• Oct. 1: ES237/Blue Ribbon Youth Enrollment data due
• Oct. 1: IFYE applications due, State 4-H office
• Oct. 3-10: National 4-H Week
• Oct. 13: Lights on After School
• Oct. 21-23: Colorado Leadership Camp, Cedaredge
• Oct. 30 - Nov. 3: NAE4-HA, Seattle, WA

• Ben Lomond Gun Club flyers

Wanted: Freshmen 4-H'ers Attending CSU!

Agents, please encourage your 4-H'ers who are attending CSU as freshmen to apply to be a 4-H Scholar. The 4-H Scholars promote the positive experiences they had in 4-H and spend up to 20 hours a month representing 4-H at key activities, speaking at public events, and meeting with stakeholders and donors. For their efforts, each Scholar receives training, public relations support materials, reimbursement for expenses, and a $1,500 annual stipend toward college expenses. The person selected is eligible to continue to serve as a Scholar throughout their college career - advancing to each grade level - as long as their grades and activity commitments are met. The freshmen applicants must be willing to make a four-year commitment.

To apply, interested persons enrolled at Colorado State University must submit the following to Becky Fry, 131 Aylesworth Hall NW, Fort Collins, CO 80523-4050 by October 15, 2005.

• Complete resume that includes 4-H experiences, years in projects, leadership and speaking experiences and skills, community service activities, work-related experiences, awards and special recognitions.
• A (draft) letter of thanks to the Colorado Farm Bureau thanking them for their contribution and funding support for the 4-H Scholars Program.
• A short paragraph (100 words or less) explaining why they wish to become involved in the 4-H Scholars Program; a personal statement of desire for the Scholar position.
• Individuals applying will make a 10-minute presentation before the selection committee on "the scope of 4-H today and what 4-H has meant to them."

Please direct questions to Becky (970.491.1537), or rfry@coop.ext.colostate.edu. Thank you! - Ellen Butler

Attention 4-H Shooting Sports Friends and Families: Work and Fun Day at Ben Lomond Gun Club

4-H and the Shooting Sports program has a tradition of providing service to communities and organizations which support us. The Ben Lomond Gun Club offered their facility for our State Shoots - free of charge - and in return we have scheduled a work day at their club to improve some fencing and facilities. We would like to invite shooting sports members and coaches to join us for a day of work and fun on Sunday, Oct. 2, at the Ben Lomond Gun Club. Following a couple of hours of fencing, the Colorado Shaketails will bring the old west alive with their cowboy action shoots. Attached is a flyer for your use. For directions and further information, please contact me at 719.346.5571. - Mick Livingston, Kit Carson County