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Trempealeau County 4-H Newsletter

NOVEMBER 2017 CLOVER disPATCH

inside this issue:

Calendar 2 Minutes & Announcements 3-6 Shooting Sports 7-8 YQCA 9-10 Programs & Events 11-12 Scholarships 13-19 Christmas for Kids 20-21 Constests 22-29 Century/Sesquicentennial 30-32 Leaders Board 33-34 Forms 35-37

Trempealeau County UW-Extension Office

36245 Main St. Po Box 67 Whitehall, WI 54773

Phone: (715) 538-2311 Ext. 210

Fax: (715) 538-1974

Website: http://trem pealeau.uwex.edu/4hyd/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TrempealeauCounty4H?ref=stream

ONLINE ENROLLMENTS

If you have not enrolled online please do it ASAP!!!!!!!!If you have any ques-

tions, please feel free to contact the extension office at 715-538-2311

ext. 208

Hello Everyone!

I want to start off by thanking everyone who has

enrolled or re-enrolled in 4-HOnline for the 2016-2017 4-

H year. If you have not enrolled yet head to

www.4honline.com and get signed up! This is a great time

of year to think about adding a new project or choosing to

take the next level of an existing project.

Now is also when we welcome new 4-H members to

our clubs to start their own 4-H adventure. We have

some exciting activities planned for the next year but we

also need your help to come up with ideas for programs

that you would like to see in Trempealeau County. If you

have any thoughts or ideas for how to make our 4-H pro-

gram the best it can be just let me know and we can work

to make it a reality.

Speaking of welcoming new members I will be taking

some time off this winter to take care of my new baby

girl. She is due November 25th. During that time please

contact Michelle Rose at 715-538-2311 ext 208 or

[email protected].

Have a great November and check out all the great news

inside the Clover Dispatch!

Adam Trunzo

4-H Youth Development Educator

http://trempealeau.uwex.edu/4hyd/forms-applications/

http://trempealeau.uwex.edu/4hyd/forms-applications/

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Please Visit: http://trempealeau.uwex.edu/4hyd/ for up to date event info.

NOVEMBER

November 1 4-H Re-enrollment deadline

November 5 Daylight Savings Time Ends

November 6 North American International Livestock Exposition, Louisville, KY

November 7 Election Day

November 8 National STEM Day

November 10 Badger Swine Symposium UW River Falls

November 10-12 4-H Horse Leadership Conference

November 11 Veteran’s Day

November 23 Thanksgiving—Office Closed

November 24 Office Closed

November 24-28 National 4H Congress - Atlanta GA

November TBD Leaders’ Board Meeting

DECEMBER

December 1-3 Badger Kick-Off Classic, Madison

December 7 National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

December 21 First Day of Winter

December 22 Office Closed

December 24 Christmas Eve

December 25 Christmas

December 26 Kwanzaa Begins

December 31 Space Camp Registration ends

December 31 New Year’s Eve

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JANUARY

January 1 New Year’s Day - Office Closed

January 12-13 WI State 4-H Horse Association Meeting

January 15 Martin Luther King Day

FEBRUARY

February 1 Pork/Corn/Soy Expo—Kalahari Resorts

February 10 Tubing and Skiing at Bruce Mound

February 15-28 CWF online registration opens

February 19 President’s Day—Office Closed

February 24 Beef Weigh-In - NFO in Independence

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CLUBS!

Submit your minutes from your last meeting for admission in the CLOVER disPATCH, so your members

can see the highlights and other clubs can see your good example! Email Adam Trunzo by the 20th of

each month at [email protected]

Club Minutes

The October meeting of the Silver Creek Valley 4-H

Club was called to order on October 8th, 2017 at the

Gale Town Hall. Roll Call was taken and there were

15 members present. Pledges were led by Britta and

Makenna. The Secretary’s Report was read, Zach

moved to approve and Amber seconded, motion car-

ried. The Treasurer’s Report was read, our current

balance is $885.31, Paige moved to approve, and

Makenna seconded, motion carried.

For Old Business we talked about our Whispering

Pines Fun Day and Potluck. We also encouraged

everyone to think about going on some of the trips

thru 4-H. We reminded everyone to sign up on 4-H

Online if they haven't already and that Clover Col-

lege will be on October 28th new officers should plan

to attend the New Officer Orientation Class.

For New Business Sierra talked about the Trem-

pealeau County 4-H Halloween Party and encouraged

everyone to go. We talked about the Honey Bee

Poster Contest and the 2018 Poster and Speaking

Contest. We voted to participate in the Christmas for

Kids program again and decided upon $50 per child

as we did last year. Sierra distributed our Fair

Checks and reminded everyone to cash them before

December 31st. We also talked to see if there any

interest in the Performing Arts Festival. Lastly Bob

encouraged the older youth to think about becoming

Ambassadors.

Our next meeting will be on November 12th at 4pm in

the Galesville Town Hall. Brandt moved to adjourn

the meeting, Raylin seconded, motion carried. Meet-

ing adjourned.

Respectfully,

Sierra Braun

On October 2nd 2017, Alexi called the meeting to

order at 6:26 pm. We started our monthly meet-

ing with the American Pledge, which was led by

Lidia Bakeberg, and the 4H Pledge, which was led

by Sawyer Smock. Alexi read the secretary’s re-

port, followed by Sawyer reading the treasurer's

report. Sam Nelson made the first motion to ac-

cept both the secretary and treasurer's report

and second by Lidia Bakeberg. Our club discussed

our old and new business on our agenda and then

moved onto our community service project for

the month. We made a fall/pumpkin wreath for

our community service craft which we will have

some of our 4H members deliver to the nursing

home and eden house later in the month. After

completing our community service project, our

meeting was adjourned at approximately 7:15.

Respectfully,

Aleah Hunter

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ARE YOU MISSING SOMETHING ????

The following items were left at the Fair Pink lace shrug

Kids blue tank top Black lace tank top

South Dakota Sweatshirt Kids rain jacket

Dairy show halter sunglasses (2)

umbrella

Please contact Cindy George with a description of your lost item at [email protected] or Fair phone of 608-582-4508

If the above items are not claimed by January 1, 2018 - they will be thrown away.


2018 WEIGH—IN DATES

Beef Weigh-In—February 24th

10-AM to NOON

NFO, Independence

(Snow Date March 3rd)

Swine Weigh-In—April 7th

9AM to Noon

Fairgrounds, Galesville

Sheep Weigh-In—April 21st

10AM to NOON

Blair-Taylor School

Looking for 2 new people to head the

Fair Ambassador Committee.

We want to thank Sheryl Byom & Su-

san Frame for doing a wonderful job

with the Fair Ambassador program.

The responsibilities would be to plan

the Fair Ambassador interviews, coro-

nation, and support the Fair Ambassa-

dor’s during the year while they rep-

resent the fair at parades and other

events.

LIVESTOCK MEETING

November 7th @ 7:30p.m. at

the Blair Community Center

mailto:[email protected]

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We had another great year at Clover College with 65 youth at-

tending along with their families making well over a hundred in

attendance. We want to thank all our amazing community volun-

teers and our 4-H club leaders and youth Ambassadors for all

their help in making this a reality. We had programs about all

different things from raising livestock to making slime. Keep an

eye out for a similar program called ‘Get Outdoors Day’ next

spring!

More than 70 4H youth members and non 4H

members from Trempealeau County met at the

Everson’s Farm on Sunday, October 29th and had

a great time going on hay rides, playing games,

participating in anamazing costume contest and

eating spooky treats.

Thank you again to the Leader’s Board, Ambassa-

dors, Heather Smock and the Everson family for

sponsoring this great event!

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Shooting Sports 2018

Our Trempealeau County Shooting Sports program will return in January 2018

with expanded opportunities for 4-H youth in at least 3rd grade and 8 years old.

We will have two different 6 week long archery programs this year:

1) A fundamentals class for learning and practicing the basics of archery

2) An advanced class for more experienced archers to practice their skills

-Both of these classes will take place from 1-4:30pm on Sundays starting January

7th and finishing February 11th with fair shoot to follow. Exact times will be de-

termined after the December 15th sign up date based on enrollment numbers

We will also look to provide an air rifle program in February once the archery

program is finished

The shooting sports program will be at the Ettrick Rod & Gun Club located at:

W11934 Whalen Rd, Ettrick, WI 54627

The shooting sports program will cost $15 for registration and can be deliv-

ered in cash to the Extension office or by check to the 4-H Leaders’ Board.

Checks are mailed to the Extension office (36245 Main St. Whitehall WI 54773)

A spot will be guaranteed to the first 20 youth for each class (fundamentals

and advanced) who send in the following: Name, grade, session (fundamentals or advanced), phone number and email address.

Conduct form (next page)

$15 dollar payment

Registration is due by December 15th 201 If you are interested please contact Michelle Rose at [email protected]

Or call 715-538-2311 Ext. 208

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YQCA

In-Person Dates for Trempealeau Co.

-March 27th 6:30pm Tremplo Room,

Trempealeau Co. Courthouse in White-

hall

-March 31st 9:30am Town of Gale

Town Hall, 20037 Gibson St, Galesville

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2018 Educational Programs Adult Advisor Application Now Available Posted on September 12, 2017 by justin.lieck

Preparations for next year’s Educational Experiences are well under way at the state office. We have

updated our Adult Advisor Application for 2018, and it is now available online here. This application co-

vers Adult Advisor Positions for Space Camp, Citizenship Washington Focus, and National Congress. In-

formation on each of these programs is available on our website: https://fyi.uwex.edu/wi4hedopp/.

Please encourage any adult volunteers in your county that may be interested in an Adult Advisor Posi-

tion or that you feel would be a great fit to apply. We are always looking for new volunteers to build

capacity and strengthen our 4-H Educational Experiences and 4-H across the state.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Amber Rehberg [email protected]

(608-262-1557) or Justin Lieck [email protected] (608-263-5971).

Thank you for continuing to support our Educational Programs and great volunteers who make programs

like these possible!

Flag Poles at the Fair

The flag poles that have been used at the fair could use some sorely needed maintenance to keep fly-

ing high during our fair. If your club would be willing to help repair these flags please contact the Ex-

tension Office.

4-H Food Stand Assistance

We are looking for a club or individual who would be willing to help manage the food stand at the fair.

If you are willing or able to help out with this please contact the Extension Office. Thanks!

FAIR CHECKS

ALL FAIR CHECKS MUST BE CASHED BY

DECEMBER 31, 2017 TO BE HONORED!!!!!!!

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Scholarship

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Christmas For Kids

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Clover College

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Leader’s Board Minutes Trempealeau County 4-H Leader’s Board

Trempealeau County Government Center, Packer Room

September 25, 2017, 6pm

Present: Heather Smock, Lori Daily, Valerie Erickson, Adam Trunzo, Bob Braun, Barbara Guza, Heather

Gorka, Cindy George, Rosa Mooney, Jeanette Dooley, Cindy Peterson, Sheri, and Joann Reinholdt

(arrived later)

Call to Order: 6:09pm by Heather Smock

Pledges: Lead by Laura Dobson, an Ettrick Eagles club member

Secretary’s Report: Lori motioned to accept last month’s minutes, Bob seconded, all in favor, motion

passed.

Treasurer’s Report: Jeanette – United Bank balance is $4657.09, Rosa motioned to accept the treas-

urer’s report as read, Lori seconded, all in favor, motion passed. Bob motioned to cut a check for $250

to the Livestock Committee for the 2016 fair auction meal since they never received the check that

was initially cut by Charlie Everson, contact needs to be made with John Hovre of Ettrick to take care

of this. Rosa seconded, all in favor, motion passed.

Funding Requests: Becky and Sevanah Hynes – State 4H Horse Conference, November 10-12, $126.56

asking for half, tabled until next meeting as neither one were in attendance and the funding request

forms were not signed by the club leader. Connie Guza had submitted a funding request for re-

imbursement for a horse show but it has gotten lost. We will talk about it next meeting.

Educators Report: Adam Trunzo

Plat books- going in the direction that we need it to

Back to school nights- went well – Adam wants to know more about future family nights at each of

the schools to maybe set up a table to let others know about what 4H has to offer

Re-enrollment- Due by November 1st, 2017

Clover College- Is going to be taking place on October 28th, 2017

UW-Extension reorganization- might be working for another county 50% of the time, possibly

Jackson or Buffalo County

Old Business

Pinewood derby track – Heather: on hold until the budget is approved

A closer look at the bi-laws, meeting quorum: Lori motioned to set quorum at 50% of the board

members must be present, Rosa seconded, all in favor, motion passed

Paying or gifting the treasurer for her time commitment to the board: closed session for this

discussion

Look into building supervision and possibly including FFA and Scouting groups: check with FFA

groups that might need community service hours to help with building monitoring

Flag poles at the fair: Poles are in rough shape – flags are in the Progress building, poles are in the

antique building

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Leader’s Board Minutes New Business

Brian Stankey Leader’s Board response: Sent a plant on behalf of the Leader’s board, Rosa mo-

tioned to approve the plant for the memorial service, Heather G. seconded, all in favor, motion

passed.

Think about ideas to remember Brian

Possible a bench at the fair

Lori motioned to submit a nomination to nominate Brian for the Hall of Fame at Fall Forum

for 2018, kids of the 4H clubs can write a piece to contribute to this, Rosa seconded, all

in favor, motion passed.

Volunteer & Friend Nominations: Due by September 29th, Bob is going to write the nomination for

the Ettrick Rod and Gun Club

Adoption of the 2017-2018 budget: Lori motioned to the idea of special project grants not more

than $5000, to be discussed after charter paperwork is complete, Joann seconded, all in favor,

motion passed

Rosa motioned to approve the budget with the added line items to be approved later, Sheri

seconded, all in favor, motion passed

Softball offer from Clark County: Check with the clubs on what they would like to do

Tubing or Skiing at Bruce Mound with or without other counties: Sheri motioned to look into the

price and dates for the tubing and novis hill for three hour time frame for weekend. County cov-

ering tubing costs and skiiers to pay the difference, seconded by Rosa, all in favor, motion z

Dates and assistance for Halloween Party 27th or 29th? - to be held the afternoon of October

29th from 2-5pm, bring a dish or treat for all to pass

Options for funding requests for people who cannot attend: Rosa motioned to hold an additional

funding request session at Clover College on October 28th for those that cannot attend on Octo-

ber 23rd Leader’s Board meeting, Bob seconded, all in favor, motion passed.

Nominations & elections for Leader’s Board:

President: nomination for Bob, accepted nomination, Jeanette motioned to accept Bob as the

president for 2017-2018 year, Rosa seconded, all in favor, motion passed

Vice President: nomination for Valerie, accepted nomination, nomination for Lori, accepted

nomination. Paper ballot to vote. Rosa motioned to accept Valerie as the vice president for

2017-2018 year, Joann seconded, all in favor, motion passed

Secretary: : nomination for Lori, accepted nomination. Joann motioned to accept Lori as the

secretary for 2017-2018 year, Cindy seconded, all in favor, motion passed

Treasurer: : nomination for Jeanette, accepted nomination. Lori motioned to accept Jean-

ette as the treasurer for 2017-2018 year, Sheri seconded, all in favor, motion passed

Any other Business

Livestock meeting at the Blair Community Center the first Tuesday of the month.

Next meeting October 23rd in the Tremplo Room

Adjournment: Jeanette motioned to adjourn at 9pm, seconded by Lori, all in favor, motion passed

Respectfully submitted by Jeanette Dooley

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Leader’s Board Funding Request Process:

We are publishing the funding request information and form. With new people always coming into the 4

-H program, we want everyone aware of the process to request funds for 4-H camps, trips, and educa-

tional activities. This information can also be found on the Trempealeau County website. Please read

through at your convenience. Instructions-Funding Request Form

The Trempealeau County 4-H Leaders Executive Board includes money in their budget to help defray

some costs of 4-H educational trips or activities in which Trempealeau County 4-H members and lead-

ers participate. The amount the Association is able to contribute in a given year depends on the success

of fund raising efforts, the amounts spent in other budget areas, and the number of applicants and lev-

el of requests.

A “Funding Request Form” has been developed for use when an individual or group is requesting mone-

tary support. Only 4-H Sponsored Events will be considered for reimbursement. Use of the form will

provide a consistent, concise approach for obtaining information. Once the Committee engages in dis-

cussion relative to the request, the requestor may be asked to leave the meeting and will be notified by

phone or mail of the Committee’s decision.

The 4-H Leaders Executive Board will evaluate the request and the applicant is asked to follow the

guidelines listed below. Currently, the Leaders Executive Board meets every month except December.

The form should be completed and turned in to the Extension office prior to the Executive Board

meeting and prior to participation in the trip or activity.

Please answer all questions completely so your request receives full attention. Individuals that receive

over $100.00 for a single event are expected to make a live presentation/action center or visual display

at one or more of the following events: Performing Arts Festival, Clover College, County Fair and/or

Summer Picnic. We would like individuals who receive funding for State Teams or major award trips to

help encourage participation in these activities. Participants may be asked to present information about

their experience following the trip or activity. The cost of events not specifically sponsored or co-

sponsored by 4-H or the Trempealeau County 4-H Leaders Executive Board will not be reimbursed. A

general club leader's signature is required before sending in the request form to the extension office.

If you should have questions about the form or the dates of the Executive Board meetings, please call

the Extension office at 715-538-2311 x210.

For reimbursement of money:

$30.00 and under ~ Completed “Funding Request Form” sent to the UW-Extension office 7 days pri-

or to Executive Board Meeting and optional in person request at the monthly Leaders Executive

Board Meeting.

30.01 and above ~ Completed “Funding Request Form” sent to the UW-Extension office 7 days prior

to Executive Board Meeting and required personal appearance request at the monthly Leaders Exec-

utive Board Meeting.

A maximum of 50% will be considered for reimbursement of expenses incurred for youth.

Trempealeau County Certified Chaperones’ expenses will be reimbursed upon completion of the form

and if all other requirements have been met.

All Reimbursement of expenses are at the discretion of the Executive Board

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