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Wednesday, April 13, 2011 The Kings Mountain Herald FARM CAMPS: become new ‘reality’ for 4- H students photos by EMILY WEAVER: Sam Faucher, left, and Rachel Faucher, right, check out a baby goat held by Jenna Peeler. BELOW, Allie Stumbo, at. | milks a goat with Nick Chimento at a petting zoo at SonRidge Farm on Friday. ‘Camp schedule at SonRidge Farm April 18-22: Intermediate - open to kids in Cleveland and Lincoln counties April 25-29; Intermediate (Gaston County) May 16-20: camp open to . homeschoolers in all coun- ties June 13-17: Lineoln County July 11-15: Shelby July 24-29: Cleveland County Aug. 1-5: Gaston County The regular farm camps running during the summer will have the following Free Family Days: May 21: 5-7 p.m. (Home- school children, families of any county) June 18: 8-10 a. m. (Lin- coln County) Aug. 6: 8-10 a.m. (Cleve- land and Gaston counties) For both intermediate farm camps in the spring, they will share a family day on April 30, 5-7 p.m. (Cleve- land, Lincoln and Gaston counties). Call SonRidge Farm at THANKS for Making Us #1in North Carolina insurance products only in FL. for 20 straight years. i missed the squirrel, o10)¢ not Lg] {1 0 Accident & Minor Violation ® Forgiveness Part of On Your Side Rewards ® CALL ME FOR A QUOTE TODAY John Caveny 210 East King St. | Kings Mountain (704) 739-3953 cavenyj@nationwide.com Nationwide’ On Your Side Auto Home Life Business [ liated Companies, Nationwide Life Insurance Company. Home office: Columbus, Ohio 43215-2220. . Source: AM BEST 2008 Combined Lines PC. ©2008-2011 Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and a Nationwide, the Nationwide Framemark and On Your Side are federally registered service marks of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. Not available in all states. 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Griffin Drug Center 704-739-4721 129 Mountain St., Kings Mountain, NC Serving Kings Mountain since 1919 with friendly, or reflux -- into the Lunch Served LR REE Yes, Burgers at 8 a.m.! 704-734-0809 or email: mail@sonridgefarm.com to check days and times before: coming to the farm as camps and family days may be can- celled due to weather or low enrollment. For more information, contact Cleveland County 4- H at (704)482-4365 or Gas- ton County 4-H at (704)922-2110. FROM Page 1 laughingly fed bottles of milk to hungry baby goats, took turns milking a goat and fed the animals. There were many smiles. Allie thought about tak- ing the petting zoo and farm tour concept one step further. “What about having a week- - long camp?” she thought. She went to the 4-H agency and talked to them about her idea. The youth de- velopment orgamization, - which for years has chal- lenged kids to “learn-by- doing” in the areas of science, citizenship and healthy living, liked the thought. The first class was set with a limit of 10 -12 stu- dents. Over 40 participants signed up. Excited public re- sponse and heavy enrollment led to three weekly camps in 2010. Nine camps have been scheduled so far this year at SonRidge Farm. Intermedi- ate camps for older kids and last year’s participants will begin next week. Similar to the 4-H’s horse curriculum or dairy steer program, campers learn the basics of goat showing. They are assigned a goat to care for and learn about, and at the end of the week they present their goat to the judges and receive a grade. Allie takes the lead in planning the lessons for the camps in conjunction, with the 4-H agency that publi- cizes the events and registers the campers. Her 14-year- old sister Jonie and brother Stephen, 17, also help out. Stephen, a beekeeper and blacksmith, leads the campers in forgework and beeswax projects. Farm Life 101 campers begin their day at 9 a.m., feeding the baby goats their bottles. Then it’s off to horseback riding and forge- work. Several other tasks and farm chores throughout the day, including games of “find the llama piles” in the pasture, enrich the campers experiences. They learn how to make It's a rebate, iy | toppe f 77% NOME COMPORT Dave Lennox 9350 PREMIER DEALER Dilling Heating Company, Inc. 1250 Linwood Road, Kings Mountain, NC 28086 email: dillingh@bellsouth.net 704-739-3446 Proudly serving our customers since 1955 L soap, lip balm and laundry detergent and each partici- pant keeps a blog of what they did that day. The camp days end at 3:30 p.m. and the week ends with a pizza feast, made by the campers with their very own mozzarella cheese. Intermediate campers in the “Reality” farm camp will spend more. time working with the animals each day, starting at 7 a.m., doing the chores on the farm as they normally are done in “real time”. They will arrive each morning to milk the goats, feed the babies, finishing all morning chores before they come together to eat break- fast cooked with products from the farm. They may participate in shearing, cas- trating, disbudding, and pos- sibly even kidding the animals. They will enjoy riding horses, learning how ) Page 5A to use a spinning wheel, making nails in the forge, following along as the camp ‘blacksmith forges a knife from beginning to end dur- ing the week of camp, mak- ing Feta cheese and soft goat cheese, in addition to other farm related activities. Jonie also runs mini day camps for ages 4-8 years old. The mini day camps are held two weeks in April and May on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Many of her campers are homeschooled. The mini camps involve simple tasks, © like milking a goat, feeding the baby goats, gathering eggs and crafts. “It’s a perfect micro-dose of farm camp for the little ones,” Mary Ann said. Allie is also thinking of holding a “Survivor: Son- Ridge” event in early Fall. Offer expires 6/3/2011. *Rebate offer i$ valid only with the purchase of qualifying Lennox® products. **See dealer for details and visit www.energystar.gov for more information on the cr heating and cooling equipment. © 2011 Lenriox Industries Inc. See your participating Lennox dealer for details. Lennox dealers include independently owned and operated businesses. edit guidelines and list of qualifying
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