Clover Reporter
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Website: http://4h.wsu.edu http://www.skamaniacounty.org/4H/4h_cooperative_extension_office.htm
NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK
April 15 – 21st, 2007
The center of 4-H responsible citizenship since the beginning of 4-H in
On behalf of WSU Extension of Skamania County, we give our heartiest thank you to our generous 4-H volunteer leaders.
Show Your 4-H Pride!
Support the
Specialized License Plate Bill!
WSU office has ask for a follow up on the proposed 4-H, License Plate information that was sent to you in last months Clover Reporter.
The States goal is 3,500 signatures from registered vehicle owners who are indicating an interest in purchasing these specialized 4-H license plates.
We need to have the signature sheets back in the 4-H office April 26, 2007, in order to forward them to the state office by May 1. Signatures are being collected through May 1st, but completed signature sheets can be returned at any time – and now, there’s a great reason to send your signature sheets!
CASH AWARDS!
The
Payable to the recipient county’s Leaders Council or 4-H Foundation Account, as applicable.
WELCOME
Welcome new 4-H members, parents, leaders and clubs!! 4-H is a great way to meet other people, learn about animals, home economics, expressive arts, gardening and having FUN “through doing” enriching activities.
!As members you will have the opportunity to create, nurture and be proud of yourself and your project.
!As parents you can help your child grow through encouragement, guidance and support during successes and disappointments – focusing on the process of learning.
!As leaders you can instill the importance of life skills, teamwork, pride in ownership and self/project improvement.
!As a club you can change your community through service to others and strive for the larger common good.
There is no limit to the number of lives we can touch. Get involved, help others, strive for excellence and seek higher self-knowledge and awareness. Together we can make a difference in
Minutes from the March LC mtg. were not available at this timeline. They will be available at the April mtg.
Livestock Meeting
6:00 pm at the
On the agenda will be dress Code, barn changes, camping, premium book changes and much more be there to help with any decisions. Some discussion horns.
8:30 pm at the
On the agenda will be dress code, open horse show, premium book changes, and more be there to be apart of the decision making process.
The Livestock schedule is in this newsletter. Please, keep it in a safe place and be ready for the fair……….
GREENS CARDS
CERTIFICATES ARE DUE MAY 1
Equine Breeding Beef
Dairy (heifer replacement) Llama
GREENS CARDS
CERTIFICATES ARE DUE JUNE 1
Goat Sheep Swine Cats Dogs
GREENS CARDS
CERTIFICATES ARE DUE JULY 1
Poultry Rabbits Gardening
LEADER TRAINING
If you have not taken this training – no matter whether you are a club or project leader, or how long you have been a leader -- make arrangements to attend this next training class to be held on Tuesday,
April 24, 2007
At 12 pm –4 pm
in the Parks and Recreation building located in
Please call 509-427-3932 and
speak with Lenora to RSVP
MEAT AND DAIRY GOAT
WORKSHOP
June 23 a great workshop for goat projects
We will have more information in next month’s news so keep your eyes open for the time and more information.
HORSE
Teen Horse Camp June 21-24
Youth Horse Camp July 12-15
Registrations out soon!
COUNCILOR TRAINING
Better Know as Teen Retreat April 27-29
Registrations out soon!
PERFORMING ARTS, STYLE REVIEW
Judging for sewing and photo
July 24 at the Parks & Recreation building
OPEN POULTRY SHOW
Held at the Skamania County Fair grounds
April 20, 2007
STATE QUALIFYING LIVESTOCK AND DAIRY JUDGING CONTEST*
Jeanette Cornwall
All counties are welcome to join
SPRING YOUTH FAIR
The Spring Youth fair continues this year at the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds Chehalis-Centralia.
Fair dates May 4,5,6, 2007.
Entries dates are different depending on what you plan to do.
Non-animal Entry Day Tuesday May 1, 4 pm-8 pm
Tuesday before the fair you will bring in
Crafts, hobbies, & Industrial Arts, Elementary Art, Home & family, Junior & Senior High Art, Photography, Science & Education.
Animal Entry deadline April 15th and animals to the fair May 4th , 5 pm-10 pm
Camping is available
The 4-H office has entries for the Spring Youth Fair . It is hard to send them out due to each department has it own entry form. If you are interested in having a form sent to you or you want to pick some up just call Lenora at 509-427-3932 or you can contact the fair grounds in
HORSE BEHAVIOR SEMINAR
Pat BoyEs
Renowned Horse Behaviorist and Natural Horsemanship expert, Dr. Robert M. Miller, DVM, is coming to
“There is a revolution underway in horse training,” said Dr. Miller, an equine veterinarian. “This entirely new way of training unravels 6-thousand years of horsemanship.” Dr. Miller’s key focus has been in using non-coercive methods and techniques to modify equine behavior naturally, and he was among the first to apply new techniques for training foals immediately after birth. Much of his work has been adapted by the biggest names in natural horse training today.
For more information, a registration form and to print a flyer please click on www.vetmed.wsu.edu/depts-pppp/EquineBehavior.aspx. Please share this information with everyone who you think would be interested. Feel free to print flyers and post them.
PLANS ARE UNDERWAY FOR TEEN CONFERENCE THIS SUMMER! "Fast Track to your Future" June 24-28, WSU-Pullman You will be seeing more and more information weekly, leading up to registration in May and the event in June. Here's how you can help make this a conference one that will meet the needs of our teens statewide. Right now, there are two opportunities for youth to be involved with summer conference and to help them start thinking in that direction. I realize there is a short turn-a-round for each of the entries, but let's do what we can to get things moving. |
KITTITAS COUNTY SPRING POULTRY SHOW
The 3rd annual Kittitas County Spring Poultry Show is scheduled for May 5, 2007 in the Kittitas County Fairground’s Poultry/Rabbit Barn with coop to begin at 8 AM. All birds and posters must be in place by 9 AM. The judge will be Joshua J. Simons from
HOW “SMART” ARE YOU AND
YOUR CLUB?
S-Specific
M-Measurable
A-Achievable
R-Realistic
T-Time Frame
Goal setting with your club lays out a road map for each of your members individually and as a whole for both short trips (2-3 months) and the long haul (4-H year). Update your road map as a leader or start one as a new member to the 4-H team. Revisit your goals about every 3-months for revision, progress and completion.
Think of your club as an extended family – Families…
Care about one another
Support one another
Learn from each other
Lean on each other
Deal with conflict
Problem solve
Brainstorm
Grow together in knowledge
Members contribute to the whole and have value.
Fitting and Showing
Herdsmanship
Food from other countries
Conformation
How diabetes affects people
Equitation
How plants germinate
Demonstrations, presentations, hands-on, lectures.
Encourage the spirit of youth but have guidelines, nurture but be firm. Every meeting, every get-together, you are teaching members. Know the message you want them to receive. Be consistent, put in the time and you’ll watch the leaders of tomorrow bloom before your eyes. Encourage parents to come to your meetings and get-togethers. The more they learn with their children the more they can help guide and assist their children with their project.
When starting a club…
Look at the strengths and weaknesses everyone brings to
the club; Are there any threats to your club’s success?
How will each member, each family, your club and the community benefit from your club’s focus?
What does your club want to accomplish?
What are some fun things the club could do?
Will kids be able to learn by doing (4-H slogan)?
Develop an action plan.
Delegate.
Get together
Decide together
Work together
Measure together
Celebrate Together
CHECK THIS OUT
The Product catalog formally CCS is no long printing the Educational material books. We now will order our publications for the National 4-H Curriculum. Some books are the same but most are revised and improved.
Curricula in this catalog have been reviewed and recommended by the National 4-H Curriculum jury process.
The great publications are to be used at home or in the classroom for after school programs and in clubs.
Check it out on at www.4-hcurriculum.org.
Please do not order from the old CCS catalog.
SAVE 35% OR MORE ON NATIONAL 4-H CURRICULUM PRODUCTS
--Pat BoyEs and Nancy D. Schaff, Project Manager, Curriculum
April 1 – 25 is the time to take advantage of 35% pre-press savings on any National 4-H Curriculum products. All orders for any of the 180 products on the National 4-H Curriculum shopping cart as well as orders for complete sets will automatically be discounted.
April Pre-press Sale
All orders received from clubs, home schools, state 4-H offices, counties, camps, other youth organizations, schools, afterschool programs and individuals qualify. Simply place your pre-press order on the National 4-H Curriculum shopping cart prior to April 25th.
Order Online Only
All pre-press orders will ONLY be accepted April 1 - April 25 online at www.4-hcurriculum.org. No pre-press orders will be accepted by phone, email or fax. Payment may be by credit card, check or purchase order.
View Products Online
Information about all the products and the pre-press sale is available on the curriculum web site ( www.4-hcurriculum.org. ). You will also find the new 2007 National 4-H Curriculum Product Catalog to download.
Save More with a Complete Set
Would you like a complete library of National 4-H Curriculum products? During 1-25 April all products listed in the 2007 Product Catalog will be available in a complete set for only $522 (plus S & H). The normal price would be $873. You save more than 40%!
Shipment of Products
Orders will be shipped in August. If you have ordering questions contact the
FUNDRAISER
Has your club been looking for something different to sell for a fundraiser? Try the ‘Glory Be” products. You can make 50% on each sale. The tiny bears, and farm animals sell very well. And they are fun to collect, you may want to help your friend start a collection. You can check it out on line at www.glorybe.com . Call me for the brochures and I can get you started right away.
509-427-3932
YOU CANNOT DO A KINDNESS TOO SOON, FOR YOU NEVER KNOW HOW SOON IT WILL BE TOO LATE.
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THE OTTER AND THE BEAVER
Long ago, Otter and Beaver lived together in a teepee. Otter and Beaver were both blind and could not see anything in or around their teepee.
The Otter and the Beaver each had five pokers or fire sticks. With their five pokers, they would always poke around here and there to find things. They were always counting their pokers to make sure they had them all. The pokers left mounds when they were poked into the ground.
One day, Eagle was on his way to the mountain and decided to visit Otter and Beaver. Eagle saw the ten pokers all lined up, poked into the ground. When he was ready to leave, Eagle decided to borrow one to take with him. He thought, “This will help me on the mountain top!”
Eagle said goodbye and continued with on of Beaver’s pokers.
Beaver sat down and began to count his pokers once more and found one was missing. Beaver jumped around and flapped his tail on the ground. He was so angry! Every day while Eagle was gone, Beaver counted his pokers. When he counted only four, he would become angry all over again.
Eagle returned and saw how angry Beaver was and apologized for borrowing his poker. But Beaver would not forgive Eagle and was still pouting.
“To show you how sorry I am,” explained Eagle, “I will operate on your eyes and you and Otter will both be able to see.”
“Oh, how wonderful!” shouted Otter, for he wanted to see the whole forest.
Beaver, who was still pouting, finally agreed to let Eagle operate on him too.
Eagle set to work on the operation. Because Otter was so good, he made his eyes big so he could see the whole world.
But, he made Beaver’s eyes small, because Beaver was angry.
After Eagle finished his work, he flew off and never came back.
When you are happy, your eyes will shine and you can see forever. But when you are angry, your eyes are small and you can only see what you want to.