Bond County 925 E. Harris Greenville, IL 62246 618/664-3665

Clinton County 1163 N. Fourth Breese, IL 62230 618/526-4551

Jefferson County 4618 Broadway Mt. Vernon, IL 62864 618/242-0780

Marion County 1404 E. Main Salem, IL 62881 618/548-1446

Washington County 9623 Wall St. Nashville, IL 62263 618/327-8881

S U N M O N T U E W E D T H U F R I S A T

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National Two

Different

Colored Shoes

Day

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National

Nurse’s Day

7 8 9

National Lost

Sock Memorial

Day

10 Sheep Wether Weigh-in

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Mother’s Day

13 14

National

Dance Like a

Chicken Day

15

Shooting Sports

Meeting

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19 20 21 22 23

National Lucky

Penny Day

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26 27 Office Closed

28 29 30 31

National Smile

Day

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Save The Date

May 4-5 4-H Memorial Fish Camp, Monticello 8-9 Legislative Connection, Springfield, by invitation 10 County Sheep Weigh-In 11 State 4-H Robotics Competition, Bloomington 27 Extension Offices Closed for Memorial Day June 1 Entries for State Jr. Horse Show Due 1 County Dog and Cat Show Entries Due 8 – 15 Citizenship Washington Focus Trip 8 Illinois 4-H Public Speaking Contest 12 County Dog & Cat Show 15 County Show Entries Due 17 Illinois 4-H State Livestock Judging, Champaign 23 – 29 Illini Summer Academies July 1 Entries for State Jr. Livestock Shows Due 6 County General Projects Show 20 – 21 4-H Shooting Sports Training @ 4-H Memorial

Camp 22 – 28 Illinois State Fair Junior Horse Show, Springfield August Jul 31-Aug 5 County Livestock Shows 7 State 4-H Poultry Judging Contest 9 Master Showmanship at the State Fair 10 General Projects at Illinois State Fair, Springfield 13 4-H Foundation Celebration Event, Springfield 24 Illinois 4-H State Dog Show, Dixon September 1 Happy New 4-H Year 13-15 4-H Memorial Family Camp

Another opportunity to see the world

Imagine being involved in rice harvesting in Thai-land, experiencing advances in dairy farming in Swit-zerland, cattle ranching in Argentina, or opportunities in more than 15 other countries. An experience with IFYE can bring you this and more. The IFYE Associ-ation of the USA, Inc. is now accepting applications for its 2019 international exchange programs. The initial application is available on the IFYE Asso-ciation website @ ifyeusa.org. It takes less than 30 minutes to complete and submit. The IFYE national program director will then follow up with you to begin your international experience. Look under the Foreign Exchange tab for USA outbound participa-tion application to get started. Those who complete the written applications will be interviewed for the limited number of 2019 international exchange op-portunities. IFYE Association of the USA, Inc. provides cultural exchange programming that places participants with multiple host families during a three- or six-month period in countries around the world. The IFYE vi-sion of “Peace through Understanding” continues to touch the lives of people around the world.

Be A Host Family

Host a Japanese or Korean youth this summer through States’ 4-H International! Expand your fami-ly’s cultural understanding, learn about new foods and customs, and possibly learn a new language all while sharing your own. Your children will build life-long friendships and will gain new perspectives on their own country, too!

Be aware:

Families hosting a youth must have a child the same gender and approximate age (12-18) as the incoming youth.

Youth must have a separate bed; a separate room is not required.

Host family selection is dependent on completion of an application and screening process as well as student availability and personality compatibility.

Applications are due June 1.

For more information, visit: http://

www.states4hexchange.org, or contact Illinois repre-

sentatives Miriam Rosenbohm @ rosen-

bohm07@comcast.net or Elisha Hughes @

ehugh2@illinois.edu

Bond County Sheep Exhibitors

The weigh-in for market wethers will be on

Friday, May 10 from 5 -7p.m. at the Dennis

& Carol Lingley Farm. The address is 1060

Cottonwood Avenue, Greenville. If you wish

to participate in the rate of gain at the

Bond County 4-H Sheep Show, you must

attend this weigh-in.

Shooting Sports Meeting

We will be hosting a 4-H Shooting Sports informational meeting on Wednesday, May 15 at 6:30 p.m. This

meeting is for anyone who would be interested in being a volunteer for our shooting sports program that will be

starting up in the 2019-2020 program year. We would also like to invite any member who wish to participate in

the program to come to the meeting and let us know which areas you are interested in trying. We hope to see

you there. It will be held in the Farm Bureau meeting room, 925 E. Harris Ave., Greenville.

Dog & Cat Shows

The 2019 Bond County Dog and Cat Shows will be held on Wednesday, June 12 at the Bond County Fair-

grounds beginning at 6 p.m. Members will be exhibiting their dogs in obedience classes, dog care and show-

manship. The Cat Show will be held at the same time, but in the 4-H Building so we can keep the dogs and

cats separated. Come on out and see how hard these kids have worked with their animals this year.

Dog/Cat Show entries due June 1 All other Show entries due June 15

Bond County 4-H would like to thank every-

one who came out to help support our county

wide cookout on Monday, April 22. A special

thanks to Wes Pourchot for cooking, to all of

the parents and volunteers who showed up to

work and to all of the families that donated

soda, chips and baked goods to sell. Our

fundraiser brought in $1,530 to be used for

4-H member program fee for the 2018-2019

program year.

Tell the 4-H livestock story

We will be selecting 10 new members of the Illinois 4-H Livestock Ambassador Team. Applications are now avail-able online @ go.illinois.edu/IL4H. Choose Mem-bers>Leadership and scroll to the bottom of the page. Applicants must be 4-H members or recent 4-H alumni, ages 16-21 as of September 1, 2019. You will serve a 2-year term with the option to apply for a second term.

We’re Looking for New Members! You see them at state 4-H events in their bright green shirts. Now YOU can become an Illinois State 4-H Youth Leadership Team member. Eligibility: Age 16 to 19 by September 1, 2019. Length of service: Two years, so new Team members selected this summer will serve from September 1, 2019 through August 31, 2021. Apply online: go.illinois.edu/4HYLT. Look for the application at the bottom of the page under “Resources.” Deadline: June 7 (for interviews dur ing Illini Summer Academies); July 19 (for interviews during State Fair). The State Youth Leadership Team plans the state Jr. Leadership Conference, plans and teaches the Speaking for Illinois 4-H program, and assists for many other statewide events. Team members may serve on statewide planning committees and advisory groups, including the Illinois 4-H Foundation Board of Directors, Illinois Farm Bureau Youth Education Committee, Illini Summer Academies planning committee, and Teen Leadership Conference planning committee. Members also have the first opportunity to attend National 4-H Conference in Washington, D.C. each spring.

Build your resume with a State 4-H team!

Entry deadlines approaching

The deadline to enter the Illinois State Fair Junior Horse Show is June 1. The deadline to enter the Illinois State Fair Jun-ior Livestock Show is July 1. The show is open to current Illinois 4-H and FFA members. 4-H membership is 8 to 18, thus youth who were 19 and older on Sept. 1, 2018 and too old for 4-H can only enter as FFA alumni. Your entry forms MUST be signed by either the county 4-H office where you are a member or by your local FFA instructor who must ver-ify your membership.

Win $1,000! The Superior Young Producer Scholarship Program is offered by the Illinois State Fair to 4-H members in beef, sheep, swine, dairy, and horses as an educational activity at the Illinois State Fair to promote youth development and personal growth. Three $1,000 scholarships will be provided in horses, and three $1,000 scholarships will be provided in dairy. A total of nine $1,000 scholarships will be provided in a combined contest for beef, sheep, and swine contestants. The SYPA contest is open to 4-H members who are 14 years of age or older doing project work in the species area for which they are entering. 4-H age is determined as of January 1, 2019. Participants do not have to be exhibiting animals at the Illinois State Fair to participate in the SYPA contest. Check out the dates of each contest: Horse: July 24, Beef/Sheep/Swine: August 7, Dairy: August 17. The contest is supported by the Illinois 4-H Foundation and its sponsors.

Check out the masters at this year’s state fair

Each county may send one entry into the Illinois State Fair Master Showmanship Contest. The contest begins at 7:30 PM Friday, Aug. 9. Exhibitors must be at least 14 and no older than 18 (as of 9/1/18). You need to supply your own animals for the contest, but may make arrangements to borrow animals from exhibitors at the fair. Top prize is $500. The contest is sponsored by Illinois Farm Bureau and RFD Radio.

On Monday, April 8 4-H members from Bond, Clinton, Marion and Washington counties participated in the

local 4-H public speaking contest. The contest was held at Kaskaskia College in the Lifelong Learning Center,

with speech professors Brandi Wilkins and David Quinn for serving as judges for the evening. The Kaskaskia

College Speech Department also live streamed the contest on their Facebook page.

The event served as a local 4-H show for members taking public speaking projects, and also a qualifier for the

Illinois 4-H State Public Speaking Contest, which will be held on June 8 in Decatur. Participants presented ei-

ther a formal speech, an illustrated speech, oral interpretation, or an original work.

Clinton County

Shana

Lueking

Marion County

Parker

Karrick

Bond County

Allison

Hemker

Marion County

Eliza

Engelhardt

Clinton County

Maggie

Schrage

Washington County

Abigail

Meyer

U of I Extension

Bond County Office

925 East Harris Ave.

Greenville, IL 62246

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Jordee Justice

County Extension Director

Vicki Enloe

Program Coordinator

4-H & Youth

Karen Knox

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