Frederick County 4-H Newsletter - University Of Maryland · projects, Luke Gladhill for 3rd Level Diamond Clover as well as Poultry and Craft, Jacob Gladhill for 3rd Level Diamond

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Inside this issue:

Club News 2-

Wounded Warriors 8

Rimfire Sporter Clinic/Match 9

3D Archery, CampCenter Schedule

for 4-H Clubs, MD State Fair

10

GFF Info, Royalty, Fair Awards 11

Hort. Judging, Dairy Judging, Lamb

Camp, Horse Events, Q. A.

12

Livestock Round-Up 13

Teen Leadership, Frederick Sews!,

Healthy Living

14

Aerospace Challenge 15

Camden Yards, Natl. Night Out, MD

4-H in Action, Shorthorn Judging,

Intl. Exchange

16

Wills Fair, Sheep/Wool Skillathon,

Dairy Bowl

17

Horse Triple Crown, Scholarships,

Enviro-Action, Communication

Contest

18

Calendar, UME Volunteers 19

June - July 2013

Frederick County

4-H Newsletter

Frederick County 4-H Office

330 Montevue Lane

Frederick, MD 21702

301-600-1589 Jennie Schiazzi

[email protected]

www.extension.umd.edu

20132013

Great Frederick Fair Great Frederick Fair

September 13thSeptember 13th -- 21st21st

Entries Completed Entries Completed

Online by July 31stOnline by July 31st

See Page 11See Page 11

It’s not too late to regis-ter for the Frederick County 4-H Day and Residential Camp. July 8-12 and July 15-19. Registra-tion will stay open until June 20th through Eventbrite http://frederickcounty4hsummercamp.eventbrite.com OR http://extension.umd.edu/frederick-county/4h-youth-development/camp

Camp Scholarships are available on a first come, first serve basis this year. If you are interested in applying for a scholarship, please contact Samantha Mur-dock at [email protected]

Health Forms, Behavior Expecta-tions, and Parental Release forms are due into the office by close of business June 28th.

Camp Orientation will be held June 18th at 5pm at the Camp Center. This is a great time to tour the facilities, learn about the class offerings this year, as well as meet our staff!

Summer Camp

Our end of school party will be held on June 20th from 6-9 p.m. at the 4-H Camp and Activities Center. The pool will be open, games, a movie, and picnic style food provided. Please RSVP to Jennie at [email protected] by June 10th, or online at http://4-hendofyearparty.eventbrite.com

End of School Party

Saturday July 13, 2013 8a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

MUST email 4-H office to sign up: [email protected]

Livestock Leases

due to the 4-H Office

by Monday, July 1st

4 pm

Congratulations

to all the 2013

Graduating Seniors!

Beef Weight Check-Point

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Frederick County 4-H Newsletter

The Calico Clovers 4-H Club Has Been Keeping Busy!

Photo and Article by Erin Jones In early April, the club all got together and made various pots, mugs, and plates at the “I Made This Pottery” store in downtown Frederick. Club mem-bers decorated to create many beautiful and unique one of a kind pottery pieces. Also in April, mem-bers gathered together to participate in “The Clean Sweep”, where the members all worked together to help clean up some of the dirty roads around the area, in an effort to make our county even more beautiful.

In May, members were also treated to a speech by Ena Bromely, who spoke of her visits to her home-land of South Africa. She also went on to speak about the orphanage that she runs there, and club members donated some sandals to be sent to some of the orphans. Several weeks or so later, club members banded together at the Homewood Re-tirement Community at Crumland Farms, where members brought animals (such as lambs, dogs, rabbits, kittens, and baby chickens) to show to the resi-dents [pictured]. Club members were given a unique opportunity to brighten someone’s day, and also to serve their community for the better.

To learn more about the Calico Clovers 4-H Club, contact Sally Arnold at 301-371-3419.

Breezy Hill Stables April Activity Day

by Natalie Oswald On Saturday, April 27th four girls, Chloe Williams, Mary Douglas, Natalie Oswald and Bri Wachter groomed a 30 year-old paint named Buck with cush-ings. As you can probably tell from the photo, this horse was in pretty bad condition. He was matted, hot, and had not had some TLC in a long time. First, the girls cut some of the horse’s many mats off. Then they began to brush him to get him to shed enough to use the clippers. After that Chloe clipped, Mary cut, Natalie brushed and Bri photographed.

After two hours of hard work he was about three-quarters of the way done and looking better by the minute. After about another half-hour of work, Chloe and Mary had him finished. He was beautiful! This just goes to show what hard work and a little TLC can do!!!





Alpha Alpaca 4-H Club by Emma Borgsmiller

On May 23rd the Alpha Alpaca 4-H Club served meals for hungry kids in Woodsboro. The Woodsboro Evangelical Lutheran Church partners with the Woodsboro schools to monthly feed the kids. There were kids of all ages. We helped set up the food, serve the food, and clean up the food.

Frederick County 4-H All Star Summer Picnic/County Campfire

June 18, 2013 - 6 pm at the Camp Center. Please bring a place setting and a dish to share. Business Meeting to follow with scouting prospective members for next year. Please bring skit ideas for the campfire. Clubs are to RSVP to Bobby Fogle by June 14, 2013 [email protected]

Hope to see you there!

Adamstown 4-H Club - Cake Auction

“During the Annual Adamstown Firemen’s Carnival, Ad-amstown Community 4-H Club is holding a cake auction. This is on Friday June 14th and is for all ages. We will have professional judging by Naomi and Jessica Reis, of Piece O’Cake bakery located at 1780 North Market St. Bring in your homemade cake for judging at 6 p.m., and then buy yours or someone else’s cake back later in the evening. All proceeds go to Adamstown Community 4-H Club. Pre-register online http://adamstown4-hcakeauction.eventbrite.com or register at the “cake drop off”

Valley Urbanites 4-H Club

The Valley Urbanites 4-H Club helped to do some spring cleaning at the Frederick County 4-H Camp in April. They weeded the flower beds and then mulched. They got a few

tips on pruning from Mr. David Eigenbrode who is on the 4-H Camp Center Board. It was a fun day and the

campgrounds looked great afterwards.

Members also

helped in the kitchen and displayed Lon-gaberger baskets for the April Basket Bin-go at the 4-H Camp Center.

Fundraiser for the Horse & Pony Council

June 26th California Tortilla in Mt. Airy

5 p.m. to 10 p.m. We will receive 10%

of all proceeds.





Johnsville 4-H Club

by Luke and Jacob Gladhill

On Saturday, March 23rd Emma New, Gressa New and their broth-er Wyatt attended the county demonstration contest held in Mont-gomery County. Emma placed Champion with “How to Make Maple Syrup”, Gressa placed Champion with “How to Make Soap”, and Wyatt placed Champion as well with “ How to Make White Pizza”. Congratulations to them all!

At our club meeting on April 9th we did a community project. We put together baskets with cookies, crackers and different snacks. They will be given out at Crumland Retirement Home when we host bingo in May.

We held our club Achievement Night on April 5th at Union Bridge Fire Hall. We honored members for their outstanding year and enjoyed a wonderful meal. We had enter-tainment from some of our mem-bers. We recognized members that had their record books go to coun-ty and the diamond clover awards as well as other outstanding mem-bers. We also honored our past

leader Carole Doody. She had been our leader for many years and as her daughters have grown she is spending more time with her family. Her great leadership and encouragement to the club as meant a lot to everyone. Also Mrs. Grossnickle was recognized for doing our postcards for many years. Thank you both so much.

On April 16th the 4-H Extension Office held their County Achieve-ment night at the 4-H Camp Center. Many of our members re-ceived awards for their record book projects. Mickinzie and Chase Ferguson for Swine projects, Kendal Harshman for Beef and Lamb projects, Luke Gladhill for 3rd Level Diamond Clover as well as Poultry and Craft, Jacob Gladhill for 3rd Level Diamond Clover and Garden, Zacary Crum for Public Speaking and Poultry, Emma New for 1st Year, Grace Yingling for Horse, Emma Mullineaux for Dog, Caroline Mullineaux for Food and Nutrition and Lukas Hoffman for Photography.

The MD State Public Speaking Contest was held on Saturday, April 27th. Zachary Crum and Violet Moxley participated in the contest. Zachary received Grand Champion on his 30 Second Radio An-nouncement and Violet participated with her Prepared Speech. Congratulations to them both.

Our club participated in our 1st fundraiser on Sunday, May 5th at Gladhill Tractor in Frederick for their tractor pull and two-cylinder show. We collected soda, water and baked goods from our mem-bers and sold them at the pull. Everyone that helped that day had a great time.

We held our monthly meeting on May 14th with a program about the gun club by Chuck Farmer. We learned about the sport, gun safety and what you do at a competition. Then the members got to do a little target practice shooting with a B. B. gun. Thank you Mr. Farmer for let-ting us know about the club.

On Friday, May 17th, the club hosted bin-go at Crumlands. We had several mem-bers help by calling bingo, giving out the prizes and serving a snack and then help-ing some of them back to their rooms. The members enjoyed spending time with the residents. We will be back in October to host again.

In Woodsboro on Sunday, May 26th several members of the club participated in the Memorial Day Parade. Gressa New rode on a longhorn while Emma and Wyatt threw candy out to the crowd, Amanda Shultz walked her horse named Missy though the parade and Luke Gladhill drove a 1947 Model D John Deere in the parade and Jacob Gladhill rode his SX95 John Deere lawn mower while pulling a cart with Rachel Eaves on the cart.

Poultry and egg judging practices will be starting up the end of June for the Maryland State Contest held August 31st at the Timonium Fair Grounds. 3 age divisions: Juniors 8-10 years old, Intermediates 11-13 years old, and seniors 14-18 years old. Judgers will learn how to judge and place poultry, grade eggs, do a part identification, and give reasons. Judgers will represent Frederick County at the Maryland State Contest. Seniors have an opportunity to win a trip to the National Con-test held in Louisville, Kentucky. The requirements for the contest are a willingness to learn and to have fun. You don’t have to have poultry to come and judge. If interested and would like to find out more information, please call Dave or Christina Crum at 410-775-0674.

Poultry Judging



Kids receive two FREE games of bowling every day, all summer long. To register go to www.kidsbowlfree.com

Once you register your kids, you have the option to buy a "family pass" for $24.95 and covers up to four adult family mem-

bers including "babysitters" to bowl up to two games per day all summer too!

Calling all reporters and historians! For the launch of the new website we are asking each club to send in pictures, press releas-es and program updates to include on their web pages. This is a great way to encourage new members to join your club, as well as an opportunity to show other clubs what you have been up to. Please send your information to Samantha Murdock at [email protected]

Frederick County Website Updates

Thank you to the club mem-bers who came out to help with last month's communi-ty service project at Will's Fair helping to clean up barns on May 19th. Everyone did a great job!

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“Fire Power” 4-H Shooting Sports Club

June 24th from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at the 4-H Office. Learn how to preserve your summer foods with a water bath and pressure canner. Each participant will leave with two items to enter in the Great Frederick Fair. NEW canning guidelines will be covered in the class. The class is $15.00 per 4-H member. Register online at www.eventbrite.com/event/6544664267

Rocky Ridge 4-H Club

By Christopher Coblentz On Saturday, May 4, 2013 members of the Rocky Ridge 4-H Club chose Thurmont Senior Center to do their May community service pro-ject. The members weeded, planted flowers and mulched the flower beds to beautify their center.

Every month the members do a service project to benefit the community, for the month of June members will be collecting children’s books and small children’s clothing to donate to the pediatric ward at Frederick Memorial Hospital.

Pictured left to right: Missy Bittner & Nikki Eyler, Chairpersons for this service project. Members: Austin Ridenour, Addison Eyler, Ashley Lescalleet, Payton Troxell and Kelsey Troxell.

Youth Canning

University of Maryland Extension - Frederick County 4-H Youth Development


Kids Bowl FREE! Terrace Lanes in Frederick







Tractor Supply "4-H Days" May 8th through May 19th was a huge success for Frederick County and the Frederick Store! We are very proud of the Fredrick store employees and the outpouring of support from our community! With everyone’s help, contributions, and donations to the "pie" ef-fort, we exceeded last year's totals! Over $2200 was raised and every dollar over last year's total of $450 will be donated directly to Frederick County clubs. A special "Thank You" to the 4-H clubs and members who greeted the public, handed out in-formation about 4-H and to those who literally "took it on the chin and face" to support 4-H! Some 4H club leaders went together and "UPS man, Scott" made the final donation for the $100 to "pie" store Manager "John".

Eight 4-H Shooting Sports Club members completed a successful season in the Spring Youth Trap League at Thurmont Conservation and Sportsman's Club! Shown with their awards are Natalie Schiazzi, Ashley Grimes, Konnor Sowell, Tyler Cole and Tim Duley.

(not pictured Wyatt Farmer, Tyler McDonald and Mason Smith)



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The 4-H Air Rifle Competition held on June 1st was very successful and a lot of fun for all who attended! We had shooters from 8 different clubs and participants in each age category. Below is a list of qualifiers and winners in each category! The maximum score was 150 points for the regular competi-tion. All who shot for the "Longest Shot" category and "qualified" then moved on to the elimination rounds. Congratulations to all who shot and a special "Thank You" to Mr. Matt Lynch and the Air Rifle Committee for organiz-ing such a fun event. Thank you to all parents and rifle instructors for helping out and especially Mr. Paul Summers for the great hand made "ringer target" for the longest shot competition! The "Longest Shot Awards" were spon-sored by Distinctive Achievements who also made the great trophies!


Red Ryder Class

Junior Division Intermediate Division Senior Division

*Christopher Lipscomb- 1st place 128pts Konnor Sowell –1st place 128pts Colin Lynch -1st place

Kevin Horton -2nd place Alec Atwell -2nd place Natalie Schiazzi -2nd place

Nathaniel Stuyck -3rd place Jack Atwell -3rd place Matt Lenhart -3rd place

Firepower Class


Nathaniel Stuyck -1st place 135pts Amelia Summers –1st place 123pts Natalie Schiazzi -1st place 122pts

Kevin Horton -2nd place Ray Martin -2nd place Matt Lenhart -2nd place

Amaad Syed -3rd place Jack Atwell -3rd place Olivia Dutton -3rd place

Longest Shot-Red Ryder Class


**Nathanial Stuyck** Winner **Daniel Summers** Winner **Matthew Lenhart** Winner

Longest Shot-Firepower Class


**Jessica Martin** Winner **Amelia Summers** Winner **Natalie Schiazzi** Winner









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Clinic and Matches

are open to anyone





Maryland State Fair August 23rd - September 2nd

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July - Middletown Valley Youth, Grace Super Sewers August - 4-H Achievers, Jefferson Co-Eds September - No Clubs October - Shooting Sports, Tailwaggers November - Greener Pastures, Lewistown Mt. View December - Tom’s Creek, Monocacy Achievers January - Middletown Valley Dairy, Adamstown February - Calico Clovers, Bug Patrol, Rocky Ridge March - Alpha Alpaca, Tailwaggers April - Valley Urbanites, Shookstown May - Paddock Pals, Green Valley June - Myersville Mountaineers, (club needed) July - Jr. Dairy, (club needed) August - Breezy Hills Stables, High Adventure September - Kaleidoscope October - Boots ‘n Buckles, Unionville November - Lewistown Mt. View, Johnsville December - Tom’s Creek, Bits ‘n Bridles

Maryland State Fair Online Entries: All 4-H entries for MD State fair are due online by July 31st @ 11:59PM! Go To: http://www.marylandstatefair.com/index.cfm?page=competition&id=39 Don’t forget to complete the 2013 Exhibitor Release. Completed forms are due by July 31st to the Maryland 4-H Center, 8020 Greenmead Drive, College Park, MD 20740. Check out the calendar of events at 2013 4-H

Schedule of Events!. The 2013 schedule has MANY NEW CHANGES especially for livestock exhibi-tors for shows.

2013-2014 Camp Center Community Service Schedule for 4-H Clubs



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Royalty Applications for the 2013-2014 Court are due to the office by August 1st. A short informational meeting will be held at the 4-H Office June 24th at 7pm. Anyone inter-ested in applying is encouraged to attend. For more infor-mation on the 4-H Royalty program, as well as this year’s application, please go to: http://extension.umd.edu/frederick-county/4h-youth-development/4h-royalty

Royalty

Frederick Fair Online Entries: All 4-H /FFA entries for the 2013 Great Frederick Fair are due online by July 31st @ 4 pm. Go To: http://thegreatfrederickfair.com/4-hffa-entries/ Don’t forget to complete the 2013 Exhibitor Release form and send it to the Great Frederick Fair Office, PO Box 604 Frederick, MD 21705 or for questions please call 301-663-5895.

Save The Date: New Family Orientation for the Fair is scheduled for Sept. 10th at 6 pm in the Dairy Show Ring Bldg. 32, to be followed by the Livestock Exhibitor’s meeting at 7pm. Livestock exhibitor passes will be distributed at this time if all 4-H / FFA paperwork has been complet-ed by the posted deadlines.

Landscape Design Contest @ The Great Frederick Fair: Attention 4-H clubs, it’s that time again to register for the Annual Landscape Design Contest at the Great Frederick Fair. Entries are due to the Fair Office by August 26th. Entry forms are available from the Fair Office at 301-663-5895. The 2013 theme is “Landscapes That Make Scents”.

Canning Entries at the MSF and the GFF: NEW Changes for entries: 1. ALL foods should be processed using a tested recipe. (Recipe sources - Ball Blue Book, USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning and So Easy to Preserve, or rec-ipes found in pectin or other canning ingredients made by companies such as Kerr, Mrs. Waggs, Ball, etc.) 2. Label each jar lid: a. Product Name b. Processing Time and Method c. Source of Recipe 3. Fruits, pickled vegetables and some tomatoes should be processed in a boiling water bath canner. Vegetables and some tomato products must be processed in a pressure canner. 4. Use only mason jars (note size according to class specifications) and 2 piece self-sealing lids. 5. Jars should not be opened during judging.

For questions please email Donielle at [email protected]

Currently the Frederick County 4-H Livestock Departments are seeking award sponsors for several of our livestock awards for the Great Frederick Fair. Each year 4-H mem-bers in the livestock departments receive awards for their achievements through the generosity of sponsors who have included 4-H families, local businesses, and 4-H clubs.

Below are a few awards in which we are seeking new spon-sors. If you, your business, or your club would like to spon-sor an award in any of the livestock departments for the Great Frederick Fair please email Lisa at [email protected] Award sponsorships are $25.00 annually to be paid by cash, check, or credit card. Sponsors may also choose to donate an award valued at $25.00 in place of having the award purchased for them.

NEW FOR 2013 !! All awards provided by the sponsor should be delivered to the 4-H office by Sept. 1, 2013, you will receive a receipt that you have dropped off your award.

Beef - Champion Commercial Heifer Beef - Reserve Champion All Other Purebred Steer Dairy - Many awards available – contact Lisa for a list Goat - Overall Dairy Goat Showmanship Horse & Pony – English Junior High Point Rider Horse & Pony - English Senior Hunter Champion Horse & Pony - Junior High Point Rider Horse & Pony - Western Junior Speed Champion Horse & Pony - Western Senior Pleasure Champion Horse & Pony - Western Pleasure Reserve Champion Horse & Pony - Western Senior Speed Champion Poultry - Bantams Champion Hen ($5.00 Award) Sheep - 1st Year Slick Shorn Showmanship Sheep - Intermediate Slick Shorn Showmanship Sheep - Junior Slick Shorn Showmanship Sheep - Overall Slick Shorn Sheep Showmanship Sheep - Senior Slick Shorn Showmanship Swine - Grand Champion Performance Hog Swine - Reserve Grand Champion Market Hog

A tremendous thank you to all our current and past award sponsors.

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Great Frederick Fair September 13th - 21st

Fair Awards



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When: Saturday, July 13, 2013 Instructor: Scott Myers from Bedford, PA Where: Sheep Barn at the Frederick Fairgrounds Cost: $50.00 Sponsored By: Frederick County Sheeep Breeders Register With: Dawn Richardson email– [email protected] phone– 301-908-5985

One-Day Lamb Camp

The Maryland 4-H Animal Husbandry and Quality Assurance

training program for 4-H members now has a new URL:

https://webtools.moo.umd.edu/AHQA/ Training is to be com-

pleted online by July 31st by 4 p.m.

New Link for Livestock Quality Assurance

Practices for Frederick County 4-H Horticulture Judging will be starting on Tuesday, June 4th. All practices are on Tuesday evenings and start at 6:30 p.m. at the 4-H Office. We will learn to iden-tify flowers, vegetables, fruits and nuts, trees and shrubs, and weeds/ insects/diseases. We do some taste testing. We learn to do quality judging. We are anticipating some field trips to a nursery and a local orchard. We have lots of fun too! If you are interested in horticulture judging or have any questions, please feel free to contact me [email protected] or call me at 301-371-9140.

2013 Horse Jamboree: Registration is OPEN – due by June 14th The 2013 Horse Jamboree Committee has been hard at work planning this year’s event. Registration is now open for the 2013 Jamboree, being hosted by Carroll County, July 12th-14th, at Hashawha Environmental Center Westminster, MD. The Jambo-ree features a variety of workshops, demos, farm visits, a horse-manship contest, a horse artistic expressions show, and other fun and educational equine and camp activities, as well as the annual Maryland 4-H Horse Communications Contest. The Registration information is posted on the Maryland 4-H website at http://extension.umd.edu/4-h and Maryland 4-H Horse pages at http://www.4hhorse.umd.edu/ 2013 Maryland 4-H Horse Communications Contest: Registration is OPEN – due by June 14th The Horse Communications Contest will be held Saturday, July 13, 12:30 p.m., in conjunction with the Horse Jamboree at Hashawha Environmental Center Westminster, MD members do not have to attend the Jamboree to compete in the Communica-tions Contest. The event includes three areas of presentation in-cluding 1) Individual Speech, 2) Individual Presentation, and 3) Team Presentation. Three age divisions are offered: Juniors (8-10), Intermediates (11-13), and Seniors (14-18), based on a member’s age as of January 1st of the current year. Ribbons will be awarded in each division for each age group. The top placing senior(s) in each division will be eligible to compete in the Na-tional 4-H Horse Communication Contest at the Eastern National 4-H Horse Roundup in Louisville, Kentucky this fall as a part of the Maryland 4-H State Horse Communications Team. Registra-tion information and contest rules are attached as part of the Jamboree Registration Packet and are posted on the Maryland 4-H and Maryland 4-H Horse websites listed above. If members are not attending Horse Jamboree, they may use the Communication Contest ONLY registration form. Maryland 4-H Horse Advisory Committee Meeting The Maryland 4-H Horse Advisory Committee will meet on Satur-day, July 13, 7:00 p.m., in conjunction with the Horse Jamboree being held at Hashawha Environmental Center Westminster, MD. Please NOTE: The committee is not meeting on June 1st as had been previously posted.

Practices for Frederick County 4-H Dairy Judging will be starting next month. All county practices are at night and start at 7:00 pm. The first three are listed below. I have not received any word from Kiera yet on state practices, but they will be held during the day in July. I will pass on the en-tire schedule leading up to the contest held at State Fair once I receive it. If you are interested in dairy judging or have any questions, please feel free to contact me or call me at 240-285-5955. Thank you. Michael Allen

Wednesday, June 12th; 7:00 pm; Pam Moser/Hawker Family-935 Bussard Rd, Middletown 240-367-7568 Tuesday, June 18th; 7:00 pm; Dave & Carole Doody- 13202 Coppermine Rd, Union Bridge 301-898-7564 Tuesday, June 25th; 7:00 pm; John & Julie Mayer- 12128 Taneytown Pike, Taneytown 240-882-3582

Horticulture Judging

Dairy Judging

Horse Events


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Frederick County 4-H will offer a $50 scholarship per Frederick County 4-H’er participant.



Congratulations to all of our “Fashion Wonder-land” Fashion Revue contestants. The first annu-al Cluster Fashion Revue was a resounding suc-cess. Special congratulations to Bailey and Jamie Roe, who were selected to represent Frederick County at the State Fashion Revue this year. Thanks to Aislinn Latham, one of this year’s nar-rators. Mark your calendars for June 14th for next year’s Cluster Fashion Revue!

There will be a short planning meeting for the “Frederick Sews!” Con-test on June 26 at 7 p.m. at the 4-H Office. If you are interested in par-ticipating in the Frederick County contest this summer please be sure to attend. Please send Samantha Murdock an email at [email protected] if you will be in attendance.



Frederick Sews!

Maryland State 4-H Teen Leadership Confer-ence, Teen Focus, will be held at the beautiful University of College Park Campus June 25-27, 2013. This is the premier, statewide an-nual 4-H event for teens. The mission of Teen Focus is to provide educational experiences on a campus setting that help participants to develop life and leadership skills. This is a great opportunity for youth to make deci-sions about their future educational and pro-fessional endeavors. In 2013 4-H teamed up with Future Farmers of America (FFA) to offer this fabulous event. The collaboration provided both organiza-tions the ability to increase their capacity to offer premier youth development programs. One example is the keynote speaker, Ricky Kalmon a famous motivational speaker. Many of you may recognize him from the Dis-ney show Snapp. In addition, he has made numerous special guest appearances on Fox, FX, E, and Comedy Central. It’s a show that will keep you on the edge of your seat and take you on a Vacation of the Mind! We know it will be an awesome memorable experience for all in attendance. FFA and 4-H have an amazing line up of workshops for the conference. Our extraor-dinary line up of classes for Teen Focus range from CSI-Barnyard, Zumba, Campus Tours, Health Rocks! Youth Mini-Grants, Livestock, Healthy Lifestyles, Community Leadership, to Entrepreneurship. By combin-ing the two groups, we now expect more than 400 teens from all across the state of Maryland in attendance. So please encourage the young people in your communities to participate: The regis-tration packet for Teen Focus can be found at: https://extension.umd.edu/news/events/tue-2013-06-25-0000-2013-state-4-h-teen-focus-one-world-one-4-h-one-dream%E2%80%A6to-make-best

4-H Teens are needed!!! We have three healthy living grants and all three offer opportunities for teens to have their expenses paid while they earn service learning hours doing healthy living activities. Many states have 4-H Teen Health Ambassadors. We currently have healthy living programs to engage teens. Shopping Matters offers training (a 2 day overnight training for inter-ested teens) to conduct shopping tours of local Walmarts in the gro-cery area. Teens will share knowledge of nutrition while sharing in-formation to help consumers make wise choices in food selection. Teens Take on Health is a grant where town hall-style events for teens and other stakeholders will be held to discuss and raise their voices on health and their solutions to the leading healthcare issues facing the nation today. Molina Healthcare will be included in the planning especially for their expertise in engaging unreached youth and fami-lies. And the third opportunity is Youth Voice: Youth Choice sponsored by Walmart. These programs to reach underserved/at-risk/minority youth and their families with quality healthy living education and oth-er learning opportunities will utilize our UP for the CHALLENGE cur-riculum. The goals are to: Improve dietary choices and increase physical fitness. Improve attitude toward and understanding of healthy foods, Improve knowledge of local resources available to underserved youth and their families that support and provide further information on healthy living. If you are interested in these fantastic opportunities, please sub-mit your name a resume to [email protected] ASAP!

Teen Leadership Conference

Healthy Living Ambassadors- TEENS Wanted!

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The Maryland Shorthorn Association will host a Short-horn Beef Judging Contest and Clinic on Saturday, June 15, 2013 at the Howard County Fairgrounds. There will be three age divisions: Juniors 8-10; Intermediates 11-13; and Seniors 14-21. All ages as of January 1st, 2013. There will be three classes of heifers and one class of steers. All classes will be talked immediately after the class. There will be individual awards for the top 10 in each age division. There will be no teams. There is no entry fee and no admission fee to the grounds. Registration will start at 8:30 a.m. and the con-test will begin at 9:00 a.m. This is an excellent way to start your summer judging season. There will be food available on the grounds. We look forward to seeing 4-H members, coaches, and parents on Saturday, June 15, 2013.

Maryland 4-H is taking a trip to Baltimore to see the Ori-oles play the Cleveland Indians at Camden Yards. Five dollars of every ticket purchased will support Maryland 4-H. The event takes place on Thursday, June 27th at 7:05 p.m. Tickets cost $13 for upper reserve seating, sections 316-356, rows 13-25. Tickets can be bought online. www.mymaryland4Hfoundation.com

On August 6th from 6-9 p.m. Carrollton Park will be host-ing the annual National Night Out. This is a great oppor-tunity to meet members of the community, as well as other youth organizations in the area. If your club is in-terested in setting up a station with information about 4-H, please contact Mike Figgins at [email protected]

Calling 4-H members 8-18...do you like writing, sharing stories or telling stories? Are you interested in learning about the world of journalism? The Maryland 4-H Foun-dation and American Farm Publications are partnering together to produce 4-H in Action, an annual supplement to the Delmarva Farmer to be published during National 4-H Week. 4-H members are needed to write stories, take pictures and layout the newspaper. If you are inter-ested or have questions, contact Amanda Clougherty at [email protected] or 301-314-7835.

4-H Night at Camden Yard

National Night Out

4-H International Exchange Opportunity

Maryland 4-H in Action

Shorthorn Beef Judging Contest/Clinic

As you may have heard, we are currently in the process of searching for Maryland 4-H families to host delegates from Japan as part of our involvement with the States’ 4-H International Exchange Program. Our ten Japanese youth and one adult chaperone will be arriving in the United States on July 21st and staying through August 19th. As a family who has benefited from Maryland 4-H’s variety of programs, we are hoping that your dedication to successful programs and education will influence you to help us in making States’ 4-H International Exchange a successful program in Maryland. What we are looking for are Maryland 4-H families that are active in the program and have 4-H members in the home between the ages of 12-17. This is so our delegates will have a host sibling who is within two years of their own age and will have someone to relate to in the home. These delegates will be living in the homes of 4-H fami-lies through the above dates, participating in family activ-ities, 4-H functions, and everyday life such as chores and leisure time. We know that you realize the benefits and excitement of opportunities such as this and are hoping that you will be interested talking to your family about hosting a Japa-nese delegate this summer. As we continue this relation-ship with the States’ 4-H International Exchange Pro-gram, we will later have the opportunity to send Mary-land 4-H youth to Japan for a similar experience, staying with host families and learning about and experiencing our cultural differences and similarities. Please encourage your family or any other 4-H family that you think might be interested in this experience to take part in this exciting opportunity. To learn more about the 4-H States’ International Exchange Program, go to http://states4hexchange.org/ Have a parent or guard-ian click the “Become a host family” tab and follow the instructions to fill out the Electronic Host Family Infor-mation Sheet(e-HFIS). As a reminder, filling out the e-HFIS is not any form of official commitment, but simply the first step in finding out if your family is a good fit for the program. Thank you for your considering this opportunity. If you chose to take advantage of this opportunity, please reach out to me at [email protected] as well as contacting your county Extension Educator. I look forward to meet-ing and discussing more about the program and repre-senting Maryland the 4-H program to our international guests as a host family.

Melville Johnson - Maryland 4-H Center

http://www.mymaryland4Hfoundation.com





2013 Aug - Sep

Newsletter deadline:

August 1, 2013

Send articles and pictures to

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Listed are Frederick County 4-H members, for the complete listing

email Lisa at [email protected]

199 exhibitors, 532 animals

Alpaca – 8 exhibitors, 8 animals

Master Showman: Michelle Weddle

Senior Obstacle: Natalie Schiazzi

Intermediate Obstacle: Randie Burns

Beef – 36 exhibitors, 104 animals

Grand Champion Showman: Taylor Clarke

Champion Shorthorn Heifer: Aubry Knott

Champion Hereford Steer: Stacie Baust

Champion Shorthorn Steer: BreAnn Fields

Reserve Grand Champion Steer: BreAnn Fields

Dairy – 46 exhibitors, 124 animals

Judges: Mike Creek and Amy Yeiser

Grand Champion Ayrshire: Cadin Valentine, Vales-Pride Luke

Ella

Grand Champion Brown Swiss: Kayla Lenhart, Long View Den-

ver Rianna

Grand Champion Milking Shorthorn: Shelby Hahn, Windswept

Farm Sam Allie-Ann

Dairy Goats – 18 exhibitors, 50 animals

Judge: Todd Biddle

Grand Champion Nubian: Montana Delawder, Ridge Mills Anna

Dogs – 25 exhibitors, 27 animals

Judges: Nancy Zinkhan, Liane Luini, Michael Mooney, Carol

Guth

Champion Showmanship: Michelle Katoski

Meat Goat – 10 exhibitors, 26 animals

Judge: Troy Bennett

Champion Fitting & Showing: Garret Buckmeier

Grand and Reserve Champion Doe: Kim Lowe

Rabbits – 24 exhibitors, 110 animals

Reserve in Show: Silkie shown by Laura Dutton

Sheep – 21 exhibitors, 45 animals

Champion Cheviot Ram: Mariam Harper

Champion Cheviot Ewe: Mariam Harper

Champion Southdown Ram: Megan Mullison

Champion Southdown Ewe: Megan Mullison

Champion Suffolk Ewe: Jamie Roe

Champion Tunis Ram: Drew Ridgeway

Champion Tunis Ewe: Drew Ridgeway

Supreme Champion Ewe: Drew Ridgeway (Tunis)

Supreme Champion Ram: Mariam Harper (Cheviot)

Wills Fair Results



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Thanks so much for your help with the 2013 Sheep & Wool Skillathon. The skillathon would not be possible without the assistance and dedication of so many extension colleagues and volunteers. Six-ty-eight youth from five states and nine Maryland counties competed. Congratulations to you and your kids! This year’s skillathon is summarized on my Shepherd’s Notebook blog at http://mdsheepgoat.blogspot.com/2013/05/three-sisters-win-jr-sheep-wool.html.

Dairy Bowl winners. Individuals and teams. Fred-erick County did very well. Many thanks to all coaches, team members and parents.

Juniors -1st place team Schuyler Bowers 1st place written exam Individual junior placings in overall contest: Schuyler Bowers 2nd, Katelyn Iager 3rd, Joseph Hubbard 4th, Kendall Welsh 5th Intermediates –“A” team-1st place (team mem-bers were Todd Allen, Shelby Iager, Ryan Al-len, and Charlie Buckmeir). Additionally there were 2 combo teams this year (The 2 combo teams consisted of 2 Frederick County inter-mediates and 2 intermediate kids from other counties). Combo team 1 included Jill Allen & Robert Hahn- 4th place team; combo team 2 included Jonathan Hubbard & Tyler Um-berger - 5th place team Individual intermediate placings in overall contest: Todd Allen 1st, Robert Hahn 5th, Shel-by Iager 6th, Ryan Allen 7th, Tyler Umberger 9th Seniors-1st place team Katelyn Allen-1st place written exam Individual senior placings in overall contest: Katelyn Allen 1st, Dusty Hahn 2nd, Shelby Hahn 3rd, Dane Grossnickle 7th

Sheep & Wool Skillathon Update

Dairy Bowl Update


http://mdsheepgoat.blogspot.com/2013/05/three-sisters-win-jr-sheep-wool.html





The 2013 Maryland 4-H Horse Triple Crown was held April 20th-21st on the University of Maryland campus. 94 4-H members participated in the Horse Judging contest; 106 members participated in the Hippology contest; and 161 members participated in the Horse Bowl contest. 15 coun-ties were represented. Detailed results are now posted on the Maryland 4-H Horse website at: http://www.4hhorse.umd.edu/ Congratulations to all of the members who participated in the contests and to the coaches who prepared the contestants.

2013 Maryland 4‐H Hippology Contest Junior Individuals: 13 Rachel Frank, 14 Eva Bryant Intermediate Individuals: 13 Katie Gallagher Senior Individuals: 13 Mary Lentz

2013 Maryland 4-H Horse Judging Contest Junior Individuals: 8 Rachel Frank , 15 Dalena Bryant Team Placing: 4 Frederick Intermediate Individuals: 4 Katie Gallagher, 8 Arabella Chen, 13 Erin Horner Team Placing: 2 Frederick Senior Individuals: 10 Tabitha Gregory, 11 Grace Yingling, 15 Emily Horner Team Placing: 3 Frederick

2013 Maryland 4‐H Horse Bowl Contest Junior Team Placing: 9 Frederick Inter Team Placing: 9 Frederick Senior Team Placing: 9 Frederick

This year we have selected three outstanding candidates to receive a scholarship from the Darren Kennedy Memorial Fund.

Shelby L Hahn is going to Penn State Mont Alto and will be studying Animal Science/ Pre- Veterinarian.

BreAnn L Fields is going to Frederick Commu-nity College and will be studying Early Child-hood/Elementary Education.

Kaitlyn A Fuss is going to Frederick Communi-ty College and will be studying Extension Edu-cation in 4-H Youth Development.

Frederick County Horse Judging/Hippology/Horse Bowl team for Frederick County. The picture was taken at the University of MD the weekend of the State Competition in April. The team placed very well in States and 2 of the Seniors (Grace Yingling and Tabitha Gregory) qualified to compete for the State Horse Judging Team.

Pictured in back: Tabitha Gregory, Kira Zimmerman, Emily and Erin Horner, Mary Lentz, Grace Yingling

Pictured in front: Ryan Frank, Evelyn and Eva Bryant, Rachael Frank, Amanda Schultz, Jackey Hinkson



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Scholarship-Congratulations!

Horse Judging/Hippology/Horse Bowl 4-H Horse Triple Crown Update

The 4-H Environmental Science Action Team is pleased to present 4-H Eviro-Action! A series of environmental education (EE) lessons that can be presented during club meetings, afterschool programs, camps, or other 4-H events. A new lesson will be posted each month. Check out some cool acticies for your club meetings at https://extension.umd.edu/news/4-h-enviro-action

4-H Enviro-Action!

Congratulations to all our 4-H’ers who participated in the 2013 State 4-H Communications Contest as a part of the Maryland Day activities on campus! The Judges this year commented on the OUTSTANDING quality of speeches and the wonderful job each 4-H’er Jun-ior/Intermediate and Senior - did with their presenta-tion!! Those representing Frederick County were:

Radio Spot: Junior – Zachary Crum, Intermediate – Konner Sowell Extemporaneous: Intermediate – Ashley Wilcom, Senior – Amy Lieberman Interpretations Prepared: Junior – Claire Dolan, In-termediate – Violet Moxely

Out of 30 promotional radio spots presented, our very own Zachary Crum took Junior Champion Radio Spot! Congratulations to all that represented Frederick County this year. Mark your calendars - Cluster Communica-tions Contest March 8, 2014 in Frederick County

State 4-H Communication Contest



https://extension.umd.edu/news/4-h-enviro-action

https://extension.umd.edu/news/4-h-enviro-action





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Month Date Time Page

June 15 13 Deadline for Livestock Round-Up due to MD 4-H Center

18 1:00 p.m. Camp Counselor Training @ Camp Center

18 4:00 p.m. Adult Camp Staff Orientation Meeting @ Camp Center

18 5:00 p.m. 1 & 3 4-H All Stars Camp Fire & Camp Orientation @ Camp Center

20 6:00 p.m. 1 End of School 4-H Party @ Camp Center

20 1 Deadline for Camp Registrations online through Eventbrite

24 9:00 a.m. 5 Youth Canning Workshop @ 4-H Office

24 7:00 p.m. 11 4-H Royalty Informational Meeting @ 4-H Office

25 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Camp Counselor Training @ Camp Center

26 5 - 10 p.m. 3 Horse & Pony Council fundraiser: California Tortilla in Mt. Airy, MD

26 7:00 p.m. 14 Frederick Sews! Planning Meeting @ 4-H Office

27 7:00 p.m. 16 4-H Night @ Camden Yards

28 4:00 p.m. 1 Deadline for Registered Participants: All Camp Forms due to 4-H Office

29 MD State Avian Contest @ University of Maryland

July 1 13 Livestock Round Up @ Camp Center

1 6:30 p.m. Indoor Superintendents Meeting @ 4-H Office

1 12 Deadline for online Quality Assurance Training

1 4:00 p.m. 1 Deadline for Livestock Lease Forms due to 4-H Office

7 2:00 p.m. Camp Counselor Move-In/Training Day @ Camp Center

8 15 Deadline for Aerospace Workshop

13 8-9 a.m. 1 Beef Weight Check Point @ Frederick Fairgrounds

15 15 Deadline for Aerospace State Challenge

23 7:00 p.m. Youth Council Meeting

31 6:00 p.m. Livestock Superintendents Meeting @ 4-H Office

31 4:00 p.m. 11 Deadline for online Great Frederick Fair Entries

31 11:59 p.m. 10 Deadline for online State Fair Entries

August 1 4:00 p.m. 11 Deadline for Royalty Applications due to 4-H Office

1 4:00 p.m. Deadline for Diamond Clover Level 6 Plan due to 4-H Office

6 6 p.m.-9 p.m. 16 National Night Out at Carrollton Park

Interested in becoming a certified UME 4-H Volunteer? Its a simple 3 step process: Go to the Frederick County 4-H website http://extension.umd.edu/frederick-county/4h-youth-development/ume-volunteers and fill

out and return the 5 necessary forms by email or postal mail to: Attn: Lisa 4-H, 330 Montevue Lane, Frederick, MD 21702 or [email protected]

Call or email Lisa to schedule an over the phone Interview after your completed paperwork has been returned to the office. The Inter-view takes about 10 minutes.

After your Interview Lisa can sign you up for the online orientation training.

After these steps are done and all paperwork is in, the 4-H Educator will review your file and when approved you will receive your 4-H Maryland Leader card. To keep your certified volunteer status current each year you will need to sign a Renewal Appointment Agreement and a Behavioral Expectations Form.

Any questions contact Lisa Strong at [email protected] or 301-600-1595.

UME Volunteer Information

http://extension.umd.edu/frederick-county/4h-youth-development/ume-volunteers





UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EXTENSION

FREDERICK COUNTY OFFICE

330 MONTEVUE LANE

FREDERICK, MARYLAND 21702

301-600-1589

Donielle R. Axline

Extension Educator 301-600-1590

[email protected]

http://extension.umd.edu/frederick-county/4h-and-youth-development

Samantha Murdock

Faculty Extension Assistant 301-600-3583

[email protected]

4-H Office

will be closed on

Thursday, July 4th

Enjoy the holiday!


http://extension.umd.edu/frederick-county/4h-and-youth-development


Documents

Frederick County 4-H Newsletter - University Of Maryland · projects, Luke Gladhill for 3rd Level Diamond Clover as well as Poultry and Craft, Jacob Gladhill for 3rd Level Diamond