Caldwell, Clinton and DeKalb Counties March 2017 Debbie Davis 4-H Youth Specialist Caldwell, Clinton, & DeKalb davisdd@missouri.edu Steven Steiner 4-H Youth Program Associate Caldwell, Clinton, & DeKalb steinerst@missouri.edu Headquartered Clinton County Extension Office 101 S. Main Plattsburg, MO 64477 Phone: 816-539-3765 Fax: 816-539-3766 Office Hours 9:00 am 4:00 pm Office Managers: Joyce Vetter and Theresa Stilley County Extension Websites: http://extension.missouri.edu/caldwell http://extension.missouri.edu/clinton http://extension.missouri.edu/dekalb 1110 South College Ave. Columbia, MO 65211-3410 Phone: 573-882-9359 4hyouth@missouri.edu The University of Missouri-Columbia does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, disability, or status as a disabled veteran or veteran of the Vietnam era. For more information, call the MU Human Resource Services Department at (573) 882-7976. March 1 Equine trip registration due 1 4-H Scholarship Dues 2 Clinton County 4-H Council meeting 7pm Youth Building 3-5 YCLS 6 4-H Radio Breakfast Club Pro gram, 8:00AM, KMRN ` 100.1FM 11 DeKalb County Family Fun Night 6-9PM Maysville School 11 Clinton County Contest Day 4-H Calendar Dates Clinton County Plattsburg, Mo 9am-1pm 15 DeKalb County 4-H Council Meeting 7 pm Courthouse 15 Ron Walker Scholarship app due 24-26 Shooting Sports Leader Certification Clinton, Mo 25 DeKalb County Contest Day at Oak Christian Church 9am- 12pm 25-26 Teen Conference 25 Leadin for a Cure 26 Caldwell County Contest Day 2pm-5pm at the Kingston Federated Church 31-2Apr Hunting & Outdoor Skills Clinton, Mo QUESTIONS ABOUT 4-H??? April Your Source: 2017 Missouri 4-H Clover http://4h.missouri.edu/ clover.aspx 3 4-H Radio Breakfast Club Program 8:00AM KMRN 100.1FM 3 Caldwell County 4-H Council meeting 7PM Kingston 8 State Horse Bowl Contest Columbia, Mo 9 State Hippology Contest Columbia, Mo 15 Registration closes for State Congress 22 Mizzou Collegiate Horse Show, MU Equine Facility Thank you, Zane! Your sponsorship puts this newsletter in the mailboxes of our Clinton County 4-H families!
Northwest Region 4-H Camp 2017 Northwest Region 4-H Camp 2017 will be held at Crowder State Park, Trenton, MO, the week of June 5-8, 2017 and the week of June 12-15, 2017 for campers 4-H ages 8-13. The camp program is the same each week to allow families to have a choice of dates. The camp opens late Monday afternoon and closes late afternoon Thursday Completed registrations (complete camp application, printed 4-HOnline Health Form, and camp fee) will be accepted until the camp fills or until the registration deadline of May 8, 2017, whichever comes first. Registrations will be dated and taken on the first come, first served basis for the NW Extension Region and Linn County. Return complete registration with 2017 camp fee of $110 to: Daviess County Extension, 102 North Main, Suite 1, Gallatin, MO 64640 All application and money must be received by Monday, May 8, 2017. No refunds after May 15th Except in cases of serious illness or accident of camper and Cancellation must be made prior to camp by calling 660-663-3232. We are still in need of MALE Adult Cabin chaperones for both weeks of camp and FEMALE Adult chaperones for Week Two! Applications: http://extension.missouri.edu/daviess/4h.aspx The Ron Walker Memorial Camp Crowder Scholarship Now Available The Ron Walker Memorial Camp Crowder Scholarship Fund was established in honor of Ron Walker, NW Regional Camp Director who passed away in December of 2011. Ron believed that every child should have the opportunity to attend camp. The Ron Walker scholarship funds are available to 4-H youth who attend Camp Crowder 4-H Camp at Trenton, MO. Ron was a tenured 4-H member as a youth, and Ron spent most of his parenting years guiding his children down the same path. For ten years, he served as 4-H youth specialist for Buchanan, Andrew, and Holt counties, as well as CPD for DeKalb County. Ron believed in the merit and value of the camp experience for youth, and he was especially proud of giving new life to the 4-H program at Camp Crowder. Under his guidance it became one of the strongest camp programs in the region. If you wish to apply for a scholarship, please complete the application form available from your county 4-H office or at: www.extension.missouri.edu/daviess and return it by March 15 to: Buchanan County Extension, 4125 Mitchell Ave., St. Joseph, MO 64507 Scholarship recipients will be notified by April 1. DeKalb County Family Fun Night Join us March 11th at the Maysville School from 6pm-9pm, for games, food and good times with 4-H ers from all over the county. Please bring clean shoes for the gym floor, prizes for bingo. Also snacks and drinks to share with all. The CCDD (Caldwell, Clinton, DeKalb and Daviess) Livestock Judging Team consisting of Jacey Cook, Chase Bowen, Hailey Eads, Addy Lewis and Gus Mink competed at the Iowa Beef Expo and finished 15th out of 29 teams. This was their first competition of the year. Congratulations to all! University of Missouri Extension 4-H Youth Development Clover Connection 2
Mandatory State Mandated Volunteer Orientation: Thank you for committing your time and resources to be a 4-H volunteer for 2017! One of our Missouri State 4-H requirements is that ALL volunteers participate in a one-time training either face-to-face or on-line before they begin working with our 4-H youth. If you have not done this, please do so by completing the on-line orientation on 4honline. Help Tip: http://4h.missouri.edu// documents/4honline/4hohowsignupfortrainings.pdf Email reminders have been sent out for those who have not sent in the Annual Background Check Consent Form to become a volunteer Once those have received and the background checks have been completed then you can work with 4-H youth! Leadin for a Cure! March 25-26, 2017 Livingston County fair grounds, Chillicothe, Mo Judges: Blake Bloomburg and Carter Ward Supporting Cancer and Crohn s Disease Research Held in Conjunction with the North Missouri prospect Steer and Heifer Show Milan FFA jackpot and Northwest Missouri State University green & gold Classic 4 SHOWS IN 2 DAYS More than $15,000 will be paid out Supreme overall steer and heifer champions crowned in all 4 shows! For more information Contact: Jack Ward 816-261-2980 Shane Bedwell 620-886-1050 Amy Cowan 816-810-5279 acowen@hereford.org Horse Events -Shane Potter Mizzou Collegiate Horsemen s Associations 2nd Annual Horse Show Saturday April 22 at 11:00 AM at the MU Equine Teaching Facility Bring your horses, kids, friends and family! There will be Pleasure, Barrels, Poles, and Jackpot classes Contact info: Megan Abel Phone: (314)- 602 5556 Email: mnatgb@mail.missouri.edu Storm Bugh Phone: (660)- 342 2617 Email: sdbbh9@mail.missouri.edu Summers@Mizzou Teresa Bishop Do you have an idea you want to turn into your own business? Do you like helping people? Do you want to learn about drones? Are you interested in science? Do you want to put your coding knowledge to work? If any of these apply to you, Summers@Mizzou is where you should be this summer. Camps are offered the week of July 9-13 and July 16-20. Summers @ Mizzou offers seven different camps: Scrub-In to a Health Career, Build-a-Business, Dog Days of Summer, Network Forensics for Hacker Trackers, Robo Palooza, Telling the Story of the Stars and GeoTech: Drone Camp. These camps are offered as residential or day camps. Camps are available for a wide range of ages beginning with 12 year olds; check the registration information for the age range of each camp. Early registration is due by May 5. For registration and available scholarships see http://4h.missouri.edu/ programs/summers For those without internet access call your local Extension Office or Teresa Bishop at Public Speaking Academy Patty Fisher: The 4-H Public Speaking Academy is preparing for its sixth year! Extension faculty, along with 4-H volunteers and college professors will provide educational workshops to help youth build their skills and comfort with public speaking. Participants will be guided through the basics and finer points of writing and delivering a speech. Youth will receive individual assistance. The camp is open to all youth 11-13 years of age interested in learning more about public speaking. The Academy will be held June 21-22, 2017 and registration is due May 16. Lodging will be provided on the campus of Central Methodist University in Fayette, Mo. For more information, contact Patty Fisher at fisherp@missouri.edu or 573-324-5464 and be sure to download the brochure on the Missouri 4-H page at http://4h.missouri.edu/public-speaking-academy/main. University of Missouri Extension 4-H Youth Development Clover Connection 3
Steer Nose Printing: If you plan on competing at the Missouri State Fair with a steer, then you need to have nose printing done by March 15th. This can be completed by either an FFA advisor or a 4-H Youth Development professional. Missouri State Fair Animal Ownership Dates & Info *. The ownership dates indicated below apply to 4- H and FFA youth. Livestock shows and exhibitions set up minimum dates for length of ownership necessary for exhibiting. The dates to the right have been established by the state of Missouri Beef Cattle: Dairy Cattle: Steers/Market Heifers: 3/1 All dairy cattle 6/1 Breeding animals: 6/1 Dairy goats: 6/1 Sheep: Meat goats: 6/1 Breeding animals: 7/1 Horses: 5/1 Market lambs: 6/1 Rabbits: 6/1 Swine: Breeding animals: 90 days Breeding boars: since farrowing Market hogs: 90 days * Page 10, 4-H Clover Poultry: Meat pen 5-10 weeks prior to show Roasters 8-10 weeks prior to show Broilers: 6-8 weeks prior to show Advanced Shotgun Clinic: The Shotgun Rules Clinic is taking place on March 18 at the Boone County Extension Office from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This clinic is open to currently approved 4-H volunteers that have completed the basic 4H Shotgun Certification. This is a hands-on clinic/workshop conducted by the Missouri 4-H state instructors. Learn the various ins and outs of the various shotgun events. The clinic will cover the official rules for trap, skeet and sporting clays. There is NO cost to participate/register in this workshop and lunch will be provided! Pre-registration is preferred. Pre-registration will not be accepted after March 15, or whenever 6 registrations are received. To pre-register please email 4hyouth@missouri.edu Opportunity to Host Exchange Students...Joyce Taylor We will be hosting 12 Japanese exchange students (12-15 years) from late July through mid-august. Applications for serving as a host family can be found on the website under Global Education https://www.states4hexchange.org/apply/host/ The requirements are that you have a host sibling within 2 years the age of the Japanese delegate and same gender. They must have their own bed (can share a room). We prefer that they have a USA family experience rather than vacation/travel experience just what your family would be doing at home during the time they are here. Their English skills are limited but there are many ways to communicate other than just verbal. For older 4-H members, we have the Academic Year Long exchange these students arrive in late July/Early August from Japan, Korea and Eurasian countries to enroll as a Junior in our public high schools. Their English skills are very good and they are motivated to be a good ambassador for their country. Contact me if you would like more details on this opportunity. Taylorjl@missouri.edu University of Missouri Extension 4-H Youth Development Clover Connection 4
Mini-grant Opportunity Focused on Creating Pollinator Habitat Through a partnership with GROWMARK cooperative, Missouri 4-H is able to offer a minigrant opportunity focusing on the creation of pollinator habitat. Honeybees and other pollinators play an important role in the agricultural ecosystem. These same pollinators are under stress from a number of factors: pests, disease, lack of habitat, and more. Your club can do its part to help sustain and increase Monarch and honeybee populations by participating in the GROW- MARK Pollinator Program to promote pollinator health! For more information, please visit http://4h.missouri.edu/monarchs/main. The online application (www.bit.ly/20174hpollinator) is due by March 31, 2017. 4-H Move Across Missouri (MOVE) Alison Copeland MOVE is back for 2017! And, youth and adults can register for it on 4HOnline!! Enrollment for new and re-enrollment for current MOVErs begins now and continues until May 1 (please make sure to register by May 1 so you can participate in the competition!). 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. Here s what youth and adults need to do to participate: Enroll in the Move Across Missouri (MOVE) project (HF775) in 4HOnline in their profile. Enrollment in 4-H MOVE does not count as a part of county limits on projects. Using a paper tracking system found on the 4-H website at: http://4h.missouri.edu/4hmove/moveinfo, youth and their families can log the number of minutes they accumulate throughout the year and during the competitive component of the MOVE program (scroll to the bottom of the website page and click My Move Activity Log ). Record keeping through the paper tracking system is important because the competition period will be from February 1 to April 30. Youth and families will submit their total number of minutes logged and activities (basketball, running, chores, etc.) throughout the 12-week competitive period between May 1-15 in 4HOnline. 4-Hers and adults can register for the competitive event 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. For more information about 4-H MOVE visit - http://4h.missouri.edu/4hmove/main If your region is hosting a regional energizer between now and March and you want to have a MOVE kick off contact Alison Copeland. Thank you for encouraging youth and families to join MOVE 4-H Day with the Cardinals Saturday, May 20, 2017 Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Mo. You are invited to join us for the 16th Annual 4-H Day with the Cardinals. The National League Central Champion Cardinals will be taking on the San Francisco Giants in a 6:15 p.m. game. Don't miss out! We have a limited number of tickets, and they go quickly! Ticket orders must be postmarked by April 10, 2017. Tickets for the event must be ordered on the 4-H Day with the Cardinals order form. At : http:// www.4h.missouri.edu/4h-day-with/4h-day-with-cardinals Tickets are only $25 each for this wonderful family outing and include a specially designed t-shirt featuring the 4-H Clover on the back and the Cardinals emblem on the front. Order as quickly as possible! A limited number of tickets are available and tickets usually sell out early. 4-H Clubs, counties or groups of families who would like to be seated together must send their orders in the same envelope. University of Missouri Extension 4-H Youth Development Clover Connection 5
Spring Contest Days Clinton County, March 11, 8:30 am-1:00 pm, Plattsburg Middle School, Registrations Due March 8 DeKalb County, March 25, Oak Christian Church, 9:00 am-12:00 pm. Registrations Due March 23 Caldwell County Dates March 26, Kingston Federated Church from 2pm to 5pm. Registrations due March 23 The forms are available on the Clinton County Extension Website: http://extension.missouri.edu/ clinton/4h.aspx The county contests follow State Fair and State Public Speaking Guidelines including time limits for different age groups, content and how they will be judged. Missouri State Fair Demonstration Guidelines http://4h.missouri.edu/statefair/4hbuildinginfo Missouri 4-H State Public Speaking Contest Guidelines http://4h.missouri.edu/state-public-speaking/main...working together to help youth become competent, confident, caring, capable, connected and contributing citizens. Clinton County Extension Office P.O. Box 294 Plattsburg MO 64477 4-H is a community of young people across America who are learning citizenship, leadership and life skills.