LEARN TO DOBY DOING

L&A COUNTY 4-H NEWSLETTERJune 2012

EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS BOARD MEMBERS President - Dave McNichols 378-0463 Becky Whalen 354-4799Vice President - Leonard Austin 388-1105 Jonathan Leonhardt 378-6089Secretary - Kathy McNichols 378-0463 Jennifer Carefoot 388-1177Treasurer - Linda Harpell 354-9243 Frances Garrah 354-9725

Lisa Hart 354-0404 Jordan Whalen 354-4799

L&A County 4-H ◊ June 2012

ww

w.le

nnox

addi

ngto

n4-

h.ca

info

@le

nnox

addi

ngto

n4-

h.ca

1

‘I pledgeMy Head to clearer thinking,My Heart to greater loyalty,My Hands to larger service,My Health to better living,

for my Club, my community,and my country’

We would like to thank all the parents and grandparents who donated baking and items for the auction and stayed to bid on some of the wonderful things we sold. We would also like to thank Scott and Sandra Topping who donated the bulk of the items we sold, Mr. Neil Lambert who donated his time as our auctioneer, the Napanee Beaver for advertising, the Town of Napanee for use of the hall, and several retailers for goods and services they donated.

Thanks to your generosity we raised approximately $1600!

COMING EVENTS4-H At the Talents of the Town Market

L&A County 4-H ◊ June 2012

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

I would like to thank all our volunteers who are doing an amazing job this year. The group who organized and ran the Auction did a tremendous job, the newsletter, media coverage and website look great, I have had good reports from all the clubs that have started to date, the planning committee for the Napanee Fair has come up with some new, very exciting ideas, our Board members are working together to provide an excellent program this year. What a great group of volunteers to work with!

School is almost over for another year and we would like to congratulate all our members who are graduating and going on to college or university, or taking the big step from elementary school to high school, or passing from one grade to another. Your education is such an important piece of the puzzle that makes up the whole person, I am sure you all do your best at school just as you do at 4-H.You won’t be bored this year over the summer with projects to be done for the fair, meetings to attend, fairs to go to, and so many new friends to keep you busy.

See you soon! Dave McNichols

2

4-H has been invited to take part in the Talents of the Town Market on Saturday June 9th, in the Market Square in Napanee. We plan to have livestock demonstrations, a spring craft club meeting where we will be building planters and planting flowers, games and more. If your club would like to hold a meeting there or do some sort of presentation, please call Dave at 613-378-0463 asap.

Come Join 4-H Lennox & Addington For

An Old Fashioned Family PicnicSaturday, June 23rd, 2012

3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.Napanee Fairgrounds

The 4-H Lennox & Addington Association will provide:Hot dogs, hamburgers and drinks

Families with last names A – M please bring salads or side dishesFamilies with last names N – Z please bring dessertsMeet the 2012 Board of Directors and Club Leaders

Play some Games! Prizes and lots of Fun!

Please RSVP to Jennifer Carefoot by June 16th at 613-388-1177

L&A 4-H ASSOCIATION MEETINGOur next Association meeting will be held on June 12th, 2012 at Newburgh Hall. The meeting will start at 7:00pm. All Volunteers, Parents & Senior Members are welcome to attend.

L&A 4-H IS GOING GREENIf you would like to go paperless and receive your Newsletters by email, please

email Jenn or Jonathan. We will be sending the Newsletters out as a PDF file as they are

L&A County 4-H ◊ June 2012 3

much smaller. If you cannot read a PDF for whatever reason, let us know and we will send it to you in another format. Everyone that chooses to go paperless will have their names added to a draw for a cool 4-H prize!!!

Secretary’s Contest

Now that clubs are starting and elections being held, you may be a 4-H club secretary. Our Association’s secretary, Kathy McNichols, is holding a contest this year for the best set of secretary’s minutes from a club. The minutes may be neatly hand-written or typed on a computer, should include minutes from each meeting, roll call from each meeting, motions and must be signed by the secretary, president and at least one of the leaders.

A 4-H secretary book is available on the 4-H website under “resources and support”, then “additional resources”, then “secretary record book” if you want a sample of how a secretary may keep notes and some guidelines to good note-keeping. Your record may also contain pictures from your club, stories from the members, and reports on special activities.

Your notes must be submitted to Kathy McNichols by November 1, 2012 and the prize will be awarded at the Awards Banquet in November. Remember neatness and presentation count!

Good Manners at MeetingsOur leaders work hard to provide interesting, informative and fun meetings for our members and we would like to thank them for what they do. We must remember these people are volunteering their time, energy, sometimes their homes and often supplies. Let’s all remember to follow a few good manners regarding meetings that will help make them more constructive and fun for everyone.-If you can’t make it to a meeting, call and let the leader know.- If you want to bring a non-4-H friend, call and ask the leader if it is okay.- Please put away all electronic devices while the meeting is on.- Be respectful of people who are speaking, other people’s property and their feelings.

Remember good manners make the meeting fun for everyone!!

CLUB NEWSJudging Club

L&A County 4-H ◊ June 2012 4

In the Judging Club this year we have had four meetings. At the first meeting we judged kitchen chairs and scrapbook pages. At the second meeting it was Judge It Day. It was really fun. The third meeting we judged rope halters, fair books and CD covers. At our fourth meeting we went to Selbyvale Farm and judged some dairy cattle. It was a lot of fun. Our next meeting is going to be held at the Carefoot house on June 6th.

Robyn Carefoot, Judging Club Member

GIRLS NIGHT OUT CLUBGirls Night Out is gearing up for another exciting year! First club meeting was held on May 30th where the girls were given a memory book project to work on throughout the club and then carry on after. There are two meetings planned for June - June 5th from 7 - 9 p.m. at Trinity Church and June 24th 2 - 4 p.m. at the Napanee Fairgrounds. Three more meetings are in the works for the month of July! We are looking forward to working and growing with a great group of girls!

Alissa Goodfellow and Jennifer Carefoot

ARE YOU THINKING OF VOLUNTEERING WITH 4-H

Our volunteers are screened and trained. The application form is on the 4-H Ontario website. Once you have submitted it to 4-H Ontario, you will receive a screening package in the mail which will include a CPIC you take to your local OPP office to be completed. Please do this as soon as you get the package as this is sometimes a lengthy process. Your references will be interviewed, and you will have an interview with the volunteer screening committee. The committee will then put in a recommendation to the Board to accept or decline a volunteer, the Board will vote on the volunteer and the results will be forwarded to 4-H Ontario. The final decision is up to them. You will also need to attend a New volunteer orientation session. The next one scheduled in our area is July 13th, 7:00pm. at 265 Cannifton Rd, Belleville. Renewing volunteers may also attend this session to update their training requirements. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer or have questions about volunteering with 4-H, please call Kathy McNichols at 613-378-0463.

L&A County 4-H ◊ June 2012 5

Do you love to play games? Do you enjoy fun competition?

Do you have a little knowledge about a lot of things?

The Go For The Gold (GFTG) competition is a game-show style trivia game featuring questions from official 4-H project manuals. It is a great experience for 4-H members to increase their knowledge of 4-H project materials, agriculture, food, community events and much more, all while doing so in a team atmosphere! Join the Lennox & Addington Go for the

Gold Team. Meetings will be on Sunday evenings starting on May 27th. (not every week). The regional competition will be held on August 18th, 2012 with up to 9 counties competing. Winners of the Regional competition go on to compete in the provincial games at the Royal Winter Fair.

If you are interested in Going for the Gold,contact Kathy or Dave McNichols at 613-378-0463

Volunteers: If you want to submit information on your clubs’ activities or dates, please send the information by the 20th of each month to Jonathan at jjleonhardt@xplornet.com, or Jenn at jenncare73@hotmail.com for inclusion in the next month’s newsletter.

2012 NAPANEE FAIR PROJECT BARN PROJECTS

Members must submit one project for each club they are in up to a maximum of four.Discuss with your leader if you need to submit the project for the club you are/were in.

You may submit projects for other clubs also.

1)Your name must not appear anywhere on the item or attached card. Neatness and spelling count. It is usually better to type than write where possible.2)All items must be hand-made by the member with minimal parental or leader assistance.3)Projects will be accepted at the project barn between the hours of 2-4 pm and 6-9 pm on Thursday August 2. 9:00 pm is the deadline, NO EXCEPTIONS! 4) Once entered, the project cannot be altered.5) Judging will take place Friday afternoon 1st place in each class receives $20, 2nd place$10, all other credible entries $5 , prizes are given out at the Awards Banquet in November.6) A project cannot be entered more than one year.

L&A County 4-H ◊ June 2012 6

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE…HAVE FUN AND LET YOUR IMAGINATIONS GO

1)Embellished crazy quilt square- Create a hand-sewn crazy quilt square, embellished as you wish and framed. Inside dimensions of the frame to be no smaller than 6” x 6” and no larger than 10” x 10”. Project is to incorporate at least 6 different embroidery stitches and at least 6 different embellishments. On a 6” square card write the name you have given your Project and list the stitches and embellishments you have used.

2) Spring Crafts- Use a store-bought wooden butterfly or dragonfly no smaller than 12” x 15” and no larger than 15” x22”, painted and decorated, to be used as an outdoor decoration.

3) Blacksmithing- Make a hand forged coat hook, which will include the following techniques: squaring, scrolling, twisting, and bending. The hooks will have 2 holes drilled in them and will be mounted onto a piece of wood. Also complete a poster for display. The poster will be on one full size Bristol board and will include the following components: the name of the club, a labeled diagram of the parts of a coal forge, labeled pictures of the standard tools of a Blacksmith (may be printed or hand drawn), and a picture of the member's favorite hand forged item. Be creative!

4) Girls Night Out- “What Inspires Me” on half sheet of Bristol board. Must include the word INSPIRE and at least 7 items that inspire you. Items can include: movie quotes, book quotes, song quotes, inspiring words, pictures of women that inspire you and pictures of places that inspire you. Be creative!

5) Chocolate- Create a decorated chocolate recipe book. The book should contain 10 recipes with pictures of the items and a picture of something you have made yourself. Remember the pictures cannot show you, just the item you are making.

6) A View of Lennox & Addington- Mount 6 photographs you have taken on ½ sheet of Bristol Board. The pictures should have a common theme ( 6 photos of parks or 6 photos of buildings or 6 photos of livestock, etc.) and must be from Lennox & Addington County. Each 4x6 photograph should be mounted on a piece of card stock on which you have written the name of the object. eg (Springside Park, MacPherson House, Jersey calf). Give your project a title.

7) Judging- Class of 4 items (actual or photographs), judged, with card attached stating placing and reasons.

8) Judging Scorecard- create a detailed scorecard for an item that does not have an official scorecard. The scorecard should be attractively and neatly presented, and could be accompanied by an item or picture of the item to illustrate what the scorecard is about.

9) 4-H Spirit- Poem written by a member depicting their feelings of 4-H spirit. The poem must be at least 20 lines, typed on one sheet of paper and mounted on an 8 ½” x 11” piece of cardstock or Bristol board. May include a picture. Copies of the poems will be sent to 4-H Canada in honour of their 100th anniversary next year.

10) Scrapbooking- Create a 12”x 12” scrap book page with the theme of a 4-H club, meeting or special 4-H activity. The photos must contain more than one member so as not to identify the page as belonging to any one person. Please put the page in a plastic page protector.

10) International cooking- Create a menu for one meal from a foreign country. The menu should be at least 6 pages, with a title page, an index page, a page with 1 or 2 appetizers, a page with 1 or 2 entrées, a page with 1 or 2 desserts and a page of dining customs and sayings of the country. The appetizers, entrees and desserts should include a description of how they are made, including main ingredients. eg(fried rice- a delicious combination of young green onions, slivered mushrooms and fresh peas, lightly sautéed with a bed of fluffy, tender rice) Pictures can be included.

11) Books are Fun- Create a board or card game from a children’s book. Must include a game board or cards, playing pieces, rules and the book.

12) Woodworking- Make a wooden wheelbarrow from red cedar, no longer than 38” from tip of wheel to tip of handle, no taller than 16” from the bottom of leg to the top of tray. The tray itself should be 8” tall, 19 ½ “ long and 8” wide(inside). The wheel must be 9” in diameter, have a 1” dowel through it, pinned in place with ¼” dowels and must turn.

13) Christmas Crafts – Make an Advent calendar on a piece of foam board no larger than 20” x 26”. The calendar must incorporate at least 3 different objects that could hold a small item.

14) Fishing- On a full sheet of Bristol board, mount a picture you have taken of a body of water in Lennox & Addington County, label the picture ( Lake Ontario, Beaver Lake, etc.), List at least 6 varieties of fish that could be found in it, why they are found in that body of water, and the type of bait you would use to catch each one. Include pictures of the fish and the open fishing season dates for each variety.

15) Health Care- On one piece of bristol board include the following: the title of the club (Healthcare Club) and draw the “Chain of Transmission" and label all links of the chain properly and in correct order. Then describe how to break the chain of transmission and choose one link to explain how to break the chain at that link.

L&A County 4-H ◊ June 2012 7

16) Great Outdoors- Using a box no larger than 16” x 16”, cut down the sides leaving a 2” lip around the base. On this base mount a picture of a compass in the centre, marking the 4 main directions. To the north create a forest, to the south create a pond, to the east and west create a meadow. In each area include 2 animals you would find there and their homes. Attach a written description of your areas, the animals found there, how they make their homes, what they eat and how they protect themselves.

17) Introduction to farm animals- Create a model of a building, on a base no larger than 16” x 16” that would house the farm animal of your choice. Leave one side open so we can see inside. Add its food, feeding container, bedding area, and at least one model of the animal. The animal may be a plastic store-bought one, but everything else must be made by you or the real thing. Add a typed or neatly hand-written description of your animal, its house, its food, and use on the farm and list 3 breeds of it. You can include anything else you find interesting.

18) Going Green- Make an object out of something that is recycled and is the colour green. Your object should be useful. Attach an index card outlining what you have made, the object you made it from and how this helps our environment.

19) Let’s go to the Fair- On a full sheet of Bristol board, Create a collage of pictures taken at fairs, fair tickets, fair book covers, your own art work etc. that shows the enjoyment people have attending a fair. Give it a title.

20) Grow Your Own- On one sheet of bristol board include: The name of the club (Grow Your Own Club) and a picture (photo or hand drawn) of three things (vegetable, fruit, herb) you are choosing to discuss. You must discuss the following areas for each of your plants - 1. Describe the plant including its class (fruit, veg, herb), what it looks like, how big it gets, etc. 2. Discuss what part of the plant you eat (stem, leaves, fruit, roots), 3. Discuss how to plant it including things such as how deep, how far apart, type of soil, temperature, etc., and 4. Discuss how to make it grow including how much to water, fertilize, sunlight, etc.

23) Vet- You are a student vet for a week. You are called to three different farms to tend to three different animals. First there is a dog that was run over by a car and appears to have a broken leg. Next a mare is having a foal which has the nose and one front leg presenting. She seems in distress. Thirdly a calf is very dehydrated, has trouble standing, has a cold nose. In a duotang journal describe how you would diagnose and treat each animal. Pictures can be added.

24) Horse- Make a model of a horse from the shoulder up, mounted on a 12” square base. Identify at least 10 body parts.

25) Horse Feed and Nutrition- On a full sheet of Bristol board include: the name of the club (Horse Feed and Nutrition) a picture of the horse, 1 or 2 sandwich-sized sealed baggies with a sample of its feed, a written outline of what the horse is used for, what the feed contains and how each ingredient in it adds to the horse’s nutrition, how often and amounts of feed and water it should have and where to feed the horse.

26) Jr Dairy-Complete a mini dairy project booklet containing calf feeding records and growth charts. Make the booklet look as attractive and interesting as possible to reflect your hard work with the calf. Be sure your name is not in the booklet.

27) Sr Dairy- Choose a particular type of milking system within a tie stall or free stall operation and describe its physical layout, components, overall cost, advantages, disadvantages, etc. OR Select a particular aspect of the C.Q.M. program showing its required elements, explain the program merit(for producers & consumers), record keeping, farm management requirements, etc. Make your display for one of the above two choices as informative as possible on a single piece of bristol board by using pictures and examples.

27) Beef- Make a rope halter using 3 ply ropes suitable for a young beef heifer. (more details from club leaders)

28) Rabbit- On one sheet of bristol board include: The name of the club (Rabbit Club) and a picture (photo or hand-drawn) of the breed of rabbit you choose to discuss. You must discuss the following three areas of your chosen rabbit - 1. Describe the breed including proper size and markings, 2. Discuss proper housing for the rabbit such as type of cage, food and water dishes, ventilation, heat and cold options, etc. (you may draw a picture if you wish), 3. Discuss your rabbit's health including things such as type of food, hay, minerals / vitamins required, how much to feed, common illnesses, and how to prevent disease.

29) Goat- On a full sheet of Bristle board , make a poster showing at least 6 breeds of goats, giving breed characteristics with a section on proper goat care. Include pictures.

30) Field Crops- 5 stalks of field corn, tied together, with an index card attached, stating variety of corn, date planted, whether it was no-till, any fertilizer or pesticides used, type of soil planted in.

L&A County 4-H ◊ June 2012 8