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4-H group cooks quiche from scratch

Rose Lake Miocene 4-H Club provides community with some inside information on club expectations of its youth.
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Rose Lake/Miocene 4-H Club members Shaylin Leclerc (left)

Brenda Fan Wyck

and Jaydan Taylor

Special to Tribune/Advisor

Hello fellow citizens of Williams Lake and area.

I have a 4-H update for you.

The Rose Lake Miocene 4-H Club has a total of 46 members this year!

We are the biggest club in our district. Our district includes Canim Valley, Springhouse, Highland, Big Lake, Chimney Valley, Lone Butte, and Horsefly.

In total there are 134 4-H members registered in our district.

Do you know what a CCIA tag is?

First of all, CCIA stands for Canadian Cattle Identification Agency. A CCIA tag is a tag that is pierced into the ear of an animal before leaving its farm of origin. The tags are normally used for cattle, sheep, and swine. These tags have something called RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) so the tag can be read by a transmitter simply by scanning near the tag.

On every tag there is also a specific number. These numbers are very important for tracking your animal. Without these tags, the animals will not be allowed to be shown or sold. So for those of you 4-H members who  are raising an animal, make sure you get your CCIA tag numbers to your leaders as soon as possible.

Another part of a 4-H member’s responsibility is completing record books. For every project we take on in 4-H we have to fill out a record book. Record books document all sorts of information. For example, weight charts.

These charts track the weight of your animal from birth until it is sold. There are a couple other charts that you will see in a record book like feeding charts (charts that show the ration of feed given to your animal on a monthly basis), expense charts (charts that show what you buy for your animal, where, how much it costs, etc.), and training charts which are helpful for recording time, date and progress made when raising your animal.

It is very important to keep not only a record book, but a well documented record book because these record books tell you everything you need to know about your specific project.

These record books can tell you simple information like the breed of your animal, to complex information like the rate of gain your animal made per day.

Competition record books are an even more detailed, formal, and informational record books that are optional to fill out.

With these record books 4-H members compete with them (hence they are called ‘competition record book’). These competition record books have the same information as the record books required but, competition record books require a separate binder, a title page, pictures of yourself, your project, and several 4-H events you attended, a list of all functions you attended, the name of the club you are in, and show and sale standings.  The more information put into a competition record book, the better it is.

The Rose Lake Miocene foods project group had a successful meeting with their foods leader, Marg Benner. She led the group in making quiches (from scratch). We also learned a bit about serving food properly, and canning. The quiches turned out excellent...of course!

As I have mentioned before, the Rose Lake Miocene 4-H club speeches are Saturday, Feb. 22. We are all wound with excitement to present our speeches and move on with the rest of the year. Speeches and demonstrations seem to be a more stressful thing to do in 4-H because of the shyness we all have inside of us. None-the-less, we are very happy to present our speeches and demonstrations to you if you will come. This event is also a potluck so if you plan to come bring your appetite.

We really hope to see you there!