Are you signed up for the Summer Reading Program? If you are and haven't picked up your books, make your way to your local Library. The Summer Reading Program ends July 31st, 2012. The Library still has lots of wonderful books to pick from. Teens come collect your Library Bucks. You can use them from now to the end of the year to pay your fines or replace a lost card.
The Jackson County 4-H Fair will be taking place at the Grain Valley Community Center from July 11 to July 14. The fair opens to the public on July 13 starting at 9:00 a.m. The public can enjoy tours running from 9:45 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The ham judging will be at 4:00 p.m. and will be followed by the ham auction.
Having bees in your backyard is a good idea. More and more people are discovering the advantages of keeping bees in their yards. For thousands of years, bees have been helping feed people, but now with so much chemicals and disease, they're in need of a helping hand.
Is it just me or does it seem like movie production companies are only making book adaptions (e.g. Twilight and Harry Potter), reboots, and remakes? Now don't get me wrong, I like to see books made into movies, especially with all the special effects and technology they have to play with. But some people don't like their favorite book, movie, or TV show forged, revamped, manipulated, or twisted to fit the movie screen. In my experience, I've learned not to set the bar too high only to get shot down and be disappointed.
The Grain Valley Branch had the pleasure of having Mac, the Missouri Mavericks Mascot; Bob Rennison, the Mavericks radio announcer; and Darin Henderson, the official DJ for the Mavericks do their new program Stick With Reading. This program not only promotes the Missouri Mavericks and hockey, but it also promotes reading.
Last week, I did my blog on my broody hens. I was expecting them to start hatching this past weekend, and they did! Right on schedule. I could see four on Saturday, and one more hatched on Sunday. So far, I have seven little peepers. Six of the chicks have followed two of the hens (they share the chicks) out of the coop, but one is still in the nest box with the last broody hen.
A broody hen has an overwhelming motherly desire to sit on and hatch her eggs. Some chicken breeds are more prone to broodiness than others. It usually takes 21 days for the eggs to hatch if they are fertile. Some hens don't seem to know this though and will sit on a nest for weeks on end. This should be discouraged because a hen will seriously neglect her own well-being while sitting on a nest of eggs. Some people discourage broodiness altogether (they may not have a rooster), so therefore the eggs won't be fertile. While a hen is broody, she will not lay anymore eggs.
The school year is over or almost over. Have you thought about what to do this summer to keep your kids occupied and stimulated? By the time mid-summer rolls around, kids are sick of playing in the yard, have been to the pool a million times, and are begging you to take them some place fun. In this economy, this can get expensive for some. Here is a list of free (or almost free) things to do this summer:
The Oak Grove Youth Rodeo Club is a not for profit organization dedicated to helping youth compete in the rodeo arena and the arena of life. It was formed in 1991 to support youth and their families in the sport of rodeo. They want to keep young people involved in an activity where drugs and alcohol are not allowed. You do not have to own or ride a horse, nor do you have to have kids to join or participate in the club. You don't have to be a resident of Oak Grove either, all are welcome.
