HUDSON AG 4-H Newsletter

March 12 – MEETING

Ice Breaker – Brain Teasers

Special Demo -Electricity

Program: Electrical Safety

Chris Grotbo

Demonstrations – Make Ups

Bring items for Food Bank, Get a Treat

Set Up and Clean Up: Sebade, Uphoff

Refreshments: Siebert, Waller, Winks

Swine Exhibitors

Tattoo Dates – For all swine exhibitors wanting to show in the 2007 premiere class at the McLean County or State Fair

There are three tattoo dates for premiere swine set for 2007.  Please plan to weigh your animals on one of these scheduled days.

The dates are March 3, March 24 and April 12.  These are all Saturdays and are scheduled from 9-noon at the Steve Schwoerer farm.  If you have questions, you may contact Steve at schwoere@uiuc.edu or Kathy at kschwoer@uiuc.edu or call 663-8306, ext. 212.

4-Hers invited to learn about youth exchange programs
McLean County Association for Home and Community Education will host an International Studies program on Germany, Monday, March 5, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the McLean County Extension Auditorium, 402 N. Hershey Rd., Bloomington. The program is free and open to the public.

Bloomington resident Lauren Karplus, who spent a year in Germany after taking part in the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange, will be the featured guest. Her presentation will cover German lifestyles, politics, customs and foods. She will also demonstrate the preparation of some German dishes, with samples and recipes included.

One of her goals during her time in Germany was to become more fluent in the German language. Since she returned home, Lauren has graduated early from Normal Community West High School and is now a student at Heartland Community College.

Lauren has been a McLean County 4-H member and encourages other 4-Hers to attend this program to learn more about the exchange programs available to students in McLean County.

Swishes for Wishes

Cassie and Josie Saufley are helping Hudson Ag set up teams for Swishes for Wishes, a challenge for Make A Wish Foundation. Contact them if you like shooting hoops and want to part of the fun! Make A Wish donations is part of our goals for Hudson Ag this year.

Calendar Items

April 19^th – Bake Sale Cooking Workshop

April 21^st – Bake Sale at the Town Hall

REGISTRATION

We really need to get all the registrations in this month! That will give us time to get your books and project record forms for the April meeting. And make sure you review what projects you signed up for. Don’t forget any! Have you marked Electricity?

Demonstrations

Teen-agers! Let’s show the younger kids how these are done and get your demonstrations done this month!

No Ice Fishing for us this year again. We’ll keep trying

Let’s talk about a Canoe Trip at the March meeting.

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