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Clover Kids

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Beyond the County

Leader Tidbits

Questions & Answers

Science Corner

Jefferson County Fair

Project Corner

4-H Online

Club Information

Dates to Remember

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Kaye Gilbert JEFFERSON COUNTY EXTENSION County Youth Coordinator kayeg@iastate.edu 641-472-4166

JEFFERSON COUNTY EXTENSION

Jefferson County September 2012

Clover

Times

As we all get settled back in the routine of

the school year, we also need to

remember it is a new year for 4-H as well.

On September 15, the new 4-H year

begins so don’t forget to re-enroll!

OUR VISION A WORLD IN WHICH YOUTH & ADULTS LEARN, GROW,

& WORK TOGETHER AS CATALYSTS FOR POSITIVE CHANGE

Member News

PACKWOOD

CLOVERS

Gina Greiner

2nd Wednesday, 7:00 pm

Prairie View UMC

LOCKRIDGE

CLOVERS

Julie Wilson

3rd Sunday, 2:00 pm

Lockridge Senior Center

Shirley Stanley

2nd Thursday, 5:15-6:15 pm

Jefferson Co Fairgrounds

FAIRFIELD CLOVERS

Clover Clubs, Be sure to turn in your paperwork

or have the members enroll in 4-H Online.

With this newsletter this month, I have also created a new year packet for the

membership.

In this packet, there is a help sheet for re-enrollment on 4-H online in addition to

information for those without internet to do paper.

Once a family has re-enrolled, I will have a “welcome” packet to give each family.

This packet will have information regarding preparation for various events

throughout the year and additional information for the program.

The 4-H Year will end on September 15th at midnight.

New enrollments for the 2012-2013 4-H Year

may begin Sunday, September 16th!!

New Year is Almost Here

MISSION STATEMENT

4-H EMPOWERS YOUTH TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL

WORKING AND LEARNING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CARING ADULTS

County Happenings

If you are planning on setting up your trunk, please sign

up!!

More information will come

in the October Newsletter!

TRUNK OR TREAT OCTOBER 28

We will be having an entry into the parade. Potential Teen Council members along

with existing teen council members will be helping to plan and participate in the

event. Be sure to come out and support the Kiwanis Kid’s Day event.

KIWANIS KID’S DAY - SEPTEMBER 15TH

CROP HUNGER WALK Anyone interested in participating in the

Crop Hunger Walk, it will be held on

Sunday, October 7. For more information,

please contact Rhonda Goehring at

drgoehring@hughes.net. She can get you

all the information regarding pledges, the

distances you may walk and any other

information you may need.

WEBSITE HAS A NEW LOOK

Be sure to checkout our website at

www.extension.iastate.edu/jefferson

We have a brand new look. I am in

the process of getting more

information available for the

membership on the site as well as for

families inquiring about 4-H.

4-H FIND OUT NIGHT OCTOBER 10

ACTIVITY BUILDING

A NIGHT FOR AREA YOUTH TO LEARN ABOUT 4-H.

COME SET UP A BOOTH ABOUT YOUR CLUB!!

KEEP INFORMED at www.extension.iastate.edu/jefferson/kidsteens

Beyond the County

Opportunities Beyond Jefferson County

There are many opportunities available for our members beyond our county. And every opportunity you

take advantage of outside of Jefferson County is one more thing to put on your educational resume for

college! And in these times, colleges are starting to look beyond just the GPA. The following is a list of

opportunities our youth may take advantage!

State Opportunities

State 4-H Council - Open to grades 10 & 11. 40 youth are picked in an application process. They

meet 3-4 times a year.

Iowa Youth Technology Team - Members are selected at the same time as State Council & cannot

serve on both at the same time.

Speak Out for Military Kids - Help raise community awareness about challenges facing military

youth and their families.

Camera Corp - Apply for membership, attend workshops and spend a day at the State Fair taking

pictures.

Volunteering at the Iowa State Fair - You can help in the Exhibit building or with Livestock

Shows. Must apply by June 1

Iowa 4-H Camps - Near Madrid. Camps are summer and seasonal programming.

Youth Conference - Any Iowa Teen may attend. It is a 3 day conference on ISU campus planned

by State Council.

Animal Science Round Up & CSI:Crops - 2 separate events held in June with the Youth

Conference. Hands on workshops.

Horse, Dairy & Livestock Judging Competitions - Builds knowledge in livestock. Top Iowa 4-H

teams will represent Iowa in National Competitions.

Citizen Washington Focus Trip - Summer trip to Washington D.C. Workshops, field trips, historic

tours and activities at the National 4-H Center. Open to 10-12th grade.

Project Awards - Awarded through an application and interview process. Can win a $100 savings

bond.

Scholarships - $500 to full tuition. Approximately $100,000 will be awarded to 90 recipients

attending 2 or 4 year colleges.

National Opportunities National 4-H Congress - 22-24 Iowa delegates are selected through an application/interview

process. Open to grades 10-11 at the time of application.

National 4-H Conference - Four Iowa youth and one adult attend the annual event at the National

4-H Center through an application/interview process. Open to grades 9-11.

4-H PLEDGE I pledge my head to clearer thinking, my heart to greater loyalty,

my hands to larger service, and my health to better living, for my club,

my community, my country, and my world.

If you have any questions, please feel

free to stop in and see me. I am more

than happy to visit with you anytime.

LEADER TIDBITS Be sure to read the

newsletter, emphasize reading

the newsletter to your members

& go through upcoming events

with your club members at your

monthly meeting.

Trainings & All that Fun Stuff Yearly Training There will be an updated Risk Management Training available after September 1. Face to face or online options are available. New leaders that did not attend the 2010 Risk Management training must attend. Leaders that did attend the 2010 training have the option to attend, however, it is strongly urged they do. All leaders will be receiving a copy of updated materials. The state required training for all leaders will not be available until January 1. Stay tuned for a date once we have received the materials.

New Leader Trainings Anyone coming on as a new leader will be required to attend a training held by the state. If anyone out there is thinking of becoming a leader in the near future, now is the time. There are a handful of the state trainings close to us this fall. They are as follows: October 6 - Knoxville November 10 - Toledo October 13 - Mt. Pleasant November 17 - Osceola

If anyone is interested, this would be a great time to sign up!!

Possible leaders for an Outdoor Club and Fishing Club. I am looking at the

possibility of 2 separate clubs, but would also consider combining. Knowledge

would be of any outdoor activity such as hiking, canoeing, animal tracking,

forestry and other outdoor activities. If Interested or know someone that

would be, please call or email Kaye at 641-472-4166 or kayeg@iastate.edu!!

4-H PLEDGE I pledge my head to clearer thinking, my heart to greater loyalty,

my hands to larger service, and my health to better living, for my club,

my community, my country, and my world.

Questions & Answers

Record Books

Awards

Community Service

I have had several questions regarding record books.

Proceed with record books as you have in the past.

Nothing is changing for the 2011-2012 year.

However, I can tell you, there will be some changes coming for the 2012-2013

4-H year such as much simpler forms!

Hopefully, they will be unveiled at Awards Night!!

The awards applications will remain the same as last year.

In the packet this newsletter has been sent in, there is a listing of awards forms

and the actual forms. Please keep in mind things are remaining the same for the

2012 Awards Night. The 2013 Awards night will be different!!

Awards night will still be a potluck, however, there may be a some different

awards than last year!!!

If anyone high school age is interested in some community service, SIEDA Head

Start is looking for someone to help with child care at some different events.

They are also looking for someone interested in designing activities for the

classroom, interested in helping cut and get materials ready, or if there was a

day Head Start has school and the student does not they would be more than

welcome to come into the classroom. This would be a great opportunity for some-

one looking to go into Education as well as a Child Development Project! Let

Kaye know at the office if you are interested in doing this project.

BE SURE TO JOIN US ON FACEBOOK

Jefferson County Fourh

Growing Pains! After reviewing the numbers, we had some definite growing pains this

year!! We had a 13% increase in our static exhibits in the Activity

Building. That is wonderful! However, with growth is always some

pain. The Youth Committee & I have already come up with some

changes that will help streamline the Activity Building.

We also had a very successful communications and Clothing Event/

Style Show presentation by moving it out to the Show Arena. I would

love to see more participation in this area next year. There has been

discussion on where to move the Clothing Event judging instead of

having it on the same day as Static Exhibit Judging.

It will be announced in plenty of time.

2013

Greater Jefferson County Fair

June 26-July 1, 2013

Good Showing at the State Fair We had a great showing at the Iowa State Fair.

In the static exhibits, we didn’t have 1 white ribbon and no disqualifications.

All of our selections were exhibited and all of them got blues and reds.

In communications, we got all blues!

In the animal side, we had entries in the beef, horse, swine and dog.

All of our entrants got blues and reds!!!

Way to go Jefferson County! Everyone did a Great Job!!

OUR VISION A WORLD IN WHICH YOUTH & ADULTS LEARN, GROW,

& WORK TOGETHER AS CATALYSTS FOR POSITIVE CHANGE

I am going to feature some different areas each month. I will show some pictures of some

projects I have seen in the past with the hopes this will spark a thought of a project you may have

never thought of. Sometimes the simplest things make the best projects.

The first area I am going to feature is Ag & Natural Resources. This area was one of the lowest

numbers in the Activity Building during Exhibit judging this year. There are several classes

within ANR: Animal Science, Vet Science, Crop Production, Environment & Sustainability,

Horticulture, Outdoor Adventures, Safety & Education in Shooting Sports and the good old stand

by of OTHER!

Below are some pictures from Animal Science & Vet Science. I also saw a project where the a

youth’s horse was injured so they turned it into a project. The treatment & healing process of a

horse’s wound was documented & displayed on a poster.

If anyone would like to have

copies of these pictures or see

them in a larger view, please be

sure to email me.

Next month, I will feature some of

the other areas of the Agriculture

& Natural Resources area.

Be sure to go to the hot sheets at

www.extension.iastate.edu/4h

There are always things you

could start for the coming year.

PROJECT CORNER

Start preparing for the 2012-2013 4-H Year

https://iowa.4honline.com

Everyone will become inactive at midnight on September 15th (including leaders).

Considering how some systems work, I would strongly suggest waiting until September 17th to

reactivate your profile Just to be Safe!

CURRENTLY IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS!

2012-2013 TEEN COUNCIL

TO BE ANNOUNCED

IN OCTOBER NEWSLETTER

TEEN COUNCIL

JEFFERSON COUNTY CLUBS

DES MOINES RAMBLERS CENITEERS

Cynthia Post

4th Sunday, 6-8:00 pm

Jefferson Co Extension Office

Becky Goehring

Casey Smith

1st Sunday, 7:00 pm

Libertyville Community Center

Marvin Larson

Michelle Rauscher & Michelle Kocour

3rd Monday, 7:00 pm

Jefferson Co Fair Grounds

Janice Shaw

Last Wednesday, 6:30 pm

Jefferson Co. Extension Office

Kim Keller

2nd Monday, 4:00 pm

5-8th Grade

Jefferson Co. Extension Office

Shaire Leazer

2nd Saturday, 9:30 am

Jefferson Co Extension Office

JEFFERSON G’S

GARDENING CLUB HAY BALES

PACKWOOD TROJANS PENN WORKERS

Kimberly Lacey &

Penny Morgan

2nd Thursday, 7:00 pm

Jefferson Co Extension Office

Gail Molkenthin

Gina Greiner

2nd Wednesday, 7:00 pm

Prairie View UMC

Julie Willson

3rd Sunday 2:00 pm

Lockridge Senior Center

WALNUT RIDGE

WORKERS

FUTURE FORGERS

4 EVER GREEN

Pam Dille

1st & 3rd Saturday, 1 :00 pm

Jefferson Co Extension Office

Marvin Larson

Instructors

Robert Keifer

Richard Kyle

Bryan Lauderman

Bob Scearcy

3rd Sunday, 2:00 pm

Location TBA

SHOOTING SPORTS

Bold & Underlined

Main Organizational Leader

Julie Horton

Betty Coop

1st Monday, 7:00 pm

Lockridge Senior Center

ROUND PRAIRIE

ECHOES

www.extension.iastate.edu/jefferson/kidsteens

KEEP IN TOUCH WITH US

Jefferson Fourh

Jefferson County Extension

2606 West Burlington Avenue

Fairfield, IA 52556

Dates to Remember

November 10 Awards Night

NOVEMBER

September 15 New 4-H Year Starts

September 15 Kiwanis Kids Day

SEPTEMBER

October 6 Fairfield’s Oktoberfest Parade

October 7-13 National 4-H Week

October 10 4-H Find Out Night

October 13 New Leaders Training in Mt Pleasant

October 28 Trunk or Treat

OCTOBER