PerryBuilt Family

4-H isn't just for raising livestock. I was in  4-H  when I was a kid from the age of nine all the way up until 15 and I should've stayed in longer. Yet, contrary to popular belief, I never raised any livestock. COMMUNITY MEETINGS I did learn how to participate and a formal meeting. Roberts rules and all… As a parent, having children in 4-H also learning the skills, can be painful to watch, but what a valuable skill it is to give them the confidence to participate in community meetings in the future. To know they bring their opinion to the table and have a confidence to speak in public. Just this year when beach junior guards was threatened to be canceled my daughter stood up at the city Council meeting and asked them to keep the program in place. Without 4-H, I don't know if she would've been confident enough to take that podium and speak in front of that room full of people. They are asked to create an agenda, come up with event ideas for each month in a

I just heard on the radio about a meeting about ground water metering.  This concerns me as a homeowner who is on a well and this regulation will effect me and my neighborhood.  I think this is a controversial issue.  There are many issues with our ground water supply and protecting it.  When I bought my house, the well wasn't deep enough to provide water for a single family home.  Once a new well was drilled, we finally had adequate water supply.  Additionally, there is maintenance: testing if you are drinking the water and filtering out hard minerals, iron, etc. that can stain. Here's a recap from what I could put together from the mid county ground water website .  Please visit it for more info. Past Concerns In the past few years we have been experiencing a drought and that water supply has been questionable.  Many neighbors had to get water delivered once their well ran out of water for the season if their wells weren't deep enough on the water table.  If your ne