Vol. 15 No. 10 Cornell Cooperative Extension Chautauqua County November 2015

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1 Vol. 15 No. 10 Cornell Cooperative Extension Chautauqua County November 2015 Awards Night will take place on November 7, 2015 at the Crystal Ballroom in Jamestown. See page 8 for full details! New Officer Training Wednesday, October 28, :30 pm Frank W. Bratt Ag Center ALL OFFICERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND Club officers and anyone interested in becoming an officer is invited to the training. Learn about your duties as a club officer, how to run a good meeting, parliamentary procedure, suggestions about games and activities, club records and more! Call the 4-H Office ( ext. 214) to register your club. Thank you to all who participated in National 4-H Week festivities! Congratulations to our Window Display Winners: 1st Place: Stow-A-Way Kids 2nd Place: Canadaway 3rd Place: Wild Oats IMPORTANT There will be a $10.00 late fee on Re-enrollment forms that are paid after November 13th. This is to ensure that all youth participating in 4-H activities are covered by 4-H insurance. There is never a late fee for NEW members. 1

2 Chautauqua County 4-H Youth Development Staff Kate Ewer 4-H Community Educator Ext. 212 Lisette Cabrera 4-H Administrative Assistant Part-time Ext. 214 Lisa H. Kempisty Dairy/Livestock Community Educator, 4-H Dairy Ext. 203 Emily Reynolds Executive Director Ext. 201 CCE Chautauqua County ATTN: 4-H Office 3542 Turner Rd., Suite 1 Jamestown, NY Fax: H PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Mark Woolley Chair Jeff O Brien Vice Chair Tina Walters Marv Johnson Mike Jabot Fran Hockran Jan Schauman Cheryl Smith Inside this Issue... Events Calendar 3-4 Staff Communication 5 Welcome 4-H ers 6 Dairy Talk 7 Awards Night 8 Meeting Reminders 9-10 Farm Bureau Scholarship 11 Advisory Committee Members Needed Are you interested in continuing and improving the Chautauqua County 4-H Youth Program? Your input and support is needed. If you are interested in joining a 4-H Advisory Committee, please submit a signed letter of interest to the 4-H Office. A variety of committee positions may be available as the H project year begins. The following 4-H Advisory Committees contribute to the Success of Chautauqua County 4-H Horse Dog Dairy Poultry Sheep Beef Swine Goat Rabbit Snack Bar Horticulture Clothing & Textiles Meat Animal Sale 2

3 3 Awards November Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Club Financial Reports Due Goat Project Teen Ambassadors Goat Committee Farm Bureau Scholarships Due Horse Committee 7:30 PM 17 Dog Project Rabbit Project Hog Committee Veteran s Day OFFICE CLOSED Rabbit Committee 7:00 PM Program Committee Poultry Project Dog Committee Sheep Committee Steer Project 7:00 PM HOLIDAY Office Closed Re-enrollments Due HOLIDAY Office Closed Celebration 6:00 PM Sheep Project Knappenberger Farm 10:00 AM -1:00 PM Steer Weigh-In Cherry Creek 8:30AM -12:00 Noon 3

4 December Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Horse Committee 7:30 PM Hog Committee Dairy Meeting 10:00 AM -3:00 PM Hog Project Beef Heifer Project 7:00 PM Rabbit Committee 7:00 PM Poultry Project Teen Ambassadors Dog Committee 6:30 Sheep Committee Beef Committee 7:00 PM CCE Office Closed Program Committee CCE Office Closed

5 Thank you to all animal project committees for getting their ribbon orders in on time! The fair board saves a considerable amount of money by ordering in October. The Fall Fundraiser was a success! Thank you to all clubs and lone members who participated. Orders will be ready for pickup the week of November 16th. Re-enrollments are due November 13th. All late re-enrollments will be charged a $10.00 late enrollment fee. Attention Club Leaders: Financial Reports (find the form on the Club CD) are Due November 2nd. New Newsletter Coming in January! Beginning in January, the Cloverleaf will partner with the Agriculture Department and the Expanded Food Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) to create a combined newsletter. All the important information you need will still be available including meeting times and upcoming events. Background Checks All registered volunteers are required by Cornell University to undergo a background check every 3 years. This is a statewide requirement for all 4-H programming. Each county office is required to run a background check however, we do not see or retain the results, we simply receive a pass/fail from the screening company. So please registered volunteers if you receive the request for permission to run your background check, provide the necessary information and rest assured the youth in our state are working with the best volunteers! Adult Acknowledgement of Risk Volunteers also need to complete an Acknowledgement of Risk form. If you have not already completed this form, it is available on the website or you may obtain a copy by contacting Lisette Cabrera at lmc323@cornell.edu or ext Tanglewood Manor Community Service Opportunities The Tanglewood Group in Lakewood is looking for volunteers! Clubs and animal projects are welcome to bring crafts, play games, provide an educational display and more with the residents of the Tanglewood Group. To schedule a visit please call Hannah Grable at x2296 or hgrable@tanglewoodmanor.com. Knitting 4 Peace Community Purls Knitting 4 Peace is an organization that distributes knitted, crocheted, or woven items to those in need. They look for mittens, youth and adult sized winter hats, scarves, shawls, baby caps, and baby blankets.the items are distributed to local organizations like the Salvation Army, CASA, Ellington Food Pantry, Jamestown Public School System, Southwestern Elementary School System, and the YWCA Jamestown Transitional Housing Program. For more information, contact Janet Forbes at or janet@knittingforpeace.org. To our volunteers: Thank you! The beginning of the new year is always challenging for volunteers and staff. Thank you for your help in making the start of the H year a success! Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless. ~Sherry Anderson 5

6 Below are the guidelines for enrolling in the Chautauqua County 4-H Program. If you have any questions, please contact the 4-H x214. New Enrollee Checklist A completed enrollment form A $50.00 enrollment fee must be attached to the enrollment form. SCHOLARHSIP ASSISTANCE APPLICATIONS can be obtained by contacting the 4-H office or on the website: cce.cornell.edu/chautauqua. A medical form must be completed for each child. A parent/guardian signature is required on all enrollment forms. If your child is joining a club, the club leader s signature must be on the form. Please review the code-of-conduct located on the back of the youth enrollment form with your child. A parent s signature and the child s signature must acknowledge the review of the expected code-of-conduct throughout the project year. Club enrollment should be submitted by the Organizational Leader. Incomplete enrollment forms will NOT be accepted by the Organizational Leader or the 4-H Office. Re-Enrollment Checklist Submit your completed preprinted re-enrollment form to the Organizational Leader of your club, complete with $50.00 enrollment fee. Indicate all program(s) the child is interested in. Parent/guardian and Organizational Leader must sign each form. Review the code-of-conduct located on the back of the enrollment form. Both parent and child must sign where indicated. Medical Forms must be filled out each year. Incomplete forms will NOT be accepted by the Organizational Leader or the 4-H Office. Deadline for re-enrollments is 12 Noon, Friday, November 13th, 2015, to the 4-H Office. A $10.00 late fee will be charged to all re-enrollments received after November 13th, H Age Policy Any person, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, or disability may enroll as a 4-H member. The NYS Club year runs from October 1st to September 30th. Youth who are five through eight years of age on or before January 1st of the club year and enrolled in kindergarten through second grade should enroll as a 4-H Cloverbud member. Youth who are at least 8 years of age by January 1st of the current club year and in the third grade or higher, should enroll as a 4-H member. If 8 years of age and you wish to remain and participate as a Cloverbud, that is acceptable too. Youth who have reached their 19th birthday before January 1st of the 4-H club year may not enroll as a 4-H member. Persons considered to be mentally challenged may participate fully in 4-H programs as long as their developmental age is determined to fall between 5 and 19 years of age. 6

7 4-H Dairy Bowl and New Dairy Records Meeting Tuesday, December 29, :00 Noon - 2:30 PM Frank Bratt Agricultural Center, Jamestown, NY 4-H Dairy Members should mark their calendars for this important meeting during winter school break on Tuesday, December 29 th. We will enjoy some pizza (please bring $3 per person to help cover the cost), learn how to complete the new dairy records, and practice some Dairy Bowl questions. ALL 4-H Dairy members will be required to attend a meeting to learn about the newly revised 4-H dairy records (a second meeting option will be offered in early 2016). For Dairy Bowl, which is a Jeopardy type quiz bowl on the dairy industry, there will be six practice sessions offered. Youth are required to attend at least 3 meetings to be eligible for the county dairy bowl teams which compete at the district contest in March The age groups will include: Novice (1 st year in Dairy Bowl), Junior (Under 14 years of age as of January 1, 2016) and Senior (14 years of age and over as of January 1, 2016). Plan to join us to learn more about the dairy industry, make new friends and have fun! Additional 4-H Dairy Bowl meetings will be held in January and February 2016 and will be included in the December Cloverleaf. Reminder: All 4-H dairy members must attend at least 2 educational meetings for project completion and to show at the County Fair (one of these required meetings for the project will be a dairy record meeting). Plan to join us Tuesday, December 29 th at 12:00 Noon for this fun and educational meeting! The Ormond family welcomed 4-Her s on Monday, October 12th for a tour of their robotic milking system. 7

8 4-H Awards Night Sponsored by the Teen Ambassadors Saturday November 7, 2015, 6:00 pm Awards Night will take place on November 7, 2015 at the Crystal Ballroom in Jamestown. Dinner begins at 6:30. Please bring a dish to share! RSVP at ext. 212 or kde32@cornelll.edu. Parking Information: Free parking is available on the street as well as at the garage near 4th and Cherry Street and 4th and Spring Street. The Crystal Ballroom is on the second story of the Hotel Jamestown Building at 210 W. 3rd Street. 8

9 Program Committee Meetings Wednesday, November 18th Program Committee Meeting Friday, December 18th Program Committee Meeting Committee Chair Mark Woolley: Teen Ambassadors 4-H Teen Ambassador applications are available at the 4-H office or on the website cce.cornell.edu/chautauqua Wednesday, October 28th Club Officers Training Frank Bratt Ag Center All returning and newly elected Club Officers are encouraged to attend Monday, November 16th Teen Ambassadors Meeting Frank W. Bratt Ag. Center Wednesday, December 16th Teen Ambassadors Meeting Frank W. Bratt Ag. Center Volunteer Coordinator Tina Walters: Wednesday, October 28th Goat Committee Meeting Monday, November 9th Goat Project Meeting Monday, November 16th Committee Meeting Committee Chair Jeff O Brien: JKOB@netsync.net Wednesday, November 4th Hog Committee Meeting Wednesday, December 2nd Hog Project Meeting Tuesday, December 15th Hog Committee Meeting Committee Chair Marv Johnson: mrjfarm8@windstream.net Goat Meetings Wednesday, November 11th Rabbit Committee Meeting 7:00 PM Tuesday, November 24th Rabbit Project Meeting Wednesday, December 9th Rabbit Committee Meeting Committee Chair Kim Witherow: kwitherow@yahoo.com Hog Meetings Rabbit Meetings 9

10 Market Lamb Meetings Saturday, November 7th Sheep Project Meeting Knappenberger Farm 10:00 AM -1:00 PM Thursday, November 12th Sheep Committee Meeting Thursday, December 17th Sheep Committee Meeting Committee Chair Mark Woolley: Beef Project Meetings Saturday, November 7th Beef Weigh-In Committee Meeting to follow 8:30- Noon Cherry Creek Livestock Auction Thursday, November 19th-Steer Project Meeting 7:00 PM Topics to be discussed will be what to include in final Records and Anatomy of Beef Cattle or Cuts of Meat. Wednesday, December 9th Heifer Project Meeting 7:00 PM Thursday, December 17th Beef Committee Meeting 7:00 PM Committee Chair Dave Schauman: Dog Meetings Thursday, October 27th Dog Project Meeting Thursday, November 12th Dog Committee Meeting Tuesday, November 17th Dog Project Meeting Thursday, December 10th Dog Committee Meeting Committee Chair Steve Tenpas: Stay tuned for Canine Good Citizen Training dates! Horse Meetings Tuesday, November 10th Horse Committee Meeting 7:30 PM Tuesday, December 8th Horse Committee Meeting 7:30 PM Committee Chair Dave Schauman: Poultry Meetings Wednesday, November 18th Poultry Project Meeting Wednesday, December 16th Poultry Project Meeting Committee Chair Andrea Gierlinger: 10 The Horse Committee is accepting letters of interest for Teen Representatives.

11 Chautauqua County 3542 Turner Road Jamestown, NY Tel: Fax: NYFB OFFERS SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS PLANNING AN AG FUTURE The New York Farm Bureau Promotion & Education Committee is encouraging high school seniors who have been involved with agriculture and plan on continuing studies in this field to apply for the 2015 New York Farm Bureau Agricultural Youth Scholarship sponsored by the New York Farm Bureau Promotion and Education Committee. Scholarship awards are $1,500 for first place $1,200 for second and $1,000 for third place. District winners will each receive $100 and a memento. County winners are recognized at the discretion of their County Farm Bureau. Students applying must have a family Farm Bureau membership or a Student Farm Bureau membership (a membership application may be included with scholarship enclosures). Students are required to complete an application and submit a brief essay answering the question, If you had the power to change something in your community or on your farm, what would you change and why? The application can be downloaded by the student, completed and ed to sprokop@nyfb.org with all required attachments or mailing is also an option. At the District level, a personal interview and essay presentation may be scheduled at the discretion of the District Representative for the Promotion & Education Committee. The county winner will be the applicant scoring the highest for each county. The District winner will be overall highest county winner for the District. After District judging is completed, the District winner will have an opportunity to make minor changes i.e. grammar, spelling, and additional awards etc. to their application prior to the February 1st deadline to New York Farm Bureau for state judging. The state level competition is based solely upon the application and attachments. The application submission deadline is November 16, To nominate someone for the scholarship or to request an application, call or visit SCHOLARSHIP Information ( and SCHOLARSHIP AP- PLICATION ( The application is a fillable pdf and must be downloaded, completed, saved and you may or mail it for submission. Cornell Cooperative Extension is Chautauqua County s link to Cornell University. Our purpose is to make available to the individuals, families, communities, and businesses of Chautauqua County the resources and research-generated knowledge of Cornell University. By identifying and addressing local needs, Cornell Cooperative Extension provides practical information to help people help themselves and develop their leadership potential. Please feel free to contact Cornell Cooperative Extension for more information. The Cloverleaf is prepared by the 4-H Staff and published monthly by the 4-H Program Area of the Cornell Cooperative Extension Association in Chautauqua County. If you have information for the Cloverleaf, it needs to be in the 4-H Office by the 10 th of each month. The news is then printed and mailed, one copy per 4-H household by the last week of each month. The information herein is supplied with the understanding that no discrimination is intended and no endorsement by Cornell Cooperative Extension is implied. Individuals with disabilities or other special needs requiring accommodations should contact the 4-H Office beforehand. Building Strong and Vibrant New York Communities Cornell Cooperative Extension provides equal program and employment opportunities. EE0/EPO 11

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