May-June
2017
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Pungo Strawberry Festival
4-H will once again be at the annual
Pungo Strawberry Festival. Several 4-H clubs
such as the Livestock Club, 4-H Guardians of
the Planet, Top Shooters and more will be there
all weekend showing what they do and what
their 4-H club is all about. The Festival will be
held May 27th and 28th and 4-H will be there all
weekend long. The clubs will have exhibits and
fundraisers, and there will also be antique tractors and pony rides for all to enjoy. We hope to see you there!
4-H Congress
Virginia 4-H Congress will be held on June 19th – 22nd at Virginia
Tech in Blacksburg, VA. The cost for Congress is $215 and registration is
to be completed online at www.4honline.com. Virginia 4-H Congress is
for 4-H’ers 14-18 and is the premier event for 4-H State competitions.
Congress is also full of several educational workshops and educational
opportunities for teens as they explore Virginia Tech’s campus. The deadline to register is May 5th at 5:00 pm. Contact the 4-H Agent, Rob Cromwell at rcromwel@ vbgov.com or 757-385-8153 for help with registration
and any questions you may have.
Virginia Beach 4-H Junior Camp
This year’s camp is completely full! Check our website in December for a pre-registration form to reserve your spot for next year’s camp www.vbgov.com/agriculture.
Inside this issue:
Special Reminders:
Upcoming Events
2
Ham Project Pickup
2
4-H Club News
Parliamentary Procedure
4-12
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Newsletter articles and
Club news due June 16
Pungo Strawberry Festival
- May 27-18
4-H Camp - August 7-11
Upcoming Youth Events
The following events are scheduled:
 4-H State Congress - June 19-22, 2017, Virginia Tech
 NRA/4-H Shooting Education Camp - June 19-23, 2017, Airfield 4-H Center
 Camp Millionaire - June 19-23, 2017, 4-H Office
 Hokie Horse Camp - July 8-12, 2017, Virginia Tech
 Virginia Beach 4-H Junior Camp - August 7-11, 2017, Airfield 4-H Center
 District 4-H Camp - August 14-18, 2017, Airfield 4-H Center
Upcoming 4-H Conferences/Meetings
 2017 All Star Interstate Conference - July 13-16, 2017, Ft. Detrick, MD
 2017 All Star Virginia Summer Conference - July 21-23, 2017, Northern Virginia
4-H Center, Front Royal, VA
 2017 Fall State 4-H Volunteer Leader’s Conference, November 4-5, 2017, Roanoke
Contact the 4-H Office for more information/registration forms for these events.
4-H Ham Project - The next step for the
4-H Ham Project is pickup on May 18th
at the individual smokehouses. The hams
have been nicely smoked and are looking
good! 4-H’ers are required to enter their
hams for judging in the 4-H Ham Show
and adults are encouraged to enter their
hams for a friendly competition at the Virginia Beach 4-H Livestock Show and Sale
held on June 1-2 at the Creeds Ruritan
Community Complex. For more information on this project, please call the 4-H
Office at 385-8153.
Spring Tractor Supply Paper Clover Campaign
The Spring Paper Clover Campaign will soon be underway,
from April 26-May 7. Please visit our local Tr actor Supply
Store in Virginia Beach to purchase your paper clover for
$1.00. Funds received will be used to sponsor camp scholarships, State 4-H Congress, Teen Excellence in Leadership Institute, Citizenship Washington Focus, Leadership Washington Focus, Virginia Institute of Cooperative Education and
other leadership opportunities as defined by the state 4-H
program office.
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The Virginia Dare Soil and Water Conservation District is currently accepting applications for their Youth Conservation Camp to be held July 9-15 at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and the Cynthia Pridmore Scholarship.
Youth Conservation Camp brings together about 70 interested students for a week
learning about Virginia’s natural resources from conservation professionals and faculty from
Virginia Tech. Most of the instruction is hands-on and outdoors. Activities include Claytor
Lake State Park, Mountain Lake Wildlife & Forestry Day, Agriculture Research Farm, VA
Tech Campus & Cascades and Canoeing & Watershed Day on the New River. Students currently enrolled in grades 9-12 are eligible to attend. Scholarship funding to cover the registration fee may be available from your local Soil & Water Conservation District.
You also can go to their website https://vadareswcd.com/educational-programs/
for additional information and to download an application for the camp and scholarship.
All programs are open to students in Virginia Beach and Chesapeake.
For more information contact: Kathleen N. Sullivan, District Manager, P.O. Box
6097, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23456 - [email protected] - ( 757) 385-8589 office (VB)
(757) 382-6616 office (Chesapeake) or (757) 334-3432 cell, [email protected]
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4-H Club News
4-H Craft Club - Craft Club’s March and April meetings focused on spring and the Easter
bunny. For our March craft we decorated water bottles and plastic eggs to look like bunnies.
In April, club members had fun making a pop up chick
and beautiful flowers made out of crepe paper and chenille
stems. Next month will be our last meeting until fall and we’ll
celebrate with a pizza party and outdoor fun.
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4-H Club News (Cont.)
4-H Guardians of the Planet - Congratulations to Mason M., Lily H. and Nina E. for participating in the Southeast District Contest and winning purple, blue and red ribbons. Pictured is
Mason M. demonstrating his method of using recycled materials to grow seedlings of plants
for the garden.
March featured a booth at McDonald Garden
Center Outdoor Show. The club members displayed their project posters and house plants. The
club bake sale was a big success as part of our
booth. Connor J. and Lily H. presented their projects to show visitors.
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4-H Club News (Cont.)
4-H Guardians of the Planet - (Continued) Mr. Stacky containers were the focus of our
March workshop. Club members chose their favorite early spring veggies to plant in the
unique stackable planters. Members are reporting results via our Facebook page. Pictured is
Mark A. helping Colton A. fill the containers with potting soil.
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4-H Club News (Cont.)
4-H Guardians of the Planet - (Continued)
The Virginia Beach Master Gardeners provided a workshop at the Kitchen Garden at
the Farmer’s Market. We planted early season crops including carrots, spinach, beets and sunflowers. Pictured is Nina E. planting beets with direction by Master Gardener Fred Ball.
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4-H Club News (Cont.)
K9 K.O.A.R. What has K9 K.O.A.R. been
up to? Well, we have learned about dog anatomy, the beagle brigade, and all the things we
can teach our dogs with a hoop. We are also
planning some field trips to visit the Virginia
Beach Animal Care and Adoption Center,
learn more about barn hunt and herding, and
visit a barn hunt trial. K9 K.O.A.R. is currently preparing for Fun Day that will entail one
NADAC agility course, one AKC agility
course, and an AKC rally course. Visit our
website - www.k9koar4h.org and come join us
at our next meeting! Emily V., K9 K.O.A.R. President
Virginia Beach 4-H Wave Riders - The Virginia Beach Wave Riders have been very busy!
Our club went to Equismarts, a state-wide hippology contest, and we all did very well. The
junior and senior team placed. We also visited the area where Secretariat was born. We visited
his stall and we saw the worlds biggest horse shoe. We all had a great time and we did very
well. Our club also participated in horse judging which is new to all of us. We are hoping to
start a horse judging team, and continue our hippology club.
On Saturday April 15 our 4-H club and some of our
boarders joined us for a cookout and Easter games. We had an
egg and spoon race, bareback bunny, a tack up race, and a carrot race. We enjoyed having fun before our show season starts.
The 4-H Southeast District horse show will be held on April
29th and we all have been practicing very hard to prepare for
all of our different classes. Some of the classes are showmanship, hunter jumping, hunter on the flat, hunter equitation, and
many others for some of our other riders. We are all hoping to
do well at the District Horse show and qualify for the State
horse show.
Our club has also been holding drill team practice to prepare for the state horse show.
Our club also hopes to take our drill team to the State Fair. Steph D., Reporter
Livestock Club - Everyone has their 4-H project animals for our show in June. The 4-H
Livestock Club held the Annual Silent Auction on April 1 and it was a success. Thank you to
everyone who contributed and attended. April 8, the club had a joint Beef Workshop with 4-H
Chesapeake Livestock Club and Southern States. We will be having a Bake Sale Fundraiser at
Tractor Supply on May 13. Our Lamb Project Leaders will be having a Lamb Play Date on
May 6 and on May 7, there is a Hog Workshop. The Livestock Club will be at the Strawberry
Festival with the Petting Zoo and other fundraising activities.
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4-H Club News (Cont.)
JEB Little Creek Urban Knights and Underwater Cloverbuds - The JEB Little Creek
Urban Knights and Underwater Cloverbuds continue to be very busy. At the beginning of
March the Cloverbuds finished the 4-H First Aid curriculum and had a lot of fun making first
aid kits to take home. They started working from the Junior Master Gardener Literature in the
Garden curriculum. The Urban Knights really loved the projects from 4-H Cooking 201. "The
cream pies were yummy" according to Jayda R., our pledge leader. The Urban Knights are also working from a Junior Master Gardener curriculum. They have started with garden planning and focusing on vegetables. Both groups continue to work on the T-shirt rug for our center. We are looking forward to community service hours with the Virginia Beach SPCA coming up soon.
Cloverbuds doing the nature Web project from Brother Eagle, Sister Sky
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4-H Club News (Cont.)
Foragers 4-H Beekeeping Club - McDonald Garden Center Event, by: M. Mosher
The Foragers’ assisted the Tidewater Beekeepers Association at their booth to promote
the Honey Bee. The event was held March 3-5 at the Independence location in Virginia Beach.
The members educated the public on bees, swarms and honey.
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4-H Club News (Cont.)
Foragers 4-H Beekeeping Club (Continued) - The District Contest, by: M. Mosher
On March 11, the Foragers’ had two members participate in the District Contest: Nina
E. and Mason M. They were awarded blue ribbons for all of the multiple categories that they
entered: Trash to Treasure, Photography, Presentations, and Works of Art to name a few. They
also won the coveted purple ribbon for a few categories. I think all 4-Her’s should participate,
because it is a good way to lift your spirits.
Skillathon, by: M. Mosher
The Forager’s held their annual Skillathon at their
March meeting. A Skillathon is like Jeopardy, but all the
questions are about bees. The captains were selected by an
individual Bee Bee at the February meeting. The top four
were Alexia J., Mason M., Aydon O., and Destiny O. The
Bee Bee is like a geography bee, but is all about Bees.
There were 4 teams. Team 1 took first place with 260
points. The members were Tiara J., Mason M. and Gabby T.
Their final wager was 60 points. Team 4 took second place
with 60 points. Their members were Lynn J. and Destiny O.
Their final wager was 25 points. Team 2 and 3 tied for third.
Team 2’s members were Paul B., Nina E., and Alexia J.
Team 3’s members were Sarah B., Aydon O., and Devon O.
Team 2 wagered 175 points and team 3 wagered 75 points.
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4-H Club News (Cont.)
VIRGINIA JUNIOR MASTER NATURALISTS
By M. Moss
Birds and trees and marine mammals,
oh my! The Virginia Junior Master
Naturalists have started off the first
three months of 2017 with a bang!
From special visits from experts and
master naturalists to whale watching
and birding, we won’t stop learning
until we’ve explored everything our
area has to offer! Registration is now
open for the 2017-2018 year. Hurry to
register before this popular program
fills. We also have openings for 2 Teen
Leaders (40 hr. training course occurs
during the summer, beginning in June).
THE VIRGINIA JUNIOR MASTER NATURALISTS HAVE BEEN BUSY!
Birds
Trees
Marine Mammals
In our birds unit, the Virginia
Junior Master Naturalists really got
our fair share of incredible experiences! Along with a visit from
Sister the Great Horned Owl from
a local rehabilitation center, we
also hosted a crow as well as plenty
of experts and Virginia Master
Naturalists who took us on bird
walks, taught us about identifying
different species, and helped us
learn different bird calls. We even
dissected owl pellets! What a fun
unit!
After learning about local species,
different types of leaves, seeds, and
trees, we finally were able to head
out into the forest for some real
research! Two incredible Master
Naturalists helped us utilize the
knowledge we had gained on tree
rings, bark and acorns to identify so
many different things about trees:
how old a tree is, whether it’s
coniferous or deciduous, whether
the leaves are opposite or alternate
… incredible!
On a chilly day, Virginia Junior
Master Naturalists set sail on a
whale watching boat! On the boat,
we learned all about the different
marine mammals that can be found
in this area. Bundled up for the
whole four-hour meeting, we
looked for a marine mammal head,
fin or tail to pop up above the
surface. Finally, we saw a whole
group of playful harbor seals,
swimming by the rocks and bobbing up to say hello!
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Parliamentary Procedure - Secretary’s Minutes
What information should be included in the first paragraph of
minutes?
1.
2.
3.
4.
The kind of meeting (regular, special or adjourned).
The name of the club.
The date and time of the meeting (the place if it is not always the same).
Whether the regular chairman and secretary were present (if absent, include the names of
their substitutes).
5. If the minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved (the date, if it was not a
regularly scheduled meeting).
Is the name of the seconder of a motion included in the minutes? No
Is the fact that a motion was seconded included in the minutes? No
How are corrections and approval of the minutes generally done? By unanimous
consent
May a motion be made for approval of the minutes? Yes
What does it mean when reading of the minutes are “dispensed with”? The reading of
the minutes are not carried out at the regular time.
What vote does it take to dispense with the reading of the minutes? Major ity
2017 Upcoming Dates to Remember:
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Camp Millionaire - June 19-23
4-H Congress - June 19-22
All Star Interstate Conference - July 13-16
Virginia All Star Summer Conference - July 21-23
4-H Junior Camp - August 7-11
Rob Cromwell
4-H Extension Agent
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757-385-4769/TDD*) during business hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. *TDD number is (800) 828-1120.
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