Jones County 4H Club References:
Jackson Wise Owls
Meets Last Sunday of each month
Location: Farm Bureau Building Basement, Anamosa
Leaders: Tami Moore, Jacki Luckstead, Connie Buck
Club Size: 25 members
Special Interests: Our club represents a very wide variety of project areas with 25 members.
Special Events/Family activities: Officer initiation/new member initiation/potluck, Christmas Party
Community Service Projects: HACAP food items donated each month, caroling & deliver Christmas boxes to shut-ins, clean up fairgrounds & football field
Other interesting facts about your club: We have an even mix of boys & girls, all ages and find a new and interesting activity to do with the 4H members every year.
Prairie Hill
Meets: 2nd Wednesday each month
Location: American Legion Hall-Monticello
Leaders: Mary Hogan, Shelly Monck, Becky Stahlberg
Club Size: 35 members
Special Events/Family Activities: Christmas Bowling, Camp Out
Community Service Project: Riverside Gardens, food for food pantry, caroling at Senior Housing
Fairview Thunderbolts
Meets: 1st Monday of each month
Location: Extension Office, Anamosa
Leaders: Jeri and Mike Hartl, Tiffany Day, Barb and Jim Cooper and Jim Lenger
Club size: 28 members
Special events/family activities: Club Camp out, family potluck/installation of officers
Community service projects: Morley Soup supper, Care baskets for care centers, Make a Difference Day
Other interesting facts about your club: Our club has been in existence for over 30 years.
Be Originals
Meets: 2nd Sunday of each month
Location: SE Linn Community Center, Lisbon
Leaders: Danette Moore, Cathy Boggs, Jenny McCloy, Julie Light
Club size: 25-30 members
Special Interests: beef, swine, clothing, cooking
Special events/family activities: Annual fall chili supper @ Boggs to kick off another new year of 4H
Community Service Projects: making Halloween treat bags for elderly, Working at Lisbon Sauerkraut Days
Oxford Livewires
Meets:1st Sunday of each month
Location: Oxford Junction Senior Center
Leaders: Jim and Lola Lasack
Club size: 21 Members
Special interests: Beef, Horticulture, Shooting sports, Any livestock-rabbits, dogs, swine
Special events/family activities:Potlucks, December Christmas party, club-tour-potluck, Bowling party, Scavenger hunt, Swim party, guest speakers
Community service project: Raking leaves, painting tables/buildings at the park, planting flower pots for Senior Center
Other interesting facts: We help with foodstands @ sales. Our members seem to help each other out if any questions. We have taken short trips to amusement parks.
Olin Ship A’Hoy/Hawkeyes
Meets:1st Sunday each month
Location: Olin Legion Hall
Leaders: Marty & Sue Francksen, Terri Knapp, Kasey Lyon
Club size: 27 members
Special interests: beef, poultry, sewing, woodworking, Food & Nutrition, Photography
Special events/family activities: club tour, end of year swimming/potluck
Community service project: Road ditch clean up every spring/fall
Annual Lions club/Olin Jamboree Pancake breakfast
Oxford Happy Hustlers
Meets: 1st Sunday of each month
Location: Lutheran Church, Oxford Junction
Leader: Connie Burhop, Jamie Slouha, Jackie Duwa
Club size: Small 9-10 now, has been up to 40
Special interests: Mostly girls-3 year rotation of food & nutrition, clothing, or home improvement but members take all projects-livestock, photography, citizenship, etc.
Special events/family activities: Potlucks with Oxford Livewires-October & December. Club tour to special interest places
Community Service projects: Raking leaves, making Christmas stockings, Easter baskets, valentines to hospitals, cookie plates to elderly---lots.
Other interesting facts: In 2006, the 5 members had 6 state fair entries + 1 state fair clothing event entry, and 1 state fair communications entry. Girls are very active.
Wyoming Pioneers
Meets: 1st Sunday of each month
Location: Memorial Hall, Wyoming
Leaders: Cindy Dirks, Jade Eichorn, Val Wherry, Phyllis Huston
Club size: 20 members
Special interests: swine & beef
Special events/family activities: Christmas potluck in December. Club tour in June.
Community service projects: Raking leaves for Make a Difference Day, Help with Christmas celebration, Help with fish fry, help putting up Christmas lights for the city
Other interesting facts: We have a pop stand at the Wyoming fair every year.
Scotch Grove Challengers
Meets: 1st Sunday of each month
Location: Monticello Community Building
Leaders: Tracy Zirkelbach, Dennis Dirks, Tim Fellinger and Sally Hinrichsen
Club size: 35 members
Special events/family activities: September family camp out
Community Service Projects: Make a Difference Day
Richland R & R
Meets: 2nd Monday of each month
Location: Eastside Gym, Cascade
Leaders: LuAnn Manternach, Sheila Beringer
Club size: 48 members
Special interests: Basketball, volleyball, and all livestock
Special events/family activities: Christmas bowling party, September potluck
Community service projects: Raking leaves for elderly, Food pantry donations
Morley M&M’s
Meets: 2nd Monday of each month
Location: Rotating members homes
Leaders: Kathy Langenberg, Verlyn Stolte
Club size: 12 members
Special interests: horses & dog
Special events/family activities: Leader/parent appreciation cook out/camp out, done in August after fair. Members prepare and cook and serve adults. Christmas party sleepover/swimming
Community service projects: donate to HACAP, Help with Morley soup supper, Pets to care center, Make Christmas crafts with care center residents
Other interesting facts: Currently the club is all girls from 3 different counties.
Changed name from Morley Merry Maids to Morley M & M’s when we had boys join(members brothers).
1 current leader is +25 years as a leader.
Lovell Lions
Meets: 1st Sunday of the month
Location: United Church of Christ, Monticello
Leaders: Kelly Luckstead, Kim Smith
Club size: 11 members
Special interests: Swine, shooting sports, dairy, visual arts, photography
Special events/family activities: Family potluck in November, Christmas party in December
Community service projects: Food pantry, donated supplies to Camp Courageous
Other interesting facts: very young members, mostly boys
Jones County Central
Meets: 1st Sunday of each month
Location: Farm Bureau Building, Anamosa
Leaders: Gary and Donna Moenk, Ken and Cinda Petrick
Club size: 12 members
Special interests: poultry, horse, vegetables, volleyball, basketball
Special events/family activities: Christmas party, club tour, Halloween party
Community service projects: Betterment clean-up day, Valentines for Vets(KHAK), Christmas card for elderly, Cookie appreciation plates
East Greenfield
Meets: 1st Sunday of each month
Location: Martelle Fire Station
Leader: Raymond Bowers, Tony Queto, Kristy Frasher, Ron Hunt, Jill Johnson and Dave Parker
Club size: 15-20 members
Special interests: livestock
Special events/family activities: November family potluck, club tour, HACAP
Community service projects: Fireman’s breakfast, Make a difference day