4-H member writes story for Lake County paper

A 4-H member who traveled to Australia this summer wrote a summary of her trip that was published today in the Lake County News. The writer, Kelsy Sills of Kelseyville, along with Kelsi Alexander and 4-H volunteer Sherry Falge were participating in the 4-H International Exchange Program.

Since Kelsey (and alternative spellings Kelsy and Kelsi) make repeated appearances in this story, I thought it would be interesting to check the meaning of the name. According to thinkbabynames.com, it is of Old English origin and means "victorious ship." It is also possibly a place name referring to "island." Eerily, Australia is known as the "island continent." Perhaps this trip was predestined.

Back to the newspaper story . . . . The article said Alexander stayed on a small farm in Simpson, Sills stayed on a dairy farm in Cobden, and Falge stayed on a sheep farm where she helped with the daily chores. All of them also did some traveling.

The trip was part of the Lake County Citizenship and Leadership 4-H Club, which is aimed at keeping older youth in 4-H and designed to prepare future leaders and good citizens.

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