4-H is a community of young people across America who are learning leadership, citizenship and life skills.

Karen Branstetter

4-H Youth Specialist

P.O. Box 190

302 Water Street

Steelville, MO 65565

(573) 775-2135

SEPTEMBER 2012

CRAWFORD COUNTY

4-H NEWSLETTER

INSIDE THIS ISSUE :

4-H Leaders Banquet 1

4-H Tabloid Info Needed 1

Rodeo Clean-Up 1

Club Officer Training Date 1

Reminders 1

Upcoming Events 2

Happy Birthday! 2

Discover the Clover 2

Shooting Sports Leader Training 2

Time to Plan for a new 4-H year 3

Clover Kids Corner 3

This is a good time to recognize the people and businesses who support and help 4-H. Doing a community service project is another way to give back to your community. Let’s show the commu-nity we appreciate their support.

REMINDERS~ Club Secretary & Treasurer books, Club Scrapbooks, Key Awards & I Dare

You nominations, Club Community Service Forms and 4-H Award Applica-tions are due September 5.

State 4-H Award Applications (http://4h.missouri.edu/recognition/awards/competition.htm) are also due Sept. 5. We have many outstanding 4-H members who should apply for these awards. State Excellence Awards will be given to 5 youth ages 8-10, 3 youth ages 11-13 and up to 8 youth in the 14-18 year old category. The winners in the 14-18 category will be interviewed for the opportunity to attend National 4-H Con-gress in Atlanta Georgia. We challenge 4-H members to apply for these awards. For addi-tional information and assistance, please contact Karen at 775-2135.

-Save the Date-

4-H Club Officer Training—Saturday, November 3

Attention all 4-H Members! 4-H Council Fundraiser

/Community Service Ozarks Trailblazers Rodeo Clean-Up

Saturday, September 8—8:00 AM Sunday, September 9—1:00 PM or earlier

We need all 4-H families to help with this annual 4-H

fundraiser again this year.

Please choose and participate

in one of these time slots. If

everyone participates, the

clean-up goes very quickly.

Trash bags will be provided, but wear

gloves. Leaf blowers and rakes will be

helpful. Let’s continue our tradition of

working together. See you there!

Attention: 4-H Club Leaders

It’s time to get your pictures and stories together for the 4-H week tabloid.

Please collect the best pictures of 2012 4-H activities and write a story or sum-mary of your club highlights this past year. The newspaper does an excellent job of covering the fair, so think of ad-ditional events and activities your club

has done through-out the year to sub-mit. Please send them to Tracy at

news@cubafreepress.com by Sept. 20.

4-H Leaders Banquet Thursday, October 11, 6:30 PM Steelville Presbyterian Church

Please RSVP 775-2135 by October 1 $7.50 for guests

State Fair items may be picked

up at the extension office.

University of Missouri Extension is an equal

opportunity/ADA institution.

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Happy Birthday!

Dakota Allen

Kiyah Bast

Neela Bast

Kelsey Brewer

Kaitlin Brown

Tabitha Brown

Cylas Cape

Eli Cason

Kaylee Fulliam

Isaac Gehrett

Abigail Horsefield

Bailey Kirkland

Kolleen Kreienkamp

Keegan Lanham

Emma McKellips

Jennifer Miles

Alaina Santhuff

Maddie Sykes

Austin Thomas

Sept. 5 Award Nominations, secretary, treasurer and scrapbooks due Sept. 6-8 St. James Fair Sept. 8 4-H Council Fundraiser—Ozark Trailblazers Rodeo Clean-up in Steelville, 8 AM Sept. 9 4-H Council Fundraiser—Rodeo Clean-up, 1 PM Sept. 20 News and photos due to Cuba Free Press for 4-H week tabloid news@cubafreepress.com Oct. 7-13 National 4-H Week Oct. 11 4-H Leaders Banquet—Steelville Presbyterian Church, 6:30 PM. Please RSVP by October 1 Oct. 31 Enrollments due to the extension office Nov. 3 4-H Officer Training—Cuba Nov. 3 Discover the Clover Volunteer Training—Jefferson College in Hillsboro, 8:30-3:30 Nov. 6 4-H Council Meeting—Steelville Telephone, 7:00 PM Election of officers will be held. Dec. 2 4-H Day at the Edward Jones Dome, Noon Check out more information at http://4h.missouri.edu/events/rams/index.htm Dec. 8-9 4-H Camp Food & Fitness—MU Campus for 12-14 year olds. Registrations due Nov. 1 as limited numbers may attend.

Club Leaders, please turn in your list of volunteers who led projects in your club this year no later than September 6.

4-H Volunteer Training November 3, 2012 8:30-3:30 PM

Jefferson College, Hillsboro

Learn, refresh and meet other volunteers who give so much to the 4-H program. Monsanto is sponsor-ing this, so there is no

cost, but you need to register by Octo-ber 26. For more information and a registration form, go to http://4h.missouri.edu/getinvolved/volunteer/discoverclover/index.htm

WANTED: 4-H Shooting Sports Leaders

We have many youth interested in participating in the 4-H Shooting Sports Program. To make this possible, we need adults willing to be certified to lead the program. Please consider attending the upcoming shooting sports certifica-tion and share your knowledge with others. Let’s expand this program.

Shooting Sports Fall Certification Workshop September 28-30, 2012

Blue Mountain Camp, Ironton/Fredericktown, MO

Mark your calendars. Pre-registration is required and is due no later than September 15. Information and registra-tion forms are available on the Missouri 4-H website at http://4h.missouri.edu/go/projects/shootingsports/workshop.htm Registrations are accepted on a first come-first served basis. So don’t wait until the deadline.

Bread in a Bag

Supplies:

2 cups white flour 1 cup whole wheat flour

3 tablespoons powdered milk 3 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon salt

1 package Rapid Rise yeast 3 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 cup hot water (125 to 130 degrees F)

Extra flour to use during kneading process

What to do:

Combine white flour, whole wheat flour, yeast, sugar, salt, and powdered milk in a 1‐gallon heavy duty Ziploc freezer bag.

Squeeze upper part of bag to force out the air. Shake and work bag with fingers to blend ingredients. Add hot wa‐ter and oil to dry ingredients. Reseal bag. Mix by working bag with fingers until the dough is completely mixed and pulls away from the bag.

On floured surface, knead dough 5 minutes or until smooth and elastic. Put dough back into bag and let it rest 10 minutes. If working in teams, divide dough in half and shape. Let rise until double in size. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 30 minutes until golden brown. Remove from pan and cool on wire rack or dish towels.

Time to Plan for New 4-H Year

We want good things to happen in our 4-H clubs. But good things only happen if we take the time and make the effort to carefully plan our 4-H club’s early program.

In his book, If You Don’t Know Where You are Going, You’ll Probably End Up Somewhere Else, Dr. Da-vid Campbell says, if you want something good to happen, make room for tomorrow.”

Simple observations of –H clubs have shown that where families are excited about 4-H, where members and adults willingly volunteer to work and where members are eager to join, good planning has been the key to success.

A plan is like a road map, it helps us pick the right road to get to our club’s goal. A good program will:

Provide a role for each member, leader and parent

Meet the needs of each member, leader and parent

Share responsibilities among all members, leaders and parents

Inspire a balanced club program between learning, work and fun

Provide for better communication

Help with cooperation between members, parents and leaders

Avoid calendar conflicts

Award “A Pat-on-the-Back” awards to as many as possible each meeting.