Alexander 4 H News February 2013 4-H Photo Contest South Central 4-H Winter Enrichment 2013 4-H Presentations Sign Up 4-H Poultry Judging Team 4-H Cumulative Records Due Commissioner s Choice Applications Due Campbell s Soup Labels February 4-H County Council 4-H'ers and Volunteers in the News Contact Us Alexander County Center 376 1st Avenue SW Taylorsville, NC 28681 Phone: 828-632-3125 Fax: 828-632-7533 http://alexander.ces.ncsu.edu Distributed in furtherance of the acts of Congress of May 8 and June 30, 1914. North Carolina State University and North Carolina A&T State University commit themselves to positive action to secure equal opportunity regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, religion, sex, age, veteran status or disability. In addition, the two Universities welcome all persons without regard to sexual orientation. North Carolina State University, North Carolina A&T State University, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and local governments cooperating. Special accommodations will be made for the physically disabled, vision or hearing impaired, anyone needing language interpretation or other provisions. If any of these are required, please call 828-632-3125 two weeks prior to the event. 4-H Photo Contest- Get together or start taking your best photos taken since March 1, 2012. You may enter one photo per category... people, animals, landscapes, buildings, 4-H in Action, Nature's Beauty, and Family Traditions. County photo winners in the 9-18 year old divisions for the last 3 categories will be sent on to the state 4-H photo contest. Overall county points winner will receive $25 4-H Scholarship. The photo contest entry form is included in this newsletter. Deadline for photo entries is February 28th. South Central District 4-H Winter Enrichment- will be held in Cabarrus County on Saturday, February 23 rd. This day is designed for youth 12-18 years old. Lunch from Pizza Hut will be provided. Workshops to be offered are Community Service Care Packages for the Troops; District Officer 101; Brain Health and Presentations & Public Speaking. Following lunch the group will travel to NASCAR SpeedPark which includes unlimited go-karts, putt-putt, climbing wall and laser tag. Registrants will receive an arm band for these attractions. The arm band includes all attractions except the arcade games. The cost for the day is $20. Deadline for registering is February 14 th. Suzanne will be transporting our county delegation to this event. 2013 4-H Presentations Sign Up- This year 4-H presentation schedule is earlier than in past years. District competition will be held on Saturday, May 18th at Wingate University and the state finals will be held in Raleigh on Saturday, June 22nd. A 4-H Presentation is a method of sharing a skill or something you have enjoyed learning about. Presentation competition is for youth ages 9-18 years old. Cloverbuds (5-8 years old) can also prepare a presentation for county and district but there is no competition. We will also help you develop an outline and sketch ideas for your posters. Deadline to register is April 29th for a presentation. Call the office for a list of presentation catagories that are available. If you would like to check out a video showing state winning presentations, call the 4-H Office. 4-H Poultry Judging Team- Alexander County hopes to have its own junior and senior poultry judging teams this year. The teams will be trained by Kathy Bunton, Area Specialized Poultry Agent. The training sessions will be with Wilkes County. There will be one training each month through May. The training dates are: Tuesday, February 12th, Tuesday, March 12th, Tuesday, April 9th, and Tuesday, May 14th. Summer training sessions and field trips will be determined after the May training session in preparation for the State 4-H Poultry Judging Contest. We will have junior teams (9-13 year olds) and senior teams (14-18 year olds). Poultry Judging involves: Egg Production Past Production Hens;: Market Poultry - Ready to Cook and Parts Identification and Eggs: Interior, Exterior and Broken out Eggs. Please call the 4-H Office to register by Monday, February 4th. For more information, go to: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/ depts/poulsci/4h/poultryjudging/poultryjudging.html.
4-H Cumulative Records Due- If you are 13 years or older and have been active in a specific project book area for 1 to 3 years, then you may want to consider completing a cumulative record. The form is similar to a 4-H project book but covers your work in that area for the past 3 years. If you are interested in beginning your 4-H cumulative record, call the 4-H office for more information. Deadline for 4-H Cumulative Records to the 4-H Office is February 25th. Cash prizes are provided at the state level up to $150. Many of our local 4-H ers have received this prize money. Commissioner's Choice Applications Due- 4-H volunteers should have received applicatons in the mail. If you would like to receive this application in a Word format, please let us know and we will email you a copy. This is a great opportunity for your club to receive recognition and prize money for all the outstanding projects you did last year. Copies of your clubs' 2012 Club of the Year form are available at the 4-H Office. Applications are due on March 1st. Banquet will be held on Thursday, March 21st. Campbell s Soup Labels- Please continue to collect Campbell Soup Labels for Barium Springs Homes for Children in Troutman. Bring them to the 4-H Office and your club will receive 1 club of the year point per label. February 4-H County Council Meeting will be on Thursday, February 14th from 3:30-4:00 pm in the small conference room. Emeralds 4-H Club will meet following the county council meeting. Dallas Perry- State 4-H Secretary-Treasurer rode with Steve Troxler- Commissioner of Agriculture in the Governor s Inaugural Parade on January 12 th in Raleigh. Real Money, Real World Simulation- was held at East Alexander Middle School on January 23 rd. Thanks to the following 4- H ers and 4-H Volunteer Leaders that assisted with the stations: Micki Earp, Trudy & Sarah Perry, and Courtney Bowman. South Central 4-H Horse Bowl District Finals- Alexander County Junior and Senior 4-H Horse Bowl teams competed at the district finals on January 26 th at NC A&T in Greensboro. Junior Team Members: Rylee Baker, Claire Boger, Marissa Shalk, Rachel Unger and Lily Marsden. The team placed 3rd in the district competition. Senior Team Members: Kelyn Diamond, Christine Rhodes, Natalie Unger and Kasey Boger. This team placed 2nd in district competition. A special thanks to Cindy Boger and other moms that have helped with coaching and preparing the teams for competition. Junior Members 4-H Horse Bowl Team 2012 4-H Awards Program- was held on Tuesday, January 31st Emcee: Nicolas Dyson Pledges: Faith Wahlers & Peri Munday Sarah Perry- 4-H High Achievement Trophy Achievement Medallions- (4 or more blue/champion projects) Bailey Ingle (5) Peri Munday (4) Dallas Perry (4) Other 4-H'ers receiving recognition for outstanding project work were: Kaylor Berwick, Jenna Waters, Marjorie Cole, Jonna William, Jillian Woodring, Tanner Ingle, Courtney Bowman, Hunter White and Nicolas Dyson. Curriculum Project Area Winners- 9-10 year old division Jonna Williams 11-12 year old division Sarah Perry (2 areas) and Bailey Ingle (3 areas) 13-15 year old division Peri Munday (2 areas), Faith Wahlers (2 areas) and Tanner Ingle (1 area) 16-18 year old division Nicolas Dyson (1 area), Dallas Perry (3 areas) and Courtney Bowman (2 areas). These 4-H'ers will choose their 2 top curriculum winning projects to advance to district competition and judging. 4-H Achievement Plan Awards- Gracie Templeton- Cloverbud 7-8 year old Award Peri Munday- Silver Level Faith Wahlers- Gold Level Handy Dandy 4-H Club- 2012 4-H Club of the Year - (left to right) Courtney Bowman, Brenda Bowman, Sarah Perry, Dallas Perry and Trudy Perry. Senior Members 4-H Horse Bowl Team Amy Shook 4-H Leadership Award Courtney Bowman
4-H Volunteer Tenure Awards- 5 Year Tenure Award- Angie Jansen, Lerin Berwick, & Anita Madison 10 Year Tenure Award- Andra Ingle & Laura Wahlers 15 Year Tenure Award- Kay & Bobby Dayvault, & Mike Adams 20 Year Tenure Award- Merylin Davis 30 Year Tenure Award- Dana Dewey 2012 4-H Club of the Distinction Handy Dandy 4-H Club 2012 4-H Community Service Award Alexander County 4-H Livestock Club 2013 4-H County Council Officers : 2013 Alexander County 4-H Council Officers; Left to right: Faith Wahlers- Vice President; Hunter White- Secretary; Nicolas Dyson- President and Peri Munday- Treasuer. Not pictured: Cecilia Tadt- Reporter. Adult 4-H Leadership Tenure Awards- front row (Left to right) Andra Ingle (10 year award); Merylin Davis (20 year award) and Lerin Davis (5 year award); Back Row: (left to right) Mike Adams (15 year award) and Laura Wahlers (10 year award). Curious Clovers 4-H Club- met first for a pizza party this month and finished with an onsite observation of a new septic system. Thank you to Bert Gibson for the informative discussion of the ins and outs of the function of a system and how we can make the most of a septic system. Thank you to Nathan Bowles and his father, Kevin Bowles for hosting the meeting this month. Cornerstone Clovers 4-H Club- met at the NC Cooperative Extension Office on January 21 st at 7:00 pm. We were taught how to play Nutsy by Stephanie Holland and her daughter Aubrie. Everyone had a blast learning a new and very exciting card game. We finished up by having hot chocolate and cookies on that very chilly day. Submitted By: Hayley Bucknum Rocky Springs 4-H Club- Suzanne Rhinehart- 4-H Agent led the group in conducting the National 4-H Science Experiment- Eco-Bot. The club members enjoyed a covered dish dinner. Sugar and Spice 4-H Cooking Club- For our December meeting, we attended the National Gingerbread competition at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville during the Christmas vacation holiday. We then held their meeting at the 4-H Office on January 3rd. We made doggy biscuits out of banana-oatmeal and chicken flavored treats for our own dogs as well as the Alexander County Animal Shelter. We want to welcome our newest member Emily Owensby to our club! February 7th will be our next meeting. We will be decorating cakes. Feel free to come. Submitted By: Ally Bebber Top Shots 4-H Shooting Sports Club- met on January 28th for their second meeting of the year and made plans to prepare for future contests. Club members are reminded to pay their $25 annual amino fees. Newsletter prepared by: Suzanne N. Rhinehart Extension Agent 4-H Youth Development