4th of July, 2008

The 1st Annual Floyd Fourth of July celebration was a huge success! About 200 or so folks from the community and school enjoyed hamburgers and hot dogs cooked by the Fire Department and homemade ice cream made by the Culpeppers from the Children’s Home. After everyone was stuffed, there was fun and games at the school’s football field for everyone, including stick horse races, sack races, and a dunking booth. All the children enjoyed some sparkler fun and everyone enjoyed an impressive fireworks display. The evening closed out with a dance in the fire station, with music Djed by Jeff Essary. Special thanks to the Village of Floyd for their generous financial contributions for this community event.

The fire department working hard grillin' some burgers.

Darwin Culpepper manning the homemade ice cream maker. The maker is 10 gallons and requires a 5 gallon bucket of their secret homemade mixture, plus 5 gallons of milk.

8-11 year old girls running in the stick horse race.

The 5-6 year old division of the sack race.

School News, August 2008

Mandatory registration will be on Monday, August 11th all day at the school. Busses will not run. First day of classes will be August 14th.

The Watermelon Welcome will be August 14th behind the school at the big tree. All students and parents are invited to attend this informal event to get to know the faculty and staff. The Cheerleaders will be selling hamburgers and hot dogs, and will also be having a cake auction after the meal. There are always some great homemade cakes, so bring your money! Money raised go towards new uniforms. As always, watermelon is FREE!

There will be no school on Thursday the 21st for the fair, as well as the 22nd. There WILL be school on Friday the 29th.The Floyd Broncos football team will have their first home game on Friday the 29th.

4-H for August

There will be no 4-H meeting this month due to the Roosevelt County Fair. The Fair runs from August 18th-23rd. The Floyd 4-H club will work the 4-H concession stand on Tuesday from 2pm until midnight. A schedule will be sent out to all members. Good luck to all participants from the surrounding areas!For the July 4-H meeting, there was an Achievement Day for Junior Livestock projects. Members brought rabbits, goats, pigs and dairy heifers for a mock show to prepare for the County fair in August. Patrick Kircher from the Extension office judged all events; Floyd FFA Advisor Jeff Wallace and Roosevelt Conty 4-H Agent Melanie Guiterrez helped the participants with showmanship skills. Afterwards the Floyd Fire Department provided hamburgers and hotdogs at the Fire Station for the 4-Hers and families.

Meetings and events for August:

4th—Lion’s Club, Community Building at 7pm

6th and 20th—Women’s Bible Study, home of Debi Moore, 6:30-8:30pm

7th—Fire Department, 7pm at the Fire station

11th—Booster Club, Community Building, 5:30pm

11th—School Board, 7pm at the school

12th—City Council Meeting, 7pm at the Community BuildingThe Floyd quilters will be back into action on August 14th.