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4-H Family News 1 December 2014

Dear Washington County 4-H Families, 2014 was another great year! Community Clubs: 35 Youth in Community Clubs: 850 Youth participating in School Enrichment Programs: 2560 Youth in Shooting Sports Program: 133 4-H Camp Counselors: 41 4-H Campers: 176 Specifically, youth gained knowledge and experiences in the following areas: Animal Sciences: 741 Biological, Earth, Environmental, Physical, & Plant Sciences: 913 Communications and Expressive Art: 17 Consumer & Family Sciences: 52 Food and Nutrition & Healthy Lifestyle Education: 1768 Leadership & Personal Development: 353 Technology & Engineering: 46 This large number of youth could not be reached with the help of our 113 4-H volunteers. However numbers are not everything. This past year 4-H’ers: expanded their world by traveling to Kansas, Argentina, State Camps, Washington DC, and on club

clearing thinking, their hearts to greater loyalty, their hands to larger service, and their health to better living. Sincerely,

Alison Baker Extension Educator, 4-H Youth Development

OSU Extension Washington County · 202 Davis Avenue, Marietta, OH 45750 Ph: (740) 376-7431 · Fax: (740) 376-7435 · [email protected]

“4-H...No Limits” ...will be our 2015 4-H theme. Your club may use this theme for the Promotional Display Contest, Poster Contest, Fair

Booth, Trash Cans and more! Be creative!

LIKE US ON FACEBOOK We have reached 279 likes on our 4-H Facebook page. This is yet another way to keep up to date on what is happening in Washington County 4-H. Find us by searching Washington County Ohio 4-H, like us and our posts will start showing in your newsfeed.


Teen Opportunities OHIO 4-H CONFERENCE

Mark your 2015 calendar for Saturday, March 14 to join over 1,000 4-H teens from across the state at the Columbus Convention Center for this conference designed specifically for teens. Choose exciting and informative sessions to attend throughout the day and enjoy a motivational speaker at lunch. Registration information will be available at the Extension Office in January.

Note: The conference will be held in conjunction with the Volunteer Conference. Ask your 4-H advisor if you can ride with them!

STATE AWARDS APPLICATIONS State Achievement Awards Applications are now available at the Extension Office or online at http://www.ohio4h.org/4-h-youth/teens/awards-scholarships.You do not have to be a county winner to apply for a state award. Applicants must have at least reached their 14th birthday, but have not reached their 19th birthday, before January 1, 2015. To apply for an award, members need to complete a State 4-H Achievement Record and submit it to the County Extension Office by January 15, 2015.

STATE 4-H SCHOLARSHIPS In that same spirit, there are also state 4-H college scholarships available for current or former 4-H members. There are also a few scholarships for current OSU students. For information and application materials, check out http://www.ohio4h.org/4-h-youth/teens/awards-scholarships/ohio-4-h-scholarships. The deadline to submit the online application is February 15, 2015.

CARTEENS! Do you have two evenings a month to learn about and share safe driving laws as they apply to teen drivers? Do you need to improve your public speaking skills? Do you enjoy volunteering? Washington County CARTEENS will consider youth between the ages of 14-17 years of age as of January 1, 2015. CARTEENS meet two Wednesdays a month. Typically we have a 4-H/presentation planning meeting the first of the month and a presentation the third Wednesday of the month. Club members provide a safe-driving reeducation program for teens receiving citations (in Washington County) and who are assigned to attend by the Juvenile court. This is a collaborative effort with support from The Ohio State University Extension Washington County, the Ohio State Highway Patrol, State Farm Insurance and the Juvenile Court. Applications are available in the Extension Office or website or email [email protected] for information. We need new members!

4-H CAMP COUNSLEORS Love camp? Want to be a positive influence in a youth’s camp experience? Enjoy line dancing, crafts, campfires? Yes- you should apply to be a camp counselor. Teens must be at least 14 years of age as of January 1, 2015 to be considered. Applications will be available in the Extension Office or on our website January 7, 2015. All application materials are due in the Extension Office by February 13, 2015, 5pm.

ENDOWMENT COMMITTEE SEEKS VOLUNTEERS

Do you enjoy event planning, fundraising, and talking with community and businesses about the 4-H program? The 4-H Endowment Committee is seeking adult and teen volunteers to join the Committee for 2015. The Committee typically meets once in December and then 4-5 times before the spring event. If you are interested, please contact Alison, [email protected] or 740.376.7431 to learn how to get started.

WASHINGTON INTERSTATE EXCHANGE CLUB Accepting new members until January 1, 2015. Will you be 13 by January1, 2015 and interested in traveling, learning about other state’s 4-H program, sharing your 4-H experience with a member from another state? Then the exchange club is for you. Past exchanges were: 2012 hosted Montana, 2013 traveled to Montana, 2014 traveled to Kansas, 2015 host the club from Kansas. Past activities have included: Hervida tour, farm tour, Marietta tour, Old Man's Cave, zip lining, swimming, picnicking, and sharing your home with your host member. For more details contact advisor Ellie Tullius at [email protected] or at 984-4744.


County News PROJECT JUDGING/EVALUATION

All youth must complete project judging/evaluation for each project to be in 4-H good standing. Youth in livestock projects, including: market, breeding, and horse will complete skillathon (hippology). All other projects will be judged/evaluated on pre-fair day. Mark your calendars now for the following dates. Skillathons (Hippology) will be: Saturday August 8, 2015, at the County Fairgrounds, 8:30am-12:30pm - hogs, goats, lambs, rabbits (except

1:30pm-5:30pm - beef, dairy, poultry, horse (except horseless horse) Make-up days: August 10 and 11 (noon-7:00 pm) (limited space, RSVP required)

Pre-Fair Project Judging/Evaluation will be: June 30, 2015 at the Washington County Career Center, time by project TBA Make-up days: July 22 and July 28 (noon-7:00 pm) (limited space, RSVP required)

PROMOTIONAL DISPLAY & POSTER CONTESTS Ohio 4-H Week is the perfect time to promote 4-H and recruit new members for your club. Consider being part one or both of the county-wide promotional efforts: Promotional Display and/or Poster. The promotional display (window, poster or table display) in an area business in your club’s community. In addition to the promotional display, the 4-H Advisory Committee will provide each interested club with a poster board to promote your club/4-H with the poster contest, posters will be used by the office in other promotional events through-out the year. Entry forms for the Promotional Display Contest and Poster Contest are located on county website are due into the Extension Office by February 26. Be creative-Let’s ensure every resident of Washington County knows how awesome 4-H can be!

2015 SUMMER YOUTH CAMPS SPONORED BY 4-H Mark your 2015 calendars now with these fun-for-everyone dates! June 10 -Cloverbud Camp - youth ages 5-8 who have completed kindergarten June 10-11 -Beginner Camp - youth who have completed 2nd grade and through age 10 July 6-10 -Junior Camp - youth who have completed grades 3, 4, 5 or 6 July 13-17 -Senior Camp - youth who have completed grades 6, 7, 8 or 9

2015 4-H ADVISORY COMMITTEE FUNDRAISERS

Please plan to support the 4-H program though our county wide fundraisers. February 25-March 25: Candy Bar Sales (Clubs will be asked to pre-order the number of boxes they will purchase.) 4-H Clubs will receive $.20 for each bar sold, the Advisory Committee will receive $.30 for each bar sold. There will be no return option this year. March 28: 4-H Endowment Dinner and Auction, Washington County Jr. Fair Building, Doors open at 5pm, Dinner 6pm, Live Auction 8pm [Planned and hosted by the 4-H Endowment Committee] Clubs are encouraged to donate an item for the auctions and donate time as a community service for set up and help the day of the event. April 22 & 23: Smitty’s Pizza Days [Purchases at all three locations will benefit the 4-H Advisory Committee on these days] July 8 & 9: Smitty’s Pizza Days [Purchases at all three locations will benefit the 4-H Advisory Committee on these days]


November 6, the Extension Office held the annual End of Year Celebration Event. Please help us congratulate all the 4-H’ers who won special award pins, project pins, and trips/camps.

Our County’s “Blooming Clovers” 4-H End of Year Celebration Event


Our County’s “Blooming Clovers”

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Our County’s “Blooming Clovers”


4-H Volunteers ADVISOR UPDATE-FEBRAURY 14

This face-to-face meeting is an opportunity to share updates, ideas, concerns, and strategies as we look forward to 2015. February 14, 8:30am-12:30pm, please hold the date. You will be receiving a special mailing with sessions and topics offered. All club advisors should plan to attend.

ADVISOR INFORMATION CHANGES

If the organizational advisor for your club will change for the coming 4-H year, we need to know as soon as possible. It is also important that if an organizational advisor is leaving a club, that the club is made aware and another volunteer assumes that position. If a club is not going to re-organize for next year, it is critical that all members and volunteers are made aware as soon as possible, so that they may find another club with which to join. Please let Alison know of these changes, 376-7431 or [email protected].

2015 OHIO 4-H CONFERENCE The 2015 Ohio 4-H Conference geared toward teens and volunteers will take place at the Columbus Convention Center on March 14, 2015. The objective of this event is to learn together and from each other in order to improve our abilities to deliver the Ohio 4-H Program to its members. Look for registration information in January.

YEARS OF SERVICE RECOGNIZED AT END OF YEAR CELEBRATION AND RECOGNITION EVENT

November 6, we recognized our volunteers years of service from 2013 and 2014. Two volunteers reached major milestones.

Mary Ann Mitchell- 40 Years of Service, received the Diamond Pin Award Emily Smith– 50 Years of Service, received the Ruby Pin Award The 4-H Advisory Committee also gave out their 4-H Alumni Awards from 2013 and 2014. The award goes to an individual who has completed their years as a 4-H member and has continued or come back to be involved with various 4-H programs. They can be from the county or from another area where they were in 4-H. Jeremy Barth (2013) and Jeff White (2014) were recognized for their commitment to the Washington County 4-H program. Jeff was unable to attend the event, his daughter, Jenna, helped us recognize her father.

We Thank All Our 4-H Volunteers For Your Service!


Market Livestock Success Congratulations to all our youth who worked so hard to complete their market livestock projects this past year! The 2014 fair season was proof of the successes and benefits of agricultural education. Thanks to all youth, their families, FFA Teachers, volunteers, committee mem-bers, advisors and junior and senior fair boards for a year full of learning, growing and memories! It is a blessing for me to have the opportunity to work with and learn from each of you! Livestock Exhibitors...Consider this time of year as an opportunity to thank those who supported your 2014 live-stock projects. Parents, advisors, volunteers, senior fair boards and buyers form the network of support provid-ing the continuation of livestock projects and providing educational experiences in Washington County. Take a moment to appreciate those who took time this past year to support your efforts, growth, learning and success!

PLEASE READ IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR LIVESTOCK/LACTATING PROJECTS

COUNTY MARKET BEEF TAG-IN & WEIGH-IN

Scheduled for Saturday, February 7, 2015, 8-10 a.m., at the NFO Building on St. Rt. 339, Waterford. All market beef project animals must be tagged and weighed in at this time in order to be eligible for the 2014 County Fair shows and sales.

2015 Enrollment for MARKET LIVESTOCK PROJECTS

ALL Members are required to fill out a NEW 4-H/FFA Enrollment form, have all projects listed and all signatures in place and to the Extension office by 5:00 pm on Wednesday, April 15. Market livestock projects cannot be added after the DEADLINE of APRIL 15. ALL original signatures and forms must be turned in by 5:00 pm April 15, 2014. No faxes or emailed copies will be accepted for livestock projects.

2015 Quality Assurance We are planning Three (3) QA sessions for the 2015 fair season. Please remember that QA is mandatory for all youth (taking market livestock and lactating dairy cattle/goat projects) and one parent/guardian to attend in order to be eligible to participate in junior fair events, shows and sales at the fairs.

March - TBA April - TBA May - TBA

TEST-OUT OPTION: Youth ages 12-14 and 15-18 may participate. Youth must call Extension Office and re-serve a space. February 17: Extension Office - test begins at 6:30 pm--door locks March 31 Washington Co. Career Center--5:30 pm exam begins--door locks

2015 SKILLATHONS Project judging and skillathons allow youth to demonstrate and review what they have worked on and learned throughout their project year. The 4-H Advisory Com-mittee has determined this piece of the 4-H project process is important and is part of the requirements for 4-H membership. The 4-H Advisory Committee, Livestock Com-mittees and Senior Fair Boards have determined that skilla-thons meet the criteria for project judging. ALL livestock (market, dairy, breeding, fancy, and/or horse) project mem-bers are required to participate in skillathons for each specie project they have enrolled in. Skillathons are required for all livestock and horse project participants in order to remain 4-H members in good standing and be eligible to exhibit, partici-pate, show and/or sell their project animals at all three fairs. FFA youth taking hogs and/or Feeder calves should contact their FFA teacher for project requirements and eligibility. FFA Youth are Required to participate in skillathons for all animals sold at the Washington County Fair. the above mentioned To help this process and coordinate efforts of youth and volunteers ALL Skillathons will be offered:

Saturday August 8, 2015 8:30-12:30 - 1:30-5:30 - beef, dairy, poultry, horse (except horseless horse)

Make-up days: August 10 and 11 (noon-7:00 pm) (limited space, calling to reserve an appointment is required--no make-

up times will be available before August 8)

Ohio State Fair Steer Identification for 2015 The OSF has adopted new protocols for identifying mar-ket beef animals. Protocols include the use of an electronic identification (EID) ear tag and a DNA sample for Junior Market Beef show. DNA collection will be in the form of a hair sample that MUST be submitted to the Ohio State Fair by January 15, 2015 to meet the ownership deadlines. DNA hair samples are to be submitted in official OSF sample kits along with the recording of the 15 digit EID tag number. Any market beef animal that is expected to be shown at the Ohio State Fair that has a pre-existing EID tag from BEST shows or an RFID tag, will not need to have an additional EID tag. For example, if the calf was purchased from a breeder that al-ready included a 15-digit RFID tag in the animal, or if the animal has been to an OCA BEST show where an EID tag was placed in its ear, a new tag is not needed. The animal’s existing 15-digit identification number will also serve as the animal’s Ohio State Fair identification number. Exhibitors can obtain DNA sample collection instructions and kits including an EID tag (if animal does not already have one) by contacting Stacy French (614-644-4049 or [email protected]). Exhibitors who have questions, who would like additional information and all who want to show at the 2015 Ohio State Fair should contact Stacey French at the Ohio State Fair by calling 614-644-4049 or by emailing at [email protected] and request an official OSF identification kit. These will be sent directly to exhibitors who request them from the Ohio State Fair.


SHIVERY SNOW PAINT This is a fun craft for our upcoming winter months. What you need: Shaving Cream White School Glue Iridescent Glitter Peppermint extract (optional) You will need to refrigerate your glue and shaving cream for a few hours before your want to use. Mix equal parts glue and shaving cream in a bowl. Add a pinch of glitter and a few drops of the pepper-mint extract and mix. Use paint brushes or finger paint to create “puffy” winter art. Source: www.growingajeweledrose.com

SNOWMAN SNACKS

These snacks will allow your Cloverbuds to have a little fun with assembly, then they can enjoy a healthy treat. Cheese Snowmen What you need: Mozzarella Cheese (cubed) Grapes Stick Pretzels Toothpicks (optional) Jam (optional)

Cloverbud Corner Cut the cheese into cubes. Each snowman will need three cubes. Stack the cubes on top of each other to create the snowman. Top the snowman with a grape for the hat. Use the pretzels to give the snowman arms. At this point you can leave the snowman as is or you can put a toothpick down the middle of the grape through the cheese to hold everything together. If you would like to make a face, you can use a toothpick dipped in jam.

Snowman Popcorn Cups What you need: Clear Plastic Cups Markers Ribbon Scissors Popcorn Cut the ribbon into strips, tie the ribbon around the middle of the cup, making the snowman a scarf. Your Cloverbuds can now use the markers to make the face of their snowman on the clear cup. Once all the decorating has been completed, simple add popcorn to the cup to complete your snowman popcorn cups.

Project Promotion Ohio 4-H Family Guide

Copies are available at the Extension Office. Call or email Jill at [email protected] and reserve copies for your club! Also available on line at: http://go.osu.edu/YqQ. Changes in the line up: To Be Discontinued 124R Techniques for Judging Dairy Cattle 481 Food and Fitness for Fun 482 Food and Fitness Choices for You 488GPM Team Up for Good Nutrition 554GPM ATV Safety Leader’s Guide (will be online only) 613 Exploring Our Forests

617 Exploring Ohio Ponds 625GPM Fishy Science 645 Exploring Our Insect World 2 To Be Revised or Replaced 151 Poultry Production: Raising Pullets 152 Poultry Production: Raising Broilers 153 Raising Fancy Poultry 166 Raising Turkeys 168 Duck or Goose 179 Uniform Rules for 4-H Horse Shows 459 I Spy in the Kitchen 461 Let’s Bake Quick Breads 611 Let’s Explore the Outdoors 751 Archery Member Record Book

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Hervida 4-H Camp Happenings CAMP CLEAN UP-2015

Mark your calendars, the 2014 Camp Clean Up will be April 11, 2015 starting at 9am at the Hervida 4-H Camp. Help get camp ready for the summer. This is a great Community Service option for 4-H Clubs. Plan to bring your rakes, rags, and gloves. Plan to pack a lunch and a drink for when clean up finishes, usually around noon. Camp Clean up will take place rain or shine, so dress appropriately.

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