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A NEWSLETTER FOR 4-H VOLUNTEERS AND FAMILIES ¡ April, 2007
March Leader Meeting In case you missed it, at the March Leader meeting Ann Boucher presented at the Acton Fair guidelines for 4-H. A lot of time and effort went into this, thank you Ann for your hard work. You will all be receiving this information soon. This year the categories are a lot easier to understand.
The food booth is being rented out to a Rod and Gun Club in June for a small profit.
The next Leader meeting will be on April 30, 2007 at 7:00 at the York County Extension Office. We hope to see you all there.
The 2007 Vaughn Island 4-H Camp brochures have been mailed out. Did you get yours? If not call the office, 324-2814.
WOW! Have you looked at eXtension’s web page lately? There is so much information on the subjects that are already up which are Horses, Personal Finance and Wildlife Management and more subjects will be launched soon. Make sure to read that opening home page! Calendar
April 18-19 Splash Art, Springvale April 22 Earth Day April 27-29 4-H Shooting Sports Leaders Training April 30 Leader Meeting May 5 Lil’ Kicks Horse Show May 18-20 NE Livestock Expo May 18-19 Acton Fairgrounds clean-up May 19-20 EDGE at UMaine, Acton Fair Clean-up And Camp over Weekend!It’s time for the annual 4-H weekend at Acton fairgrounds. This year’s clean-up and camp-over (optional) weekend will be May 18-19. It will be a great chance to spend time with your 4-H friends, so plan on coming!
We have several service projects planned including painting, simple construction and building repair and general clean-up around the grounds. The weekend will begin at 6:00 PM on Friday and end Saturday at 3:00 PM. You should bring your own lunch on Saturday. We’ll provide dinner on Friday (hot dogs, hamburgers, beans and drinks), and breakfast Saturday morning. Clubs are invited to spend the night and make a camping trip out of this. Otherwise you may go home and return Saturday morning. All youth must be accompanied by a parent or under supervision of a 4-H Leader. See you there! Please help us plan meals. Club members – Let your leader know if you’re coming. Leaders – please let the Extension office know your attendance plans!
Our Website http://www.umaine.edu/umext/york/4H/4-Hhome.htm I am “attempting” to update our counties website. The calendar and newsletters will soon be up to date. I am hoping for some help. There is a section on our page about club information. I would love if each club would create a description about your club. Include activities, photos, leader information, it’s up to you. Please email me the information and I will post it on the site. Please use common sense and safety when putting stuff on the internet, no kid’s last names please.
Ossippee Valley Fair It's not too early to be working on your fair project exhibits. Let’s fill up the Exhibit Halls this year with some great projectsApril Birthdays
Chandler Breton Isaac Brown Natasha Brown Kaysia Carroll Zoe Gudjonsson-Kaply Reegan Hussey Hannah Keating Ryan Keating Sam Miale Alysha Michaud David Moses Breana Moulton Abraham Phillips
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!! Acton Fair Food Booth Clubs should be thinking now about signing up to volunteer in the Acton Fair food booth. If you want your choice of time slots, contact Diane Qualey now! 793-4843
Lil Kicks Horse Show Lil’ Kicks 4H Horse Club, based in York County is hosting an Open Fun Show on Saturday, May 5, 2007. The show ill be held at the Hollis Equestrian Center, New County Road, Route 5, Hollis Maine. This show is open to both adults and children as a way to “warm-up” for the coming show season. We will begin at 9:00AM. All spectators are welcome and a food booth will be available on the grounds. The cost is $20 for unlimited classes per rider or $3.00 per class pre-entry. Early registration is encouraged. For a copy of the class list or registration form, please contact Martha Dumont at 283-0783 or montdmm@gwi.net.
STATE INFORMATION
Scholarship Opportunity Were you on an Eastern
States animal science team last year or before? Market Lambs for Windsor and Fryeburg You are no longer required
to send Intent to Participate Form for Market Lambs being shown at Windsor and
Fryeburg Fairs, however, if you are planning to show at these fairs, you still
need an Approval Form and to have your lambs tagged. There are four lamb tagging
sites this year and bringing your lamb to one of them for tagging will
constitute your intent to participate. When your animal is tagged, you will be
given an Approval Form that must be signed and embossed by your county educator
or professional. The deadline is June 30. Tagging Sites: May 19 NE
Livestock Expo, Windsor Fairgrounds, tagging will start after the sale. Chaperones Needed for Maine 4-H Teen Leadership Conference We are in need of
chaperones for the Maine 4-H Teen Leadership Conference. This conference is
based on the 'Leadership Skills You Never Outgrow' Curriculum. This event is
sponsored by the Penobscot Valley 4-H Junior Leaders Club, the Pine Tree State
4-H Foundation, and Youth in Governance Program Leadership Team. Come learn
about this great program and see if your club wants to try a new take on
leadership education. Or learn how to start a Junior Leadership group in your
area. This conference will be a 45 hour event. Teens will have a sleep time but
will not be required to sleep. We will need overnight and daytime chaperones.
Time will be allotted for all chaperones to sleep. Any VOLTED volunteer is more
than welcome. We are requesting teens not drive themselves due to the "Night
Owl" scheduling of the Conference. Without volunteer chaperones these events
cannot happen so your participation is greatly appreciated. Please contact
Kelly Hamilton at 234-7274 or
swroguekelly@hotmail.com if you are interested.
Tanglewood to Host Earth Day Open House Tanglewood 4-H Camp and
Learning Center will host an open house on Sunday, April 22. The event will run
from 1 – 4 pm and will be held at the Lincolnville Campus. Come celebrate Earth
Day, explore the beautiful Camden Hills State Park and learn everything there is
to know about Tanglewood. Staff will be on hand to answer questions and provide
hands-on experiments for potential campers. This is the perfect chance to get
acquainted with the staff and the facilities. For more information call (207)
789-5868. Hippology! What is Hippology?
Hippology is an exciting opportunity for 4-Hers to learn about horses. You do
not need to own a horse and all ages can participate. Hippology meetings will be
held twice a month in various locations so come to as many meetings as you can
to learn about horse breeds, coat colors, anatomy, telling age, feeding, general
care, tack and equipment, horse events, diseases, breeding, genetics, riding
styles and much, much, more!
Maine 2007 4-H Shooting Sports Leaders Training The sessions are:
National 4-H Trips It is time to apply for
the National 4-H Trips, Conference and Congress. To apply all you have to do is
submit your 4-H Story and your Resume. Guidelines for writing your 4-H story can
be found at
www.maine4h.umaine.edu and click on Members. Scroll down to see National 4-H
Trips application. You may also pick up an application at your local County
Extensions office. Next year Congress will be held in November in Atlanta and
Nat’l 4-H Conference will be held in Washington DC in March. Maine 4-H Days Mark you calendars now for
Maine 4-H Days this summer at Windsor Fairgrounds, July 6, 7 & 8. It will
be a weekend full of personal enrichment workshops as well as livestock events.
Camping is encouraged and entire families are welcome. Attention Parents and Guardians: 4-H also has an EDGE for YOU! By now we hope you have
read all about the upcoming 4-H EDGE Weekend as a step for our Maine 4-H members
considering college in their future. If not, briefly, on May 19 and 20, the EDGE
program will bring 11-15 year old 4-H youth to the University of Maine campus to
ENGAGE them with some of the great things you can study at the university
through hands-on workshops, encourage them to set a DIRECTION as they look
forward to future college experiences, and encourage them create GOALS for
future success. As parents or guardians, you might be thinking, “That’s great,
but who is going to help ME prepare for my child’s college experience?” And we
at 4-H have an answer for you! The Saturday May 19 session of the 4-H EDGE
weekend has a set of workshops for parents. As the youth go to their first
workshop, parents will have an opportunity to attend a session on helping your
child lay the groundwork for college admission as they move into and through
their high school years. Next, both parents and EDGE youth participants will be
treated to a BBQ lunch and then attend a workshop on getting scholarship ready
which will focus on how youth can position themselves to qualify for different
kinds of scholarship aid. As the youth go off for their second workshop,
parents/guardians will have an introduction to some of the options for financing
college.
Northeast Livestock Expo 2007 formerly known as the Maine-New England Beef Expo As a result of a grant provided by the Maine Department of Agriculture; the Maine Beef Producers, The Maine Sheep Breeders Association and the Boer Goat Breeders of Maine have joined together to create the Northeast Livestock Expo to be held on the Windsor Fair grounds May 18, 19 and 20, 2007. The expanded livestock expo will draw beef cattle, sheep and Boer goats for shows, youth events and auctions. www.northeastlivestockexpo.org
Equine Herpes Virus Type 1 (EHV-1) On March 28, 2007, a horse housed in a private stable in Rome was diagnosed with the neurological form of. The three-year-old gelding had been euthanized on March 19, 2007, after exhibiting severe neurological signs over a 24-hour period. A 17-year-old horse at the same location had died of similar signs one day earlier. According to the State Veterinarian, Don Hoenig, this is the first reported case of the neurological form of EHV-1 in Maine. Additionally, an eight-year-old horse in Wales, previously housed for a short time at the stable in Rome, is currently under treatment for neurological signs consistent with EHV-1. The Department of Agriculture has placed both stables under quarantine. EHV-1 is primarily a respiratory pathogen in horses which can cause respiratory illness and abortion, but it can also cause a paralytic neurological disease. The virus is contagious and can be spread by direct contact with infected horses, respiratory secretions, and contact with contaminated objects, such as feed and water buckets and other barn tools and tack. Following initial exposure, EHV-1 has the ability to develop into an unapparent latent infection which can provide a reservoir of virus for continual transmission. This disease is not contagious to humans. Over the past two years, the Department of Agriculture, in consultation with equine veterinarians and representatives from the equine industry, including racetrack officials, has strongly recommended that racetracks, agricultural fairs, and equine training facilities in Maine require that horses entering their facilities be vaccinated for EHV-1 not more than six months or less than 14 days before entry. Department animal health officials are also encouraging all horse owners to consult with their practicing veterinarian on recommendations concerning vaccination and monitoring for the disease. For detailed information, please consult the US Department of Agriculture’s Web site at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/nahss/equine/ehv/ Attention all Dairy 4-H Project Members There is an upcoming opportunity for all dairy members and mandatory items for youth trying out for the Dairy Team for Eastern States Exposition Below are some dates to keep in mind if you would like to expand your knowledge of your dairy project. If you are 9 to 11 years of age; you are welcome to participate in all the events listed. If you are 12 years of age (prior to January 1st) and enrolled in 4-H you can try out for the Maine Dairy Team. The team participates at the Eastern States Exposition (The Big E) in West Springfield Massachusetts. If you would like to try out for the Maine Dairy Team it is mandatory that you participate in the State Dairy Show. Eastern States Dairy Animal Approval form is due in your county office May 1st. The Eastern States intent forms are due to Leanne Moon on May 1st as well. Both forms are available on the State 4-H web site; www.maine4h.umaine.edu or contact your county office if you are unable to access the internet.
Maine State Dairy Show This show is held at Windsor Fairgrounds July 21st and July 22nd. July 21st will be the Fitting contest and on July 22nd will be the Showmanship as well as breed classes. A complete packet will be mailed to all dairy members at a future date. If you have any questions, please call Donna Flint at 1-800-287-0274 ext.22 or Leanne Moon at 865-1420.
The schedule for the Dairy Judging on April 21st is: 9:00 AM - Meet at Springdale Farms (Walter Whitcomb’s) in Waldo, ME for registration 9:30 – 11:30 AM Judge Jersey and Guernsey Classes at Whitcomb’s (3 - 4 classes) 11:30 – 12:00 N Travel to Happy Acres Farm (Wayne Schofield’s) in Troy, ME 12:00 – 1:30 PM – Lunch and Oral Reasons 1:30 – 3:00 PM Judge Jersey and Holstein Classes (3-4 classes) 3:00 PM – Awards and Head for Home
Animal Approval Forms for Bangor State Fair Recently, it was decided that the Market Lamb deadline would be changed to June 1. All other open shows have a deadline of June 30--same as rest of the state
Maine 4-H International Exchange Program needs your help Y.H. is a 12 year old boy from Kanagawa, Japan, who likes to play outside and is an avid soccer fan. This year he hopes to come to the United States and live with a Maine family. He can’t wait to catch bugs and dreams of seeing the stars at night. Y.H. is one of 19 Japanese youngsters who will be staying with local families as part of a two-way exchange program sponsored by 4-H. The exchangees will stay with their American host families from mid July to mid August.
This program is open to families in Maine with children close in age to the Japanese participants. Families without children in this age range will be considered as hosts for the adult chaperone from Japan. You don’t have to be involved with 4-H to host; you just need a willingness to share your home and your world. There is no need to know Japanese, the students have all studied English and are anxious to use it. “The program gives host families a chance to share their culture, friendship, and family life with an exchange student and at the same time learn about Japanese life,” said Jill Coffren of Jay, state coordinator for the program. “The homestays only last a month during summer vacation, but the effects a lifetime.” Host family applications and brochures about the program are available on-line at http://www.maine4h.umaine.edu/exchange/default.htm or by contacting your local County Extension Office or Jill Coffren at 207-645-3248. The 4-H International Exchange Program is one of the largest exchange programs involving North American and Japanese youth in the world. Since it began in 1972, some 39,000 students have stayed with families in 39 states, including Maine, and more than 6,300 American students have made reciprocal visits to Japan. 2007 Maine Agricultural Fair Schedule JULY 4-8 Houlton
20-22 Waterford World’s Fair 26-29 Pittston 27 – Aug. 5 Bangor 27- Aug. 4 Northern Maine
AUGUST 1-4 Monmouth 3-5 Athens 5-11 Topsham 9-18 Skowhegan 10-25 Union 23-26 Piscataquis-Dover Foxcroft 23-26 Acton 26- Sept. 3 Windsor 30- Sept. 3 Blue Hill 30- Sept. 3 Springfield 31- Sept. 3 Harmony Free Fair
September 6-9 Clinton Lions 7-9 Litchfield 9-15 Oxford 14-16 New Portland Lions 16-22 Farmington 21-23 Common Ground 23-29 Cumberland 30- Oct. 7 Fryeburg
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