Articles By Author - Terri Kimble
Local, Oxford grads set fine example
The bell tower chimes 10 a.m. on a beautiful Saturday morning in Oxford, as hundreds of black-robed graduates march across the courtyard following a bagpiper.
4-H alumnus to chair Relay for Life
Five years ago, an eighth grade 4-H'er came up to me at Relay for Life, excitedly telling me how 4-H should have a team.
Oak Hill goes green with 4-H Health Rocks and Kohls
Despite strong competition from several schools, Oak Hill Elementary again topped the charts in Newton 4-H this year.
4-H summer camp spots are filling up
Spring fever has hit, and we're only weeks away from the long days of summer.
4-H'ers qualify for state BB gun tournament
I spent Saturday morning sitting on the back of a pickup at the Walton County Agricultural Center, listening as the 4-H'ers and parents sat around in safety orange T-shirts waiting on each shooter's turn.
Kimble: 4-H'ers place at District Project Achievement
Forty-five Cloverleaf 4-H'ers in the fourth through sixth grades competed at District Project Achievement this year. Each researched, wrote and presented a 4- to 6-minute illustrated talk on a topic of his or her choice. They presented in club meetings, at County Project Achievement and at District Project Achievement.
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Archive By Author - Terri Kimble
4-H'ers continue recycling, earn state award
That's right-in under five years, with your help, we have recycled 10,000 books back into our own community.
Kimble: Forget your troubles, remember your blessings
You're late for another deadline. There are 16 emails waiting for responses with more coming in every time you turn around. Two programs need to be scheduled, but the calendar is already packed. The phone is ringing...
Newton County 4-H roundup
Every time I say we're in our busiest part of the year, an even busier month comes along. The fall is packed with 4-H events and activities, but it's never too late to come out and join us. With early voting going on downstairs in our office, we're sure thinking about the citizenship and leadership parts of 4-H. I'm excited to see the number of 4-H'ers who have accompanied their parents to the polls. If ...
A call to leadership for 10th and 11th graders
Do you know a sophomore or junior in high school who shows leadership potential? Maybe she's a student working at your business, and she always goes that extra step around the job. Perhaps he's volunteered on projects in your civic organization or church, and you notice he's always interested in being involved. These students are probably active in school or community organizations but may or may not be officers. She has a good work ethic ...
Oak Hill leads the way for 4-H success
Eight years ago, Oak Hill Elementary 4-H clubs began winning their series of "School of the Year" trophies for 4-H work.
Middle school sisters practice leadership, service, speaking
"If you have a free Saturday, you don't have to sit around 'vegging' out in front of the TV or computer; you can be part of something special in our community," said Kacie Gartner, a Liberty Middle eighth grader.
Happy 4-H week!
We hope you'll join in the festivities as we celebrate 108 years of 4-H in Newton County. Today is 4-H National Youth Science Day, when 4-H'ers across the country will build robot prototypes to solve an ecological disaster. Your family can test their engineering design skills by downloading the guide at 4-h.org/nysd or emailing tkimble@uga.edu. The County 4-H Council created eco-bots on Monday with the help of Rockdale County 4-H Program Assistant Robin Turi, and ...
Oak Hill sets the standard
In the lobby of Oak Hill Elementary, the trophy case is packed full of recognition. In barely more than 10 years since opening, the students, faculty and staff have earned a variety of trophies, but eight bear the 4-H logo.
4-H’ers on target with firearm safety
On my trip to Australia, I traveled with a scrapbook of 4-H'ers favorites. Favorite foods, favorite bands and favorite 4-H activities. One page showed off three sisters' decoratively painted BB guns, while another page featured a seventh grade 4-H'er at the state BB tournament. Our 4-H Project S.A.F.E. (Shooting Awareness, Fun and Education) team teaches youth age 9 to eighth grade shooting safety and marksmanship each year through BB practice and competitions. In a country ...
4-H’ers, 4-H’ers everywhere!
Newton 4-H is bursting at the seams, literally. At both the county council meeting, and the home school meeting, we used every chair in the office and still had 4-H'ers sitting on the floor. Our meeting room was so packed, I couldn't even get a photo with everyone at once. Want to find out what's attracting so many youth to 4-H? Come join us and find out as we meet in an even larger room ...
Don’t trust everything you read online
A teacher told me this week, "If only students remembered lessons as well as commercials." Perhaps we should convert science and history into TV commercials to improve test scores. Thankfully, State Farm is helping drive home one of the research lessons I teach each year: don't trust everything you read online. The commercial features a woman telling her friend, "They can't put anything on the Internet that isn't true." It's a fact she read "on ...
4-H’ers honored at annual banquet
If you compare the photos side by side, you'll spot differences between those first 4-H winners back in 1905 and those of today.
Lasting 4-H connections
One of my 4-H'ers said that she has attended school with the same people for 12 years. At school, people decided who she was a long time ago, and she feels like she can't do much to change their image of her. But at 4-H events, she can be anyone she wants to be - and boy does she shine. I felt much the same in school, living for each 4-H event to be that ...
Kimble: Box up the books for a good cause
Who remembers the little stuffed animal mouse tucked into a hole in the wall at the children's library? I've heard those murals are still painted on some of the walls over at the building near the square where so many of my generation spent the summer checking out towering stacks of books and listening to library programs.
Kimble: 4-H kicks off another year
I have a nomination for Georgia Public Radio's "Atlanta Sounds" segment: the sound of new 4-H'ers reciting the 4-H pledge for the first time.
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