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1 Park County 4-H Newsletter DECEMBER/ JANUARY 2014

In This Issue

Leader Opportunities Pg. 2-3

Member Opportunities Pg. 4-8

Classifieds Pg. 12

Beef Tagging Pg. 13

Club Information Pg. 13

Birthdays Pg. 14

Calendars Pg. 15-16

Character Counts Pg. 10-11

Park County Extension Service

Websites:

National~ www.4-h.org

State~ www.uwyo.edu/4-h

County~ www.wyoming4h.org/

park4h

Facebook~ www.facebook.com/

parkcounty4h

Enrollment~ wy.4honline.com

I pledge my head to great

thinking, my heart to greater loy-

alty, my hands to larger service

and my health to better living for

my club, my community, my

country and my world.

2014 GREETINGS FROM KELSEY

Happy Holidays!

This is one of my favorite seasons with warm hot chocolate, gingery gooey cookies and especially time with family. I hope everyone makes some time for the things that count and for others in our community. 4-H believes in service and this time of year is perfect for fitting in some of those community service activities.

I will be gone starting December 12th through January 5th to take the group of youth on an international exchange to Samoa! I am very excited and look forward to working with teenagers on this cultural experience.

We are publishing dates for Meat Quality Assurance in this Newsletter, so make sure to mark those dates on your calendar.

Have a great December and we’ll see you in the next year!

ATTENTION 4-H MEMBER AND PARENTS:

PLEASE RE-ENROLL BY FEBRUARY 1ST. IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO BY

THAT TIME YOU MAY NO LONGER BE GETTING THE NEWSLETTER AND

WILL NOT BE INFORMED OF UPCOMING EVENTS.

The new 4-H year began on October 1st. Online enrollment forms are available. The enrollment fee will

be going up this year due to the rising cost of processing paperwork. This is the first increase in fees in

at least 10 years. The new fee will be $15 per child and we will no longer be offering a family discount.

We appreciate your promptness in enrolling your child in the 4-H program. This will help us to know

who we need to inform of activities and events for certain projects. It is our goal to keep the

communication open and make sure everyone knows when things are taking place.

***NEW: Enrollment will now be done online at wy.4honline.com Please see the county website for

instructions. www.wyoming4h.org/park4h


for Leaders

IF INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THIS CONFERENCE PLEASE CONTACT THE 4-H

COUNCIL IF YOU WOULD LIKE ASSISTANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION FEE. THIS IS

A GREAT TRAINING FOR ALL VOLUNTEERS.


for LEADERS

JUST A REMINDER THAT THE CLUB PAPERWORK DEADLINE

FOR LAST YEAR’S PAPERWORK WILL BE JANUARY 15TH, 2015.

IF YOU ARE NOT SURE WHAT YOU NEED TO TURN IN PLEASE

CALL KELSEY AT 527-8560 TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR

PAPERWORK IN ORDER.

LEADER TRAININGS:

WRLF has an e-learning conference this year!

Park County is hosting all three sessions and we hope you can join us!

The dates are as follows: Topic:

Tuesday, Jan 27, 2015 (6:30-8:00pm) Youth Connect: At Great Meetings

Thursday, Feb 12, 2015 (6:30-8:00pm) Widening the Circle: Special Connections

Monday, Mar 2, 2015 (6:30-8:00pm) Youth Connecting in Your Community

These sessions will be hosted in Cody in the EOC room.


Members Opportunities

*Deadline Extended*

New deadline for application is December 19, 2014.

Qualifications for the program are:

Youth must be between the ages of 15-17

Youth must be a US Citizen

Youth mush have one semester of high school re-

maining after the trip.

Other Information:

The program is virtually free for participants

The pre-trip orientation is May 21-25, 2015

The travel dates to Ghana are June 25-July 24, 2015

To get your application today go to:

www.uwyo.edu/4-h/international/Ghana/index.html


for Horse Members

Little Hooves Miniature Horse 4-H Club is looking for new members. Please come to one of our

meetings to check out what we do with our miniature horses. Next meeting will be January 11th , 2015.

Please call Rachel at 754-8836 or 272-8719 for details

***Miniature Horses available to lease for the 4-H year for

those who are interested and need a horse.

Horse Deadlines

Please do not forget that both big and miniature horses have an ID

deadline of May 1st. Attached must be a picture of the animal you

will be using. If you are using a horse from last year please stop in

to initial and date that form for this years use.

SAFETY CERTIFICATIONS ARE DUE ON JULY 1ST.

NO EXCEPTIONS

Thank you for your help and getting this done in a

timely manner so things run smoothly.

PLEASE NOTE!!


for Members

Meat Quality Assurance

Class will be held the following dates for those with meat projects:

MQA LEVEL 1: MQA LEVEL 2:

Jan 19th~ Cody~ 11am Jan 19th~Cody~ 1pm

Feb 16th~ Powell~1pm Feb 16th~ Powell~ 11am

March 11th~Cody~ 6pm April 17th~Cody~ 1pm

March 31st~ Powell~ 6pm April 17th~ Cody~ 6pm

May 4th~ Powell~ 6pm

*********PLEASE READ REQUIREMENT CAREFULLY AND CALL KELSEY AT 527-8560 IF YOU HAVE ANY

QUESTIONS.

In Park County ALL members taking a Market Project, must complete Level 1 (Juniors), and Level 2 (Intermediates, Seniors).

All Intermediates and Seniors, please ensure you have taken Level 2. There will only be four or five classes. Make sure you

attend a class!

If you have taken a meat project in the last 2 years, you have completed Level 1.

Juniors need to have completed Level 1.

Intermediates and Seniors need to have completed both Level 1 and Level 2.

*Failure to complete will result in inability to show at fair.

Examples & Questions:

Juniors– all juniors will need to have completed level 1 this year.

Intermediates in their first year (didn’t take a meat project fair in 2012 or 2013)- need to complete level 1 this year and level 2 next year.

Intermediates in their second year (took a meat project to fair in 2012 or 2013) will need to complete level 2 this year.

Seniors in their first year (didn’t take a meat project to fair in 2012 or 2013) will need to complete level 1 this year and level 2 next year.

Seniors in their second year (took a meat project to fair in 2012 or 2013) will need to complete level 2 this year.

When does this need to be completed? By the end of the last class date. If something comes up and this is not possible, you will need to

talk to Kelsey by May 15th (ownership deadline).

What if I am not taking an animal to fair? If you signed up for a 4-H meat project (meat goat, meat rabbit, market sheep,

market beef, market swine) you need to take this educational class.

What if I am in FFA? This applies to youth enrolling in a 4-H market project.

Please RSVP 24 Hours

before the class that you

plan on attending.

Call Rachel at 754-8836

or Kelsey at 527-8560


Thank you

Thank you to all of the 4-H clubs that participated in the Christmas Parades. You did a

fabulous job promoting 4-H and what we are about. You all looked AMAZING.

Send us your pictures to

show off what your club

has been up to.


DATES, DATES, DATES:

Jan 15th~ New Club Chartering Form Due

Jan 15th~ Club Re–enrollment Form and Associated Materials Due

Feb 1st~ Market Beef Ownership Deadline

Feb 13th-15th~ State Leaders Conference

May 1st~ All Horse ID’s (Plus photo attached) Due

May 1st~ All Dog ID’s Due

May 15th~ All Market Sheep, Swine, Goats Ownership Deadline

June 1st~ All Other Animal Ownership Deadline (except Rabbits)

July 1st~ All Market Rabbit Ownership Deadline

July 1st~ All Horse Safety Certifications Due

GOATS, GOATS, GOATS!!

Needing goats for next years project? Kawano’s have

some available. They have Pygmy and Pygmy/Boer cross

goats for sale. Please call Jolynn for more information at

254-0245.

Great 4-H starter or grandkids horse for sale: Very personable 16 year-old mare. Rides and drives. Gentle. Loads & shoes well. She won 2nd Place in the single hitch division of the Stampede Parade in Cody with thousands of people lining the streets. Asking $2,150 for horse, harness and cart package. Will negotiate with right 4-Her for horse and/or cart. Call/leave message at 307-754-4930.

We still have a black and white plaid

kids Columbia jacket here in the

Powell Extension Office from the

sewing workshop on Nov 14th.

Please come in to claim.


Club Meetings/Information

4-H Council Meetings: We will meet February 26th at 6:00pm in Cody at the Library. We welcome club members to come

share what you are doing and give us input.

Heart Mountain 4-Hers: The Heart Mountain 4-H Club will be meeting on the third Thursday of each month. Meeting will be

held at 5:30 pm in the EOC Room in the basement of the Courthouse in Cody.

Shoshone Rough Riders 4-H: Shoshone Rough Riders meet the 2nd Monday of each month at 6pm in the meeting room at

the Fairgrounds in Powell.

Lonestar League 4-H: The Lonestar League 4-H Club will meet the third Tuesday of each month at 6:30pm in the meeting

room at the Park County Annex.

Willwood 4-H: The Willwood 4-H Club meets on the first Monday of each month at the Willwood Clubhouse.

Bittercreek 4-H: The Bittercreek 4-H Club meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month at the NWC Ag Pavilion at 7pm.

Rocky Mountain Rustlers: Rocky Mountain Rustlers 4-H Club meets the 3rd Monday at 6:30pm in Powell at the Powell

Church of Christ

Little Hooves: The Little Hooves 4-H Club meets the 2nd Sunday of the month at 2pm at Rachel Olsen’s house.

Sure Shots: The Sure Shots meet the last Monday of every Month, Except May 19th instead of the last Monday, at 6 pm in the

EOC room in Cody.

BEEF TAGGING

Market Beef tagging dates for 2015 are set as follows:

January 30th~ 10:00am-11:00am in Meeteetse @ Abarr’s

January 31st~ 10:00am-12:00pm in Cody @ Cody Vet

February 8th~ 10:00am-12:00pm in Powell @ Tom Jones

*****You are required to be signed up for 4-H for the 2014-2015 year before tagging your 4-H market animal.

Please do so at wy.4honline.com


Tanner Barngrover Cody Tarbett Sadie Hogan

Dalton Woodward Marissa Rosenbaum Abigail Music Dominic Estes

Michelle Luman Colt Nicholson Taylor Dye Asher Gonzales

Kaylee Lewis Ann Killen Ellie Osborne Mykah Holdsworth

Lillian Tarbett Kellon George Keith Gideon Gavin Shumway

Hayden O’Hara Merced Jordan Sarah Smith Ellie Nelson

Maddy Icenogle Jonah Woods Carter Thompson McKenna Kaitlin Overfield

Isaac Woods Charles Lawler Gracie Schmeiser Presley Bray

Jillian George Chance Karst Hannah Maddox Dillon Brost

Ethan Carson

Meagan Koster Kinsey Ashby Matthew Pool

Hunter Koster Kristina Nelson Cole Davis

Tayten Barhaug Michael Maddox David Reed Isabella Southwick

Simona Wambeke Augustus Miller Annaliese Allshouse Ryan Decker

Corey Linebaugh Nicholas Simpson Abigail Barnard Tegan Lovelady

Rayanne Garhardt Brandon Wentz Wyatt Murray Clayton Edwards

Ciara Payne Emileigh Bachand Austin Torczon Terry Miller

Jordan Howard Toby Hooper Marisa Aldrete Ava Gerlach

Vanessa Richardson JoAnna Buschmann Breuny Humphries Wadsworth

********IF YOUR NAME IS NOT ON THE BIRTHDAY LIST YOU

HAVE NOT ENROLLED YET THIS YEAR*************


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Park County 4-H Extension Office

655 East 5th

Powell, WY 82435

307-754-8836

Please share your photos through out the year so we may let everyone know

what exciting things your club has been up to. For example, any kind of com-

munity services, parades, club functions, Fair, etc.

Please email them to Rachel Olsen at [email protected]

You may also email any information that you may want put in the newsletter.

Issued in furtherance of extension work, acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Depart-

ment of Agriculture. Glen Whipple, Director, University of Wyoming Extension, University of Wyoming, Laramie,

Wyoming 82071.

Persons seeking admission, employment, or access to programs of the University of Wyoming shall be consid-

ered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, sexual orientation,

or political belief.

Park County 4-H Extension Office 1002 Sheridan Ave Cody, WY 82414

307-527-8560

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