Hudson Ag 4-H
Final
Newsletter and
Summer Schedule 2004
The
newsletter that just keeps on giving
May Meeting - 10th
Ice Breaker Focus – Surprise!
Program WATER
Safety
Guest Speaker – Mrs. Copple
Project Highlight - Update
from members who went to the Legislative Connection In Springfield in April
Demonstrations – All those still not completed
Set Up: Brutlag, Costello
Refreshments: Shadid, Winters, Wall, Burke
Bring a , Get a treat
Games – YES!
Clover Buds – 6:45-7:45 –
Hudson Elementary
Garage Sale - May 1st
Food Scavenger Hunt?
PARENTS
– With
summer almost here and our May meeting being the last meeting until August,
there are a lot of items we need to talk about. I would appreciate at least one
parent per family being at the May meeting so we can review the calendar and
make sure everyone has an opportunity to sign up for some of the fun events
planned.
Summer
Happenings for Hudson Ag
Don’t forget to Sign Up at
the May Meeting!
Wildlife
Garden Maintenance – We need every
family to sign up for one week in the summer to help maintain the wildlife
garden by weeding and watering.
SCAVENGER
HUNT – This is an annual community service food drive, run by the 4H
Federation. In past years we have
collected HUNDREDS of items in just a few hours. The date was delayed this
year, from January until now. We will discuss our involvement this year and
whether we can arrange to do this in the month of May.
Prairie Days
Float – Being the world class float builders that we are, we
need people to help design the float and then to build it, not to mention
riding on it
Tattoo and Face Painting Table – Hudson Ag was once again asked
to run the tattoo and face painting table On Saturday afternoon at Prairie
Days. Please sign up for an hour shift
and help out.
Soft Ball
Tournament - Hudson Ag sponsors this
County Wide 4H Softball tournament every year.
No special skills needed except having a good time.
This year our
own Jamie O’Grady has volunteered to coordinate this event and make it bigger
and better! Hope you can all make it. If you’d like to help chair this event,
talk to Laurie or Jamie.
Club Booth
and Club Picnic – We need a design team for the Club Booth and everyone needs
to mark Sunday, July 26th for an afternoon putting together the Club
Booth for the Fair, and then a cook-out with fishing and fun at Peterson’s
Pond.
THE FAIR!
4H Olympic Coach – Great job for an older member or an energetic
parent. Job Description includes having
fun and cheering on the greatest 4H Olympics team there ever was.
Shake Volunteer Day for all – We have chosen a two hour shift on
Thursday afternoon for our club to cover the 4H Concrete Shake Booth at the
Fair. Please sign up. Parents, we need you, too. And the best part is, you get
a free Shake when your shift is done
RECORDS and
check pick up – NO Sign up for this, just mark it on your calendar. Completed
project records (in their folder) need to be turned in to Laurie by August 23rd.
I will have Fair Premium Checks available to pick up at the same time.
Sewing
Those of you who are
working on your stuffed animals with Laurie need to try to plan on coming to
her house at least 4 of the scheduled dates to have it finished in time for the
fair.
Small
Engines = If
you have any interest in some free small engines (working and not) call John
Hurt at 726-1078. THIS IS A FAIR PROJECT!
4-H
MEMBER QUESTIONNAIRE
Leaders
If you did not make it to any of
the volunteer screenings it is VERY IMPORTANT that before you enroll next year
as a volunteer you make sure you get the schedule for screenings for this fall.
This is a required part of the volunteer leader commitment
International
Opportunities for 4-H Youth
We
discussed this at the last meeting. If you are interested in hearing more, talk
to Laurie or contact Carol and Ray Ropp. Or look at this website
IFYE Exchange -
http://www.ifyeusa.org/
•LABO Exchange -
Scholarships available!!
If you are looking for a way to break into the idea of foreign
exchange on a smaller scale, there is a group called International Friends at
ISU.
•A program that brings together international students attending
ISU and persons of the community.
•Interested families are matched with interested students to
share time together.
•Activities available for individuals, families, and 4-H
clubs.
•Commitments can be one time, short term, or long term. Contact
Alisa Clary for more info:
ottisc@juno.com
A BIG
THANK
YOU
To:
Pam
Kuchenmeister for all her hard work on coordinating the Community Wide Garage
Sale again this year. Thanks to Kelly Graeber and John Hurt for all their
assistance, too. This is our largest fund-raiser every year.
To:
Ruth,
Lori, Amy, April, Lori, Elizabeth, Allyssa, Susie, Matt, Elaine, Kaitlin, the
other Kaitlin, Susan, Aleigh, Tammy, Sylvia, Amanda, Maggie, Laura, Wonder,
Tyler, Josie, Cassie and the others who I have probably missed for the time and
tedium of the bag stuffing task everyone took on. WE GOT THEM DONE! Yippee!
This was a fundraiser strictly for the Birthday Events coming up, so we
appreciate all the time and help.
To:
Sue
Hinshaw and all those who showed up and helped clean up the Wildlife Garden
last Saturday. It looks beautiful.
To:
All
of you for a GREAT 4-H Year
Upcoming
ITEMS
IN BLACK ARE COUNTY/STATE EVENTS. These will involve individual sign up if you
are interested.
WATCH DEADLINE DATES!!
ITEMS IN GREEN ARE LOCAL HUDSON AG EVENTS or events we are involved in.
MAY
• 4-H Federation Board Applications Federation Board Applications being accepted. May 1, 2004 Deadline to Extension office. Leader, Parent and 4-H member must sign
Role Descriptions/Applications can be found online
*Household Hazardous Waste Collection is
Saturday, May 3, 2003, 8:00 am—3:00 pm• at
The Interstate Center 2301 W. Market Street
•New 4-H Member Meeting
May 6th at 6:30pm at the Extension
office
Focus: Preparing projects for the Fair &
Survival Tips for new members! New members will participate in mock conference
judging. Parent session with 4-H Show Committee to answer questions, share tips
This would be a great place to get
questions answered about the fair, project records, etc!
* A Poultry Clinic will be held Saturday, May 15th
9-12noon at Tucker
Feed, Leroy
Youth will learn from U of I
experts about judging and showing.. Great for new members!
Call
the Extension office to register with Steve Schwoerer
•4-H Day @ The Cardinals
Saturday, May 15th
•The event will include a parade around the Busch Stadium outfield, a scholarship raffle for great prizes, and recitation of the 4-H pledge prior to the game.
•The Cardinals will be playing the World Champion Florida Marlins in a 1:15 p.m. game.
•Tickets for the game are $21.00, which includes a special t-shirt
•Order forms available online at www.4-h.uiuc.edu/events
JUNE
Food Pantry
Scavenger
Hunt Is ON!
June 4th
– 5th HUDSON PRAIRIE DAYS
Learn basic skills and
techniques in the Visual Arts areas of 4-H including paper, fiber,
clay and metal
•Workshop days include: June 7, June 14, June 21, June 28,
& July 12th (Mondays 9-11am)
•Sponsored by University of Illinois Extension and
Bloomington Parks and Recreation.
•Registration accepted at the Bloomington Parks and
Recreation office. Registration needed in advance. Cost: $36.00
•Conservation Bus Trip
Tuesday, June 8th –
Topeka, IL
•Tour Jake Wolf Memorial Fish
Hatchery & Mason State Tree Nursery
•Will car pool or rent van
depending on interest.
•Sack lunch will be needed to
be brought by participants
Contact the Extension Office
•Horticulture
Workshop
•June 8, 2004 at noon at Champaign Extension Auditorium
•The
workshop starts with a session for learning to identify plants. Even if a
youth doesn't have a lot of knowledge in plant identification, this day is a
really good learning experience!
•RSVP to
Tina or Susan by May 31st.
• LEARN, SHOOT & DEVELOP Saturday, June 12, 2004 (10 AM - 4 PM)
•One day fun filled photography workshop and contest for
youth ages 8-18. Cost - $12.00
•10-12noon - Learn from a local photographer the basics of
point and shoot photography.
•12-4pm Photo Shoot - Participants will be given a roll of
film and allowed to tour the town on your own to take pictures.
•4pm – Roll of film returned to be developed for contest.
•Youth will need to bring your own camera.
•Prizes will be awarded in various age categories.
•This event sponsored by the University of Illinois
Extension and Bloomington Parks and Recreation.
•Registration will be accepted through the Bloomington Parks
and Recreation office. Registration required in advance.
•4-H Memorial Camp open to
youth ages 8-16 years of age
•McLean County week – June 13-17,
2004
•New for 2004 –
Climbing Wall!
•Cost: $135.00
•Only 95 spots available!
Filled on a first come first served basis
•Quality Assurance &
Ethics Available until June 15 for Horse & July 1, 2004 for Beef, Dairy,
Sheep & Swine exhibitors.
4-H and FFA members
requiring Quality Assurance and Ethics Clinic certification will have the
opportunity to complete this requirement to exhibit at the 2004 Illinois State
Fair on the world-wide web.
Website: http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/qaec/qaec
Only need to complete
once! And can print certificate at the completion of the ethics training.
•Youth exhibiting Swine
at the IL State Fair must complete PQA III and Quality Assurance & Ethics
Training
•All producers, including
YOUTH, must take part in the “Pork Quality Assurance Program” sponsored by the
Illinois Pork Producers Association and National Pork Producers Council.
•This requirement is
for STATE FAIR exhibitors only.
•It is not required
for the County 4-H Show!
•State
Judging Contests Held in June 22nd at University of Illinois (unless noted otherwise)
•Contests
include:
– Dairy Quiz Bowl
(June 25th )
– Dairy Judging
– Horse Judging
– Livestock Judging
– Meats Judging
(June 19th)
– Poultry Judging
– Forestry Contest
(June 14th)
– Horticulture
Judging
– Livestock Quiz
Bowl (June 25th)
– Rocket Launch
•Members
may not participate in more than one contest program area
• Pre-registration is a must to participate.
•
Registration deadline: May 15th
•Contact
Steve Schwoerer
•IL 4-H Leadership Convention June 25-27 in Champaign.
•Open to high school youth ages 14-18 by Sept. 1, 2003.
•New workshops, a talent show, outstanding speakers, and a “Who Am I?” weekend challenge are on the agenda.
•The registration fee is $150.
•Some partial scholarships are available for first-time 4-H member attendees
JULY
FAIR REGISTRATION
IS DUE ON
JULY 1st!
•4-H County Wide Softball Tournament July
10-11, 2004
•Hudson Ball
Field
CLUB
BOOTH COOKOUT AND ACTIVITY DAY at Petersons Pond on July 26th
2
to ?
Build
the Club Booth and then have a cookout. A reminder will be sent out in July.
AUGUST
AUGUST 3rd – 7th
There are some changes this
year. Make sure you read your enrollment/registration papers when you receive
them in June. Examples of changes:
County Project Changes
Wrist Band Entry
Teen Dance Location
4-H Royalty being sought
•Royalty nominations can be
submitted to Tina Veal by July 1st.
•Prelim Dates:
Have
a great summer and see you at the Fair! Laurie
–July 20 – Prelims 7pm @
Interstate Center
–July 27 – Finals Dinner 7pm
@ Ned Kelleys
–August 3 – Royalty Contest
Royalty Court members are
expected to participate in distributing ribbons and representing the county
fair during the week.
East Central Region Day–McLean County
Friday, August 13th
Read you
extension letter for details on the State Fair. If you are chosen as a State
Fair Delegate, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY CHANGES this year.
Laurie will review in detail at the May Meeting
RECORDS DUE –
CHECKS TO BE
PICKED UP –
August 23rd
THIS FALL
SPACE CAMP October 8-10
•7th - 9th grade students
•U.S. Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama
•Seats filled on a first-come, first-serve basis
•Cost $405.00 – Due May 20th
• To learn more about program visit:
–www.spacecamp.com
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