The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service programs are available to all, without regard to race, color, age, sex, creed, national origin, or disability and in accordance with all applicable federal laws. Provided in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pete Pinney, Interim Director, Alaska Cooperative Extension, University of Alaska Fairbanks. The University of Alaska Fairbanks is an affi rmative action/equal opportunity employer and educational institution.

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Tanana District

Cooperative Extension Service * Tanana District Offi ce * P.O. Box 758155 * Fairbanks, AK 99775-8155 * 907-474-2420

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Editor: Marla Lowder4-H/Youth Development Agent (fnmkl1@uaf.edu)Production Layout & Design: Debbie Tindell (fndft@uaf.edu)

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Page Contents 2 Calendar Horse Certifi cates Sewing Class - 9 Patch Quilt 3 Bio for Glenda Franich Leadership Means Some- times You Must Learn Too eXtension more mind reach National 4-H Directory of Materials Launched! 4 Medical Health Information 5 Jr. Jamboree Registration 6 Cloverbud Registration 7 Livestock Update Showmanship Clinic8&9 2nd Annual Horse Contest

June 2008

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Well, another month has come and went and here we are fi nally in summer. This past month has been busy with weigh-in for large livestock, meetings, and the tack swap. The upcoming month should be very fun and adventurous. There will be showmanship clinics, schooling shows, and one of my favorites—Jr.

Jamboree Camp! We have a full slate of excellent counselors this year and it looks like the adult staff is increasing a little more. Look inside for the registration form for camp and get your kids ready to go racing in the “Amazing Race.” In July we are getting set to do Cloverbud Camp and looks like we have fi ve great counselors for this camp. I would like to thank Tami Seekins for volunteering to help with this camp this year; she will be an added asset to the camp. Don’t forget the fi rst aid class which is Friday, June 6, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. It is a reasonably low cost of $8. If it fi lls up

and there are enough people, we will do a second class. This is for both leaders and teens. Stop and see Debbie to register and pay your money to sign up for the class. It is always fun to be active and outdoors with the youth and it is good for us both mentally and physically. So for now, enjoy the summer and the greenery along with the fl owers, but most of all enjoy your family, as they are the most important things you have.

Way to Go Seniors!

Hannah Beck, Brittney Bolt, Tara Larry, Katie Mitchell and Lauren Wilfer

Congratulations Lauren Wilfer and Hannah Beck ~

They are this yearʼs recipients of the Tanana District 4-H Scholarship.

Congratulations to Tara Larry ~

The recipient of the state 4-H one-year tuition waiver to UAF.

June2 - Cloverbud Camp Counselor Applica-tion due2-5 - Tanana District 4-H Horse Camp, Delta Junction3 - State Leaders Audio, Room 154, 6-8 p.m.6 - First Aid/CPR, Room TBD, 8 a.m.- 5 p.m., MUST PRE-REGISTER10 - Leaders Council Meeting, Room 154, 6:30-8:30 p.m.10-12 - Sewing, Room 154, 1-5 p.m.13 - Horse Certifi cates due to 4-H of-fi ce (offi ce closes 5 p.m.)16 - Teen Council Meeting, Room 154, 5:30-8:30 p.m.17-19 - Sewing, Room 154, 1-5 p.m.23-26 - 4-H Junior Jamboree, Twin Bears Camp

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Tentative Schedule of Events for4-H Year 2007/2008

~Watch for changes each month~June

2 - Cloverbud Camp Counselor Application due2-5 - Tanana District 4-H Horse Camp, Delta Junction3 - State Leaders Audio, Room 154, 6-8 p.m.6 - First Aid/CPR Class, Room TBD, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.10 - Leaders Council Meeting, Room 154, 6:30-8:30 p.m.10-12 - Sewing, Room 154, 1-5 p.m.13 - Horse Certificates due to 4-H office (office closes 5 p.m.)16 - Teen Council Meeting, Room 154, 5:30-8:30 p.m.17-19 - Sewing, Room 154, 1-5 p.m.23-26 - 4-H Junior Jamboree, Twin Bears Camp

July8 - Leaders Council Meeting, Room 154, 6:30-8:30 p.m.14-16 - Cloverbud Day Camp, Georgeson Botanical Gardens, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.21 - Teen Council Meeting, Room 154, 5:30-8:30 p.m.26 - Non-Perishables Entry Day, Upper Totem Building, Fair-grounds, 1-6 p.m.28 - Favorite Foods, Upper Totem Building, Fairgrounds, 12 p.m.29 - Home Garden Tour, Meeting Place TBD, 4 p.m.31 - Perishables Entry Day, Upper Totem Building, Fair-grounds, 1-6 p.m.

August1-9 - TVSF, “Pirates of the Carrots & Beans”4 - Fashion Revue & Performing Arts, Ptarmigan Stage, Fair-grounds, beginning 1 p.m.4-6 - Horse Show, Fairgrounds, Sunshine Arena5 - Bake Off, Badger Hall, Fairgrounds, beginning 9 a.m.8 - Market Livestock Project Auction Buyer BBQ, Fair-grounds, Golden Wheel Pavilion, 4 p.m.8 - Market Livestock Auction, Fairgrounds, Golden Wheel Pavilion, 6 p.m.10 - Exhibit Pick-Up, Fairgrounds, beginning 1 p.m.18 - Teen Council, Room 154, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

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Tied Nine Patch Quilt!

When: June 10, 11, 12, 17, 18 and 19Time: 1-5 p.m.Where: Old U-Park Building, Room 154Fee: $5 plus materials

Material List: (Fabric can be either cotton or flannel, de-pending on which fabric the person making the quilt likes.)Batting, 40x52 inchesBacking, 2 yardsFabric for 6 inch squares, 1 yard2 fabrics for the 9 patch squares, 3/4 yard eachBorder, 1 1/2 yardsNeutral color thread (light beige, tan or gray)

It is recommended to prewash and dry the fabric so the quilt doesn’t shrink unevenly after all of the work that will be involved in it. The most important thing is that the person making the quilt likes the fabric they are working with. The three pieces should look nice together. There should be contrast between the three pieces so that the pattern is visible. When thinking about contrast you can look at lights and darks—the use of different colors. Another way is to think about value. This refers to using a dark green, medium green a light green. The use of one solid in a nine patch usually makes for a nice look. To sign up, contact Patsy at 479-4529 or patsyp@ acsalaska.net. Sign-up is necessary in order for Patsy to know how many other adult sewers she’ll need to recruit for help.

Here’s Ashley Clark wearing her completed kuspuk from Patsy’s last sewing class.

Horse Certificates

4-H Horse Certificates are due on Friday, June 13 by 4 p.m. for those NOT participating in the June 4-H Clinic & School-ing Show. The normal due date of June 15 falls on a Sunday this year so the deadline has been changed to June 13. Those registered for the June Schooling Show would have submit-ted their 4-H Horse Certificate with their show entry by May 23, 4 p.m. Failure to turn the 4-H Horse Certificate in on time will make youth ineligible to show at fair! Lead-ers, remember to check with your club members before they leave town for summer vacation.

Getting answers to life’s questions just got a lot easier with the launch of Cooper-ative Extension Ser-vice’s valuable new

online resource: www.eXtension.org Consumers may use the searchable site to get research-based answers from experts at land-grant universities across America who study subjects relevant to everyday life. Curious minds can find a range of information including tips on how to calculate their retirement readiness score, ease credit card debt or grow the best toma-toes on the block. Use the extension site to “Ask the Experts” or to contact more than 3,000 local Cooperative Extension offices with professionals who can help you locally. You’ll get customized answers to your specific needs and more than 36,000 answers to frequently answered questions.

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Glenda Franich is the judge for the4-H Horse Clinic - Schooling Show

June 12-15, 2008

Glenda Franich is a native Oregonian and spent her youth in the greater Portland area as a 4-H club member in the Clackamas County 4-H Horse Program. During her last year as a 4-H senior, Glenda was awarded the E.L. “Dad” Potter Senior 4-H Horsemanship Award, the highest medal in the Oregon 4-H horsemanship program. She competed in western and English equitation, trail and gymkhana events on a horse she trained from a yearling. Glenda loves working with youth and horses and has been a club leader and horse program judge for over 30 years. Glenda is a certi-fied Senior 4-H Evaluator Judge and is also carded with the Oregon High School Equestrian Team (OHSET) program, Pacific Northwest 4-H Horse Program, Oregon Horsemen’s Association, Pony of the Americas Club and is a member of and certified judge for the Miss Rodeo Oregon Pageant. She is a past Princess and Queen of the Molalla Buckeroo and currently serves on the Queen and Court Committee. Glenda is a graphic artist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and manages the printing production for publications originating in many of the western United States. She is the publicity/promotions chair for the National Association for Interpretation, a professional organization dedi-cated to advancing the profession of heritage interpretation currently serv-ing over 5,000 members in the United States, Canada and over 30 other nations. Glenda lives south of Canby, Oregon with her husband Jim, three horses and two kitties. They enjoy a small farm and the strong sense of community in the area. They love the outdoors, hiking, skiing, water sports and just hanging out at home.

Leadership Means Sometimes You Must Learn Too

When you became a leader, why did you do it? The majority would say to help educate the youth. There are times when new things come up and the youth want to learn them, but you do not know it yourself and you wonder, “How can I teach that when I don’t know it?” Here is the great thing about life; we are never done learning! There are times we must step out of our comfort zone and either learn one step ahead of the youth or learn right along with them. What a great opportunity it is for you as leaders. I have seen leaders who want their youth to succeed so they are constantly trying to find someone to teach the youth in their club. This is a good thing to do once in a while, but stop and think who is the leader? If you are going to help those kids grow in knowledge why don’t you get that person to teach you and then you can teach the youth in your club? Plus, you are becoming knowledgeable to help future youth and you aren’t being left behind. So I would encourage you the next time your youth want to learn something, how about you do the research and learn about it first? Then you can teach it to your youth.

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Tanana District 4-H News June 2008Medical/Health Information

Name Birthdate Sex Age

Parent or Guardian Work Phone

Home Phone

Address

City Zip

Emergency Contact (Other than Parent) Phone

Family Physician Phone

Under doctor’s care now? If yes, please explain

Prescribed Medicine (All meds must be turned in to chaperone or camp nurse.)Allergies to medications? List

Health History Is youth subject to: Indicate YES or NO Hernia Hay Fever Nervous Disorders Asthma Frequent Colds Fainting Spells Sleepwalking Ear/Sinus Allergies Insect Stings Drug Sensitivity Enuresis Epilepsy Heart Trouble Diabetes (Take insulin?) (Bed wetting) Bleeding/clotting disorders Food Allergies

If YES on any of the above, pleases explain

Has the youth had: Indicate YES or NO Poliomyelitis Hay Fever Rheumatic Fever Appendicitis Attack Measles Mumps Chicken Pox Whooping Cough Scarlet Fever

Is the youth pregnant? Date of last Tetanus Booster:

Identify any physical/emotional problems that would prevent full participation in the program.

Emergency Authorization: I hereby give my permission to the medical staff selected by the Cooperative Ex-tension Service faculty/staff to order x-rays, routine tests and treatment for the above named youth. In the event I cannot be reached in an emergency, I hereby give my consent to emergency obligations incurred if not covered by insurance.

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4-H Junior JamboreeAmazing Race

Registration Form

June 23-26, 2008Twin Bears Camp

Please detach and return by June 15 (Include Medical/Health Form) to:4-H Junior Jamboree Cooperative Extension Service Make checks payable to: P.O. Box 758155 Tanana District 4-H Leaders Council Fairbanks, AK 99775-8155

Camper’s Name: Gender: Grade Completed

Mailing Address: City: Zip:

Parent’s Name: Home Phone: Work Phone:

Are you currently enrolled as a 4-H member? Check fee enclosed: $90 4-H Member $105 Non-4-H Member $80 Additional Family 4-H Members

PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY

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This overnight camp is designed for youth who are going into grades 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8. Twin Bears Camp is located on Chena Hot Springs Road, between 29 and 30 miles out. Youth will rotate through classes based on the “Amazing Race” theme. Swimming, crafts, group games, campfi re ceremonies, skits, and singing will still be a part of the traditional camp fun. Campers will belong to a cabin group headed by a high school-aged 4-H counselor. Adult 4-H leaders and the 4-H agent will act as chaperones, directors and volunteer leaders of activities.

CAMPERS ARRIVE AT 6 p.m. ON JUNE 23, LEAVE AT 11 a.m. JUNE 26DINNER WILL NOT BE PROVIDED FOR CAMPERS ON JUNE 23

Registration Fee: $90 for 4-H Members ($80 for additional enrolled family members); $105 for Non-4-H Members

----------------Capacity: 50 Campers

Deadline: June 16 ($20 late fee will be collected)

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Please detach and return to: Cloverbud Day Camp

Cooperative Extension Service P.O. Box 758155 Fairbanks, AK 99775-8155

PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY OR TYPE

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS JUNE 27, 2008. THERE WILL BE A LATE FEE OF $15.

Name: Gender: F M

Mailing Address: City: Zip:

Parent’s Name: Grade Just Completed:

Home Phone: Parent’s Work Phone

Are you currently enrolled as a 4-H member? Yes No

Check fee enclosed: $35, 4-H Member $40, NON 4-H Member

*******INCLUDE MEDICAL FORM WITH REGISTRATION********

Make checks payable to: Tanana District 4-H Leaders Council

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Cloverbud Day CampJuly 14-16, 2008

Georgeson Botanical Gardens, UAF Campus Fairbanks

Registration Form

Day camp will present an adventure in the out-of-doors for children who are just completing grades K, 1 and 2. It provides the fun of camp with the security of evenings at home. Nature observations, crafts, games and educational adventures all will be designed to the interest and attention span of this age group. FUN will be the key ingredient.

The program will begin each day at 9:30 a.m. and conclude at 1 p.m. Staff will include Exten-sion agent, volunteer junior Teens, adult leaders and resource people from the community.

Registration Fee: $35 for 4-H members $40 for NON 4-H members Late Fee: $15 (Deadline for registration is June 27, 2008.) Capacity: 25 children for those just completing K-2

Information: Tanana District Extension Offi ce, 474-2420 or 474-2427

What To Bring: Sack lunch, rain boots and jacket. Juice will be provided and a potluck family picnic will take place on the last day.

Guidelines according to the State veterinarian, Dr. Robert Gerlach -(Note whether the statements are “suggested” or “re-quired”.)

Vaccinations: Cattle and Bison - Suggested IBR-Bovine Rhinotracheitis BVD-Bovine Virus Diarrhea PI-3-Parainfluenza 3 Young Beef are not included because of their age. Swine - Required Erysipelas - 2 shots 3 weeks apartProof that these were given must be submitted on Entry Day. Proof consists of the following: Name of the vaccine Manufacturer Lot number Expiration Date Date the vaccine was given Who administered the vaccine Sheep and Goats - Suggested CDT-clostridium perfringes type D & tetanus

Things the veterinarian will look for on delivery day:Animals should be free of warts, external lymph nodes for enlargement (especially on sheep and goats), infectious or contagious diseases to include external parasites, clinical signs of dermatitis (ringworm), and castration when applicable. You should have the animal in the best physical shape prior to going to the fair. This includes good nutrition, vaccinations and parasite control. These precautions will enable the animal to have a strong immune system and avoid getting ill when they are exposed to the other animals and the stress of being away from home and at the fair.

Important Dates:June 7 - Fitting and Showing Clinic at Steve Davila’s, 875 Luthers Loop, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.June 27 - Sheep, Goats and Rabbits Showmanship Clinic, 1:30 p.m. at Annette Bray’s home, 488-0872.June 27-29 - Moveable Scale - Call Steve Rice, 488-4564 to set up a time. If not enough interest, will be canceled.July 1 - Stop feeding any medicated feeds to all market ani-mals.July 6-14 - Weigh-in Week. All Market Small Animals (tur-keys, geese, ducks, chickens, and rabbits) projects beginning weights must be turned into the 4-H Office along with a fully body close-up picture of the animal with the date the picture was taken and 4-H band number or tattoo number for rabbits.July 12 - An organized weigh-in for turkeys, geese, and ducks will be held at Tanana Valley State Fairgrounds by the barns, 10 a.m.- noon. For those who wish to weigh their animals. Banding and photos will also be made available.

July 18 - Sheep, Rabbits and Goats Showmanship Clinic, 1:30 p.m. at Annette Bray’s home, 488-0872.July 26 - Entry Day, 1-6 p.m. at the Largen Barn - Buyer Con-tacts and Record Books due.July 28 - Barn setup. Potluck when work is finished. 5 p.m.July 31 - Delivery of animals to the fair. Small animals - 2-8 p.m. Large animals - 4-8 p.m.Remember there will be a Vet check before animals can be brought into the barns.August 1 - Mandatory barn meeting, 11 a.m.August 1 - Official Fair Weigh-in, noon-2 p.m.August 10 - Animal pickup day & barn cleanup, 7 a.m.

If you need any further information please contact: Annette Bray, 488-0872, e-mail: bray@mosquitonet.com; Marla Lowder, 474-2427, e-mail: fnmkl1@uaf.edu;Mary Nebert, 457-1670, e-mail: fsmen1@uaf.edu orJeff Werner at 474-6932, e-mail: fnjww@uaf.edu

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June 7 Showmanship Clinic Come to the Davila family home to learn about showing your livestock and poultry animal projects at the fair. All livestock and poultry classes will be represented and everyone will have an opportunity to learn “hands on.” This will also be an excel-lent opportunity to get some experience with animals you may not be raising at home but might want to know how to handle for a Round Robin Showmanship event. You are welcome to bring your own animals if they are healthy, current with any required vaccinations, free of any ex-ternal parasites and you can control them. The East Hills 4-H Club will be selling lunch as a club fund-raiser. For $4 you can by a hamburger or hotdog with chips, drink and a dessert. If you’re really hungry you can get an extra burger or dog for $1 more. During the lunch hour, Carol Davila will conduct a class on making rope halters as another East Hills fund raiser. For $5 you will be provided the rope and taught how to make a halter for sheep, goats, young beef or steers. Two sizes of rope will be available. Below is the schedule of times for the showmanship clinic June 7 at the Davila home. Time Animal Presenter9 a.m. Swine Steve Olson 10 a.m. Beef Priscilla Rice11 a.m. Sheep & Goats BJ Schimtz/Shasta Pomeroy12 – 1 p.m. Lunch (fundraiser lunch available)1 p.m. Poultry Cheryl Pfeffer2 p.m. Rabbits Nancy Graff To get to the Davilas’, take Chena Hot Springs Road to Juni-per (approx. 3.7 mi.). If coming from Fairbanks, turn left onto Juniper drive four-tenths of a mile to Luthers Loop. Turn right onto Luthers Loop and our house is third on the left. 875 is our address and the numbers are on a post at the road. If you have any troubles finding us call 322-1850 or 488-1540. Hope to see you there.

Despite the snow, 50 youth plus their coaches traveled to Fair-banks for the 2nd Annual 4-H State Horse Contest held on April 19 and 20, 2008. It was a great event that we all enjoyed and we even had an FFA team come and participate with us for the Horse Judging segment. The youth arrived on Friday and we started with Horse Judg-ing on Saturday at 8:00 a.m. This segment of the contest was held at Camp Li-Wa, what great facilities! It was really nice to be in out of the weather and have everything we needed there, even extra rooms for tabulating scores. We proceeded in the contest by judging four conformation classes—Mini Mares, Aged Quar-ter Horse Geldings, Half Arabian Geldings and Morgan Mares. They also judged two performance classes—Western Pleasure and English Equitation. The youth receive up to 50 points based on their placings per class. When all was done they grabbed their sack lunch and worked on their reasons, this is where they have to tell why they placed the class the way they did. We have oral reason takers who listen and give them a score of up to another 50 points per class. They had to give oral reasons on the Aged Quarter Horse Geldings and Western Pleasure. There is an official judge who judges the classes and then gives their reasons to our oral reason takers. These individuals listen to the youth and score them. A training was given to those who wanted to learn about reason taking the night before. When all was said and done there was a total of 400 points that could have been earned. For results see end of the article. Later that night we had a BBQ with karaoke and roping along with some attempts at using a bull whip. Teddy from Camp Li-Wa was a great host and made it tons of fun! As for karaoke, I am sure we are all glad that was over because none of us will ever be Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland, who was a former 4-H’er from Georgia. On Sunday we went back to the University of Alaska Fair-banks Campus and had our Demonstrations, Public Speaking and Horse Bowl segments. We all gained new knowledge from all of the demonstrators and public speeches. We had anything from “Trailering Your Horse” to “Blue Ribbon Showing” to “How to Make a Rope Halter.” It was very informative. What a great op-portunity here for youth to learn public speaking skills and being able to express themselves, talk about confidence building. The horse bowl had eight teams that were very competitive and were having a good time. Horse Bowl is a type of “Family Feud” game where there are four to five members to a team and they each have a buzzer. A question is read and the first one to buzz in gets to answer it. Then depending on if the answer is right or wrong they either gain or loose points. The games have 36 questions and it is run in a double elimination process. The winning team this year for Horse Bowl was eyeing a trip to Western 4-H Roundup for a national competition. Excitement was high, but a rule stepped in and stopped them as they all have to be 14 as of January 1, 2008. There are other competitions they could go to, but this is the one they want, so as the coach Jan Rowell stated, “I guess it’s a road trip to Kenai.”

2nd Annual 4-H State Horse Contestby: Marla Lowder 4-H Horse Development Committee Chair

These contests take a lot of volunteers to make them happen and I would like to thank each one of them for their help. We had a committee of five – Martha Kopplin, Lezlie Wilfer, Laurie Kn-uutila, Cari LaValley and myself and then we all found numerous other volunteers to help. Thank you to them and thank you to everyone else, we couldn’t have done it with out you. I also want to say thank you to the youth and their coaches for making this happen. If they did not participate then we would have no need to have the contest. I really enjoy it as I see the life skills that they gain and improve each year by participating. We would also like to thank our 2008 sponsors: Fairbanks Soil and Water Conservation District, C&R Pipe and Steel, Oce-anic Research Services, Camp Li-Wa, Alaska Fair Vendors, Ta-nana District 4-H, Tanana District 4-H Horse Council and Alaska State FFA. Next year we will be down on the Kenai for the contest so if you would like to help, please contact myself at fnmkl1@uaf.edu or drop your name off at the local extension office. Other individ-uals you could talk to about volunteering are Shirley Schollen-berg or Robin Carrico. The Tanana youth are very excited about a road trip to Kenai next year to participate and also a little side trip of shopping in Anchorage. Following are the results for 4-H participants of the contest. FFA awards were handed out at their state conference.

Public Speaking Youth 14-18 1st Place – Heather Schade—KenaiDemonstrations Youth 14-18 1st Place – Lauren Wilfer—Tanana 2nd Place – Kade Foust—Kenai 3rd Place – Stephanie McEntee—Kenai Youth 13 and under 1st Place – Kendra Howell—Kodiak 2nd Place – Briar Thurmond—Mat-Su 3rd Place – Etta Nelson—KodiakTeam Demonstrations Youth 13 and under 1st Place – Paige Martin & Jenna Kern—Mat-Su 2nd Place – Kiana Hamlin & Kaitie Lighthall—TananaHorse Bowl Teams 1st Place – Starlight Flyers – Molly Callahan, Elly Blake, Kira Freeman and Hanna Sfraga—Tanana 2nd Place – Emerald Isles Equestrians—Amanda Blott, Kendra Howell, Stephanie McEntee, and Etta Nelson— Kodiak 3rd Place – Trail Blazers #1 – Tayler Jule, Shelby Loop, Timaney Anderson and Heather Schade—Kenai High Point Individuals For Top Two Games 1st Place – Molly Callahan—Tanana 2nd Place – Elly Blake—Tanana

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3rd Place – Kade Foust—Kenai 4th Place – Stephanie McEntee—Kodiak 5th Place – Kira Freeman—TananaHorse Judging Teams 1st Place – Solstice Riders – Lauren Wilfer, Macy LaValley, Kaitlyn Allen and Mikayla Hamlin—Tanana 2nd Place – Lazy Stars – Paige Martin, Jenna Kern, Briar Wren and Jacob Kern—Mat-Su 3rd Place – Trailblazers #1 – Timaney Anderson, Heather Schade, Shelby Loop and Taylor Jule—Kenai 4th Place – Trail Blazers #2 – Sara Cobb, RyAnn Dahl, Beverly Carpenter and Kade Foust—Kenai 5th Place – Emerald Isle Equestrians – Stephanie McEntee, Etta Nelson Kendra Howell and Amanda Blott—KodiakIndividuals Seniors 1st Place – Sara Cobb – Kenai & Mikayla Hamlin—Tanana 2nd Place – RyAnn Dahl—Kenai 3rd Place – Timaney Anderson—Kenai 4th Place – Kaitlyn Allen—Tanana 5th Place – Lauren Wilfer—Tanana Intermediates 1st Place – Briar Wren—Mat-Su 2nd Place – Tayler Jule—Kenai 3rd Place – Kendra Howell—Kodiak 4th Place – Etta Nelson—Kodiak 5th Place – Macy LaValley—Tanana Juniors 1st Place – Paige Martin—Mat-Su 2nd Place – Amanda Blott—Kodiak 3rd Place – Hannah Kelson—Kenai 4th Place – Jenna Kern—Mat-Su

Quality Judge – Kaitlyn Allen—Tanana Performance Judge – Paige Martin—Mat-Su Oral Reasons – Taylor Jule—Kenai Overall Judge – Briar Wren—Mat-Su

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~~~ Find the hidden item in the newsletter and call Debbie, 474-2420 or Marla, 474-2427. Iden-tify the item and the page it is located. If you leave a message, be sure to speak slowly and clearly. Leave your name and phone number. When we have the drawing, we’ll call the winner. This is for our 4-H youth only. ~~~ Last month’s winner is Joseph Villa. Congratulations Joseph!

4-H Music CD National 4-H and EMI Music have produced a country music compilation CD called “Clover Country: Songs from Famous 4-H Alumni.” This innovative project, never before see in 4-H’s history, includes 11 hit songs from confirmed 4-H alumni who are all country music superstars. Artists include: Alabama, Luke Bryan, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash, Vince Gill, Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Dolly Parton, Sugarland and Grammy Award-winning songwriter Hillary Lindsey—who recently recorded her new song, “The Clown,” just for Clover Country! Our district purchased 1,000 of these CDs to sell at the low price of $12. When is the last time you bought a new CD that is not on store shelves for this price? The leaders council will receive $6 from each sale. This is a CD to have in your collection or a great gift for others. The leaders council would also like to have your assistance in selling them. Get a hold of Steve Davila and find out how you can help, 488-1540.

Clover Corner News a Wealth of Knowledge

Don’t forget to check out the Clover Corner News – there are always good things covered in it. The address is www.4hblogs.org/ccn. In May it talked about how the USDA Offers Youth Agricultural Loans, by time I get it to you the items have come and gone so it would be helpful to you to register and receive it by e-mail for yourself.

Rockets Anyone?

The National Association of Rocketry (NAR) is offer-ing NAR resources available to 4-H volunteers free of charge. The materials include the NAR Member Guidebook and two CDs on model rocket building and flying. To receive them, 4-H volunteers should send their name, e-mail address AND mailing address to GetSETInfo@fourhcouncil.edu. More informa-tion about NAR can be found at: www.fourhcouncil.edu/nar.aspx.