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The Elbert Creekside 4-H Christmas meeting was called to order at 3:15 p.m. on Dec. 6 by club president Colten Rohleder. Following the pledges, Travis Cayou, club secretary, took the attendance. He did not have a current secretary’s report. McKenna Henderson, the Treasurer, gave the whole club her treasurer’s report, followed by the youth council report given by Kort Henderson.

Kort informed the club that the youth council has decided to cancel a few of the pins for Pride Awards, because of the budget. The club filled gift bags for the Elbert area senior citizens and also sang “Happy Birthday” to our December babies in the club, Caleb Brown, Anna Fisher, Tawni Strachan, Aubri Strachan and Kodi Henderson. The club also sang to those of us who had November birthdays and couldn’t make it to the previous meeting.

As a reminder, the deadline for 4-H re-enrollment is January 1.

The National Western Stock Show is January 9-24. The Henderson family will be showing a number of animals at the National Western.

There is a Goat Leaders’ meeting at 6 p.m. on Jan. 13 in the Ag Building. New Family Orientation is at 7 p.m. on Jan. 13 at the Ag Building. There is also a Cloverbud Meeting at 6 p.m. on Jan. 28 at the Ag Building as well.

The Creekside 4-H Club will be coordinating a Cloverbud Cake Decorating Meeting at 6 p.m. on Feb. 25 at the Ag Building in Kiowa. Ben Duke, the club’s main leader, asked for volunteers to help that night. Additional details will be given at the January meeting. New Member Enrollments are due Jan. 30.

Following the regular business meeting, presentations were done by Chase Atkinson, Isabella Boleng, Tawni Strachan, and Travis Cayou. Chase did his on Roping, Isabella on Poodles, Tawni on the Stress Gene in Swine, and Travis on Showing a Goat. The meeting was adjourned at 3:45 p.m.

Our next meeting will be at 3 p.m. on Jan. 3 It will be held at the Elbert Christian Church.