Submitted by Raina Lohse, 4-H project reporter
The members of the Lomond 4-H Club gathered for their annual club public speaking contest recently. The group includes judges Shyla Froshaug, Bailey Yuriy, Lisa Grills and Laura Hoimyr. The winners are, in each category, Cloverbuds, Andie Fradette in first and Brayden Wimmer in second. In the junior category, Heidi Fradette won first and Amy Fradette came second; in intermediate, Colby Durr won first, and in the senior category, Nolan Thackeray was first and Josey Robinson second.
The Lomond 4-H Homecrafts Club got together at Oungre Park with Naddy Stalwick and dyed Ukrainian eggs on Feb. 17. To make the eggs, you use bees wax to cover spaces on the egg you want to stay that certain colour.
The wax goes in a kistka, and when you melt the wax you can draw on the egg like a pen except it is wax coming from the tip, not lead or ink. The 4-H members started by drawing what their eggs would look like, then they drew their ideas on the egg.
They waxed the eggs on what they wanted to stay white, then they started dipping. You start dipping with the colour you have the smaller amount and go to the biggest, which is the colour you want your egg to be. When they finished dipping all the colours, Naddy took the eggs home to melt off the wax and blow out the eggs too.
At the next meeting, the 4-H members will get a picture with their dyed eggs. The members each dyed three eggs, and each member has one egg the same. They enjoyed snacks and fun, and said they can't wait till the next meeting.
The Lomond Homecrafts members got together with Bonnie Tytlandsvik at her house on Jan. 29 to bake cinnamon rolls.
First the 4-Hers made dough with water, yeast, sugar, eggs, salt, butter, milk and flour. Bonnie split it into four equal pieces so they could have their own batch to take home, and rolled out the dough in a ball to rise. While it was rising lunch was made with drinks of water.
After the dough had risen, they punched it and squeezed it to get out all the air and left it to sit for 15 minutes. Then the balls were shaped into a flat rectangle, and they spread butter, brown sugar and cinnamon on top. They also had the option to add raisins, nuts or apples.
They rolled up the rectangles to cut in eight rolls, and prepared the pan with lots of butter and corn syrup. They put the rolls in the pan and waited another 10 to 15 minutes for them to rise before they were baked. When the rolls were ready, they were put into the oven at 350F. The 4-Hers’ favourite part was smelling the fresh rolls out of the oven and eating them nice and toasty warm. They had lots of fun learning a new recipe to show their parents and families.
The Lomond 4-H club met at the Lake Alma rink for a Christmas party on Dec. 28. We had a potluck supper with salads, meat, vegetables and desserts.
A 4-H curling team was put together with Amy Fradette as the lead, Raina Lohse as the second, Jenna Tytlandsvik as the third, and Heidi Fradette as the skip. Lots of kids and parents enjoyed skating on the ice while the curling team started to practice. Later that night the curling team stayed a little later to have their very first game (glow in the dark) and their first victory.
The curling team curled in Stoughton at the 4-H regional playoffs. They ended up in third place, just missing out on qualifying for provincials.
