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MILLS COUNTY EXTENSION

Sherry Ford,

Mills County Extension Program Coordinator

In4mation for your month… Dear 4-H Family,

Congratulations to all of Mills County’s 4-H’ers and volunteers! Thank you to everyone who nominated 4-H’ers, attended the Awards Program, and supported our youth throughout the year. We are fortunate to have outstanding youth and volunteers in the Mills County 4-H program! Thank you to Youth Committee members and to the community award interviewers for dedicating so much time to the selection process. The interviewing process alone required the time and dedication of 27 adults. Sponsors of the awards are also greatly appreciated. (Award recipients, please remember to write your thank you’s!)

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November Member’s Birthdays:

Logan McCorkle 1

Obadiah Waddell 1

Caitlin Pestal 4

Caleb Herrick 4

Bailey Keller 7

Ethan Fisher 8

Myranda Deitchler 10

Rachel Whitehouse 10

Vivianne Payne 11

Jozie Krause 12

Melanie Gillet 12

Hunter Wray 14

Natalie Shearer 14

Ebonee Drake 15

Dawson Pearce 16

Katie Sowers 22

Cassie Gilbert 23

Amber Cooper 24

Ben Bryson 29

Jacob Miller 29

NOVEMBER 2013 4-H NEWS

STEPHANIE BOWDEN SHERRY FORD

MILLS COUNTY EXTENSION MILLS COUNTY EXTENSION

County Youth Coordinator County Programs Coordinator

sbowden@iastate.edu slford@iastate.edu

office 712-624-8616 fax 712-624-8228

Thank your leaders for all they do!

http://www.extension.iastate.edu/MILLSmailto:sbowden@iastate.edu

COUNTY 4-H NEWS

Hippology & Quiz Bowl Teams Begin November 9th

National 4-H Week Photo Winners Wow! I had some great response from some 4-Hers who wore their club shirts to school on October 8th. I got some great pictures! These members will receive a Mills County 4-H t-shirt as a thank you for showing off their 4-H style at school!

Sam Rew Grant Lewis Noah Hillyer

Breanna Epperson Sarah Clayton Adam Clayton

Re-Enrollments & Annual Dues Enrollment into 4honline seems to be going quite well. We are about 1/3 done as of October 25h. Seems right inline to be completed by November 15th. Remember, you have far less paperwork due to the Extension office- but it still needs to be turned in with your $27. If you wait to get your money turned in after November 15th, it will be $32. The enrollment is complete only after we have it all done. Clubs- please be thinking about what workshop

your club wants to offer to the county this year. We would love to have one each month! Even if we would have a day of great small workshops it would be wonderful! If you have an idea, let Stephanie know and we will try to get it together! It’s great to be doing the pie making right before Thanksgiving! Thanks a lot to Loyal Lassies for the instruction! Hopefully your fundraising will go great as well! November 23rd at Malvern Community Building.

WINNERS NATIONAL 4-H WEEK

ENROLLMENTS DUE NOVEMBER 15

Now is the time to register for joining the Hippology & Quiz Bowl teams for the upcoming Iowa State Horse Jamboree. Instructors will be Holly Vinton, Suzie Sefcovic and Denise Arbogast. This is such a great opportunity to learn and grow in equestrian knowledge and it’s been very successful in the past! Mills County has had numerous teams compete and even qualify for Nationals.

4-H’ers can participate in a variety of events that focus on horses. You do not have to own a horse to participate in these events. If you are interested in learning more about this, registering to participate, or want to be on the top of the list, call the Mills County Extension office today at 624-8616. Practices are normally twice a week and begin November 9th at 10:30 am at Extension office and Mondays in Glenwood 6:30pm, location may vary.

MISSION STATEMENT 4-H EMPOWERS YOUTH TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL WORKING

AND LEARNING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CARING ADULTS

JUNIORS

OUR VISION A WORLD IN WHICH YOUTH AND ADULTS LEARN, GROW, AND WORK TOGETHER AS CATALYSTS FOR POSTIVE CHANGE

FSQA Class & Superintendents of Species Meet

Volunteers Needed

Game of the Month

INTERMEDIATES

SENIORS

In today's world, food safety is one of animal

producers' biggest responsibilities. With over

15,000 Iowa 4-H'ers enrolled in livestock

projects, about 17 million pounds of meat is

produced each year. The goal of this program

is to help youth and their parents better

understand what they can do to produce the

safest food possible.

Mark your calendars! All Livestock project

members must attend training class or take the test. Class is December 30th from 5-8pm. RSVP your attendance 624-8616. It is also a meeting with Superintendents of fair. If you are planning to test, it will be done from 9-12 on the following dates: December 23, 26, 27 & January 2, 3 7- 9 Graders can take Intermediate Test

10-12 Graders can take Senior Test

We are also looking for anyone who would be interested in sharing their talent for a workshop. Maybe you have the best cookie recipe ever, you do welding, take great photos or love to scrapbook, maybe you can tell a great story or even fish. Please share your talent. These can be at your place or ours!

Mills County 4H has a strong past, a successful present and a promising future

ahead. Thanks to our volunteers! If interested in working as a volunteer, contact Stephanie at 624-8616 or email at sbowden@iastate.edu

Bubble Gum Art

Give each participant a piece of bubble gum to chew, a

toothpick and an index card.

Allow them 10 minutes to chew the gum, place gum on

index card and then design something on index card using

only the toothpick as a tool - no hands.

Each person takes a turn going around the circle showing off

their art. The others try to guess what the gum sculpture is. The

person with the best and most creative design, as determined

by the peer group is the winner.

If you have quite a few players you can have several categories

of winners, like “Most ingenious,” “Most Creative,” “Best

resemblance of leader,” etc.

Aero Space/Rocketry – Nathan Rohrberg; Aero Space/Rocketry – Nathan Vinton; Breeding Beef – Kayleigh Chilton; Beef Class- Noah Carter; Market Beef – Nathan Rohrberg; Cat – Kaylee Sefcovic; Child Development- Delaney McMullen; Clothing-Lacey Jackson; Clothing- Sewing- Kayleigh Chilton; Clothing- Sewing- Taryn Bertini; Communication – Brendan Mass; Communication- Luke Lambert; Dog Luke Lambert; Dog- Sierra Anderson; Food & Nutrition – Myranda Deitchler; Food & Nutrition – Sarah Clayton; Food & Nutrition – Taryn Bertini; Goat- Noah Carter; Home Improvement –Lacey Jackson; Home Improvement- Matt Neuhalfen; Horse – Ana Halverson; Horseless Horse- Clary Murphy; Horticulture/Floriculture – Dylon Cox;

Horticulture/ Floriculture- Nathan Vinton; Mechanics/ Automotive- Ben Ramsey; Music- Clara Murphy; Fishing/ Camping/ Hiking- Luke Lambert; Photography – Zachary Zielstra;

Poultry – Chad Fisher; Poultry – Ethan Fisher; Rabbit- Hannah McGinnis; Rabbit- Nathan Vinton; Science & Technology- Brendan Mass; Science & Technology- Matt Neuhalfen; Sheep- Nick Stavas; Swine- Ben Ramsey; Swine- Hunter Wray; Vet Science- Delaney McMullen; Vet Science- Myranda Deitchler; Visual Arts – Nathan Rohrberg; Visual Arts – Trinity Harris; Woodworking- Brendan Mass; Woodworking- Chad Fisher and Woodworking – Grant Ramsey.

JUNIORS

Junior Awards

INTERMEDIATES

Intermediate Awards

Aero Space/Rocketry – Luke Stortenbecker; Breeding

Beef – Zach Mass; Market Beef – Zachary Mass;

Breeding Heifer- Matt Bowden; Market Beef-

Mackenzie Trowbridge; Citizenship – Sarah Arbogast;

Clothing-Sewing – Rachel Whitehouse;

Communications- Zach Mass; Dog – Sarah Arbogast;

Environment- Luke Stortenbecker; Food & Nutrition –

Haleigh Bainter; Food & Nutrition- Zach Mass; Goat-

Grace Presley; Health & Safety – Haleigh Bainter;

Health & Safety- Madisen Liddell; Home

Improvement- Ben Bryson; Horse – Mackenzie

Trowbridge; Horseless Horse- William Albers;

Photography – Rachel Whitehouse; Photography –

Abbey Clark; Photography- Faith Hardcastle; Rabbits

– Elizabeth Pevehouse; Science & Technology- Zach

Mass; Self-determined- Ben Frazee; Self-determined-

Madisen Liddell; Swine – Emma Goos; Vet Science/

Animals- Melanie Gillet; Visual Arts – Luke

Stortenbecker; Visual Arts – Ben Bryson; Welding-

Luke Stortenbecker; and Woodworking – Ben Frazee.

SENIORS Senior Awards

Aerospace/ Rocketry- Jessica Arnold; Breeding Beef – Colden Hillyer; Market Beef – Ana Frazee; Cat – Molly Rutz; Child Development- Molly Bolton; Citizenship- Meghan Gray; Clothing – Larissa Tibbles; Clothing- Sewing- Larissa Tibbles; Crop Production- Lane Stortenbecker; Dog – Andrea McClary; Food & Nutrition Andy Staiert; Food & Nutrition – Carmen Pavlik; Food & Nutrition – Nick Frazee; Health & Safety- Chrissy Vinton; Home Improvement – Nick Frazee; Horse – Andrea McClary;

Horseless Horse- Larissa Tibbles; Horticulture/Floriculture – Carmen Pavlik; Leadership – Ashleigh Bainter; Fishing/ Camping- Aaron Bertini; Photography- Andrea McClary; Photography- Dillon Wallace; Poultry- Chrissy Vinton; Rabbit- Drew Wallace; Sheep- Natalie Shearer; Swine- Grant Lewis; Swine- Ryan Greiner; Technology/ Robotics- Aaron Bertini; Visual Arts- Ana Frazee; Woodworking- Cole Kurcz.

MASTER AWARDS

Master Awards

The following awards are selected by interview committees consisting of community

members and Youth Committee members.

The Outstanding Achievement Award – Lane Stortenbecker

The Outstanding Citizenship Award – Hunter Jones

The LaVerne Obrecht Outstanding Leadership Award – Corey Bertini

The Walter F. Godfrey Memorial Master Beef Producer Award – Nick Frazee

The Master Rabbit Award- Drew Wallace

Master Swine Producer Award – Dane Kruse

The Master Poultry Award- Jessika Lynn

The Towne Horse Award- Kassidy Monday

Please be sure to thank your awards sponsors.

The outstanding 4-Hers for 2012-2013 were Nick Frazee & Jessika Lynn

The Ou tstanding Intermediate Achievement Award- Haleigh Bainter

The Jack Bowen Memorial Intermediate Leadership – Zachary Mass

The Buddy Memorial Dog Award – Kassidy Monday Korliss Angus Achievement Award – Corey Bertini

Rod Goy Memorial Livestock Producer Award- Lane Stortenbecker Irma Cheney Memorial Home

Economics Award –Larissa Tibbles Marilyn Skerritt Creativity Award – Kassidy Monday Science and

Engineering, sponsored by Blum Brothers Construction- Nick Frazee. The “I Dare You” Danforth 4-Square

award – Ana Frazee & Dane Kruse. Elwood Plumer Friendship Award –Drew Wallace Grant Dunsdon

Heart of 4-H Memorial Award – Delaney McMullen.

Martha Winum Memorial Record Book Award -The senior award- Kassidy Monday, intermediate – Luke

Stortenbecker, and junior – Taryn Bertini.

Outstanding Treasurer Books- Zach Mass of Loyal Lassies Ingraham Straight Shooters and Jon Stavas of

Country Cousins 4-H Club.

Outstanding Secretary Books - Jessica Arnold of Country Cousins and Carmen Pavlik of Loyal Lassies

Ingraham Straight Shooters.

Outstanding Historian Books - Mills County Prize Winners, , Ashleigh & Haleigh Bainter of Silver Creek Go-

Getters and Busy Bees/ Future Feeders.

Outstanding Reporters –Aaron Bertini of Country Cousins, Ashley McClary of Mills County Prize Winners,

Henry Dean of Sure Shots, Hailey Murphy of Wabash Wranglers, Noah Hillyer of Busy Bees Future Feeders,

Megan Hossle of Henderson Hornets Ambitious Andies, Olivia Smith of Silver Clouds.

Outstanding 4-H Leaders for the year were Bob Blum and Byron Brockman.

Clubs attaining Banner Club status – Balfour Barnstormers, Busy Bees Future Feeders, Country

Cousins, Mills County Prizewinners, Silver Clouds, and Sure Shots.

Each year, 4-H Alumni who are making a significant contribution to the 4-H Program are selected to be

recognized. This year’s honored Alumni were Dave Trowbridge and Diane Clay.

Honorary Membership is given to individuals who contribute time, energy and dedication to the 4-H

Program, but were not necessarily past 4-H members. Selected as honorary members for this year were Mary

Trowbridge and Allen Hall.

The “Clover” award, a certificate and pin, is given to leaders in recognition of years of dedication and

service to 4-H. Receiving recognition for 5 years of service were Brad Asche, Bob Blum, Mike Bowden,

Stephanie Bowden, Colleen Gray & Janet Wade. 20 years of service Linda Hein and 30 years of service Pam

Obrecht.

Mills County is proud to induct Nancy & Steve McGrew into the Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame. Laura

Lambert & Brad Asche were recognized for their years of service as a Youth Committee member.

Retiring Club leaders are Kres & Lonny Monday, Colleen Gray and Debra Juarez.

Welcome to 4H! It’s probably rather overwhelming so far. You filled out your

paperwork, chose projects you thought were interesting and you’ve attended

a meeting or two. Now what? Well, now you will be able to relax and enjoy it

a bit! You can go online and look up information on the project HOT

SHEETS, or go even deeper and check out some of the additional links even!

Your club leaders are always ready to help you. There was probably a

person in the club assigned as your mentor as well. They will walk you

through each step this first year. It will be a great help! The 4H website is

also a wonderful place to keep up on what is happening– in the county and

the State. If you are interested in learning more, you can always ask

someone in your club or call the Extension office.

Come on January 26th 1:00pm and be ready to learn lots of new things and also

how the things you already know coincide with the new things you are learning.

Educational Presentations, Share the Fun and Working Exhibits are just the

beginning!

You will be learning about : Fair Exhibits Project Records and Project Books

State Fair AkSarBen Citizenship Leadership Camps Overnight

Youth Retreats Youth Activities and Events Multiple County Events

The best part is that the day will also include the first big event of the year–

AttendThis!- you will have a great day! Please register for this day 624-8616.

New Members Meeting January 26

th 1:00pm

WANT TO KNOW MORE? FIND US AT: EXTENSION.IASTATE.EDU/4H/YOUR COUNTY NAME HERE

Mills County 4-H Calendar of Events 2012

DECEMBER

AND…. NOVEMBER

Jan 2- FSQA Testing 9-noon Jan 3- FSQA Testing 9-noon Jan 19- County Council Jan 19- CREW Jan 26- New Member Meeting Jan 26- AttendThis! Event Feb 22- 4H Night at Lancers

Dec 3 Share A Calf 7-8:30 Dec 14 - LEGO Regional Event Dec 15- Bowling - CREW & CC Dec 21- Beef Weigh In Dec 23- FSQA Testing 9-noon Dec 26- FSQA Testing 9-noon Dec 27- FSQA Testing 9-noon Dec 30- FSQA Class & Livestock Mtg

Nov 2- Newer Leader Training Nov2- Senior Award Interviews Nov 3- Awards Program Nov 7- SESS Leaders Meeting Nov 15- All 4H enrollments due Nov 16-17- Region 17 Council Overnight in Carson Nov 19- Share a Calf Class 7-8:30 Workshop with Loyal Lassie Nov 30- Club Programs due

BEGINNING HIPPOLOGY PRACTICES- REGISTER TODAY! Begins November 9th on Saturdays 10-noon

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