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Dear 4-H Families
EXPERTS NOT NEEDED!
During the month of March I promoted 4-H at several elementary schools using STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) activities. I routinely heard adults say they never knew we offered so much science; they had always associated 4-H only with farming. Kids didn’t have that narrow view of 4-H. Unfortunately, most of them didn’t have any. Only 15% had ever heard of 4-H. Thankfully, after an hour of fun science experiments, a survey showed these results:
73% are more aware of 4-H and what it offers 62% are interested in attending 4-H summer science camps 74% are interested in joining an afterschool club next year 95% would like to learn more about technology
Our brand is growing! This is great news! The question is: Who will help meet this demand for more STEM projects? You don’t have to be an expert to lead or help with science activities. Many experiments are just that: experiments! Youth solve problems by trial and error, and are excited to try new things and share their ideas with each other. Most of what we offer right now is geared towards elementary and junior high youth, and we have lots of resources:
4-H’s Project Guides are basically step by step lesson plans.
Equipment. Our office has some gear and supplies to get you started.
Training. A SciGirls training was held a few weeks ago and another is coming May 16th. It’s a fun, hands-on evening that allows you to try out some simple experiments and leave with resources for more. My hope is to offer new experiments to try on a monthly basis.
More “training”! If you are interested in trying a new science project, call me! There’s a very good chance I don’t know how to do it myself, but I bet we can figure it out together!
Volunteer as an assistant. In June I will lead Inventgenuity, a new summer science camp at the fairgrounds. I need help, and it would be a great way for you to see how a lot of dif-ferent activities are done! Details are inside this newsletter.
Get trained on the use of D.O.T.S. kits. Details inside. Thank you for helping 4-H Grow in Douglas County! See you soon!
Sharon Krause
4-H & Youth Development Educator
715-395-1365
4-H NEWSLETTER May 2016 Bi-monthly Issue
DOUGLAS COUNTY 4-H
An EEO/AA employer, University of Wisconsin Extension provides equal opportunities in employment and programming, including Title IX and American with Disabilities (ADA) requirements. Any person
requiring special accommodations for attending Douglas County UW-Extension programs should contact 715-395-1363 in advance of scheduled programs so that appropriate arrangements can be made.
Inside this issue:
Memo from Sharon, 4-H Youth Educator
May & June Calendar
Online Enrollment Info
Helpful Websites
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Funny Gears
SciGirls Event
2016 State Dog Show
Rabbit and Cavy Fun Show
Annual Leaders Training
Add/Change projects
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2016 Summer Camp- Counselors and Youth
Beef Assoc. and Head of
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DOTS Thank you letters
DOTS Training
5
Tiger’s Pride Self De-fense Outing
6-7
Inventgenuity Camp
Horse Driving Clinic
Become a Youth Representative for County/City
8
4-H Board of Directors
4-H Club Contacts
Douglas County Extension Staff Contacts
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Help wanted for our newsletter and website! Send your club stories, meeting minutes, photos and/or videos to the office!
4-H ONLINE ENROLLMENT 2015-2016
http://wi.4honline.com Re-enrollments for 2016 were due December 31, 2015.
New members can call the office for help in enrolling or contact the leader of the club they want to join. Dues are $5.00 for 4th grade and up and $3.00 for youth K-3. Douglas
County community clubs are listed on the last page.
Help with 4HOnline Did you forget your password? Need to update your contact information? Can’t remember what email address you used to register last year? If you need help using 4HOnline please call 715-395-1363. If you remember your email but not your password, request a new password and it will be sent to your email. If you do not have access to an electronic device to register you can come to the office and we can help you! You will still be required to fill out a paper enrollment form for authorizations. Deadlines: Re-enrollments are due to the Extension office by Dec. 31. New enrollments are due by May 1. Project changes (drops & adds) must be made by May 1. 4-H’ers enrolling after these dates will not be eligible to show at the Fair unless approved by the Executive Board.
MAY
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JUNE
S M T W T Fr S
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HELPFUL WEBSITES Click on links to go to these sites
Douglas County 4-H http://douglas.uwex.edu/4h
4-H Online http://4honline.com
Wisconsin 4-H http://4h.uwex.edu
4-H Community Club Central
http://4h.uwex.edu/clubs
Head of the Lakes Fair
http://www.holfair.com
National 4-H http://4-h.org
4-H Shopping Mall http://www.4-hmall.org
UW-Extension Media Catalog
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/media/catalog
Wisconsin State Fair Park
http://www.wistatefair.com
Douglas County UW-Extension
http://douglas.uwex.edu
Douglas County http://www.douglascountywi.org
City of Superior http://www.ci.superior.wi.us
JUNE 2 Points Award Forms Due 6-18 American Spirit Trip 10-17 Pony Express Horse Clinic – Fairgrounds 13 Leaders Association Meeting & Flowers Fairgrounds Youth Building (6:30 pm) 20-25 State 4-H Hunt & Dressage Show TBA Douglas County 4-H Horse Association Meeting Youth Building (6:00 pm) 27 State Fair Clothing Revue & Demonstration Contest
Entries Due Varies 20-23 Citizenship Washington Focus – Washington, D.C. & WI 4-H & Youth Conference~ UW-Madison
MAY 1 Last Day to turn in Add/Drop forms to change
projects 1 Last Day for New Members to Enroll in 4-H to participate in Junior Fair 9 Leaders Meeting – Courthouse Boardroom 207C
(6:30 pm) Annual Leader Training 16 SciGirls Training 23 Douglas County 4-H Horse Association Meeting~ Youth Building (6:00 pm) 30 UW-Extension Office Closed for Memorial Day
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Do you love dogs?
Do you have a dog that could be a better companion if only he knew something? Want to learn more about the fun things you can
do with your dog? If you have not signed up for the dog project, please log in to your account at https://www.4honline.com/ and
add it to your project list before May 1.
Join Puppy Pals 4-H club by adding as your secondary or primary club. We ask that you not bring any dogs to meetings, but please
bring a copy of your dog’s current vaccination records that we can keep on file. We
will be answering questions and explaining the project as well as sneaking in a quick
game or two.
We will be meeting weekly on Tuesdays at 6:30 for 1 hour. Later in the summer you
will also have an opportunity to show your dog against other 4-H members in the
county in Showmanship, agility, obedience, rally obedience, and canine freestyle or
dancing with your dog. As part of your project you will also be able to take many
items to the fair under Dept. 110, Class M. Check the
Jr fair book at http://holfair.com/ .
This year’s fair will be August 23-28, 2016. If you have any questions, please con-
tact Vicki Garro at [email protected] or 715-399-3067.To register on a sheet of paper put: Name, address, if you are a
youth/trainer/project leader..., For child if beginner or advanced (for what you will be learning) and a phone number. $15 for adults
and $10 for kids - check ok.
No vaccinations paperwork for dogs needs to be mailed but should be brought with.
SAVE THE DATE!
FUNNY GEARS Funny Gears are just one component of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math education) pro-gram through 4-H in Douglas County. Recently Afterschool students built playground in the photos below. These building tools increase problem solving and stimulate attention and learning. Contact the office if you want to use them at your next club meeting.
Watch the video and learn what you can do with Funny Gears. http://douglas.uwex.edu/2016/04/05/stem-imagination/.
SCIGIRLS The next 4-H SciGirls event will be at 6 pm on May 16 at the UW- Extension office, 1313 Belknap Street, Room 107, Superior. Call 715-395-1363 to register. Photo to the right: Tanya Colby and Lisa Soyring make simple circuits to turn on lights.
2016 STATE 4-H DOG SHOW The 2016 State 4-H Dog Show is being hosted by Grant, Iowa and Crawford coun-ties. It will be held at the Grant County Fairgrounds, in Lancaster, WI. The dates are July 29th -31st. Complete details, rules, guidelines and entry forms can found on the State 4-H website or by following this link: 2016 State 4-H Dog Show Guidelines and Rules Questions should be directed to the State Show Chairpersons: Karolyn Levin 608-604-3375 or [email protected], Marcia Cordts 608-732-7836 or [email protected] Deadline for entries is June 18th.
RABBIT AND CAVY FUN SHOW Rabbit and Cavy Fun Show will be held Saturday, May 14th at the Kewaunee County Fairgrounds, 625 Third Street, Luxemburg, Wisconsin, 54217. All information is available at the link below: http://kewaunee.uwex.edu/2016/04/04/kewaunee-county-4-h-youth-rabbit-fun-show/.
ANNUAL LEADER’S TRAINING Each club must send one leader to the meeting. If it is impossible to have someone attend please contact Sharon at 715-395-1365 to make other arrangements. The meeting will be held May 9th at 6:30 in room 207C on the 2nd floor of the Courthouse. REMINDER: DON’T FORGET TO ADD OR CHANGE PROJECTS BY MAY 1. The 2015-16 4-H Project Guide lists some70 different statewide project areas and descriptions of projects avail-able in Douglas County. Besides 4-H projects, you can get involved in 4-H events throughout the year. You can learn more about these activities on our link http://douglas.uwex.edu/4h/4-h-clubs/ .
Photos courtesy of Sharon Krause
SAVE THE DATE!!
4-H SUMMER CAMP ~ AUGUST 2-4, 2016 We will be holding 4-H Camp at the Burnett County Youth Camp, Burnett County, WI this year. We all need to start recruiting campers like crazy! Campers are youth from ages 8-13 and, as usual, non-members are welcome to participate and only pay an additional $5 fee to cover 4-H membership. Club leaders, please encourage your members to participate in Summer Camp! Please find a camp registration form attached to this email.
DOUGLAS COUNTY BEEF ASSOCIATION & THE HEAD OF THE LAKES FAIR DATES The Douglas County Beef Improvement Association will hold their event in July...very similar to what we did last year. July 19th - the youth will bring their animals to the fairground (weigh in,) July 20th the youth will show and July 21st we will have a Farm Fun Day leading up to the annual auction in the evening.
Please let Lisa Soyring know asap if you have a hog that needs to be identified for the hog project. The hog can not weigh more than 80 lbs. at the start of the project. If you have any questions please contact Lisa Soyring. The Head of the Lakes Fair will be held August 23-28, 2016.
Its never too early to start working on projects for the Fair!
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4-H SUMMER CAMP COUNSELOR APPLICATION PROCESS
We still need youth camp counselors especially male counselors
(must be 14 years in age by August 1, 2016) and several certified adult
volunteers to meet the adult/camper ratio—can you help? Counselor
application packets are were sent out to all age eligible youth leaders
ages 14 by August 2, 2016. You can also find the forms on our website
link:
http://douglas.uwex.edu/4h/special-events-and-camp-registration-and-info/.
Counselors need to apply immediately so we can start the training process.
DIGITAL OBSERVATION TECHNOLOGY SKILLS
(DOTS) TRAINING
In order to take advantage of the FREE lending program of
DOTS Kits and Curriculum Resources, educators and volunteers
must take part in a DOTS Training first.
There is an upcoming DOTS Training in Taylor County on May
9th, 2016 from 4:30-7:30 pm.
Registration ends April 30th for this very low cost training op-
portunity (only $3!). Register here today:
http://goo.gl/forms/T3LPm4RpvJ
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Students from Cooper Elementary use Digital Observa-
tion Technology Skills kit during a 4-H outreach pro-
gram. Afterwards 74% of the students said they are
interested in joining a 4-H afterschool club next year.
They are also interested in attending the Inventgenuity
Camp in June. Photos courtesy of Sharon Krause.
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Tiger’s Pride Self Defense
These 3 photos that were taken
at a self defense outing. We
went to the Mattevi Martial Arts
Academy where the instructor,
Master Gary Mattevi, spent 2
hours with our club. He talked a
little about the “Duluth Model”
which is a nationally acclaimed
domestic abuse intervention
project which
reviews healthy and
unhealthy relationships. He
reviewed date rape, awareness
of your surroundings, preven-
tion, etc.……
This was followed by about 1 ½
hours of instructions of ways to
increase the odds of escaping an
attacker by concentrating on cer-
tain areas of the body. We were
able to use our glossy paper/ink
cartridge collections to fund the
outing.
Submitted by,
Patty Lier
Tiger’s Pride
Thank you Tiger’s Pride for
submitting your story and
pictures of your exciting day!
Help is wanted for our
newsletter and website!
Send your club stories,
meeting minutes, photos
and/or videos to the
office! Email them to: [email protected]
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WE NEED VOLUNTEERS TO HELP ! Please find the attached flyer for registration form or on our website at
http://douglas.uwex.edu/2016/04/28/inventgenuity-camp-2016/ for extra forms.
**NEW **
PLEASE CONTACT THE
OFFICE WITH YOUR NEWS,
ARTICLES OR PICTURE
FROM A 4-H EVENT!
Articles are due the 18th of the
month. When emailing your
articles, please send them as an
attachment.
Send to:
TAPE TAPE
4-H Board of Directors
President Tricia Garland
Vice-President Jenny Kroll Treasurer
Lorrie Gunnerson Secretary Patty Lier Historian
Clorissa Kroll Youth at Large Delegate
Nicole Greely Youth at Large Delegate
Hannah Lier Delegate-at-Large
Nola Stenroos Delegate-at-Large
Sonya Blair Advisor
Pat Luostari Sheila Fillmore
We’re on Facebook!! Like us!!
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Douglas-County-Wisconsin-4-H/
Douglas County 4-H
1313 Belknap Street, Room 107
Superior, WI 54880
Douglas County UW-Extension Office
Sharon Krause, 4-H Community Youth Development Educator 715-395-1365
Cheryl Shockley, Douglas County 4-H Program Assistant 715-395-1363
James Anderson, Community Development Educator, Dept. Head 715-395-1547
Araceli Whitwam-Sell, Family Living Educator 715-395-1426
Jane Anklam, Horticulture and Agriculture Educator 715-395-1515
Jeanne Ward, Office Support Staff 715-395-1364
Julie Montgomery, WNEP Coordinator 715-395-1427
Tarah Nichols, Educator, Wisconsin Nutrition Education Program 715-395-7443
Virginia Leith, Program Assistant, WI Nutrition Education Program 715-395-1546
4-H CLUBS LOCATIONS LEADERS PHONE #S
AFTERSCHOOL
CLUBS Local schools Sharon Krause 715-395-1365
BIT N’ SPUR 4-H South Range Nola Stenroos Kim Lagro
(715) 399-0319 (715) 399-8754
CLOVER COUNTRY Maple Pat Luostari (715) 363-2456
HORSES ‘R’ US Lake Nebagamon Jeanette Rantala Sonya Blair
(715) 375-2661 (218) 590-2312
LAKELAND RIDERS Superior Lynn Pearson (715) 394-3731
NORTHERN LIGHTS Superior Dan Klarner (715) 392-9263
PONY EXPRESS Superior Michelle Kimmes Kelly Carlson
(715) 399-3056 (715) 399-2291
PUPPY PALS Superior Vicki Garro (715) 399-3067
TIGER’S PRIDE Hawthorne Patty Lier (715) 817-5836
Stoney Brook Riders Lisa Vuorenmaa (715) 392-1334
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