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Can you properly identify over 60 tree types? Or estimate how many 16-foot boards could come from a standing tree? The youth you see pictured have learned to do that plus so much more! They represented Barbour County’s as the first ever 4-H Forestry Team and competed at the state level at Oak Mountain State Park. These youth have been meeting since January for classroom and on site in the woods training, learning about tree identification and measurement, compass traverse, insect and disease identification, topographic maps, and forest evaluation.

Recently, Eufaula High School cheerleaders received skills instruction from three instructors from V!ROC. This camp taught them many new stunting skills, safety rules and credentialed them to compete for the 2022-23 season.

Barbour County 4-H members attended 4-H Summer Camp at the Alabama 4-H Center in Columbiana, AL.June 15-17 Through the Alabama 4-H Foundation, they all received scholarships from the Carl Thigpen Summer Camp Endowment and the Alabama Civil Justice Foundation. The campers stayed in dorms and activities kept them busy from sun up until sun down! Outdoor activities included archery, the climbing wall, the giant swing, kayaking, paddleboarding and swimming.

The Clayton Senior Center members were on the road again June 16th to the Farmer’s Market in Eufaula to use gift cards. The gift cards were sent to them from the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program.

When 77 percent of voting Alabamians passed a statewide amendment to improve our 21 state parks, they did us a favor. Of the $85-million bond approved, $80 million will go toward modernizing the parks and investing in infrastructure to improve them. The funding will make the parks more profitable and improve their position as premiere tourism destinations.

Rashema Warren, a native of Eufaula, is the Mental Health Coordinator for Eufaula City Schools. She has worked with the Eufaula City Schools since 2016. Her duty in her new role as the Mental Health Coordinator is to ensure a successful transition for students from elementary to middle school and middle school to high school. She addresses the social and emotional obstacles of atrisk students to identify the appropriate intervention and prevention. Her goal is to equip students and their families with strategies that will allow them to make responsible decisions in various situations they encounter and help increase the quality of their community living.