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El Paso County 4-H Newsletter Page 15
Pals of the Pines 4-H Club—June
Pals of the Pines 4-H monthly meeting began as usual with our customary call to order and opening ceremonies. Brendan
Younger presented the youth council report. Quickly moving on, Jordan Trcka reported on poultry, Bella Roof on
rabbits, Christian Anderson on Miniature Horse, Ryan Trcka on gardening, and Brendan Younger reported on market
sheep and goats. Following project reports, our leaders gave announcements. Shooting sports has the county shoot this
month on June 23 and 24. There is a discount health certificate day at Ellicott on June 30 at a mere two dollars a head.
Barn cleanup will be held on July 14 th , for all animals. Then, we discussed County Fair, which will be on July 21-28.
Pete Anderson will coordinate the camping logistics. On July 20 th there will be the Tabletop Interviews in the Whittemore
building. Our club will be working the shifts in the Whittemore building on Sunday July 22, 4-6 pm. A new activity
we will be trying this year is the Chili Contest, which will be held on the Thursday of County Fair. At that time we
will also have our July meeting. Soon after Fair is the Black Forest Festival on August 11 th , where we will participate in
the Parade as well as have a booth. Our booth will have a lollipop tree and books for sale. The meeting was adjourned.
We then moved on to some incredible demos by market sheep, market goats, gardening, mini horse, and candy making.
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