Glacier County 4-H News

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1 Glacier County 4-H News April 2018 Greetings, Glacier County 4-Hers! We weighed our first group of pigs this week, so that must mean that spring is here (or better be soon!) Last weekend Sienna Cundall, Coley Cundall, and Grace Rooney attended the Montana 4-H Rec Lab in Thompson Falls. They had the opportunity to participate in some fantastic workshops, build skills to bring back to their 4-H clubs, and make some 4-H friends from across the state. Next year, our district (which includes Glacier, Toole, Liberty, Pondera, Hill, Blaine, and Phillips counties) will be hosting Rec Lab in Chester March 23 25, 2019, and I hope we have a large group from Glacier county! Congratulations as well to Jacob and Brad Hjartarson for taking on the challenge of competing at the state 4-H archery shoot this month as well in Bozeman. Thank you to Don and Carolyn Popelka for hosting the 3-D archery shoot again this year. It looked like a great, fun event to wrap up the year and we so appreciate all the time they put into preparing for this event. The rifle members wrapped up with a pizza party and set some goals for next year, so thanks as well to Art and Dennis for their time with the group. We still have lots of archery target bags and rifle backers to give away, please stop by and pick some up as we try to clean out our storage shed a bit! We had a good turnout for our swine workshop with Dr. Dave Madsen this past month and there was some great information shared. I was proud of how engaged our members were and the note taking that was going on! I ed out Dr. Madsen s slides so that they would be available as a reference, and I highly encourage 4-Hers to use Dr. Madsen as a swine resource and to utilize his website. He has created a website, which has 20+ feeder lessons available, which are essentially articles on everything from how to arrange a pig pen to prevent manure in the pig feeder, to nutrition, disease prevention, etc. If you Dr. Madsen at dmadsen@pigeducate.com Coalter Littrell tattooing he will provide you a login and password for free access to the website. Our Communications Contest is coming up April 8 and I encourage everyone to come watch and support our 4-Hers! Members who aren t signed up for this contest should plan to do a talk at a club meeting or the fair. For Pre-Junior members who are a bit anxious about a presentation, learning and presenting the 4-H pledge at a club meeting would be a great place to start! As we look towards fair, the Livestock Committee is planning a pre-sale social on Saturday, July 21 from 1 to 2 p.m. with appetizers served, including samples of lamb, pork, and goat. This will be a great event to invite potential buyers to so that they can interact with 4-Hers prior to the sale. Lamb, goat, and swine will be processed at Lower Valley Processing in Kalispell, beef will be processed at Christiaens Meats in Valier (buyers do have the option to make their own processing arrangements and coordinate their own transportation). On a personal note, I will likely continue to be in and out of Regan the office Walter in the with coming his months steer as my Dad is undergoing rotor cuff surgery on his shoulder next Friday after falling on some ice in the calving barn this month. We are still calving and it sounds like there s a long recovery involved, so please feel free to call or text if you need to get a hold of me. What s Inside Rifle Tournament Scores GROW Youth Conference Club Meetings True Leaders in Service Day Livestock Information Fair Deadlines Horse Clinics Project Book Checklist Horse Assessment Day Fashion Review Shotgun Meeting Contact Us Kari Lewis Extension Agent kari.lewis@montana.edu Mandi Henderson Administrative Assistant glacier@montana.edu Courthouse Annex 1210 E. Main Cut Bank, MT (406) msuextension.org/glacier facebook.com/ GlacierCountyExtensionOffice montana4h.org In 4-H friendship, Kari Lewis

2 Shooting Sports Shotgun Meeting Bret Wanken 4-H Memorial Fund This fund is comprised of proceeds from the sale of Bret Wanken s 4-H steer at the Marias Fair in 2009, along with donations from other generous individuals and businesses. This fund was established to help 4-H youth from the five 4-H programs in the Marias Fair (Glacier, Liberty, Pondera and Toole Counties and the Blackfeet reservation) attend the following 4-H Leadership Trainings: Rec Lab Monday, April 7 p.m. Glacier County Annex We have a wonderful, new opportunity for shooting sports in Glacier County! James Barbee has completed the 4-H Shooting Sports Shotgun certification which will allow the Shotgun discipline to now be offered to Glacier county 4-H members! Members will be able to practice at the Toole county facility in Shelby. Practices will begin in mid-may and run through early July. Practice dates and times will be set at an April meeting for interested youth and parents. This will be a great opportunity to continue shooting sports in that period between the end of school and fair. Please let the Extension Office know if you are interested, and we will coordinate the April meeting date from there (when practice dates will be set). To participate, members must be enrolled in 4-H and the shotgun project, and at least 9 years of age by Oct. 1, GROW Youth Conference Congress Ambassador Training Camp Planning Junior Leader for Shooting Sports This list is only intended as a guide to many other possibilities. The goal of this fund is to help you develop leadership skills and share them with your fellow 4-H ers. Please contact the Extension office to get your application. Meetings Curry Comb - Tuesday, April 6:30-8 p.m. Glacier County Annex Clever Clovers - April 9th at 6:30 at the library. It is going to be a project day. 4Hers will need to bring their books to work on. Longview - Project meetings TBD by project leaders Cloverbuds - Monday, April 3:30-5 p.m. Glacier County Library Glacier County 4-H Council - April 7 p.m. Glacier County Annex Parents are encouraged to attend club meetings. Stay informed, support your child, and become involved in your 4-H family. Please ask your club leaders how you can help! LEADERSHIP LUNCHES - Monday, April 23 4-H ers are invited to the Leadership Lunch on Monday, April 23. Middle schoolers meet in Mrs. Hetherington s room. High schoolers meet in Mrs. Brown s room. Families who have items at the Extension Office: Sullivan and Bradley Families have project books that need to be picked up at the Extension Office. Molenda Family has archery ribbons to pick up. You are welcome to stop by any time, we are open all week from 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. (closed from 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. for lunch). GROW 4-H Youth Conference 2018 Save the Date April 14! Registration has been extended through April 4th and the cost is $20. 4-H members ages 11 through 13 are invited to attend to GROW 4-H Youth Conference (formerly known as Junior Leadership Camp or JLC). Goals, Recreation, Opportunities, and Will is a youth conference that provides workshops on topics that will GROW your leadership, parliamentary procedure, time-management, communications, and community service skills. There will be fun and games! Kari is willing to drive kids who would like to attend and scholarship funds are available from the Bret Wanken Fund and the Glacier County 4-H Council. Please contact the Extension Office if you would like to register.

3 Marias Fair Rifle Tournament Results Name Age X s Prone Prone Prone Total Place Shooting Ribbon Ava L. Manecke Blue Addyson Cramer Blue Bridger Molenda Red Destini Anderson Red Kayla Perry Red Name Age X s Prone Stand Kneel Total Place Shooting Ribbon Grace Rooney Red Dakota L. Manecke Blue Mat Tuma Red Thank You! We would like to thank our shooting sports leaders, Dennis Garcia and Art Rooney, for spending their time and sharing their knowledge with our 4-H youth! We couldn t do it without our dedicated volunteers. Please Take! We have old target bags to give away and old rifle backers to give away to any interested 4-H er. Please contact the Extension Office to pick them up from the storage shed. See pictures below. Air Pistol Name Age X s Target 1/2 Target 3/4 Target 5/6 Target 7/8 Total Place Shooting Ribbon Dakota Manecke Blue Montana 4-H Shooting Sports Raffle Tickets On Sale Now! Club members are encouraged to help sell tickets. Tickets are $20 each, available at the Extension Office. First prize is $2,500 Gift Certificate toward a Shiloh Sharps Rifle. Second and third prizes: Winchester Sx3 Semi-Auto 12 GA Shotgun. Fourth and fifth prizes: Savage Axis Rifle 270 Winchester with 3x9 Weaver Scope. Only 1,000 tickets sold. Drawing is June 17, 2018 at the Quigley Shoot in Forsyth, MT Need not be present to win. Make checks payable to Montana 4-H foundation.

4 Market Goat is now an option to take to the Marias Fair! If you are interested in this project please contact the Extension Office. 4-H Goat Bootcamp The Cascade County 4-H Livestock Leaders will host a 4-H Goat Boot Camp on Saturday, May 12, 2018 at the Leardini s at 50 Whitetail Lane in Ulm, MT. The boot camp will start at 10:00 a.m. and will feature clinicians Perry and Courtney Frank from Standing on the Rock Boer Goats out of Missoula. They will answer all of your goat questions from feeding, marketing, fitting, showing, and other topics. 4-H members are encouraged to bring their goats, fitting stands, and clippers to the boot camp. If you just have a goat, that s ok! Bring your goat and yourself along. A goat lunch will be provided at noon. The fee is $5 per 4-H member. The fee is non-refundable and for lunch. Please contact Michelle Leardini at (406) or Heather Lewis at (406) for more information. Add/Drop Deadline May 1 May 1, 2018 is the deadline to add or drop any projects. After May 1, members are responsible for completing all projects enrolled in (including a project journal, record journal, financial records, etc.) Please contact the office to add or drop a project. Deadline for state awards May 1 May 1, 2018 is the deadline to apply for state awards. For members ages 14 and up, this is your opportunity to showcase the outstanding work you have done in a specific project area. Sarah Thies was a winner last year, which allowed her to attend the National 4-H Congress in Atlanta, Georgia. The application is available at awards/state-awards.html. 4-H Camp Counselor Meeting April 22 at 1:30 p.m. in Chester - Meet at the Extension Office at 12 p.m. to carpool. Thanks to JR Seewald, Canon Bradley, Coalter Littrell and Sienna Cundall for their willingness to serve as camp counselors this year! Livestock breeding A reminder for members with 4-H breeding projects that we updated Rule 7 of our Large Animal Division rules to state, All breeding stock must be identifiable with 4-H Clover tattoo, Association Registration tattoo number, Bangs tag, or Scrapie tag through local Extension office by the official hog weigh-in deadline (April 15) each year. If no identifiable tattoo or tag is available, a picture may be submitted instead. The 4- H'er needs to have full possession of their project animal at this time. Example A registered heifer s breed association tattoo can simply be submitted to the Extension office, while a commercial heifer should either have a picture submitted or be tattooed with the 4-H Clover. Having breeding cattle Bangs vaccinated (for prevention of Brucellosis) is a common practice, and this will allow members to submit their Bangs tag number as a form of ID. Not all our 4-H breeding projects are registered cattle, so not all have registration numbers, but all of them should have Bangs tag numbers. 4-H Market Livestock Tag Dates Swine Tagging Deadline is April 15, 2018 Sheep Tagging Deadline is May 13, 2018 Goat Tagging Deadline is May 13, 2018 Locations and times TBD Contact Kari to coordinate a time to tag your animals. ** Please note: Kari will be at the GROW Conference on April 14, so please do not plan on tagging pigs that day. Livestock and horse rules Horse and livestock members, please check out the Marias Fair rules as you prepare your horse or livestock projects. Rules are available online at: Livestock Shows Golden Triangle Preview Show in Great Falls (Steers & Heifers)- April 21 Golden Triangle Jackpot (Hogs, Lambs, & Goats)- June 2 Please or call Alena Standley, , alenas@mfbf.org for an entry form! Thank You! Thank you, Sahm Winkowitsch, for agreeing to be a representative to serve on the Marias Fair Exhibit Building committee!

5 Project Books: What do I need to do? Checklist for a Complete Record Book Enroll in and complete at least one project Come up with at least 3 goals for the 4-H year, record in, My 4-H Year Complete the My 4-H Year journal form Fill in each record journal Participate in at least 3 activities (judging, demonstrations, speeches, tours, etc) record in My 4-H year List any awards and honors Complete the Project & Financial Journal for each project enrolled in If an animal fill in Animal Record The order of your 4-H book (in the green 4-H cover) should be 1) My 4-H Year 2) Project Journal, and 3) Animal Record. Record books will be due in August, please take a few minutes to keep them up to date throughout the year. There are numerous 4-H apps out there to help you keep track of records throughout the year too! Criteria for Project Books: 4-H members must complete 5 activities in the project book and 2 learning experiences before fair to exhibit in that project at the Marias Fair. To complete the project, you need to complete 7 activities in the project book with the 2 learning experiences. Most of these activities take just a few minutes, start working on them now! Invite a 4-H friend over, and work on them together. Save the Date! Fashion Revue will be on Tuesday, June 19 th at the Marias Fair Exhibit Building in Shelby, MT. Commentaries will be due at the Fashion Revue for the Marias Fair public showing. Please bring them with you or them to wendy.wedum@montana.edu. Fashion Revue has two categories to enter 1) an outfit you made yourself and 2) ready to wear that you accessorized. If you would like more information about fashion revue please call the Pondera County Extension office at Cascade County 4-H Horse Clinics: Horse Judging April 8, 2018, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Newman s Arena, th Ave So, Great Falls Judging will start with a how to judge different classes of horses and judging will follow. The fee is $5 per 4-H member and is non-refundable. Call the Extension office to get a registration form. Registration deadline is April 4, Call Brook Gerard at for more information. 4-H English Horsemanship Clinic April 22, 2018 Newman s Arena, th Ave So, Great Falls The clinician is Meghan Johnson of Belt who competed in 4-H and collegiate English horsemanship. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about English riding and take home some valuable techniques. The fee is $10 per 4-H member, non-refundable and includes clinician and facility fees. Call the Extension office to get a registration form. Registration deadline is April 18, Colt to Maturity and Green Horse Clinics June 7, 14 and 21 Clinics Want an opportunity to ride with Justin Warneke at his residence and learn about training young horses? The clinics are for youth riding colts or green horses. The fee is $75 for all three days. Those auditing can attend for free. Registration deadline is June 4, Registration forms are required for those riding and auditing. There will be a clinic for yearlings at a later date. Call the Extension office to get a registration form. **Questions on any of the above clinics can be sent to Rose Malisani, , rose.malisani@montana.edu. Registration forms and fees for each of the above mentioned clinics must be mailed to MSU Cascade County Extension office, 330 Third St NE, #9, Great Falls, MT Make checks payable to Cascade County 4-H Horse Leaders. The Cloverbuds practiced the 4-H pledge at their meeting and crafted clovers. We have 3 Cloverbuds presenting at the communications contest!

6 Glacier County Communication Contest Sunday, April 8 at 2 p.m. at the Glacier Electric Conference Room. We are looking forward to this year s communication contest! We would like to thank our judges for sharing their time and expertise with our youth! We would also like to thank the Glacier County 4-H Council and the Clever Clovers, Curry Comb, and Longview 4-H clubs for hosting the 2018 contest! Parents are welcome to attend. CONTEST SCHEDULE 2:00 p.m. Contest Starts John Neuhaus Cloverbud Our Solar System Emily Roberts Cloverbud Rock-a-bye baby Janae Roberts Cloverbud The Right Brownie For You JR Seewald Senior Demonstration Brant Seewald Senior Pop Tarts Commercial Bauer Seewald Senior Grain Fed vs. Grass Fed Beef Grace Rooney Senior Blue Jean Dreams Josephine Micheal Junior Anatomy of a Lamb Rhett Micheal Junior Body Condition Scoring for Mother Cattle Mya Beausoleil Junior Profound Pollution Ken Winkowitsch Junior Impromptu Speech Jed Winkowitsch Junior Impromptu Speech Katelyn Suta Junior Impromptu Speech RJ Barbie Junior Impromptu Speech Dayne Barbie Junior Impromptu Speech Hadley Barbie Junior Impromptu Speech 4:00 p.m. Awards Ceremony Jed and Ken Winkowitsch practiced their illustrated talks for communications day at their club meeting, but they had so much fun at the leadership lunch practicing impromptu speaking that they decided to change categories! In addition to completing a successful archery season in 4-H, Ashlyn Brown also won first place in the Glacier County Spelling Bee! Destini and Addyson attended the 3D archery shoot /awards dinner that the Popelka s hosted.

7 Horse assessment day There will be a Glacier county horse assessment day on Sunday, April 22 at 2 p.m. at the Cut Bank Saddle Club. Any member wanting to move up a level in the horse project needs to be assessed in order to do so. For example, an experienced rider who is enrolled in Western Level 1 can be assessed and if the horse leaders are in agreement that they are riding at a Level 2 or Level 3, they can move up to that level (and compete at that level at fair). The Skills with My Horse section in the Horsemanship Levels 1 3 book outlines what skills that members would be assessed on for each level. To participate in Colt to Maturity or Green Horse, the member must be 11 years of age or older (by Oct. 1, 2017) and have completed Western Levels 1, 2, and 3. If you have any questions, please contact Art Rooney at or Jay and Barb Aspevig at Save the Date! June 23 and 24 is horse and livestock camp at the Marias Fairgrounds in Shelby. The event will include instruction from the MSU livestock judging team in addition to numerous other fun and educational activities. If you are interested in helping with the event or have ideas for activities, please contact Adriane Good (Adriane.good@montana.edu, or Kari Lewis (kari.lewis@montana.edu, ). Missoula County Livestock Judging Invitational April 21st MCPS Ag Education Center West of Big Sky High School on South Ave West, Missoula. Pre-Registration appreciated: Postmarked or faxed by Wednesday, April 18, Cost is $10 per individual, lunch included. There will be rosettes for the top six individuals, ribbons for members on the top three teams, Montana Silversmiths buckles for the top 4-H Junior, top 4-H Senior and top FFA judge, and an embroidered duffle bag for the top 4-H Novice judge. **Please let Kari know if you would like to go. 4-H Members are True Leaders in Service! Saturday, April 28th is National Service Day. 4-H members across the country are coming together for a day of service to say thank you to our communities. Some ideas for community service projects are: Cleaning up a yard for someone who is elderly or disabled. Cleaning a house or doing simple painting or repairs Picking up trash in a local park. Collecting food for your local food bank. Making care packages for seniors, the military, or other special groups. Mentoring or reading to kids. Any service or project that you think will make a difference in the community! Visit the website to register your project and help put Montana on the map! 4-h.org/get-involved/true-leaders-in-service/ Rec Lab Sienna, Grace, and Coley attended this year s Rec Lab Conference in Thompson falls. In addition to having a great time and meeting 4-H members from other counties, they got to learn about leadership, carcass ultrasounding, and communications! Charlie Calved! This is Mat Tuma s NILE Merit Heifer Charlie and her calf.

8 April Calendar of Events 1-4-H Scholarship Applications Due 3 - Curry Comb 6:30 p.m. Glacier County Annex 8 - Communications 2:00 PM, Glacier Electric Conference Room 8 - Cascade County Horse Clinic, Horse 3:30-5:30 p.m. Newman s Arena, Great Falls, MT 9 - Clever Clovers Meeting 6:30 p.m. Glacier County Library 14-4-H GROW Retreat 15 - Swine Tagging Deadline 16 - Cloverbuds Meeting 3:30-5 p.m. Glacier County Public Library 16 - Shooting Sports Shotgun 7 p.m. Glacier County Annex 22-4-H English Horsemanship Newman s Arena in Great Falls, MT 22 - Horse assessment day 2 p.m. at the Cut Bank Saddle Club 23 - Leadership Lunches 23 - Ag Committee Meeting 6 p.m. Marias River Electric in Shelby 28 - National 4-H Service Day 30 - Glacier County 4-H Council 7 p.m. Glacier County Annex May 1 Deadline to Add/Drop Projects 1 - Deadline to apply for state awards 13 - Sheep and Goat tagging deadline Glacier County Extension Office Courthouse Annex 1210 E. Main Cut Bank, MT The MSU Extension Service is an ADA/EO/AA/Veteran s Preference Employer and Provider of Educational Outreach.