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Youth Recognition Night was
a hit! This year we asked
members and leaders to
come in costume and they
did not let us down. We had
Elvis, a sailor, a bum, a boy
scout, some medical person-
nel, a couple of cowgirls, a
horse, Little Bo Peep and her
pygmy goat dressed as a
sheep to name a few.
The day before the event we
had nine creative 4-Hers
carving pumpkins out in the
backyard at the Extension
Office. 4-Her, Charlie Ham-
merich donated pumpkins
from his own crop for the
carving competition. Gone
are the days of using a
butcher knife to create a
gap-toothed jack-o-lantern!
These members came with
their special tools and tem-
plates and what a talented
bunch they were. Zack
Kloepper, a veteran pumpkin
carver, came equipped with a
vast array of carving uten-
sils. When asked about the
large assortment he said
“I’ve been doing this for
years!” We had several
pumpkins representing
space with stars, moons and
a planet. There was also a
penguin, a raccoon, Tango
dancers, Don Knotts, a bat,
and a GO BEAVS pumpkin.
These pumpkins were taken
to Youth Recognition Night
and attendees voted for their
favorite.
Nearly 150 people attended
the recognition and over 100
4-Hers were recognized
for their accomplish-
ments in county and
state fair, county med-
als, scholarships, Car-
cass of Merit and Spirit
of 4-H. Victoria Penhall
received a certificate of
merit for completing
three of the ten steps in
the Dad Potter Contest.
Prizes were given to
members with the best
costumes and the
winning pumpkin. Dani
Decker, our Horse Superin-
tendent, served as costume
judge. She had a hard time
choosing winners because
there were so many good
costumes to choose from.
We would like to thank all
the 4-Hers, parents and
leaders that attended the
event and made it a fun
evening!
Submitted by Jenny Dunham
Recognition 2008– It was all about YOUth!
November/December 2008
Klamath County 4-H Department
Klamath Clover Co-Op
4-H Staff
Jenny [email protected]
Agents and Office Staff
Willie Riggs
Patty Case
Chanda Engel
Brian Charlton
Susan Honea
Lori Fernlund
Barb Templeton
Mary Pieper
Kristy Weidman
Claudia Tosh
OSU KBREC
3328 Vandenberg Rd.
Klamath Falls, OR 97603
phone: (541) 883-7131
fax: (541) 883-4582
Website:
oregonstate.edu/dept/kbrec/ Myka Galloway carving a
pumpkin for the big night.
A 4-Her contemplates which
pumpkin he should vote for.
Jody Zepeda and Bethani Rourk show
off their smiles.
Vanessa and Kassie Lowery enjoying
the festivities.
We are almost to Turkey Day
already. Wow, time flies by
when you are having fun. Fall
is a busy time for our 4-H com-
munity, not so much in 4-H ac-
tivities, but life in general.
School has got a full head of
steam going along with fall and
winter sports. I know we have
many talented athletes in our
program and congratulations to
all of you on your efforts on the
field or in the gym. To those of
you who are hunters, it has cer-
tainly been a busy season as
well. I hope you all had success
or at least a darn, good time.
Your 4-H Agent sure didn’t come
up with a bull elk, but did har-
vest a really nice Blacktailed
Deer.
Since this is the last newsletter
until after the holidays, all of us
at the Extension office wish you
all HAPPY HOLIDAYS in
whichever way you spend the
time together. Let us know
what you all think of the
Klamath Clover Co-Op, we want
to provide all of the information
you want and need. Thank you
to the Leaders’ Association for
funding the newsletter as well.
For this issue of the newsletter I
will leave you all with this little
quote to think about and chew
on, maybe inspire some critical
thinking.
“Corputio optima, pessima
[est]”
Yes, that’s Latin...good luck!
International Opportunities
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Does the thought of going to an-
other country for a few weeks
sound appealing to you? Would
you like to be a United States 4-
H representative from Oregon?
If so then we’ve got something
for you. 4-H International Ex-
change Ambassador Programs
are 3-8 week opportunities for
young people to experience liv-
ing with host families in other
countries. These programs en-
able young people from around
the United States to increase
their global understanding and
improve their leadership and
communica-
tion skills.
The program
through
Oregon 4-H
was nation-
ally recog-
nized as a
leader in in-
ternational programming this
year, so take advantage of a
wonderful program it’s an ex-
perience of a lifetime. Coun-
tries for 2009 are Australia,
Costa Rica, Finland, Japan
and Mexico. The sign-up dead-
line for all countries except Mex-
ico will be Jan 7, Mexico is De-
cember 12.
Last year we had two delegates
from Klamath County take part
in the Exchange program. One
delegate to Japan and one to
Australia, I know for a fact that
these two had a wonderful time.
For complete details check out
the Oregon 4-H website: http://
Oregon.4H.oregonstate.edu.
Click on the 4-H World Citizen-
ship icon located toward the bot-
tom of the page.
DEADLINE APPROACHING
MEMBERS,
LEADERS and
PARENTS please note
that the deadline for
re-enrollment is fast
approaching- January
2, 2009. In order to be
eligible to participate in
fair forms must be
turned in on or before
the deadline –
NO EXCEPTIONS!!
Jed’s Journal
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High Desert Leadership Retreat Are any of you interested in the
High Desert Leadership Retreat?
Do you know what it is? If not,
how about a little snipplett of in-
formation. For those of you not
familiar with the term snipplett
please excuse it, that is a 4-H
term! This is a getaway learning
opportunity for those of you in the
7th-12th grades. The Retreat will
take place at Eagle Crest Resort
in Central Oregon. You get to
mingle and work with other 4-
H youth from around the state.
This year the retreat will take
place January 16-19, 2009.
Here is the registration price
breakdown:
Before Dec 12 - $120
Dec. 13 - 19 - $140
Dec 20 - Jan 2 - $160
Jan. 3 - 14 - $175
Or you can send a $50 deposit
at any of those times to reserve
your place at that fixed price,
$25 non-refundable. The
Klamath County Leaders Asso-
ciation has agreed to provide
scholarships in the amount of
$75.00 to qualifying 4-Hers. To
apply for one of these scholar-
ships contact Jenny or Jed at the
Extension Office and we will get
you a hard copy or send you an
electronic copy of the form.
Ambassadors
If you are going to be a sophomore in high school by next fall, don’t delay, start the process today to be an Ambassador for our county. Right now we have two outstanding 4-H members Brittany Williams and Kendra Walker that are both Ambassadors for Klamath County and Brittany already has a state seat. Remember being an Ambas-
sador will help you in several ways, by providing you leadership learn-ing opportunities you may not get otherwise. If it is prestige that suits your fancy think of it this way, Am-bassador is the top, you are in the highest office a member can hold at the County level and have the chance at being a 4-H National Con-gress representative over time. It is
an easy process, fill out the ap-plication and then an interview with your County Agent. Just let us know, we would love to have you on board!
Urban/Rural Exchange
As many of you know we have
just completed the first half of
the exchange program with
Multnomah County for this year.
We had the pleasure of hosting
14 youth, and 4 adults from the
city and they certainly had a
good time. A huge thank you to
all of you who hosted these folks,
and let’s please continue to get
more folks involved in this pro-
gram. This is a valuable asset to
the rural part of our nation.
Next on the agenda with Urban/
Rural Exchange is the outbound
portion with our youth from
Klamath County going north to
visit the Multnomah County
folks and learn what
the city life is like. As
of today we do not have
the set dates for the
outbound exchange, Jed
is working with Mult-
nomah County Staff to
get them nailed down.
Although we don’t know
the dates just yet, if you
are 6th-8th grade and
would like to participate let
Jenny or Jed know and we
will get you the application
and start the process. Also, in
order to make it easier for all
those who would like to par-
ticipate, the earlier we have
you set up and ready to go the
better chance you all would
have to do a group fundraiser to
make going more affordable.
Along with the youth we will
need chaperones too, so if you
think you may be interested let
us know. It’s a fun trip, and
great life experience.
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Hosting for Urban Rural Exchange– A Rewarding Experience
On November 6, 2008 my family
and I headed to the Extension
Office to meet our Urban Rural
Exchange students from Port-
land. We were very excited and
a little nervous never having
done this before. We knew we
were going to have two girls be-
cause we received a biography
and a personal letter from the
them in order to help prepare us
for their five day stay! As we
pulled in we saw kids running
around having snowball fights
and burning excess energy from
their long day of travel. OH
NO! Some of them were VERY
energetic! Who would we have?
Needless to say the two girls we
got were awesome. We had so
much fun. My daughter and son
have a small farm of chickens,
turkeys, pheasants, rabbits,
dairy goats, horses, dogs, a cat
and a steer. There was much to
keep the kids busy. They fed
animals, cleaned barns, shov-
eled manure, helped cut and
stack wood and much more.
They actually enjoyed this and
were very hard workers. We
also planned two trips to see
other farms. They saw a pig
farm and a dairy goat farm.
They got to experience goat milk
(which they milked) and goat
meat. It was a very exciting
time and we can’t wait to do it
again.
Submitted by Shannon Reichert
Youth Livestock Loans Its not too early to secure fund-
ing for your livestock projects
this year. In our current econ-
omy it may be difficult to find
the extra money to get started
and get your project going, but it
is certainly doable. If you’re in-
terested in jumpstarting your
project you may want to check
out what the Farm Service
Agency has to offer this year.
The FSA will be giving loans out
this year for use to purchase
livestock for your 2009 projects.
You do not repay these loans
until your animal is sold in the
Rotary Junior Livestock Auction
2009. For more information
visit the website at http://
www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/
webap-
parea=home&subject=fmlp&topi
c=dfl-yl
Lauren Meininger learns that goats
really are man’s best friend!
The chickens are eager for
Clairissa Krieger to share .
Please support your local Merrill Super Swine 4-H Club
Fresh-cut, Oregon grown Christmas trees. Choose from 6ft Noble $35, 6ft
Grand Fir $30, 6Ft Douglas Fir $25. Custom orders are an additional $5.00 a
foot
Special orders must be in to Teresa before Nov 25. Make your order today to get
your tree of choice. We are limited to 25 Noble , 25 Grand Fir, 50 Douglas
Trees will be delivered Thanksgiving weekend with 2 pick-up dates for
your convenience to come choose your tree.
Saturday Nov 28, 12:00-2:00 Skinner House 5966 Delaware Ave
Monday Dec 1, 4:00-6:00 Skinner House 5966 Delaware Ave
We will also be picking up the trees after the holidays for an additional $5.00 a
tree. Date & time to be announced for pick-up.
Remember, most of us are going to be purchasing a tree for the holidays so make
sure you support your local 4-H club!
Contact : Teresa Skinner 541-891-6966
Deena Dexter 541-798-5641
DOG MEMBER DATES
Dec. 6 Saturday– Dog 4-H visit
to the Linkville House, 2437
Kane St. at 10 a.m. There is ser-
vice incentive points for attend-
ing. This activity is for well-
behaved dogs.
Jan. 10 Saturday - “Control
Your Dog” Workshop. 10 a.m.
til noon at Pyramid Cremations
off Avalon St. Call 850-8782 if
you need directions. This work-
shop is a precursor to obedience.
It is a great idea to start here,
before the obedience. It’s
REALLY hard to teach a dog
anything if he doesn’t even care
that you are talking, so this
class will give you the tools you
need to help you get started.
On November 10 six 4-Hers
came to the Extension office to
build rockets and send them to
the sky. Before the rocket build-
ing began, the group discussed
Newton’s Laws of Motion and
built straw rockets. Those rock-
ets were powered by blowing
into the end of the straw. There
were straws flying everywhere!
Once the rockets were assem-
bled the whole group headed
over to the OSU Research Sta-
tion to shoot them off. Jed set
up the “launch pads” and hooked
up the wires. One by one the
rockets were set off into the sky
and the kids took off running to
catch their rockets as they
headed back down. Some of the
parachutes did not open, but it
was fun nonetheless. One
rocket floated down into a tree
and the group decided they were
not going to leave until the
rocket was rescued and returned
to it’s rightful owner. All in all
it was a great learning experi-
ence and we hope to do it again
next year.
Submitted by Jenny Dunham
over the holiday season.
This would be a great opportu-
nity for 4-Hers to do something
special for someone else over the
holiday season. For card guide-
lines, free card downloads and
other information go to:
http://www.redcross.org/email/
saf/
The American Red Cross is
pleased to announce that it will
sponsor a national “Holiday
Mail for Heroes” program again
this year. Last year they dis-
tributed over 600,000 cards to
our wounded service members
at hospitals around the country
and overseas. Their goal is to
reach 1,000,000 persons this
year and show appreciation for
their service and wish them well
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Fundraising Opportunity
In January, the Yellowbook
Klamath County phone book
will begin its delivery in the
area. Every year, they work
with groups to do fundraisers
and help achieve their goals
through phone book delivery.
It's a great way to do fundrais-
ing for a few weeks out of the
year. It doesn't involve any
knocking on doors or selling; for
the most part, it is simply plac-
ing a book at the front door of
each home.
Between now and Christmas
break would be a great time to
notify parents or potential team
leaders, find out how much
clubs are looking to raise and
think about what timeframes
are realistic for all involved.
For more information contact
Adam Zaiger at 503-718-5800
Ext. 111 or email him at:
5… 4… 3… 2… 1… BLAST OFF!!!
The group proudly displays their rocket
building talents.
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It’s Good To Be A Leader! Leaders’ Forum 2008
As new leaders my husband and
I are taking every opportunity to
learn all we can. So when we
heard about this forum we
signed up. I was excited but also
sad to give up one of my two
days to sleep in but I am so glad
I went. It was well worth it!!
Belonging, Mastery, Generostiy
and Independence. These four
words were the basis for what
we talked about at the 4-H
Leaders Forum. How can we as
leaders provide the youth we are
working with the opportunities
to learn Belonging, Mastery of
skills, Generosity and Independ-
ence? We started by sharing on
sticky notes how we thought
children could learn each of
those things.
Throughout the day we were
given handouts, had opportuni-
ties to share our thoughts with
other leaders, and participated
in activities that brought us
closer as a group, learned valu-
able information to help us with
our clubs and ate chocolate! .
One of the activities was de-
signed to help us understand the
Experiential Learning Model for
Youth (Explore-do activity, Re-
flect, Apply) and involved my
husband holding a broom. I (he
volunteered me after volunteer-
ing himself) and Reid a junior
leader were given the assign-
ment of keeping everyone safe.
Chuck was to balance the broom
on one hand. First he was to
only look at the hand the broom
bottom was in. He could only
balance it for a few seconds.
Next he was allowed to look at
the whole broom. He was then
able to balance for much longer.
Marilyn asked us questions to
help us reflect on the activity.
How did you feel when you were
only able to look at your hand?
Why was it hard when you were
looking at your hand? Why was
it easier when you were able to
look at the whole broom? He
said when he could look at the
whole broom he was able to see
where it was going and adjust
what he was doing to compen-
sate. We all proceeded to discuss
and apply this to 4-H. If you fo-
cus on one tiny detail you might
miss something in the bigger
picture that would help you as a
group adjust and be more suc-
cessful.
We were given suggestions on
how to run a business meeting
by watching a video that an-
other 4-H group created and got
a grant to produce. They sug-
gested roll call, door prizes, giv-
ing the youth positions and
making it possible for the youth
to run the meetings themselves.
We discussed a couple deep top-
ics such as reporting child
abuse, making sure there are
always 2 adults present at
events and what is appropriate
behavior for a 4-H leader and
does it apply even when they are
not at a 4-H sanctioned activity.
I addition we talked about
lighter topics like games to play
to make meetings not all busi-
ness! We discussed insurance,
policies on the use of the 4-H
logo and name, and the fact that
there is soon going to be a venue
for clubs to share what they are
doing via the internet.
Submitted by Drucilla Curtis
Marilyn Lesmeister, the presenter for the
Leaders’ Forum had lots interesting
activities and material for participants.
Chuck Curtis balances a broom while
his wife Drucilla and Reid , a junior
leader from Lakeview, look on.
One of the many activities that brought
leaders from Lake, Josephine and
Klamath Counties together.
Along with the change in members on the Executive Council it was also time for the new Superintendents to be selected. So here they are: Dog – Michelle Leathers Goat Division – Jim Walters Meat Goats – Jim Walters Dairy Goats – Ronica Harper Pygmy Goats – Lydia Robinson Horse Division – Dani Decker Horse Gaming – Peggy Sue Watson Horse Judging – Amy Swindler Horse Combined – Diane KeithHorse Dressage – Lydia Robinson Horse Ranch Horse – Shelly Wirth Non-Animal Division – Julie Detinger Small Animal Division- Yvette Lowery-Poultry – Dawn Lytle Rabbit – Katie Meeds Cavy – Kimberly Mauch Swine – Carol Reid Beef Division – Calvin McNary Beef Division Co-Sup – Stephanie Brown Everyone give thanks to these people up front for all of the work they do for the 4-H program all year long. They work ex-ceptionally hard around Fair time, be sure to be appreciative of all the things they do.
08-09 Superintendents
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08-09 Executive Council
As we are starting into the new year there are some face changes on the Executive Council. The council is reset, re-charged, and ready to rock n’ roll for 2009. Here is the way things have ended up: President - Margaret Baker 1st Vice President - Monica Miller 2nd Vice President - Linda Hammerich Secretary - Dani Decker Treasurer - Grace Elbert Reporter/Historian - Kim Coleman At Large -Yvette Lowery Past President - Leann Meeds Youth Rep - Brittany Williams Youth Rep - MiKenzie Remstedt Welcome to all of you; let’s have a fun and productive year!
Welcome To Our New Leaders!!
We would like to welcome the following leaders who have
recently completed the New Leader Training and have
jumped right in and started working in our great organiza-
tion: Lori Burns, Michelle Epperly, Pete Vollmar,
Nancy Dumont, Chuck and Drucilla Curtis, and Susan
Galloway. Please welcome these leaders when you meet
them at the leaders’ meetings.
There is also a need for veteran leaders to be mentors to new
leaders that are starting clubs. There are a lot of details to
know about how the process works and having someone to
turn to with questions would be very beneficial to the new
people who come into the 4-H program. If you are interested
in being a mentor leader please contact Jenny.
Looking For New Leaders...
Are there any parents or community members out there that
would like to become more involved in 4-H? If you are inter-
ested in being a part of 4-H please stop by the Extension of-
fice to pick up a leader application and get the process
started. Our next new leader training will be December 17.
How wonderful it is
that nobody need
wait a single
moment before
starting to improve
the world-
Anne Frank
Mandatory Leader Meetings
This year the Executive Council
is enforcing the rule that leaders
must attend 50% of the All
Leaders’ Meetings in order to
receive their wristband for fair.
This rule was voted on and
passed by the Leaders’ Associa-
tion in 2002. Club representa-
tion is required at 50% of the
meetings which means in one
year 3 meetings must be at-
tended.
Division Superintendents must
submit attendance sheets,
within one week after the meet-
ings, to the Extension office to
show who was present at each
meeting.
Educational Resources
Please check out the educational
resources here at the Extension
office for leaders to use for club
meetings. We have educational
kits for beef, swine, sheep,
horse, dog, rabbit and poultry.
In addition to the kits we also
have some books and videos on
various subjects and for some of
the projects there is supplemen-
tal booklets.
Financial Reports Due
Just a reminder that your finan-
cial statements for the 1st quar-
ter will be due on December 31.
The Financial Report form is
available online at our Web site
in the 4-H section under the
Leader link or you can pick one
up at the Extension office.
These forms must be turned in
even if your club has no money
or bank account. The form with
a leader signature and a zero
balance is all that is required if
your club has no money. These
forms will be kept on file and
are meant to be a safety meas-
ure.
New Leader Orientation
The next New Leader Orienta-
tion will be held on December
17 at 5:30 p.m. Anyone think-
ing of becoming a 4-H leader
needs to take part in this ses-
sion. We will attempt to give
you a fair understanding of
what 4-H is and has been in the
past, where we’re headed, and
how and where to find re-
sources to support your club.
Areas we have a lot of interest
in currently are: Shooting
Sports, Adventures and Science
and Engineering. Of course we
are always looking for volun-
teers in all areas, and the ones
mentioned here have just had a
lot of inquiry in the recent
weeks. 4-H accepts new mem-
bers and leaders year round, so
if you know of anyone inter-
ested in joining the program
have them get a hold of Jed or
Jenny and we will get them
started in the process.
Club Finance Class
There will be a Club Finance
Workshop December 18 at 5:30
p.m. at the Extension office.
We strongly
encourage
all leaders
who have
not yet at-
tended a
session to
come to this one. It is benefi-
cial to you and your club.
Members are more than wel-
come to attend. This is an op-
portunity for leaders to learn
about club finances, fundrais-
ing and filling out the re-
quired financial reports in ad-
dition to learning why we fol-
low certain procedures with
club finances.
Newsletter Info
If you have something you
would like to put in the
Klamath Clover Co-Op, please
submit it to the office by Fri-
day, January 16. Please re-
member information can be
something as simple as a re-
view of an event or club func-
tion.
Re-Enrollment Deadline
January 2, 2009 is the dead-
line for members to re-enroll
so they can be eligible for fair.
Jenny will be out of the office
the last two weeks of Decem-
ber and the first part of Janu-
ary. The office will be short-
staffed during those weeks, so
it would be ideal if we could
encourage people to get their
forms in earlier so there is not
a lot of 4-H traffic during that
time. This is by no means re-
quired, but rather encouraged
to help make things a little
less hectic for the front office.
Thanks for your cooperation
in this matter!
ATTENTION LEADERS...
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