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4-H MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

ALLAMAKEE COUNTY

4-H Flyers—January 9, 4:00 p.m., Extension Office

4-H Toppers—Check With Club Leader

Bear Creek Kids—January 7, 10:00 a.m., Project Day, Wiemerslage’s

Cherry Valley Chums—January 15, 4:00 p.m., St Paul Lutheran Church

Clover Chasers—January 8, 6:00 p.m., Extension Office

Elon PMC—January 16, 6:30 p.m., Extension Office

Lansing Blackhawks—Check With Club Leader

Ludlow Future Farmers—January 9, 7:30 p.m., Farmers & Merchants Bank

Mississippi Mad Scientists—Check With Club Leader

River Valley Panthers—January 8, 5:00 p.m., Waukon Wellness Center

Saturday Clover Kids— January 21, 9:30 a.m., Waukon Wellness Center

West Ridge Riders— January 9, 6:30 p.m., Extension Office

EXTENSION AND OUTREACH

JANUARY 4-H CLUB MEETING SCHEDULE

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*Dates, times & locations are subject to change

4-H Club Meeting Dates 1

Enrollment Status

Smiles & Thank You’s!

Birthdays

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Summer Help Wanted

2016-2017 Re-Enrollment

4-H Summer Camps

(Junior/Intermediate)

4-H Camp Counselors

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College Scholarships 4

State Recognition

DuPont Seed Grant

Apparel Orders

Business Agenda

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USDA Youth Loans

2017 Fair Dates

2017 Fair Theme

Market Beef Exhibitors

Attention Leaders

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2017 Calendar 7

WHAT’S INSIDE:

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JANUARY 2017

Happy New Year! I hope everyone

had a great holiday season with fami-

ly and friends. What an exciting time

of year, a time to reflect on the past

and to dream about the future. What

are your goals for 2017? What project areas to do you want to explore? I challenge all of you to set a new

4-H goal for 2017. It could be as simple as breaking your steer to lead before May 1 or it could be as big as

applying for State 4-H Council. Share your goal with someone or write it down to hold yourself accountable to

that goal throughout the year! With 4-H Spirit, Morgan Bjerke

FOCUS

SMILES AND THANK YOU’S!

Becky Rea

beckyrea@iastate.edu

4-H K-12 Program Coordinator

Allamakee County Extension and

Outreach

www.extension.iastate.edu/

allamakee

Morgan Bjerke

mlheim@iastate.edu

County Youth Coordinator

Allamakee County Extension and

Outreach

www.extension.iastate.edu/

allamakee

Smiles to the Livestock Superintendents for attending the Superintendent meetings to review the 2017 Fair

Book.

Thanks to Jack Heffern, Ed Bieber, Allie Bieber, Devin Bieber, Lizzie Blake, Christa Heffern, Tanner Deer-

ing, Dani Stock, Tim Fahey, and Nick Tilleraas for helping at the Beef Weigh–In. Special thanks to Lyle

Mohwinkle for weighing the cattle and allowing us to use the sale barn.

Smiles to the leaders who attended the Required Leaders Training in December.

Thank you to all those who have enrolled with Allamakee County 4-H!

JANUARY BIRTHDAYS

4-H

INSPIRES

LEADERSHIP

See original newsletter

2016-17 4-H Member Goal: 267

Current 4-H Members: 227

Current Clover Kid Members: 71

Club Leaders & Volunteers: 24

ENROLLMENT STATUS WELCOME NEW 4-H’ers & CLOVER KIDS

MONTHLY INSIGHT

West Ridge Riders

Walker Kontz

Gage Kontz

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2016-2017 4-H RE-ENROLLMENT

4-H OPPORTUNITIES

SUMMER HELP WANTED-Iowa State Extension and Outreach

NEW…4-H INTERMEDIATE MYSTERY TRIP 2017

Summer 4-H Program Assistant to assist with county fair preparation and summer programming. Knowledge

of the Allamakee County 4-H Program and Allamakee County Fair required. Compensation based on experi-

ence. For job description and application contact the Allamakee County Extension Office, Waukon.

563-568-6345. Apply by February 1. EOE

We will be using the 4-H Online system for re-enrollment into the Allamakee County 4-H Program for the

2016-2017 4-H year. You are able to re-enroll now.

* Existing 4-H families (K-12 grades) please re-enroll at https://iowa.4honline.com. If you need assistance

with the process, call the Extension Office or email dahlstro@iastate.edu.

* For more enrollment and 4-H Online information visit www.extension.iastate.edu/allamakee/page/join-4-h

Attention 7-8th Graders: Mark your calendars, June 6-7, 2017! We are excited to announce the development of a new opportunity for Intermediate 4-H’ers in 2017! With the results from a survey posted in the fall, a trip will be planned in replacement of the overnight camp this year. Save the dates listed above and watch for more information after February 1 that will reveal location, cost, and registration details.

4-H JUNIOR CAMPS COMING IN JUNE 2017 Junior 4-H members…Come join us for tons of fun, adventures galore, and lifelong friendships from northeast Iowa. Summer 4-H Camps will be held at Pine Bluff 4-H Camp located near Decorah. Junior 4-H members (grades 4th -6th) will have two camps to choose from with the dates being: June 13-14 or June 20-21 Continue to watch your county 4-H newsletter for more information. Camp registration will be available Feb-ruary 1 with deadline being April 15.

WANTED: 4-H CAMP COUNSELORS Attention High School 4-H Members! Do you like the outdoors? Are you up for adventures with junior 4-H members? Then being a 4-H camp counselor may be for you. We are looking for 4-H youth counselors to provide leadership in partnership with 4-H Staff at the Regional Pine Bluff 4-H Camps. Both junior camps are 2 days and one night. Junior camps will be June 13-14 and June 20-21. Sign up for one camp or both. Applications will be available for 9-12th grade members after February 1. Contact the Extension Office for

more information. Deadline to apply is April 15.

2017 FRUIT & BUTTERBRAID SPRING FUNDRAISER

Be watching your mailbox in January for our annual fundraiser information. We will be mailing order forms to

enrolled 4-H families. Order forms are due to your club leaders by February 3. Member need to ask family

and friend to make checks payable to your club. If more order forms are needed, contact club leaders or stop

at the Extension Office. Please mark your calendars for Friday, March 10 for delivery.

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STATE 4-H COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS Are you an Iowa 4-H'er planning to attend college? The Iowa 4-H Foundation knows it's not easy to finance a

college education, and we know that many Iowa 4-H'ers can use help achieving their educational goals. Con-

sider applying for an Iowa 4-H Scholarship, funded by donors through the Iowa 4-H Foundation.

Designed to encourage Iowa 4-H members to continue their education beyond high school, our current schol-

arship program offers over 90 scholarships worth more than $90,000. Scholarships range in value from $500

to $10,000. Applications are due to the State 4-H Office by February 1. Visit https://

www.iowa4hfoundation.org/index.cfm?nodeID=31466&audienceID=1 for a full listing and application materi-

als.

SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

ALLAMAKEE COUNTY 4-H SCHOLARSHIP

Graduating seniors interested in applying for the Allamakee County 4-H College Scholarship must submit a

completed application and (2) letters of support by March 1 to the Extension Office. The Allamakee 4-H

Scholarship Committee interview candidates and will award scholarships. Inquire about this scholarship and

others at the Extension Office or at http://www.extension.iastate.edu/allamakee/news/college-scholarships

The Allamakee County Fair Board is awarding an Allamakee County Fair Scholarship to graduating seniors

enrolled in either 4-H or FFA. Applicants must submit a complete application and (2) letters of support to the

Allamakee County Extension Office by March 1. Applications are available at http://

www.extension.iastate.edu/allamakee/news/college-scholarships

The Allamakee County Dairy Promotion Board is awarding a college scholarship to any Allamakee County

student(s) enrolling in Dairy Science or an agriculture field of study. Pick up an application at the Allamakee

County Extension Office or visit http://www.extension.iastate.edu/allamakee/news/college-scholarships. Win-

ner(s) will be announced at the Annual Dairy Banquet on March 25. Application deadline is March 1.

The Allamakee County Cattlemen are sponsoring a scholarship for students attending a school in Allamakee

County or a resident of Allamakee County. All applicants must be a current member of the FFA or 4-H pro-

grams, or their parents members of the Allamakee Cattlemen’s Association. For graduating high school sen-

iors only. Applications must be emailed to Allamakee Co. Cattlemen allamakeecatttlemen@gmail.com and

tillhillcattle@gmail.com by April 15. Pick up an application at the Allamakee County Extension Office or visit

http://www.extension.iastate.edu/allamakee/news/college-scholarships.

ALLAMAKEE COUNTY FAIR BOARD SCHOLARSHIP

ALLAMAKEE COUNTY CATTLEMEN SCHOLARSHIP

ALLAMAKEE COUNTY DAIRY PROMO BOARD SCHOLARSHIP

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JANUARY 2017

BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA

1. Call Meeting to Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Roll Call & Introduction of Visitors

4. Minutes of Previous Meeting

5. Treasurer’s Report

6. Committee Reports

-County Council update -Other committees (optional)

7. Unfinished and New Business -Review club meeting guidelines - Fruit & Butter Braid Orders - Club/County Survey

8. Announcements & Leaders Report

9. Adjourn and 4-H Pledge

You deserve to be recognized for your hard work and have some fun too! There are many opportunities for

recognition awards or to represent Iowa on the state and national level for youth in 9-12 grades. These op-

portunities include:

National 4-H Conference: week long trip to Washington D.C. with a goal for youth share their perspective

on the 4-H program with national leaders, including Congressional members

National 4-H Congress: week long trip to National 4-H in Atlanta promoting leadership, community ser-

vice, team building, and cultural issues

State 4-H Council: work directly with Iowa 4-H Youth Development to represent the program across the

state, plan the annual Iowa 4-H Youth Conference the end of June, hosting between 700 to 1000 Iowa

youth on the ISU campus

State Project Award : $100 award to top 50 applicants who outline and demonstrate mastery, leadership,

communication, and service in a specific project area in their 4-H career

Learn more about applying for these opportunities at www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/page/recognition-

opportunities. Applications are due to the State 4-H Office by February 1. Interviews will be held on Satur-

day, April 1 at Iowa State University in Ames. If you are interested in applying please contact Morgan.

STATE RECOGNITION OPPORTUNITIES

DUPONT PIONEER COMMUNITY SEED GRANTS

4-H OPPORTUNITIES

Is your club considering a community service project, but needs funds to try it? Please share and consider

applying for a DuPont Pioneer Seed Grant. The Iowa 4-H Foundation, through the generous donation from

DuPont Pioneer will provide seed grants for up to $500 as a match to local efforts for a club’s community ser-

vice project. The effort needs to be a new project and there needs to demonstration of a match from in-kind

donations, time, or other local donors. Applications are due to the state 4-H office by Jan. 31. More infor-

mation can be found at: www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/pioneergrants. These projects also require a letter of

support from someone at the county office so start planning now.

SPRING APPAREL ORDERS

We will be placing a 4-H apparel re-order from the same designs of 2016. Leaders, please keep and eye out

in your club shelves this spring for those order forms.

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2017 ALLAMAKEE COUNTY FAIR DATES Mark your calendars for the Allamakee County Fair: July 19-23, 2017!

Big 4 Fair: June 16-18, 2017

USDA YOUTH LOANS The Farm Service Agency has the USDA Youth Loan Program available for any 4-H/FFA members, ages 10-

21 years of age, and looking for help to finance their projects. Applications and brochures can be picked up

at the Extension Office or contact your local FSA office 563-382-2255.

LIVESTOCK REMINDERS

2017 4-H FAIR THEME Put on your thinking caps and start brainstorming ideas of how to incorporate the 2017 theme of ‘Start Your

Future Here’ into your club booth!

LEADERS: UPCOMING DEADLINES AND REMINDERS

Resources — Looking for specific resources for your club? I am looking to help! I want to hear from you and your

club. I have put club/county surveys on your club shelfs to walk though with your club at your next meeting. From

there I am going to review the needs and wants of the county to start preparing kits for clubs to check-out.

As club activities are planned, please turn driver’s names and last 5 digits of social security number into the Ex-

tension Office a minimum of 3 weeks prior to scheduled events so paperwork can be sent to those who will be trans-

porting youth. This is to assure everyone is properly screened.

If you are planning a club activity that is NOT documented in your club program, please remember to contact the

Extension Office about insurance coverage for special activities. Liability activity forms can be found on our web-

site www.extension.iastate.edu/allamakee/4h under the Leader heading.

Program Books — If you have not yet turned in your Program Book, please do so ASAP. We have a few clubs that

we have not yet received yet.

Volunteers Needed —We are looking for adults and high school youth to help with our 4-H program including but not

limited to; afterschool programming, County Council and Saturday Clover Kids. Or, if you know of an adult who is in-

terested in becoming a leader of a new 4-H project club let us know! If you have an idea for a new project club or are

interested in volunteering in an existing 4-H program, please contact the Extension Office.

MARKET BEEF EXHIBITORS If you have weighed in animals at the County Weigh In, you only have until January 31, to verify your market

beef animals. Iowa State Fair Families, you must verify your information to be eligible to show at the State

Fair. This is NOT your entry, this is just verifying your animal information. If you need a help sheet on how to

help you verify your market beef animals, please visit http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/page/4honline-

information-families-and-leaders or contact Lana at dahlstro@iastate.edu . Please remember this needs to

be done by January 31, 2017. Please make sure everything is correct before clicking on the save button, if

everything looks ok, click on “save” and the animal information will become ‘locked’ for editing.

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DATE EVENT TIME LOCATION

JANUARY

January 2, 2017 Holiday: Extension Office Closed Allamakee County Extension Office January 7, 2017 New Volunteer Training 9:00-12:00 PM NICC Dairy Center, Calmar January 8, 2017 County Council Meeting 4:00 PM Allamakee County Extension Office January 15, 2017 Citizenship Club Meeting 2:00 PM Decorah Lutheran Church, Decorah January 17, 2017 YDC Meeting 7:00 PM Allamakee County Extension Office

FEBRUARY

February 5, 2017 County Council Meeting 7:00 PM Allamakee County Extension Office February 9, 2017 Master Fruit & Butter Braid Orders Due to Extension Office from Leaders February 19, 2017 Citizenship Club Meeting 2:00 PM NICC Center, Waukon Campus February 23, 2017 Citizenship Club Chaperon Mtg. 7:00 PM Allamakee County Extension Office

2017 4-H CALENDAR OF EVENTS

MARCH

March 1, 2017 FSQA Training 1:00 PM Allamakee County Extension Office March 5, 2017 County Council Meeting 6:30 PM Allamakee County Extension Office March 10, 2017 Fruit & Butter Braid Delivery 1:00-4:30 PM Kruger/Heitman Pioneer Building March 11, 2017 FSQA Training 9:30 AM Allamakee County Extension Office March 16, 2017 Dog Project Kick-Off Mtg. 6:00 PM Allamakee County Extension Office March 18, 2017 Citizenship Club Meeting 12:00 PM Decorah Lutheran Church, Decorah March 21, 2017 YDC Meeting 7:00 PM Allamakee County Extension Office March 27– April 2 Citizenship Club trip to Washington D.C.

APRIL

April 1, 2017 Swine Weigh-In 10:00 AM Allamakee County Fairgrounds April 9, 2017 County Council Meeting 6:30 PM Allamakee County Extension Office April 11, 2017 Horse Project Meeting 6:00 PM Allamakee County Extension Office April 20, 2017 Spring Leaders Meeting 5:30 PM Allamakee County Extension Office April 25, 2017 New Member Night (Part 2) 6:00 PM Allamakee County Extension Office

MAY

May 7, 2017 County Council Meeting 6:30 PM Allamakee County Extension Office May 13, 2017 Sheep/Meat Goat Weigh-In 9:00 AM Allamakee County Fairgrounds May 15, 2017 Animal ID Deadline 4HOnline May 16, 2017 YDC Meeting 7:30 PM Allamakee County Extension Office

JUNE

June 6-7, 2017 Regional Intermediate Trip TBD June 12, 2017 Camp Counselor Training 9:00 AM-2:00 PM Pine Bluff 4-H Camp, Decorah June 13-14, 2017 Junior #1 Camp Pine Bluff 4-H Camp, Decorah June 20-21, 2017 Junior #2 Camp Pine Bluff 4-H Camp, Decorah June 15, 2017 Animal Entry Deadline Allamakee County Extension Office June 16-18, 2017 Big 4 Fair Postville June 25, 2017 Expressions Day (Tentative Date) TBD June 27-29, 2017 State 4-H Youth Conference Iowa State University, Ames

JULY

July 18, 2017 Conference Judging 9:00 AM Allamakee County Fairgrounds July 18, 2017 Youth Showcase/Fair Queen Crowning Allamakee County Fairgrounds July 19-23, 2017 Allamakee County Fair