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AROOSTOOK COUNTY NEWS 4-H NEWSLETTER March 2008 “to make the best better” Other Important Dates Coming Up: March 9 - Snowshoe-a-thon @ Nordic Heritage Ctr. 1-4pm March 27 - Leader’s Meeting April 19 - 4-H Spring Energizer and Public Speaking Clinic May 17-18th - EDGE Weekend @ Orono June 7-8- June Jamboree July 3-6 – Houlton Fair July 5-12 - Citizenship Washington Focus July 20-23 – GIS Camp July 25 –Aug. 2 - Northern Maine Fair CLUB NEWS AROUND THE COUNTY… The Crafty Critters 4-H club recently spent the afternoon Cross-Country Skiing and Snowshoeing at the Linneus Sno-Sports Club. It was a beautiful day and everyone had a wonderful time! 4-H Goes Out in the Cold to Keep Others Warm Ski and Snowshoe-a-Thon RESCHEDULED TO MARCH 9 (this Sunday) from 1-4 pm Nordic Heritage Center Presque Isle Free use of skies from the Maine Winter Sports Center Signed waivers required –get one ahead of time if a parent is not attending. KEEP COLLECTING PLEDGES!! We have given $700 to ACAP for the Keep ME Warm program so far. Please collect more pledges so we can make it at least $1000.00. If you are planning to ski and have not collected pledges, please plan to make a donation. Let Christy know if you would like to use snowshoes! March OC Meeting March 9 was the date for the upcoming OC meeting. Since many of us will be at the Nordic Heritage Center, let’s have our meeting there during the ski-a-thon. If OC members start skiing between 1 and 1:30 we should be able to meet for a little while starting at 3. Southern Aroostook Soil and Water Conservation District Tanglewood 4-H Camp Scholarships The SASWCD is awarding two camp scholarships to Tanglewood 4-H camp in Lincolnville this summer. Scholarships are for up to $300 each. All youth ages 10-14 in the Southern Aroostook District are eligible to apply—you do not have to be a 4-H member. The Southern Aroostook SWCD includes all of Aroostook County from Bridgewater south. To enter, submit a 300 word essay on the topic “Why is it important to support small farms in our community?” Essays are due by March 12 Mail to: SASWC District 304 North Road Houlton ME 4730 or email to angela.wotton@me.nacdnet.net To see what camp sessions are available, go to the Aroostook County 4-H website to find the Tanglewood link or call the office for a camp brochure. 4-H Spring Energizer April 19 9:30 am to 1:30 pm Houlton Higher Education Center After the winter we have had, who couldn't use a little energizer?? Come and enjoy of day of activities guaranteed to get you on the road the 4-H SUMMER success. First there will be a public speaking clinic—practice for our Countywide event to be held as part of June Jamboree—this will be a lot of fun and there is nothing you will find more useful in your life than knowing how to speak comfortably in public. Next pick a workshop from one of our 4 Maine program areas—Science, Engineering and Technology, Healthy Lifestyles, Leadership or Earth Connections. Get started on something you can exhibit or use at Fair. There will also be adult volunteer and parent sessions—one on Cloverbud activities and another on getting new families ready for fairs. If you have another topic to suggest, please let Christy know! Combined Logo Clothing…. What is the combined logo? It a logo that includes both the 4-H Clover and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension logo. It is a great way to let people know about our 4-H connection to the University. There are vests, long and short sleeved t-shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies, denim shirts and a cap. Prices are very reasonable—for example $9.00 for the t-shirt. The first round of orders needs to go in by March 10 with payment before April 15, but if there is interest we will be able to put in another order. Robotics and Rocketry Projects If we have enough interest, we can organize a day long robotics training for Aroostook County. If your club is interested or if you know of a teacher or an after-school program who would like to participate in this training, please let Christy know before the March 20. And, if your club is doing or thinking about doing a rocketry program, there is grant money we may be able to access to support it. Again, let Christy know. Eastern States Intent to Participate Forms for the Horse Team are due in the Houlton Office March 25th! Don’t forget CITIZENSHIP WASHINGTON FOCUS!!! July 5-12, 2008 This trip is filled on a first come, first served basis, so if you want to go, please call Christy soon. (532-6548 or 1-800-287-1469 ) A contract and $25 deposit are due in Orono on March 31 so will need to be here by March 24. The cost of the trip is $450. Maine 4-H Days Mark your calendars now for Maine 4-H Days this summer at Windsor Fairgrounds, June 27, 28 and 29th. It will be a weekend full of personal enrichment workshops as well as livestock events. Camping is encouraged and entire families are welcome! National 4-H Award Trips Now is time to apply for the National 4-H Trips, Conference and Congress. To apply ,fill out an application and submit your 4-H Story and Resume. Mail your completed application to the State 4-H Office. Guidelines for writing your 4-H story can be found at www.umext.maine.edu/4h/events. and click on the event you wish to apply for. You may also pick up an application at your local County Extension office. Nat’l 4-H Congress will be held in November in Atlanta and Nat’l 4-H Conference will be held in Washington, DC in March 2009. Applications must be postmarked by April 15, 2008. Northern Maine GIS Camp This summer there will be a GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Camp right here in our own backyard! July 20-23 Greenland Point Center-Princeton, ME (on Route 1 about ½ way between Houlton and Calais) For ages 12-15 And we are in need of four teens 16 or older to act as junior staff You will also have the option of staying the rest of the week at the Greenland Point Center Conservation Camp. Registration details next month! If you are interested in the 4-H Honorary Pages program at the Capitol from 8:30 a.m.– 3:00 p.m. on March 27, for a complete list of expectations and duties, visit the 4-H Honorary Page Program webpage at www.umext.maine.edu/Waldo/4H/Pages. 4-H EDGE Weekend 2008 May 17 and 18 WE WANT A GREAT TURN OUT From AROOSTOOK!!!! Don’t forget to mark your calendars for… The 4-H EDGE Weekend: Connecting Kids to Campus - . Hey, Aroostook County 4-H members! Here’s a special invitation to all 11 to 15 year olds, 16-18 year olds and parents to come to the 4-H EDGE Weekend May 17 and 18 at the University of Maine. If you are 11-15, you will be taking part in a great variety of workshops, staying in the residence halls, experiencing the best of campus recreation and much more. The workshop sessions are going to be so exciting—I have spent days on campus talking to professors and graduate students and you will chances to do exciting workshops on everything from sensor technology, bio-medical robotics, GIS, astronomy, art, math, drama, and much more. It is going to be great! If you are 16-18, your one-day program is more focused on knowledge you need make decisions as someone who is almost ready to attend college. You will have a series of workshops (watch for details next month) as well as a campus tour. Parents will have sessions that help demystify the college admission and financial aid procedures. You will be receiving a card in the mail in the next few weeks telling you how to get a registration packet! I hope we have a great turn-out of Aroostook kids this year—don’t miss it! IMPORTANT NEWS FOR 4-H PROJECT MEMBERS AND FAMILIES · HORSE ANIMAL APPROVAL FORMS DUE IN THE HOULTON OFFICE APRIL 1 If you need a form, either call the office and we will send you one or you can download it from the Aroostook county 4-H website at http://www.umext.maine.edu/Aroostook4H/2007AnimalApprovalForm.doc Remember that the form needs to be 2-sided so if you download it, you need to make a 2-sided copy. If you plan to show horses this summer, you must get this in on time! · Eastern States Intent to Participate forms are due to Kate Slattery on April 1. In order to get them signed and into her on time, they must be into our office by March 25! · 2008 Horse Vaccination Requirements In 2008, the State 4-H Office will once again be requiring that youth bringing their horses to 4-H events this season vaccinate their horses for EVH-1 and Equine Influenza in addition to Rabies and a Coggins Test. This is our official statement:
“4-Hers attending
4-H horse events in 2008 must provide proof of current, annual
vaccination for Rabies as well as a current Coggins test done by a
veterinarian. EVH-1 and Equine Influenza are also required, and
administered within six months of your last 4-H horse event of the
season. Horse owners may, however, administer their own EVH-1 and
Equine Influenza inoculations and a sales receipt will be sufficient
evidence for proof of vaccination.” May 16-18, 2008 Windsor Fairgrounds Mark your calendars now for the second annual Northeast Livestock Exposition sponsored in part by the Maine Sheep Breeders Association which will hold its second annual sheep show and sale at the Windsor Fair Grounds. NELE is a multi species event combining several past individual events, including the Maine/New England Beef Expo where you can enjoy shows and sales for purebred cattle, feeder calves, Boer Goats, and sheep, as well as education sessions for all producers at all levels and youth activities and shows. More details, schedule of events, directions, forms, rules and list of vendors can be found at www.northeastlivestockexpo.org. TANGLEWOOD CAMP Tanglewood 4-H Camp and Learning Center, a program of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, has program descriptions and registration forms online at www.tanglewood4h.org. Affordable program offerings for 2008 include family camps and a variety of youth day and residential, discovery, and leadership camps for ages 5-18 years old. To see or request a catalog or to buy gift certificates visit www.tanglewood4h.org or call (207)789-5868 or contact Laurie at the Houlton Office. And, don’t forget that the Southern Aroostook Soil and Water Conservation District is having an essay contest—the prize –a $300 scholarship to the Tanglewood 4-H Camp of your choice. To enter, write an essay on the topic, submit a 300 word essay on the topic “Why is it important to support small farms in our community?” Essays are due by March 12 Mail to: SASWC District 304 North Road Houlton ME 4730 or email to angela.wotton@me.nacdnet.net Kids in the Kitchen… Spring is almost here!!! I realize that it may not look it when you look out your front window but according to the calendar it’s coming!!! Looking for something new to give the kids for their after school snack? Well, I have found a few recipes that just might do the trick. This month we have Off-the-wall Sandwiches & Monkey Juice! Sandwich #1 · String cheese · Lunch meat (ham, bologna, turkey, etc.) · Hot dog buns · Lettuce and other sandwich toppings Wrap a piece of string cheese with a piece of lunch meat, place in a hot dog bun, add lettuce and other condiments (i.e.– ketchup, mustard, pickles, etc.) Sandwich #2 · Flour tortillas · Mayonnaise or mustard · Lettuce · Lunch meats · Cheese · Pickles Spread a tortilla lightly with mayonnaise or mustard, layer with lettuce, lunch meat, cheese and a pickle. Roll up for a wrap sandwich! Sandwich #3 · Cheese · Flour tortillas Place cheese on a flour tortilla, top with a second tortilla. Microwave for 30 seconds or until cheese is melted. Cut into triangles. Monkey Juice You will need: · 1 or 2 ripe bananas · 1/2 tsp. vanilla · 2 tsp. sugar · 1 cup milk Beat banana until creamy. Add vanilla and sugar. Blend well. Stir in milk. Chill and serve. Alternative: Banana can be mashed with a fork. Place banana in a jar with other ingredients. Cover with a tight fitting lid. Shake to mix. Yield: 1 pint For more information on educational programs in your area, contact your county Extension office. |
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