M a c o n C o u n t y 4 - H 4 7 8 ) 4 7 2 - 7 5 8 8 M u q i t a L u m u m b a 4 7 8 ) 2 8 6 - 0 0 0 6 c e l l

J u n i o r /S e n i o r D P A 2 0 1 7 h a s b e g a n w i t h t h e r e l e a s e o f

t h e p o r t f o l io s f ro m n i n e o f o u r 4 - H m e m b e r s . R e p r e -

s e n t i n g M a c o n C o u n t y t h i s y e a r a r e 4 J u n i o rs ; o n e 7 t h

g r a d e r a n d f o u r 8 th g r a d e r s b u t o n e o f t h e m d r o p p e d

o u t . F o r t h e f i r s t t i m e i n m y t e n u r e a t 4 - H , w e h a v e

f o u r 4 - H S e n i o rs p a r t i c i p a t i n g i n D P A. T h e s e e i g h t

4 - H ’ e r s h a v e w o n h a l f t h e b a t t l e b y s u b m i t t i n g th e i r

p o rt f o l i o s a n d n o w t h e y w i l l h a v e t o c o n q u e r t h e o t h e r

h a l f o f t h i s p r o c e s s a t C a m p R o c k E a g l e . O n S a t u r d a y

F e b r u a r y 4 , 2 0 1 7 t h e y w i l l p r e s e n t a s p e e c h a n d p o s t -

e r o r g i v e a m u s i c a l p e r f o r m a n c e i n f r o n t o f j u d g e s .

T h e s e a r e b r a v e , d e d i c a t e d a n d t a l e n t e d 4 - H

m e m b e r s . Go o d l u c k t o t h e m a l l ! ! !

4-H Drum Club & The AATM Band Macon County is so

very talented and one

of the ways that 4-H has show-

cased it’s talents is through

music. We are so blessed to

have two bands in our 4-H

club. We have the Drum Club

and the Double ATM Band.

Both bands were invited to

perform at the NAACP Ban-

quet at the Preston Williams

center in Montezuma for the

second year in a row. They

gave an outstanding perfor-

mance again this year. The

Drum Club performed first

with Butta (Jhai’Tarriance

Banks) leading the club and

Jakwon Mclendon beating on

the pots with his amazing

rhythm. Caleb Forbes and his

AATM Band was perfect and the

audience loved them. The Drum

Club also performed for the

Seniors Citizens of our county at

the Riverview Senior Center in

Oglethorpe last month. We are

becoming popular within our

county and more organizations

are requesting our musical ser-

vices. In February on the 11th,

we will perform at the Flint Riv-

er Farm School Heritage Festi-

val; please come out and sup-

port your fellow 4-H’ers.

Performers: Jhai’Tarriance

Banks, Caleb Forbes, Trevor

Jackson, Jakwon Mclendon,

Jace Mclendon, Justin Perkins,

Isaiah Perkins, Ja’Sasha Joiner,

Jalen Jones & Demarkis Webb

7th grade - Justin Mcleroy

8th grade - Porshauna Draines,

Chance Simpson & Derick Harri-

son

9th grade - Justin Perkins

10th grade - Jhai’Tarriance Banks

& Caleb Forbes

11th grade - Trevor Jackson

4-H Cloverleafs (4th - 6th grade) will be BEACH bound this summer as we

make our way towards Savannah to Tybee Island for a wonderful experi-

ence. 4-H’ers will tour the Tybee Island Light House and Museum, the

Marine Science Aquarium, go shopping on Tybee Island, enjoy lots of

Ocean swimming, take a cruise along the Savannah River for dinner and

dancing, tour the Haunted Historical sites of the city of Savannah on a trol-

ley ride, search for crabs, play basketball and of course there is that great fun on the beach. Clover-

leafs will leave Macon County on Monday morning June 5 and return on Friday June 9, 2017.

Junior 4-Her’s (7th & 8th graders) will also be BEACH bound this summer. They will be going to

Jekyll Island to one of the South Georgia’s Barrier Islands. This camp is newly renovated and ready

for action. You will compete for the Captain’s Bell, participate in outdoor classes and nature center,

dancing, sports, games, the beach, a bike ride though the Historical District to buy ice cream, canoe-

ing, and a day visit of fun at the Summer Waves Water Park. You will leave on Monday July 3 and

return on Friday July 7, 2017. Make sure you get your deposit fee paid to reserve your space.

Senior 4-H camp will be held at Rock Eagle this summer. If you choose to take this camp challenge,

you will be amongst the first Seniors to attend 4-H Summer Camp from Macon Co.in many years.

As Seniors you will have much more freedom then you had as a Cloverleaf or Junior. Rock Eagle is

the largest 4-H camp in the world. There are newly renovated cabins, 2 swimming pools, the best

food of all the camps, talent shows, games, dancing and of course meeting new 4-H’ers in your own

age group. You will travel to Athens, Ga. to visit the University of Georgia and it’s stadium.

*All Macon County 4Her’s will have an opportunity to raise money towards the pay-

ment of camp by selling Vidalia onions in the upcoming months.

Call Ms. Lu at the 4H office for more info @ 478)472-7588 or 478)286-0006 cell*

4-H Basketball Club Working Magic With great attempt, the youth of Macon County have stood up to be counted for 4-H Basketball. Last

year on January 15th, the first basketball club meeting was held at the 4-H office. There was a guest appear-

ance from the Houston County Program Assistant Vincent Thomas who is the founder of our basketball

league. Now that we are going into our second year of basketball; it all falls on Coach Keontaye Brown who is

only in the 10th grade. We are still in the infancy stage, however the players have excellent potential. The

club has been meeting every Monday at the Oglethorpe gym. They will have it’s first game of the season on

Thursday January 26 against the Taylor County recreation department. This game will host ages ten and un-

der but there will be games for the older players in the future. Our members as well as our Coach are partici-

pating simply for the love of basketball. We would like to thank Vincent Thomas for his vision of a 4-H Bas-

ketball Club and for his contributions to Macon Co. 4-H basketball club.

We must not forget our wonderful Dancers/Cheerleaders. There are several of them that pop in and

out of the club. This club was founded by Raven Duncan and with her directions and guidance this club has

grown each year and it’s now being managed by Treveyon Brown. Two of the young ladies performed a Praise

Dance at the Riverview Senior Center in Oglethorpe for the 4-H Christmas Concert. (Celena Fiythe and

Ni’Kyriah Oliver). Celena is extremely talented and is able to create her own choreography. Macon County

4-H is so blessed to have so much talent amongst it’s members.

Basketball Team Dancers/Cheerleaders

*Coach Keontaye Brown *Manager Treveyon Brown

Jhai’Tarriance Banks Kendalyn Fudge

Shatorri Brown Celena Fiythe

Jace Mclendon Trenity Jolly

Jakwon Mclendon Zy’Kemmia Brown

Ja’Sasha Joiner Ni’Kyraih Oliver

Demicus Fudge Jerniya Jackson

Jorge Martinez

Christopher Lake

Willie McDonald

Derek Harrison

Desmond Williams

Ja’Shaun Banks

Calen Lindsey

Jamal Ford

Keontaye Brown Vincent Thomas

105 Sumter Street

Oglethorpe, Georgia 31068

Court House Annex Building

Phone: 478) 472-7588

Cell: 478) 286-0006

Email: mlumumba@uga.edu

T O M A K E T H E B E S T B E T T E R

M a c o n C o u n t y 4 - H

We’re on the Web!

georgia4h.org

All After School Specialty Club Meetings Are Held At The Macon County 4-H Office

Muqita Lumumba

AKA *Ms. Lu*

Macon County 4H

January/February 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

22 23 24 25 26 MCHS /

Basketball Game 27MCES 28 Jr/Sr DPA

Party 12-6pm

29 30 MCMS 31 MCMS 1 2 3Jr/Sr DPA @

Rock Eagle

4Jr/Sr DPA @

Rock Eagle

5Jr/Sr DPA @

Rock Eagle 6 Basketball 7 Garden Club

4-5:30pm

8 Drum Club

4–6pm

9 Drum Club

4-6pm

10 AA History

Film & Discussion

11Flint River

Farm Drumming

12 13 Basketball 14 15 16 Gaming

Club 4-5:30pm

17AAHistory

Film & Discussion

18

19 20 Basketball 21 Art Club 22 CL DPA

Workshop

23 Cook Club

4-7pm 24AAHistory

Film & Discussion

24