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McDonald County 4-H News
“Committed to Excellence in Youth Development”
Michael D. Coffey 4-H Youth Specialist
Lynda DuMond 4-H Youth Associate
2015-2016 4-H Council Lisa Helm, President
Callie Keaton, Vice President Katrina Eubanks, Secretary Taylor Thacker, Treasurer
(417) 223-4775
http://extension.missouri.edu/mcdonald
[email protected] [email protected]
NOVEMBER 2016
University of Missouri, Lincoln University,
U.S. Department of Agriculture & Local University Extension Councils Cooperating
University Outreach and Extension does not
discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability or status as a Vietnam-era
veteran in employment or programs.
Dear 4-H Families,
As we launch into a new year, I wanted to offer some clarification about the enrollment process in order to hopefully speed things along. First, I don’t know anyone of us at the county level that “like” 4H online, but it’s the system we have to work with, and want to try and minimize the hassle you’ll experience as you enroll your chil-dren. The biggest problem that we dealt with last year, and is al-ready popping up this year is that folks either intentionally or inad-vertently click on Pay by Check for their youth’s enrollment. From there, when Lynda or I go in to review the enrollment for acceptance and we see that, we have to go into a holding pattern until payment for that enrollment arrives in the county office. If you have inadvert-ently clicked the Pay by Check, you can go back into the profile sec-tion and right after the project/groups tab, you can “add a credit card” to your profile and switch your payment option to that. This is much faster as the Pay by Check option means we wait for your check, then wait for a check to be cut from the 4-H Council, and then wait for the state office to clear the 4-H council check. I know that the credit card option is not viable for some, and the Pay by Check is fine, but wanted you to be aware of the steps. A second common problem is on the screen where you are doing the parent/youth agreements to participate, families get to the shooting sports question, and leave it blank if their child is not going to be in shooting sports. What you need to do is click on the drop down box and click on the line that says “my child will not par-ticipate”.
If you are having problems navigating the system, please reach out to us, as we really want to make this as trouble free for you as we can. Sincerely, Mike Coffey 4-H Youth Specialist
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
UPCOMING EVENTS
indicates Deadline
NOVEMBER 3 Teen Council Meeting (6:00 Neosho Office) 5 Dixie Stampede *10 Ag Scholarship Due 17 4-H Awards Night (council to meet after) 24 Happy Thanksgiving! DECEMBER 3 Robotics Vol. Training * 15 Legislative Academy Due 25 Merry Christmas! JANUARY TBA Bright and Bold TBA Making the Best Better EARLY 2017 HEADS UP-
February 20-22– Legislative Acad. February 25– Sew-A-Thon
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If you are paying with a credit card, then you can register up to the deadline date.
Welcome New Families With the new 4-H year, we welcome many new families to the McDonald County program. As a veteran family you can remember the first few years of 4-H being confusing. Please welcome new members into your club and help them to become involved in club, county , regional and state activities.
Regional news
4-H Leader Support Project leaders and members, there are project resources on the Missouri 4-H website at http://4h.missouri.edu/programsprojects.aspx. Under the individual projects, you will find pro-ject briefs that also contain ideas for demonstra-tions, community service…. From A to Z, every project has lots of resource information worth checking out.
Member/Leader Trainings The SW Region has two member leader train-ings in the works for January. No definite dates are set yet, but plan to attend one of them. They are developed for new and experienced families to learn more about the 4-H program in areas of officer training, project leader training, project ideas, volunteer orientation, club leader basics and there is even sessions for the Clover Kids. We call one of these trainings Bright and Bold and the other is called Making the Best Better. They are identical in what they offer, just held on different sides of the region for the conven-ience of all our 4-H families. We will keep you posted as dates and location are set. You do not want to miss this opportunity!
IMPORTANT! Scholarship Notice The Missouri Department of Agriculture is offer-ing $5,000 scholarships for youth interested in pursuing careers in agriculture in Missouri. Ad-ditional information and the application can be found at - http://agriculture.mo.gov/abd/financial/dairyscholars.php. is due by Nov. 10
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(Sorry for the short notice, this just came through our e-mail.)
CLUB NEWS
The Mustang Pride 4-H Club held a Chicken Dinner fundraiser in the parking lot of Town and Country grocery store in Anderson on Saturday October 22, 2016. Simmons foods donated 5 cases of chicken legs and thighs in addition the club received a $25 gift certificate for Price Cutter in Neosho and a $50 gift certifi-cate from Wal-Mart in Neosho. The club raised $212.00. We still have enough chicken left over for our awards banquet!
During out meetings we learned about dairy farms, and alternative fuels such as biofu-els. We demonstrated types of biofuels causing chemical reactions in a 16 oz. bottle and could see the carbon dioxide produced by the reaction in a balloon placed on the top of the bottle. Linda Howerton, Club Leader
ATTENTION: Club Reporters: Send your 4-H Club news to:
Lynda DuMond at [email protected]
Or mail to: P.O. Box 336– Pineville, MO 64856
COUNTY NEWs
McDonald County Awards Night The annual McDonald County Awards Night will be help on Thursday, November 17 at the Pine-ville Methodist Church at 6:30 PM. This is when our members are recognized for the work they have done this past year. Leaders are recog-nized for their generous service and graduates become Alumni. Please come and join us for a wonderful night of fellowship and celebration. We will have a delightful array of desserts for all to enjoy and a council meeting following the cel-ebration.
Event Registrations All state event registrations are entered in 4-H online. Important Deadline reminder: Even though 4-H online may show a registration deadline, if you are paying by check then that payment needs to be received in the Extension Office 15 days prior to the registration deadline so we have ample time to get checks sent to the state office before the deadline.
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Citizenship Washington Focus If you would like to visit Washington D.C. with a group of 4-H members, this may be a trip for you. This opportunity is for 4-H youth 14-18 years old. It will take place June 10-19, 2017. Cost covers all lodging, transportation, fees and food at $2,300. This is a once in a life-time kind of experience every 4-H’er should have! We believe this so much that your 4-H Council will pay half of this fee for you! Appli-cations are due December 1 to hold your spot. For an application and more information, con-tact Lynda at [email protected].
Legislative Academy February 20 - 22, 2017 Jefferson City, Missouri Legislative Academy is a one-of-a-kind oppor-tunity for 4-H teens to be ambassadors for Missouri 4-H at the heart of Missouri state government in Jefferson City. Youth dele-gates from across the state are selected by 4-H to meet with executive, legislative, and judi-cial state government leaders. Highlights also include shadowing state legislators, and meet-ing with commodity groups, state agencies, and major supporters of the 4-H program.
The Academy provides teens with opportuni-ties to share their 4-H experiences and suc-cess stories, while gaining leadership and citi-zenship skills for careers in public service, law, journalism, public relations, lobbying, and related fields. You can register for this event on 4-H on-line. Cost is $50 to apply. This event is for youth 14 and older. Deadline is December 15.
Looking for STEM Activities?
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) are areas our youth are exploring in school and 4-H. There are activities provided from A to Z that can be downloaded from a dropbox folder from many different web sources and made available to you. Here is the link: http://tinyurl.com/STEMA2Z
STATE NEWS
Robotics Volunteer Training There will be a training for volun-teers who would like to lead the Robotics project. It will be De-cember 3, 2016 at the 4-H Center for Youth Development in Colum-bia, MO. Participants will get hands on experience, co-learn with other 4-H volunteers and de-velop a plan for 4-H Robotics in their county and region. Topics to be covered are:
Components of the EV3
Basic engineering and programming
Use of sensors
Equipment management tools
Activity lesson plans for youth
Idea for funding a Robotics program.
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University of Missouri Extension McDonald County P.O. Box 336
Pineville, MO 64856
Check out our county webpage at: http://extension.missouri.edu/mcdonald
State webpage at: http://4h.missouri.edu
Clover Kids Corner
Clover Kids love to help in the kitchen. Here is a simple reci-pe they can follow with just a little supervision.
Pumpkin Dessert 1C milk 1 small pkg. instant vanilla pudding 1/2 tsp pumpkin spice 1C canned pumpkin 1/2 cup graham cracker or vanilla wafer crumbs Pour milk in a mixing bowl. Add pudding, spices and pumpkin. Blend with a wire whisk or elec-tric mixer. Pour into dessert cups. Garnish with graham crack-er or vanilla wafer crumbs. Chill and serve.
