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Newton County 4-H News

“Committed to Excellence in Youth Development”

Michael D. Coffey 4-H Youth Specialist

Lynda DuMond 4-H Youth Associate

2015-2016 4-H Council Renee Russell, President Kyla Hinz, Vice President Stella Nash, Secretary

Dennis Raben, Treasurer Justen Parry & Josh Raben

Song & Game Leaders

(417) 455-9500

http://extension.missouri.edu/newton

Coffeymd@missouri.edu Dumondl@missouri.edu

MAY 2016

University of Missouri, Lincoln University,

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discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability or status as a Vietnam-era

veteran in employment or programs.

Dear 4-H Families, I recently had the chance to participate with one of my Program Assistants in hosting a Career Fair at the Alternative High School in Neosho. There I had the chance to reiterate some of the things I’m wanting to incorporate into a Career Fair this fall for our 4H Teens. To summarize a couple of these things: One of the things I learned and have put into practice for myself is that Life is TOO short to work at something you don’t “like” doing. Combined with this is the knowledge I’ve learned that there are LOTS of ways to get paid for doing a job. Applying this lesson, I want to work with our Teens this fall in some career assessments to help them begin to identify, things they’re passionate about, things that they’re good at doing, and how much training they’re willing to commit to get to where they want to be. In conjunction with this, I want to share with you, that there are 3 maybe 4 things you can do which will really put you ahead of the curve on becoming a valuable employee. If you will do these things, it will put you easily into the 80+ percentile of workers that employers are looking for. They are:

SHOW UP FOR WORK WHEN YOUR SCHEDULED TO BE THERE. By far the largest complaint that employers give about their em-ployees is that they “just don’t show up for work”. If you will learn this habit now, when you’re going to school and apply it to your job, your employers will almost be guaranteed to love you.

BE ON TIME. This means that if you’re scheduled to begin working at 8 am, you don’t come in the door at that time, but at whatever time ahead of that so that you’re in uniform, have gone to the bathroom, put your lunch away, or anything else so that your actually ready to work at the assigned time.

SHOW SOME INITIATIVE. If you will ask for what needs to be done, rather than wait to be told everything you ought to be doing, or once you’ve learned the ways of the company to even do some-thing without having to be told, WOW your boss will love you.

LEARN TO GET ALONG WITH PEOPLE YOU MAY NOT LIKE. Right now, you go to school, church, 4-H with someone that you would never invite to your home for a meal or sleep over. Practice right now learning to get along, even if you disagree, and put that skill to work in your job setting, and you will stand out like a beacon of light.

None of these are rocket science, and the first 3 aren’t even hard to do, but if you can put these to work in your personal and professional life, I guarantee you that you will almost never have to worry about having a job. These simple skills are what companies are yearning after. Remember that right now, you’re building the foundation that will shape and influence the rest of your life. Go to work right now in school, home and 4-H to mas-ter these things, and they will serve you well all the years of your life.

Mike Coffey

4-H Youth Specialist

UPCOMING EVENTS

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MAY 16 *Pub. Speak Academy Due 21 4-H Day W/ Cardinals 25-27 Dairy Cow Camp JUNE 1-3 State 4-H Congress 11 Lucky Clover Swim party 11-12 Alumni Camp 12-15 Camp 1 (8-12 years) 15-18 Camp 2 (8-12 years) 18-19 Clover Kids Camp 19-23 Teen Camp (13-18) 21-22 Public Speaking Academy JULY *1 YCLS Float Trip Due 6-9 Newton County Fair 12 Regional Shoot 13 YCLS Float Trip 21-23 McDonald County Fair 28-Aug 6 Ozark Empire Fair AUGUST 1 Regional Achievement Day 10-21 Missouri State Fair

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were project meeting held in Sewing, Arts & Crafts,

and Goats. We will do the flowers in Joplin on May 9

at 3:30 PM.

The Downtowners 4-H Club had a meeting on

April 18 at the New-Mac building in Neosho at 7:00

PM. Michala Peterman called the meeting to order.

There were nineteen members and thirteen adults

present. The Treasurer’s and Secretary’s reports

were given by Seth Russell and Abrie Steinle. They

were approved. There will be a Vet Science meet-

ing April 28 at 3:00. at Rona Kimbrough’s farm.

There were project reports given on Meat Goats,

Dairy Goats, Photography and Shooting Sports. En-

tries for the Newton County Fair are due June 3.

The club will have a bake sale at Orscheln Store in

Neosho on May 21 at 9:30 AM. The club will be in

the July 4th parade at Seneca. Our float will be put

together on July 1 at 5:00 PM at Renee Russell’s

home. We had two girls in the sewing project. They

were Clarise yates and Madison Melton. They both

won 1st Place at County Fashion Revue in their cat-

egory. The club will have animals in the Petting Zoo

at the Safe Kids Fair on May 6. from 2:00-5:00 PM.

David Russell, Reporter

The Lucky Clover 4-H Club would like to invite all 4-H mem-bers to their club swim party on Saturday, June 11 at the Sene-ca City Pool from 6:30-8:30 PM. Each family needs to bring hot dogs, buns, chips, 2ltr pop, and a sweet.

COUNTY NEWs

County Achievement Day McDonald /Newton County Achievement Day was held on Saturday, April 30. We had a nice turn out. A special thank you to the parents and volunteers who worked as judges, served food and helped with set up and clean up. We appreciate your dedication and efforts.

YCLS Float Trip The McDonald County Youth Civic Leaders Team is planning a community service float trip on Elk River in McDonald County on Wednesday, July 13. If you would enjoy spending a day floating with other teens down a beautiful river, come join us for this event. The team will feed you lunch and provide drinks throughout the day. Cost is free, we only require you to work along the float, picking up trash and de-

CLUB NEWS

The East Newton 4-H Club met on March 20, 2016.

Secretary, Vanessa Enslow called the meeting to

order. There were fifteen members and ten adults

present. Pledges were led by Jason Bradshaw and

Draven Clark. The secretary’s minutes were read

and approved. Riley Gray read the treasurer’s report

it was approved. In old business, the FCS grant ap-

plication was discussed. The club is going to build

park benches for the fairgrounds at a cost of $80.00.

Costs and donations will be finished this week, and

Melinda will complete the application. Other ideas

the club had for community service projects at the

fairgrounds were– improving wash stall faucets,

gates, and painting. In new business, we reviewed

upcoming events from the 4-H newsletter. Meeting

was adjourned.

The East Newton 4-H Club met on April 17, 2016.

There were seventeen members and twelve adults

present. The pledges were led by Jacy Leech and

Trey Larson. March minutes were read and ap-

proved. The treasurer’s report was read and ap-

proved. In old business, the FCS grant was complet-

ed and submitted. The club received a lumber dona-

tion from T.H Rogers of Neosho and Lowe’s agreed

to donate lumber at their cost. The club should be

notified about the grant in May. In new business,

members were given a reminder about the Newton

County Fair weigh-in for animals on May 7, 2016

from 9:00-12:00. This is for swine, sheep, and goats.

Andrea Larson announced she was giving a beef

demonstration after the meeting. The meeting ad-

journed,. Andrea Larson brought two Angus calves

for her beef demonstration on showing. She remind-

ed members that it was important to work with their

animals as much as possible before the show. She

also told shared with members that it is important to

help the animal relax by finding the right spot to

scratch. Hard work and practice pay off. The mem-

bers enjoyed the calves,

Vanessa Enslow, Reporter

The Downtowners 4-H Club had their March meet-

ing at New-Mac Electric. There were nine adults and

fourteen members present. Pledges were led by

Seth Russell and Abrie Steinle. Michala Peterman

called the meeting to order. Secretary’s and Treas-

urer’s reports were given and approved. Matthew

Melton gave a project report on Photography. There

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Youth Poultry and Rabbit Show The Southwest Missouri Poultry and Rabbit Show will be held on May 21 at the Carthage Fairgrounds. Registrations are due May 13. For more information contact Cindy Galardo at clgalardo@hotmail.com or 620-202-2823.

Alumni Camp June 11-12 If you know someone who used to attend Camp Smokey and would like to take a walk down memory lane, tell them about Alumni Camp! This camp is for Alumni and will include all the fun they remember at 4-H Camp! See the enclosed flyer for more details.

State news Public Speaking Academy

The Public Speaking Academy will provide fun, edu-cational workshops to help youth build their skills and comfort with public speaking. Participants will be guided through the basics and finer points of writing and delivering a speech. This camp is open to youth ages 11-13. Registration is due May 16. For more information go to http://www.4h.missouri.edu/public-speaking-academy/main.

Save the Monarch Missouri 4-H is joining other agencies and organizations in an effort to save the Mon-arch butterfly from extinction. Did you know the current Monarch population is only 10% of what it was in 1990. Missouri 4-H wants to join the fight to bring back the Monarchs, and that means we need 4-H Clubs, project groups, families or individuals to lend a helping hand. Planting habi-tat plots can contribute to this effort. The 4-H Save the Monarch program is in it’s initial stages. As edu-cational materials, grant opportunities and activities develop, they will be posted to this webpage: http://4h.missouri.edu/monarchs/main.

4-H Canine Camp This camp is designed for the dog lovers at heart. Bring your dog to camp and be ready to train it to greater heights all while enjoying the camp traditions such as swimming, canoeing, and campfire. Canine Camp will be June 16-18 at lake of the Ozarks State Park. This camp is designed for youth ages 10-18. Register online at https://mo.4honline.com. Thirty spots are available, regis-tration is open NOW!.

bris This event will be open to the whole state for 4-H youth ages 14 and over. Younger members can attend but must be with an adult. We need you to call 417-223-4775, to save a spot so we can plan how many canoes we need and pur-chase enough food and beverages. Deadline to register is July 1.

Newton County Fair The Newton County Fair will be July 6-9. Fair en-tries, livestock and indoor exhibits, must pre-register by June 3. Indoor exhibits are to be in place on Tuesday, July 5 between 8:00 and 12:00. To understand all the rules and regulations for fair entry, get your Newton County Fair Book. Your club leader will have them for you if you are in Newton County 4-H. McDonald County families come to the Extension Office in Newton or McDonald County. We are looking forward to see-ing all your hard work displayed at the fair!

McDonald County Fair It is always wonderful to see Newton County 4-H’ers at the McDonald County Fair. See you at the McDonald County Fair– July 21-23. Remember, there will be a set up day the Monday before the fair on July 18 and a clean up on Monday after the fair on July 25. Livestock exhibitors are encour-aged to help.

Regional news 4-H Camp It will be here before you know it! SW Region 4-H Camp at Camp Smokey at Roaring River, Cassville, MO. Dates confirmed for camp are as follows: Alumni Camp June 11-12 Member’s Camp 1 June 12-15 Member’s Camp 2 June 15-18 CK Camp June 18-19 Teen Camp June 19-23 Camp is always a highlight of the summer for 4-H members. Hold the date and plan to attend. Deadline for camp applications is May 15. Please get these turned in as soon as possible. Remem-ber, if you are a 4-H member in Newton County you will be re-imbursed half of the camp fee. Hope to see YOU at Camp Smokey!

Ozark Empire Fair Ozark Empire Fair in Springfield will be held on July 28 to August 6. Blue ribbon quality indoor exhibits from our county will be transported to Springfield on July 26 and judged on July 27. If you would like to volunteer as a judge at OEF please call the extension office.

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Check out our county webpage at: http://extension.missouri.edu/newton

State webpage at: http://4h.missouri.edu

Clover Kids Corner

Seed Sprouts: Does Light Make a Difference? Materials: Sandwich bags, paper towels, navy beans, permanent marker, sprayer or mist bottle with water. Directions: Give each child two bags, two paper towels, and six to 8 navy beans, Help them label on bag “with light” and the other bag “without light”. Fold the paper towel to fit inside each bag. Spray with water until the paper towels are saturated. Place sev-eral seeds in each bag. Seal the bags.

Ask the children to take the bags home, tape the ‘with light’ bag to a window and put the other in a closet or somewhere with no light. Keep the paper towels damp. Check on the seeds daily. What happens? Tell them to report back what they learn at the next 4-H meeting.