Letters from Beth

I love sending and recieving letters! I was thinking about this today as I wrote a few letters to my friends. I really do enjoy writing personalized cards and mailing them. I guess it's because I know how much it makes me happy to get something in the mail and it's so cool to think that I can make someone else that happy by doing something I love! So, if you would like to get a letter from Beth (lol) then email me your address at homeschooled_horse_lover@yahoo.com! I would be more than delighted to send you one!

Centest Results and Newspaper Article

You can find out how my team did in the horse quiz bowl competition as you read the newspaper article below that I wrote and sent in to the Walton Tribune.

Walton County 4-H Horse Quiz Bowl Senior Team Places 5th

Saturday, January 15th, The Walton County 4-H Horse Quiz Bowl Senior Team came in 5th in the state horse quiz bowl competition at the Rock Eagle 4-H Center in Eatonton, GA. The team was made up of Beth Eavenson, Leah Grimes, Tori Jones, and Michelle Whiten. They were accompanied by their coach, Mrs. Sarah Grimes, and Walton County Extension Agent, Mrs. Judy Ashley. Horse quiz bowl is a competition where teams of four (sometimes five if you have an alternate) buzz in and answer questions about horses. The competition uses a double elimination bracket system. In preparation for state competition the team wrote, practiced and memorized questions about horses and the horse industry. They learned about everything from Arabians to Shires (horse breeds), strongyles to strangles (parasites and diseases), Secretariat to Peter McCue (famous horses) and everything in between. Now that the horse quiz bowl season is over for these 4-Hers, they will begin preparing for Horse Judging and Hippology (the scientific study of horses). Practices will start in March. If you would like more information about these upcoming practices and competitions contact the Walton County Extension Agency at (770)267-1324.

By Beth Eavenson.

Horse Quiz Bowl Competition 2011!

Tomorrow is the big day! Early in the morning Tori, Leah, Michelle, Mrs. Judy, Mrs. Sarah, and I will be on our way to Rock Eagle 4-H Center for the state horse quiz bowl competition. Once there we will put our knowledge to the test and hopefully show off our skills. All season we have written, read, practiced, and memorized hundreds of questions all about horses. We've studied everthing from Falabellas to Shires, equine periodic opthalmia to laryngeal hemophlagia, stongyles to strangles, and everything in between! Here's the best part! If we win we get to go to Denver, Colorado for the national horse quiz bowl competion. How awesome would that be???? The answer is: VERY, VERY AWESOME! I pray that we remember all we've learned, stay calm, and do our best. So, wish us luck and try to answer this quiz bowl question: Why must you cansider the age and size of the rider when purchasing a horse?