Goat News – Dates to remember…

FEBRUARY 5th - QUIZ BOWL TEAM MEEETING eMAIL lori_greenacres@yahoo.com with any questions.

FEBRUARY 10th - GDC Meeting @ 7pm @ MSU Extension. We will be finalizing plans for the Goat Fun Day event as well as working on the Lowell Youth 4-H Goat Show.


• MARCH 21 - Annual Goat Fun Day event at MSU Extension Office. Registration at 10 am and we expect to end about 3pm. This year we will have 2 speakers, Quiz bowl, reading table, kid’s corner, tasting event, learning lab, etc…. Questions to Lori at lori_greenacres@yahoo.com

• APRIL 14 – Goat Developmental Committee meeting @ 7pm @ MSU Extension (meeting is open to all goat families!) Questions to Lori at lori_greenacres@yahoo.com

• APRIL 25 – State Goat Expo @ MSU Anthony Hall in Lansing. Kent County has a Jr. & Sr. Team preparing for the State Quiz Bowl event this year! Questions to Glenda Kilpatrick at kilpatri@msu.edu

• JUNE 13 – Lowell Youth 4H Goat Show sponsored by the GDC @ the Fair Grounds. Questions to Katie Bartholomew at rodtenabartholom@earthlink.net

Notice the Fair Dates for this Year!

Just a reminder for those of you who think Fair is always the first full week in August - it isn't. It is always 4 weeks before Labor Day. That makes Fair August 10-15, 2009.
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FAIR IS AUGUST 10-15, 2009

you can check out their website at www.kcfg.org

Pot Pie & lego are looking for a good home!

Pot Pie is a 7 year old pure breed Oberhasi doe and Lego is a 4 year old LaMancha wether located in the Rockford area.

Pot Pie has been shown at fair for years by a youth who is now heading off to college. Both goats are very sweet and friendly - good with children of all ages. Please contact heatherdepp@yahoo if you are interested.






This request was posted via GDC Secretary lori_greenacres@yahoo.com

Yes - GDC is meeting tonight

Tuesday, January 13th @ 7pm @ the extension office is our regularly scheduled GDC (Goat Developmental Committee) meeting.

If you are unable to make it and would like to comment or a copy of the minutes, please eMAIL lori_greenacres@yahoo.com

Thank you.

Quiz Bowl is beginning February 5th!

1.8.08 ANNOUNCEMENT to ALL KENT COUNTY GOAT FAMILIES


Quiz Bowl Team is beginning on February 5th!

The 2009 Kent County Goat Quiz Bowl Team is open to any 4-H youth in Kent County. We may be able to have a Sr. and a Jr. Team this year - depending on the number of participants we have. The team will be meeting twice a month in February, March & April – with the State Goat Expo event being held on Saturday, April 25, 2009.

Mark your calendar for our initial meeting for Thursday, February 5th from 7-8pm at my home in Cedar Springs (sorry the extension office is booked full). This will be a brief meeting to set up the Team(s), review general rules, schedule future meetings, decide on t-shirts and assign areas of specialty for studying.

If you think you might be interested – please let me know. I’ll be happy to answer any questions you have and even if you choose not to do the quiz bowl you can still participate in the other State Goat Expo events. Please eMAIL me at Lori_greenacres@yahoo.com

Additional Information can be found under the “2009” link on our website - http://goatdevelopmentalcommittee.blogspot.com

PS - Congratulations again to our 2008 4th place Team (it was our first year too!) Looking forward to a great 2009!