Gordon County 4-H SAFE Shooting Sports Teams compete at State
bers of the shotgun team attended district competition in Union County on April 16. To qualify for state, 7th and 8th graders must shoot 16 out of 25 targets and high schoolers must shoot 20 out of 25 of the targets. Six of the Gordon County 4-H team members qualified for state competition. These six 4-H’ers: Robbie Arnold, Joshua Collis, Will Hobberchalk, and Monte Moraitakis, Hunter Payne, and Cody Schild attended state competition on May 7 at Rock Eagle 4-H Center, with junior team member Joshua Collis shooting an individual score of 23, and the five senior team members shooting a combine score of 86 out of 100. Pictured at district competition (LR) are: Cole Story, Cody Schild, Hunter Payne, Ed Chance (coach), Caleb Hunt, Will Hobberchalk, Robbie Chance, Monte Moraitakis, Mark Kirby (coach), Robbie Arnold, Jacob Mulkey, Gracy Sexton, Doug Ralston (coach), Jazmine Ralston, Joshua Collis, Gabrielle Ralston, Jeremy Collis (parent volunteer), and Darren Sexton (parent volunteer).
For more information about the Gordon County 4-H SAFE Shooting Sports Program, please contact the Gordon County Extension Office at 706-629-8685, visit our website at ugaextension.org/gordon, or like Gordon County 4-H on Facebook.
The first Saturday of the annual 4- H Rabies clinic brought out record numbers with over 325 dogs and cats getting vaccinated. In addition to Rabies shots, other vaccines were available at discounted prices as well as deworming, nail trimming and heartworm test certificates. If you missed the May 7 clinic, you have a chance to get your animals vaccinated this Saturday, May 14 on the west side of the county route. The locations are as follows: 8 - 9: 30 a. m. at W. L. Swain Elementary School; 9: 45- 10: 45 a. m. at