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  • Birds of Play, Cool Threads 4-H Clubs participate in activities

    TanAn Hollenback, Reporter|Updated Apr 14, 2016

    The Birds of Play and Cool Threads 4-H Clubs met Saturday morning, April 2 at the Ritzville City Park for a photography workshop. Our teacher, Barbara Heimbigner taught us how to properly compose a picture so we could improve our future pictures. We learned about the rule of thirds and rule of golden triangles. She had us take some pictures and then talked to us about the good points and how we could improve. Members taking part were Destiny Phelps, Gemini Correll, LeinHoa...

  • 4-H’s Birds of Play hosts meeting

    TanAn Hollenback, Reporter|Updated Dec 24, 2013

    Birds of Play 4-H club held a GPS meeting on Friday, Nov. 29, in Washtucna. The club had coordinates for five geocaches and followed the first one to Eternal Rest, Bemis Cemetery. Jake Sitton was able to tell us more about the early days of the cemetery. After locating the geocache and signing it we headed for the next one. We found Limbow, Cupid’s Cousin and Shoveling Wheat Seed. Then we went to the German Methodist Cemetery and found the geocache hidden there. Some of the tombstones we could not read so our leader Scott H...

  • Tellefson leads 4-H workshop

    TanAn Hollenback, Reporter|Updated Nov 7, 2013

    Cool Threads 4-H Club hosted other 4-H’ers interested on learning to make duct tape flowers on Saturday, Oct. 19, at the Ritzville Public Library. TyAnn Tellefson, a 4-H member from Warden, taught a group of 18 people to make duct tape flowers. The group ended up with a variety of decorated pens, barrettes, magnets and a ring. LienHoa Hollenback and Melanie Spivey served refreshments of cupcakes in honor of their birthdays....

  • 4-H clubs conduct joint April meeting

    TanAn Hollenback, 4-H Club Reporter|Updated Apr 11, 2013

    Members and leaders of Birds of Play and Cool Threads 4-H Club held a joint meeting on April 1. First they painted their outhouses and planters. Scott Hollenback reviewed the GPS with them, how to program and how to follow the information to find geocaches. The group then loaded up and headed toward Benge. The first cache found was Sons and Daughters of Pioneers. Scott told the group about the grave there. The club then found the Benge-Washtucna, Drip Drip, 99105, a hike down the old railroad bed to find Switch Back and then...