Articles with the Tag: Lake County 4-H
When dogs meet, tails wag, noses sniff and friendships are formed. Cats? Not so much. Separation is key. In Wednesday’s cat show, a few glares were exchanged, and possibly a hiss, but overall the well-mannered felines kept their claws to themselves. Exactly how do you train a headstrong ...
RONAN — 4-H kids will be bringing their steers, breeding stock, goats, sheep and swine plus tack boxes, water buckets, brushes and show halters to the Lake County Fair on July 30. To honor kids who take especially good care of their larger animals and keep the barns clean, the Northwest Count...
RONAN — The Lake County Fair is underway with 4-H participants showing animals and anticipating Thursday’s market sale, which begins at 7 p.m. A buyer’s recognition dinner precedes the sale at 5:30 p.m. Showmanship and judging continues through Sunday. On Wednesday, Swine take the stage ...
News from Montana State University Extension office POLSON – Cody Grant, 4-H member in Polson, helped the Montana 4-H shooting sports team win top places in the National 4-H Shooting Sports Invitational Tournament in Grand Island, Neb. Grant was a member of the Shotgun team. “The c...
RONAN — MSU extension agent Jack Stivers said Lake County’s 4-H program is one of the best in the nation, offering a youth development program seeking to educate and grow the valley’s kids. “If I was to sum it up in a couple of words, it’s an educational program outside...
RONAN — Small droppings marked the trail to the petting zoo Thursday — right up the concrete steps and through the doors of the St. Luke Extended Care Facility in Ronan. Custodians, nurses and aides didn’t mind keeping tabs on little messes, because the heifer, the pony, the bunnie...
POLSON — Summer for some rising high school seniors might entail a summer job or some serious Flathead Lake time, and Cody Grant might be one of those students. But he’s also heading to the 2013 National 4-H Shooting Sports Invitational in Grand Island, Neb., for four days of shooting on June 23-...
4-H members from across the state of Montana gathered in Helena recently to learn more about the legislative process. Traveling from Lake County were members Rafe Fangsrud, Alanna Carlson and Phillip Vaughan. Also attending were leaders Annette Carlson and Amy Vaughan, with MSU Lake County Extension Agent No...