505 Railroad Avenue, Suite 4, Centreville, MD 21617

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1 505 Railroad Avenue, Suite 4, Centreville, MD JUNE 6 Speed Show, 4-H Park 14 State Horse Judging & Hippology 14 DEADLINE CAMP APPLICATIONS 15 FATHERS DAY!! 20 & 21 Delmarva Chicken Festival, 4-H Park 22 Fashion Review Workshop 27 Speed Show, 4-H Park Horse Jamboree 29 Maryland 4-H Day JULY 1 Kimble s Scholarship DUE 4 OFFICE CLOSED, HOLIDAY 9-12 TALBOT COUNTY FAIR 11 Speed Show, 4-H Park 15 Amelia Grace Dashiell Scholarship DUE 17,18,19 KENT COUNTY FAIR CECIL COUNTY FAIR AUGUST 1 Speed Show, 4-H Park 3 Fashion Revue Judging 6-9 CAROLINE/DORCHESTER COUNTY FAIR QUEEN ANNE S COUNTY FAIR 21-9/1 MARYLAND STATE FAIR POULTRY TESTING If you need your poultry tested for the upcoming Fairs, please contact Sally.ASAP to set an appointment. Her number is or her at srosenbe@umd.edu SCHOLARSHIPS STILL AVAILABLE!!! Kimble s Scholarship (local) DUE.July 1, $ Amelia Grace Dashiell 4-H Horse DUE.July 15, 2014 $1, For more information contact Sally Pony Express 4-H Club Friday Night Speed Show Series Will be held at the Queen Anne's County 4-H Park. Dates: June 6, June 27, July 11, August 1, and September 5. 6:30 pm. $20 per rider. Everyone is welcome! DIAMOND CLOVER PROJECTS Great news for members interested in pursuing a diamond clover project. The information is now readily available on the state 4-H website where you can download everything that you need to apply and even complete them and upload them to the state 4-H office. Check out the new site. h/youth-families/awards-recognition CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2014 GRADUATES.SAY GOODBYE TO HIGH SCHOOL AND HELLO TO THE WORLD!!! Candance Boettcher, KIHS; Olivia Mott, KIHS; Michelle Wick, KIHS; Katie Aldunio, QACHS; Melissa Anderson, QACHS; William Benton, QACHS; Jenna Branham, QACHS; Bernard Cheezum, QACHS; Kathryn Diseroad, QACHS; Jenell Eck, QACHS; Mitchell Elburn, QACHS; Anna O Donnell, QACHS; Morgan Rhodes, QACHS; Ian Sylvester, QACHS; Annie Seward, QACHS and Sarah Wooters, QACHS. (If we missed anyone, please let us know so that we can include you in the next newsletter)

2 DON T FORGET THERE IS STILL TIME..MARYLAND 4-H DAY AT CAMDEN YARDS DELMARVA CHICKEN FESTIVAL Come watch the Orioles vs. the Tampa Bay Rays on June 29 th at 1:35pm. You will support Maryland 4-H and we will have our own Green & White 4-H section. It will be in the Upper Reserve: $13.00 (105 service charge per ticket too) in Sections , rows Go to and select a quantity of tickets, create a Baltimore Orioles ticket account and purchase and print your tickets. A portion of the sales goes to Maryland 4-H. Help!!!! We are in desperate need of volunteers to work the soda booths at the Delmarva Chicken Festival. The way it will work is that we have an adult and 2 or 3 4-H members in each of four booths. They will sell the sodas all day in two, 5 1/2 to 6 hour time slots. The time slots are 9:00-3:00 and 2:30-8:00. 4-H is the only group allowed to sell the bottled sodas and water. The truck attendant will be behind the horse barn with the tractor trailer that contains the cases of soda. This will need to be an adult able to remove the cases and keep them on ice. We ll have runners on a golf cart to come back and get sodas for re-filling the booths. We will have 2 booths that are in the same spot both days. We will have 2 more booths that may change location on the 2 nd day. Currently, we have 15 4-H Clubs. The time slots needed for Friday and Saturday, June 20 & 21, are 5 ½ to 6 hour slots. There are at least 16 (8 each day) slots that need to be filled. We also need a truck attendant for 4 (2 each day) slots. Currently, we have Farm to Market signed up for Friday afternoon. On Saturday, we have the Growing Together Club, Tuckahoe Trailblazers, Shooting Stars and Cloverleaf down for the first shift, 9:00-3:00. These clubs signed up at the last leaders meeting. Chris and Sally will be working each day, but we still need all of you to help. Some clubs will need to take more than one slot since we have 15 clubs and 16 slots, not including the truck attendant. This is a HUGE event and will be attended by thousands of people. This is the last Delmarva Chicken Festival that will be held. It will be a very lucrative fundraiser for our county 4-H program. Everyone is expected to help. Please let us know when you can help. DELMARVA CHICKEN FESTIVAL TIME SLOTS Friday, June 20 th & Saturday, June 21 st Friday Station 1 Station 2 Station 3 Station4 Truck Driver 9:00-3:00 2:30-8:00 Farm to Market Saturday 9:00-3:00 Growing Together Tuckahoe Trailblazers Shooting Stars Cloverleaf 2:30-8:00 Wags & Whinnies Driver of golf cart must be 16 yrs. or older. One (1) Adult and Two (2) or Three (3) 4-H members are needed in each time slot Shout out to the following CLUBS WE NEED YOUR HELP..Cloverleaf, Clover Seeds, Dream Riders, Go Getters, Loco Llamas, Marksmanship, Pawsitively Dawgs, Pony Express, QA Goat Club and Sudlersville Superstars!!

3 AND WE HAVE A WINNER!!! When the Park Board was holding their Barbeque Dinner Fundraiser, all of the clubs were asked to sell tickets. The club with the most sales was to win a pizza party for their club. Our new club, the Clover Seeds, leader, Lori O Connell was our top seller. The Go Getters Club was close behind them in second place. Thank you to all of the clubs who sold tickets. It was a very successful fundraiser and we sold ALL of the dinners! Thanks again to everyone. IT S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.QUEEN ANNE S COUNTY FAIR The fair website is now available for class information and general knowledge. The address is: queenannescofair.com. The goal is to be ready for entries on June 1 st. The fair book is printed and ready to go out in the newspapers and area venues in June. The dates for the fair are August 11 th -16 th. Indoor will take entries of non-perishable items (no food, flowers, vegetables or crops) and club items on Friday, Aug.8 th from 5-8pm and Saturday, August 9 th from 11am-2pm. Club entries will NOT be accepted on Sunday. All other indoor entries will be taken from 12-4pm on Sunday, August 10 th. Online entry of indoor items will close at midnight on August 1 st. You may enter by hand as well as online, but online entry is strongly recommended. STATE 4-H PUBLIC SPEAKING RESULTS A HUGE congratulation s goes to Ashlynn Conley for winning the Junior Reserve Champion Extemporaneous Speech at the Maryland State Communications Contest! That was a job well done!! Congratulations and thank you to all of our other 4-H members who competed at the state contest as well. There were Hers representing the various counties across Maryland. Queen Anne s County submitted more competitors than any other county! We are very proud of all of you. NEW VENUE FOR 4-H DAY CAMP We invite you to join us in this new venture! Find attached Camp Registration Form!! In place of our Day Camp we are experimenting with a Day Series in July. Each Monday in July we will have a day full of activities on one theme. July 7 th will be Science Day where we will have lots of fun doing some very cool science experiments and activities. July 14 th will be a day of crafting. We will be making jewelry along with several other make and take crafts. July 21 st will be flowers and gardening. We will have lots to do that is hands on. The last day is July 28 th. It will be about our environment. We ll be doing aquaculture activities, making recycled paper and more. We hope to do an archeological dig too. The registration form is enclosed and was also sent by to the club leaders to be sent out to members before this newsletter came out. This series is open to anyone between the ages of 8 and 12 as of Jan. 1 st of this year. It s $20.00 per day or $60.00 for all 4 days. Registrations are due at the Extension Office by June 14 th.

4 2014 FASHION REVUE We are looking for 4-Hers who would like to be in the Fashion Revue. It is open to all 4-Hers male, female and clovers on up. The Fashion Revue will be held at the Fair on Wednesday August 6 th at 7:00pm. All of the awards will be given out during that time. This is an event that is judged prior to the fair. The judging will be held on Sunday, August 3 rd beginning at 2:00pm. All participants will have an interview with a pair of judges and then proceed to another pair of judges who will judge them on the runway. This is different from previous years where all interviews were done and followed by all runway together. The show at the fair will be the only place where everyone will do the runway as a show. A list of classes is attached. You may enter either a constructed outfit (one you made) or a ready-to-wear outfit (one you bought). The emphasis on the ready-to-wear outfit will be the economic cost of the garment and its use. On the constructed garment, the construction of the garment is important. On all outfits, the fit and appropriateness of the garment and the poise and appearance of the model are judged. We have a graduate from the Paul Mitchell Cosmetology School who will hold a workshop on hair and make-up on Sunday, June 22 nd. The workshop will begin at 2:00 and will be held at the Extension Office. If you would like to participate in the workshop, please call the Extension Office ( ) by June 13 th to register. We will be scheduling another workshop to work on scripts and learn/practice the runway walk. At that time, we will also plan the show for the fair. Participants will receive ribbons and awards from the fair. Registrations to participate in the Fashion Revue (enclosed with the class list) will be due in the Extension Office by July 11 th. We hope you join us to have fun with fashion! ANIMAL SCIENCE Animal Ownership Deadlines There has been a lot of confusion about the tagging and weigh in policy for SWINE: Because of the PEDV swine disease 4-H cancelled any co-mingling of swine for tagging and weigh-ins. If you have market hogs you should have already contacted the 4-H office to notify us of how many hogs you have and to get on the schedule to have us tag your hogs. If you have not called you must do so by June 15 or your hogs will not be eligible to show. MDA is requiring that all swine (breeding stock as well as market hogs) be tagged with official USDA tags in order for a veterinarian to issue a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection (CVI) also better known as health papers. Swine producers should be tagging their animals with USDA premise tags prior to selling them to 4-H members. If you purchased your hog from a breeder and they do not have an official USDA tag they will need to have one prior to you getting health papers. If you have questions call Chris Johnston Market Lambs and Market Goats: Should have been tagged at Eastern Shore Spring Show or County tagging on June 2. Feeder Calves and Commercial Heifers: Should have been Tagged by June 1 Breeding Stock: Commercial (crossbreds) used for breeding either males or females should have been tagged by June 1 st, Purebred breeding stock should have breed association registration papers in the 4-H members name ONLY not in farm or family name by July 1 st.

5 MARYLAND 4-H ON LINE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY & QUALITY ASSURANCE (AH&QA) PROGRAM The Maryland 4-H Animal Husbandry & Quality Assurance (AH&QA) Program is an on-line training program which enables youth to fulfill the Quality Assurance training requirement via internet from their home, school or local library. This program is offered to help youth who participate in 4-H animal projects in Maryland learn about the importance of caring for, grooming and showing their animals in safe and ethical ways. The program has two levels, a Junior Level for members who are ages 8-10 and an Intermediate/Senior Level for members who are ages Program Requirements All 4-H members enrolled in alpacas, beef, dairy, goats, horse and pony, llamas, poultry, sheep, swine and rabbits are required complete the training to be eligible to exhibit their project animals in 2014 Maryland County 4-H and State 4-H Shows. 4-Hers are required to complete the on-line training program when they reach each 4-H age division (Juniors (ages 8-10), Intermediates (ages 11-13), Seniors (ages 14-18) all as of January 1 of the current year) OR when as Intermediates and Seniors, they are new to an animal science project listed above. Thus, each time a member enters a new age division, they will be required to complete the training PLUS if an Intermediate or Senior 4-H member chooses to show a new species since last completing the program within an age division they must return to program and complete the program for the new species area. There are two different Levels to the program. Members will be automatically taken to the appropriate Level according to the birthdate entered on the registration screen: o Junior AH&QA Level There is one part to the Junior Level. There is not species specific information as in the Intermediate and o Senior Level. Intermediate and Senior AH&QA Level There are two parts to the Intermediate and Senior Level: Part 1 is completed by all intermediate and senior members. Part 2 contains specific information for each animal species - members will need to complete Part 2 of the program for each specie project they are enrolled in and wish to exhibit. For 2014, members will have access to the AH&QA program from March 15 through July 31st. Members MUST complete the AH&QA training no later than July 31 st. Counties may establish a completion deadline earlier than July 31 to meet the needs of the local program. Upon registering for the program members are assigned a PASSCODE. Passcodes from 2013 remain valid. Members who were assigned a passcode prior to 2013 will need to register for a new Passcode for Information to Help You Successfully Complete the Maryland 4-H AH&QA Program: Members may access the AH&QA program at: or via a link on the Animal Science Program Resources page of the Maryland 4-H website at The AH&QA program has voice narration, so the material is shared in written and oral form. Members will be asked to respond to questions to evaluate knowledge at different points during the program. When members register for the program, they will be provided a unique Passcode. Members should write their Passcode down and keep it in a safe place! They will be asked to enter their passcode when responding to the Check Your Knowledge and What I Learned quizzes.

6 The program takes about 45 minutes for Juniors to complete and minutes for Intermediates and Seniors to complete. If a member needs to stop the AH&QA training in the middle of the program, he or she may return to the program where they left off by entering their Passcode on Page 1 of the program. A member may log out at any point by clicking on the Log Out? link underneath each slide. A member must be LOGGED IN for the system to track their progress and record their completion of the program. There is a note at the bottom of each slide indicating the member s status. When logged in, the message will read Welcome, [Member s Name]. Log out?. If the member is not logged in correctly, the message will read You are not currently logged in. Your progress will NOT be recorded. Upon completion of the Junior Level or the Intermediate/Senior Level individual specie sections, members will have an opportunity to print a Certificate of Completion for their records. It is suggested that members keep the Certificate of Completion with their animal health papers (CVI forms), registration papers and other important animal records. If a member is correctly logged in, the Certificate of Completion will automatically fill in the member s name and date of completion. A blank Certificate of Completion would indicate that the member was not correctly logged in. Each member s progress will be kept in a statewide database and their County 4-H staff will receive notification that they have completed the AH&QA training. Questions about the program may be directed to: Chris Anderson. 4-H Youth Development Specialist, Animal Science University of Maryland Extension Maryland 4-H Center 8020 Greenmead Drive College Park, MD Phone: FAX: canders2@umd.edu

7 QUEEN ANNE S COUNTY FASHION REVUE CLASSES Classes are as follows: SECTION A. GARMENT MADE & MODELED BY 4-H MEMBER 1. Sports Wear/ Lounge Wear- Outfits include jogging outfits, beach wear, tennis wear, riding habits, ski outfits, skating, or other sports outfits. Lounge wear includes appropriate sleep wear. 2. Costumes- costumes which are historic, ethnic, or created for theatrical or special events. 3. Creative Choice- Outfits which are knitted, crocheted, or made from fabric that the member has tie-dyed, batiked, hand painted, appliqued or created by similar methods. 4. Re-design- Outfits created by re-constructing or re-utilizing an existing garment. 5. Formal Wear- Outfit suitable for evening or semi-formal events, including men s wear, long or short dress, skirt or evening pants. 6. Business/Professional- Outfits appropriate for job interviews or professional settings. 7. Outer Wear- Pull-over jackets, short and long coats, rain wear, capes, blazers, and other garments to be worn outdoors but not specifically designed for a particular sport. 8. Dresses- Could include a sundress or other non-formal dress. 9. Separates- Jacket, vest, slacks, skirt, blouse, shorts-an outfit appropriate for school or casual affair (2 or more pieces required- all constructed) 10. Regular Wear- Skirt, slacks, shirt, blouse, capris, shorts, skorts, etc. ( This class does NOT go to State Fair) SECTION B. READY-TO-WEAR FASHION MODELED BY 4-H MEMBER 11. Sports Wear/Lounge Wear- Outfits include jogging outfits, beach wear, tennis wear, riding habits, ski outfits, skating, or other sports outfits. Lounge wear includes appropriate sleep wear. 12. Costumes- Costumes which are historic, ethnic, or created for theatrical or special events. 13. Formal Wear- Outfit suitable for evening or semi-formal events, including men s wear, long or short dress, skirt or evening pants. 14. Business/Professional- Outfits appropriate for job interviews or professional settings. 15. Outer Wear- Pull-over jackets, short and long coats, rain wear, capes, blazers, and other garments to be worn outdoors but not specifically designed for a particular sport. 16. Dresses- Could include a sundress or other non-formal dress. 17. Separates- Jacket, vest, slacks, skirt, blouse, shorts-an outfit appropriate for school or casual affair (2 or more pieces required- all ready-to-wear) SECTION C. THIRTEEN YEAR OLD Two 4-H members per 4-H unit, who are 13 as of January 1 of the current year, may participate in the MD. State Fashion Revue but will NOT be judged. Their participation will be as a learning experience and as a member of the county group. These activities are offered to the 13 year olds to prepare them for their first competitive year on the state level Queen Anne s County

8 4-H Fashion Revue Application (Due by July 11 th at the Extension Office) to: or mail to UME Queen Anne s County, 505 Railroad Ave., Suite 4, Centreville, MD Name: Telephone 4-H Club Age :( as of 1/01/ 14) Circle one: Clover Junior Intermediate Senior Clover One (1) outfit, any category Jr. and Int. Any two (2) outfits from any 2 different classes Senior Any three (3) outfits from any 3 different classes Category A (Garment Made by 4-Her) 1) Class # Entered # 2) Class # Entered # 3) Class # Entered # Category B (Ready to Wear Garment) 1) Class# Entered # 2) Class# Entered # 3) Class# Entered # All judging will be done on Sunday, August 3 rd beginning at 2:00pm. Each class will do an interview with a pair of judges and then move on to another pair of judges who will do the runway judging. Once you have been judged in both areas, you may go home. The Fashion Show is the evening of Wednesday, August 13 th at the Fair. You will receive your awards that night. *Seniors who win the opportunity to continue to the State Contest must complete a more extensive application form.

9 4-H SPONSORED DAY SERIES July, 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2014 Come learn and have fun the 4-H way! We are holding a day series of learning fun. It s open to all youth ages 8 through 12, as of Jan. 1, The place is the Queen Anne s County 4-H Park and the time will be from 8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Check-in time will be from 8:30 until 9:00 with the fun beginning at 9:00. You will need to bring your lunch (refrigerator provided) and we will supply drinks and snacks. There will be a fee of $20.00 per day. You may attend as many or as few of the days as you wish. If you attend all four days, you only pay for three. July 7 th will be Science Day. You will have fun engineering and making objects and then experimenting with them, such as racing and landing them. We ll do some fun experimenting with wind, water and other elements. July 14 th will be Crafting Day. You may be doing woodworking, jewelry, and other make & take crafts in other various mediums. July 21 st will be Digging the Dirt Day. You ll be learning about vegetable gardening, composting and flower arranging. July 28 th will be Environmental Day. This day you will learn about recycling and make your own paper, learn about entomology and our natural resources. Fill in the registration form and return it with payment made to: QACEAC by June 14, 2014 University of Maryland, Queen Anne s County 4-H Day Series 505 Railroad Avenue, Suite 4 Centreville, MD Phone: (Please send in this portion with your payment) H Sponsored Day Series NAME Age as of Jan. 1, 2014 Male Female List any special needs Parent or Guardian Phone # Address 4-H member? Yes No Check days attending July 7 July 14 July 21 July 28 Total amount enclosed ($20.00 per day or $60.00 for all four days) The University of Maryland Extension programs are open to all and will not discriminate against anyone because of race, age, sex, color, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry, or national origin, marital status, genetic information, or political affiliation, or gender identity and expression.

10 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EXTENSION QUEEN ANNE S COUNTY 505 RAILROAD AVENUE, SUITE 4 CENTREVILLE, MD NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION US POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 46 CHESTERTOWN, MD Or Current Occupant THIS ISSUE OF THE CLOVERPRESS HAS BEEN PREPARED BY: Christine M. Johnston Extension Educator, 4-H and Youth And Sally G. Rosenberry, 4-H Program Assistant. The University of Maryland, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources programs are open to all and will not discriminate against anyone because of race, age, sex, color, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry, or national origin, marital status, genetic information, or political affiliation, or gender identity and expression.