You may them to Annette Valentine at or Mary Oden at Or just drop them off at the Extension Office.

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1 Michelle Klem University Of Missouri Extension 4-H Youth Development Specialist From: Mary Oden, YPA University of Missouri Extension Putnam County Courthouse, Room 104 Unionville MO Mary at February H Building Fundraiser 4-H Cookbook We are moving forward with our renovations to the 4-H Building, with new windows, doors, insulating walls and ceiling and putting up new inside walls. This is going to make our building a really nice place to have our 4-H events and also to rent out for other functions. Some of The Topics You Will Find Inside Beef Weigh-In SMQA Training NACCA Awards Equine Events 4-H Day w/cardinals 4-H MOVE Across MO Summer Host Families Needed We are needing your recipes for the Cookbook! Recipes will need to be at the PC Extension Office by March 1. You may them to Annette Valentine at valentinea@missouri.edu or Mary Oden at odenm@missouri.edu Or just drop them off at the Extension Office. We will need everyone s help so we can collect as many recipes as we can. University of Missouri System, Lincoln University, U.S. Department of Agriculture and Local Extension Councils Cooperating Equal opportunity/ada institution

2 2016 Putnam County Fair Beef Weigh-In Sunday, March 6 2:00 4:00 pm Unionville Livestock Market ALL Market Steers & Market Heifers that you wish to show at the Putnam County Fair in September MUST be brought in. We will also be weighing those that wish to enter the P C Fair Rate of Gain Contest, nose printing for MO State Fair and pulling DNA hair samples for Ak-Sar-Ben. MARK THIS DATE!!! (SMQA Show Me Quality Assurance Training March 24, 2016, 7:00 pm at Putnam County Courthouse Old Soldiers Room (SMQA) Show Me Quality Assurance Training February 17, 2016, 6:30 pm, At Milan Community Center in Milan You are welcome to attend either training! For more information contact PC Extension Office Remember ALL 4-H members enrolled in food animal projects including beef, sheep, swine, dairy cattle, meat and dairy goats, rabbits and poultry must complete the appropriate level of MSMQA certification to be considered a 4-H member in good standing in that project. If you have questions contact the Putnam County Extension Office NACAA (National Association County Agricultural Agents) Awards I would like to ask you to make some contacts and encourage your Missouri members to make an application for the following 4-H awards: First category is the call for presentations in the Excellence in 4-H and Youth. We will select a number of presentation to be given during the AM/PIC. Second is the Excellence in 4-H and Youth Development Award. All entries are to be submitted electronically through the NACAA website. To submit a presentation proposal they must go to the website. Click on Awards (at the top), then click Presentations. Once there they will click on My Presentations and follow the instructions. To submit an entry for the award they will click on Awards and then My Award Applications. If you are not familiar with the website I suggest you take a look just in case you get any questions. You will also have to use this website to approve any submissions. The website is I hope to see all the great work Missouri is doing

3 4-H Equine Event Dates Set The following equine event dates have been set. 4-H Horse Judging and Clinic Contest Date: March 19, 2016 Registration Opens: January 15, 2016 Registration Closes: March 4, H Horse Bowl Contest Contest Date: April 9, 2016 Registration Opens: February 1, 2016 Registration Closes: March 25, H Hippology Contest Contest Date: April 10, 2016 Registration Opens: February 1, 2016 Registration Closes: March 25, 2016 Horse Events Available Tyler Crouse, 4-H horse judging alumni, shared this great judging workshop for 4-H/FFA youth in St. Louis as a part of the Show-Me Equine Summit: The Kansas Horse Council s Equifest will be in Topeka the same week end: equifestofks.com/ about-equifest.htm Wonderful opportunities for competitive horse teams to expand their knowledge! 4-H Horse Demonstration and Public Speaking Contest Contest Date: August 27, 2016 Registration Opens: June 1, 2016 Registration Closes: August 15, 2016 For more information please go to H DAY WITH THE CARDINALS Saturday, May 21, 2016 Ticket Orders Must be Postmarked by April 11, 2016! 4-H members, alumni, families and their friends are invited to join us for 4-H Day with the National League Central Champion St. Louis Cardinals, Saturday, May 21. The Cardinals will be playing the Arizona Diamondbacks in a 1:15 p.m. game in Busch Stadium. Prior to the game, 4-H members and their parents/leaders can take part in a parade around the ball field that s right, participants will actually get to go down on the field and march one time around the stadium behind their state or county 4-H banner. Also, everyone who orders a ticket on this form will receive a specially designed t-shirt featuring the 4-H and Cardinals logos to commemorate the day. Note: Groups of families or county groups that wish to sit together must send their orders in one package. Tickets usually sell out, so order early. Mark your calendars now! For more information contact the Putnam County Extension Office.

4 4-H Move Across Missouri Tis the season for 4-H Move Across Missouri (MOVE)! Enrollment for new and re-enrollment for current MOVErs begins January 1, As you know, MOVE promotes physical activity and encourages youths to engage in a broad range of activities such as walking, biking, running, swimming, dance, taekwondo, gardening and more. Using a paper tracking system (no online system this year), youths and their families can log the number of minutes they accumulate throughout the year and during the competitive component of the MOVE program from February 1 April Hers can enroll as individuals and/or as part of a team. An individual MOVEr may also be a part of a team. A team can consist of a family or members of a 4-H club or group. MOVE awards will be provided. To sign up visit - Summer Host Families Needed It is time to start thinking about locating host families for my summer month-long Japanese delegates. I realize for some of you that have hosted last summer or in past years, you may not want to host again so soon but I am sure you have friends and/or family members who might be interested. Please share your experience with them and see if they would be willing to host. Basic information: ages (both male and female students) arrive to your family: Friday, July 22 OR Saturday, July 23 (to be confirmed) depart from your family: Thursday, August 18 We prefer that the Japanese delegates have a basic home experience and do not expect for you to entertain them or make arrangements for any special type of travel except what your own family might have planned. Their language skills will be limited but that should not be a concern to you youth adjust very well to communicating in other ways. Financially, we ask that you only provide room/board and include them for social activities. They will bring their own spending money for souvenirs and other personal items they wish to purchase while here. Families do not have to be currently enrolled in the 4-H program. We will ask a family to enroll and go through our state-wide screening process but they are not expected to be a full participant in local programs. The deadline to identify host families is March 1 st. This may sound early but it allows me time to match the delegate with family and start communication with the Japanese family and provide an early host family orientation session. We are also required to conduct an in-home visit and process the application through our screening. I would be happy to accept applications any time before the deadline too. We prefer the on-line application process and here is the link: for more details and how to apply electronically (preferred method). It is easy to set up your account and proceed with the application. However, if you want to do a hard copy, let me know and I can provide that for you.we also need two families to host the chaperon she will spend about l/2 of the time with one family and then the remainder with a second family. You do not have to have children hosting age to host the chaperon.

5 What you need String (many colors) Tape FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS What you do Twisted Friendship Bracelets 1. Pick 3 colors of string. 2. Place a knot in one end of the string. Tape that end to a tabletop. Hold the strings together as group and twist them. Keep twisting them in the same direction. Twist tightly, making the twist longer as you go. 3. Hold the twisted piece with one hand, put your finger in the middle of the twist. Press down. 4. Fold the twisted piece in half. Gently take your finger out of the middle of the twist it will twist around itself. (Don t worry if the twist bunches up. You can smooth it out). 5. Tie the loose ends together with a knot. Braided friendship Bracelets 1. Pick out 3 colors of string. 2. Place a know in one end of the string. Tape that end to a tabletop. 3. Begin by separating the 3 colors of string so you can work with them more easily. Start braiding. (Braid just like you were braiding someone s hair). The tighter the braid, the better the bracelet will look. 4. Tie the loose ends together with a knot. February BIRTHDAYS Ethen Ryals February 5 Jade Durfey February 15 Katelyn Gillum February 18 Xander Salas February 24 Bowdy Wood February 20 Cheyenne Blanchard February 27

6 What s Going On!!!!! February 4, 2016 February 11, 2016 February 17 February 27 March 1 March 6 March March 24 March 25 May 21, 2016 May July 21, 2016 August 11-21, 2016 September 6 10 Krispy Kreme Doughnut Orders Due Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Arrive SMQA Training, 6:30 Milan Community Center, Milan Regional Energizer 4-H Cookbook Recipes Due at Extension Office 2016 PC Fair Beef Check-In/Weigh-In 2 to 4 pm Teen Conference SMQA training, 7:00 PC Courthouse Old Solders Room 4-H Foundation Scholarship Due at Extension Office 4-H Day with the St. Louis Cardinals Missouri 4-H Equine Trip 4-H Achievement Day 4:30 7:30 pm Missouri State Fair Putnam County Fair Mary s Office Hours* Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 9am 3 pm each week *note: Although the posted work schedule will remain fairly consistent, there will occasionally be times where Mary may not be in the office during posted times. Please remember, Mary s position is limited to 20 hours per week. Any hours worked outside the posted work schedule, requires hours to be deducted from the scheduled office hours.) Please feel free to call Mary at the Putnam County Extension Office ( ) or odenm@missouri.edu. If you have an urgent need outside established office hours, you may contact Mary via cell phone Putnam Co University of Missouri Extension 1601 Main Street Courthouse Room 104 Unionville, MO 63565