BURLEIGH COUNTY 4-H DECEMBER 2017 NEWSLETTER

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1 BURLEIGH COUNTY 4-H DECEMBER 2017 NEWSLETTER Burleigh County 4-H Calendar All items in green are clickable links! Upcoming Dates and Deadlines December 2 January 27 February 10 February 12 February 24 February 27 March 3-10 March 10 March 15 March 17 April 2-6 April 7 April 8 May 29 June Youth Project Day: Holiday Baking 10am-12pm 4-H Shooting Sports - Bismarck 4-H Shooting Sports - Cando 4-H Council Meeting 7pm 4-H Shooting Sports - Watford City Static Meeting 6pm North Dakota Winter Show 4-H Shooting Sports - West Fargo Project Expo Registration Due 4-H Shooting Sports - Minot Project Expo Judging 4-H Shooting Sports - Edgeley State Indoor Aerospace Camp with UND District Communication Arts Contest - Mandan Extension Youth Conference - Fargo 4-H Partners with JOANN Current & lifetime 4-H Members, parents of members, volunteers and 4-H staff can save 15% off total instore and online purchases every day with 4-H Rewards. JOANN will give a minimum of 2.5% of every eligible transaction to support 4-H programming. For more information go to: Reminder: Please stay off the wooden fence that is in front of the 4-H Building. Thank you

2 North Dakota 4-H Animal Science Program 4-H Contests & Events January 20, 2018 January 20, 2018 January 27, 2018 January 27, 2018 February 3, 2018 February 17, 2018 February 24, 2018 March 3, 2018 March 3, 2018 March 4, 2018 March 10, 2018 March 24, 2018 April 7, 2018 April 8, 2018 McLean County Hippology and Equine Quiz Bowl Contest Stutsman County Equine Quiz Bowl Contest Burleigh County Hippology Contest Logan County Napoleon FFA Alumni FFA and 4-H Livestock, Crops and Ag Sales Event DSU Roughrider Judging Contest Bowmam County 4-H Livestock Judging West River Judging Contests - Livestock, Crops and Hippology State 4-H Livestock Judging Contest Stutsman County Hippology and Equine Quiz Bowl Contest State 4-H Livestock Quiz Bowl Contest Winter Show 4-H Hippology Contest Winter Show 4-H Crop Judging Contest Dickey County Hippology and Equine Quiz Bowl Contest State 4-H Horse Judging Contest & State Hippology Contest State 4-H Horse Demonstration Contest, State 4-H Horse Public Speaking Contest & State 4-H Horse Quiz Bowl Contest May 30, 2018 Stutsman County Showmanship Clinic (All animal species - 4 guest speakers - lunch provided) June 8-9, 2018 Barnes County Horse Clinic and Show

3 Hello families, The holiday season is upon us and I hope it has found you well. Burleigh County 4-H has been off to a great start. Members have been learning, serving, and growing in the first 3 months of the new 4-H year. I am currently at a national 4-H conference and it always makes me proud to be able to brag a little about the wonderful things our members and leaders and doing. The holiday season is a great time of year that reminds us of the wonderful people we have in our lives. I am thankful for the opportunity to work with such amazing youth and adults on a daily basis. The holiday season is also a great time to give back and support the community. There are several ways you can do this, to get those creative juices flowing, here are a few suggestions: Ring bells for the salvation army. This is such a fun activity and if you get the right location, you can be indoors. If you have younger kids in your club, split the shift into manageable time frames. Make cards. There are many different places you can make cards for. So many people in our community spend the holidays alone. A simple gesture of a handmade card can really brighten the holiday spirit. Places to consider donating them to include; the hospital, nursing homes, veterans, or troops overseas, just to name a few. Wrap gifts. Many people who are living in nursing homes or assisted living struggle to wrap gifts. Many of them would enjoy your help and company while doing this holiday activity. Adopt from the angel tree. There are families in our community who do not have the means to purchase gifts for their children. Many of these families participate in the angel giving trees. Use club money (or have everyone pitch in) to adopt a child or two. When we would do this growing up, we each had a set dollar amount and had a competition to see who could get the closest without going over. Go Caroling. Caroling is another way to bring holiday cheer to nursing homes. Contact the activities coordinator to set up a time. You can also go around a local neighborhood! These are just a few ideas of what can be done to help spread the holiday spirit. If your club does any service projects, please remember to send them to our office, so we can share with others (and so I can brag a little more). Happy Holidays Amelia

4 CLUB CORNER Information, Recognition and Opportunities for your Club! Congratulations Silver Colts! The Sliver Colts 4-H Club recently participated in the TSC Clover Sales campaign and won a $100 gift card to TSC. The money won will go to purchase supplies to make ornaments for the State Capitol Christmas tree and will be given to charity. Fundraising Opportunity Would any 4-H club be interested in preparing and serving lunch on January 20 th at the 4-H Building? We have the ND Fur Takers Association renting the building for the day for an event. If you are interested, please contact Bruce Willyard at or World of 7 Billion Video Contest Back by popular demand, the World of 7 Billion student video contest helps you bring technology and creativity to your middle and high school youth. The contest challenges youth to create a short video connecting world population growth and one of three global challenges: Advancing Women and Girls, Feeding 10 Billion, or Preventing Pollution. Students can win up to $1,000. The contest deadline is February 22, 2018 use this lesson plan to get started now! Full contest guidelines, resources for research, past winners, and more can be found at student-video-contest/. Secretary Report The re-vamped Secretary s Report is up and running. The link is: Please enter any club information starting with the new 4-H Year, September 1, Does your club have any service projects they want to share? Please them to Sara, sara.j.fisher@ndsu.eduto be put in an upcoming newsletter.

5 CLUB CORNER Information, Recognition and Opportunities for your Club! Thank you to Marge Perkins and family for the generous donation to the Memorial Playground, in memory of Bud Perkins. Project Days Information will be available soon for the Quadcopter Project Day coming up on January 13, Thank you to all the families who helped with set up and clean up for the vendor show on Nov. 18. Funds raised from these booth rentals support the counties camp scholarships. Scholarship applications can found on our website and are due Feb. 1. Healthy North Dakota 4-H Club What a heartwarming time of year to include a Community Pride event on your Healthy ND 4-H log. Your club could donate goods to a local shelter or food pantry, send get-well cards to children in a local hospital, create health and beauty kits for women in a shelter or ring bells for Salvation army as some examples come to mind. We encourage you to celebrate The 4th Annual Family & Consumer Sciences (FCS) Day, "Dining In" for Healthy Families on Sunday, Dec. 3 rd! Families are asked to commit to making and eating a healthy meal together on December 3 rd. To make it easy for busy families, we suggest to use your slow cooker. Here s a healthy and warm recipe and it pairs well with baked tortilla chips, apple slices and low-fat milk! Happy holidays, Shaundra Slow Cooker Taco Soup 1 lb. lean or extra-lean ground beef 1 (15-oz.) can kidney beans, with liquid 1 onion, chopped 1 (15-oz.) can whole-kernel corn, with liquid 1 (16-oz.) can chili beans, with liquid 1 (8-oz.) can tomato sauce (low-sodium) 2 c. water 1 (4-oz.) can diced green chili peppers 2 (14.5-oz.) cans peeled and diced tomatoes (low-sodium) 1 pkg. taco seasoning mix (low-sodium) In a medium skillet, cook the ground beef until browned over medium heat. Drain. Place the ground beef, onion, chili beans, kidney beans, corn, tomato sauce, water, diced tomatoes, green chili peppers and taco seasoning mix in a slow cooker. Mix to blend and cook on low setting for eight hours. Makes 10 servings. Each serving has 220 calories, 3 grams (g) fat, 30 g carbohydrate, 6 g fiber and 500 mg sodium. Shaundra Ziemann-Bolinske, Extension Agent, Family & Consumer Sciences

6 Project Expo Project Expo provides youth with an experience in planning, preparing and displaying an article or an educational exhibit. It is an opportunity for self-expression both verbally and visually. Project Expo also provides the opportunity to share with others what has been learned in the specific project. Who May Enter Any youth enrolled in 4-H, ages 8-12 on September 1 (Pre-teen) and ages on September 1 st (Teen). What the Member Does Select and research a topic or project directly related to a 4-H project in which you are currently enrolled. Prepare an exhibit for display from this project. Some examples are: Picture Perfect - Photography Sew What's New - Clothing Horse Sense - Horse Get a Blast Out of Rockets - Aerospace Get a Rise out of Bread - Foods and Nutrition Pyramid Power - Foods and Nutrition Registration form: Clothing Revue Clothing Revue includes entries for Buy & Show, Sew & Show, and Decorate Your Duds categories. Buy & Show participants purchase or recycle a major item of clothing which relates to a wardrobe plan. Sew & Show participants construct half or more of clothing that is modeled. Decorate Your Duds participants create embellishments for a garment or accessory. The purpose of the State 4-H Clothing Revue is to help youth: 1. build self-confidence and poise; 2. make and model a garment that is needed in the wardrobe; and 3. share knowledge and skill learned through 4-H Constructed Clothing Revue participation with others. Who May Enter Any youth enrolled in a 4-H project related to clothing and textiles, ages 8 to 12 on September 1 st (Pre-Teen) and ages 13 to 18 on September 1 st (Teen). Buy & Show Registration: Sew & Show Registration: Decorate your Duds Registration: DecorateYourDudsRegistration.pdf

7 Announcing the 2018 Rube Goldberg Challenge Who was Rube Goldberg? Rube Goldberg ( ) was a Pulitzer Prizewinning cartoonist who was best known for his cartoons of complicated machines doing simple tasks. Some of Rube Goldberg s fans took his cartoons and recreated the machines using junk they had around the house. These machines are called Rube Goldberg (RG) Machines and are now part of nationwide contests. Requirements for RG teams: A team must have at least three youth team members, but no more than ten. Each team must have at least two adult volunteer leaders. There will be a junior and a senior division contest. 4-H members in high school or above cannot be team members, but they can work with the team as a youth mentor. Any team can sign up to compete at the 2018 State Fair, teams do not have to win a county contest. Coming Soon A Rube Goldberg design challenge 2018 The Rube Goldberg Contest North Dakota is following Minnesota s example and organizing a Rube Goldberg contest for the guide and rulebook will be coming out soon so counties and teams can prepare for the 2018 state fair state fair. The Rube Goldberg challenge has youth not only employ physics and engineering, but humor and storytelling, to create their RG. Part of the contest also involves a journal where teams write about what they did each time they met to work on the machine. One of the best things about RG machines is that materials can be any junk you find around town or in your house so the activity is very low cost.

8 JANUARY 27, 2018 Burleigh County Extension Office 3715 East Bismarck Expressway Bismarck, ND Hippology Contest 9:00 a.m. CST 4-H Dress Required $6 Per Person (Lunch Included) Awards for Top 10 in Each Category Hippology Categories: 8-13 Beginners Team Contest 8-13 Juniors Independent Contest Independent Contest Pre-Register by January 22, 2018 to Lorie Erickson NDSU does not discriminate in its programs and activities on the basis of age, color, gender expression/identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, participation in lawful off-campus activity, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, public assistance status, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, spousal relationship to current employee, or veteran status, as applicable. Direct inquiries to Vice Provost for Title IX/ADA Coordinator, Old Main 201, NDSU Main Campus, ,

9 2018 Equine 4-H Quiz Bowl Contest Ω Ω Ω Ω Ω Ω Ω Ω Ω Ω Ω Ω January 20, :30 am CST Registration - 10:00 am Start time NDSU Extension Stutsman County, th Ave SE, Jamestown, ND $8/person (lunch) - Top 3 team & individual placings in each age division will receive awards 4-H Dress Required - NDSU contest rules to apply Divisions: Junior - age 8-13 Senior - age PRE-REGISTRATION DEADLINE - JANUARY 10, 2018 **No Teams Accepted After This Date** SEND TO: Robin Barnes robin.barnes@ndsu.edu cell The Winter Ag & Construction Expo is open at the Civic Center Parents - you have something to do that is close by and free!!

10 NDSU Extension Burleigh County Office Agents AMELIA DOLL 4-H Youth Development DEB JOHNSON Nutrition Education Assistant SHAUNDRA ZIEMANN-BOLINSKE Family & Consumer Sciences Support Staff JERI FISCHER SARA FISHER BREANNA MILLER NDSU does not discriminate in its programs and activities on the basis of age, color, gender expression/identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, participation in lawful off-campus activity, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, public assistance status, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, spousal relationship to current employee, or veteran status, as applicable. Direct inquiries to Vice Provost for Title IX/ADA Coordinator, Old Main 201, NDSU Main Campus, ,