Upcoming Events

All, hope this post finds you doing well. There are a couple of upcoming events I wanted to tell you about!

Tonight, we have our first Horse Elluminate Session at the Craven County Cooperative Extension Office from 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM. It is not too late to sign up! We will be discussing disaster planning for your horse farm. This is a free event and you do not have to own a horse to participate.

Next Wednesday, September 28, we will have Skill-A-Thon Practice from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM at the Jones County Cooperative Extension Office. The first competition is October 4 at 4:00 PM at the Wayne County Fairgrounds in conjunction with the Wayne County Fair. The next competition is Sunday, October 30 in Raleigh at the NC State University Beef Educational Unit.

The Coastal Carolina Agricultural Fair will run from October 13 - 22, 2011 at the Craven County Fairgrounds located off of Hwy. 70 headed towards Havelock from New Bern. If you would like to exhibit any livestock (poultry, cattle, sheep, goats) please email me at margaret_bell@ncsu.edu and I will send you an entry form.

If you have any questions please email me at margaret_bell@ncsu.edu. Have a great week! : )

2011 Horse Elluminate Series

Hope this post finds you all doing well! Cooperative Extension has a GREAT opportunity coming up for those of you who are interested in learning more about horses.

Please help me spread the word:

We will have the first Horse Elluminate Series this coming Tuesday night, September 20, 2011, at the Craven County Cooperative Extension Office from 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM. Elluminate is a computer-based learning module that will be taught by NC State University horse specialists. This is a great opportunity to learn more about various horse topics whether you are a horse owner or not. Elluminate is beneficial for horse 4-H clubs, horse enthusiasts, new horse owners and old alike. Please help me spread the word about this series so we can have a great turnout. The event is free. Please call the Craven County Cooperative Extension Office to pre-register for the series at (252) 633.1477.

Hope to see you all there! Please let me know if you have any questions. There will be more of this series as well.

Skill-A-Thon & Livestock Judging Practice

All, hope everyone is getting back into the swing of things this school year. We will be starting back practicing for Skill-A-Thon & Livestock Judging this week. We will meet at Karen Pike's house in Trenton tomorrow, Thursday, Sept. 15 from 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM. If you need directions, please email me at margaret_bell@ncsu.edu and I will provide you with them.

Competition will be held in October and we will discuss details of this at practice. We will start practicing every week starting this week. Once we meet this week, we will decide what times and days are best for everyone and go from there.

Hope to see all of you there and good luck this school year! : )