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Goshen County Extension:
Megan Brittingham
4-H Educator
Caleb Carter
Ag Educator
Mercedes Powers
Administrative Assistant
Sandi Arnold & Jill Person
CNP (Monday & Fridays)
Welcome, New Leaders! Congratulations to the adults who recently completed New 4-H Leader Orientation: Amy Allen, Bent Barrels Crooked Arrows 4-H Club Melissa Johnson, Happy Hounds 4-H Club Mercedes Powers, Horse Judging Key Leader Nicole Smith, Bent Barrels Crooked Arrows 4-H Club
Market Beef Tagging Final Chance!
Saturday, January 30, 2016 9-10am at the Fairgrounds!
All 4-H & FFA exhibitors must tag their project in order to exhibit at the Goshen County Fair!
Goshen Gazette February 2016
In This Issue: Bee College
CNP
Council Social
Dog Clinics
Enrollment Information
Flash Fiction
Fundraiser Reminder
Goshenite of the Month
Horse Clinic
Leaders Conference
Leader Trainings
Meats Judging
Pancake Supper
Quality Assurance
Record Book Workshop
Sale Committee
Scholarship Information
State Theatre Camp
Tween Babysitter Retreat
Western Leaders Forum
And More...
Don’t forget a side dish!
New 4-H Family Dinner 4-H Families with less than 3 years of Goshen County 4-H experience are invited and encouraged to attend this informative introduction to Goshen County 4-H! Topics include project requirements and completion, Record Books, Goshen County Fair, 4-H opportunities and more! 4-H Council provides the main dish! Families please provide a side dish! When: Tuesday, March 29 Where: Extension Office Please RSVP By: Thursday, March 24
2016 State Leaders Conference
Sheridan College
Spend the weekend with sharpening your 4-H Leader skills in workshops and
tours led by 4-H staff, volunteers and teens!
$65 Full-time Registration
*4-H Council & Foundation have funding available*
ENROLLMENT DEADLINE FOR ALL MEMBERS:
March 1 Late Fee for all members: $10
PROJECT ADD/DROP DATE: May 1 Fee to add projects: $10
4-H
Council
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Council Social
February 16 Brand Room
Club leaders, Project Leaders, Parents and
members are invited to a Council
social in lieu of a formal business meeting!
Please bring a finger food to share!
Club Fundraisers
MUST turn in a “Fundraising Request Form”
to Extension Office for approval PRIOR to all
fundraising activities
The form is Not optional
Required to contribute 10% net profit to Goshen
County 4-H Foundation
Money contributed to 4-H Foundation goes back to
4-H members through sponsorship of trips, trainings,
camps, scholarships, contests and more!
Sale Committee Meeting The next meeting of the Junior Livestock Sale Committee is scheduled for April 17 at 6:30pm at the Extension Office. Contact Megan with agenda items!
Leader Reminders
The Resource Library has many great resources including DVDs, books and games to use with your club.
If you have something to include in the newsletter, please submit it by the 15th of the month.
All Goshen County Extension checks
written to members, leaders or clubs must be cashed within 120 days of the date
written. The checks will be voided after the 120 days have expired and will not be
reissued.
Thank you in advance for your
cooperation in this matter.
Leader 5 Year Reminder University of Wyoming 4-H requires volunteers to
complete a Criminal Background Check and update their
training. Those who need to update their training and
background check have been contacted.
Training dates are scheduled for:
Monday, February 29 at 6pm
RSVP by Friday, February 26
Monday, April 11 at 6pm
RSVP by Friday, April 8
Contact the Extension Office with questions!
Thanks for all you do!
4-H Enrollment Leaders, don’t forget to re-enroll for the 2016 4-H year! Log on to this website: wy.4honline.com and update your profile or contact the Extension Office for a paper enrollment form!
Western Region Leaders Forum
Fairbanks, Alaska March 2-4, 2016 This excellent volunteer training opportunity includes geo-cache training, fun and educational workshops, tours, speakers and entertainment! Check out wyoming4h.org for more information!
2016 Council Committees Pancake Supper: Rough Riders, Lingle Aggies, Bent Barrels Crooked Arrows Fair Decorating Committee: Prairie Center, Southeast Cowpokes State Fair Packing: Adventurous Pioneers, Bear Creek Guys & Gals Harvest Carnival: Goshen Livestockers, Horseshoe Acres Achievement Program: Happy Hounds, Lone Star, Gleaners Union
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Scholarships Graduating seniors, here are some available 4-H
Scholarships:
Wyoming 4-H: Deadline February 15 wyoming4h.org/scholarships.asp
Goshen County 4-H Foundation: Deadline April 15
These include: Jesica Hovis Memorial Scholarship, Goshen County 4-H Educational Fund (Mildred Kidney), Barbara
Ochsner and Junior Leader Goshen County Homemakers Scholarship Deadline April 15
Static Exhibit Auction Scholarship Deadline April 15
Terry Viktorin Scholarship Deadline April 15 Goshen County 4-H Scholarship Eligible members will be contacted
The only way to win the scholarships is for YOU TO APPLY!
MEATS JUDGING Practices Meats Judging practices will be held on Mondays at the Extension Office beginning at 6:30 pm. SENIORS will begin practices on February 1. Meats Judgers learn to properly identify retail cuts of sheep, swine and beef. Using this knowledge, they judge several classes of cuts and rank classes. Some classes require questions or reasons in which judgers defend their placings. The state contest will be held in April in Laramie. Meats Judging is open to ALL 4-H members and it’s fun! For more info, please contact volunteer coaches Mike or Mai Lee Olsen or the Extension Office! Remember, all judging teams are now “activities” in 4-H Online! Please be sure to include your team as an “activity.”
2016 4-H Dog Clinics Open to all 4-H members enrolled in the Dog Project, these clinics include Obedience, Rally and
Showmanship (unless otherwise stated.) Please bring a water bowl, crate, doggie clean up bags; members should wear athletic-type (soft sole) shoes to practice. *NEW* members, please do not purchase new
collars or leashes until after the first practice as an order will be placed! February 28: 2pm, Pavilion March 13: 2pm, 4-H Building April 24: 2pm, Grass Show Ring
May 9: 6pm, Grass Show Ring May 23: 6pm, Grass Show Ring June 6: 6pm, Grass Show Ring June 13: 6pm, Grass Show Ring June 20: 6pm Grass Show Ring July 11: 6pm, Grass Show Ring July 18: 6pm, Grass Show Ring
For more information, please contact Dog Key Leaders
Cheryl Raboin or Tinker Clarke! 2016 Summer Dates
June 17: Cloverbud Day Camp, Jay Em
June 21-23: Showcase Showdown, Laramie
June 26-28: 4-H Camp, Haven on the Rock
July 23-30: Goshen County Fair
Theme: Back to the Future August 13-20: Wyoming State Fair
Horsemanship & Showmanship Clinic Presented By Jenny Ingwerson, UW Equine Lecturer
June 9 Goshen County Pavilion
Save the Date! More information coming soon...
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Record Book Workshop Portfolios (aka Record Books) are available online from the Wyoming State 4-H website:
wyoming4h.org
Record Books may be typed or hand-written. No preference will be given to typed or hand-written books in judging situations. Submitting Record Books for judging is not required but every 4-H member is required to submit a record for each project including goals, knowledge gained and financial information. A Record Book workshop for those interested in learning the new book will be held
Tuesday, April 5 6pm at the Extension Office. Please RSVP by Friday, April 1
APRIL 8-10 Haven on the Rock
(Fort Laramie) As a result of this fun-filled weekend youth, ages 11-14, will be certified in CPR/First Aid and ready to start their own babysitting business! Topics include Entertainment, Health & Nutrition, Safety, Diaper Changing and more all sprinkled in a rustic camp environment amidst campfires and hikes! More information coming soon!
What Do YOU See? A national interpretive exhibit for
4-H members
We each have our own
thoughts, feelings and ideas that allow us to
see things in a different way. This exhibition
challenges 4-H members to express
themselves creatively by answering the
question: “What Do YOU See?” This challenge
can be interpreted in a variety of mediums
such as jewelry design, art, wood working,
pottery, gardening, photography, dance, music
and other forms selected by members.
Exhibits should compel the observer to feel,
think or be inspired by the 4-H members’
interpretation and expression in their
chosen medium.
For more information or to submit your
exhibit, contact Megan!
Entries due July 4 via email.
April 29-May 1, 2016
University of Wyoming Campus
Workshops include Stage Makeup, Script Writing,
Costume Design, Stage Direction
Tours Buchanan Performing Arts Center, UW Campus
Attend “Angry Psycho Princesses” and formal dinner!
Teens 14-18 invited to attend!
Cost: $60/person (includes lodging, meals and supplies)
Free for military youth
Contact Megan for more information!
We will soon be hiring a CNP Educator based here in
Goshen County! If you know of somehow
who may be interested in helping people “eat better for
less!”
For more information, visit the CNP website:
http://www.uwyo.edu/cnp/about/index.html
Classes are now happening at the Senior Friendship
Center on Mondays at 10:30am
Contact Sandi Arnold at 532-2436
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Pancake Supper
Sunday, April 17, 2015 from 4-7pm What is the Pancake Supper? The biggest fundraiser for 4-H Council. During the Pancake Supper 4-H members and leaders prepare and serve pancakes, ham, eggs and more to members of the community (over 1,000 friends and neighbors!) Who does the money benefit? Money raised benefits 4-H members and leaders. 4-H Council provides financial support to leader trainings, 4-H Camp, Cloverbud Camp, State Shoot, State Fair Showmanship trips, judging teams, awards, workshops, clinics, national trips and so much more! Instead of charging a county 4-H fee, we ask that our 4-H members participate in the fundraiser: both in selling tickets and working a shift at the meal. What can families do? 4-H families can support this endeavor by selling tickets to the Pancake Supper. Tickets will be available from your Community Club Leader after the February 16 Council meeting. Extra tickets are available at the Extension Office. Tickets are due to the Extension Office in April 11 so that appropriate quantities of supplies can be ordered. Clubs that return all their tickets by the April deadline win a pizza party! Families that sell the most tickets also receive a prize.
REMINDERS: Clubs are invited to promote their Club on their
tables throughout the Supper. While there are a variety of creative ideas, remember you must wash the table after guests leave.
Please sign in at the “check-in” table that day. When you sign in, please have clean nails. Hair ties will be available for those with long hair needing tied back.
If you are UNABLE TO WORK A SHIFT AT THE PANCAKE SUPPER, please complete an Excused Form (available at the Extension Of-fice and on our county 4-H website) and return it to the Extension Office prior to the Pancake Supper. You will be asked to do a “make-up” service.
What Do You See? 4-H Flash Fiction Writing Exhibition
Calling all Wyoming 4-H Members! Participate in a state and national writing exhibition!
Flash Fiction is a national 4-H creative writing exhibition
that challenges members to write a piece of original fiction in 1,000 words or less. Entries should con-vey youth’s self expression through a written medium by
answering the question “What Do You See?” For more information or to submit your exhibit,
contact Megan. Entries due July 4 via email.
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4-H members planning to exhibit market animals at the Goshen County Fair are REQUIRED to complete Quality Assurance (QA).
Quality Assurance is a pledge or a promise that the food from our livestock will be the highest possible quality and youth producers will do everything possible to make products safe to eat.
4-H members in the Senior age division will be expected to complete Levels 1 and 2 before completing Level 3. Intermediate age youth must complete Levels 1 and 2. Junior age youth must complete Level 1.
Youth who have previously completed any Quality Assurance Levels are on record at the Extension Office and will only be required to be certified at the next appropriate Level.
Youth who have completed Pork Quality Assurance, Beef Quality Assurance or any other species specific Quality Assurance programs can bring in the appropriate documentation, usually a card, and be exempt, provided they
renew their certification. Youth in the Senior age division (14-18) must complete three levels in order to exhibit at the Goshen County Fair. Youth in the Intermediate age division (11-13) must complete two levels in order to exhibit at the Goshen County
Fair. Youth in the Junior age division must complete the first level in order to exhibit at the Goshen County Fair.
If you have questions, please contact your 4-H Club Leader or the Extension Office. Upcoming Quality Assurance Dates:
Level 1: Monday, March 21 at 6 pm Level 2: Tuesday, March 22 at 6 pm
Level 3: Wednesday, March 23 at 6 pm
For all dates, please RSVP to the Extension Office by Friday, March 18 so enough materials can be provided.
Parents are strongly encouraged to attend with their children.
Last Chance Quality Assurance will be held on Friday, June 3.
QA must be completed by June 15 and appropriate records must be submitted to the Extension Office at this time.
Goshen County 4-H Senior Meats Judgers earned Reserve Champion Team at the Denver Round-Up Contest in January! Makenna Greenwald, Skyler Miller, Anna Schmick and Shelby Schainost began practicing for this contest in October with their coaches, Mike and Mai Lee Olsen. Makenna Greenwald earned High Overall Individual. Teammates Skyler Miller earned 5th High Overall and Anna Schmick earned 8th High Overall.
Congratulations, Meats Judging Team!
Coach Mike Olsen, Shelby Schainost, Anna Schmick, Makenna Greenwald, Skyler Miller and Coach Mai Lee Olsen at
the 2016 Western National Round-Up in Denver.
ONLINE ENROLLMENT New Members
Federal requirements dictate enrollment in 4-H each year and
this new data management system will make it pretty easy!
New families can follow this procedure:
Step 1: Go to http://wy.4honline.com
Step 2: Select “I need to setup a profile.”
Step 3: Create your profile by selecting your county,
entering an email address, last name and creating a
password!
*NOTE* You only need to create a family profile once!
Step 4: Once your family Login created, you enter your
contact information! If the same address is used by
more than one person be sure to check the box!
Step 5: Enroll as a member or leader by selecting member
Type (Adult, Youth) and clicking “Add Member.”
Step 6: Continue with the process by completing steps on
“Additional Information,” “Participation,” and
other pages.
*NOTE* Be sure to mark the checkbox and press
Submit Enrollment!
Step 7: You will receive an email indicating your
application was received. This will be reviewed and
your member status and next steps will be emailed to
you!
If you need help, please contact the Extension Office!
We are here to help!
ONLINE ENROLLMENT Returning Members
Federal requirements dictate enrollment in 4-H each year and
this new data management system will make it pretty easy!
Returning families can follow this procedure:
Step 1: Go to http://wy.4honline.com
Step 2: Select “I have a profile.”
Step 3: Enter your family email address and password.
Step 4: Once your family Login created, you enter your
contact information! If the same address is used by
more than one person be sure to check the box!
Step 5: Enroll as a member or leader by selecting member
Type (Adult, Youth) and clicking “Add Member.”
Step 6: Continue with the process by completing steps on
“Additional Information,” “Participation,” and
other pages.
*NOTE* Be sure to mark the checkbox and press
Submit Enrollment!
Step 7: You will receive an email indicating your
application was received. This will be reviewed and
your member status and next steps will be emailed to
you!
If you need help, please contact the Extension Office!
We are here to help!
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UW Extension, Laramie County
March 19-20 in Cheyenne
Classes for every level of beekeeping or beekeeper “wanna-bees” along with updates on pollinators and how to help them! Bee College occurs at Laramie County Community College and registration is $75. Program descriptions and registration information are available by contacting Catherine at the Laramie County Extension Office (633-4383) or online at wyomingbeecollege.org
Check out what all the buzz is about!
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The very best spokespeople for Goshen County 4-H are those already benefitting from 4-H! Help us spread the word by completing the questions below and returning your unique answers to the Extension Office along with a 4-H photo! Your answers will be spotlighted on KGOS/KERM Radio’s “Today In The Valley” on Wednesdays during the “4-H Corner.” Twice a month we’ll shine the spotlight on a member using the information provided below! “Goshenites of the Month” bio and photo will be featured on the Goshen County 4-H website at www.wyoming4h.org/goshen4h. We hope you will consider submitting your answers either in person or via email so you can help tell others how “4-H Grows Here” in Goshen County!
Goshenites of the Month Name: Age: 4-H Club: Favorite Projects: Most Special Awards/Honors: Are you an Officer in your 4-H Club? If yes, what is your office?
What is your favorite thing about 4-H? Why? How has 4-H helped you GROW? What are your future plans?
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January 2016 24: Dog Clinic, 2pm, 4-H Building 30: Final Market Beef Tagging, 9-10am, Fairgrounds February 2016 1: Seniors join Meats Judging Practice 16: 4-H Council Meeting, 6pm, Extension Office 19-20: State Leaders Conference, Sheridan 20-21: Shooting Sports Leader Certification, Laramie 23-24: High Plains Organic Farming Conference 28: Dog Clinic, 2pm, Pavilion 29: Leader Training, 6pm, Extension Office March 2016 1: Enrollment Deadline 11-13: Counselor Camp, Haven on the Rock 13: Dog Clinic, 2pm, 4-H Building 15: Council Meeting, 6pm, Extension Office 19-20: Shooting Sports Leader Certification, Casper 19-20: Bee College, Cheyenne 21: Quality Assurance Level 1, 6pm, Extension Office 22: Quality Assurance Level 2, 6pm,
Extension Office 23: Quality Assurance Level 3, 6pm, Extension Office 29: New Family Dinner, 6pm, Extension Office April 2016 5: Record Book Workshop, 6pm, Extension Office 8-10: Tween Babysitter Retreat, Haven on the Rock 11: Leader Training, 6pm, Extension Office 11: Pancake Supper Tickets Due, Extension Office 15: Scholarship Deadline 17: Pancake Supper, Rendezvous Center 17: Sale Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm, Brand Room 19: 4-H Council Meeting, 6pm, Extension Office 24: Dog Clinic, 2pm, Grass Show Ring 29-May 1: State 4-H Theatre Camp, Laramie
Important Dates for Goshen County 4-H