Weekly 4-H Update
Communications >> 4-H Update >> Volume 11, Number 6..................................... February 9, 2007
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Reminders:
- February 15: Barbizon School of Modeling scholarship applications due
- February 16 - 18: Youth Fest
- March 1: Japanese Exchange Delegate (outgoing) applications due
- March 2: 4-H Technology Team application due
- March 13: 4-H Foundation board meeting
- March 15: Citizenship Washington Focus applications due
- March 24 - 28: National 4-H Conference, Washington, DC
Southern Region 4-H Leader Training – March 31 in Pueblo
Southern Region 4-H agents are hosting a 4-H leader training on March 31 at CSU-Pueblo. All leaders are invited to attend! The cost is $25 per person if registered by March 20 ($35 late registration) and includes two breaks, lunch and workshops. Three sessions of workshops will be offered, plus Jeff Goodwin will do the opening and closing sessions. There is also an all day session for dog leaders and prospective dog judges. The day will end with a group session – an update on e-records followed by a panel discussion. The panel includes Connie Cecil, Perry Brewer, Tommy Covington, Brett Kaysen and Robert Mathis.
Please pass on the attached information and brochure to 4-H volunteers in your county. We’d love to have them join us! If you have questions, please call Vanessa Tranel at 719.583.6566 or Lorri Arnhold at 719.846.6881.
— Vanessa Tranel, Pueblo County Extension 4-H Agent
Tell Us Your 4-H Story
Do you have an inspirational, tear-jerker, humorous or heartwarming 4-H story? Do you want to be a published author? It doesn’t matter when the story happened; we want to hear from YOU whether you are a 4-H’er, alumni, a volunteer or just know a 4-H story! We are looking for “Chicken Soup for the Soul®” type stories.
Submission Criteria: Maximum of three double-spaced pages, 12 point Times New Roman font, one inch margins all around, and in a Word document. Include your contact information with name, phone number, email address and setting of the story (approximate year). Selected stories may be edited for length and content. Stories not selected will be preserved for possible future use. Submit your stories for consideration to: dtabler@umd.edu by June 1, 2007. This effort is sponsored by NAE4-HA. — Ellen Butler
Interstate Exchange Opportunity
The Walnut Creek District 2 4-H Junior Leaders, located in Central Kansas, are interested in an interstate exchange with Colorado. Their group will have between 10- to 15-youth and two- to three-chaperons participating in the exchange. They would also like to travel the summer of 2007 and host the summer of 2008.
They have several exciting locations to see while visiting Kansas. Dodge City attractions include Boot Hill and Wyatt Earp, Hudson Flour Mill, Military Fort Larned, Sternberg Museum, BOC Helium Plant, a home featured on HGTV- Extreme Homes, along with many other fun adventures and activities.
If you are interested in pursuing an exchange with Kansas please contact Robyn Deines, District Extension agent, at rdeines@oznet.ksu.edu or call toll free 877.798.3921, cell 785.798.5125 or 785.731.5145. — Ellen Butler
