CLOVER CRIER. State 4-H Congress. Weather Policy. Show Requirements

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1 CLOVER CRIER A NEWSLETTER FOR CASS COUNTY 4-H FAMILIES 201 West Wall Street Harrisonville, MO (816) FAX: (816) cassco@missouri.edu State 4-H Congress State 4-H Congress will be held May in Columbia on the University of Missouri campus. Delegates must be 14 years of age as of January 1, This is a great way to meet other 4-H ers from across the state and have fun at the same time. Delegates may attend more than once. The deadline for registration is Monday, April 1. Weather Policy Although it doesn t seem like it we are in the middle of winter. Remember the weather cancellation policy established by the Cass County 4-H Council: *Clubs can choose to have or not have their meetings due to bad weather, if a club chooses to cancel a meeting leaders needs to contact the by 3 PM the day of the meeting to let us know. *The 4-H Council Meeting and the Leadership Project meetings will be cancelled due to weather if the Harrisonville School District does not have school. *Countywide Project leaders can choose to have their meetings in bad weather but must let the office know by 3 PM that a meeting is cancelled so that families can be made aware. Show Requirements Animals, Horse, Shooting Sports Remember you must meet the following requirement to show and participate in 4-H events Attend at least 50% of club meetings. Attend at least 6 hours or project meetings (10 for shooting sports), more if required by project leader. Be part of a project that has a certified 4-H leader who will sign paperwork for exhibiting. Animal project members must meet SMQA requirements (horse not included). DID YOU KNOW? Volume XXI, Issue 6 March 2013 Iron County was the first Missouri club to be recognized in April of Although A.B. Graham is credited with being the organizer of the first 4-H Club in 1903 in Springfield, OH. University of Missouri Extension does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, or status as a Vietnamera veteran in employment or programs. 1

2 Current List of Countywide Project Beef 121 (Tammy Bartholomew) Goats (Mark Carpenter) Horse Judging 140 (Mike Klockenga) Livestock Judging 117 (Jason Dieckhoff) Meats (Hams) 115 (Jason Dieckhoff & Tonya Preston) Public Speaking 242 (Cheryl Crudup) Photography (Jim Braswell) Poultry (Tiffiny Johnston) Rabbits (Amy Endecott) Robotics (Laura Frees and Rosanne Bostic) for youth 9-14 Shooting Sports (various leaders) Sportfishing (Matt Moreland) Theater Arts (Vanessa Hoover) Vet. Science (Keith Wagner) Project News CCJLA Add Sales are due April 1 st to the. CCJLA meeting will be held on April 22, 7 pm at the. A weigh-in for market hogs, market sheep, and market goats will be Saturday, May 11, 8-11 am at the North Park Activity Center GOATS If you are a member of a club that doesn t currently have a leader for the goat projects I have good news for you. Mark Carpenter has agreed to take on being the Countywide Goat Leader for this year. For those of you that are interested in the goat project please give Mark a call at or you can him at mgcarpenter85@yahoo.com. HORSE The Horse Committee will be rescheduled for March 4th at 7pm at the. We have a lot of decisions to make this year about the program. Please plan to attend so that you can have input into the summer show season. 2 MISSOURI 4-H EQUINE TOUR, MAY Whoa! If you love horses, are 13-18, and dream of future with horses, you don t want to miss this amazing trip! The 2013 Missouri 4-H Equine Tour is headed to the wide open spaces of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas to explore the indigenous equine careers and western horse industry May Just a few of the plans on this busy itinerary will include visits to prestigious equine collegiate programs, western performance horse ranches, Remington Quarter Horse Race Track, National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Fort Worth Stockyards, custom saddle and boot makers, meeting renowned trainers and equine medical experts, the Oklahoma City Memorial, and meeting up with rodeo professionals. This is just the beginning! The $550 tour fee includes most meals, hotels, transportation on a chartered bus, admission fees, tour shirts/bags/group photo. Applications are due before March 1 and are available: For more information contact Debbie Davis, or davisdd@missouri.edu. PUBLIC SPEAKING The first Public Speaking Project meeting will be Sunday, March 17, 5 pm at the. SHOOTING SPORTS Shooting Sports Projects have begun. Check with your project leaders for practice schedules. THEATRE The Theatre Project met Monday, February 11, Emma, McKenzie, Malachi, McKayla, Alex and Kelsie (not in attendance) worked on their skit for the fair. Great Job Emma for the excellent script! Annie and Trinity finished off the evening with an impromptu skit that was very entertaining. Thank you girls for your willingness to showcase your skills. Next month the kids will be bringing their original or prepared scripts to prepare a skit they plan to take to other club meetings, libraries, child care centers, nursing homes, etc. They will also continue to work on their fair projects and performances. The next meeting will be Thursday, March 21, at 7pm at the Extension office.

3 Club Reports Dusters The Dusters 4-H Club met on Sunday, February 10, 2013, 2:30 pm at Lake Lotowana Sportsmen s Club. Wyatt Flippin and Chelsea Wilgers reported on the January County Council meeting. Members and parents were reminded that BVI league and concessions start March 7. Plans for the March 7 meal were finalized. Shotgun shell orders are due to Hughie Coleman by the end of February. All club health forms are due as soon as possible. Garrett Sofia, Wyatt Flippin and Dustin Junkin will attend the February 12 LLSC members dinner to present a donation to the club and to thank LLSC for supporting our 4-H club. Monica Hoenshell announced that Wyatt Flippin, Dustin Junkin and Ryan Jacks (Archie Achievers) made the state air pistol team. Austin Pate is the alternate. Chelsea Wilgers is alternate for the state hunting skills team. The next club meeting will be Sunday March 10, 2:30 pm at LLSC. Dusty Trails The Dusty Trails 4-H club had their monthly meeting on February 11, 2013 at 6:00 in the First Baptist Church of Peculiar. While we were there we talked about how last week we had received our club t-shirts but they were missing one person s name. Terry Oberto took the shirts back to the place that we had them made and they said that they would charge us extra for the name to be added. Mrs. Oberto decided that we could just have her sign each of our shirts instead. After we cleared that up, we talked about up- coming shooting sports meetings and where we could get ammo. Then we came up with new ideas for community service. We finalized our heifer international idea by paying for three shares of the garden package. We also tabled the idea to go to Debbies' place again, so please remember to bring your calendars next month so that we can pick a date to go and help with that. At the conclusion of our meeting we made Valentine s Day cards for retirement homes. Our next meeting is on March 18th, at 6pm. -Reporter, Ashly Weight call was: "who was your favorite president?" Members gave project reports and we heard from members who attended the Regional Energizer. We reminded members to sign up for Move Across Missouri. We still have club T-shirts available (contact Gail Pryor or Dawn). Then we made Valentines for the nursing home in Pleasant Hill, Missouri and our leader, Gail Pryor, showed us how to make starter pots for plants out of newspaper. Our Next meeting will be held March 4, 2013 at 7pm at the Hickory Grove Baptist Church. -Reporter, Beth Feitz Pacemakers The Pacemakers 4-H Club met Monday February 18th at the Cleveland Community Building. Our community service project for this month was cleaning the community building. We had 9 adults and 11 children present to help with the clean up before the meeting took place. During the meeting future community service projects were discussed. At the next meeting there are going to be two demonstrations at the next meeting. For the March meeting we will be stuffing Easter eggs with candy for a community Easter egg hunt. -Reporter, Javen Fogle Southfork The South Fork 4-H club met at 2:00 pm on Sunday, February 3, 2013 at the South Fork Baptist Church. We discussed our Power Play trip and decided that our March meeting would be our Power Play trip scheduled for March 10 at 2:00 pm. We are supposed to meet at the South Fork Baptist Church and carpool. Kristi Lee did a demonstration on some really cool and simple yo-yo tricks. We also collected food for our local pantry. We enjoyed dancing to some fun music like the Chicken Dance and Macarena as our club activity. Our next meeting will be on Sunday, March 10 at 2:00 pm as our Power Play trip. - Reporter Kelsie Goth Hickory Grove Hickory Grove 4-H club held a meeting February 4, 2013 at 7pm at Hickory Grove Baptist church. Roll 3

4 Clover Kid Activities Bouncy Balls Pour 1 tablespoon of glue into one cup add a drop of food coloring and stir with a craft stick In a second cup, combine 2 tablespoons of water and ½ teaspoon of borax together and mix with another craft stick Add 1 tablespoon of cornstarch and ½ teaspoon of the borax solution to the glue and let stand a minute Stir with the craft stick until fully mixed together and the mixture becomes very difficult to stir Mold the ball in your hands. It will be sticky at first but will become more solid as you mold it. Store your ball in a baggie so it doesn t dry out and crumble. The Horticulture Committee of the Fair is hosting a free Seed Swap on March 9 from 1:30 to 4:00pm at the community building on the Fairgrounds. Everyone interested in gardening-- young and more mature--are invited to attend. At 2:30 Mr Phil Moore will talk on Seed saving, Variety development, and Grafting. Bring seeds, bulbs, roots, cuttings, plants--anything that will grow--that you are willing to share with others and pick up those you want to try and do not have. It is not required to have items to trade to attend. We especially encourage new gardeners, youth, and those with financial difficulties to come and pick up things to grow. Bring something to hold the seed you pick up(ziploc bags, medicine bottles, envelopes, etc). This is a great opportunity to get some different seed and visit with and learn from fellow gardeners. Contact Bernadette Zeller at or bernie@tdscuba.com with questions. Seed Swap 4 4-H Day with the St. Louis Cardinals Missouri and Illinois 4-H members, parents, volunteers and alumni will gather at Busch Stadium on Saturday, May 18, 2013 for the 12th annual 4-H Day with the Cardinals. The World Champion Cardinals will be playing the Milwaukee Brewers in a 6:15 p.m. game. Tickets for the game will be $24.00 each which includes a specially designed t-shirt featuring the 4-H Clover on the back and the Cardinals emblem on the front. 4-H members, leaders, alumni, and their families who purchase 4-H Day with the Cardinals tickets will have the opportunity to participate in a parade around the Busch Stadium outfield. Families can also take part in a raffle for great prizes including the chance to throw out the first pitch, autographed baseballs, and tickets to Cardinals baseball games provided by the St. Louis Cardinals. Pre-game ceremonies will include a recitation of the 4-H pledge and ceremonial first pitches by an Illinois and Missouri 4-H member. Tickets for the event must be ordered on the 4-H Day with the Cardinals order form. Ticket order forms are available at the University of Missouri Extension center or on the Missouri 4-H web at Ticket orders must be postmarked by April 5, Tickets usually sell out before the order deadline so families are encouraged to order early. 4-H Clubs, counties, or groups of families who would like to be seated together must send their orders in the same envelope.

5 MARCH North Park 4 Horse Smallbore Rifle, 2 pm & Committee Archery, 4:30 pm; Shotgun, LLSC, 1 pm 10-Poultry Project Meeting, 3 pm, ; Shotgun, LLSC, 1 pm 5- Robotics Project Shooting Sports Comm. Mtg Ext. Office 7pm 11- Camp 12-Robotics Councilor Application due to 7 pm the office Photography Meeting, 6:30 pm Small Bore Rifle, North Park, 9 am 17-Rabbits, 2 pm, Ext Of; North Park Smallbore Rifle, 2 pm & Archery 4:30 pm; Shotgun, LLSC, 1 pm 18 (3/17/13 Public Speaking, 5 pm, ) 19-4-H County Council Mtg, 7 pm, Ext Of; Robotics Project 24/ Robotics 7 pm Theatre Arts Project, 7 pm, Information Due Smallbore Rifle, Schrock Home, 9am April 1-CCJLA add sales due Archery, 4:30 pm North Park Shotgun,LLSC, 1 pm 8 9- Robotics Project 10-Photography meeting, 6:30, Extension Office Small Bore Rifle 9 Schrock Home 14-Shotgun,LLSC, 1 pm 15-Theatre Arts Rabbits. NPAC, 2pm Project, 7 pm, 16-Robotics Project Small Bore Rifle 9 Schrock Home 21- Archery, 4:30 pm; Shotgun,LLSC, 1 pm 22-CCJLA Meeting 7 pm 23- Robotics 7 pm Information Due Robotics 7 pm