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Taking in a little history about Route 66 during the 4-H Road
Trip. Connor Bunch (seated), Alyssa Followill, Garrett Dollins,
Brett Cheary and Conner Carroll.
By Carlee Robbins
Keeping on the move, Sat-
urday Perkins 4-H members
took pumpkins to Grace
Living Center and helped
the residents paint and
decorate pumpkins for their
dining area. We had time to
visit with the residents and
had a good time. Margaret,
one of the residents, said
that she was in 4- H and
that her major project area
was photography. That
was really exciting espe-
cially for those of us that do
have a project area in pho-
tography. Next, we stopped
at McDonald to donate all
the pop tabs we had col-
lected. We had an entire
brown grocery bag full! If
anyone has pop tabs they
would like to donate to the
4-H takes trip down Route 66
By Garrett Dollins feathers unless you have a and hike the nature trails
Several members of the permit. The Iowa Tribe has a for a couple of hours before
Sr. Perkins 4-H Club headed religious-use permit to gather we headed on west to the
out on a road trip Saturday, the eagle feathers as the eagles 4-H Centennial Corn Maze
October I0. Our first stop was loose them to be distributed to between Hydro and Weath-
the Grey Snow Eagle House tribal members to be use in erford. The maze was a
located north of the Iowa their cultural activities. The network of twists and turned
Tribe Complex. The Eagle feathers are slanted so one carved into a 7-acre cornfield
House currently is home to can tell which side they came designed to recognize 100
both bald and golden eagles, from. Left side feathers are years of Oklahoma 4-H.
Eagle bones are hollow used for religious activities Besides the corn maze, you
making them fight, but unable and the fight side are used could pick out your favorite
to re-break if injured and not for dancing. We also found pumpkin, visit the petting
healed together correctly. The out it is illegal to have any zoo, participate in the Corn
"eagles currently living there migratory bird feathers such Olympic Contest, eat a chuck
were found to be non-releas- as cardinal. As we finished Wagon Meal and end the
able due to theiz injuries, our tour, we climbed into the evening with a concert with
We learned eagles have van and headed to Arcadia Beautiful Chaos. By6:30p.m.
great strength in their talons on Historical Highway 66 to the temperatures had dropped
and can apply up to 1,000 lbs the round barn, built in 1898 to 36° and we headed back
of pressure per square inch by W.H. Odor and to Pops to home. We had a great time
and can take down a 40 pound check out the many different visiting all the places and just
deer. Bald eagles eat mainly sodas as we waited for our hanging out! We would like
fish, but will also eat carrion great lunch, to thank Megan Trope for the
(dead and decaying animals). After eating, we contin- tour and her time at the Eagle
Golden eagles will not touch ued our travels to Red Rock House. We are ready to go
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groundhogs, c'fi S; rabbits,
grouse, crows, pheasants,
snakes or other small animals.
Young eagles must be trained
to hunt by their parents. They
do not know instinctively how .
to do this.
Adult bald eagles have a
white head, neck and tail and
the young bald eagles are a
mixture of brown and white.
Golden Eagles are brown with
lighter brown on the head
and neck with the tail faintly
banded. Young golden eagles
feathers are more banded or
ribbed in color instead of
splotchy., like the bald eagle, mMake-pU aWi gs
It is illegal to have eagle
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Perkins-Yryon 4-H and FFA Booster Club
Students of the Week
Megan Beam Kelcea Cundiff Ginger Wall
Sr. 4-H Secretary FFA Secretary Jr. 4-H Secretary
Pork Chop Supper & Auction
Saturday, November 14
Meal 5:00 pm--Auction 6:30 p.m.-
Perkins Club, we will take Perkins 4-H Club to par- that, "the decisions you
themjustgiveusacall405- ticipate, make now are plannin~
612-0959. In the afternoon Over fall break there was a your life." The moral is it
we participated in the OSU 4-H Youth-in-Action (YIA) you make bad decisions
homecoming parade. Mem- leadership conference,now you are planning
bers from different clubs in Those attending from the bad life for yourself. If you
Payne County decoratedSr. Perkins 4-H Club was make good decisions you
a float the last two weeks Tanner Bridenstine, Garrett are planning for a success-
and walked beside it in the Dollins, Megan Beam and ful life. One goal of 4-H is
parade. We placed 2nd in Carlee Robbins. While we to teach and work with us
the Community category, were there we got to vote to help us make good deci-
It was lots of fun, waving on district officers. One sions and learn valuable life
and seeing all people. We of the things we learned skills. Also don't forget thal
had ten members from the while we were there was the PORK CHOP DINNER
elects new
Ripley 4-H met on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 and elected new officers for the 2009-
2010 year. The new officers are: President, Zach Ames, Vice-President, Levi Morris,
Secretary, Michaela Cranford, Song Leader, Aly Carpenter, Reporter, Jacob Ames, and
Game Leader, Michael Ames. Many activities and events are being planned for the
upcoming months. October is National 4-H Awareness Month and the club spent the
evening designing posters to hang up the school to promote 4-H and the many
opportunities that are offered by being a member Of 4-H.
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