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Inside This Issue:

General News 1-2

Project News 2-3

Q-Tip Series 4

State & Reg. Events 5-6

4-H Council Minutes - Coming Soon

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Busy Beavers Minutes 7

Calendar of Events 8

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Ext. Office at 660-885-5556.

Up & Coming

Henry County Extension, 100 W Franklin, Rm 16 Clinton, Mo 64735 PHONE: (660) 885-5556

The 4-H LINK

December 2017

FAX: (660) 885-5408 henryco@missouri.edu extension.missouri.edu/henry/4h.aspx

4-H Online Enrollments Opened Oct. 1 Next 4-H Council Mtg. - Jan. 15 4-H T-Shirt Orders Due - Jan 15 WC Regional Energizer - Jan. 27

December 4-H’er of the Month - Drew Bailey

Drew Bailey is the December 4-H’er of the

Month. He joined 4-H because of all the fun

projects he could do. Drew would describe 4-H

as something that is fun but challenging. He

has taken archery, .22 rifle, junk drawer robot-

ics, hiking, camping, aerospace, swine, beef,

leadership, leatherwork, and woodworking. His

favorite project has been camping because it is

fun to make a fire, cook your food and sleep

outside. The most important thing Drew has

learned is perseverance. As secretary of the

Montrose Busy Beavers, Drew has learned to

have good organization skills and responsibili-

ties. His job was to be at every meeting to take

notes and keep records for the 4-H club. Then

he would type up the meeting minutes and sub-

mit them to the Extension Office.

The most exciting thing he has done through

4-H is when he went hiking with a group at the

Bothwell Lodge. They were

even able to tour the mansion.

He also enjoyed going to Teen

Conference and 4-H Camp.

He enjoyed the opportunity to

make new friends at both.

Drew’s future plans with

4-H is to continue it through

High School and to keep

improving his leadership skills & to learn

as much from it as he can and to keep

serving as officers in his club.

As Drew grows up he thinks he will use

his 4-H learned skills with any future job. He

will also use them to gain and improve

friendships. 4-H skills have helped him with

presenting and demonstrating in front of an

audience. Drew feels youth should join 4-H

because it teaches good life skills that one

could use the rest of their life.

Janna Wareham, the Montrose Busy

Beavers 4-H Club Co-Leader, wrote that

“Drew’s fellow 4-H members nominated him

as their outstanding member because he

has always been enthusiastic about 4-H. He

has participated in many projects and also

takes advantage of the many opportunities

available in 4-H such as summer camp and

4-H Teen Conference.

Drew is a great role model to younger

members. He served as a mentor to young-

er and new members at last years meetings.

Drew has taken on the role of Vice President

of the club this year. His leadership has

been a wonderful example for his younger

brother and sister who are following his foot-

steps in their enthusiasm for 4-H.”

LINK Info Due 20th of

Each Month...If you

would like to include

information about

something your club or

project group is doing, or just want to

announce an opportunity for mem-

bers, please send your submissions

to the Henry County Extension Of-

fice by the 20th of each month. Send

an email to henyco@missouri.edu or

mail to: The 4-H LINK, 100 W.

Franklin, Room 16, Clinton, MO

64735. We are always looking for

good information to share with our

4-H members and leaders. Please

note that the Henry County Exten-

sion Office has the right to edit or

refuse articles.

David Huenefeldt was honored as

A 40 year Volunteer

for Henry Co. 4-H

Congratulations David, Thanks for all

your time and talents!

Drew Bailey

Member Spotlight

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4-H’er of the Month Rotation Don’t miss out on your chance to put a club member in the spotlight through the 4-Her of the Month program. The selected member will interview with KDKD the last Wednesday of the month prior to their featured month, or at an arranged time. The 2018 rotation is as follows: January- Clinton Cool Cats February- Mt. Zion Lions March- Shawnee Indians April- Clinton Cougars May- CCA Patriots June- Montrose Busy Beavers

New 4-H Year Families can begin online registrations for the 2017-18 4-H year which began Oct. 1. Instructions are below or on our Couny 4-H Web Site.. Extension.missouri.edu/henry/4haspx. Everyone must enroll or re-enroll for the 2018 year. Clover catalogs are now available at your club meeting or the office, for project picking. All new Adult Volunteers are required to do the annual paper Background Check form.

Enrollment Process

Since you are receiving the newsletter, you are already a 4-H member and just need to sign up for the 2017-18 4-H year. Beginning October 1, you will be able to re-enroll for the 4-H year. Here are the steps you will need to take to get enrolled. Go to http://mo.4honline.com (notice there is no “www” in that address). Log in to your family

profile with your log-in email address. (If you can’t remember your password, select “I forgot my password”) Continue to your Family Member list.

Select "Edit" next to the member you are re-enrollling. Select "Enroll for 2017-2018" at the bottom of the first

page. Review all content in the member profile, update any

health form changes and change any projects (if you aren’t enrolling in a project, delete it for this year - your records for past years will be still saved).

Submit your enrollment, and pay required dues reflected on member invoices.

Please, please do NOT create a new profile, just update the old one. Even if your email address has changed, still use the old one to log in and then update to your new email address.

(Note: If you have MissouriCare or Home State Health Insurance a benefit is your member dues could be paid - one per year. Call the Ext. Office for details.) Again this year all state event registrations will require a member to be in “Active” status in 4HOnline. Members will remain in “Pending” status until the county review of membership and state membership dues are processed. Adult volunteer applicants remain in “Pending” status until all steps of the volunteer process are completed.

Extension Office Holiday Closures The Extension Office will be closed Dec 25 for Christmas and January 1st for New Years Day.

2018 County Wide Projects

Check out the list of projects that will be offered at a county level. Watch the Link for meeting times and locations!

Archery, 741 (Wes Carter) Beef, 121 (call Alvin Crooks)

Beekeeping, 924 (David Huenefeldt) Cake Decorating, 361-3 (Gladys Kalwei) Clothing/Sewing, 521-3 (Lea Belcher)

Crochet, 321 (call Gloria Sherman) Dogs, 171-3 (Lin Kozlowski)

Electricity, 831-4 (Chet Jones) Hippology, 141 (Janet Caple) Horses, 141, (Vicky Church)

Meats (Country Cured Hams), 115 (Celia Harmon) Photography, 351 (Irene Komer)

Public Speaking, 242 (Sandy Hutchinson) Rabbits, 111-3 (Rebekkah O’Dell)

Shotgun, 745 (Chet Jones) Smallbore Rifle (.22), 743 (Mitch Thornley)

Sportfishing, 725-7 (Eric and Jennifer Greenwell) Veterinary Science, VS191-3 (Janet Caple & Megan Swaters)

Woodworking, 871-4 (Laura Henny) This is a tentative list for 2018. Anyone interested in being our 2nd Western Heritage and Cowboy Shooting Certified Instructor? (We need two to offer it.) If you are interested in leading a county-wide project please call (660) 885-5556. Beekeeping Beekeeping will meet the second Monday of each month at the Golden Corral at 7 pm. David Huenefeldt 660-885-3418 Dog Care Dog Practices will be on the first and third Tuesdays (for advanced kids on the second and fourth Tues.) in Nov., & first and second Tues. in Dec. The third Dec. Tues. (Dec 19th) we will make the annual visit to the Westwood Nursing Home. Practices will be at the HC Fairgrounds at 6pm like before. Questions about Dog Care please call Lin at 417-644-7425.Continue healing prayers for Jean, after a bad fall. Ham Project Info Ham forms and Deposits are due in the Ext. Office Dec. 14th. Country Cured Ham Curing will be at the HC Fairgrounds on January 2, 2108 at 6:30pm

Hippology Join us to learn everything about horses and be a part of the Hippology Team. We will be meeting at the Friend's Room of the Henry County Library on Nov. 30th, Dec.7th and Jan. 18th at 6:00 p.m. Come join the fun of learning with other horselovers! Watch the LINK for more information. We’ll look forward to another great year! Everyone is welcome! Janet Caple 885-5835. Shooting Sports Several counties are scheduling #740 Safety Classes. It is necessary to attend our training or in another county before participating in any 4-H Shooting Sport.

General News Project News

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SMQA Training…

The date has been set for the SMQA training. It will be

March 6th at 6:30pm at the Vo-Tech School. David Hoff-

man will be teaching it. The HC 4-H Website has the up-

dated 2018 Sale Rules.

Sportfishing Meetings

The next meetings will be December 11th, January 8th, and

possibly January 22nd. These are tentative dates and de-

pending on the weather, we may need to cancel. If so, we

will send out messages via text and email. Meetings begin

at 6:30 at the 4-H youth enrichment building on the fair-

grounds. Please contact by phone or text if you have any

questions, 660-492-2872. We can’t wait to see everyone!

Eric & Jennifer Greenwell

Veterinary Science Project… Please call Janet Caple at 660-238-2976 or email her at caple.J5@gmail.com, if you would like to know more about add-ing Vet. Science to your project list. She needs your input before setting dates, etc.

2018 4-H Committees Need Volunteers It is time once again to get organized! The Henry County 4-H Council committees are the backbone of our 4-H program and your help to make them successful is needed! Every club should have volunteers on all the committees! A signup list for Carnival, Presentation Day, Clover Care Fund, Fair, MRF’s, Recognition Banquet/Awards, and Policy/Audit committees will be passed around at the Nov 20th meeting. We need both adult and 4-H volunteers to sign up.

Upcoming 4-H Club Meeting Changes….

Clinton Cool Cats will meet Dec 7th at 5:30pm for a Christmas

party, potluck supper, cookie exchange & card making at party.

Montrose Busy Beavers will meet Dec 9th at 6pm for a party in

St Mary’s basement.

Shawnee Indians will meet Mon., Jan. 8th at 7 pm not New Year’s Day.

REMINDER: Regionally Qualified MRF’s Returned to

the Extension Office by November 27th….

Nov. 27th is the deadline for returning the MRF’s to the Ex-

tension office for Regional Competitions. Be making your

corrections and get them in to the office asap.

2018 MO Equine Tour…

The 2018 Equine Tour is set for May 21-28 and will be go-

ing to Colorado/Neb./ and Wyoming. Cost will be $600.

Age requirements of 14-18 years old apply. Registration

will be available online soon with a 3/1/18 deadline to regis-

ter online.

2018 4-H Committees Need Volunteers It is time once again to get organized! The Henry County 4-H Council committees are the backbone of our 4-H pro-gram and your help to make them successful is needed! Every club should have volunteers on all the committees! A signup list for Carnival, Presentation Day, Clover Care Fund, Fair, MRF. Recognition Banquet and Awards, and Policy and Audit committees will be passed around at the Nov 20th meeting. Call if you need added to the list 660-885-5556.

4-H Club Meeting Date Change The January 4-H club meeting of the Montrose Busy Beavers will be changed. See Janna or Kim for details and the new mtg. date.

Enter to Win “Why Science Matters to Me” Photo Contest! Teens with an eye for science could win an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C. for the National Youth Summit on Agri-Science, January 12-15, 2018, courtesy of Bayer. Encourage teens to submit a photo showing how life science is behind the food they eat, benefits their health or helps their animals, and write a caption telling us why science matters to them. For more

information, visit https://4hsciencematters.org/

Hurry! They only have until 11:59 PM ET on November 26, 2017 to submit their photo. State 4-H Congress Save the Date: May 30—June 1, 2018

All New Leadership Sessions

New Focus on college/career sessions

Delegates will select two sessions

Congress Dodgeball Tournament! Make a team of 5 or a team can be made for you. Register and pay for your

team at check in for Congress. $5 per person.

Registration:

You must be at least 14 years of age before Janu-ary 1, 2018 to attend. You may attend more than once, subject to county approval. The cost includes housing, meals, Congress activi-

ties, and t-shirt.

Registration through 4HOnline will open on March 1, 2018 and extend through April 15, 2018. Fee: $225. We cannot accept

registrations after April 15. Chaperones start registering Feb. 1.

HENRY COUNTY SALE RULES ARE POSTED...

The Henry County Sale Rules for 2018 are now posted on the HC 4-H Website at: extension.missouri.edu/henry then click

4-H to the left to go to the 4-H page.

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Q Tip Series: Reframing Conflict

Missouri 4-H is interested in making the best better – in our youth, our leaders and our programs. An ongoing program improvement process called “Quality Matters in 4-H” is underway in Missouri. The Quality or “Q-Tip” series includes short, research-based tips to help youth and adult leaders be more intentional about planning 4-H club meetings and other events where members feel safe, supported and engaged in fun, inter-active activities.

Reframing Conflict

Conflict occurs when two or more people’s beliefs, actions or attitudes don’t line up. This can happen be-tween adults and youths. Conflict is a normal occurrence in youth programs, and it is one of the most chronic issues noted by youth workers. Until we are comfortable and consistent when we deal with conflict, we will continue to find it a distraction in daily program life.

According to HighScope, to provide a high quality program, youth workers must reframe conflict and find ways for growth and learning inside these often-frustrating situations.

A few key behaviors that help reframe conflict:

• Leaders approach the situation calmly and acknowledge feelings. • Leaders ask involved youths about the cause and the possible solutions. • Leaders encourage youths to consider the effects of their actions. • There is follow-up afterward.

By reframing conflict using these behaviors, staff build a healthy, cohesive group and encouraged learning and growth for the young person.

Save the date for the Missouri 4-H Robotics Contest

The Missouri 4-H Robotics Contest is set for Saturday, May 19, 2018 with the location to be determined. Youth in the 4-H robotics contest will want to make plans to participate in the contests, bring demonstra-tions, and have exhibits to show their mastery in the project. You will not have to qualify at the local level to participate. There will be opportunities for teams and individuals. A challenge to work towards will be an-nounced by February 1 so there will be plenty of time to build and program the robots. Details of the event will be posted at http://mo4h.missouri.edu/robotevents/robotexhibition as they become available.

4-H Robotics Training, January 12 & 13, 2018

A 4-H robotics training and exposition, in conjunction with the Computers on the Farm Conference at Tan-Tar-A in Osage Beach, Missouri, will be January 12-13. Friday night is optional and will have a 4-H Technology Exposition where adults and youth can get their hands on robot kits, electronics, computer science and other equipment used in the 4-H science projects. The formal 4-H robotics training on the Lego Mindstorms EV3 will be on Saturday from 9:00 am-2:00 pm for adult 4-H robotics volunteers. 4-H members are invited to share their 4-H robotics or other projects with the participants of the Computers on the Farm event. Tan-Tar-A offers a very inexpensive room rate for Friday night. Meals are provided for the training on Satur-day. Registration for the Saturday event will be through 4HOnline and will be open by November 1. Watch this website for more details: http://mo4h.missouri.edu/robotevents/robottraining

State and Regional Events

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Free Admission for 4-H Students to 2018 AFBF Convention

In January, the American Farm Bureau Federation will host its annual convention and trade show in Nash-ville. AFBF is offering a special program for 4-H and FFA members on Sunday, January 7 and Monday, January 8. You may wish to attend one or both days. This is a great opportunity for students to connect with farmers, ranchers and careers in agriculture from across the nation!

West Central Regional Energizer

It’s West Central Regional Energizer time again! The 2018 Energizer will be January 27 from 9:30 – 3:00 at the Clinton Middle School. There will be three 55-minute workshop on topics such as livestock, scrapbooking, robotics, photography, natural resources, foods, SMQA, entrepreneurship, clover kid room, public speaking, volunteer orientation, gardening, and several others. Workshops will be available for all ages from clover kids to experienced volunteers. During the Energizer, those wanting to run for State 4-H Council Regional Repre-sentative or have been selected for Senior MRFs will be doing their interviews and those selected to go on will be announced at the end of the Energizer. Cost will be $10 if registered by January 12 and will be $15 at the door. This cost includes lunch, however, if you sign up after January 12 we cannot guarantee lunch. There will be no refunds on registrations.

Legislative Academy

The Academy is an annual trip to Jefferson City for approximately 12 youth selected as representatives and ambassadors of Missouri 4-H. This year’s Academy will be February 19-21, 2018. Academy youth delegates meet with executive, legislative, and judicial state government leaders, shadow a legislator, visit state agency leaders, and dine with major donors of the 4-H program. The Academy connects 4-H teens with opportuni-ties to share success stories with key leaders, while gaining citizenship skills for careers in agriculture, leader-ship and public service, law, lobbying, fundraising, and related fields. Youth delegates are between 14-20 years old on December 31, and selected on the basis of their demonstrat-ed leadership and citizenship in 4-H. All applications ask for a recommendation from the 4-H specialist at the step of county approval in 4-H Online.

Youth Civic Leaders Summit

The Youth Civic Leaders Summit, March 2-4, 2018, is a statewide weekend retreat for teens and adults who are active or aspiring leaders and decision-makers in their communities. The Missouri Youth Civic Leaders Summit is a statewide energizer for teens ages 14-18 and adult leaders who are active in leadership and ser-vice, and want to make a difference in their communities and world! At the Summit, Missouri 4-H and Missouri Community Betterment teens and adult leaders come together to ignite purposeful teamwork, action, and impact to improve lives in their communities! Highlights include youth and adult-led keynotes and breakout sessions, high ropes challenge course, team talent show-case, regional networking, team action planning, and mini-seed grants for community projects. The event is designed for teams of teens and adults who represent a local club, council, afterschool pro-gram, community group, organization, community, or county. Both new and experienced teams are wel-come! At YCLS 2017, Summiteers will do, reflect, and apply the power of youth-adult partnerships to building strong-er communities! Cost will be $160. Registration details will be available starting November 20 in 4-HOnline.

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Missouri 4-H T-shirts for Sale!

Have you heard? There are new Missouri 4-H t-shirts available for you to purchase! The shirts are black, short-sleeved with a new green and white logo. Available sizes include youth small, youth medium, adult small, adult medium, adult large, adult X-Large, adult 2XL and adult 3XL. The shirts will be available for purchase through 4HOnline for $11 each, through January 15, 2018. You will find the shirt sales listed as an event in 4HOnline, for which you may register. You will pay for you shirt(s) just like you do when you reg-ister for the year, for state events, or trainings. So how will you get the shirts? It is not cost effective to mail the shirts to you directly, so delivery will be made to your county or re-gion and your 4-H faculty and/or staff. Your faculty and/or staff will make arrangements regarding local delivery/pick-up. Will you have to wait until December or January to get your shirt? The shirts will hopefully be delivered to your region and/or county in a timely manner. Do not count on them for holiday gifts. Can you still purchase them after January 15, 2018? Certainly, but other arrangements, besides 4HOnline will need to be made. If you have any questions please contact your county 4-H faculty or staff.

Henry County 4-H Council November 2017 Minutes The November meeting of the Henry County 4-H Council was called to order by co-president Alyssa Engeman on November 20, 2017 at 7:01pm. The officers led the pledges. Kayla Taylor read the minutes from the last meeting. There were no corrections made to the minutes so Bailey Carter made the motion to approve the minutes and Lane Wareham seconded it; motion passed. Bailey Carter gave treasurer’s report. The end-ing balance is $27,699.89. With no corrections to the report, Brendon Engeman moved that the report be approved and Keon Engeman seconded it; motion passed. Montrose Busy Beavers, Clinton Cool Cats, Clinton Cougars, CCA Patriots, Shawnee Indians and Mt. Zion Lions gave their club reports. Old Business – The 4-H Recognition Banquet was discussed. The attendance from the last two years being approximately the same; the only difference was this one taking place as a Sunday afternoon Dessert Buffet and last year there was a Saturday evening dinner. The best year at-tended was the year that postcards were sent out as invitations to everyone involved. The committee would like banquet invitations to be mailed out again next year. The Liberty Tree planting had a good turn out and took place after the banquet. The press releases that ran in the newspa-per all week during National 4-H week were a good showing for our county 4-H youth. Kyle Hill is another positive voice for our county youth as well. Countywide projects were discussed with Hippology and Vet Science being added to the list with instructors being Janet Caple and Megan Swaters. There was a discussion about the robotics project in the county, what kind; Lego? Kim Hall told Abby Noble that she would get with her about what is available in the regional office as kits, and they could talk about a county instructor, with her being possibly the junior leader. Kim also reminded everyone to get their enrollments done as soon as possible. The YPA position is still waiting on Human Resources in Columbia to continue with the process for the county. An email was sent yesterday questioning the progress for the position. There are still questions for how the counties will be grouped in the upcoming months. It is looking like Henry, Cass and Johnson counties will possibly be together with the Health

and Nutrition Specialist covering our county. More information will be coming soon.

New Business- - Committee sign-ups were sent around with everyone that signed up asked to meet at 6pm in January. The Regional Energizer will be held on January 27 at the Clinton Middle School; with the deadline for registration being January 12. The deadline for Regional Rep. Appli-cations is Nov. 27. Checks will be written to Kayla Taylor and Zach Jones for half of the trip expense to National Congress. The Hall of Fame nominations are due on January 31. There was discussion of several possible names. Marti Zumbrunnen and (Gerald Zumbrunnen) were nomi-nated by Bailey Carter and seconded by Brendon Engeman, the motion passed. Donna Engeman will check with Marti to make sure that she will be okay with the nomination. Other names to consider are Charlotte Rotert, Laura Henny, Donald and Janette Rotert and Alvin and Betty Crooks. 4-H’ers of the month are due by the 20th each month – please keep track of your clubs due dates. Jessalyn Caple, Allison Tenholder and Emma Swaters with the Hippology project asked for money to pay for their curriculum materials and project supplies along with half of their team shirts. After discussion, Brendon Engeman made a motion to pay $190.00 for half of their team shirt expens-es and $211.40 for materials. Keon Engeman seconded the motion and then there was a question for more discussion. After further discussion, the motion was amended to pay approximately $300.00 to cover the curriculum materials and project supplies along with the fee for digitizing their shirt logo. The amended motion was then seconded by Keon Engeman and passed by the council. The Vet Science project also needs new and updated curriculum, after discussion of using regional funds to purchase the curriculum; Abbie Noble made the motion to use the funds from the regional account for our county to update their curriculum. Jessalyn Caple seconded the motion; the motion passed. Pam Jones mentioned that B&B Theaters are not willing to have a Christmas movie again this year to help with the replenishing the Samaritan Center with food. The Clinton Cool Cats 4-H Club is going to make a monetary donation again this year and asked if other clubs wanted to con-tribute to the center as well. The 4-H Club leaders will ask their clubs and get back to Zach or Pam Jones to let them know what their club has contributed. On January 15 (next Council meeting), an amount will be decided for a final contribution to the Samaritan Center. Pam will contact Jodi Billings to invite her for a photo opportunity and give her the donation at the Jan 15 meeting. Lane Wareham brought a game of tower build-ing to play; everyone broke into teams of two or three. Seth Engeman and Abbie Noble built the tallest tower. Brendon Engeman made a motion

to adjourn the meeting, Bailey Carter seconded it; Motion passed.

Submitted by Zach Jones, Co-President Regional Representative Apps are due Nov 27th to the Ext. Office - see Nov. Link for details.

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Montrose Busy Beaver 4-H Club Minutes

Members gathered at 5:45 on Nov. 2, 2017 before the meeting to make Veteran Day Cards. Rhett Wareham led a game of charades. Jaycee let everyone guess the number of candies in her jar. Alyssa Engeman called the meeting to order at 6:45 in St. Mary’s School basement. Pledges were led by Mallory Cole and Kelsey Carter. Kate Wareham led us in the song, “Happy and You Know It”. Nate Bailey, Health Officer, asked members to respond to roll call with their favorite active sport. Seth Engeman called roll and read the October minutes. Blake Wareham moved to approve the minutes as read and Kate Wareham seconded the motion. Motion carried. There was no correspond-ence. Keon Engeman, Treasurer, reported a bank balance of $1361.27 with some additional funds being col-lected that night at the meeting. Lane Wareham moved to accept the treasurer’s report and Kelsey Carter seconded the motion. Motion carried. A committee of parents and 4-H members needs to be formed to decide what to do with the extra mon-ey the club made fundraising last year. A sign-up sheet is available. Brendon Engeman moved to keep Janette Crowder on the club’s account as the second signer and Cory Wagner seconded the motion. Motion carried. County Council will meet again November 20th at the Henry County Courthouse. If anyone would like to attend, the Engeman, Carter, or Wareham families will offer them a ride. Committee reports included an update from the Carter family about Operation Christmas Child. They need to send the boxes off by November 19th. Alyssa and Brendon Engeman are still collecting and de-livering personal care items to Warrensburg and Mt. Vernon Veteran Homes. Lane Wareham would like members to consider doing a winter community service project of shoveling snow for those who need help if we have snow this year. Members seemed happy to join this project and look forward to the first snow. Old Business: Germantown Turkey Shoot will be held November 26th. Members can sign up for shifts and items to donate for the fundraiser. New Business: Blake Wareham and Carson Rohaus moved and seconded that we hold our Christmas Party at St. Mary’s on December 9th at 6:00. Everyone will bring food. Games and activities are planned. Kelsey Carter moved and Cory Wagner seconded we decorate a Christmas tree for the Germantown Spirit of Christmas. Motion carried. Date to be determined. There was no interest in participating in the Lighted Christmas Parade in Clinton. Members signed up to help New Day Genetics grill hamburgers at their sale. The club will be given a donation for their help. Brendon Engeman moved and Jesse Henzlik seconded the motion to give $25 to the Montrose VFW Post 8820 to help cover costs of their poppy project. Nate Bailey asked members to play actively for 60 minutes a day. Program: Hank Swaters and Gary Munsterman presented the history of the flag, how to fold it properly, and the history of the poppy. Announcements: Christmas Party December 9th at 6:00 January Meeting To be announced (rescheduling due to basketball tournament) Candy Jar Winner Bailey Carter Kelsey Carter moved to adjourn and Carson Rohaus seconded. Motion carried. Refreshments were provided by Cole and Bauer families. Clean up was done by Cooper, Crowder, and Donna Engeman families. Submitted by: Seth Engeman, 4-H Club Secretary

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