E‐Across Coös 4‐H News, Coös County
November, 2013
Greetings,
Remember you can
always visit the Coös
County 4-H website
at:
http://extension.unh.edu/Coos-County/Coos-County-4-H
NEWS:
Send your club news to [email protected]
to be included in upcoming newsletters.
Yours in 4-H,
Christine Whiting
4-H Program
Coordinator
Larry Barker
Extension Field Specialist,
Youth & Family
In this issue:
November Deadlines / Reminder
News
Opportunities
Deadlines / Reminders
Thank You Colts & Fillies 4-H Club
for decorating a pumpkin for 4-H!
NOVEMBER
2
Coös County 4-H Achievement Ceremony,
Lancaster
- Re-enrollments DUE today
4
Coös County 4-H Candy Bar Fundraiser,
Last day to turn in funds to receive 100% of
Club Profit
18
Coös County 4-H Candy Bar Fundraiser,
FINAL Date to turn in funds. Clubs will only
receive 50% of fundraising profit
20
Coös County 4-H Advisory Council Meeting Lancaster
2014 - Design our centennial postage stamp!
We will create a postage stamp in honor of our 100th
anniversary and we want YOU to be a part of it.
We'll accept submissions through December 1,
2013. Contest details http://extension.unh.edu/Centennial-Postage-Stamp-Design-Contest
Coös County 4-H was well
represented at Eastern States
Exposition in Springfield MA
at various times during the
weeks of September 13 - 29.
Congratulations to all for a
job well done!! Special thanks goes to leaders,
parents, grandparents, guardians, who made this
happen for the kids!!
Coös County 4-H Big E Delegates:
Jourdain Goulet, of the Lion Cubs 4-H Club sent her winning state poster - 4-H Camp
Amie Weagle, Colts & Fillies 4-H Club went with her winning state Demonstration
Livestock Participants Pierre Allard, Early Risers 4-H Club - Beef
Daniel Call, Animal & Craft Adventures 4-H Club State 4-H Horse Team Leader
Olivia Conway, Green Valley 4-H Club - Dairy
Courtney DeBlois, Early Risers 4-H Club - Dairy
Jessie Hooker, Silver Snaffles 4-H Club - Sheep
Amie Weagle of Colts & Fillies 4-H Club (Stark,
NH). Presenting her Demonstration at the Big E.
Carolee Longley, 4-H Volunteer / Big E Chaperone,
write’s about Amie Weagle doing her demonstration
at the Big E: “What an amazing girl she is!!! Hard to
believe she is only 12 - hopefully we will see her
again at the Big E!! Her knowledge of Hippology
clearly came across and was very impressive! She
was nervous at first and she worked so hard to
overcome that and she truly did a TREMENDOUS
job!! We were so proud of her!!!”
Jessie Hooker of Silver Snaffles 4-H Club
(Maidstone, VT) with her winning sheep.
Dan Call of Animal & Craft Adventures 4-H Club
(Whitefield, NH). Team Leader at the Big E.
Daniel Call represented Coös County as one of four
NH Horse ‘Team Leaders’ at Eastern States
Exposition in Springfield, Massachusetts. Dan was
at the Big E from Wednesday, September 18 Sunday, the 22nd. As a team leader Dan’s job was
to help the 17 NH riders take care of their horses,
get ready for shows and help keep things in order
for the NH Horse team. Dan also had the
opportunity to participate in the Horse quiz bowl and
a fitting & show halter class with a horse from
Merrimack County. Dan says he had a good
experience, lots of fun and would do it again.
Jessie Hooker went to Eastern States Exposition in
Springfield, MA from September 27-29 to compete
on the New Hampshire Sheep Team along with two
other 4-H’ers from NH. The delegates arrived
Friday morning and had to compete in a skill-a-thon
Friday afternoon. Breed classes started Saturday
morning. Jessie and her market lamb, Latte, won
2nd in the market lamb class. Her Tunis ram lamb,
Goliath, won 1st for his age group and also won
overall Tunis ram champion and champion bred
and owned. Jessie's Tunis yearling ewe, Mary
Anne, and ewe lamb, Shirley, also won 1st in their
age groups, the yearling won champion overall
Tunis ewe and the lamb won bred and owned
champion Tunis. Saturday afternoon Jessie won
3rd in the leadline class.
New Hampshire's block and trim team of Jessie
and Amanda Towne of Lempster, NH, won 3rd out
of 16 teams this year. In Sunday's fitting and show
class Jessie took 5th out of 12. New Hampshire
came in 3rd in the quiz bowl. NH also came in 3rd
this year for overall Herdsman. Jessie won the
NH state shepherds crook. This award was voted
on by all other delegates from the attending states
for the 2013 Big E 4-H sheep show.
Congratulations Jessie!
Congratulations to the LION CUBS 4-H CLUB of
Stratford, NH for being the first 4-H club in New
Hampshire to complete the 2012-13 “Healthy 4-H
Club Challenge”!
Pierre Allard, 4-H Member from Pittsburg, NH
with his bred and owned Simmental Heifer, Berretta
New Hampshire makes history at The Big E.
Sixteen youth from six NH counties competed to be
the first New Hampshire Beef Team in over 50
years to win the “Overall Sweepstake Award” at
Eastern States in Springfield, MA.
Each year seven states including Dutchess County,
NY choose delegates that will represent their state
competing in contests that display knowledge of all
aspects of the beef production industry. Pierre
Allard of Coös County was a delegate on the NH
beef team, with his bred and owned Simmental
Heifer, Berretta.
New Hampshire’s Beef Team did very well, coming
home with some big wins including three
Champions and two Reserve in the five breed
shows, as well as overall Champion and Reserve.
TOM GILL MEMORIAL AWARDS
The Berlin Kiwanis Club invites the
winners of the Tom Gill Memorial
Gardening Program to an awards
dinner every year. This year the
winners and their families were
honored at the Kiwanis meeting on Tuesday,
October 29, at The Northland Dairy Bar in Berlin.
Congratulations to:
Best Overall Garden winner:
Best Broccoli winner:
Best Tomatoes winner:
Best Peppers winner:
Three way tie for
Best Marigolds:
Danielle Couture
Aaron Eaton
Nicolas Goulet
Ryleigh Rainville
Shantel Corliss
Ashleigh Eaton
Christian Laflamme
Seven placed in the top five of eight classes of
Showmanship. First Place in Herdsperson Contest.
First Place team. First and second in individual Beef
Judging. Top three In Don Gaylord Bred and
Owned Award. Top placing in Beef Ad Competition
and the Beef Marketing Project. Skillathon, two
juniors in the top five. Three seniors in the top five
of 4-H Beef Records.
Great placing in Educational Exhibits, Beef CookOff, Posters, Logo’s and Memorial Sweepstakes
Awards, all contributed points to the “Overall
Sweepstakes Award”.
The highlight of the Big E for the Beef Teams is the
steers which cumulates in the auction. This is the
backbone of the beef team. This gives the kids the
ability to earn the dollar value of the project which
will enable them to reinvest in a project for next
year.
Re-enrollment Process: Re-enrollment
packets have been mailed. They include forms with
every current member and leader enrolled in your
club. Along with additional forms for new members
and new leader applications. We ask that each
leader, member and member’s parent/guardian
review their information, make any necessary
changes, sign and return to your club leader. Each
club will then return the packets to the office to be
updated and re-enrolled.
The deadline for re-enrollments is November 2.
OPPORTUNITIES:
Take the Healthy NH
4-H Club Challenge
Join now! The Healthy
New Hampshire 4-H Club
Challenge for 2013-2014 is
ready to go.
Pledge "To Make the Best Better" by choosing
healthy activities and snacks for your club. Earn
incentives. How? Check out the website, follow the
link to the registration page and fill in the form. Free
to all New Hampshire 4-H Clubs. Thanks to the 4-H
Foundation of New Hampshire and Littleton
Regional Healthcare for their financial support.
Questions? Email Kathy Jablonski, Extension Field
Specialist, Youth & Family, 4-H Healthy Living, at
[email protected] or call 603-787-6944.
http://extension.unh.edu/4-H-HealthyLiving/Healthy-New-Hampshire-4-H-Club-Challenge
There is even a place to register online… and it is
all free!
https://www.events.unh.edu/RegistrationForm.pm?e
vent_id=15474
Check back at the website each month for new club
energizing ideas and resources.
We wanted to reach out and see if you
have any interest in gathering a team for
the National Youth Summits in January and
February 2014 at National 4-H Youth Conference
Center, Washington, D.C..
The National Youth Summit is a series of national
conferences for high school students, both 4-H'ers
and non 4-H'ers. Participating students advance
their skills in specific subject areas, visit related
organizations in D.C., meet and interact with
mentors, and explore potential career opportunities.
All students and their adult chaperones will prepare
to become Champions of Agri-Science, Robotics or
Healthy Living, and will be taught how to re-teach
this material to their peers and their community.
National Youth Summit Series http://www.nationalyouthsummit.org/?utm_source=
January 9 - 12, 2014, National Youth Summit on
Healthy Living
January 16 - 20, 2014, National Youth Summit on
Agri-Science
February 13 - 17, 2014, National Youth Summit on
Robotics
Conference fees range from $595.00 - $895.00 per
person. Registration includes conference
sessions, hotel lodging, meals, and transportation
to/from D.C. sites. Transportation from NH to DC
not included.
Please let me know if I can provide you with any
tools or information to encourage teams to
participate in the Summits. Early bird registration
has been extended until November 15, 2013.
Coös County
629A Main Street
Lancaster, NH 03584
phone: 603-788-4961
email:
[email protected]
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