4-H Family Newsletter

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1 Clinton County Extension P.O. Box 185 Breese, IL H Family Newsletter March/April 2009 What s Inside Dance Update Egg Hunt/Petting Zoo Leader s Dinner Club Corner Summer Plans Dairy Judging Odds & Ends Workshop 4-H Calendar Clinton County Extension Staff LaDean Scheurer County Extension Director Barbara Lammers Family Nutrition Program Linda Lautenschlager Livestock & Environmental Issues Elaine Craver 4-H & Youth Stephanie Richter Youth Development Barb Glaub Secretary Kathy Pingsterhaus Secretary 4-H Handbooks Are Done The 2009 Clinton County 4-H Handbooks are almost done and ready for leaders to pick up at the Extension Office. We are just waiting on one piece of livestock information from the Dept of Ag. Leaders will be notified when the handbooks can be picked up, the information will also be posted on our county web site. If you need to know the show requirements for your project before you get your handbook please call the office and we will look it up for you. I can not stress enough how important it is to look up your projects in the handbook to find out what you are supposed to show, or what livestock classes you will need to enter. Be sure to review the awards and award application section in the back of the handbook. It includes a copy of the local and State award applications. This will help you wrap things up at the end of August. Clinton County 4-H Show Dates The 4-H Shows will be here before we know it. Mark your calendars now. The General Project s Show will be July 11. This show will include all non-live animal projects. It will be at Central High School. The Dairy Show will be July 13, Small Animals, Swine and Goats will be July 14, Beef and Sheep will both be on July 16. The date for the horse show has not been finalized yet. That information will be mailed directly to the horse exhibitors once I have the details. Horse exhibitors planning to attend the Jr. Horse Fair July 27-Aug 2 need to contact me by April 1. Dairy exhibitors planning to show at the State Fair who have not exhibited there previously need to contact me by April 1.

2 4-H FAMILY NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 Dance Update Submitted by: Amy Huelsmann, 4-H Federation Reporter The Clinton County 4-H Federation hosted the 4-H ers and Friends Annul Valentine Dance. It was held February 15th from 6 to 8 p.m. at Breese Elementary School Cafeteria. Admission was $3 per person, and parents got in free. Kids attending the dance were entered in a door prize drawing if they wore red. Free snacks and soda was included and music was provided be JB Music Celebrations. The kids enjoyed spending time with their friends, dancing to the Cotton Eye Joe and many other songs, and also the limbo contest. About 170 area youth attended the event which raised just over $500 for the 4-H Federation and also brought in donations for area food pantries. Funds raised will support county wide 4-H and youth events such as, the Annual Egg Hunt and Petting Zoo coming up in April. Help Needed for Egg Hunt/Petting Zoo The Annual Egg Hunt and Petting Zoo is scheduled for the afternoon of April 5 on the front lawn of Central High School. The 4-H Federation is seeking animals for the petting zoo. We would like to have rabbits, a calf, a lamb, a goat, and some chickens if possible. If you have any of these animals available and would be willing to bring them to the petting zoo please call Elaine by April 1. Animals would need to be in place from about 1:30 to 2:30. There are not pens available so if you can bring animals please plan ahead for how you will contain them. Leader s Dinner The annual leader s appreciation dinner will be held on April 19 From 5 To 7 At the Extension Office. Please mark your calendars now and look for invitations in the mail in late March. Reservations will need to be submitted by April 10. Club Corner Sugarcreek 4-H Country Kids Submitted by William Kuhl Sugarcreek 4-H Country Kids held a skating party at D's Roller Rink in Breese on Sunday, February 8th from 1-3pm. The Sugarcreek 4-H Country Kids invited all the other Clinton County 4-H clubs and their families to join them in an afternoon of fun and excitement. Parents and guests also enjoyed skating with the members! We had a nice turn out and hopefully we can do this again. Our next 4-H meeting will be held on March 1st from 1-3pm at the Trenton Police Station. Club Reporters- don t forget to turn in your meeting reports for the newsletter. Send them to ecraver@uiuc.edu

3 It s Not Too Early... to start thinking about going to 4-H camp this summer. Keep us in mind while making plans for your busy summer. 4-H Camp has been a tradition in Southern Illinois for over 70 years. Youth camp for 3rd-6th graders will be June The cost is $160, a portion of which is reimbursed by our county foundation after camp is over. Youth Camp will be at Woodmen of the World Camp in West Frankfort again this summer. Jr. High camp (7th & 8th graders) will be June At Camp Wartburg in Waterloo. The cost is 4-H FAMILY NEWSLETTER $130, a portion of which is reimbursed by our county foundation after camp is over. The State 4-H Foundation also has a limited # of $50 scholarships available for 4-H members. Ask Elaine for information on applying. The camp association is in the process of hiring the counselors right now. Camper applications will be available in early March. Keep your eyes open for them. For more information call Elaine at or ecraver@uiuc.edu. Regional Dairy Judging Contest On April 18 Bond County will host the Regional Dairy Judging Contest at the Bond County Fairgrounds in Greenville. Registration will be at 9:30 a.m., the contest begins at 10 a.m. This contest is open to both 4-H and FFA members so bring your FFA friends along too. Please call Elaine at by April 10 to pre-register. PAGE 3 Re-Enrollment Deadline Is Approaching The 4-H Enrollment/Re-enrollment deadline is May 1. Anyone enrolling or re-enrolling after that date will not be eligible to show at H Shows. Complete enrollment includes both the enrollment form and the project selection form. If you have not gotten this paperwork taken care of, this will be your last newsletter for Anyone without completed enrollment will be dropped off the mailing list on May 1. Can t remember if you have reenrolled? Contact either one of your 4-H leaders or Elaine at the Extension Office. Dairy Judging Clinic The Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Dairy Club is sponsoring a 4-H/FFA youth dairy judging clinic to be held at the SIU-C Dairy Research Farm on Saturday March 28, The clinic will begin at 9:00 am with registration. A lunch will be served at noon and conclude about 2:00 pm. The workshop goal is to teach interested youth what to look for when judging dairy animals and what terms/terminology are used when giving oral reasons. Please Chet Stuemke at SIU-C if you plan to attend and give him the number of attendees. Here is his contact information: Chet Stuemke, Herder Foreman, SIUC Dairy Farm, , hoofguy@siu.edu Horse Riding Clinic Jackson Co. 4-H is hosting a series of three youth horse riding clinics in the upcoming months (April, May, & June,) featuring 4-H alumni and current SIUC Equine Science Instructor and horse show judge, Stephanie Speiser. These clinics are open to both 4-H and non 4-H youth ages 8 & up. We will have plenty of room for those who want to audit the clinics i.e. come, watch, listen, and learn. Registration for youth riders is very limited and will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis as space permits. Horses are not provided. The following website includes the event flyer and registration info./forms: Federation Upcoming Dates to Remember March 22 Federation mtg. 2p.m. March 30-April 2-Pick up coloring sheets at schools April 5-Annual Egg Hunt-Federation be there by 1:15 to hide eggs April 19 -Annual Leader s Dinner

4 Odds & Ends This spring the Extension Office will be giving away baby chicks hatched in classroom embryology projects. If you would be interested in getting some chicks for your poultry project please give us a call. They are FREE!!! 4-H FAMILY NEWSLETTER Club Challenge-The Sugarcreek 4-H Country Kids offer a donation to the local Extension 4-H each year. This year they are challenging clubs to match their donation. For information call Tracy Grayling at Il Southdown Breeders Sponsor Lamb Contest The Illinois Southdown Sheep Breeders Association is sponsoring its 16 th annual essay contest and will be awarding a Southdown ewe lamb to the winner. The contest is open to 4-H or FFA members under the age of 16. The lamb will be presented to the winner at the Southdown Experience held in Eureka, Illinois in June. PAGE 4 The essay should describe why the contestant would like a Southdown ewe lamb, future plans for the lamb and how they will care for it. Essays will be judged on their content and age appropriateness. Entries should be sent to Betsy Meisenheimer, 5734 Palmyra Rd, Palmyra, IL by May 1, Please include the entrants name, address, phone number, age and 4-H club or FFA chapter name. Upcoming Workshop- You may have noticed a flyer in the mail for an upcoming Quilling workshop. Quilling is a craft that can be shown as a Visual Arts Paper project. The workshop will be March 14 from 9-11 a.m. at the Extension Office. Cost is $5, all supplies will be provided. Members will make one card project, and another project of their choice (as time allows). Call by March 10 to register. Space is limited. Regional SET Skillathon Contest This Science, Engineering & Technology (SET) contest will include skillathons on Welding, Electricity and Small Engines. The contest will be held at Rend Lake Collage on Monday, April 13, at 6 p.m. in the Applied Science Building (new agriculture shop). 4-Hers must be 14 years of age as of 01/01/09 to participate. These skillathons will help introduce you to skills needed for state competition in June. The skillathon contest will be hosted by the ag. staff at Rend Lake Collage. To register go to franklin and follow the links. Registrations are due by April 6.

5 March 2009 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat IL State Horse Fair Quilling Workshop St. Patrick s Day 22 Federation 2 p.m. April 2009 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 5 Egg Hunt 2 p.m Horse Bowl/ Hipplogy H FAMILY NEWSLETTER More Upcoming Dates PAGE 5 May 1-Enrollment Deadline 12 Program Review 23 4-H Day W/ Cards 25 Office Closed June 7-10-Youth Camp 12-Show entry deadline Fishing Derby TBA Jr. High Camp July 11-General Show County Fair State Jr. Horse Show August Illinois State Fair 15 Clinton County State Fair 28-4-H Awards Due Dairy Judging 19 Leader s Dinner State National Volunteer Week Hipplogy 26 State Horse Bowl

6 Clinton County Extension 4-H Family Newsletter March/April 2009 If reasonable accommodations are needed for any of the activities listed in this publication please contact the University of Illinois Extension Service, Breese at CLINTON COUNTY EXTENSION P.O. BOX 185 BREESE, IL University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences United States Department of Agriculture?Local Extension Councils Cooperating