Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

4-H Clubs Are Encouraged

If you are interested in giving your children every opportunity to grow and develop the Clark County Cooperative Extension Service suggests you have your children join a 4-H club. There are several in the county.

By belonging and participating youth acquire essential life skills through planned "learn by doing" experiences and that it will promote and develop leadership and civic mindedness in young people. 4-H is community based and family oriented. Therefore 4-H clubs will help build a better community, according to the Extension service.

4-H is one of the educational programs of the Cooperative Extension Service, University of Arkansas, and is open to all youth between the ages of 5 and 19.

The regular 4-H program is for youth ages 9-19 years old. The Cloverbuds program is open to youth ages 5-8 years old.

If you would like to become a member of 4-H or Cloverbuds or would like more information about 4-H in your community contact one of the adult leaders listed below to find out about the next meeting nearest you.

Hilltop meets in Gurdon in the Cabe Student Center at the high school the second Monday of each month. Vicky Lynn is the leader. She can be reached at 274-3463.

Terre Noire meets the first Monday at 3:30 p.m. in Gurdon in the Gurdon Municipal Building. Kathryn Burchfield is the leader. She can be reached at 274-3214.

Trinity meets the first Monday at 7 p.m. in the Trinity RCI building. Becky Baumgardner is the leader. Her phone number is 246-6849.

Four Leaf Clover meets first Thursday at 6:00 p.m. in Arkadelphia in the EHC kitchen at the fairgrounds. Marilyn May is the leader. She may be reached at 246-7354.

Shining Stars, Jackie Hernandez 246-5038, Arkadelphia third Monday at 7 p.m. at the Oakland Club House.

L'eau Frais, Dawn Russell, 366-4591, Manchester first Tuesday, Manchester Community Building.

For more information about the 4-H program drop by the office at 501 Clay Street in Arkadelphia, or call 246-2281.