Rio Blanco County September 2011

News & Notes

COUNCIL MEETINGS STARTING

FOR 2011-2012 4H YEAR

Council is a great place to have leadership in your 4-H program- Attend Council, it’s in your hands!

Each and every 4-H member is a Council Member, all you need to do is attend Council Meetings to join

in on the fun! Meeker Council is the first Tuesday of the Month, Rangely is 2nd

Monday of the month

**unless noted otherwise!

Become an Officer and help run the program the way you and your fellow 4-H members want!

FALL 2011 Council Meeting Dates:

September Council – Post Fair, Achievement Nights, & Election Info: Meeker Council ~ September - 6

th 6:00pm

Rangely Council ~ September – 12th 6:00pm @ Eagle Crest

October Council - Officer Nominations: Rangely Council ~ October – **3

rd 6:00pm

Meeker Council ~ October – 4th 6:00pm

Tentative Officer Primary Elections: Nominations will be narrowed down to 3

Rangely Council ~ November – 1st 6:00pm

Meeker Council ~ November – 7th 6:00pm

Achievement Nights:

Meeker ~ Thursday, November 3rd 6:00pm

Rangely ~ Thursday, November 17th 6:00pm

Fun incentives are being awarded for members who attend the most meetings; Officers will keep track of

club representatives’ attendance to council meetings with rewards at Achievement Night!

Colorado State University, U.S. Department of Agriculture and Rio Blanco County cooperating.

Cooperative Extension programs are available to all without discrimination.

Congratulations 2011 4-H Seniors

Best wishes on your future endeavors! 4-H misses you already!

Landon Mecham

Torie Slagle

Kelsie Gross

Anna Eliasen

THANK YOU BRYCE PURKEY & CLARKS!!

Special thanks to the Purkey families for donating $10 & a gift certificate to Clark’s to all our General & Dog

project members who exhibited at Fair!

National Youth Science Day!

October 4th

@ 4:30pm in Meeker (before Council)

& October 5th @ 4:30pm in Rangely

Rio Blanco County is registered to participate in this nationwide experiment! Join us as we

experiment with the Power of Wind!

National 4-H Council, with support from Toyota, will award a total of $10,000 in

Innovation Awards to state and local 4-H programs that hold NYSD events promoting creativity, community action

and promotional visibility for 4-H. Do you have ideas to help us?? Bring them to the September Council

meeting!!

Scholarships available for Senior 4-H’ers!

High School Seniors- consider applying for the RBC 4-H Foundation Scholarship and the RBC 4-H Scholarship.

For more information on other scholarships, stop by the Office and we will get you what you need!

Achievement Nights

Meeker Program – Thursday, November 3rd

at 6:00pm

Rangely Program – Thursday, November 17th at 6:00pm

**4-H General Project Completion Checks-

If you completed a General 4-H Project or a Dog project, please be sure to attend Achievement Night! Special

thanks to the Meeker Lion’s Club, White River Electric Association, and EnCana for their support of the 4-H

General Project Completion Checks that contributes to each 4-H member receiving a check**

**The 4-H Foundation selects Outstanding member awards for Junior, Intermediate, and Senior 4-H’ers for both

Meeker and Rangely. Complete the attached nomination form so you can show the 4-H Foundation what you

have done in 4-H this past year. Please return your completed forms to either Extension Office by September 21st.

**Danforth Award Nominations- Leaders, parents, and fellow 4-H members… do you have a Senior 4-H member in

mind you would like to nominate for the Danforth award? Please have nominations into the Extension Office by

September 21st. Decisions and awards will be made by the 4-H Foundation.

Septemberfest!

Water balloon War 10am- 5pm

Bring yourself and your friends over to the 4-H Water Balloon Launchers for some good times! For $3 you can pelt

your friends or foes with water balloons! Each team will receive a bucket full (2 buckets) of water balloons! If you

don’t think this sounds fun in 90 +degree weather…JUST TRY IT! Come have fun and help support the

Rangely 4-H! THANKS!

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Unit 3 Junior Leather Carving

Kenzie Turner – Grand Champion

Unit 3 Intermediate Leather Carving

Sophia Belland – 9th place

Unit 8 Intermediate Advanced Creative Stamping

Casey Turner – 5th place

Level 1A Intermediate Focus on Photography

Elena Cummings – Qualifier

Scrapbooking Junior

Jennifer Kincher – 6th place

Scrapbooking Intermediate

Kinzy Burke – 3rd

place

Scrapbooking Senior

Nicole Hilkey – 9th place

Unit 1 Intermediate Woodworking

Sam Lange –Grand Champion

Unit 1 Senior Woodworking

Caleb Lange – Grand Champion

Unit 13 Senior Yeast Loaf

Nicole Hilkey – Grand Champion

Unit 14 Senior Creative Yeast Bread

Emily Eilasen – 3rd

place

Unit 1 Junior Food

Sierra Gomez – Qualifier

Unit 1 Junior Cake Decorating

Sierra Gomez – Qualifier

Unit 2 Intermediate Cake Decorating

Kinzy Burke – 7th place

Unit 4 Junior Cake Decorating

Mary Baylie – Qualifier

Unit 1 Junior Clothing Construction

Sarina Goedert – Qualifier

Unit 1 Intermediate Clothing Construction

Gracie Bradfield – 8th place

Unit 2 Junior Clothing Construction

Kolbi Franklin – 8th place

Unit 2 Intermediate Clothing Construction

Kristin Cox – 10th place

Junior Archery

Kale Burke – Grand Champion

Senior Archery

Mason Scritchfield – 3rd

place

Junior .22

Kesston Hobbs – 7th place

Intermediate .22

Antoinette Dorris – 5th place

Junior Misc. Shooting Sports

Tannen Kennedy – 3rd

place

Unit 1 Junior Sports Fishing

Del Garner – Reserve Champion

Intermediate Exploring Wildlife

Julia Eskelson – 6th

place

Senior Exploring Wildlife

Mason Scritchfield – Qualifier

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Macy Collins Goats ~ 10th & 11th, Sheep ~ 7th & 10th, Meat Pen of Rabbits ~ 10th & 11th, Single Meat Rabbit ~ Reserve

Champion , Jr. Breeding Heifer ~ 4th in showmanship and Champion Shorthorn Plus Heifer

Trey Morris 9

th & 10

th Market Swine-Crossbreds

Taylor Morris Reserve Champion Hampshire & 7

th Market Swine-Crossbreds

Taylor Neilson

Taylor’s steer qualified for sale & sold

She also had 4th lamb that qualified for sale but she chose to sell her steer. She had 8

th and 9

th lambs also.

Kolbi Franklin

Grand Champion Hereford Heifer in the Junior division & Res. Hereford Heifer in the Open Show

Jake Smith

Market Heifers -3rd

Jake and his partner, Sal Pace, also were Reserve Champions in the Governors Beef Show

Anna Walsh

Market Beef - 5th & Market Swine- Crossbred 3

rd

Stephen Walsh

Market Swine - 5th

Nate Walsh

Aubrey Walsh

Jenna Walsh

Market Swine - 7th

Madison Shults All State Livestock Junior Judging Team

Jake Smith was selected to show in the 2011 Governor’s Beef Show with Sal Pace- they took Reserve!

Congratulations Jake!

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**Answer all the questions correctly & get a prize- bring your completed quiz into the Office by September 29th to

pick out your 4-H shwag!

1. What do the 4 “H”s stand for? _________________, _________________, _________________, & _________________

2. Is Rio Blanco County part of Colorado State University? Yes or No __________________

3. What is the 4-H Motto? _______________________________________________________________________________

4. National 4-H Week is held which month? _______________________________________________________________

5. What is a Cloverbud? ________________________________________________________________________________

PS- Fair Board Public Input Meetings:

Rangely- Monday, September 12th 7pm at the Annex Building

Meeker- Thursday, September 15th 7pm at the Fairgrounds

Contact us at:

Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds Rio Blanco County Western Annex

P.O. Box 270 17497 Hwy. 64

Meeker, CO 81641 Rangely, CO 81648

Phone: 878-9490 Phone: 878-9495

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