4-H is a community of young people across America who are learning Leadership, Citizenship, and Life Skills.

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Calendar ................................... 2 4-H News .................................. 2 Grantsburg Fair Info ................ 2 4-H Leadership Council ........... 3 4HOnline Year End .................. 4 National 4-H Week ................... 4 Office Hours ............................ 3 Bugle Deadline ........................ 3 Fair Dates ................................ 3

Animal Sciences ....................... 4 Arts & Communication .............. 5 Mechanical Sciences ................ 5 Natural Resources .................... 6 STEM ........................................ 6 Younger Members..................... 6 Youth Leadership ...................... 7 Club News ................................ 8 Leaders’ News .......................... 8 Food Resources ...................... 10 Summer Camp Pics ................ 11 4-H Facts ................................ 13 Wildlife & Forestry Contest .... 14 Project Day Session Planning ..... 15 Contact Us .............................. 16

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Fairs are for . Not just 4-H members, but other youth groups, leaders, parents, friends, relatives and everyone who attends the fair.

Fairs are FUN and a place to meet new friends.

Playing and working together at the Fair leads to stronger friendships within and beyond the local club. Fairs provide a place to DISPLAY your creations. The fair gives youth a chance to show off skills and lets everyone know what 4-H’ers learn and can do.

Fairs are for LEARNING. Whether you receive a blue or pink ribbon, it’s what you learn at the fair that’s important. The judges are interested in helping you learn.

Fairs provide a place to experience COMPETITION. The fair lets youth see standards of excellence and try their skills at matching or exceeding them. Fairs give a person opportunity to develop

CONFIDENCE. Whether showing an animal or talking with a judge, members have a chance to feel good about what they’ve been able to do during the year.

Fairs provide a place for . Many youth see what others have done and this leads to many decisions, perhaps choosing a different 4-H project the following year (many adult leaders get ideas for next year too.) Showing at fair is NOT the ultimate 4-H experience, but is one step in the educational process. Always keep this in mind: you are a WINNER when you do your best, have fun, make new friends, and learn a lot by just being involved. Adapted by Beth Rank from an article in the Waupaca County Newsletter which cited the Outagamie County Newsletter (unsure of month of year or publication)

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AUGUST

1 Registration deadline for Wildlife Habitat Education Program Workshop and Art Contest, West Bend, WI

1 National Night Out, Crooked Lake Park in Siren, and Grantsburg Fire Hall

3-13 Wisconsin State Fair, West Allis

6 Western Wisconsin Association of Rocket-ry Meeting, Grantsburg Airport, contact Craig Bowman (715-463-2684 or 715-220-6459)

12 Wildlife Habitat Education Program Work-shop and Art Contest, West Bend, WI (page 14)

14 Siren Countywide Cloverbud Meeting, 6pm, Gov’t Center

14 Leaders’ Association Meeting, 7pm, Gov’t Center

15 Grantsburg Countywide Cloverbud Meet-ing, 6pm, Grantsburg Library

15 LEGO® Project Meeting, 5:15pm, Gov’t Center, Room 162/163

19 Jr Leaders’ End of Year event, 1pm, Crooked Lake Park, Siren

20 Bugle submission deadline

20 Pullet Surprise Youth Contest registration deadline (page 5)

21 Fall Project Day session proposals due.

21 Deadline: State 4-H Arts Camp camper and chaperone applications

24-27 Burnett County Agricultural Society Fair, Grantsburg

28 Siren First Day of School

30 Deadline to reserve seats for Jr Leader play (page 7)

31-Sept 5 4HOnline undergoes year end pro-cessing and will not be accessible.

SEPTEMBER

1 Webster First Day of School 1 Avian Quiz Bowl registration deadline

(page 4)

3 Western Wisconsin Association of Rocket-ry Meeting, Grantsburg Airport, contact Craig Bowman (715-463-2684 or 715-220-6459)

4 Labor Day, UW-Extension Office Closed

5 Grantsburg First Day of School

5 Enrollment for 2017-2018 4-H Year Begins on 4HOnline

10 Jr Leaders’ Meeting, 4pm, Government Center

11 Patriot Day

11 Siren Countywide Cloverbud Meeting, 6pm, Gov’t Center

11 Leaders’ Association Meeting, 7pm, Gov’t Center

11 Record Books Due no later than Leaders’ meeting.

12 Grantsburg Countywide Cloverbud Meet-ing, 6pm, Grantsburg Library

13 Awards Committee Meets

18 Fall Project Day registration due. 19 LEGO® Project Meeting, 5:15pm, Gov’t

Center, Room 162/163

20 Bugle submission deadline

22 Fall Equinox

30 Install Window Displays

30 End of 2016-2017 4-H Year

30 Deadline to apply to 4-H Leadership Council (page 3)

30 Jr Leader play “Magic Tree House”, North-ern Star Theatre, Rice Lake (page 7)

OCTOBER

TBA Achievement Celebration

TBA Honey Bee Poster Contest

1 Start of 2017-2018 4-H Year

1 Deadline to enter Cedar Crest Ice Cream Flavor Contest

1-7 National 4-H Week. Theme: “4-H Grows True Leaders”

2 Trip Award Applications Due

4 National Youth Science Day (page 6)

7 Fall Project Day

7 Remove Window Displays

7-8 Arts Camp, Upham Woods

8 Jr Leaders’ Meeting

9 Siren Countywide Cloverbud Meeting, 6pm, Gov’t Center

9 Leaders’ Association Meeting, 7pm, Gov’t Center

10 Grantsburg Countywide Cloverbud Meet-ing, 6pm, Grantsburg Library

17 LEGO® Project Meeting, 5:15pm, Gov’t Center, Room 162/163

20 Bugle submission deadline

GRANTSBURG FAIR REMINDERS

August 10th is the pre-registration deadline. See a fair book and the fair’s Facebook page for de-tails of how to send in forms.

Entry tags can be picked up Wednesday, August 23rd from 3-7 p.m. at the fair office. Please remem-ber to bring back any unused (scratched) tags so

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the entry can be deleted from the judging forms.

Mandatory Poultry Testing will take place on Sat-urday, August 5th from 9a.m.-2p.m. at the Fair-grounds in Grantsburg.

This year the fair will have fun BINGO on Friday, August 25th from 10a.m.-2p.m. They are looking for 4-H kids to help hand out prizes to winners. Contact Coke Scheider if you’re interested in help-ing. Her number is 715-488-2472. You could also put a note on your pre-registration forms to let her know you’re interested.

Family Day at the Fair! Saturday, August 26th will be a day full of fun and an excellent opportunity for us to promote 4-H to families! The fair is look-ing for youth to help with face painting from 1:00-3:00 and 4:00-6:30 p.m. The 4-H program has face painting supplies leftover from Burnett Dairy Days. Please let Beth R. know if you are available to help. If there is enough interest in helping with face painting it can become a 4-H promotion area.

The fair will also be giving away free ice cream cones starting at noon on Saturday. Contact Coke Scheider if you’re interested in helping scoop ice cream. Her number is 715-488-2472. You could also put a note on your pre-registration forms to let her know you’re interested.

GRANTSBURG FAIR FOOD STAND SCHEDULE

4-H LEADERSHIP COUNCIL - Consider applying for the Wisconsin 4-H Leadership Council. Are you interested in building leadership in oth-ers? Do you enjoy planning and organizing? Do you get excited about working with a team of youth and adults to make a difference? Have you served on or chaired county commit-tees............ been a county Ambassador………. youth leader……….. adult mentor…………. taught county-wide workshops…………. served as a camp counse-lor………. been on Teen Court………..worked with afterschool programs……… worked on a team of youth and adults to plan workshops???? If you said YES, then you may want to consider applying to be on the Wisconsin 4-H Leadership

Council. This may be an experience you would enjoy and you could contribute on a statewide level. The Council is a team of youth and adult leaders focused on:

Advocating for Wisconsin 4-H

Providing input into enhancing the Wisconsin 4-H Program

Modeling youth and adult partnerships

Taking a lead to provide education and leadership opportunities for others

Together, youth and adults take a lead in Youth Con-ference, plan and teach at Fall Forum, promote 4-H at the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Meat Products Auction, get involved in promoting 4-H at State Fair …. and more!

Demonstrated Skills and Expectations:

Leadership in local and county 4-H programs

Teamwork and cooperation

Verbal and written communication skills

Public relations skills

Positive role model

Positive attitude Who can apply:

9th-11th grade youth members in good stand-ing

4-H enrolled and certified adult volunteers

See application for details – There are specific requirements for youth and adults on page 2.

Time Commitment:

Council members are expected to attend and participate in the following: Fall Forum (Friday evening – Sunday

noon); Winter Retreat (Friday evening – Sunday

afternoon); Spring Planning Meeting (Friday evening –

Saturday evening); Wisconsin 4-H & Youth Conference

(Saturday – Thursday) not all adults need to participate in Youth Conference;

statewide Wislines (4 per year)

Other statewide events that some Council members participate in include: the Governor’s Meat Products Auction at the Wisconsin State Fair; promotion activity center at the Youth Building at the Wisconsin State Fair; Farm Bu-reau’s Annual Meeting; Wisconsin 4-H Foun-dation fundraisers

Cost:

The majority of the Leadership Council ex-penses are covered by the Wisconsin 4-H Foundation and Wisconsin 4-H Youth Devel-opment.

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DATE 9AM - 1PM 1PM - 5PM 5PM - 9PM

Thursday Aug. 24

Non-4-H Non-4-H Jolly H 4-H

Club

Friday Aug. 25

Non-4-H Non-4-H Orange 4-H

Club

Saturday Aug. 26

Orange 4-H Club

4-H Jr. Leaders

Wood Creek 4-H Club

Sunday Aug. 27

11am - 4pm

Wood River Beavers 4-H Club

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Council members are responsible for registra-tion fees and lodging at Fall Forum; meals at training events as well as other supplies such as t-shirts; transportation to workshops and trainings; and additional t-shirt or apparel costs.

Support for costs may be available from your county leaders’ association or other sources. Cost should not be a barrier for application.

Want to Learn More? Check out the application. All youth and adult applicants can talk with their county agent/educator to learn more. You can also talk with current WLC members or staff advisors.

Wisconsin 4-H Leadership Council information and application:

(Word document) or (fillable pdf)

Sample Resumes and Cover Letters for Youth Applicants

Sample Resume and Cover Letter for Adult Applicants

Roster of current Wisconsin 4-H Leadership Council members

For more infomation: http://fyi.uwex.edu/wi4hvolunteers/wi-4-h-leader-council/

The application deadline is September 30th. 4HONLINE YEAR END - 4HOnline will perform year end processing starting at 10:00pm, Thursday, August 31, 2017 and will reopen for new and returning fami-lies by 3:30pm, Tuesday, September 5, 2017. During that time, no family will be able to access their record. NATIONAL 4-H WEEK - 2017 National 4-H Week is October 1-7. This year’s theme is 4-H Grows True Leaders. To learn more about this year’s theme and prepare for this year’s festivities, register for the Au-gust 9th webinar. A toolkit will be made available in early August. RAISE YOUR HAND ALUMNI CAMPAIGN continues through Aug. 31. Wisconsin finished 7th in the nation-al contest. STATE 2018 PROJECT GUIDE is available at http://fyi.uwex.edu/wi4hpublications/files/2017/07/4H218-Guide-with-Supplements-2018.doc. Our county project guide is based on the state’s guide. RESOURCES FOR COLLEGE-BOUND STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES - NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) released a new video series aimed at helping college-bound students and their families talk about mental health. The videos discuss the ups and

downs of starting college, how to take care of mental health, when to seek help, whom to talk to, privacy laws, and how students can keep their families in-formed. You can find the videos, infographics and a college guide at: https://www.nami.org/collegeguide. OFFICE HOURS - Burnett County UW-Extension Of-fice hours are M-W 8:30a.m.-4:30p.m., open with sup-port staff, and Th-F, by appointment with educators. BUGLE DEADLINE The deadline to submit all Bugle articles, news, photos, etc. will be the 20th of the month. Please drop your items off at the office or email either Beth. Anything received after the 20th will go in the following month’s Bugle. FAIR DATES Wisconsin State Fair - August 3-13, 2017 Burnett County Agricultural Society Fair

(Grantsburg) - August 24-27, 2017 Central Burnett County Fair (Webster) - Septem-

ber 22-24, 2017

4-H AVIAN QUIZ BOWL - September 23, 2017, Co-lumbia County Fairgrounds, Portage, WI.

The Avian Quiz Bowl will consist of three- or four-member teams. Teams will be quizzed on various aspects of poultry and eggs from hatching to manage-ment to cooking, competing against other teams in a game show format. There will be both a junior (under 14 yr) and sen-ior (14-18 yr) division. Senior division winners will represent the State of Wisconsin at the 4-H National Poultry & Egg Conference held in Louisville, KY. Participants must be 4-H members. The 4-H Avian Bowl Manual (4-H MANUAL 161) (2016 version) will be used for questions. It is availa-ble for $15 from:

Clemson University, Bulletin Room – Rm 82 96 Poole Agricultural Bldg. Clemson, SC 29634-0129 Phone: (864) 656-3261 Fax: 864/656-0742 http://shopping.clemson.edu/

The Quiz Bowl competition will be held on Sep-tember 23 at the Columbia County Fairgrounds in Portage, WI. TIME TBD Advanced registration is due by September 1, 2017. PLEASE NOTE:4-H ag-es are as of January 1 of the calendar year. More information can be found at: www2.ca.uky.edu/national4hpoultry/AvianBowl.html

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For more information, or to register, contact: Ron Kean 1675 Observatory Dr. Madison, WI 53706 608/262-8807 rpkean@wisc.edu

PULLET SURPRISE YOUTH CONTEST - In an at-tempt to promote the breeding and exhibition of pure-bred poultry among Wisconsin’s youth, the Wisconsin International Poultry Club invites interested youth to apply for the Pullet Surprise. The winners in each of the two categories will re-ceive the following prizes: a pair of show quality pure-bred fowl, an incubator, a standard cage, feed, a copy of the American Standard of Perfection, a one-year membership in the WIPC, and a poultry carrier. All awards will be presented at the 2017 Wisconsin Inter-national Poultry Club Show. The birds awarded will be provided by the members of the Wisconsin Inter-national Poultry Club. Contest Rules

1. Entries will be divided into two groups. Age as of January 1, 2017.

Junior: 8-12 Senior: 13-18

2. Each applicant must submit an entry of 500 words or less on one of the following topics: a. Why I Want to Raise Exhibition Poultry b. Raising Poultry—It’s a Family Affair c. My Most Memorable Moment in Poultry d. An Original Poultry Poem e. Exhibition Poultry: Yesterday, Today, and

Tomorrow f. A Collection of Poultry Wit: 3 original poul-

try jokes, riddles, or words of wisdom (minimum 200 words)

Entries that exceed 500 words will not be con-sidered.

3. Applicants must send their entry along with their address, phone number, email address, birth date, and a parent’s or guardian’s signa-ture postmarked by August 20, 2017 to:

Barbara Gromacki Wisconsin Junior Poultry Association Advi-

sor 27225 Ketterhagen Road Burlington, Wisconsin 53105

4. Winners will be selected by a committee des-ignated by the Wisconsin International Poultry Club. All decisions are final.

5. Winners and their parent(s) or guardian(s) are required to attend the award presentation to be held during the Youth Show at the 2017 WIPC Show on Saturday, September 23, 2017 at the Columbia County Fairgrounds, Portage, WI.

Awards Courtesy of: Blain’s Farm and Fleet, Ja-nesville, Verona, and Madison; Keipper Cooping; Lund Poultry; Wisconsin Poultry and Egg Association; and Nutrena Feed INVESTIGATE Animal Sciences projects at http://fyi.uwex.edu/wi4hprojects/animal-sciences/.

4-H ARTS CAMP provides youth in grades 6-8 an ex-perience with six different art tracks including: music, photography, communication, theatre, culinary arts, and visual arts. Arts Camp provides older youth and adults with opportunities to teach and strengthen their leadership abilities and provides younger youth the fun of a 4-H camping experience focused on the arts. Campers will rotate through the different Arts tracks each day, participate in a group Arts experi-ence Saturday evening, and close with a ceremony for parents and families, celebrating the results of your group Arts Camp experiences. Campers will al-so meet new friends, participate in camp games, and enjoy the great natural setting of Upham Woods. Arts Camp is held at Upham Woods Outdoor Learning Center, a 300-acre environmental education center on the Wisconsin River near Wisconsin Dells, October 7-8, 2017. The application deadline for campers and chaperones is August 21, 2017. For more information, visit http://fyi.uwex.edu/wi4harts/arts-camp-more-info/. JUGGLING CLUB will be meeting by the band shell at Crooked Lake Park on Tuesdays until August 22nd from 6:30pm - 8:00pm. Free and open to anyone in-terested. CREX PHOTO CLUB meets the second Saturday of the month, 10am - noon at Crex Meadows Wildlife Area. Learn more about digital photography. Share images with fellow photographers to learn new tech-niques. Contact Crex Meadows Wildlife Area at 715-463-2739 or www.crexmeadows.org. INVESTIGATE Arts & Communication projects at http://fyi.uwex.edu/wi4hprojects/arts-communication/.

LEGO® PROJECT - LEGO® engineers presented their homework builds. Cole’s free build was a Mine-craft type shelter with crafting table, food, stove, raft, and wheelbarrow. Elena built a truck with a slide that pulled vehicles with princesses, mermaids, and even a barn with a horse! Payton built a LEGO® Worlds

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world with a mini-village, ocean, and desert. The individual build was to make a postcard. We had postcards with words and one with multicolored stripes. For the group build, the project members built the LEGO® factory, complete with robots, silos to hold the plastic granules, factory with conveyor belt, mold injector, engine to power the machinery, and an airplane for shipping. Homework for August’s meeting is to build your favorite thing about summer. The LEGO® Leader apologizes for forgetting the camera! LEGO® PROJECT MEETINGS - are held on the third Tuesday of the month from 5:15pm - 6:15pm in room 162/163 of the Government Center. All are welcome; it is not necessary to be enrolled in the LEGO® pro-ject to attend. INVESTIGATE Mechanical Sciences projects at http://fyi.uwex.edu/wi4hprojects/mechanical-sciences/.

See page 14 for information about the 2017 Wildlife and Forestry Contest. INVESTIGATE Natural Sciences projects at http://fyi.uwex.edu/wi4hprojects/natural-sciences/.

NATIONAL YOUTH SCIENCE DAY - This year’s Na-tional Youth Science Day (http://4-h.org/parents/national-youth-science-day/) challenge, Incredible Wearables, is a hands-on pro-ject that challenges young people to use the engi-neering design process to build a wearable fitness tracker that will help people lead healthier lifestyles. Incredible Wearables science kits are available at http://4-h.org/parents/national-youth-science-day/ for purchase. Want to learn more about this year’s challenge? Don’t forget to watch the How-to Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBL6jkBIii0&list=PLE66C27EF0A2B5D73&index=1) and register to receive a recording of the NYSD infor-mational webinar at https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=reg20.jsp&referrer=&eventid=1405319&ses-sionid=1&key=9CDBD53B321E47F8214FB338047A5

097&regTag=&sourcepage=register. You can access a PDF version of the webinar upon logging in. A Click2Science webinar about going beyond the rubric of the project and working deeper with science education is also available upon logging in. National Youth Science Day resources, including guides, promotional materials, Facebook images, fly-ers and more, are available at the NYSD website (link in first paragraph.) Investigate STEM projects at http://fyi.uwex.edu/wi4hprojects/stem-science-technology-engineering-math/.

CLOVERBUD CAMP - Seventeen young people at-tended the Burnett County 4-H Cloverbud Day Camp on Tuesday, July 11th at Camp Burnett. Campers played relay race games, made toothpick towers, played water games, sang camp songs and sported milk mustaches. Thank you to all the youth camp staff and adult chaperones for making this day camp possible. BRING A T-SHIRT for each Cloverbud to the August Cloverbud meetings. Cloverbuds will be making Ani-mal Tracks t-shirts. Please also wear clothes that can be painted in. We will be using acrylic paint and ani-mal tracks on loan from Crex Meadows. Anna Treague will be teaching these lessons. UPCOMING CLOVERBUD MEETINGS:

Monday, August 14: Siren Countywide Cloverbud Meeting, 6pm, Gov’t Center

Tuesday, August 15: Grantsburg Countywide Clo-verbud Meeting, 6pm, Grantsburg Library

You may attend either meeting or do August’s project at home.

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Cloverbuds tasted melted ice cream and made milk mustaches to learn about Wisconsin at Cloverbud Day Camp.

August 2017

INVESTIGATE the Cloverbud project at http://fyi.uwex.edu/wi4hcloverbuds/.

PURPOSE: Burnett County 4-H Junior Leaders’ group is open to all youth who are going into 6th grade or higher. This group is comprised of youth from all four 4-H clubs in Burnett County. It provides a platform to discuss and participate in youth leadership activities appropriate for older youth. END OF YEAR EVENT - Save Saturday, August 19th at 1:00 p.m. for the Jr. Leaders End of Year event at Crooked Lake Park. This party will replace the regu-larly scheduled meeting on Sunday, August 13th. Jr. Leaders agreed to purchase $50 worth of pizza (the organizing committee of Maiya Fuller and Alexis Slat-er will select their fav. pizza place to order from and what types of pies). The Jr. Leaders want this to be a "birthday party" theme. In an effort to order the right amount of pizza, please RSVP by August 18th at 4:00 p.m. on the Burnett County 4-H Junior Leaders Facebook closed group page, or by texting (715-520-2354) or calling (715-349-2151 Ext. 2) Beth Rank. Are some people willing to sign up on FB to bring food or to coordinate a fun non-water related game? The food should be something that goes with pizza to "round out" our meal such as veggies and dip, salad, cake or other dessert, beverage options, etc. There are two unopened bags of chips and two bags of cheese puffs left over from camp that should be eaten soon. Any fun games you only play at birthday parties? Any fun Minute to Win It games we haven't played yet? Bring them so we can have tons of fun! JR LEADER PLAY - Jr. Leaders voted at their July meeting to attend a play this summer. They decided to see Magic Tree House: Knights at Dawn Kids on Stage on Saturday, September 30th at 7:00 p.m. at the Northern Star Theatre in Rice Lake. The Jr. Lead-ers organization will pay half the ticket price ($3.50) towards the total ticket price of $7.00 for Jr. Leader members to attend. All other accompanying family members must pay the full ticket price. Limited tickets may be available. Please call Beth R. to reserve your seat by August 30th (one month before the show). Magic Tree House: The Knight at Dawn Kids on Stage is an adaptation of the second of Mary Pope Osborne’s award-winning fantasy adventure books from The Magic Tree House book series, which has sold more than 100 million copies and is available in more than 100 countries around the world. This time around, Jack and Annie’s tree house takes them to an

age of knights in shining armor, where the two discov-er the power of hope and the true meaning of gallant-ry. The two siblings, Jack and Annie, return to visit the magic tree house. As they read a book about knights and the middle ages, Annie is intrigued by the Black Knight and the mysterious quest one must suc-cessfully complete before becoming a knight. When she wishes to visit the castle in the book, the siblings are whisked away to medieval times. They set off to learn more about the Black Knight and his quest, ex-periencing a grand medieval feast, escaping through secret tunnels, and dancing with enchanted suits of armor, all in an effort to find their way back home. JUNIOR LEADERS’ MEETING MINUTES - July 9, 2017. Minutes by Alexis Symond. Meeting lead by Mason Getts. Attendance: Alexis Symond, Mason Getts, Emily Flatten, Maiya Fuller, Jalynn Nelson, Rylee Nelson, Madison Thiex, Alexis Slater, Johnny Erickson, Kylie Blakeslee, Haley Glover, Kate Wagner, Helena Wag-ner, Dominic St. John

We played imaginary ball to learn some new ice breakers. (Perfect timing as this was right before camp!)

Maiya made a motion to table mini project demon-strations. Jalynn Nelson/Alexis Slater seconded

We missed the play in June at the Northern Star Theater. Tabled travel discussion until end of meeting.

Stardust Drive-In could be our end of the year cel-ebration at August meeting.

Jalynn makes a motion to have the party and Crooked Lake. Maiya seconded.

Jalynn made a motion to buy $50 worth of pizza. Haley seconded. Motion carried. Maiya Fuller and Alexis Slater will organize this endeavor.

We took a picture with the pet supplies for the Hu-mane Society before donating them.

Alexis Symond made a motion to work Grantsburg Fair for $100 dollars. Alexis Slater seconded.

Maiya made a motion to sell popcorn on Saturday at the Webster fair. Alexis Symond seconded. Motion carried.

Webster Library Summer Reading program is scheduled to have a 4-H day on July 26th. Jr. Leader volunteers were requested to help Allie with the Water Windmill Challenge. Maiya and others expressed interest.

Alexis Symond made a motion to go to Northern Star Theater and Junior Leaders will pay for half of Junior Leader's tickets. We are going to go on September 30th.(Unaware of who seconded). Mo-

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tion carried.

National Night Out: August 2nd @ 5:30 to 8:00

4-H has a booth so show up and help with bub-bles if you’re available.

Next meeting will be a picnic “birthday style” at Crooked Lake Park in Siren. Jr. Leaders will buy pizza and ask members to bring something to share that compliments pizza.

NEXT MEETING - August 19, 1pm, Crooked Lake Park INVESTIGATE the Youth Leadership project at http://fyi.uwex.edu/wi4hprojects/community-involvement/youth-leadership/.

On Sunday, July 16, the Wood Creek 4-H Club met for a meeting at Crooked Lake Park in Siren. The head (Alex and Emma) announced that “our world” wasn’t originally in the pledge but was added in the 1970’s. The health (Joel and Nick) told us some facts about raspberries, such as there are over two hun-dred kinds, and they can be red, purple, and gold. Lydia went to Cloverbud Camp and she said that the best thing was they got to play water games. But the worst thing was she had to take a nap! Rylee went to the Madison Youth Conference and said it was fun. She also said she recommended it. The Wood Creek 4-H Club collected $435 on coupon books so in return we got over two hundred dollars. We also had the County Tour, which is when you bring in something that you are going to bring to the fair. Some people brought in art; for others, crafts were the way to go! We have a busy club at this time! Hope you have a good rest of July! - Josephine Richards

VOLUNTEER e-FORUM - To meet the minimum re-quirement for the Annual Leader Training on 4-H Charters, at least one adult volunteer from each club must attend at least one training. More leaders are welcome and leaders may attend more than one ses-sion.

October 5, 2017 – 6:00-7:30 PM (CT) Cultivating an Environment for Growing True Leaders Creating an environment where 4-H members feel safe as they grow and develop leadership skills means having volunteers who understand the ba-sics of positive youth development. This session

will feature ideas and activities that help foster life skill development by focusing on strategies for more effective club interactions. Participants will learn about the Essential Elements of 4-H and the 5 C’s of positive youth development, so join us to set the stage for more successful club meetings!

November 2, 2017 – 6:00-7:30 PM (CT) “STEM”ming into Animal Science, Growing True Leaders Build on the roots of 4-H as we STEM our way into agriculture and animal science for experi-enced and new 4-H’ers. Gain resources to incor-porate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) leaders through traditional animal sciences project areas in communities. Volunteers will gain ideas for planning and organizing fun, educational sessions for youth.

December 7, 2017 – 6:00-7:30 PM (CT) Helping 4-H’ers Grow in Life & Work In 4-H, all youth can explore their future. Club meetings, events, camps, and after-school pro-grams are places to develop life skills and expand their interests through 4-H. During this session volunteers will share ideas, receive resources, and see a variety of successful programs that help youth focus on life-long learning, workforce readi-ness, and career exploration. Caring adults can help all young people make decisions and create their own positive future.

To register for the e-Forum, contact Beth Rank, at 715-349-2151 or beth.rank@ces.uwex.edu, no later than one day before the training. BURNETT COUNTY 4-H LEADERS’ ASSOCIATION MEETING MINUTES - July 17, 2017, 7 pm. President Heather Stahl called the meeting to or-

der at 7:04 p.m. The pledges were recited. MEMBERS PRESENT: Heather Stahl, Sheryl

Stiemann, Phil Stiemann, Grace Riley, Adrienne Fuller, Beth Rank, Geniva Zilka, Charlene Strabel, Don Strabel.

SECRETARY’S REPORT: Reviewed. Motion to ap-prove the secretary’s report by Phil, second by Grace. Motion carried.

TREASURER’S REPORT: Reviewed. Charlene mo-tioned to table the treasurer’s report until the next meeting due to questions. Second by Phil. Motion carried.

CLUB REPORTS:

JOLLY Hs: Meeting, tie-dyed t-shirts for the fair. Weeding and watering flowers at fairgrounds. Members went to 4-H Camp. Running the cotton candy stand at Watercross.

ORANGE: Meeting. Members went to 4-H camp. Volunteered at Danbury Cares donut shop. Dairy promotion/ice cream cone giveaway. Picked

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Due to the collaborative service effort of Jolly H and Wood River Beavers clubs, the flowers at the Grantsburg fairgrounds are flourishing.

Jolly Hers enjoyed tie dying at their monthly meeting.

Wood Creek County Tour presenters.

Wood River Beavers 4-H Club went hiking by the St. Croix River.

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FOOD RESOURCES - Second Harvest Food Distribution dates at Connections in Webster from 11am-4pm

August 3 & 7

September 7 & 21

October 5 & 19 Children’s books will be given to families on food distribution days also! Free bread available at Trinity Lutheran Church in Falun every Friday from 11am until the bread is gone.

strawberries for fair food stand – donated by Lindy’s Berries. Planning to ring bells for Salva-tion Army.

WOOD CREEK: Meeting, record books, had club tour where members shared their projects. Pre-paring for Wisconsin State Fair. Walked in the Siren parade on the 4th of July. Members went to 4-H Camp.

WOOD RIVER BEAVERS: Meeting. Preparing for the Wisconsin State Fair. Members went to 4-H Camp. Watering flowers at the fairgrounds. Plan-ning for the Grantsburg parade.

NEW GRANTSBURG CLUB: Three families met at last meeting. Selling firewood. Members went to Cloverbud Day Camp. Next meeting at Crex Meadows.

EXTENSION REPORT: Moving forward with reorgani-zation. Lori Baltrusis is the Area Extension Direc-tor for Area 2: Burnett, Washburn, Sawyer, Rusk and Barron counties. Beth talked about the Early Literacy Program, camp, summer intern hours, Webster Library program, National Night Out. Send your Clover Connections submissions to Beth.

JUNIOR LEADERS REPORT: JLs plan to see a play at Northern Star Theatre in September/October. Planning an end of year party at Crooked Lake Park in August. Fundraising: Grantsburg Fair food stand and selling popcorn in grandstand at Web-ster Fair.

OLD BUSINESS

Cloverbud Day Camp – Tuesday, July 11th Camp Burnett on Lake 26. Beth stated there were 19 participants and next year she would like to have more chaperones.

Summer Camp – July 11-14, Camp Burnett on Lake 26. There were 21 campers. Beth would like feedback for planning camp next year.

NEW BUSINESS

National Night Out – August 1, Crooked Lake Park in Siren and Fire Dept. in Grantsburg.

Fall Project Day – Saturday, October 7, Siren school. Need session pro-posals in August to promote at school open house events.

Annual Leader Training – Volunteer E-Forum webinars Oct 5, Nov 2, Dec 7. At least one leader from each club must attend.

School Open Houses – Who is available to help staff them? Webster August 29th Siren August ___? Grantsburg August ___?

2017-2018 4-H Cloverbud Activity/Record Book planning meeting upcoming in August.

Volunteer Banquet location and date – Sunday, November 12. Adrienne motioned to have the banquet at Kozy Kitchen. Second by Phil. Motion carried.

ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS Discussion regarding families who cannot show at

Grantsburg Fair to achieve. Charlene questioned if members could show exhibits/do demonstrations at club meetings or for Leaders Association. Beth will check the verbiage regarding whether the re-quirement is to be judged vs. exhibited.

DATES TO REMEMBER:

Wisconsin State Fair August 3-13

Burnett County Ag Society Fair in Grantsburg, Au-gust 24-27

Central Burnett County Fair in Webster, Septem-ber 22-24

Next meeting is August 14, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. Room 165 Meeting adjourned at 8:20 p.m. Respectfully submitted by Adrienne Fuller, Leaders’ Association Secretary

Members of Wood River Beavers (Alexis Slater and Grace Lahners) and Josie Richards (Wood Creek) were in the cast of Grantsburg summer school’s musical, Annie Jr.

August 2017

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in 1927 to recognize 4-Hers from each state who showed outstanding ability and fitness for leadership.

Burnett County

August 2017

Northwest District Office

Phone:(715) 232-5477

Julie Keown-Bomar, Regional Director

Nicholas Huston, Program Assistant

Stacey Evans, Program Assistant

Spooner Agricultural Research Station

Phone: (800) 528-1914

Kevin Schoessow, Area Ag Agent

Richard (Otto) Wiegand, Area Ag Agent

An EEO/AA employer, University of Wisconsin-Extension provides equal opportunities in employment and programming,

including Title IX and ADA requirements. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of

program information should contact the UW-Extension office.

Burnett County 4-H Leaders Association Executive Committee

Heather Stahl: President, Don Strabel: Vice President,

Adrienne Fuller: Secretary, Karin Reinert: Treasurer

Burnett County Extension Office

7410 County Road K, #107

Siren, WI 54872

Burnett County

Government Center

Phone: (715) 349-2151

Fax: (715) 349-2102

Email: beth.rank@ces.uwex.edu

Website: www.burnett.uwex.edu/4h

Lori Baltrusis, Area Extension Director

Beth Rank, 4-H/Youth and Family Development Educator

Mike Kornmann, Community Development Educator

Julie Yezek, Nutrition Education Program

Beth Greiff, Support Staff

Allie Webster, Youth & Family Summer Intern