The October meeting of the Jesse James 4-H Club was held on October 20th at Evan and Logan Bly’s. Jenna VanHolland called the meeting to order and Blaire Ellefson led the flag pledges.
Secretary Logan Bly took the roll call by response to “Your Favorite Halloween Costume,” and read the September minutes. A motion was made by Evan Bly and seconded by Ty VanHolland to approve the September minutes.
Treasurer Ty VanHolland read the treasurer’s report; there were no outstanding bills.
Committee Reports and Old Business: Ty VanHolland reported on the club’s National 4-H Week activities including wearing 4H t-shirts to school. Members discussed building bat houses for the Garretson Parks Department. Evan Bly will purchase the materials and cut the wood. We will assemble them at our January meeting. A motion was made by Cooper Danforth and seconded by Logan Bly to move forward with the bat house project. Members were reminded that the 2019-2020 online 4H re-enrollment has opened and members can re-enroll at any time. The County Recognition Event is Nov. 17th at 2pm at the Flandreau Community Center. The Ebbing and VanHolland families will each bring a pan of bars.
New Business:
Officer elections for the upcoming year were held. Members voted Evan Bly as Vice President, Allison Ebbing as Secretary, and Lane Ellefson as Treasurer. Last
year’s Vice President, Jenna VanHolland, will become the club’s president. Club goals were discussed and members would like to exhibit at least 4 fair projects, sell $200 worth of fruit per family, and complete one project as a club. A motion was made by Ty VanHolland and seconded by Lane Ellefson to forgo club dues. The October and November Club service projects were discussed and the club will make Veteran’s Day cards to bring to the November meeting. Citizenship Washington Focus Applications have been emailed out and are due to the Extension Office by Nov. 1. YQCA Training at Moody County Extension Office will be held Dec. 30, 2019 at 10am. Members can register online.
Leader’s Meeting Announcements
Angela VanHolland reported that Moody and Lake Counties will combine for the County Horse Show. It will be held in Madison unless it is raining. Special foods will be held in Flandreau for the 2019-2020 year. Marlene is retiring and each club will need to make a short “thank you” video for her.
Junior Leaders Report
The next meeting will be held Sunday, October 27 at 5:30pm at the Extension Office.
The next meeting, hosted by the Danforth's, will be on Sunday, November 10th at 4:30pm at the Danforth’s.
Blaire motioned to adjourn the meeting and Cooper seconded the motion.
Respectfully submitted by Secretary Logan Bly
