January Club Dates. January Project Record Books Due. How Do You Say January In:

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1 Macon County 4- H Macon County Center North Carolina Cooperative Extension 193 Thomas Heights Rd. Franklin, NC Thank You to Macon County Farm Bureau - they have given over $3,600 to our Macon County 4-H Program this year. January 2015 January Club Dates January 3 Horsebowl Practice 10:00 Project Record Books Due January 5 January 10 January 12 January 13 January 15 January 15 January 16 Nantahala 3:00 Horsebowl Practice 10:00 EPICS Youth Council 6:00 Needlers 5:00 Cool Crafty Kids - 5:00 Horsebowl Practice 5:30 Hoofprints 7 8:30 Please remember that your Project Record Books are due on Monday January 5 th to the Cooperative Extension Office. If you have any questions, please call Tammara Talley. How Do You Say January In: January 20 January 21 January 22 January 26 January 26 January 27 January 31 Budding Chefs 5:00 Chefs R Us - 5:00 Horsebowl practice 5:30 Chess Club 5:00 4- Leaf Clover Kidz w/ Heart Shooting Sports 7 8:30 Contact Information Tammara Talley - tammara_talley@ncsu.edu Spanish: De enero Italian: Gennaio French: Janvier German: Januar Polish: Stycznia Latin: January

2 Pledging our Hands to Larger Service Thank You to our 4-H members that served their community last month.. Thank you for all of your great work Needlers 4-H Club knit and crocheted scarves to donate to the Hickory Knoll Methodist coat closet. 4-Leaf Clover Kids with Heart made wreaths and cards and more to take to the Macon Valley Nursing Home. Their visit was much enjoyed by the residents there. Chefs R Us made dog treats for our friends at the humane society Nantahala 4-H Club made ornaments to take to those that needed holiday cheer in their community Jerome Suminski volunteered at the Appalachian Animal Rescue Center Raquel Stiles and Isaac Stiles made sprays and decorations for residents of the Macon Valley Nursing Home A Group of 4-H Friends - Dominique Wright, Chandon Ivey, Jed Wright, Ashlyn Albers, Melissa Hribar, Gabrianne Ivey, Andy Wright, Simon Wright, Joshua Klages, Sara Jade Harrel, Hannah Klages and Jeremiah Klages played piano pieces and sang Christmas Carols for the Macon county Senior Center. Keep up the good work throughout our next year 2

3 Club Corner Archery Archery for January will be canceled. We will have a reorganization meeting in February. Details to come in the February newsletter. Budding Chefs For youth ages 5-8 Boy did we have a lot of fun getting messy with chocolate in December. This is a fun bunch developing some great cooking skills. Please join us for our next meeting on Tuesday January 20th from 4:45. Chefs R Us Thanks you to our Chefs that helped make dog treats for the Humane Society. They were excited to get our great peanut butter and cottage cheese creations. The next meeting for the Chef's R Us club will be on Wednesday January 21th from -5:00. 4-H Chess Club Chess Club will be back on regular schedule this month and will meet on the last Monday of the month. We hope you will come join this fun group and stretch your brain. The next Chess meeting will be on Monday January 26 th from 5:00 pm to meet. Please call Isaac Stiles at or Tammara Talley at Cool Crafty Kids For youth ages 5-8 Cool Crafty Kids, we sure hope you have gotten over all the candy we ate and put on our Gingerbread Houses in December. This month we will meet on Thursday January 15th from 5:00. 3

4 Four Leaf Clover Kids with Heart For youth ages 5-8 Our 4-Leaf Clover Kids were great citizens in December and visited the residents of Macon Valley Nursing Home to spread holiday cheer. Our next meeting will be on Monday January 26 th from to 5:00 If you have any questions or suggestions please call Macon Hoofprints 4-H Club For youth ages 5-18 Hoofprints will meet on January 16 th for our regular meeting. We will have a speaker to teach us new horse skills. Horsebowl team will practice intensively in January to prepare for the District Competition on February 7 th. Horsebowl practices will be on January 3 rd, 10 th and 31 st from 10:00 12:00 - also on January 15 th and 22 nd from 5:30 7:30. Please call Kara Setzer for more information (828) The Needlers 4-H Club For youth ages 5-18 The Needlers Needlecrafts Club will meet on Tuesday, January 13th at the Agriculture Center to 5pm. Anyone interested in crocheting, knitting, cross stitch, or embroidery is invited to attend. 4-H Macon Sharp Shooters Sharpshooters will meet on Tuesday January 27 th from 7:00 8:30 pm. This club is for youth ages Pellet rifles are available or if you have your own pellet rifle, then you are welcome to bring it. If you need more information, then contact Cliff Cyphers at EPICS Youth Council For youth Thank you to our EPICS that provided community service in December. We will meet on Monday January 12 th at 6:30. Nantahala 4-H Club Nantahala 4-H will choose their official club name this month. We have a great group of 4-Hers in this group. In December, 21 Nantahala 4-Hers made ornaments for people in their community. We will meet on Monday January 5 th at 3:00pm. 4

5 Need to Know Info Upcoming 4-H County Council January 6th 4-H County Council will meet on Tuesday January 6 th. We will eat at 5:30 and have our business meeting from 6:00 7:00 pm. Please bring your calendars and ideas for planning the H year. Elections for Club Officers January is the month for elections in our 4-H clubs. Cloverbud clubs do not have officers but most of our other clubs have a President, Vice-President, Secretary and two 4-H County Council Members. If you would like to serve your club as an officer, please have a short 1 minute or less speech ready for your club meeting time. Your speech should include your name, what your like about your club and why you want to be an officer. Many of you are in multiple clubs please only commit to two offices for That will leave you plenty of time and energy to serve your club. Project Record Books Please remember to submit your Project Record Book by Monday January 5 th. If you would like any help or would like for Tammara to look at your Project Record Book please call: Calling all Talented 4-Hers Please submit your poems, photography, artistic drawing or other talent to be showcased in the 4-H Newsletter. We would love to show off your special talent. Congratulation to Jacquelyn Bruun for attending National 4-H Congress. Jacquelyn Bruun represented Macon County 4-H on the National level during the first week of December. She was one of 14 youth from across North Carolina to travel to Atlanta, GA and meet other 4-Hers from across the country. North Carolina State University and North Carolina A&T State University commit themselves to positive action to secure equal opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, age, disability, or veteran s status. In addition, the two Universities welcome all persons without regard to sexual orientation. North Carolina State University, North Carolina A&T State University, US Department of Agriculture and local governments cooperating. Persons with disabilities may request accommodations to participate by contacting the County Extension Director at (828) or fax (828) , or in person at the Macon County Extension Office at least 10 (ten) days prior to the event. 5

6 H Calendar January Holiday Nantahala 3: Embroidery EPICS 6:30 13 Needlers Cool Crafty Kids Hoofprints 7 8: Holiday Budding Chefs Chefs R Us 26 Chess Club Leaf Clover Kids with Heart 27 Sharp Shooters 7: Please Remember: If school is canceled due to weather, our 4- H meetings are also canceled. Parents, please do not bring sick or feverish children to 4- H due to the number of youth that can potentially be made sick. Thank you. 6