Sawyer County 4-H Youth and Family Newsletter

Page 1 June 2016 4-H Calendar of Opportunities Meetings will be held in UW-Extension Conference Room unless otherwise noted. Cancellations may be made due to low enrollments for programs. Be sure to pre-register for meetings and All meetings are open to youth and adults. Please contact the UWEX office for WisLine connection information and details for any meetings. Visit our website for current information and follow us on Facebook! June 13-15 June 15 June 18 June 20-23 June 21, 22, 24 June 25 June 28 PO-CROIX-BAR-SAW 4-H Camp Livestock Project Meeting-Fairgrounds, 6-7 PM Dairy Breakfast @ County Fairgrounds, volunteer 7-noon WI State Youth Conference; 7th-10th grade, Madison Youth Tractor Safety Training Spooner Ag Station Multi-Species Pasture Walk; Springbrook N6374 8th Street 10-noon Sawyer Cty 4-H Clubs, Inc. monthly meeting, UWEX Conf. Rm 6 PM June 30 Area Animal Science Day Northwest, St. Croix County, register July 13 Livestock Project Meeting-Fairgrounds, 6-7 PM July 14-18 Outpost River Trip, Upham Woods (Ages 14-18) July 19 Sawyer Cty 4-H Clubs, Inc. Annual meeting, UWEX Conf. Rm 6 PM July 30 Sawyer Cty Cleansweep-Household Hazardous Waste collection August 5 Fair entry forms are due by 7 p.m. at County Fairgrounds August 6 Northwest Region 4-H Agility Fun Match, Chippewa Falls WI August 10 Livestock Project Meeting-fairgrounds, 6-7 PM August 18-21 Sawyer County Fair August 30 Record Books due October 1 2 WI 4-H Arts Camp, Camp Upham Woods, Wisconsin Dells. July/August Newsletter will be combined..please submit articles for the July/August newsletter by July 15

Page 2 CLUB CONNECTION LCO 4-H has finished the school year program and will begin summer programming in June with summer gardening. This past school year our focus was on Healthy Living. We learned about good nutrition, tasted a variety of foods, learned nutrition facts and played energizer games to increase our 60 minutes a day of physical activity recommended for everyone. Special thanks to Amber Marlow and Company from LCOOCC Extension and UW-Extension WNEP Lisa and Kim for helping with the program. We couldn t do it without you. Small Animal Project Project Leader Kathy Moe and member Lilly Eytcheson attended the Poultry Workshop held in Spooner by Crystal Creek recently in Spooner. The workshop was composed of two very informative Saturday morning sessions. Session one included how to brood chicks, candle eggs and what to look for when selecting an incubator. Session two focused on how feed affects poultry health, how a chicken s immune system works, and how to read and understand an ingredients label on chicken feed. Come to our next small animal project meeting to learn more. The next meeting will be held on Saturday, June 11 from 10:30 to 12:30. We will be visiting the care facility. You are asked to bring your pet to share with the residents. Contact Kathy for more information or details. Horse Project: Horse and rider evaluations will be held on Wednesday, May 25th at the Sawyer County Fairgrounds arena, weather permitting. Evaluation meeting is a MANDATORY meeting to be able to participate in the project. Ride nights will be held on Wednesday evenings throughout the summer. In case of inclement weather, the plan will be to ride on Thursday night if Wednesday there is a storm and we are unable to ride. IF IN DOUBT, contact one of your horse project leaders to confirm meeting. Contact Information in this newsletter.

Page 3 CLUB CONNECTION Winter School afterschool Healthy Living program included six teen helpers who were trained on the curriculum and taught the lessons to 24 youth who attended the program. We covered six lessons including Eat a Rainbow, Power Up Your Day, Eat Breakfast, and others. Games played included Go, Slow, Stop Tag, Ballonapalooza, Heart Alert and Musical Hoops to name a few. Thank you to our teen helpers, Jason, Renee, Lexi, Hailey, Rheanna and Nikki. They did a great job leading all activities. Clover Power Club meeting will be held June 14th at 1 PM at Shue s Pond. Bring the flowers that you are growing and your Dairy Poster to the meeting. We will be planting the flowers and eating ice cream to honor dairy month! Contact Kathy Lasiewicz if you have questions, contact information in this newsletter. Winter Evergreen Club On May 14th, we partnered with the Winter Archery Club who was hosting their annual Kids Day, and we had an outing at the archery range. Youth had a chance to try shooting at targets, taking a walk in the woods to shoot at 3-D targets, and practiced safety while shooting from a tree stand. Thanks to the Winter Archers for showing us all about archery. It was a cold, but fun time.

Page 4 Did you know? Congratulations Mikayla Knuckey, Winter High School senior; Sawyer County 4-H Clubs, Inc. and 4-H MASC (Market Animal Sale Committee) scholarship recipient who was awarded $500 from each group toward post high school education. Mikayla is enrolled in UW-Stout, interested in field of graphic design. Mikayla attributes 4-H in helping her learn a good work ethic while the livestock project helped her learn aspects of finance, humane care of livestock and responsibilities that go into raising an animal for human consumption. She indicated, 4-H helped me become responsible and taught me to get things done on time. It has also taught me the importance of community involvement, which is a very big value in her family. Congratulations! Dog Project Leaders met to begin to standardize some of the Dog Project information on the state level. Here is a list of things that have happened thus far and where you can access the information: Scoresheets and Class Descriptions: - A new class has been added (It will be added to the 2017 State 4-H Dog Show class list). The description of that class and scoresheets for all classes have been uploaded to the 4-H Website. They can be accessed via this link: http://fyi.uwex.edu/ wi4haganimalscience/class-descriptions-and-scoresheets/ State Dog Meeting - will be held in Oshkosh on November 19th. Registration and details to follow. Facebook Page There is a State 4-H Dog Project Facebook page. Join and share Dog Project information across the state. This is the link: https://www.facebook.com/ groups/860393294047856/ State 4-H Dog Website The link to the State 4-H Dog Website is: http://fyi.uwex.edu/wi4haganimalscience/dog/ State 4-H Dog Show State 4-H Dog Show is July 29-31 at Grant County Fairgrounds. It is hosted by Grant, Iowa and Crawford Counties. Link to the rule and registration booklet is: http:// fyi.uwex.edu/wi4haganimalscience/state-4-h-dog-show/ State 4-H Agility Show - State 4-H Dog Agility show is August 27th in Chippewa Falls. It is hosted by Eau Claire County. Link to the registration information is: http://fyi.uwex.edu/ wi4haganimalscience/state-4-h-agility-show/ Dog Bowl Questions: New this year each Dog Bowl team must send in 10 questions for each team in the division the team is participating. They are to be sent in with the team registration and can be found in the State 4-H Dog Show booklet. Contact Pam Hobson if you wish further information; pamela.hobson@ces.uwex.edu

Page 5 Program and Conference Opportunities 2016 4-H Ice Cream Booth Sawyer County Fairgrounds Agenda: Choosing the flavors Creating the menu Checking the inventory Creating guidelines for the volunteers Contact: Donna Knuckey (715) 661-2688 jdknuck@live.com or Deb Steiner (715) 266-6417 tdsteiner5@gmail.com If you are interested in joining the planning team! 4-H Clubs to Create Newest Cedar Crest Ice Cream Flavor Cedar Crest Ice Cream of Cedarburg, Wisconsin, and the Wisconsin 4-H Foundation announce a contest to create the next Cedar Crest Ice Cream flavor. More than 1600 Wisconsin 4-H clubs are eligible to create and submit a flavor recipe with the top clubs named as finalists and the top flavor produced for summer 2017. Information and the application will be available in the upcoming weeks on the Foundation s website, www.wis4hfoundation.org or, feel free to contact the Foundation at (608) 262-1597 or info@wis4hfoundation.org Entries will be judged by a panel of ice cream experts chosen by Cedar Crest s staff. The winning flavor will be produced June 2017. Cedar Crest manufacturers more than 80 flavors of ice cream at its Manitowoc, Wisconsin, plant, and distributes products in five states. Many of the flavors now produced by Cedar Crest Ice Cream, like Shipwreck and Elephant Tracks, came into existence via prior flavor competitions.

Page 6 Program and Conference Opportunities WI 4-H Arts Camp provides youth in grades 6-8 an experience with six different art tracks including: music, photography, communication, theatre, culinary arts and art in nature. Arts Camp provides older youth and adults with opportunities to teach and strengthen their leadership abilities and provides younger youth the fun of a 4-H camping experience focused on the arts. The purpose of Arts Camp: 1) Encouraging expression and participation in the arts with middle school age youth; 2) Supporting youth teaching opportunities where they learn to incorporate education, creativity and reflection into the creative process; 3) increasing awareness of the arts and participation in the arts at the club level. October 1-2, 2016, Camp Upham Woods, Wisconsin Dells. Fee to participate is $37.50 (Sawyer County 4-H Clubs, Inc. pays additional $37.50 for youth to participate) and transportation is provided by a certified county adult 4-H volunteer. Contact UW-Extension Office for application and submit to the 4-H Youth Development Educator Lori Laberee by August 10. PLEASE NOTE: For this camp we are only accepting paper applications and forms because of a conflict between camp date deadlines and 4-H Online enrollment. Area Animal Science Day Northwest Date: June 30th, 2016, Event participation registration Due June 3, Event Location: St Croix County. Sawyer County youth wanting to attend to observe may sign up with the UW- Extension office and we will provide transportation for you to attend the event. To attend as an observer, REGISTER by June 3 by phoning 715-634-4839. Leave your name and we will contact you with details. Regional animal science educational opportunities are available to Wisconsin 4-H members. Specifically, Area Animal Science Days is a series of four day-long events held around the state in June where youth in the beef, dairy, horse, sheep and swine projects increase their decision making skills and knowledge of animals through judging and grading experiences. Events include evaluation of dairy cattle, horses and meat animals; dairy showmanship contests; hippology (the study of horses); and oral reasons workshops. In addition, each site offers a variety of workshops which may include rabbits, poultry, dogs, cats or llamas. Area Animal Science Day strives: To increase the availability of educational opportunities in the 4-H Animal Science Projects. To increase decision making skills through judging and grading experiences. To increase the knowledge of animals through breeding and market evaluation and management information. See the registration packet for complete details at: http://fyi.uwex.edu/wi4haganimalscience/area-animal-science-days/

Page 7 Sawyer County 4-H Youth and Family Did You Know? Vision to Action 4-H Leaders, youth and community members gathered to identify areas for consideration for the next 3-5 years regarding the Sawyer County 4-H Program to ask the question: Where Do We Want Your Sawyer County 4-H Program to be in the next 3-5 years? Participants followed a process and identified and ranked their priorities. The following is the list of the identified visions. The ranking allows Sawyer County 4-H to identify where the Leaders wish to focus their energies. At the May meeting, 4-H Leaders worked on the plan of action for #1, Communication/Marketing. A survey will be coming soon to get input from the membership. Thanks for your input. 1. Communication / Marketing (20) 2. Programming (17) 3. Leadership/Mentoring (16) 4. Inclusivity/Involvement (7) Dairy Breakfast Posters: June is Dairy Month and we are celebrating by inviting you to submit a poster recognizing the importance of the dairy industry. Submit your poster to the UW-Extension office by Wednesday, June 15, for display at the fairgrounds during the Saturday, June 18, Sawyer County Dairy Breakfast event. Volunteers are needed between 6:30 AM and noon to help clear and wipe tables, serve platters of pancakes and general clean up. Volunteer hours may be counted in your record book. 4-H members need six hours of volunteer service during the year. Our 4-H Ice Cream booth open during the annual county fair is another great opportunity to volunteer. In 4-H we learn by doing! National Youth Science Day 2016 Drone Discovery This year s engineering challenge, Drone Discovery, engages youth with fun and educational activities related to aerospace, flight, and unmanned vehicles. This comprehensive kit is ideally suited for a maximum group size of 10 youth, ages 8-14. If you are interested in leading the project for other youth, please contact Lori in the UW-Extension office and arrange to lead the project. All materials are included in the kit to lead the activity. WANTED: Teen helpers to assist in summer time 4-H programming. Contact Lori at 715-638-3237 for more information.

Page 8 Program and Conference Opportunities Summer Camp details are coming soon for those who registered to attend. Your counselor sent you a postcard on Monday. SAWYER COUNTY FAIR FORM & TAG INFORMATION Entry forms are due by 7 p.m. on Friday, August 5, 2016 (two weeks prior to the fair) NO ENTRIES WILL BE ADDED AFTER THIS DATE. Fee covers all entries submitted for that division, i.e. Open/Junior. DO NOT BRING ENTRIES at this time. No entries due until August 18 at the county fairgrounds. Return county fair entry forms & payment to: SCAFA PO Box 13158 Hayward WI 54843 Entry forms and payment may be made in person at the Fair Office in the Exhibit Hall on the Sawyer County Fairgrounds on the following dates: Monday, August 1 2 pm 7 pm Friday, August 5 2 pm 7 pm Thursday, August 4, 2 pm 7 pm EXHIBITOR FEE OPEN CLASS $10 EXHIBITOR FEE JUNIOR CLASS $5 Email communication preferred over telephone: sawyercountyfair@yahoo.com Fairgrounds Office 715-934-2721 www.sawyercountyfair.org

Page 9 Sawyer County 4-H Youth and Family 4-H Handbook Reminder from the Handbook: County Awards Project Awards ** Cloverbuds have different requirements** http://sawyer.uwex.edu/4-h-youth-development/record-book/ Club Members 3rd grade and older who are in good standing will receive an award per year for each project area in which they have achieved. To achieve you must complete and submit a Record Book on time in order to be eligible for the following county level awards: Reminder from the Handbook County Awards Project Awards ** Cloverbuds have different requirements** http://sawyer.uwex.edu/4-h-youth-development/record-book/ Club Members 3rd grade and older who are in good standing will receive an award per year for each project area in which they have achieved. To achieve you must complete and submit a Record Book on time in order to be eligible for the following county level awards: a. Requirements for a Project Award: 1. Minimum of 6 hours involvement, documented on Project Record Sheet(s) 2. Exhibit project in the Jr. Department of the Sawyer County Fair 3. Complete a Record Book, project pages for each project you select to achieve, minimum of one project b. Requirements for a Record Book Award: 1. Complete a Record Book 2. Complete requirements for at least 1 project area 3. Minimum of 6 hours community service, documented on Volunteer Log Form. 4. Working at a community event for compensation is NOT considered Community Service. Examples of community service: a. Trash pick-up b. Working with Senior Citizens at a Nursing Home c. Helping at 4-H Food booth during fair, Barnebirkie, Birkie, Relay for Life, County Dairy Breakfast, Sawyer County Educational Fair, Fat Tire volunteer, etc. **CLOVERBUD RECORD BOOK** CLOVERBUD members are not required to complete 6 hours of community/volunteer service and they complete an age appropriate pages http://sawyer.uwex.edu/files/2010/05/cloverbud-record-book.pdf. 4-H Cloverbud members may enter up to three items in the county fair. Complete the record pages and submit by the deadline, August 30 to the UWEX Office for review on September 7, to achieve in 4-H tin present year.

Page 10 Sawyer County 4-H Youth and Family It s Time to #Spillthebeans about Wisconsin Agriculture! Members of Wisconsin 4-H and FFA grades 3-13 (as of January 1, 2016) are encouraged to participate in a new video contest opportunity highlighting the importance of soybeans in livestock projects. Winners can earn cash awards and be recognized at the 2016 Wisconsin State Fair! Get your smartphone, video camera or tablet ready and enter a two - minute (or less) video that addresses one of the following topics that revolve on the importance of soybeans in Wisconsin. Four video categories include: (grade is based as of 1/1/2016) 1. Youth grades 3-6: Talk about your livestock (dairy, poultry, swine, beef, sheep or goat projects) and what you have learned? 2. Older youth, grades 7-13: Talk about soybeans and the nutritional importance with livestock (dairy, poultry, swine, beef, sheep, and goats). 3. Older youth, grades 7-13: Talk about how your livestock or crop experiences in 4-H/FFA may impact your future career choices (i.e. animal science, agronomy) 4. Video Production Awards (grades 3-13): An award will be given to the video that has the highest production quality. Cash prizes will be awarded to our winners as follows: 1st prize in each category : $300; 2nd prize in each category: $150; 3rd prize in each category: $75 Video entries can be submitted the following ways: YouTube (Email link to agrenawalt@wisc.edu and set privacy level to private.) Dropbox or Google Drive: (Email link to agrenawalt@wisc.edu and check privacy settings) Mail on a Flash Drive or DVD Videos can be mailed to: Spill the Beans Video Contest; Attn: Alissa Grenawalt, 1675 Observatory Drive, Room 287, Madison, WI 53706 Email: agrenawalt@wisc.edu For further questions, please contact Linda Funk, WI Soybean Marketing Board at lfunk@flavorfulinsight.com or Alissa Grenawalt, Extension Outreach Specialist at agrenawalt@wisc.edu or check out the Wisconsin Youth Livestock web site at http:// fyi.uwex.edu/youthlivestock/spillthebeans-video-contest/ UW-Extension Cooperative Extension Mission We teach, learn, lead and serve, connecting people with the University of Wisconsin, and engaging with them in transforming lives and communities.

Page 11 Sawyer County 4-H Clubs, Inc. Tues., June 28th, 2016, 6:30 UWEX Conference Room Agenda DRAFT Call to order/roll call Pledges/Welcome Approval of Agenda Approval of Minutes Treasurer s Report Club, Committee and Project Reports: Finance- Awards and Recognition- Policies and Procedures- Fundraising and Promotion- Property- MASC- Old Business: By-laws continue to read through Vision to Action work Camp recap Dairy Breakfast recap 4-H Youth Conference recap New Business: Food Booth Education Fair volunteers needed Fall awards trip Record Books due 4-H Educator Report Discussion items only Agenda items for next meeting Next meeting date, time and place Adjourn Sawyer County 4-H Clubs, Inc., Tuesday, May 10, 2016, Sawyer County 4-H Youth and Family La Cabana Restaurant Attendance: Deb Steiner-President and Winter Evergreens; Donna Knuckey-Treasurer; Katie Naylor-parent; Lori Laberee-4-H Youth Development Educator Meeting was called to order at 6:47 p.m. by President Deb Steiner. A motion to approve the agenda as printed was made by Katie N. and second by Donna K. Motion carried. A motion to approve the March minutes as printed was made by Katie N. and second by Deb S. Motion carried. Treasurer s Report: Report on file at Extension office. Treasurer s report was given. Motion by Deb S. and second by Katie N. to approve a $300 donation to the 4-H foundation as budgeted. Motion carried. A motion was made by Deb S. and second by Katie N. to accept the March and April s treasurer s report for audit. Motion carried. Club, Committee and project reports: Finance-The proposed budget is ready for approval at the annual meeting. Awards and Recognition: Plagues need to be updated in the Extension office. Deb and Donna will go through records and make a list of the names that need to be updated. Donna will contact MASC leaders for names to be updated on that plaque as well. This will be done in June as May is busy for all right now. Lori will contact a life guard for the awards banquet in October. Policies and Procedures: The updated by-laws were shared and will be reviewed in June to get ready for the annual meeting. Fundraising and Promotion-The Food Booth is in the early stages of being organized. Donna will put a notice in the next newsletter asking for youth volunteers to assist in planning the menu as well as choose ice cream flavors and specials. Unfinished Business: Vision to Action narratives created at the last meeting were shared. Timeline dates were added to the narratives. New Business: Hall of Fame narratives and application is done and needs to be sent electronically by May 20th. Deb S. will check her files for an MOU for the Dairy Breakfast on June 18th. The MOU is to be signed by the president of both the Farm Bureau and the LA. Donna will talk with Dale Beissel, President, about the MOU and ask about the contact person for the Dairy Breakfast. Notice will be put into the next newsletter asking for volunteers for the Dairy Breakfast. Confirmation was received that the Endowment money was received and deposited into the Quasi account. Educator s Report: Healthy Living Grant was utilized in the Hayward 4-H Cloverbud Project (20 youth) and in Winter After School Program (24 youth). Three people will be volunteering this summer in the Extension Office. One volunteer is a student at UW-River Falls majoring in Agriculture Education, one from UW-Superior graduating in December with a degree in social work and another from a college in Illinois in the field of medicine. All will be housed in the Extension office this summer. Camp: Two people signed up and there are three from LCO interested. There is no $500 upfront fee assessed to the County 4-H Leaders to participate this year. Youth Conference: Shahala White is going to the youth conference. Deb S. will be attending as a 4-H leader and chaperone. The conference is June 20th-23rd. The cost is $240 each. Motion was made to approve funding the delegate and the chaperone to attend the youth conference. Upcoming events: May 20-21 Camp Counselor Training June 13-15 Po-Croix-Bar-Saw 4H Youth Camp June 18th-Sawyer County Dairy Breakfast Volunteer Opportunity Agenda items for next meeting: By-laws continue to read through Vision to Action work Next meeting was set for Tuesday, 28th, 2016 at UW-Extension Conference room. Everyone is welcome. Meeting was adjourned at 8:04 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Donna Knuckey

Page 12 Sawyer County 4-H Youth and Family 4-H Volunteer Leaders 2015-2016 Organizational Club Leaders Kristy Harrison-4-H Outdoor Adventures Club Co-Leader jklharrison@yahoo.com 715-634-7311 Joel Harrison 4-H Outdoor Adventures Club Co-Leader jklrharrison@yahoo.com 715-634-7311 Deb Henk - Stone Lake 4-H Club Co-Leader howdeb92@centurytel.net 715-865-2004 Dawn Henk 4-Leaf Clover Club Co-Leader oakgroveforty@yahoo.com 715-558-4760 Carrie Keenan 4-Leaf Clover Club Co-Leader clnbenhur@juno.com 715-634-0721 Donna Knuckey 4-H Clubs, Inc. Treasurer jdknuck@live.com 715-266-4402 Deb Steiner - Winter Evergreens Club Leader, 4-H Clubs, Inc. President tdsteiner5@gmail.com 715-266-6417 Pat Eaton - MASC Club Co-Leader livinforfishing@yahoo.com 715-638-2520 Kathy Lasiewicz Clover Power Club Co-Leader kathy.lasiewicz@sawyercountygov.org 715-558-0285 Kathy Moe Clover Power Club Co-Leader kmoe@fs.fed.us 715-634-4897 Melanie Shuman Stone Lake 3-H Club Co-Leader melanie.shuman5@gmail.com 715-638-0220 Project Leaders Angie DeLisle-Horse, 4-H Clubs, Inc. Vice President ang-derek@cheqnet.net 715-205-5745 Kristy Harrison Plant Crafts jklrharrison@yahoo.com 715-634-7311 Deb Henk Dairy howdeb92@centurytel.net 715-865-2004 Donna Knuckey-Swine jdknuck@live.com 715-266-4402 Jeremiah Knuckey-Swine jdknuck@live.com 715-266-4402 Kena Melton-Horse babykm85@yahoo.com 715-558-0476 Kathy Moe - Exploring Your Environment, Small kmoe@fs.fed.us 715-634-4897 Animals & Pets Melissa Olson - Horse molson1171@hotmail.com 715-634-8546 Duane Weingarten Shooting Sports robosmith5@hotmail.com 715-634-3614 Shelley Bartz Lego Club Shelleysb4@gmail.com 715-634-5322 Meghan Droessler Horse bdroessler@centurytel.net 715-699-2086 Joel Harrison Shooting Sports jklrharrison@yahoo.com 715-634-7311 Key/Resource Leaders Kathy Moe Horse, Birds, Bees kmoe@fs.fed.us 715-634-4897 Bryan Bartz Bryan54843@gmail.com 715-634-5322 Hannah Mrotek - Horse hannahm@hccuonline.com 715-558-8590