February Kids in the Kitchen

On Wednesday, February 17th, our Kids in the Kitchen group met to make pancakes.

We had a small but very enthusiastic group. We were delighted to have YaYa back as our instructor. Maggie Rennie and Gracelyn Missman were our two chefs for the day. Logan and Lillian Missman were our official taste testers. They held up their end of the job quite well.




Here Maggie is getting ready to pour the oil into our mixing bowl. Gracelyn explained to us that there are different kinds of oil. Here, we're using vegetable oil.

Gracelyn expertly poured in the milk to our egg and oil mixture while Maggie and YaYa looked on.

Here, Maggie shows us how much easier it is to get the flour out of the bag by standing up on a chair.

Don't laugh....it works!

Maggie shows Gracelyn how to stir the mixture together. Between the two of them, we had a nice smooth batter. Way to go girls!

Due to the extremely hot griddle, Yaya took over scooping the batter out of the bowl onto the griddle. We recommend that all young kids have an adult in the kitchen to help them when making pancakes.

Look at those delicious pancakes cooking on the griddle!

Here, Gracelyn is explaining to Maggie that you have to watch for the bubbles in the batter to go "pop, pop, pop" before you flip the pancakes.

Maggie is going to show us how to expertly flip a pancake while on the griddle.

Voila! Perfect, Maggie, just perfect!

Doesn't the finished product look yummy? Can't wait to dig in!

Maggie and Gracelyn show off their finished dish. Good job girls!

Add some maple syrup and something to drink and you have a delicious meal!

Just ask Gracelyn. That smile on her face shows us just how good they really are.

Maggie appears to agree!

Can't wait til next month when we do baked chicken nuggets!

See you there!

Calhoun County 4-H

Northeast District Livestock Show

Calhoun County 4-H and FFA youth competed in the Northeast District Livestock show in Verona recently.





4-H Meat Goat Judging Team I received 1st place in the Jr. Goat Judging competition. From left are C.J. Weddle, Mikayla Shelton, Julianna Cain and Todd Harrell. Harrell received High Scoring Individual Reason and Mikayla Shelton received 2nd place Overall Score Individual.

Calhoun County 4-H Meat Goat Judging Team II received 3rd place Team at the Northeast District Livestock Show. Ellen Harrell received 3rd place Overall High Score Individual. Abbigail Barefield received 3rd place High Scoring Reasons Score. Pictured from left are team members: Ellen Harrell, Abbigail Barefield and Madison Cox.

Carleigh Orr received 6th place with her Heavyweight II market goat, 2nd place with her Heavyweight III market goat, 2nd place Mediumweight II commercial doe goat, 4the place Mediumweight I commercial doe, 1st place Heavyweight II commercial doe, and Grand Champion Commercial Meat Goat Doe.

Hunter Barefield exhibited livestock at the Northeast District Livestock Show in Verona, MS. Hunter was selected to receive the 2010 Roy Cooper Sportsmanship Award. This award is in honor of Mr. Roy Cooper who as an Ag teacher who transported youth all over the state assisting them with their livestock projects. Hunter also received 7th place with his light heavyweight I market goat.

In addition, Mikayla Shelton won 1st place in Goat Showmanship, 1st place with her Mediumweight II market goat, 4th place Lightweight I market goat, 1st place Heavyweight II market goat, Champion Heavyweight market goat, 3rd place Mediumweight III commercial doe goat, and 7th place Heavyweight II commercial doe goat.

Abbigail Barefield received 4th place in Showmanship and 9th place with her Heavyweight I market goat.

Ellen Harrell received 6th place in Showmanship, 3rd place Lightweight II market goat, 3rd place Mediumweight I commercial doe goat, and 7th place Heavyweight I commercial doe goat.

Todd Harrell received 4th place with his Mediumweight II market goat, 4th place with his Mediumweight III and commercial doe.

Madison Cox received 5th place in Showmanship, 2nd place Lightweight I commercial doe goat, 4th place Lightweight I commercial doe goat, and 5th place Light Heavyweight I commercial doe.

Julianna Cain received 4th place with her Lightweight II market goat and 3rd place with her Lightweight I commercial doe goat.

C.J. Weddle received 5th place with her Lightweight II market goat, 1st place Heavyweight III market goat, 1st place Mediumweight I commercial doe, 1st place Light Heavyweight I commercial doe, 3rd place Heavyweight III commercial doe, and 5th place Heavyweight III commercial doe goat.

Congrats to all the winners! Calhoun County is so proud of all of our 4-H youth.

Calhoun County 4-H

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UPDATE RE: Congressional Awards

The State Congressional Award ceremony scheduled for February 21, 2010 has been postponed.

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