County Success at the Regional Goat Show

Seven Rutherford County 4-H'ers competed in the Central Region 4-H Market Goat Show held at the Bedford County Fair on Saturday, July 26.

All together they brought home 10 blue ribbons (out of 35 classes)! They also accumulated four seconds, three thirds, four fourths, and two fifth place awards. Sara Beth Young was also chosen as the Reserve Champion in the Junior High Showmanship Class.

Pictured at the right are (from l to r) Catherine, Tristan, Emily, Hunter, Abigail, Sara Beth, and Tanner. They are exhibiting some of their show goats that won the "Best County Group of Five" award.

Congratulations to our goat club exhibitors!

4-H Livestock Show Season

Even though 4-H is more that "Cows, Plows, and Sows," livestock show have always been a major part of the 4-H history. Caring for and showing livestock teachs 4-H'ers many useful qualities like responsibility, dedication, and determination just to name a few.

Follow this link to see pictures from this year's Rutherford County 4-H livestock show as well as a few pictures from the 2008 TN 4-H Beef Expo. http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=1AbOHDZw2ZMnHQ&emid=sharshar&linkid=link4

2008 TN Technology Camp Videos

Here are the rest of the videos submitted for the 2008 TN Technology Camp Video Awards:

The Cookie



Tech Camp vs Target SMART



The Snack Shack

2008 TN 4-H Technology Camp Video Awards

This year, more than 30 4-H'ers from across the state of Tennessee attended Technology Camp at Camp Ridley in Columbia, TN. While at tech camp, 4-H'ers learned about digital photography, GPS, rocketry, and digital video editing. Below are the short films that technology camp participants submitted for the Video Awards contest. All of these videos were shot with either a digital camera or a Flip or RCA Small Wonder digital camcorder and edited using MovieMaker.

Best Editing:The Worst Day at 4-H Camp



Best Screenplay: How to Clean Your Room



Best Picture: Camp Rules

One Million New Scientists One Million New Ideas

From 4-H Network News:

4-H Camp Talent Show

Here's a video of three of our counselors at last week's Junior 4-H Camp.

4-H Cooking Classes Offered

MURFREESBORO-The Rutherford County Extension office is offering 4-H Basic Cooking classes in July. There will be a class for 4th and 5th graders on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 and a class for 6th – 8th graders on Wednesday, July 30, 2008. These classes will cover the basics of measuring, baking and cooking terms. They will participate in cooking activities and will get to sample their dishes.

Both classes will be held from 9:30am to 1:00pm. They will be held at the Extension office at Lane-Agri Park, 315 John R. Rice Blvd., Murfreesboro. Each class is limited to ten youth. Cost is $5.00. Please call the Extension office at 898-7710 to register or for more information. Registration Deadline: July 8.