February Activities & Shooting Sports Updates

If you are new to 4-H and/or our club, please scroll down to the "Welcome & Importatant Links" post (below "January") to learn more about us.  New members are always welcome.

January Activities can be found in the post below this one.

Holy Cow Folks- this is where it starts to get fun!  The County is offering an awesome number of workshops and activities for us this month- so please pick and choose what is helpful to you. Club meetings are moved to the 1st and 3rd Thursdays, this month only, due to Valentine's Day and Leader Training.

January 30th- Record Book Workshop- AdCo Fairgrounds 7-8 pm.  There are a lot of changes this year, so please attend if you can.

Feb 1st- Friday:  Enrollment deadline for returning members.

Feb 2nd- Saturday: Decorate Your Duds Workshop - Decorate your Duds is a sewing unit where you use existing clothing and embellish it.  Kids may do this in addition to a regular sewing project too.

When Sat, February 2, 2013, 9:30am – 12:00pm

Where FlatIrons Mall Food Court (map)

Description Do you want help getting ideas for Decorate Your Duds? Come to FlatIrons for a Decorate Your Duds workshop. We are meeting at 9:30am in the food court. RSVP to Julia by January 30.

4TH ANNUAL RABBIT 101 WORKSHOP

When Sat, February 2, 2013, 9am – 12pm

Where Weld County Fairgrounds, Island Grove Regional Park, 4-H Building (map)

Description Geared for beginning 4-H rabbit projects, but all are welcome. Learn from rabbit experts from the Northern Colorado, Southern Wyoming area. See several different breeds of rabbits up close. Talk to the breeders. Visit with a local cage designer. Talk to a local feed representative. Presentations will include: - Different breeds of rabbits, which one is right for you? - Checking a rabbit for possible disqualificatio​ns. - General care, feeding, breeding. - What happens at a show? - Lots of time to ask questions and visit with local rabbit breeders. - Door prizes! Preregistration is not required, but will be helpful in the event of inclement weather. Name:__________​_______________​_______________ County:________​_____ Number of people attending:____ Phone #:_____________​_______________​__________

Feb 4th/ 11th/ 18th and 25th- Mondays: Shooting Club Practice - Air rifle, air handgun and .22 rifle practice begins (Shotgun, Archery and Muzzleloading to start at a later date).  6pm at indoor DOW Range @ 52nd and Broadway. Please let mw know if you are interested.  There are some air rifles and air pistols available for practice.  Kids should have their own .22  If you are interested, we can carpool a group down.  Kids will need to attend at least 5 practice shoots before mid July.  One of those dates MUST include 2/25, 3/11, 4/22, 6/3 or 7/8. Please bring eye and ear protection if you have it.  Homepage for Colorado 4-H shooting sports.  http://www.colorado4h.org/ss/

 

Feb 7th- Club Meeting (regular meeting date falls on Valentine's day)- Topic TBA

Feb 8th-10th- YOUTHFEST- 3 day, overnight workshops in Larkspur, CO for 9-13 year olds.  The County usually picks up some of this cost, so we usually pay about $37 per child.  I do not have registration information yet, but last year's flyer can be found here: http://www.colorado4h.org/events_opportunities/youthfest/YF_flyer.pdf  I will post more info as soon as I have it.

Feb 16th- Sewing Clothing Workshop- 9 to 12  AdCo fairgrounds- probably in the main admin building.  Bring your pattern and fabric pre-washed and dried.  An iron and small ironing board is helpful.  This workshop will help you pin and cut out your pattern.  If you are a more advanced sewer, bring your project and machine at whatever stage.  Experienced sewers will be there to offer assistance. These are usually free, but please let me know and I will RSVP for you.

 

Feb 21st- Club Meeting- Topic TBA

Feb 23rd-

Creative Cooks Competition (details to follow)

4-H Cat Project Day

When Sat, February 23, 2013, 1pm – 4pm

Where Red Cross Building (map)- AdCo Fairgrounds

Description Are interested in or already in the 4-H cat project? Come learn more about cats, cat showmanship and have your cats vaccinated to they meet fair requirements!

March 2nd- Cake decorating workshops- AdCo Fairgrounds (more details to follow)

9am-12:  Units 1-3 Beginning decorating

12:30-3:30 Unit 5- Cupcakes Unit

March 9th-  Advanced Cake Decorating Workshop- AdCo Fairgrounds (more details to follow)

January Fun, Creative Cooks and NWSS!

Hello, if you are new to 4-H and/or our club, please scroll down to the previous post to learn a little more about us!

January Meetings

While kids are on winter break, you may begin thinking about the upcoming 4-H year.  In order to cut down on the rush before fair, think about doing some work on your project now.  Here are some ideas:

·         All gardening units require a tri-fold poster on a gardening topic of your choice.  Begin to research and make your poster.  You can also work on your garden plan for spring.

·         If you are thinking about entering baking- find a recipe and practice baking.  Don't forget to take pictures through the process.  You can use those in your record book later.

·         All cake decorating units require some practice cakes- make one over the holidays.  Don't forget to take a picture for your record book.

·         If you are thinking about sewing- find a pattern and fabric.  Pre-wash your fabric.  If you are comfortable, you can cut out your pieces.  Otherwise, watch for an upcoming workshop in February.

·         Ceramics- find a piece of greenware and clean it.  Take it to be fired.

·         Animal projects- take pictures with your animals and of you doing animal activities.  Don't forget to keep receipts of animal expenses.

·         Shooting sports- a tri-fold poster is required for shooting sports.  Think of a topic to begin researching and work on your poster.

Jan 3rd:  Creative Cooks Workshop   9am-1pm   Adams County Fairgrounds in the main extension office.  Please RSVP to me ASAP and I will get money and names to Julia today. My 2 oldest kids will be attending the workshop.  Even if you do not intend to do the contest, it is great fun to learn about garnishes and decorative napkin folding, etc.

Creative Cooks Workshop
Would you like to learn more about the Creative Cooks Contest?  Join us for a hands-on Creative Cooks workshop on Thursday, January 3, 2013 from 9am to 1pm in the Extension Office Meeting Rooms.  During the workshop, you will be able to get help with  your ideas for Creative Cooks, get ideas for garnishes, learn more about nutrition and have some fun!  The cost of the workshop is $5 per person.  Please RSVP, with money, to Julia by Friday, December 28, 2012.  Checks can be made out to the Adams County 4-H Home Ec Committee.  Participants are asked to bring a small cutting board, paring knife, cloth napkin and apron.  See you on January 3!  Here are some pics from previous years:

Creative Cooks will be held February 23rd at the Adams County Fairgrounds.  It is a super fun cooking contest where you pick a theme and make a dish.  Kids may participate as individuals or in pairs. Please call or email if you would like more information.

I will be at a CCW class from 10-2 but I will be available in the morning to get everyone checked in and off and running. 

January 10th:  Business meeting- only meeting in January.  This meeting is for new families that may need help with enrollment and project selection.  Returning families are also welcome if they have questions about the above topics and/or need tip sheets and other materials for the coming year.  Brand new families are welcome if they have questions about 4-H and need to get started.  6:30 pm at the church.  I will have a laptop there to facilitate enrollment.  Please email child's name and project list if you would like to receive and info packet and record books that night.

 

National Western Stock Show - we will be attending the Stock Show on Thursday, Jan 24th.  We will be going to the Family Rodeo at 10:30am and visiting the stock show for the rest of the day.  This would require an absence from school/work for most of us.  Rodeo tickets are $15-$17 and include parking and entrance into the rest of the exhibits.  You do not need separate grounds admission. If you are unable to make that date, I strongly encourage you to visit.  It is an awesome experience.  Groupon is running a stock show ticket special right now for various events, so check it out!

Welcome and Important Links

Welcome to Good News 4-H!  We are an Adams County Club meeting at Good News Church at 5511 W. 136th Ave.  We are always accepting new members, boys and girls of all ages.  Our specialties are poultry, rabbits, gardening, cake decorating, baking, food preservation, dogs and pocket pets but we support all projects, including horse and large livestock.  We are always seeking parent or volunteer project leaders.  Cloverbuds meet with the traditional club members but may have modified activites.

We typically meet the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month at 6:30.  Meetings last until about 8pm.  Please subscribe to the blog for updates and feel free to email me with questions.  We also schedule special events occasionally on the weekends. 

Please feel free to come to any of our meetings or activities to see if we are the right club for you!  We would love to have you.  An RSVP is appreciated so we can prepare enough supplies.

Important Links

4-H Registration must be done online.  Please go to: https://colorado.4honline.com/Login.aspx?4041306268495252646F2B413D to enroll.  You will need immunization records for the kids, so please have that available before attempting registration.  When it comes time to add the club- we are under "Good News" 4-H.   Projects can be changed for a little while, so you can enroll and then we can help you figure out what projects you would like to start with.  Good first year projects include baking, gardening, cake decorating and decorate your duds/sewing, as well as any animal projects.  However, the sky is the limit, so sign up for whatever looks exciting to you.  You then need to mail or bring a check for $35 per child to the Adams County Extension Office. This fee will be good until Oct 1st, 2013.  Returning Members enrollment deadline is Feb 1st!  New members have until May 1st, but we need you signed up in order to attend workshops, shooting sports, Youth Fest etc.

The County also provides weekly emails at http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopExt/Adams/4h/news.htm  You can sign up to receive this newsletter also via email at this link.

The county provides more in depth newsletters, every other month at: http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopExt/Adams/4h/newsletter.htm

You can also become Facebook friends with Adams County 4-H by searching AdCo 4-H.  I receive a lot of information through this method.

Colorado 4-H information can be accessed at www.colorado4h.org  This is a useful site when looking at things that are state wide, such as the leadership conferences and shooting sports, etc.

December meetings

If you are new to 4-H, or to our club- please scroll down to the October post to learn more about us!

December 13th meeting: Gingerbread houses/ ceramics

This will be our last meeting before Christmas.  We will be making Gingerbread (graham cracker) houses with royal frosting.  You are welcome to bring your own gingerbread or kit if you would like to use that instead. The club will provide the graham crackers and frosting, as well as cake decorating supplies.  However, if you have any left over graham crackers from summer s'mores, please bring them too.  Would each family please bring a bag of hard candy or gumdrops or other decorating type candy and a flat surface to take your house home on?  Cardboard wrapped with wax paper works great, or a flat serving dish.  These will be made with royal frosting, so they will last a long time. Thank you! 

I will also try to have some fired ornaments to glaze.  I will probably not be able to get these back to you before our next meeting, unless you would like them unfired- my apologies.

December 27th meeting: Kitchen Chemistry

This will be a repeat of last year's very popular, kitchen chemistry.  Please use the following link to sign up to bring various items- 1 or 2 items per family would be really helpful.  Most things should be items you already have around the house.  Thank you!  www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C044DAFA62AA64-kitchen  We will be using sign up genius to get an idea of number of folks attending in the future and/ or help with bringing items for meetings, so please get an account if you do not have one already.  THANK YOU!

Guests and new members are always welcome! 

Cheers, Kinza

November Meetings

Urgent- We are changing our normal schedule of meetings for this month:

I have not heard from anyone that tomorrow will work for them.  Therefore, we will meet on November 15th and November 29th, 6:30pm at the church.  Good News Church is located at 5511 136th Ave., Broomfield

November  15th will be sewing- take 2!  We will try and work on pillowcases again and/ or any other simple sewing projects you would like to try.  I will also have a cake decorating station set up, along with some information about the new cake decorating units. 

November 29th will be a canning lesson.  We will be making strawberry jam and grape jelly.  Our goal is to have every child take home one jar of each.  Please RSVP the number of kids attending, so we can ensure enough jars to go around.  I may also try and get some ceramic ornaments, if kids would like to glaze them, I can get them fired in time for the holidays.

Guests are always welcome! If you are wondering what 4-H is all about, please contact me or come to a meeting.  We would love to have you!  Please scroll down to the October post to read a little bit about our club.

Don't forget to access the County weekly and monthly newsletters at: http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopExt/Adams/4h/newsletter.htm

Welcome and October Meetings

Welcome to Good News 4-H!  We are an Adams County Club meeting at Good News Church at 5511 W. 136th Ave.  We are always accepting new members, boys and girls of all ages.  Our specialties are poultry, rabbits, gardening, cake decorating, baking, food preservation, dogs and pocket pets but we support all projects, including horse and large livestock.  We are always seeking parent or volunteer project leaders.  Cloverbuds meet with the traditional club members but may have modified activites.

We typically meet the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month at 6:30.  Meetings last until about 8pm.  Please subscribe to the blog for updates and feel free to email me with questions.  We also schedule special events occasionally on the weekends. 

Please feel free to come to any of our meetings or activities to see if we are the right club for you!  We would love to have you.  An RSVP is appreciated so we can prepare enough supplies.

Sept 29th: I will be at the Fall Leaders' Forum learning about a lot of fun 4-H stuff.  I will be attending sessions on STEM, junk drawer robotics and the new cake decorating modules.  Hopefully I will come back with some great ideas for club activites. 

October 5th: Awards Banquet at Adams County Fairgrounds

October 11th: We will be making robots and participating in the 4-H Eco Bot challenge.  A $2 doantion fee per child is appreciated.  Here is a link about the experiment: http://www.4-h.org/4-h-national-youth-science-day/science-experiments-projects/robotics-engineering-environmental-clean-up-4-h-eco-bot-challenge-2012/


October 13th (tentative date) Rock Creek Farm Field Trip- free admission and free parking.
Pumpkin patch with straw bale maze for the younger kids, free petting zoo and bouncy castle.  There is a fee for the corn maze, hay rides and for the you-pick pumpkins.  Here is a link with directions http://www.rockcreekfarm.com/plan-a-visit/hours-and-directions


October 25th: We will be working on pillowcases for the Million Pillowcase Challenge- our community service project for October.  This will involve basic sewing on a machine.  If you have a sewing machine, please bring it!  I will be posting a short video on the technique we will be using.  If kids have never sewn before, no problem!  This will be all straight stiches.  Our goal is 20 pillowcases for homeless kids. Here is a link: http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/millionpillowcases/

If you know anyone who sews, invite them too!

Denver Botanic Gardens Photos

This past Saturday we went to the Denver Botanic Gardens.  We had a wonderful time looking around and playing "Jungle Survivor".

 

 

 

BBQ Photos

We had a wonderful time at our BBQ.  We roasted marshmellows, learned some new cake decorating skills, told scary stories and made pinecone owls.  A big thank you to Jeff for finding this wonderful park!

New banner design vote

Hey everyone!  We are excited about our BBQ tomorrow night.  Please scroll down to our last post for information.

 

I am looking at ordering a banner for us.  We can use it to advertise our club at events like the bbq and we can use it at our cloverbud table for fair.  Please let me know which one you like best, or if you do not like any of them.  Thanks everyone!

September Activities

Hello Everyone!
The end of State Fair is looming and it is time to gear up for a new 4-H year!  We had a parent meeting last night.  We decided we would like the club to have a greater community service focus.  So, we will be choosing a community service project each month.  Many of the projects will tie into 4-H skills as well.

Many clubs traditionally take the month of September off.  We decided we would like to do a few activities, but hold off on formal meetings until October.

New members are always welcome!  We take boys and girls of all ages.  We do our best to support all projects.  Please come on down to any of our activities to check us out and meet some of our club members.  Please email me at vburney@cityofwestminster.us  to RSVP, so we can plan enough supplies.  Thank you.

 September

Now- Sept 16th Clothing Drive for A Precious Child

September 15th:  5pm at Asti Park in Superior.  The google Map is http://g.co/maps/ztycd   Jeff will be teaching the kids campfire building skills and outdoor cooking.  Bring a side dish or dessert and join us for dinner, games and crafts! 
                       Burney- Crafts, side dish, paper products
                       McClesky- Drinks, cups, side dish
                       Tanklefsky- S'mores
                       Hoepfinger- Hot dogs, buns


September 16th: 12:30 Good News Church 5511 W 136th Ave
Pizza Party and sorting clothing from our clothing drive. 

Sept 22nd- 9am (tentative location)- Lookout Nature Center 910 Colorow Road, Golden CO 80401 
Lookout Mountain Nature Center/Preserve is just minutes off I-70. Westbound, take exit 256 and turn right. Eastbound, use exit 254 and turn left. Then follow the brown highway signs. 

The hike is about a mile and is suitable for all ages.  We may be discussing trees, flowers, insects, birds and wildlife.  If we have interest, we can go to Heritage Square afterwards for picnic lunch and rides. Here is information www.heritagesquare.info/

Sept 29th 4-H Leadership Conference in Colorado Springs- for adults, let me know if you would like to go!

October

Fabric Drive for the Million Pillowcase Challenge

We will be starting regular meetings after Oct 18th.  Please check back for updates. We also need to schedule dates for our visit to the Pumpkin Patch and our pillowcase sewing day.

November-
Please watch for dates for the Colorado Leadership Camp for middle schoolers.   This is usually held in Glenwood Springs in mid November.  I will have more information and dates as soon as they are posted.

2012 State Fair Results

Okay everyone- this is a work in progress.  I know I am missing some.  State Fair results can be viewed here:
http://4h.colostate.edu/events_opportunities/state_fair/results/2012/2012-ExhibitsResults.pdf

It is loooong and you must scroll through a lot of stuff!  Here is what I have so far:
Lacey Hanisko
Champion Intermed. Rabbit Showmanship
Jack Tanklefsky
Foods- Unit 2 (muffins): 10th Place
Gardening- Unit 1: 6th Place

Emily McClesky:
Home Environment- 3rd Place

Lacey Hanisko:
Foods- Unit 1 (Cookies)- 5th Place

Katie McClesky:
Foods- Unit 3 (Quick Breads)- 3rd Place
Photography: Unit 1- 10th Place

Adrianna Burney:
Gardening- Unit 2- 5th Place
Baking Unit 22 (Coffee Cake)- 4th Place
Food Pres Unit 41 (Freezing and Drying)- Reserve Champion
Food Pres Unit 43 (Jams, Jellies, Relishes)- Reserve Champion

Madison Burney:
Cake Decorating Unit 3- 6th Place
Adv. Food Preservation- Grand Champion!!!


Congratulations to all of our outstanding club members!  Great Job everyone!

County Fair Results 2012

Holy Cow!  What an amazing year for our 4-H club.  We learned a lot, tackled some new projects and had a lot of fun.  Our club completed 40 projects between 10 kids showing at fair. The kids did an AMAZING job and we are so proud of them.  Below are the County Fair results.  Good Luck at State Fair!

Good News 4-H Club- County Fair Results 2012

Jack Tanklefsky:

Gardening- Unit 1  Champion, Grand Champion

Foods- Unit 2   Reserve Champion, Res. Grand Champion, Judge’s Choice

Pocket Pets (Hermit Crab): Red Group

Amy Tanklefsky:

Gardening- Unit 1 Reserve Champion

Foods- Unit 2- Blue Group

Food Preservation- Unit 41- Reserve Champion

Food Preservation- Unit 43- Reserve Champion

Rachel McClesky:

Foods- Unit 1  Blue Group, Judge’s Choice Award

Weaving- Blue Group, Best Record Book

Emily McClesky:

Foods- Unit 1  Blue group

Ceramics- Red group

Home Environment- Champion, Grand Champion

Katie McClesky:

Foods- Unit 3 Champion, Best record book

Photography- Champion, Grand Champion

Best Photo Contest- Champion ( and IMO, had a better photo then the intermed., and senior members!)

Lacey Hanisko:

Foods- Unit 1  Champion, Res. Grand Champion

Foods Unit 3- Blue Group

Needle Arts- Blue Group

Rabbits:

          Senior Record book- 1^st

          Rabbit Royalty- Queen

          Best of Breed- Silver Fox, Rhinelander

Pocket Pets-

          Best Record Book- Senior

          Best Bird

Madison Burney:

Foods- Unit 3 Blue Group

Food Preservation- Unit 44 Champion

Quilts- Unit 1 Red Group

Ceramics- Red Group

Cake Decorating- Unit 3- Champion, Best Record Book

Best Photo Contest- Blue group

Rabbit Showmanship Intermediates- 3^rd

Small Animal Round Robin- 4^th

Poultry-

          Open Gr. Champ Pigeon

          4-H Res. Champ AOSB

          4-H Res. Champ American

Adrianna Burney:

          Foods- Unit 22 Champion, Grand Champion, Judge’s Choice

          Food Preservation- Unit 41 Champion

          Food Preservation- Unit 43 Champion

          Quilting- Unit 2 Red Group

          Ceramics- unit 2 Red Group

          Sewing- Unit 1 Blue Group

          Gardening- Unit 2 Champion, Reserve Grand Champion

          Poultry:

                   Grand Champion Meat Turkey

                   Champion Egg Production Pen

                   Best Record Book- Intermediates

Open Res. Champion Pigeon

          Rabbits: Best of Breed- Velveteen Lop

Aaron Fulenwider:

          Poultry

                   Champion Senior Showmanship

                   4-H Champion and Res. Champion Pigeon

                   Senior Herdsman

Ch. And Res Ch. Game Bantam

Res. Ch. Game Bird

Amber Fulenwider:

          Champion Rabbit Meat Pen

          Poultry:

                   Res. Champion Senior Showmanship

                   Res. Bird of Show

                   Res Champ Feather leg bantam

                   Champ and Res. RCCL bantam

 

Cloverbuds:
Conner and Vivian Burney
 Pee Wee Pigs
Pee Wee Rabbits
Pee Wee Poultry
Cake Decorating
Gardening
Ceramics

4-H Meeting June 28th and fair Entry

Hi Everyone!
Our topic for this next meeting will be cooking.  Each child will cook their own scrambled eggs and/ or omelet.  Please bring any omelet fixin's.  We will provide the eggs and butter.  Our meeting will be June 28th

****If you plan on showing 4-H classes at fair- entries are due THIS FRIDAY.  I will bring entry forms to the meeting, and we will be taking forms out to the County Office on Friday.  If you will not be at the meeting on Thursday- YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING FORMS TO THE EXTENSION OFFICE BY 4PM ON JUNE 29th! ****

Tomorrow, June 27th is a "What to Expect at Fair" meeting, at the County Fairgrounds.  You can get all of your questions answered there and get a fair overview. 

There will not be a meeting on July 5th.  Happy 4th of July!  We will be meeting on July12th.

No 4-H tonight

Hi Everyone- Members have some exciting stuff going on tonight and are unable to make the meeting, so we will be canceling our meeting.  I am unable to meet next Thursday due to a swim meet.  Therefore, our next meeting will be Thursday, June 21st.  Topic is TBA.  We also need to look at scheduling a day for canning.  I am maybe open the weekend of the 23rd.  Let me know what you think.

May 31st, 2012

More information for the meeting tomorrow:
The food books are in!  Please remind me so you can get one if you put in an order. 

Cake decorating tomorrow. Yummy!

I will have some tiles tomorrow of you would like to get a head start on tile skills.  I also have two ceramic frogs for any member that missed the previous ceramics meeting. 

I will be bringing soaked lima beans for gardening kids (and whomever) to cut open and investigate. This is one of the projects in the gardeing manual, level 1. 

Please don't forget to bring candies, decorations, etc for your cakes if you are interested. 

So, we should have about 3 stations set up- cakes, ceramics and gardening.  Please feel free to bring you own project to work on too.

tonight!

HI Guys, It seems we are all super busy with end of school, various graduations, Holiday weekend and vacation time :0)
Soooo.... Lets table the Bass Pro Shops for another day and reschedule.

Meet at the church next Thursday- May 31st for cake decorating and filling out goal sheets in your record book.  We will provide frosted cupcakes to practice on, or you are welcome to bring a crumb frosted cake to decorate.  We will also bring cake tips, frosting bags and frosting.  If each family could bring a bag of candy, teddy grahams, sprinkles, or other edibles to use for decorating, that would be wonderful!   Cloverbuds and guests are welcome to come!  We will have extra cupcakes.

You are also welcome to bring one of your own projects to work on, or to get help with.

Thursday- June 7th
6:30  We will be bringing supplies for the ceramics kids to do a tile skill out of their workbook (and extra tiles for those that want to decorate one).  We will also be bringing supplies for an excercise out of the level A gardening book- updates later on which one :0).  This would also be a good meeting to bake a batch of practice food for your fair entry (bring your own supplies).  We will help with photos and getting record books done.  Cloverbuds and guests welcome!  We will have plenty of activities for everyone.

*** For those doing canning this year
Blueberries are on major sale at several stores, including Sprouts and Sunflower markets.  Strawberries will be in season very shortly as well. Watch sales and start thinking about recipes.  Remember, many pickeld items take time to pickle.  Do not wait until last minute for these.

***Our dehydrator is in!  We have a nice Nesco dehydrator with trays for jerky, herbs and all other fruits and veggies.  We also have a jerky gun and some seasoning.  Get with Kinza if you need this for fair projects.

4-H meetings

Hey Everybody,
Our next meeting will be at O'Tooles Garden Center this Thursday at 9400 Wadsworth Bl.  Please meet in front of O'Tooles at 6:30.  We will tour the garden center and talk to an employee about different jobs available at the garden center.  This meeting will correlate with one of the required activities in the Level 1 gardening book.  Those members enrolled in gardening will receive their books before the tour so they can complete the activity.  If you are not enrolled in the gardening project, but would still like to grow something, there is an open flower and veggie show at fair.  It is free and does not require pre-entry.  On the day of the show, you just have the kids bring their stuff up and stick it in the show.  Way fun!  So pick out some flowers and veggies and pop them in the ground.

Speaking of books, I have most of the ordered books in.  The foods books are backordered at this time and we have an unknown delivery date.  I will have fired ceramics for those that gave me their completed pieces at the last meeting.  If you still have completed pieces, I can take them from you on Thursday and I will get them fired.

Everyone should be registered with the county, if you want to participate in fair this year in 4-H.  If you would like to try your hand at a project, you can still enter the open show.  This does not require a record book or 4-H enrollment. 

We will be changing up the schedule a little for summer.  New members and guests are always welcome, but some meetings will be more exciting for them than others.
We will try to meet most Thursdays, except for Holiday weeks.  We will have one fun "Explore" meeting per month and the other days will be working on record books and independent projects.  I know everyone has a crazy, busy summer.  Please just make the meetings that are helpful to you and don't worry about making it to all of them.

May 10th O'Tooles Garden Center- tour and career talk
May 17th  Summer project prep meeting.  I will have a folder for each child with their enrolled fair projects detailed.  I will also bring cookbooks and patterns so they can get an idea of what they may want to work on.  I will also be handing out required record books so you can get started on them.  If you can't make this meeting, please schedule a time to get with me, so I can get you your required materials.
May 24th-Bass Pro Shops Tour @ Northfield Stapleton 6:00 (let me know if this will not work) This is the last day/ week of school for many of our kids.  If this is a bad date, we can change it to June.  We will be talking about shooting sports, fishing, camping and hiking. Bass Pro Shops is SUPER COOL if you have not been.  There are many mounted wild animal specimens and a trout tank. 

April Meeting

We will be meeting at the church, tomorrow night (4/26) at 6:30.  I was able to get some ceramic animals for us to glaze.  I will then take them back to be kiln fired before giving them to the kids at our next meeting.  The deadline is here to sign up for 4-H, if you haven't already and/ or to decide what you will be participating in for this year's County Fair.  I will have my computer tomorrow, so we can add or switch projects around as needed.

We are always accepting new members, even after the May 1st date.  Just be aware, they may not be eligible to show at fair this year, but are welcome to participate in other activities.

Meetings and News

Hi Everyone!  We will have a meeting tonight - March 8th- and discuss our topic, "Birds".  We will have live chicks and pigeons, a stuffed hawk and we will be painting bird houses. 

We will NOT have a meeting March 22nd, as I will be out of town.  However, there will be a make-up meeting on April 5th.  We will be discussing eggs and working on lots of egg crafts and egg dishes for the month of April. 

April 10th and 11th are Meat Quality Assurance.  This is a pretty unattractive name for a fun activity down at the fairgrounds.  Any member showing any animal except dogs or cats MUST attend one session.  I urge everyone to take it, just in case.  Let me know what night is best, and we will go down as a group.

Youth Fest Registration

Youth Fest Registration is due by Jan 25th.  The County will be covering 2/3 of the cost and the club will try and pick up the remaining $37/ child.  Let me know if you need the e-mail forwarded with all of the forms.  Please scroll down for dates and more information.