DEVELOPING FUTURE COMMUNITY LEADERS T wo Tallulah Falls School students invest time and talent beyond the classroom through the local 4-H program. Rising freshman Lilly Kate Farrar of Mt. Airy placed first in performing arts at a recent Junior/Senior 4-H District Project Achievement for the Northeast District. Farrar wrote and performed a monologue in the competition. “Lilly Kate is tremendously talented, especially in the dramatic arts,” said County Extension Agent Andy Haygood. She also won second place for Excellent Community Service led by a 4-H member for a children’s book drive project at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. Additionally, Farrar wrote the play staged during performing arts night, Haygood said.
“Anywhere we go, Lilly Kate is the ideal 4-H member,” he added. “She’s smart, she’s talented and she’s a good representation of what 4-H is striving for in our community.” Junior Camden Hughes of Demorest placed second in the public speaking category.
“We were very excited about that,” Haygood said. “She actually had the best demonstration score and portfolio score.”
Lilly Kate Farrar
According to the 4-H website, participants develop leadership, creativity, public speaking skills, recordkeeping and more through the program. Specifically, students pick a project area of interest, research the topic, write a presentation, and present it to others. As students become older, a recordkeeping component that promotes independent thinking, research and implementation is added. Camden Hughes
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boy scout since first grade, Tallulah Falls School senior Garrett Hunter used his enthusiasm for the outdoors to reach a lofty scouting honor. Hunter, of Boy Scout Troop No. 6 in Rabun County, noticed people in wheelchairs couldn’t get to the dock to fish at the Rabun County Recreation Department, so he turned the need into his Eagle Scout project. Beginning in late November of 2019, a three-person team took a little more than a week to complete an accessible bridge. Hunter enjoyed the outdoor aspects of the Cub Scouts and moved to the Boy Scouts at age 11. The Eagle Scout rank was
Garrett Hunter
always a goal, and a ceremony honoring his achievement was held earlier this year at Andy’s Trout Farm. “A major thing that people learn from scouting is the love for nature,” the Tallulah Falls resident says. “It teaches young men to appreciate the outdoors and respect it the way it should be.” His parents, Jill and Toby Hunter, both work at TFS. His mother is the choral and drama director and his father the maintenance manager. A member of the Georgia High School Rodeo Association, Hunter plans to study wildlife biology at North Georgia Technical College. Published with permission of The Clayton Tribune
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