Times Staff Report
Clay County residents are invited to let their creative juices flow as the Clay County Farm Bureau, Inc. Women and Young Farmers sponsor the Flower Show during the Clay County Fair.
Flower arrangements made by Clay County residents and members of Clay County Homemakers Clubs will be received in the Exhibit Hall at the 4-H Fairgrounds between 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 21. Late entries will be exhibited, but not judged. The flower exhibits will be released on Friday, 3-7 p.m.
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
Where Will We Get New Scientists?
The question has been asked and 4-H is answering with a bold new Web program.
By: Willie Vogt
Published: Jun 17, 2009
Science education is an important issue for the United States these days. On international measures American students are falling behind and many, by the time they reach high school, have lost interest in science. But global competitiveness requires a focus on science and technology for the future. And the group stepping up to answer the challenge has a long history of providing experience-based education for science - look no further than 4-H.
Putting together their heads, hearts, hands and health, as it were, the organization and a range of supporters have come together in a new movement they're calling Generation: Ag. As part of the rollout of the new effort, the group held an event at the Danforth Plant Science Center last week in St. Louis, Mo.
A distinguished panel of speakers was on hand to characterize the challenge facing global agriculture. "We cannot overstate the case that to thrive in the global economy, our children and grandchildren need science and technology," says James Borel, group vice president-agriculture, DuPont.
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By: Willie Vogt
Published: Jun 17, 2009
Science education is an important issue for the United States these days. On international measures American students are falling behind and many, by the time they reach high school, have lost interest in science. But global competitiveness requires a focus on science and technology for the future. And the group stepping up to answer the challenge has a long history of providing experience-based education for science - look no further than 4-H.
Putting together their heads, hearts, hands and health, as it were, the organization and a range of supporters have come together in a new movement they're calling Generation: Ag. As part of the rollout of the new effort, the group held an event at the Danforth Plant Science Center last week in St. Louis, Mo.
A distinguished panel of speakers was on hand to characterize the challenge facing global agriculture. "We cannot overstate the case that to thrive in the global economy, our children and grandchildren need science and technology," says James Borel, group vice president-agriculture, DuPont.
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