Upcoming Events

April 7 ~ Photography Activity Night 9 ~ Archery Practice 9~ Babysitting Class at WSC 11 ~ Livestock Meeting 13-24 ~ Paper Clover at TSC 17 ~ Project Expo 21 ~ Communication Arts 25 ~ Consumer Choice Practice May 1 ~ Corner Club submit article for 4-H Times 2 ~ Lamb, Hog Pictures Due 2 ~ Horse Lease Due 5 ~ Ambassador Applications Due at Extension Office 9 ~ 4-H Council Meeting 14~ Babysitting Class at WSC 15 ~ Clothing Revue 15 ~ Starter Flock Application Due 16 ~ Consumer Choice Practice 31 ~ Medora Trip Application Due 31-June 2nd ~ Tractor Safety School June 6-7 ~ Medora Trip 10 ~ Horse Show 20-23 ~ EYC 22-26 ~ UMVF 29 ~ Consumer Choice Practice July 22-30 ~ ND State Fair

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302 East Broadway PO Box 1109 Williston, ND 58802-1109 Phone: 701-577-4595 danielle.steinhoff@ndsu.edu desiree.steinberger@ndsu.edu mindys@co.williams.nd.us lindak@co.williams.nd.us

4-H TIMES NDSU EXTENSION SERVICE WILLIAMS COUNTY www.ag.ndsu.edu/williamscountyextension/

“4-H is a community of young people across America who are learning leadership, citizenship and life skills”

NDSU Extension–Williams County 4-H

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Are you 11-13 years old? Want a chance to get a FREE trip to Medora? Fill out the application enclosed in this newsletter and send it back to our office. All applications are due May 31st! Winners will be selected by leaders of clubs. We will attend the Musical and get a backstage tour! Horse-

back riding, a Medora style pizza party, shopping and a tour of Chateau De Mores! Save the date June 6 and 7th! All costs are covered except for random spending money!

Promote 4-H in Band Day Parade We are sponsoring a 4-H float in the parade

this year! The parade is Saturday, May 7th. Kelly Skor will be the parent in charge of this event. If you want to help Kelly plan and decorate please contact our office to let us know. We are excited to have this opportunity!

Tractor Safety School

May 31st—June 2nd at the 4-H Camp in Washburn, ND

Designed for youth 14 and 15 years old, this 3-day course will teach them the rules of the road where oper-ating tractors and attached powered equipment are concerned. When successfully completed, the kids will be certified in operating this equipment as regulated by the U.S. Department of Labor. ATV certification will also be held during this training. Hands on training on obstacle courses which simulate actual farm situations.

Youth must register to Oliver County Extension by May 13th. Call Rick Schmidt for more information 701-207-0010 or email him at rick.schmidt@ndsu.edu Cost: $135 for these 3 days Note: 13 year olds can participate in this training, but will not be certified until their 14th birthday.

Send Us Your Accomplishments! Remember to send us any accomplishments or recognitions you receive at school, church, or other activities you are involved in. We would love to place it in the 4-H Times. Please include a picture! Submit information by the first of the month to be included in the next month’s newsletter. Email lindak@co.williams.nd.us

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

APRIL BIRTHDAYS 2

PICTURES DUE 2

FAIR DATES 2

UPDATING 4-H PROJECTS 2

ALUMNI NEEDED 2

AMBASSADOR ELECTIONS 2

CLUB OF THE MONTH 3

STARTER FLOCK PROGRAM 4

ACTIVITY NIGHT 4

HORSE OWNERSHIP AND TRAINING 4

BABYSITTING CLASSES 4

TSC PAPER CLOVERS 4

MEETING DATES 4

EYC, PROJECT EXPO, CONSUMER CHOICES, CLOTHING REVUE, COMMUNICATION ARTS, PLACEMATS, AND SHOTGUN INSTRUCTOR TRAINING INSERT

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NDSU Extension—Williams County 4-H

www.ag.ndsu.edu/williamscountyextension

Lambs and Hogs Pictures Due

Reminder that 4H Members showing lambs and hogs must submit

photos by

May 2nd

You may email them to Mindy

MindyS@co.williams.nd.us

Upper Missouri

Valley Fair June 22-26th

North Dakota State Fair

July 22—30th

April Birthdays Madalyn Kerschion April 1st Jakob Peterson April 2nd Mattie Lynch April 3rd Selah Casper April 4th Shawn Anfinson April 6th Clayton Grove April 13th Cody Skor April 13th Olivia McNamara April 13th Jadelyn Burke April 14th

Tucker Jorgenson April 16th Madison Jones April 18th Kaston Hofer April 21st

Ambassador Elections The state ND 4-H Ambassador’s purpose is to assist in planning statewide 4-H youth programs, to promote 4-H, and to improve the 4-H program through problem solving skills and leadership. Becoming a 4-H Ambassador will promote leadership skills, teamwork skills, promote confidence; and will provide training for you in recreation, technology, and facilitation. As a 4-H Ambassador, youth are responsible with assisting the 4-H program around the state. Some activities include assisting at county events, at the ND State Fair, Selections, and Extension Youth Conference. Ambassador retreats are held four times a year. Applications for the Ambassador program are available on the North Dakota Center for 4-H Youth Development website.

Applications are due May 5th at your Extension Office and May 15, 2016 to the Center for 4-H. Questions? Please contact the Elections co-chairs Hannah Nordby at Hannah.nordby@ndsu.edu

or Anne Brien at clan9697@gmail.com.

Fair Dates

May 1st Deadline The deadline for updating 4-H projects, whether adding/dropping is May 1st. Go to 4-H online to

update your projects.

Alumni Needed!!! Please help us find Williams County Alumni who would be willing/able to

help the Extension Office at the Fair!! We will provide a shirt for each Alumni who comes to

help us! Contact our office at 577-4595

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Each club is being designated a month to submit an article featuring their club to be published in the 4-H Times.

Your article is due by the 1st of the month it is to be published. The article should include information including, but not limited to, number of members, leaders, officers, regular meeting place & day, activities and service projects your club participates in. Please email photos too. If you submit your article by email it will save Linda having to retype it! (lindak@co.williams.nd.us) The schedule is: May—Corner Club; August—Shooting Sports; September—Meadowlarks; October—Stony Creek; November—Wild Riders; December—Prairie Partners; January—Corner Club; February—Clover Clovers; March—Happy Horse & Wonder Wizards; April—Sweet Clovers; May—Prairie Clovers Please note this also includes the schedule for 2016/2017.

4-H Club of the Month

NDSU Extension—Williams County 4-H

Prairie Partners 4-H club started the year meeting in the West Prairie Church west of Williston. After a couple months we had outgrown the church and moved our meetings to the Ernie French Center. Our club consists of 47 enrolled youth members, of which 20 are cloverbuds, and 7 adult volunteers. We meet on the second Sunday of the month at 2:00PM. This year we held a bake sale where we sold lefse, cookies and other good-ies made by our members and raised $700 for the Fill a Forgotten Stocking Program at American State Bank. We held a food drive for the food pantry at the Salvation Army and also rang bells during their Red Kettle campaign. We had several of our members com- pete this year on the Williams County Livestock Judging team that placed 4th High Junior Team at Bowman and 12th High Junior Team at State.

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Horse Ownership and Training

Members must have managing control of their horse project.

“Managing control” means overseeing proper feeding, grooming, ex-

ercising, training and stall management, and the member must have

free access to the use of the horse at all times.

A 4-H member enrolled in the 4-H Horsemanship project must have

managing control of the horse by May 1. The horse may be owned,

rented, leased or borrowed for use as a 4-H project. If the horse is not

owned, the legal owner must provide a written statement guarantee-

ing that the 4-H member has managing control of the animal by May

1. This statement is kept on file in the county Extension office in the

county of enrollment.

If you are planning to show a horse in the 4-H Horse Show and would

like the brochure, North Dakota 4-H Horse Show Rule and Judging

Guide, you may request one by calling our office at 701-577-

4595.

Ac vity Night April 7th at Broadway Commons

Join us for a night of fun and learn-ing while you discover how to take

better pictures with your cellphone or a camera.

You will also make good use of free apps on your cell phone to make your pictures pop with fun and interesting

effects!

**There will be 2 sessions this evening** 6:00pm Ages 10 and under 7:00pm Ages 11 and above

To register please email Lindak@co.williams.nd.us

In your email please specify ages!!

The Starter Flock Program is an initiative started by the North Dakota Lamb and Wool Producers Association (NDLWPA) and NDSU Extension Service with the intent to encourage and assist young people to enter the sheep and wool industry to help sustain this important food and fiber industry in our American culture. Open to youth between the age of 10 to 22 years old. Each recipient will receive 10 ewes which will be purchased by the NDLWPA in late September. Participants must submit application by May 15th and maintain junior or senior membership with the NDLWPA The application must include the following: Submit two letters of recommendation from a non-family person. A letter of endorsement from a parent or legal guardian For an application go to www.NDLWPA.com and click on “sheep info”

Babysitting Classes are coming!!

Saturday April 9th Saturday May 14th

To register please see the Community Education Catalog from Williston State College

https://willistonstate.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=ClassListing.ClassListingDisplay

We will be selling Paper Clovers at TSC on Saturday, April 16th and

Saturday, April 23rd from 10am-3pm.

We will need kids there for these shifts. Please RSVP by calling our office at 577-4595 anytime from 8 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday. Don’t hesitate to call if you have any questions.

Livestock Committee Meeting

There is a Livestock Commi ee mee ng Monday, April 11th at 6pm at the Broadway Commons building. Agenda to include updated fair schedule.

4-H Council Meeting There will be a 4-H council meeting on Monday, May 9th at 6pm. Hope to see you there!