Inside this issue:

Ag Week 2

Educator Articles, Wills Fair, MDA Updates, BSS

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Goat Getaway, Dairy Goat Workshop, Goat Club Meetings

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Dairy Bowl, Sheep/Swine Workshop, Sheep/Wool Festival

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Club News 6-13

All Stars 11

Turkey Project, Broiler Chick Project, Scholarships, MD Shooting Sports Dates

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Camp Center, Central Cluster Events, State Communications Contest, GFF, MD Day, Leader’s Meeting

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MD Dairy Princess, National Poultry/Egg Conference

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UME Volunteer Info., Calendar 17

Frederick County

4-H Newsletter

Frederick County 4-H Office 330 Montevue Lane (3rd Floor) Frederick, MD 21702 301-600-1589 Jennie Schiazzi schiazzi@umd.edu Frederick County Website

Are You a New 4-H Member?

Wondering about what kind of project to get started in? Check out the 4-H curriculum at the 4-H Mall, you can get a sneak peak into different projects. Go to our New Members webpage for the link to the mall and other great infor-mation. http://extension.umd.edu/frederick-county/4h-youth-development/new-members

4-H Royalty’s Valentine’s Day Dance

Friday, February 10th 7:00 p.m. -10:30 p.m. 4-H Camp and Activities Center

All 4-Hers and a guest are welcome to attend this free event, refreshments will be provided. To reserve a table

please contact Jennie at schiazzi@umd.edu

Camp 2017 Day Camp Ages 8-13: July 10th-14th

Day & Residential Camp Ages 8-13: July 17th-21st Clover Camp Ages 5-7: July 26th-28th

https://extension.umd.edu/frederick-county/4h-youth-development/camp

2017 Apr-May Newsletter Deadline:

April 1, 2017 Send articles and pictures

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Achievement Night

Frederick County 4-H Achievement Night will be held on Tuesday, April 11th at the 4-H Camp and Activities Center. This year we will recog-nize Diamond Clover award recipients, Blue Ribbon and Top Project Record Books, Out-standing 4-Hers and UME Volunteer Service award recipients. Doors open at 6 p.m. for re-freshments; program begins at 6:30 p.m.

Any awards not received by the recipient at Achievement Night will be taken back to the 4-H Office and then given to the Club Leader to disburse.

Member Enrollment If you haven’t enrolled in the 4HOnline system please do it as soon as possible. The website is md.4honline.com from the login screen you can request a new password if you have forgotten yours. All 4-H Members in a family are located on the member list page. Parent info. is listed in the member’s profile. If you have an animal or poultry egg project please be sure to up-date your Animal Code of Ethics signature date for the 2017 year.

4-H Royalty is accepting donations of non-perishable

foods

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Ag Week at the Mall The Frederick County Agriculture Week will be held on February 13-18, 2017 at the Francis Scott Key Mall in Frederick, Maryland with the theme of "365 Days of Agriculture" with the 4-H theme for Booths and Posters: "Lead, Inspire, Experience 4-H/FFA". Many displays and events are being planned for this year and changes have been made to the schedule and times of events. If you have any questions con-cerning Frederick County Ag Week or your business or organization would like to place a display at the mall, please contact Ted Albaugh at 240-446-3054 or at dayslandacres1@comcast.net or Katie Albaugh at 301-600-3037 or kalbaugh@Frederickcountymd.gov

Exhibits may be set up on Sunday, February 12, 2017 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. If the snow emergency plan is in effect for Frederick County, events at the mall will be cancelled or rescheduled.

Activities currently planned are: Basic information is listed below, for more detailed information about events please visit the website: https://extension.umd.edu/events/mon-2017-02-13-0000-2017-ag-week-mall

Coloring contest – A coloring picture and entry form will be printed in the Frederick News Post prior to Ag Week and available on the Frederick County 4-H web-site. Coloring picture entries will be accepted on Monday, February 13, 2017 and Tuesday, February 14, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the 4-H Dis-play (near Dairy Queen) and judging will take place on Wednesday. The pictures will be displayed throughout the week. Prizes will be awarded to the winners of each category. Categories are: novice (3 years and under); Juniors (4 years-7 years); and Youth (8 years – 12 years) and Adult (13-100+).

Monday, February 13, 2017 – Ice Cream Making Con-test – Registration will begin from 6:00 to 6:30 p.m. at the entrance near DSW Shoes and churning will begin at 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, February 14, 2017 – Come and enjoy and visit the exhibits and displays at the Mall.

Wednesday, February 15, 2017 – The annual Marcie Becker Cake and Pie Contest and Auction will be held near center court. Everyone is welcome to enter your cake or pie (with the recipe) to the center court at 6:00-6:30 p.m.

Thursday, February 16, 2017 – The Frederick County 4-H Robotics Club (Robo Rangers) will be conducting various demonstrations and building events at center

court from 4:30-9:00 p.m. The 4-H Tailwaggers 4-H Club will be available with their dogs to do a demo in front of DSW store from 6 – 8 pm.

Friday, February 17, 2017 – The Roy Porter Memorial Log Saw-ing Contest will be held at 7:00 p.m. in the vacant store located near J.C. Penney’s. Registration will begin at 6:30 p.m.

The Frederick County Dairy Princess Committee will be con-structing a Giant Ice Cream Sundae that evening at Center Court at 7:30 pm. Members of the Frederick County Dairy Princess Committee, princesses and Royalty will be assisting with the construction of the sundae.

On Saturday, February 18, 2017, the Frederick County Sheep Breeders Association will be having demonstrations from 1:00-5:00 p.m. and the Frederick County 4-H Entomology Club will be having a display of insects between 12:00-3:00 p.m.

A demonstration by Scales and Tales will be presented at 6:00 p.m. near the center court and the annual Kiddie Pedal Tractor Pull will be held at 7:00 p.m. in front of the DSW store, with reg-istration beginning at 6:30 p.m. Prizes will be awarded to all participants.

Many agriculture organizations and businesses will be having displays during Ag Week at the Mall and can display old scrap-books, etc. For information on displays/exhibits and removal of such please check the webpage listed earlier.

4-H Royalty

Community Service Project

During Ag-week at the FSK Mall!

4-H Royalty will be gathering new hats, any style and size, At the FSK mall, during Ag-week for local cancer patients. A collection bin will be available at the Royalty booth.

If you cannot get to the mall, feel free to drop the hats off at the 4-H office with Ms. Jennie.

We hope to see you all at the mall!!

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News from Mr. Todd As some of you may know by now, my days with the 4-H program in Frederick County are rapidly coming to a close. Recently, my wife was offered a promotion, with her job, and after some careful consideration we have decided that she should take it as it was an opportunity that she could just not pass up. With this opportunity, however, we do have to move. This move is taking us to Portland, OR. With that being said, my last day with Extension and 4-H will be March 17th. I cannot thank the Freder-ick County 4-H community enough for all of the help and support that it has provid-ed to me over the last 14 months. I just now feel as if my feet are wet and that I am ready to get going.

You all have taught me so much. Everyone has helped make my transition into this role a successful one. I will truly miss working with 4-H in Frederick County. It has been a pleasure getting to know you and, again, I thank you for everything. As my family and I head off on our new ad-venture, I will think back on my tenure here in Frederick County as a great time in my life. Many lessons have been learned and I have had the wonderful opportunity to experience many new things and for that I am grateful. Between now and the 17th, if you have any questions about my transition process please don't hesitate to contact me.

Todd McKinney, 4-H Educator

A Note from Ms. Donielle

February has just begun and the 4-H calendar is already full of amazing oppor-tunities for the 2017 year. From workshops, to field days, speakers, contests, and camps, the adventures are right at your finger tips. 2017 is an exciting year as Frederick County will be hosting many of our central MD cluster 4-H events. Public Speaking, Fashion Revue, Sewing Workshops, Nutrition Workshops and some exciting 2 day summer workshops geared towards agriculture and food science will take place here in Frederick.

I would like to encourage each of you to participate in one of our county events this year, especially the communications or public speaking contest. Public speaking was one of my most terrifying learning experiences. Prior to 4-H I played sports, participated in church activities and danced. Although I was very active in my community many of those experiences did not require me to speak in front of others. Then I attended a Walkersville 4-H Club meeting with my cousins and had to speak in front of the entire club. All I had to say was my name, age and that I was interested in the Beef project, however I thought my chest was going to explode.

Over time I was able to build my confidence speaking in front of my friends, say-ing the pledge and sharing committee reports. When I was 14 years old my club leaders recommended I try the public speaking contest. Along with their sup-port and encouragement I prepared a speech, practiced a few times, and en-tered the county contest. I was so excited when I saw the familiar faces of Dr Ediger along with Mary Sue Grossnickle as my judges. I was able to relax and share my speech I had prepared without feeling terrified. I did very well that day and received a champion ribbon in Prepared Speech.

If I would not have been guided by the volunteers in my club, or received sup-port from local mentors I would not have succeeded in my public speaking pro-ject. Today I am thankful for the life skill of communication I was taught as a 4-H member. This spring I challenge each of you to try the communication con-test; whether it be a 30 second radio advertisement, a prepared speech or even the extemporaneous category. We have a great resource of volunteers and past 4-H'ers here in Frederick County you can help you succeed. For more infor-mation give us a call at the 4-H Office at 301-600-1589.

Donielle Axline, Frederick County 4-H Educator

Beef, Sheep & Swine Meetings and Important Dates All meetings will be held at the 4-H Camp and Activity Center starting at 7:00 pm.

Meeting - Wednesday, March 8th Meeting - Wednesday, April 12th Meeting - Wednesday, May 3rd (Snow Make-Up Date)

Beef, Sheep & Swine Advisory Meetings

Meeting - Wednesday, February 22nd at 7:00 pm at the UME 4-H Office

Swine Weigh-In - Saturday, June 3rd at the Fairgrounds 7-10 am and 3-6 pm

Sheep Weigh-In Monday, June 5th at the Fairgrounds 6-8 pm

MDA Updates & Changes Effective January 1, 2017 All cattle and swine entering Maryland fairs and shows must have for official identification a radio frequency identification (RFID) Tag. For Poultry: AI testing interval prior to entry into Maryland and fairs and shows will be extended from 10 days to 21 days. Private sales of poultry will be allowed with a record of sale maintained by the fair or show operator for 1 year. Livestock and Poultry failing to meet complete documentation of all requirements will be denied entry or removed from the exhibition - "rejected". Veterinary Feed Directive Information Sheet

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Dairy Goat Workshop June 17, 2017; 1:00 pm We will be touring Liberty View Cream-ery, home of Carman's Tailwaggers Dairy Goats in Gettysburg. The Carman's will also be doing a showmanship clinic.

Goat Club Meeting Dates Tuesday, February 7th, 7:00 pm; Linganore Grange Hall, Unionville

Jeff Semler will be speaking to us about Kidding Tuesday, May 2, 7:00 pm; Linganore Grange Hall, Unionville

Clay Zimmerman will be speaking to us about Goat Nutrition Tuesday, Sept 5, 6:30 pm; Frederick Fair Grounds

Barn Clean up and meeting

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Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival Young people ages 8 to 15 (and adults, too!) are invited to enter their favorite lamb recipe in the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival’s Grand Lamb Cook-Off. Entries must be re-ceived no later than April 10, 2017. Prior to the cook-off, 6 adults and 6 youth will be selected from the entries received. These finalists will be invited to prepare recipes for the judg-es at the Festival on Saturday, May 6, 2017.

A minimum of 1 lb. of any cut of American Lamb must be used. Ground lamb, steaks, and leg cuts are among those per-missible. Techniques may include but are not limited to grill-ing, saute ing, broiling, roasting, stewing, and casseroles. All entries will be judged on taste (60 points), ease of prepa-ration (30 points) and appearance (10 points) for a total of 100 points.

Contestants must furnish their own cooking equipment, utensils and serving materials. Permissible are portable electric and butane burners, electric skillets and soup pots, and portable convection/toaster ovens. There are no rang-es/stoves at the festival. If weather permits you can use an outdoor grill (charcoal or gas). Parents must stay with youth contestants if using an outdoor grill.

Contestants will have a staggered judging time; you can start your lamb dish any time prior to your judging time. Contest-ants may have the prepping (cutting and marinating) com-pleted at home. The cooking will be done at the contest.

Dairy Bowl Practice Frederick Country 4-H Dairy Bowl practices are getting ready to start. The first practice will be February 12th at 7:15pm at the Christ Reform Church in Middletown, MD. The address is: 12 S Street Middletown, MD 21769. We will have practices every Sunday (except Easter). The state contest will be at the University of Maryland, College Park on April 22 at 9am. If you carry the dairy project or are interested in it and would like to learn more I encourage you to try dairy bowl! For more information please contact Coach, Carissa Doody cdcowluvr12@hotmail.com

Each contestant will present the lamb dish to the judges, no side dishes allowed. There will be three judges.

On the basis of the judges’ decisions, prize money will be awarded as follows: Adults: 1st $100.00, 2nd $75.00, and 3rd $50.00; Youth: 1st $100.00, 2nd $75.00, and 3rd $50.00. All prizes provided by the Maryland Sheep Breeders Association, Inc.

How to enter: Email recipe to ricmswfc@gmail.com by April 10, 2017. List all ingredients in order used, no brand names if pos-sible. List preparation, exact cooking instructions and the amount of time to prepare and cook. Include partici-pant’s name, address, home phone, email address and the name of their recipe.

All entries become the property of the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival and the Maryland Sheep Breeders Associa-tion, Inc. Recipes will not be returned and may be repro-duced for the distribution in the Festival and MSBA press releases and other promotional material.

For further information, contact the Maryland Grand Lamb Cook-Off Chairperson:

Chef Richard Douville 9029 Lambskin Lane Columbia, MD 21045 Phone: 410-206-9991 or 410-997-7307 Please leave voicemail messages Email: ricmswfc@gmail.com

The following activities are also held during the festival: Jr spinning, shepherd's lead, sheep shows, poster con-test, art show, etc.....

Check the sheep and wool website for details. The web-site is being updated regularly. Continue to check back for updates. Sheepandwool.org

Sheep and Swine Workshop Friday, May 5th at 6:00 pm at the Frederick Fairgrounds. Come and learn about nutrition, showmanship and daily

care. More info to come.

Livestock Judging Practices will begin in late March. More information to come in early March. All are welcome to attend, no experience required!

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Kaleidoscope 4-H Club The Kaleidoscope 4-H Club had their Holiday Party in December. We played games, made cookie trays for our sponsors that help us throughout the year and wrapped pre-sents for the residents at the Northampton Manor Nursing home.

On December 23rd we visited the nursing home to hand out the gifts. The residents were overjoyed to see us and got to open a gift for Christmas. Our leader, Tammy Eaves got to see her grandmother at Northampton. The gifts that the club donated were boxes of tissues, socks, plush toys and body lotions. A lot of the people we met were part of 4-H when they were younger. The first man that we saw had joined 4-H to look at the girls with his buddy. The club members that attended to hand out gifts were Rayann, Rachel, Alexis, Isaac and Eva. We felt very happy for helping out and bringing smiles to the people at Northampton Manor.

By: Isaac Pictures submitted by Alexis

Monocacy Achievers 4-H Club On December 17th, our club went to the Weinberg Center to see the play, A Christmas Carol. We helped support one of our members, Josie Ritchie (shown in picture), who played the part of Tiny Tim. We voted for our new officers: President: Morgan, Vice President: Lindsey, Treasurer: Ally, Secretary: Jenna, and Club Reporter/Historian: Josie. In January, our club did presentations on different things. We learned how to: braid hair, make bracelets with rubber bands, tumble rocks, make a fairy garden, draw an eye, make butter and make goo. Our volunteer judges were Laura Ritchie, Shelly Funk and Vicki Windsor. By Josie, Reporter

Middletown Valley Youth 4-H Club Middletown Valley Youth celebrated the holidays with a wonderful Christmas party held at the 4-H Camp Center in Decem-ber. Everyone brought a dish or dessert to share to go with fried chicken. The members participated in a surprising, secret gift exchange. It is always fun to see what people open each year. There were jars for candy guess also. The party is al-ways a great way for the members and families to come together every year. In January members who hold beef projects took their animals to the beef weigh in. Several members attended and helped at the bingo at the camp center to support the Knott family. Members were also working this month to finish their record books to get them ready to turn in.

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Calico Clovers 4-H Club The Calico Clovers 4-Hers met on January 19th. Members talked about Ag Week at the FSK Mall scheduled for Feb 12th thru 16th and our craft day held at the 4-H Camp Center on Feb 19th. Ian and Ben gave a talk to the members about illness-es sheep might have and problems sheep may have birthing. Mary Ellen Albaugh taught us about different breeds of chick-ens and what the judges look for at the fair. Our next meeting will be Feb 16th.

Brenden, Reporter

Alpha Alpaca 4-H Club Alpha Alpaca Club News: On December 17th the party committee created a eventful Christmas party. The club played many games together. Mr. Rick hosted the “Snowman Game”, which was putting a plate on top of our heads and attempting to draw a snowman wearing a hat and scarf. We played guess how many M&M’s are in the jar and Bingo. Everyone in the club participated in the Ugly Sweater Contest and Secret Santa. The club got the two club leaders gifts as well. We also en-joyed playing with props in the photo booth. The club didn't hesitate when it was time to eat. We had fried chicken, salad, cheese and crackers and many home made delicious treats.

In January some of the club members worked together on the booth. The committee came up with their idea on how to de-sign the booth to match the saying “Lead, Inspire, Experience and 4H Forever”. On the 21st of January it was Senior Bond-ing Night. The seniors ate delicious snacks and pizza. They watched Shrek One and Shrek Two and played many games. The object of one of the games was to get the blue cup that had many red cups stacked under it back to the top. We had to alternate hands and switch one cup at a time. The seniors played more entertaining games that night. The club was busy sharing laughs and making memories with friends this month.

Photo 1- The club members showing off their ugly sweater to the judges, Mr. Rick and Ms. Karen. Photo 2- Mr. Rick and Ms. Karen receiving their gifts from the club. Photo 3-The top 6 Snowman game champions.

Photo one - Ben and Ian talking about the problems sheep may have and problems with lambing. Photo two - Mary Ellen Al-baugh demonstrating with Henreitta, the chicken.

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Valley Urbanites 4-H Club At our December meeting the Valley Urbanites had a Christmas party at the 4-H Camp Center. At the party we had a lot of fun. We did crafts, had dinner, did a gift exchange and did some pretty fun games. Some games we played were Pic-tionary, and opened a present that was covered in wrapping paper and we had to open it with oven mitts on. We also collected hats and gloves for the kids in Head Start.

At the January meeting we voted to participate in Ag Week at the Mall and decided on an idea for our booth. We inducted new officers: Aubrey - President, Angela - Vice President, Kendall - Secretary, Meagan - Treasure, Eva - Sargent of Arms, Lillian - Game/Song Leader, Maggie - Refreshment Coordinator, Angela - Community Service, and Reese - News Reporter. We made snowmen to enter as a Club Craft at the Fair and played a card tower building game. Merry Clovers, the new group of clovers in the Valley Urbanites, also met and did snowmen crafts. Meagan is planning a run/walk for cancer in memory of her dad in June. More information will be shared as available.

The 4-H Achievers Club 4H Achievers has selected new officers for the year of 2017! Officers are: President, Buck; Vice-President, Wally; Secretary, Adam; Treasurer, Bran-don; Reporter, Justice; and Historians, Sarah and Nia. We hope to have a good year with our new officers. Justice, Reporter 4-H Achievers 2017 Club officers: From left: Brandon, Justice, Adam, Buck, Wally, Nia, and Sarah.

Christmas Party– (left set of pictures) top left: making wreaths out of penny craft Mrs. Kelly, Rhiannon, and Eva. Top right: trying to open the present that has wrapping paper on it Aubrey, Meghan, Maggie. Bottom: 4-Hers holding the hats, gloves, and scarves we collected for Head Start. Top: Maggie, Eva, Kendall, Sarah, Angela, Caroline, Aubrey. Bottom: Lillian, Meagan, and Grace. January Meeting– top: The new officers after we lit our candles Reese, Lillian, Meagan, Kendall, Angela, Aubrey, Eva. Bottom left: The snow-men craft that we did when we were finished. Top: Kendall, Grace, Aubrey, Jeremiah, Meagan. Bottom: Sarah, Eva, Reese, Lillian. Bottom right: Playing a game building a card tower Angela , Jeremiah, Eva, Aubrey.

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Members of the Lewistown 4-H and Cloverbud club have been very busy in the last few months of 2016. In October, members visited the Lawyer’s Corn Maze in Thurmont. Many went through the corn maze, tried the zipline, and enjoyed the bon fire too. Cloverbud members were able to participate in many activities located in the large shed at the Lawyer’s Corn Maze. Many thanks to Tatiana Burrier, Cloverbud leader, for arranging this activity and to Taylor Huffman and family at Lawyer’s Corn Maze.

At our November meeting, Donielle Axline conducted the record book presentation so everyone from our club would have great books for 2016. This was very informative and educational to those present. We had a Claire’s Gourmet Popcorn fundraiser in November and the Clo-verbud group also held their pop-up ceremony, where the cloverbuds enjoyed light refreshments, had several members “graduate” to the big club and other fun activities.

Also in November we collected new and gently used coats for the Thur-mont Clothes Closet, located in Thurmont, Maryland.

Our Holiday party was held on December 2, 2016 at Mount St. Mary’s Knott Arena, our club collected canned goods and items for Christmas for a needy family which we adopted from the Lewistown Elementary School. Our adopted family was one of 18 families at the school adopt-ed during the holiday season. We also provided food for Christmas din-ner and other household items, clothing, and other items which the family requested.

At our January meeting our community service project will be collect-ing hats and gloves for school children.

We are looking forward to a fun and exciting year in 2017.

Lewistown Mt. View 4-H Club On December 2, 2016 the Lewistown Mountain View 4-H Club and their families had a Christmas party at Mount Saint Mary's College. We had lot's of fun! Many played basketball while some went swimming. We played guessing games, and had pizza and snacks afterwards!

January 16, 2017 we had our club meeting and played guessing games. After the meeting we had snacks and drinks. Our cloverbuds met at the same time in a different room. The 2017 Lewistown Club Officer's are: President: Tiffany, Vice-Presidents: Morgan and Konner, Secretary: Destiney, Treasurer: Morgan, Correspondent: Taylor, and Reporter: Tarrah.

Submitted by: Tarrah, Lewistown Club Reporter.

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The Bug Patrol 4-H Club Members of The Bug Patrol did a behind the scenes tour of the insect collection at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History on 15 January. Members learned a little about the size of the collection and were able to see some specimens not normally seen by the public. Here are a few photos of the day.

In December, members of The Bug Patrol held their annual holiday party. In addition to holding elections for club offic-ers, two members gave excellent presentations, club members who had exhibited their collections this year were able to select an exotic insect to add to their collection, and we all shared a lot of food (most with an insect theme). A good time was had by all.

Middletown Dairy 4-H Club The Middletown Dairy 4-H Club has been busy the last couple of months! We met in December at Pizza Hut to enjoy a Christmas dinner together and to wrap gifts we bought for 2 families in need. Later in December some of our members took blankets we had been working on to a veterans home. The veterans were so appreciative. In January, our club held our annual awards banquet. We enjoyed good food and fellowship at the Burkittsville Community Hall. We installed new officers and received awards for the year. We have many community service activities planned so far this year and we are excited to begin another year in 4-H!

Submitted by Josh

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All Stars 4-H Talent Needed: The Frederick County 4-H All Stars are hosting the 4-H All Star Interstate July 13-16, 2017. 4-H All Stars from Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Mississippi, and Maine will be attending. 4-H members are invited to participate in the Talent Show Thursday evening July 13th at 7:00 PM at the Hampton Inn, 1565 Opossumtown Pike, Frederick. Call Viola Noffsinger at 301-418-1760 if you wish to participate. 4-H leaders, please encourage your talented 4-H members to share their expertise and talent (musical, public speaking/demonstrating, humor, juggling, or ???) The Soda Pop Man will be part of the evening’s program. With your help, it will be a fun event.

Johnsville 4-H Club Johnsville 4-H Club has been very busy. Our club made goodie baskets for the home bound and older residents of Johnsville. The baskets included ham sandwiches, soup, deserts, apple butter, crafts, and fruit. We went Christmas carol-ing through the town and hand delivered all the baskets. At our December meeting we had our installation of officers cer-emony. Members also received their pottery back that they made on the craft day in Frederick. Members played bingo at Crumland in December and we made holiday crafts filled with candy for them. On New Year's Eve, we all went bowling and had a great time hanging out with our 4-H family! Our club members are preparing their speech and demonstrations for our club speech/demo day in February. We look forward to our February meeting were we will be getting a tour of the firehall.

All Star Meeting: Frederick County 4-H All Stars held their annual break-fast meeting Saturday, January 28th at the Mountain Gate Family Restau-rant in Thurmont. Those attending enjoyed the wonderful Mountain Gate breakfast buffet. All Stars inducted 50 and 25 years ago were honored. Those attending were Karen Mullen Sowell and Ruth Lenhart (both 25 year inductees). Officers re-elected are: Viola Noffsinger (president), Wanda Embrey (vice-president), and Pat Fellows (secretary-treasurer). Business topics included: record book judging and awards, volunteers for the 4-H Building during the Frederick Fair, scouting, phone tree, fund-raising, Interstate Conference being held July 13-16 at the Hampton Inn, Frederick, MD, Semi-Annual Conference being held April 8th at the Queen Anne’s County 4-H Park, Centreville, MD, and the Annual Meeting being held June 24th at the Howard County Fairgrounds.

The next Frederick County All Star meeting and potluck will be held in June at 5:30 PM at the Camp Center before the 4-H Campfire – date will be available soon. Call Viola Noffsinger at 301-418-1760 if you have ques-tions about the All Stars or want to be more involved. If you are an All Star and have not been contacted to up-date your All Star records, call Jan Dommerich at 301-371-5610. We have about 110 of 419 records to up-date.

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“Fire Power” 4-H Shooting Sports Club

Frederick County 4-H Shooting Sports Program presents annual drawing winner with a new camouflage 4X4 UTV at the Frederick County Extension Office. Ron Mullins of Ox-ford, PA was this year's Grand Prize winner. Christmas came early for some winners recently of the 5th Annual Sportsman's Drawing especially for the UTV Grand Prize winner. Ron Mullins of Oxford, Pennsylvania bought his winning ticket at the Maryland State 4-H Shotgun Match in October at PG County Trap & Skeet where his daughter Heather was competing in the match representing Cecil County 4-H "Young Guns". Heather was just as excited to claim the top prize from the drawing stating that 'we have a place to ride it... and I'm ready to try it out!'. Heather has been shooting for a few years and her father said the UTV would come in handy when towing & hauling target throw-ers and equipment while practicing shooting clay targets. This was the first time the grand prize was won by a "fellow 4-Her" and the club members were just as happy for her and her family. "Shotgun" is one of 6 main disciplines taught and practiced in the 4-H Shooting Sports Program, one of the most popu-lar among members and can be one of the most expensive. Many of the Frederick County 4-H Shooting Sports Club "Fire-Power" members are also ATA/AIM members and are no strangers to competing in state and national matches.

During the Annual Maryland State 4-H Shotgun Match held in PG County on October 22nd, 12 Maryland Coun-ties were represented. The October event focused not only on each participant's shooting ability, but discipline, respect, procedures, safety, knowledge and rules of each of the 3 shotgun 'games' including Skeet, Trap and Sport-ing Clays. This year 73 youth participated from across the state in (3) 4-H age groups ranging from 8 to 18 years old and one category "Advanced Seniors" for those members who have already competed at Nationals.

Frederick County 4-H had 9 participants in the State 4-H Shotgun Match this year. Senior members (ages 15-18) with the top 10 scores from the State Match have the op-portunity to practice on the "State Practice Team" to hone their skills with a chance to be chosen to represent Maryland at the National 4-H Shooting Sports Shotgun Match to be held in Grand Island, Nebraska on June 25-30, 2017. Starting in January 2017 the "State Practice Team" will travel to practice together at various ranges across the state and receive a more intense training to help hone their skills. They will be required to submit to oral inter-views and essay to narrow the group. The final "State Team" of 4 members and a team alternate will be chosen and announced in late Spring at Schrader's 4-H Founda-tion Shooting Sports Fundraiser. (continued on pg 13)

Pictured are (Front L-R) Club Leader- Chuck Farmer, Prize win-ner- Ron Mullins, Frederick County 4-H Educator- Todd McKin-ney, (Back L-R) Club Treasurer- Zach, 4-H Club members- Buck, Morgan, Heather (Cecil Co.), Waylon, Wally and Frederick Coun-ty 4-H Educator- Donielle Axline. (Photo by Wendy Leatherman)

2016 Maryland State 4-H Shotgun Match Frederick County mem-bers- (L-R) Abigail, Morgan, PJ, Hunter, Mo, Marques, AJ, Evan and (Kyle not pictured).

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The University of Maryland, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources programs are open to all and will not discriminate against anyone because of race, age, sex, color, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry, or national origin, marital status, genetic information, or political affiliation, or gender identity and expression.

“Fire Power” 4-H Shooting Sports Club

All did very well despite the windy weather. In the Inter-mediate age category for Frederick, Mo placed 3rd in Trap and Hunter placed 2nd in Skeet placing 4th Overall. Also from Frederick in the Senior age category, Club member PJ of Jefferson scored 1st place in Trap and 2nd Over-all securing a spot on the State Practice Team. PJ is committed to working hard and practicing to sharp-en his abilities despite the weather and has his eye on representing Frederick County and Maryland as a Shotgun State Team Member at Nationals. He is also at the top in his academics with a busy schedule and some-times can be found working on homework- even at a shooting match while wait-ing for his turn to "take the line". To help support PJ with ex-penses or to make a tax de-ductible donation to the pro-gram contact the Frederick County 4-H Extension Office at 330 Montevue Lane; Fred-erick, MD 21702 or call 301-600-1589. For a complete list of winners from the Sportsman’s Drawing or for more information about the 4-H Shooting Sports Program contact: shooting-sports@frederickcounty4-h.org

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The University of Maryland, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources programs are open to all and will not discriminate against anyone because of race, age, sex, color, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry, or national origin, marital status, genetic information, or political affiliation, or gender identity and expression.

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MD 4-H Shooting Sports Dates Shooting Sports dates for 2017 Maryland 4-H Foundation Sporting Clays Fundraiser - April 1 - Schraders Out-

doors- Henderson State 4-H Shooting Sports Instructor Workshop- April 21-23, Thendara 4-H

Center 4-H Shooting Sports National Championships - June 25-30, Grand Island Ne-

braska (please note that the name changed from Invitational in 2015) State 4-H Smallbore Rifle Match - September 9 - AGC Gun Club, Marriottsville State 4-H Archery Match - (Tentative) Carroll County Ag Center - Tentative

date October 7 State 4-H Shotgun Match - October 28 - Prince Georges Trap & Skeet Center

Turkey Project Frederick County 4-H along with South-ern States will be offering a Meat Tur-key project for 2017. Members will be able to enter their turkeys in the Great Frederick Fair, and qualify to sell in the Meat Turkey Sale. Interested individu-als will receive three (3) turkeys to ar-rive in May.

Each youth is expected to feed accord-ing to recommendations of appropriate feed, and no weight enhancers will be allowed. Then at fair time each exhibi-tors will be allowed to select one (1) bird to be shown and brought to fair. For more information or to sign up please email Jennie at schiaz-zi@umd.edu

Beef Workshop & Field Day Welcome to the 2017 4-H Beef Work-shop & Field Day, an activity to encour-age participation in the 4-H Beef Pro-ject. Our two day, overnight event will be held April 1st and 2nd at the Freder-ick Fairgrounds in Building 18. The workshop on Saturday will be packed full of basic knowledge and skills along with expanding into advanced topics for those ready for more!

4-H youth of all knowledge levels are encouraged to attend our two day event. Each youth will need to bring an animal (steer or heifer). Those requir-ing meeting attendance credit must at-tend on Saturday. Youth may partici-pate on Saturday and/or Sunday. 4-H’ers spending the night must be ac-companied by an adult family member. Sleeping areas will be provided in the barn; or families may elect to bring their campers, however electrical and sewer hookup may not be available.

Registration is due at the Beef, Sheep & Swine Meeting on 3/8/17 or the 4-H Office by 3/10/17.

Registration form: https://extension.umd.edu/frederick-county/4h-youth-development/newsletters

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Camp and Activities Center Community Service

Club Leaders - please contact Christy Fuss at the Camp Cen-ter 240-397-9442 prior to your club’s month to see when and if your club’s help is needed for any events.

Feb - Bits ‘N’ Bridles, Middletown Valley Dairy Mar - Alpha Alpaca, Goat Club, Shookstown Apr - Boots ‘N’ Buckles, Kaleidoscope, Valley Urbanites May - BSS Club, Jefferson Co-Eds, Firepower SS Jun - Calico Clovers, Middletown Valley Youth, Tailwaggers Jul - (camp) Aug - Jr. Dairy, Rocky Ridge, The 4-H Achievers Sep - (fair) Oct - Bug Patrol, Paddock Pals Nov - Greener Pastures, Johnsville Dec - Tom’s Creek, Walkersville

Maryland Day 2016 Saturday, April 29th

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Club Leaders:

Spring Leader’s Meeting: Thursday, March 23rd; 6:30 p.m. Includes dinner please RSVP to Jennie at schiazzi@umd.edu

4-H Scholarships Be sure to check our webpage http://extension.umd.edu/frederick-county/4h-youth-development/awards-and-scholarships for updated information about upcoming scholarship due dates and application forms.

Frederick County and Beef Sheep and Swine Scholarships are due March 1st by 4:00 p.m. to the 4-H Office.

There will be two $500 Camp Center Scholar-ships awarded. Applications are to be post-marked by March 1st and mailed to Jen Martin.

Central Cluster Events Healthy Lifestyles Workshop: https://goo.gl/forms/3sbTjPvj2EvIsi2v1 Monday, February 20th from 8:30 am - 2:30 pm at the Montgomery County Extension Office. Learn about how to live a healthy life by cooking and eating right and by exercis-ing. There will be a guest speaker, followed by hands-on workshops. Please bring a bag lunch.

Visual Presentation Workshop: https://goo.gl/forms/rHVjIPEargLDdlOp2 Saturday, February 25th from 9 am - 12 pm at the Frederick County Extension Office. Learn to effectively use visu-als when giving a presentation or a demo! Not only will you find these skills useful in school, but you can use what you learn to com-pete in the demonstrations at the county and state fairs.

Cluster Sewing Workshop: Monday, April 17th from 9 am - 3 pm at the Frederick County Extension Office. Registration information to come.

Public Speaking Info: Early April, more information to come

State 4-H Communications Contest Our State 4-H Communications Contest will again be a part of the University of Maryland – MARYLAND DAY activities on Saturday, April 29, 2017. All of our 4-H Families are invited to attend the College Park Campus – Maryland Day Open House. Our County 4-H Public Speaking Champions are invited to register through 4-H Online to participate in the State Communications Contest.

Registered County Champions should report to the Plant Sciences Building on campus to check in for the day between 9:30 – 10:30 am. They will be directed to their Speaking/Judging Rooms and will give their speeches between 10 am – Noon. The Awards will be presented on Ag Avenue under the Tent at 3:00 pm.

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Camp and Activities Center Events 20/20 Cash Drawing & Dinner: Saturday, April 1, 2017 6:15 pm - 9:00 pm. $25 donation includes meal ( Fried Chicken, Ham, Steam Shrimp and Adult Beverages) and 1 guest. Doors open at 6:15 pm, eat at 7 pm For tickets, call Deb @ 301-668-2272. Sportsman's Drawing: Sunday, April 9, 2017 1:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. $35 donation includes meal ( Fried Chicken, Roast Beef and Adult Beverages ) and 1 guest. Doors open at 1:00 pm, eat at 2:30 pm, call Jenn @ 240-446-1048. Annual Dinner: Monday April 24, 2017 6:00 pm. All 4-H families are welcome to attend. Dinner is provided by the camp center at no cost, families must RSVP to attend. RSVPs to Christy at 301-898-0039 by April 3rd.

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National Poultry & Egg Conference Maryland Takes Top Honors At National 4H Convention

Maryland was well represented at the National Poultry & Egg Conference held at the Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center in Lou-isville, Kentucky. The National Contest consisted of 76 contest-ants from 19 states. The contest was broken down into 3 divi-sions: Production Hens/Reasons class, Egg Division, and Market Poultry. In the Production Hens/Reasons class contestants judge and place 3 classes of live Leghorn production hens and give rea-sons to defend their placing. Next, the egg division is where eggs are graded by USDA standards for interior, exterior, and broken-out qualities. Then, they grade ready-to-cook market poultry and have a parts ID class.

Congratulations to Jaclyn and Amanda for making the National Team and for doing so well.

Maryland Dairy Princess The Frederick County Maryland Dairy Princess Com-mittee is seeking candidates for the 2017-2018 Fred-erick County Maryland Dairy Princess. Candidates must: Maintain residency in Frederick County, Maryland

(they may attend an out-of-state college) Be the owner of at least one dairy animal in a 4-H

or FFA project and/or enrolled in a dairy-related project for at least two years, including dairy foods, dairy judging and/or dairy leasing pro-grams (NOT dairy goats and dairy steers); OR be the daughter of a dairy farmer, dairy farm manag-er or herdsman, employee in a dairy related in-dustry (farm store, cooperative, DHIA, feed suppli-er, veterinarian, milk inspector, etc.); OR be em-ployed herself as one of the above.

Be 16 years old or turn 16 during 2017 and must not reach her 22nd birthday by Dec. 31, 2017. (Candidate may not hold a farm queen or dairy breed queen title that would cross over for more than three months.)

The Frederick County Dairy Princess serves as an offi-cial ambassador for the county’s dairy industry, help-ing communicate with people about dairy farmers’ stewardship for animals and natural resources, the safety and wholesomeness of dairy products and the economic importance of dairy to Frederick County’s economy. The chosen princess must go on to repre-sent the county at the Maryland State Dairy Princess Contest on July 11 and 12, 2017 at the FSK Holiday Inn in Frederick.

A completed resume, two recipes with dairy ingredi-ents, a professional picture (jpeg.) and letter of inter-est is due to Debra Spurrier, 8525 Gambrill Park Rd.; Frederick, MD 21702 or via email at dvltrt@aol.com by April 25, 2017.

The committee is also looking for Dairy Maids to rep-resent Frederick County, Maryland. The Dairy Maid program prepares future princesses and provides promotional opportunities for younger dairy enthusi-asts. Eligible young ladies turning 13 during 2017 through age 16 may become a dairy maid. Dairy maids are required to attend the training seminar at the Maryland State Dairy Princess Contest the after-noon of July 12, 2017. For more information, e-mail Mrs. Spurrier with a letter of interest at dvltrt@aol.com

The county contest will be held Sunday, May 21, 2017 at a location TBD.

Coach Angelique Livezey, Jaclyn (Frederick County) placed 36th overall, Amanda (Frederick County) placed 38th overall, Lauren (Montgomery County) placed 8th overall, Molly (Carroll County) placed 13th overall, and Coach Donna Bailey.

Barbara Jenkins, Vice President of Education and Student pro-grams US Poultry, Molly, Jacquelyn, Lauren, and Amanda. The Mar-yland Team received 1st place in the Production Hens/Reasons class at the National 4-H Convention and the team was 5th overall in the contest.

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The University of Maryland, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources programs are open to all and will not discriminate against anyone because of race, age, sex, color, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry, or national origin, marital status, genetic information, or political affiliation, or gender identity and expression.

UME Volunteer Information Interested in becoming a certified UME 4-H Volunteer? Its a simple 3 step process: 1. Go to the Frederick County 4-H website http://extension.umd.edu/frederick-county/4h-youth-development/

ume-volunteers and fill out and return the necessary forms by email or postal mail to: Attn: Lisa, UME Freder-ick County 4-H, 330 Montevue Lane, Frederick, MD 21702 or lstrong@umd.edu

2. After your completed paperwork has been returned to the office Lisa will contact you to schedule an over the phone Interview which takes about 10-15 minutes.

3. After your Interview Lisa will sign you up for the online orientation training.

After these steps are done and all paperwork is in, the 4-H Educator will review your file and when approved you will receive a welcome email and will be asked to set up an online profile. To keep your certified volunteer status current each year you will need to sign a Renewal Appointment Agreement. Any questions contact Lisa Strong at lstrong@umd.edu or 301-600-1595.

Month Date Time Page

February 1 8:-00 am 1 Camp Registration Begins on Eventbrite

10 7:00 pm 1 4-H Royalty’s Valentine’s Day Dance @ FC 4-H Camp Center

12-18 2 Ag Week at the Mall (FSK Mall)

20 8:30 am 15 Cluster Healthy Lifestyles Workshop @ Montgomery County UME 4-H Office

22 7:00 pm 3 Beef, Sheep & Swine Advisory Meeting @ FC UME 4-H Office

25 9:00 am 15 Cluster Visual Presentation Workshop @ Frederick County UME 4-H Office

March 1 4:00 pm 14 Deadline: FC and BSS Scholarships to FC 4-H Office

1 Postmarked 14 Deadline: FC Camp and Activities Center Scholarships to Jen Martin

1 4 Deadline: Goat Getaway Overnight Registration to Laura Ramsburg

8 7:00 pm 3 Beef, Sheep & Swine Meeting @ FC 4-H Camp Center

17-18 4 Goat Getaway Overnight @ FC 4-H Camp Center

18 3:00 pm 13 Fun Shoot - Shooting Sports Club @ Thurmont Conservation

23 6:30 pm 15 Leader’s Meeting @ FC UME 4-H Office

31 4:00 pm 14 Deadline: Broiler Chick Project Registration to FC 4-H Office

April 11 6:00 pm 1 Achievement Night @ FC 4-H Camp Center

12 7:00 pm 3 Beef, Sheep & Swine Meeting @ FC 4-H Camp Center

17 9:00 am 15 Cluster Sewing workshop @ FC UME 4-H Office

21 3 Deadline: Wills Fair entries to Carroll County UME Office

29 15 Maryland Day @ University of MD College Park Campus

29 15 State 4-H Communications Contest @ MD Day, UME College Park Campus

May 6 5 Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival

20 3 Wills Fair @ Howard County Fairgrounds

22 16 FC Maryland Dairy Princess Contest

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