Cherokee County 4-H

Between your November & January 4-H Club Meetings, your 4-H Leader/Teacher will set a date for your club to hold its 4-H Photography

Contest: “The World I See”. Your 4-H Leader/Teacher will let you know the specific date of your school’s 4-H Club contest. These dates vary by school

and grade.

Here are the rules to the 4-H Photography Contest entitled, “The World I See”:

This is an individual entry. Teams are not allowed in this contest.

Photos may be in color, black and white, or sepia.

Prints must be 5”x7” or larger. They should be no larger than 8”x10”.

You may use a film print or digital camera.

You may lighten or darken your photo as needed. You are also allowed to fix the color and make small changes as needed using computer software or a dark room.

DO NOT turn in your picture in a frame or with cut-out mat-boards.

Photos should be mounted on plain white or black poster board or foam board. Mount boards should be no larger than 20”x20”.

Do not include titles or other information on the front of the mount board.

4-H members are only allowed to enter one photo.

Photos must have been taken by the 4-H member entering it into the contest.

Photos must have been taken during the current 4-H year (from Summer of 2014 on).

The following information MUST be included on the BACK of the entry: 4-H Member’s name, age category (Junior, Intermediate, Senior I, or Senior II), grade, and teacher’s name. If you are unsure of your age category, please refer to your 4-H member handbook or contact Mrs. Mirandi at mrw0028@auburn.edu or 256-494-7766.

4-H Photography Contest: “The World I See”

Cherokee County Extension Office (256)927-3250 November 2014 Cherokee County Extension Office 1526 Chesnut Bypass Centre, Alabama 35960 Mirandi Reese Watson 4-H Agent Assistant mrw0028@auburn.edu

Photography Contest Rules & Guidelines

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Blocks Rock Winner Pictures

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Quail Forever Project 3

Arbor Day Poster 4

Important Dates to Remember

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Inside this issue:

Special Points

of Interest: “The World I See” 4-

H Photography Contest will be held between the Nov. & Jan. 4-H Club Meetings!!!

Upcoming Quail For-ever Wildlife Habitat Contest on Page 3!

See all of the 4-H Blocks Rock Contest Winners on pages 2 & 3!!!

5th Graders!!! Check out the rules to the 2014 Arbor Day Poster on Page 4!!!

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4-H Blocks Rock Contest Winners

Cedar Bluff 4th Grade: 1st - Anna Beth Hurley, 2nd - Natalie Baty, 3rd - Hagen Stallings. Participants: Lacie Smith, Landon Lee, Haley Allen, Austin Longley, and Ashton Young

Cedar Bluff 5th Grade: 1st - Caleb Clifton & Nicholas Clifton, 2nd - Jerri-Grace Chandler, and 3rd - Angelina Sims. Participants: Sherrydan Garrett, Candace Longley, and Alyssa Combs.

Centre Elementary 4th Grade (Pollard & Sliger): Left to Right - Troy Speigner (3rd place), Alex Greenwood (1st place), and Allie Cannon (2nd place)

Centre Elementary 4th Grade (Chamlee & Rogers) 1st : Malaki Sipsey

Centre Elementary 4th Grade (Richardson & Lindsey): 1st - Joseph Rayborn, 2nd - Bryant Lambert, 3rd - Alex McCord. Participants: Elora Bradley, Jade Kennon, Asa Harris, and Lily DeBerry

Centre Middle School 6th Grade: 1st - Mackenzie Green & 2nd - Jacob McGatha

Gaylesville 4th Grade: 1st - Delaney Coker, 2nd - Cadence Burkhead, & 3rd - Mackenzie Cavin. Participants: Victoria Webb & Matthew Cox.

Gaylesville 6th Grade: 1st - Dakota Roberson & 2nd - Mackenzie Dickey

Gaylesville 5th Grade: 1st - Graci Mills, 2nd - Kayle McGraw, & 3rd - Laiton Keith.

Spring Garden 4th Grade: 1st - Landon Ragan, 2nd - Daniel Crawford, and 3rd - Luke Wells. Participants: Ethan McCain, Terri Barnwell, Gavin Cash, Cameron Welsh, and Brendan White.

Spring Garden 5th Grade: 1st - Neely Welsh, 2nd - Camille Haggard, & 3rd - Denver Jarrett. Participants - Bri Boles, Joshua Forrester, Cade Williams, Tristan Lewis, Abbey Steward, Bayleigh Lambert, Logan McGatha, Jon Mark Poole, Morgan Walker, and Mayce Hardin.

4-H Blocks Rock Contest Winners

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4-H Quail Forever Wildlife Habitat Project Cherokee County 4-H would like to announce another year of partnership with the local chap-ter of Quail Forever to bring you this 7th Annual 2015 Wildlife Habitat Contest. The objective of this program is to promote land stewardship amongst youth by giving them an opportunity to provide food and cover for wildlife, specifically quail, throughout the winter months.

The project will begin with a mandatory informational meeting held in February. The seed for partridge peas, provided by Murphree Seed, will be available for you to pick-up at the meeting in order to plant by the end of February/beginning of March. In late April-early May, the next round of seed will be made available for planting. This will consist of the following crops, if available for distribution: Egyptian wheat, quail haven soybeans, brown top millet, and grain sorghum. Once these crops have been planted and had time to mature throughout the summer months, we will contact you in September to make plans to judge your wildlife habitat plots. The winners will be announced at the Quail Forever Wildlife Habitat Awards Ceremony in November and they will receive the prize money awarded by the local chapter of Quail Forever.

RULES & REGULATIONS: ~Every child that participates MUST go to school in Cherokee County. ~4th-12th Grade Students are eligible to participate ~Records MUST be shown at the culmination of the project in the form of an Achievement Portfolio. Information to include in the Achievement Portfolio: when you got the seed, when the seed was planted, how the plots were planted, the crop yield, expenses, etc… (pictures are always great) ~Participants must have at least 1 acre of land available for planting

To register, please complete a registration form and return along with the $25 registration fee to the Cherokee County Extension Office by Friday, 30 January 2015. Please make checks payable to ACES.

Please note that the $25 registration fee will be returned to the participant upon completion of the project and judging of the habitat plot.

If you have any questions or to obtain a registration form, please contact: Michael Dillon, 4-H Regional Extension Agent, at (256) 547-7936 or dillomk@aces.edu

Sand Rock 6th Grade: 1st - Magnus Goolsby & 2nd -

Sand Rock 5th Grade: 1st - Gunner Cox

Sand Rock 4th Grade 4-H Club's Blocks Rock Winners: 1st - Heather Sinclair, 2nd - Ensley Callentine, and 3rd - Jana Tucker & Hugh Moore. Participants: Koko Graham, Cody Ashley, Kacie Traylor, Chris Smalley, Michael Hamlen, and Austin Yoder.

Spring Garden 6th Grade: 1st - Quinton Kirk, 2nd - Danielle Triplett, and 3rd - Dyani Burt.

Important Dates to Remember

1526 Chesnut Bypass Centre, Alabama 35960

Arbor Day Poster Contest for 5th Graders

Phone: 256-927-3250 Fax: 256-927-2014 E-mail: mrw0028@auburn.edu Web Address: http://www.aces.edu/counties/Cherokee/pages/4-H.tmpl

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Visit Cherokee County 4-H on Facebook!!!

To find us: 1) Log onto your Facebook Account, 2) Type “Cherokee County 4-H” in the search box at the top of the page, 3) Click “LIKE” on our page! Now you will get all of

our updates in your Facebook news feed!!!

January 30th - Arbor Day Posters due into the Cherokee County Extension Office

January 30th - Quail Forever Wildlife Habitat registration forms due into the Cherokee County Extension Office

Coming in 2015….

Stay tuned for information regarding our annual 4-H Summer Camp. Deadlines for deposits, forms, and full payment will be available after in January.

For more information on these events or anything else 4-H related, please contact your 4-H Agent Assistant, Mirandi Watson, at mrw0028@auburn.edu or 256-494-7766.

2015 Alabama Arbor Day Poster Contest Rules: Please read and follow these rules carefully for your poster entry to be eligible. Posters must be the original work of a student currently in the 5th grade. The use of cartoon characters or television, movie, sports figures, business names, or company names is not accepta-

ble. Please DO NOT include any of these, anywhere on your poster. It will be disqualified. One winning poster from each school will be accepted. Posters must be complete, signed, and submitted with a form

that can be found at the following link: http://www.aces.edu/counties/Calhoun/arborday/documents/ENTRYFORM15.pdf

All artwork on the posters must be finished and the artist’s signature must be in the lower right-hand corner on the front.

Posters may be done in marker, colored pencil, crayon, watercolor, ink, acrylic, tempera paint, or paint pen. Posters may be any size between and including 8 1/2”x11” and 14”x18”. Computer generated art and printing is not acceptable. Poster must be reproducible - no collages please (collages include anything glued to the poster). Posters must be flat. Folded, matted, mounted, laminated, or framed posters are not acceptable. The 2015 theme is “Trees are terrific...in cities and towns” The theme must be on the poster. The poster must be re-

lated to the contest them in some way. Any and all writing should be spelled correctly and easy to read.

Poster will be collected at your January 4-H Club Meeting (check with your child’s teacher for specific dates as they vary per school and grade) or may be turned in to the Cherokee County Extension Office by January 30th.

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Pictured at left is Danielle Weaver of Highland School in Etowah County. Danielle won 3rd place in the state Arbor Day Poster Contest in 2013. She is seen here with Alabama’s First Lady, Mrs. Dianne Bentley. The are holding the poster that Danielle created for the contest. Because of her win, Danielle and her family were invited to attend a tree planting ceremony on the grounds of the Alabama State Capitol in honor of Arbor Day.