Calendar of Events October 2 - Federation Meeting (Morgan County) 6:30 p.m. 6 - Calhoun New Year Kickoff (2 p.m.) 7 - Federation Meeting (Cass & Scott County) 6:30 p.m. 6-12 National 4-H Week 8 - Windows Displays must be in place and Scrapbooks are due in Extension office 13 - Cass County Weiner Roast (4-6:00 p.m.) November 6- Scott County Achievement Night - (6:30 p.m.) 10 - Morgan County Achievement Night (5 -7 p.m.) 28-29- Extension Offices Closed

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National 4-H Week

Celebrate National 4-H Week October 6-12. The theme this year is “Inspire To Lead/ Called to Serve!” National 4-H Week provides a great opportunity to put local 4-H in the spotlight by creating a window display or 4-H informational booth and completing a club scrapbook. Be sure to call the office to let us know where your window will be. Window displays must be in place Tuesday, October 8, by 8 a.m. and remain in place until October 12. Scrapbooks are due to the Extension Offices by 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 8. Remember, all clubs that participate will receive a monetary award at Achievement Night.

Important Dates to Remember

Calhoun County Kick Off Party - October 6, 2-4 p.m. Cass County Weiner Roast - October 13, 4-6:00 p.m. Scott County Achievement Night - November 6, 6:30 p.m. Morgan County Achievement Night - November 10, 5-7p.m Re-enrollment Deadline Due Friday, Dec. 13 Last day to add or drop projects - May 1 YOU MUST RSVP IF YOU PLAN ON ATTENDING YOUR COUNTY EVENT!

4-H Clover Newsletter Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Morgan & Scott October 2019

4-H Member Spotlight!!!

Congrats to the following 4-H members for winning the

following awards/scholarships:

Superior Young Producer Scholarship: Breanna Knittel & Kira Sayre State 4-H Project Mastery

Award: Dalton Bartz & Blake Hadden

The New 4-H Year

As the new 4-H year begins and you begin to enroll in your projects, please don’t order a project manual that you or a sibling have at home. Remember up to five manuals are free to you but do cost the county lots of money each year. If you have project manuals that are in good shape that you no longer need or use, bring them by the Extension Office so someone else can use them. Pub costs may go up significantly after the first of the year so enroll and make your pub selection by the December 13 deadline. Remember all re-enrolling 4-H members must have enrolled online by December 13, 2019 to be considered eligible to show at the county fair or participate in the 4-H auction. May 1 is the last day you may add or drop projects. 4-H is for anyone 8 years old and have not reached their 19th birthday as of September 1, 2019 . Anyone 5-7 years old may be a Cloverbud. So spread the word and tell your friends what a great organization 4-H is. Remember there is a $20 program fee to be a member of 4-H.

Liability Waiver A signed Liability Waiver is required for each member par-ticipating in 4-H. You may receive a form from your leader or download it from our website.

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Calhoun County Fair

Other 4-H Happenings Halloween Safe Trick or Treat

Morgan County Federation will be sponsoring a Safe Trick or Treat night at the Morgan County Extension Office October 30 from 6-8 p.m. Federation members will be decorating the office and treat children to candy and fun. 4-H members and clubs are asked to donate bags of candy for the event. Anyone who is jr high or high school age can come help with the event.

MORGAN COUNTY 4-H CLUBS: BRING YOUR BAGS OF CANDY TO THE OFFICE BY OCT. 26.

4-H Member Records Submitted to State

Any 4-H member who meets the age requirement of 15-18 years of age as of September 1 is eligible to submit a State Award application. You do not have to had sub-mitted a record for judging at the county level to submit a State Award application. Information and application are available at the Extension office or online. Applica-tions are due to the Extension Offices by 4:30 p.m. on October 28, new date! Please call to let us know if you plan to submit a State Award application. We are availa-ble to help.

Congrats to the Calhoun Appleseeds 4-H Club for winning Best Theme in the Calhoun County Fair Parade!!!

Calhoun: Calhoun County New Year Kickoff will be held on Sunday, October 6, 2 p.m. at the McCully Heritage in Kampsville. There will be games and activities ending with a wiener roast. Bring your own supplies. Cass: Cass County wiener roast will be held Sunday, October 13 at the Cass county fairgrounds from 4-6:00 p.m. Bring your own supplies. Morgan: Morgan County Achievement Night will be held Sunday November 10, 5-7 p.m. at the 4-H Building on the fairgrounds. We are going to have a potluck style party. Scott: Scott County Achievement Night will be held Wednesday, November 6, 6:30 p.m. at the Scott County Extension office in Winchester. We are going to have a potluck style party. Achievement Night recognizes 4-H members and leaders for all of their hard work and dedication to the 4-H program during the 2018–2019 program year. Bring non-perishable food items which will be donated to local food pantry. REMINDER: 4-H RECORDS ARE DUE OCTOBER 1. 4-H LEADERS MUST ALSO TURN IN SECRETARY AND TREASURY BOOKS ALONG WITH COPIES OF BANK STATEMENTS BY TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1!!!!

Kick off/Achievement Programs

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Federation is the leadership club for 4-H members. Anyone enrolled in 4-H that is in 8th grade or higher is welcome to be a part of Federation. If you want to join Federation, please email me at littig@illinois.edu. The future of federation will be dependent upon interest from the 4-H members. Upcoming meeting dates: Morgan: October 2 at 6:30 p.m. at the Extension office Cass: October 7 at 6:30 p.m. at the Extension office Scott: October 7 at 6:30 p.m. at the Extension office Quotes from existing members about federation: “I get to know new people that are not in my 4-H Club.” “Getting to meet new people and having responsibilities to fulfill.”

One day is all you need Become a certified 4-H shooting sports instructor Help ensure young people are exposed to everything the outdoors and shooting sports has to offer by be-coming a certified 4-H shooting sports volunteer.

Your first stop is the local Extension office where staff will discuss the current program in our county. Complete the required applica on and background checks. Volunteers must be at least 21 years of age. Pay the $60 registra on cost that covers three meals, snacks, instructor curriculum, hat, and all necessary equipment and materials for the training. Staff will complete your registra on. Registra on is due October 9. A end cer fica on training from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, October 19 at 4‐H Memorial Camp near Mon cello.

Do not bring firearms or bows. Do bring eye and ear protec on. Complete addi onal online training. Check back in with the county Extension staff to begin volunteering.

There are six concentrations of study, and volunteers must choose only one discipline: archery, rifle, shotgun, pistol, and hunting and outdoor skills, as well as the overall county coordinator training. Remember, volunteers will work with their local Extension 4-H staff to establish or add to an existing shooting sports program in the county. Learn more about the Illinois 4-H Shooting Sports program at: https://4h.extension.illinois.edu/programs/shooting-sports .

Looking for interested adults in Cass, Morgan-Scott & Calhoun Counties. Contact April at Exten-

NEW YEAR CLUB PACKET Leaders who have not picked up their new year packet may do so at your local Extension Office. The Project Guides are also available.

Happy New Year That’s right, it’s September and that means it’s time to start a new 4-H year in your club and your county. What’s new this year? Let’s see…

4-H MEMBER/LEADER INFORMATION

New Members/Leaders Greene County: Do It Yourself: Ella Lero Morgan County: Cloverbud Berea: Ethan McDaniel & Collins Bennett Victory Ag: Ava Hartsock Cloverbud Victory Ag: Anley Brockhouse, Audrey Bryant, Reuel Wright, Jaxon Fricke & Evan Hartsock Scott County: Neighborhood Guys & Gals: Mae Rueter, Bayleigh Holmes, Emerson & Jackson Little & Colton Johns Show ‘N’ Grow: Daxton Littig

Retiring 4-H Leader

As the new 4-H year begins we need to say good bye and thank you to our retiring 4–H Leaders. Cass County: Tim & Tracie Sayre Indian Creek 16 years RuthAnne Arnold Clover Clan 16 years

Information to make your new year sparkle!! New Projects for 2019-2020

Child Development

(available January 2020) Family Heritage Leather Visual Arts Sports Nutrition

4-H Projects in App Form Cooking 101 Cooking 201 Drones

4-H Projects Eliminated in 2019-2020

Geospatial 1-3

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We are all stars!!!

Don’t forget to celebrate your 4-H accomplishments at Achievement/Kick off Event in

your county. RSVP today!!!!

NEW 4-H YEAR RE-ENROLLMENT PROCESS il.4honline.com

Members who were enrolled in a 4-H Club during the last 4-H Year will not need to create a new profile for this 4-H Year. Just re-enroll. 1. Log into your 4-H Online Family account using the email and password you created last year. 2. Continue to Family. 3. You will see a list of all Family members. All members and leaders will be marked as inactive. 4. Choose edit for the person you wish to re-enroll. The summary screen will show information for that person. Make

changes to address, email, phone number etc. if you have any. 5. You will need to check the boxes on the Additional Information page: General Release, Photo Release, Mailings, Lan-

guages, Hispanic Origin, Family History. Remember to update your t-shirt size. 6. Click enroll for 2019-2020. 7. The participation tab lists the club(s) you were a member of last year. Shooting Sports members may have 2 clubs listed.

If you will not be in a club for the new year, remove that club by selecting delete. Cloverbuds becoming regular club members need to select the new club.

8. Projects tab will list all projects from last year. If you wish to remain in a project, you do nothing. If you are not going to exhibit in the project, remove by hitting edit-delete-update.

9. Add new projects and select project manual if needed. 10. Continue to the invoice screen. 11. This screen will show the program fee for the new 4-H Year. It should show the individual being charged $20, regardless of the number of clubs. 12. Choose the payment option Club Check. The Extension office will collect payment from each club in February. Club members are responsible for making payment to their club. New members after February 1 may pay online or by check. Multi Child Fee Waiver

Illinois 4-H has a maximum per family program fee of $60. The first 3 youth members in a family would be expected to pay the $20 per member. For the 4th youth member and beyond, the fee would be waived. Notify your county office that you have enrolled so that a discount code can be applied.

Submit the enrollment.

If you have autofill activated in your browser you may not see the “select the project manual” list. Contact the office if you have a problem. *****DON’T FORGET TO CLICK THE BOXES FOR PHOTO RELEASE, LIABILITY WAIVER, & BEHAVIOR GUIDELINES. WE WILL NOT APPROVE YOU UNTIL THOSE BOXES ARE CHECKED. YOU MUST TURN IN A HARD COPY OF THE RISK WAIVER. Paying by credit card is not a prefer method of payment. The system has a few processing

errors and retains information from past years credit cards. If the card has expired, even though you add the new card, it still tries to process through the old card causing lots of declined cards. Pay your club and we will bill them.

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4-H CLOVER NEWSLETTER Sincerely,

April R. Littig Youth Development Educator

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