Truro. This is where all the speech and demonstration winners compete for the provincial titles, plus there are other fun 4-H events for those not competing. Olivia Sawler, Jessica D’Entremont and Katie Spicer will be representing our region at this event.
An important part of our projects in 4-H is judging. Our judging day this year is May 22nd, and it will be held at Bob Best’s Farm. 4-Hers, watch your newsletters for more info. Some other up-coming events to remember were also mentioned. They include: Scotian Gold Family Fun Day, June 2nd, and on June 23rd it’s “Dog Day at the Bark Park”! 4-H will be having a BBQ. Workers will be needed.
Our next monthly meeting is Tuesday, May 21 at 6:30 pm at Somerset Elementary School.
This is Tyler signing out with a 4-H fact. 4-H isn’t just a Nova Scotia organization. In fact, there are over 7 million members in over 80 different countries.
March 2013 Club report
by Tyler MacEachern - Club Reporter
President Olivia Sawler called our meeting to order with the
4-H pledge. We discussed the cheese fundraiser. Cheese can be picked up on April 19. If you would like to place an order, contact one of our members by the end of May. Our final order of the season will be available in June.
We are doing a museum display in Kentville and are looking for historical items if you have any to loan. The items need to be at the Kings County Museum no later than April 15 as the display will be set up after that date. We are planning a special opening of 100 Years of
4-H Green at the museum on Friday evening May3 beginning at 7:30pm. Visitors are welcome to attend. If you can't make the opening, be sure to check out the celebration of 100 years of 4-H before the summer is over.
Every year we have a County Rally, where all the speech and demo winners from each club compete. As well, there are host and hostess competitions. This year's rally was held at L.E. Shaw School on April 6th. Winners from the County Rally go on to compete at the Regional Rally April 20th at Evangeline Middle School in New Minas. The
Regional winners will then compete at Provincial Weekend May 10th-12th in Truro.
There are a few other competitions coming up soon. One of the favourites is the Woodsman competition which will be held on April 28th in Harmony. This is a fun activity to watch. Fluff & Buff will be May 17th-19th. Members learn a lot at this event.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H club is April 16th at 6:30 at Somerset & District Elementary. This is Tyler signing off with a 4-H fact; Did you know that 4-H in Canada first started in Roland, Manitoba in 1913. The first clubs, known as Boys and Girls Clubs, consisted of sewing, cooking, gardening and livestock projects. They were formed for farm kids and focused on the quality of the project.
We are doing a museum display in Kentville and are looking for historical items if you have any to loan. The items need to be at the Kings County Museum no later than April 15 as the display will be set up after that date. We are planning a special opening of 100 Years of
4-H Green at the museum on Friday evening May3 beginning at 7:30pm. Visitors are welcome to attend. If you can't make the opening, be sure to check out the celebration of 100 years of 4-H before the summer is over.
Every year we have a County Rally, where all the speech and demo winners from each club compete. As well, there are host and hostess competitions. This year's rally was held at L.E. Shaw School on April 6th. Winners from the County Rally go on to compete at the Regional Rally April 20th at Evangeline Middle School in New Minas. The
Regional winners will then compete at Provincial Weekend May 10th-12th in Truro.
There are a few other competitions coming up soon. One of the favourites is the Woodsman competition which will be held on April 28th in Harmony. This is a fun activity to watch. Fluff & Buff will be May 17th-19th. Members learn a lot at this event.
The next meeting of the Western Kings 4-H club is April 16th at 6:30 at Somerset & District Elementary. This is Tyler signing off with a 4-H fact; Did you know that 4-H in Canada first started in Roland, Manitoba in 1913. The first clubs, known as Boys and Girls Clubs, consisted of sewing, cooking, gardening and livestock projects. They were formed for farm kids and focused on the quality of the project.
February 2013 Club report
by Tyler MacEachern - Club Reporter
Hi, this is Tyler MacEachern reporting in for Western Kings 4-H Project Club.
At the February meeting we talked about 4-H celebrating its 100th anniversary.
Our 2013 theme is 100 years of 4-H Green in 2013. We are planning a county display at the Kings Courthouse Museum in Kentville.
Readers, keep your eyes open for 4-Hers selling chocolate bars as this is one of our biggest fundraisers. Money raised supports such things as scholarships, travel awards, 4-H weekend, our big provincial show and Camp Rankin. Speaking of Camp Rankin, they are looking for new
counsellors so if you are 16 or over send your résumé to the 4-H office.
Junior members wishing to attend may apply for a Camp Rankin scholarship. They must submit an essay stating why they want to go.
We were reminded about the skating party at the Apple Dome on March 15th. Hot chocolate will be provided but families are asked to bring sweets or snacks to share. Free will offering encouraged. This will be a great opportunity to have fun with other 4-Hers in Kings County.
County Rally will be held in Avonport at L.E Shaw School on April 6th. Members
are encouraged to submit a hand drawn or computer generated poster depicting the 4-H theme, at this rally. There will also be lots of interesting speeches and demonstrations as well as the hosting competition. The public is welcome to attend. From our club, Logan Menzies and Olivia Sawler are competing for the title of senior host and hostess, and for the junior competition we
have yours truly and Alexis Benjamin. Also attending this event are our speech and demonstration winners from February's competition. The junior double demonstration winners were Nicholas Clarke and Matthew Spicer, junior single demonstration winner was yours truly and senior speech winner was Emily Lamb. The final speech participants attending County Rally from our club will be determined at our next meeting on March 19th at 6:30pm in Somerset
Elementary.
This is Tyler signing off with a 4-H fact. Did you know that, the 4-H colors are green and white?
Green is for youth, life and growth. White is for purity.
At the February meeting we talked about 4-H celebrating its 100th anniversary.
Our 2013 theme is 100 years of 4-H Green in 2013. We are planning a county display at the Kings Courthouse Museum in Kentville.
Readers, keep your eyes open for 4-Hers selling chocolate bars as this is one of our biggest fundraisers. Money raised supports such things as scholarships, travel awards, 4-H weekend, our big provincial show and Camp Rankin. Speaking of Camp Rankin, they are looking for new
counsellors so if you are 16 or over send your résumé to the 4-H office.
Junior members wishing to attend may apply for a Camp Rankin scholarship. They must submit an essay stating why they want to go.
We were reminded about the skating party at the Apple Dome on March 15th. Hot chocolate will be provided but families are asked to bring sweets or snacks to share. Free will offering encouraged. This will be a great opportunity to have fun with other 4-Hers in Kings County.
County Rally will be held in Avonport at L.E Shaw School on April 6th. Members
are encouraged to submit a hand drawn or computer generated poster depicting the 4-H theme, at this rally. There will also be lots of interesting speeches and demonstrations as well as the hosting competition. The public is welcome to attend. From our club, Logan Menzies and Olivia Sawler are competing for the title of senior host and hostess, and for the junior competition we
have yours truly and Alexis Benjamin. Also attending this event are our speech and demonstration winners from February's competition. The junior double demonstration winners were Nicholas Clarke and Matthew Spicer, junior single demonstration winner was yours truly and senior speech winner was Emily Lamb. The final speech participants attending County Rally from our club will be determined at our next meeting on March 19th at 6:30pm in Somerset
Elementary.
This is Tyler signing off with a 4-H fact. Did you know that, the 4-H colors are green and white?
Green is for youth, life and growth. White is for purity.
January 2013 Club report
by Tyler MacEachern - Club Reporter
The Western Kings 4-H club held their January meeting at the Somerset School. Some of the things discussed included Achievement Day information. Achievement Days for 2013 will take place August 1 and 2 in Berwick. We are looking for vice-chairs to work with this year’s committee, and become co-chairs for next year.
Also Kings County Council hopes to put together a tug of war team to compete this year. Practices will likely be held at VanOostrum's farm if there is enough interest in a team.
There is a scholarship available to send a 4-H'er to Camp Rankin in Saint Peter's, Cape Breton this summer. To apply, you need to write a short essay that will be read by a panel of judges. Watch your mail for the 4-H newsletter for more details.
To help raise funds to keep the cost of 4-H down, the Nova Scotia 4-H Council will be asking all clubs and members to participate in the chocolate bar fundraiser again this year. The money raised is used by the provincial council for many things, including Pro show, provincial weekend,
helping to fund scholarships, bursaries and award trips, as well as workshops. So make sure you buy a chocolate bar from a 4-H member!
Kings County 4-H’ers hope to participate in a skating party in March. This would be just for fun. Dates and times will be confirmed by the next meeting.
With all the winter weather we have been having, many people are looking forward to spring. 4-H members can check out the seed catalogues as the Giant Vegetable Competition for this year will be the longest zucchini. If you are a dog or mini horse member, you can reserve May 21 to attend a clinic in Lawrencetown.
We are pleased that two Western Kings members won trips. Logan Menzies will be participating in the Kevin Grant memorial tour and Olivia Sawler will be travelling to Ottawa for the National 4-H Citizenship Conference.
We were also informed that Grade 10 students may be eligible to get a school credit for their participation in 4-H. If anyone is interested in learning how to apply, they should check out
the 4-H website and speak to their school guidance counsellor.
After the general meeting we were entertained by our senior demonstrations and intermediate speeches. Demonstration winners were Olivia Sawler and Jessica D'Entremont. The Speech winner was Megan Gibson.
Our next meeting is Tuesday, February 19th at 6:30. Junior demonstrations for ages 9 to 13
and senior speeches for 16 to 21 year olds will take place. Parents and friends
are welcome.
Also Kings County Council hopes to put together a tug of war team to compete this year. Practices will likely be held at VanOostrum's farm if there is enough interest in a team.
There is a scholarship available to send a 4-H'er to Camp Rankin in Saint Peter's, Cape Breton this summer. To apply, you need to write a short essay that will be read by a panel of judges. Watch your mail for the 4-H newsletter for more details.
To help raise funds to keep the cost of 4-H down, the Nova Scotia 4-H Council will be asking all clubs and members to participate in the chocolate bar fundraiser again this year. The money raised is used by the provincial council for many things, including Pro show, provincial weekend,
helping to fund scholarships, bursaries and award trips, as well as workshops. So make sure you buy a chocolate bar from a 4-H member!
Kings County 4-H’ers hope to participate in a skating party in March. This would be just for fun. Dates and times will be confirmed by the next meeting.
With all the winter weather we have been having, many people are looking forward to spring. 4-H members can check out the seed catalogues as the Giant Vegetable Competition for this year will be the longest zucchini. If you are a dog or mini horse member, you can reserve May 21 to attend a clinic in Lawrencetown.
We are pleased that two Western Kings members won trips. Logan Menzies will be participating in the Kevin Grant memorial tour and Olivia Sawler will be travelling to Ottawa for the National 4-H Citizenship Conference.
We were also informed that Grade 10 students may be eligible to get a school credit for their participation in 4-H. If anyone is interested in learning how to apply, they should check out
the 4-H website and speak to their school guidance counsellor.
After the general meeting we were entertained by our senior demonstrations and intermediate speeches. Demonstration winners were Olivia Sawler and Jessica D'Entremont. The Speech winner was Megan Gibson.
Our next meeting is Tuesday, February 19th at 6:30. Junior demonstrations for ages 9 to 13
and senior speeches for 16 to 21 year olds will take place. Parents and friends
are welcome.
December 2012 Club Report
by Tyler MacEachern - Club Reporter
Hi!
My name is Tyler MacEachern and I am the new club reporter for the
Western Kings 4-H Club. At our most recent meeting we had a Christmas
party and a delicious pot luck with lots of food. 84 people showed up
despite the wintry weather to enjoy the great meal.
Our leaders handed out certificates that show us our achievements.
This was also fun because we got our trophies which everyone loves.
Congratulations to the top junior member Brianna Hamilton and the top
senior member Brittany Brydon.
During the business part of our meeting we made plans for a national
contest called Shout Out for Agriculture. This will be fun for a worthwhile
cause.
2013 is the 100th year of 4-H in Canada. It all started in Manitoba.
We are doing a county display at the Kings County Museum to honour
the great things that 4-H has done and is continuing to do. Watch for
more information about this as spring approaches.
Our evening ended with the much loved balloon game and a cool visit
from Santa. All in all everything went according to plan. Our next
meeting is Tuesday, January 15 at the Somerset Elementary School
beginning at 6:30pm. Senior members ages 14 to 21 will have the
opportunity to present their demonstrations and intermediate speeches
for ages 13 to 15 will also be held. Parents are welcome to attend.
November 2012 Club Report
by Nicholas Clarke - Club Reporter
A new 4-H year is underway for the Western Kings 4-H Club. Members gathered at the Somerset School to review recent events and to plan upcoming activities. Vice President Olivia Sawler congratulated the many County trophy winners from our club. Special congratulations were
extended to Brianna Hamilton top junior member, Nicholas Clarke top club reporter, and
Brittany Brydon contribution award and Daisy Ward Memorial winner.
Our petting zoo at the final Berwick Farmers' Market was successful. The sheep, rabbits and ducks proved to be very popular. They were on their best behaviour.
November is National 4-H Month. One of the ways that we plan to celebrate is by bringing donations to our next meeting for the Berwick Food Bank.November 7 is 'Celebrate Your Colours' Day across Canada. Members and friends show their support of 4-H by wearing green and
white on that day.
Another way to support 4-H is by buying a Yuletide magazine from one of our members. The Yuletides have yummy recipes just waiting to be made, and then to be eaten of course.
Registration forms are due at our next meeting. Some of the projects .available this year include beef, dairy, dog, exploring 4-H, floriculture, garden, the great outdoors, horse, photography,
rabbit, scrapbooking, sewing and sheep. There are opportunities to learn about judging, running meetings, public speaking and making new friends. For more infomation telephone 538-8559.
Our next meeting is Tuesday, November 20 at the Somerset Elementary School beginning at 7:00 pm. We will have a short presentation about the Clean Annapolis River Project. Remember
indoor footwear and please don't forget something for the Food Bank.
extended to Brianna Hamilton top junior member, Nicholas Clarke top club reporter, and
Brittany Brydon contribution award and Daisy Ward Memorial winner.
Our petting zoo at the final Berwick Farmers' Market was successful. The sheep, rabbits and ducks proved to be very popular. They were on their best behaviour.
November is National 4-H Month. One of the ways that we plan to celebrate is by bringing donations to our next meeting for the Berwick Food Bank.November 7 is 'Celebrate Your Colours' Day across Canada. Members and friends show their support of 4-H by wearing green and
white on that day.
Another way to support 4-H is by buying a Yuletide magazine from one of our members. The Yuletides have yummy recipes just waiting to be made, and then to be eaten of course.
Registration forms are due at our next meeting. Some of the projects .available this year include beef, dairy, dog, exploring 4-H, floriculture, garden, the great outdoors, horse, photography,
rabbit, scrapbooking, sewing and sheep. There are opportunities to learn about judging, running meetings, public speaking and making new friends. For more infomation telephone 538-8559.
Our next meeting is Tuesday, November 20 at the Somerset Elementary School beginning at 7:00 pm. We will have a short presentation about the Clean Annapolis River Project. Remember
indoor footwear and please don't forget something for the Food Bank.