world of 4-H and see just what everyone is made of. Included in this news-letter are most of the winners from that night. If you missed the cere-mony, check with your leader for your awards and certificates. Leaders, come by the Extension office and pick up any-thing your members may have missed. This newsletter covers both November and De-cember activities. The next newsletter will be mailed early January.

— Kate Sauls

4-H, Youth & Family

Hey everyone! I am excited to begin a new chapter in my life with 4-H being part of it. I met many of you at the Evening of Excellence but thought this would be a good time to tell all of you a little about myself. I was born and raised in Norris City and graduated from NCOE in 2008. From there, I went to Greenville College in Greenville, Illi-nois and got my degree in Communications: Public Relations. I interned with Cork Tree Creative which was a small PR firm in Edwardsville and learned a lot during my time

there. I am really excited to be back in familiar ter-ritory and look forward to getting to know every-one better. I see great things in the future of 4-H and am glad I will be able to be part of it. For the most part, I will be in the office Monday through Thursday from 8-4:30. Definitely feel free to contact me at the offi-cer at 382-2662 or by email sauls@illinois.edu. As for the Evening of Ex-cellence, it went over really well! I think every-one had a great time and it was a great way for me to be initiated into the

Hello and Congrats!

White County 4-H News N O V E M E B E R - D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 0

University of Illinois Extension

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

Local Extension Council Cooperating

University of Illinois provides equal

opportunities in programs

and employment.

Mark Your Calendars

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

2010 Corn Day King

& Queen

2

Evening of Excellence 3

Fit Kidz 5

It’s a White County

Christmas

6

Junior Leadership

Conference

7

Federation

Christmas Party

7

Nov. 16 Support Committee Nov. 17 Federation Meeting Nov. 19-20 White County Christmas Dec. 2 Cloverbuds Training Dec 13 Federation Christmas Party Dec. 23 Last day office

open for 2010

Those interested in helping

out with Cloverbuds need

to mark their calendar for

Thursday, December 2. We

will be having the Clover-

bud Volunteer Training that

day from 6:30 to 8 pm at

the Extension office. Please

call 382-2662 or email

sauls@illinois.edu to sign

up for the training by Nov

25th.

P A G E 2

W H I T E C O U N T Y 4 - H N E W S

C O R N D A Y

Congratulations to our Royalty

We were proud to crown the 2010 4-H Corn Day Queen & King

during the annual Kiwanis Corn Day Festivities.

2010 Corn Day Queen

Molly Musgraves

2010 Corn Day King

Bryce Williams

Attendants Brooke Crawford, Hannah Gowdy, Mallory

Hammell, and Richie Brinkley

Retiring Queen Christine South

Retiring King Cole Fechtig

P A G E 3

SPECIAL COUNTY AWARDS The following awards are sponsored by local groups, businesses

and individuals, and most are unique to White County 4-H.

VICTORY AWARD Age 8-9

‘76 Clovers of NC—Brandon Skaggs

Centerville Ripsnorters—Jace Carter

Crossville Prizewinners-Carlee Hart

Enfield Blue Ribbons—Caitlin South

Lucky Clovers--Hailey Trout

Mad Hatters—Madison Childers

Yee-Haws—Olivia Bohleber

Overall Winner—Olivia Bohleber

Age 10-11 ‘76 Clovers of NC—Riley Price

Lucky Clovers—Eva Ochs

Mad Hatters--Abbie Bryant

Overall Winner—Riley Price

Age 12 ‗76 Clovers of NC—Taylor Colbert

Crossville Prizewinners-

Aaron Harrington

Lucky Clovers—Adrian Lamp

Mad Hatters—Jacob Hubele

Overall Winner—Aaron Harrington

HEALTH AWARD Age 8-12

First – Riley Price

Second —Caitlin South

Third–Haley Roedder

Age 13-19 First – Dylan Price

YOUNG HOMEMAKER

AWARD Age 8-12 Jacob Hubele

Age 13-18 Dylan Price

COMMUNITY

INVOLVEMENT Age 8-12 First – Josephine Hubele

Second – Abbie Bryant

Third — Adrian Lamp

4-H MEMBERS COMPLETING

THEIR 4-H CAREER

Bethany Harl (11 years)

Caleb Harrington (9 years)

Elizabeth Harrington (9 years)

Chelsea Merritt (4 years)

Age 13-19 First – Crystal Blazier

Second – Dylan Price

Third – Molly Musgraves

KEN KORTE MEMORIAL

SAFETY AWARD

Age 8-12 First – Riley Price

Second—Aaron Harrington

Third—Caitlin South

Age 13-18 First– Dylan Price

OUTSTANDING

FIRST YEAR MEMBERS Caitlin South

Brandon Skaggs

I DARE YOU AWARD

Crystal Blazier

Richie Brinkley

Joy Simmons

Bryce Williams

NOLAN ENCOURAGEMENT

AWARD Keaton Baldwin

Tim Hardy

Bryson Sageser

Jessica Woods

E V E N I N G O F E X C E L L E N C E R E C A P

Evening of Excellence

P A G E 4

W H I T E C O U N T Y 4 - H N E W S

E V E N I N G O F E X C E L L E N C E R E C A P

BEST PRESIDENT Shelby Hammell

Centerville Ripsnorters

BEST SECRETARY Andrew McKinney

Enfield Blue Ribbons

BEST TREASURER Joy Simmons

Mad Hatters

BEST OFFICE REPORTER Taylor Colbert

‗76 Clovers

BEST NEWS REPORTER Dylan Price

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ILLINOIS STATE 4-H HALL OF FAME AWARD Carolyn Price (2008),Helen Sailer(2010), Ranelle Hubele (2009), Gail

Nolan (2006)

Front row: Abbie Bryant, Payton Dixon, Isabel Bryant, Jacob Hubele, Hannah Templeton,

Madison Childers

Back row: Marcy Fechtig, Rachelle Hubele, Cole Fechtig, Josie Harrison, Josephine Hubele, Martha

Templeton

Not pictured: Wil Bingman, Madison McDonald, Joy Simmons, Haley Smith, Hannah Smith, Karrah

Trout

P A G E 5

Fit Kidz. . . eat as a family

For most families, the school year brings busier schedules for parents and kids alike. With the de-mands of work, homework, practices and lessons, family time often gets cut out of the mix. One way to make sure your family has some quality time together is to sit down for a family meal most nights of the week. Families that eat together tend to eat healthier foods. Here are some ideas for making dinner a fun time for everyone: Give the night a theme; plan a menu and decorate

accordingly. Try different cuisine such as Mexican, Chinese, or

German food. Give everyone a job. Preparing and cleaning up can

be fun and much faster with everyone’s help.

Pretend to be at a fancy restaurant and be the host or hostess.

Play some soft music and eat by candlelight. If the weather permits, have dinner outside. Assign each person a night to choose

the meal. Table Fun: Guess What’s Missing Have one person close his or her eyes. Everyone else at the table removes an item, such as

a salt shaker, from the table and places it in their lap.

The first person opens his or her eyes and tries to guess what is missing from the table.

Chuckwagon Stew

Ingredients

1 pound ground beef

1 large onion, diced

1 can (15 oz.) chili with beans

1 can (29 oz.) mixed vegetables

1 can (14 oz.) diced tomatoes

1 can (8 oz.) tomato sauce

Shredded cheddar cheese (optional)

Instructions

In a large saucepan, brown ground beef and onion until beef is completely cooked. Drain.

Add all other ingredients and heat to just boil-ing.

Reduce heat and simmer for about an hour, stirring frequently.

Sprinkle cheese on top (if desired).

Serve with whole-grain crackers or rolls.

P A G E 6 I T ’ S A W H I T E C O U N T Y C H R I S T M A S

Bag Packing 4-H is giving all the participants in the Christmas Concert a treat bag filled with goodies, fruit &

cookies. The committee will be packing those bag on Wednesday, Nov. 17 at 6:30 p.m. during

the Federation Meeting at the Extension office. We can always use more help.

Make and Donate Cookies 4-H will be needing about 75 dozen cookies for this year‘s ―It‘s a White County Christ-

mas‖ Children‘s Concert. Can you help out? Please bring your cookies to the 4-H office

on Wednesday, Nov. 17. Please have them wrapped well so they‘ll last until Saturday‘s

concert.

Elves & Flag Etiquette Sign Carriers Needed for Christmas Parade!

We would like to have about 5 elves to help Santa pass out gifts during the Christmas parade. We would

provide an elf costume for you to wear. The costumes fit a small teen. We would also need

youth to wear the flag etiquette American Flag Signs through the parade. Both these events

earn you points for ―Appearances in Support of 4-H‖ on your 4-H records.

Watch for 4-H in Christmas Parade Both Federation and the Mad Hatters 4-H Club will have floats in the White County Christ-

mas Parade at 9 AM, Saturday, Nov. 20. Maybe your club would like to join them.... or would

you like to walk with us in the parade. Call Judy Bingman at 384-9697

DAR Festival of Trees Needs 4-H Tree

Wabash Chapter DAR has invited 4-H to have their own tree in the Festival of Trees

again this year, but we need help! Did you like to decorate trees? This may be the event

for you.

Children’s Concert a 4-H Sponsored Event!

We will need lots of adult and teen workers at the Joint county Children‘s Christmas Concert Saturday,

Nov. 20. The concert begins at 2 p.m., but workers will need to arrive by 11 AM at the middle school to

get things set up. Please let me know who I can count on to be there! And don‘t forget to attend this

SPECTACULAR EVENT when 125 children all join together in song!

Check out all that this year‘s festival has to offer at

www.WhiteCountyChristmas.com. Please call Judy Bingman 384-9697 if you would

like to be involved in any of these activities. She needs your help!

Mark your calendars NOW for the

“It’s a White County Christmas”

Nov. 19-20

Federation Happenings

The White County Federation is the work group of the county 4-H pro-gram. Members of all ages are wel-come to attend. Join us for the next meeting on Wednesday, November 17 at 6:30pm at the Extension of-fice where we will be making deco-rations for a vehicle for the White County Christmas Parade and mak-ing treat bags for the White County Christmas.

We Encourage all members to bring cookies to the office for the treat bags. Please place them two per snack bag and do NOT use nuts. We also encourage you to walk with us during the parade on No-vember 20. Line up is at 8:30 am at First Baptist Church and the parade starts at 9am.

Illinois 4-H

Junior Leadership Conference

February 19-20, 2011

Who: 7th-8th grade 4-H members

Where: Lake Williamson Conference

& Retreat Center, Carlinville, IL Additional details available later. Call the office.

You’re Invited! The 2010 Federation Christmas Party is on December 13th at 6:30pm in the

Extension office.

Pizza will be provided.

Please bring some kind of side or des-sert with you as well as a canned good

to donate to the food pantry.

Call by December 6th to register.

The party is open to everyone in 4-H so stop by, eat some good food, and hang out with some great people.

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White County Illinois 4-H

P A G E 7

Hamilton-Wayne-White Unit

White County Office

1715 College Ave.

Carmi, Illinois 62821

Kate Sauls

4-H/ Youth & Family

Robin Pyle

Secretary

Cherrie Wilkerson

Interim County Director

University of Illinois Extension

Holiday Closings

The office will be closed

for the holidays on the

following days:

Nov. 25 & 26

Dec. 24—Jan. 3

Please enjoy the

holidays with your

family!