Thursday, February 15, 2007

Livestock Judging - Beef Heifers

Join the Rutherford County Livestock Judging Team as we go over the basics of judging beef heifers. For more information about joining our team, call 615-898-7710.

Monday, February 12, 2007

Public Speaking Contests


The Central Region's Sub-regional 4-H Public Speaking Contest was held Tuesday, February 6, 2007 at Hermitage Elementary School in Davidson County. Rutherford County was represented in all grade levels.
All of the participants did a great job and represented Rutherford County well.






From left to right: Austin Duke, 7th grade, participation award; Rebecca Gibbs, 5th grade, 3rd place; Lorne Woods, 6th grade, participation award and Hannah Lee, 8th grade, 3rd place.



The Central Region's public speaking contest was held on Saturday, February 10th, at MTSU in Murfreesboro. Rutherford County was represented by three senior 4-H'ers. Each participant gave a prepared speech that lasted from five to seven minutes. They each also had to give an extemporaneous (spur-of-the-moment) speech. Rachel Lee won at the 10th grade level, and will represent Rutherford County at the Sate Public Speaking Contest held in Nashville during the annual State 4-H Congress. Congratulations to all our participants!L to R: Beth Henegar, 12th grade participant; Elizabeth Henry, 11th grade 3rd place; Rachel Lee, 10th grade, 1st place; Mary Beth Lee, Central Region All Star Scribe

Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Goat Judging Video

We are pleased to offer this training video of goat judging. Stay tuned for more helpful videos from Rutherford County 4-H Network News!