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4-H Newsletter--February 2008
2008 4-H Calendar Enclosed! Just what you have been waiting for! You will find the 2008 4-H Calendar enclosed. Leaders, if you have new families, please get their names and addresses to the extension office so they may begin receiving the 4-H newsletter too. Note: Frontier County Fair in Stockville will be July 17-20, 2008.
March 15th is Market Beef Weigh-in & Tag Day! If you did not participate in the early weigh-in January 26th, bring your Market Beef to the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture (NCTA) in Curtis on Saturday, March 15, 2008, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., to have them weighed and tagged. There will be a cost of $1 per tag. If you are considering showing at the State Fair or at AkSarBen, DNA samples will need to be collected the day of the tagging. There is a fee of $6/animal for DNA testing. The identification sheets need to be signed by the 4-H member and the parents. If you have not received one in the mail, please call the extension office and one will be sent to you.
2008 Photography Themes Unit II – “Celebrating Citizenship” Unit III – “Go For Gold” (in celebration of the Nebraska 4-H Foundation's 50th Anniversary)
Officers Elected on the 4-H Council
The Frontier County 4-H Council met January 21, 2008. The results of the election of officers are President - Susan Nutt, Vice-President - Turena Ehlers,Secretary/Treasurer - Cindy Melvin. Other council members are Cloid Smith, Bruce Deterding, and Jo Popp. Youth Representatives will be Hayley Meyers, Ethan Smith, Calvin Rupe, Heath Ehlers, and Johanna Nutt.
The 4-H Council is the elected group that helps decide 4-H policy and programs for our organization. They are your representatives and they need to hear from you. If you have ideas or comments to share on how to improve or change something about 4-H, please talk to them.
Scholarships Available for the 2008 Big Red Summer Academic Camps
University of Nebraska Extension in Frontier County is offering Scholarships to anyone interested in attending one of the Big Red Summer Academic Camps held on the UNL campus June 15-20, 2008. We will provide transportation to Lincoln but transportation back needs to be arranged by the 4-H'er. This scholarship is a one time opportunity, so don't miss this chance to attend a great camp!
A 4-H'er who has attended in the past described these camps as a life changing event.
The different camps to choose from are:
Child Development
Culinary Arts
Culinology
Quilt Design
Food Molecular Biology
Dance
Movie-Making
Landscape Design
Theatre
Unicameral Youth Conference
Web Design and Animation
Spiders
If you are interested in applying for this scholarship, contact the extension office for a brochure describing the various camps. A three to four paragraph essay in which you tell which camp you want to attend and why needs to be written and turned into the extension office by March 24, 2008, in order to be eligible for a scholarship.
Statewide Opportunities for 4-H Youth
Applications are now being accepted for 2008 Statewide Opportunities for 4-H Youth! These opportunities have been formed as an effort to provide 4-H'ers, 14 and older, a chance to connect with other 4-H youth who have similar interests from across the state. It is also intended that these opportunities will assist with the retention of 4-H members as they grow throughout the program, while also providing youth a voice in the future planning of educational opportunities and initiatives. The two Statewide Leadership Opportunities for 4-H Youth include the Youth Curriculum Committee and the Youth Multimedia Team.
Opportunity 1 -- Youth Curriculum Committee This committee will give youth a voice in 4-H Curriculum decisions such as selecting new project manuals, revising outdated materials, reviewing technology components, promoting new curriculum in counties, and much more. Contact Michelle Garwood, Curriculum Graduate Student, at (402) 472-9184 or at mailto:mgarwood2@unl.edu for more information. Youth Curriculum Committee applications will be accepted through March 1, 2008.
Opportunity 2 -- Youth Multimedia Team The Youth Multimedia Team is seeking 4-H'ers who are interested in multimedia (the use of text, audio, still images, animation, video, interactivity), technology, and communication. Youth will gain new skills, serve communities by completing projects and showcase to others the emerging technologies in the area of multimedia communication, all while promoting Nebraska 4-H Program opportunities. The group will be guided by the leadership of the 4-H Action Team, Communications and Expressive Arts workgroup; questions may be directed toward Tracy Pracheil, Extension Educator, at (402) 472-9016 or at mailto:tpracheil2@unl.edu. Youth Multimedia Team applications will be accepted through April 1, 2008. A fact sheet, as well as application materials, for both opportunities, can be found on the State 4-H Web site at http://4h.unl.edu. Please note that 4-H youth are encouraged to apply for only ONE of the above opportunities.. The application for both opportunities consists of 1) an online application form, 2) a creative application questionnaire, and 3) a nomination signature form signed by the applicant, their parent/guardian, and a UNL Extension county staff member.
Singing Valentines If you would like to order a Singing Valentine, call the Extension office at 367-4424 or toll free at 800-367-4424.
Local calls (Maywood, Stockville, Curtis, Moorefield, Farnam, and Eustis) 50¢
Long-distance singing valentines $1.50
Delivered in person singing valentines $3.00 (only within the city limits)
Nebraska 4-H Promotion Month is February Celebrate by wearing your 4-H T-shirt to school and telling your friends about 4-H! As part of the promotion, a 4-H display table will be set up at the Town & Country Market on February 23, 2008 from 10:00 p.m. to Noon.
Time to Get Organized! If you are a leader and haven't already done so, it is time to get organized! If your club is without a leader, please help by stepping forward and donating some of your time by leading your club.
4-H is a worthwhile, rewarding organization. Call the extension office for your enrollment forms. Remember, new members must also fill out a green card. If you have new members, please give us their names ASAP so we can mail them this letter and a calendar. Dues will stay at $5/4-H member and $2.50/Clover Kid. The dues and final enrollment are due into the Extension Office no later than April 15.
The 4-H Council will pick up the cost of insurance on 4-H members. Dues go to help cover this cost and the cost of project manuals. Remember, leaders are not covered under this insurance. If any leader is interested in being included in the insurance policy, give us a call.
Please use this newsletter as a way to get information out to your members. You need to submit any news to the extension office by the end of the month in order to have it appear in the next newsletter.
Attention!
The following 4-H'ers and leaders need to stop in the extension office and pick up record books and various awards:
Luck Star 4-H Leader
Kayla Banzhaf
Shelby Benson
Dylan McConville
Dallas Peterson
Sammy Peterson
Kathryn Schick
Brennan Taylor
Jordan Walther
Marty Warneke
Trevor Wells
Abby Werkmeister
Luke White
Paul White
Club Notes
Happy Helpers 4-H Club will have their organizational meeting on Thursday, February 28th at 1:15 p.m. at Ag Hall on the NCTA campus.
Please call us at 367-4424 or 1-888-367-4424 with your new 911 addresses.
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