January 2017 4-H Newsletter Jefferson County Page 1

Jefferson County 4-H Family Newsletter 864 Collins Road, Jefferson, Wisconsin 53549

(920) 674-7295 FAX: (920) 674-7200 bruce.a.jones@ces.uwex.edu

http://jefferson.uwex.edu/

Volume XVII, Issue 1

January 2017

Topic Page

General News 2

4-H Camp 3

Project News 3

Leader News 6

Clovers too… 6

Special Emphasis News 7

Older Member News 7

Club News 8

MAP Camp Registration 11

Tack Sale & Food Drive Flyer 11

Project Learning Day – Large

Animal

12

Project Meeting Calendar 13

January Calendar 14

February Calendar 15

Contact Information 16

Start 2017 S.M.A.R.T.

As we begin the new calendar year, many will develop some New Year’s

Resolutions. The beginning of a new year, seems to be a good time to

reflect on the past year and plan for the adventure that lies ahead.

Unfortunately, the statistics present a dismal account of human

failure at achieving those resolutions. For some interesting statistics

about how many people make resolutions, the top ten list, and their

success or failure rate check out:

http://www.statisticbrain.com/new-years-resolution-statistics/

According to Forbes Magazine on 8% of people achieve their

resolutions and they explain how at

http://www.forbes.com/sites/dandiamond/2013/01/01/just-8-of-

people-achieve-their-new-years-resolutions-heres-how-they-did-

it/#6a728aff304c

Dan Diamond's article in Forbes explains that successful resolutions

usually are simple, tangible, obvious, and the person believes they can

be successful. That makes me think of our 4-H SMART goals.

When your Club completed their Charter at the beginning of the 4-H

year, they set SMART goals for your club program. Our goals are

S.M.A.R.T. goals that stand for Specific, Measurable, Achievable,

Results-focused, and Time bound. So now that we’ve gotten off to a

good start, relaxed maybe over the holiday, and now look forward to

participating in your projects, I hope you will reflect on the SMART

goals you will apply to your projects and that club leaders will review

the SMART goals made in October.

If you want help with this process drop me an email at

bruce.a.jones@ces.uwex.edu or call me at 920-674-7299.

One of my SMART goals will be to visit each club during my first

year, so invite me to a club meeting. With 30 clubs, that means 2-3

each month.

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Weather Policy

It’s cold outside; I hope everyone is staying as warm

as they can. It is suggested that club leaders discuss

their club cancellation policy with members at their

January meetings. The policy for county meetings is

as follows.

1. Meetings supported by the county should be

cancelled by at least 3:30 pm the day of the

meeting by calling Bruce Jones or Kim Buchholz at

the Extension Office.

2. If time permits, a notice will go out to anyone who

might be affected by the cancellation via e-mail

and a note will be posted on the website. We will

make our best effort to directly contact those

who’ve signed up for an event.

3. If an event is cancelled during business hours, a

notice will go on the Extension Office main line at

920-674-7295.

Welcome New Families

We would like to welcome our new families to the

Jefferson County 4-H program. Please know that if

you have any questions or concerns we are here to

help. Please contact Bruce Jones at 920-674-7299.

I hope that our veteran families will take time out of

your meetings to make new members feel welcome

and at home. Maneuvering through the world of 4-H

can be difficult; please help them on their way.

New Family Dinner We would like to invite all new families (1-2 years of

4-H experience) to our New Family Dinner on January

31st at the Extension Office starting at 6:00 p.m.

Please call 920-674-7295 to register or email

bruce.a.jones@ces.uwex.edu so that we can plan food

by January 30, 2017. This is a great way to learn

more about how the 4-H program works and answer

any questions you might have. A special letter will be

going out to new families inviting them to this event.

Leaders please encourage your members to attend. If

any seasoned 4-H families would like to help in

planning or presenting, please contact Bruce.

Project Learning Day Project Learning Day will be held on Saturday,

February 18, 2017 at the Johnson Creek Elementary

School. There will be sessions for everyone to enjoy

from Cloverbuds to parents and adults. Sessions will

be slated on a first come first serve basis so please

get your form in early. Registration is due Feb. 3,

2017 to the UWEX Office. Watch for registration

information in upcoming Monday Memos as well as the

February newsletter.

Newsletter Submissions If you are hosting a project meeting, activity or

event that the entire county should know about,

please be sure to submit your article to the Extension

Office by the 15th of the month so it can get in the

newsletter. This includes any project meeting dates,

community service or fundraisers that might be

relevant to members outside of your club. Please note

we have the right to edit submissions based on

newsletter space and appropriateness.

Catch the Wave The Milwaukee Wave (Professional Soccer) will host

“4-H Night with the Wave!” on Saturday, February

18, 2017 at 7:30pm. The Wave will play the Kansas

City Comets. 4-H members can purchase $15 tickets

and receive a Wave Hat. WWE Wrestler Jerry "The

King" Lawler will also make an appearance. 4-H

members can also take part in the Halftime High Five

Tunnel to welcome the team back to the field for the

second half. Order forms are available at the

Extension Office. We can mail one to any 4-H family.

Clubs who want to go a as a group should send forms

together, so you can sit together.

Tractor and Farm Machinery Safety Course The UW-Extension and Agriculture Instructors from

local schools are holding the 2017 Youth Tractor &

Machinery Safety Certification Program. This

program is for youth, 12 to 16 years of age, who plan

on operating a farm tractor on public roadways or

work near dangerous farm equipment.

The tractor safety course will kick off on Saturday,

January 14th from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. A parent must

attend the orientation during the first 45 minutes of

the January 14th class. Parents may leave or are more

than welcome to stay after the orientation. The

youth will then meet for the rest of the morning in

addition to the Saturday mornings of January 21 and

General News

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28; February 4, 11 and 18 from 8 a.m.-noon for

instruction. Students will complete a written exam on

February 18 as part of that morning’s class. In

addition, the youth must pass a driving test which will

be held on May 2nd from 3:30-6 p.m. Classroom

instruction and the written exam will be held at the

Jefferson County UW-Extension office and the

driving exam will be held at the Jefferson County

Fair Park. Pre-registration for the course must be

completed by January 6th. Registration forms and

information can be found at:

http://jefferson.uwex.edu/agriculture/tractor-

safety/ The fee is $35 for those registered no later

than January 6. After that date the fee will be $45.

For more information please contact Kim at the UW-

Extension, Jefferson County Office at 920-674-

7297 or email kimb@jeffersoncountywi.gov.

Mark your calendars to join us and JOURNEY to 4-H

camp in Upham Woods. Camp will be June 10-13.

Camp applications will be available starting March

1st. Your cost for 4-H camp is $180 with scholarships

available. This camp is for youth in grades 3-6 at the

time of enrollment.

7th and 8th Grade Outpost Camp – This is a primitive

camping experience on Black Hawk Island for

Jefferson County 4-H’ers only. Youth will canoe over

to the Island with all of their items. This camp will

also be limited to 15 youth or less.

Registration is on a first come first served basis.

Jefferson County 4-H members will receive an

opportunity in January to register before it gets

open to statewide registration. So watch your email

for the link to register.

Apply To Be a Camp Counselor Why apply - because it is a great resume item and it

is a fun and rewarding experience. Applying for a

camp counselor position will help you and the campers

learn life lessons. You spend four days with amazing

kids and adults. It’s a great experience to meet new

kids from different counties. Come explore a fun,

safe and exciting time with us as a counselor at camp.

Camp counselor applications can be found on our

website at http://jefferson.uwex.edu/4-h-

youthdevelopment/4-h-camp-2/. Applications are due

the 10th of March. We are asking ALL adult and

youth Counselors to attend 4-H Camp Upham Woods

counselor training on April 22-23, 2017 at Upham

Woods. The cost for registering is $30 and includes a

Camp T-shirt.

Information for specific projects is listed in this

section. Projects are listed in alphabetical order. If

you want to lead a countywide project please contact

UWEX for more information.

ARCHERY Looking forward to another year of Shooting Sports

starting next month!

As with previous years we meet on Sundays at 5:00

pm at Rapids Archery (W5410 W Rapids Rd,

Jefferson) and Mondays at 6:00 pm at Watertown

Archery (212 Market St, Watertown).

First Year members must attend either:

January 8th at Rapids Archery Club. This will be a

Mandatory Safety Meeting and initial practice

for first year participants.

January 9th at Watertown Archery Club. This will

be a Mandatory Safety Meeting and initial

practice for first year participants.

Each participant is required to attend one Mandatory

Safety Meeting.

January 15th at Rapids Archery Club. This will be

a Mandatory Safety Meeting and practice for all

participants.

January 16th at Watertown Archery Club. This

will be a Mandatory Safety Meeting and practice

for all participants.

Participants can attend practices in Watertown or

Rapids. It is not suggested that participants attend

project meetings in both locations.

Practices at Rapids Archery Club are:

January 22 and 29

Practices at Watertown Archery Club are:

January 23 and 30

Whitetails Unlimited is holding their banquet on

February 11 at Turner Hall in Watertown. Whitetails

Unlimited provided funds for Archery and .22

equipment and also for Black Powder supplies. Please

Project News

JOURNEY to 4-H Camp

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attend and say THANK YOU!! if you are able. Banquet

information is available from me on request.

If you have any questions please contact me (Joe

Walsh) at joerapide@gmail.com. If you have any

equipment you would like to donate to the program,

please also contact me.

DOGS

Looking to Join the Jefferson County

4-H Dog Project!! January 23rd – Orientation Night (no dogs) New &

Returning Kids, UWEX, 6:00pm

February 13th – First Training Night with your

dog, Activity Center at the Fair Park

First year Kid & Dog - 6pm

All Returning Kids & Dogs - 7pm

All dogs must be current on their Rabies and DHLPP

vaccinations, a copy of the shot records must be

handed in before training starts on February 13th.

The 4-H Dog Project has an attendance requirement.

The rules of the project will be discussed at the

orientation meeting. If you can’t attend the first

meeting, please call Kate Anderson at 920-728-3614

for general information on the project you missed.

The Dog Project guide can be found at

http://jefferson.uwex.edu/4-h-youth-

development/dog/ .

One thing you can do between now and the first

meeting; take 10 minutes each day to pet and play

with your dog (whatever the two of you enjoy doing).

It should be the responsibility of the 4-H’er to feed

and clean up after their dog (this will help with your

dog listening to you).

If the weather looks bad in your area, stay home. You

will be excused from training that night. As a general

rule if there is a snow storm (three or more

inches/icy roads or blowing snow) that evening we will

not have training/meeting. If in question stay home

and call and let us know it was weather related.

Once we have emails from the project members we

will email to cancel meetings, when the weather looks

threatening.

FOODS

Foods Revue The 2017 Foods Revue will be held on Saturday, June

24. This is an early Fair entry event where you make

menu items to share with a judge. Watch upcoming

newsletters for more information.

Foods Committee The Foods Committee is always looking for help. If

you have an interest in planning Foods related

activities like Foods Revue and the Fair please

consider joining us. The next meeting will be held on

February 23rd at 5:30 pm at the UWEX Office.

HORSE AND PONY

2017 Horse & Pony Tack Sale The annual JCHP Tack Sale will be held Sunday,

January 15, 2017, 9 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., at the Jefferson

County Fair Park Activity Center. Many volunteers

are needed to make this event a success. We need

help in the following areas: Saturday, Jan. 14, 5:30-

7:30 p.m. Set up for the sale; Sunday, Jan. 15, 5:45-

9:30 a.m. Help vendors haul in their merchandise;

Sunday, 9 am- 1:30 p.m. Need workers to sign up for 1

hour shifts at the admission table; Sunday, 2:00-

4:00 p.m. Clean up. If you would like to help out,

please sign up online at www.jchp.org. Please e-mail

jchptacksale@gmail.com if you have any questions.

We will have a table set up for JCHP members to sell

some of their tack items! Items MUST be tagged and

on an inventory sheet completed BEFORE you bring

your items to the JCHP table. Tag MUST include your

full (FIRST and LAST) name and price. Inventory list

(8x10 lined notebook paper) includes: Name (MUST

match name on the tags), Phone # where we can

reach you in case there are questions, Item

description, Price (lowest you will take if offers).

Please let us know ahead of time if you plan to sell

any saddles by emailing jchptacksale@gmail.com.

We'll need to plan ahead to accommodate the space.

Drop items off Sunday morning between 6-9 a.m.

January Countywide Horse and Pony Meeting

Please note that the next countywide project meeting

will be on January 17th at 7 p.m. The Wisconsin 4-H

Horse Association Handbook has been updated for

2017! The Horse Handbook is located at

http://fyi.uwex.edu/wi4haganimalscience/wi-4-h-

horse-assn-handbook/

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Questions? If you have any other questions about

JCHP or if you would like to volunteer for one of the

many subcommittees we have, please contact Tina

Remsik at jchpchair@gmail.com. Our website is

currently ‘Under Construction’ but you may find the

information that you need at www.jchp.org.

Happy Holidays from the JCHP Committee.

LEGO PROJECT

The next Lego Project meeting will be on Tuesday,

January 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the UWEX Office. If you

haven’t Remember to finish writing your story or

newspaper heading. Come prepared with your “sets”

built or ready to build them so pictures can be taken

for your project. We will also enjoy some building

challenges this month! Bring your ideas for the

upcoming year! Any questions, contact Kim at 920-

674-7297 or kimb@jeffersoncountywi.gov.

MEAT ANIMAL PROJECT

MAP Committee Meetings The next MAP Committee Meeting

will be held on Tuesday, January 10th

at the UW Extension Office at 7:00

pm. A reminder to committee

members, we will be having a potluck

so please arrive around 6:30 with your dish. Anyone is

welcome to attend the meeting. If you have questions

or agenda items, please contact Jeremy Chwala or

Dustin Winkelman prior to the meeting.

MAP Website All project documents and the annual calendar have

been updated on the website at http://jefferson.uwex.edu/4-h-youth-development/map-

pages/ . There is also a data log on the website that

you can refer to – where we keep track of required

paperwork that has been turned into the office.

Please review the website and let us know if there

are any questions.

MAP Facebook Page The Meat Animal Project has a Facebook page. You

can find us at: https://www.facebook.com/Jefferson-

County-MAP-111733115546553/ Please like us to stay

up-to-date with project info. Thank you Dustin for

keeping this page current!

Swine & Sheep Kick-Off Meeting Please plan to attend the Swine Kick-Off meeting on

February 13th. Returning project members should attend

from 6-7 pm. New families should attend from 7-8 pm.

The Sheep Kick-Off will be February 20th 6:30 pm. Both

meetings will be held at the Extension Office. There are

changes this year that we want everyone to be aware of.

If you cannot attend, please contact your species

representatives to let them know you cannot attend.

Project Learning Day for Large Animals New this year! The MAP Committee is offering a Project

Learning Day for Large Animals on March 18 at the

Jefferson County Fair Park. Please refer to the flyer at

the end of this newsletter for additional information.

Upcoming Calendar Dates Below are important 2016-17 MAP Project Dates:

February 13 – Swine Kick-Off

February 20 – Sheep Kick-Off

February 25 – MAP Camp ** For entire project calendar, please refer to the website.

MAP Camp ALL species are required to complete their MAQA

certification. One way to do this is by attending MAP

camp. Camp will be held on February 25th. The camp is

divided by age NOT by species. We will try to provide

more challenging activities for our older members and

FFA students. If you have siblings who want to

attend together you can come to any session you

want, please mark the appropriate box on your

registration form. The camp will be held at the

EXTENSION OFFICE. Check out the registration

form at the end of this newsletter for more

information.

MAQA Required for ALL SPECIES MAQA will be again be required for anyone planning

to sell in the 2017 MAP Sale, no matter what species.

MAQA can be done at Livestock Camp, Livestock

Activity Night or by taking a test. Check out the

2016-2017 MAP Handbook for more information or

attend your species kick-off meeting.

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NATURAL SCIENCES/PLANTS

The next meeting for Natural Sciences and Plant

projects will be on Thursday, January 26 at 6:30p.m.

at the UW-Extension, Jefferson County Office.

List or choose a project area & play Project Games

Create a Take Home item using recycled materials.

Start thinking about what you are interested in doing

this year. What would you choose to grow and/or

what wildlife, plant or animal, do you want to learn

more about?

Do you have houseplants you are growing? Would you

like to have a new one? What would you choose? Or

do you want to grow some vegetables or flowers this

year to show at fair?

Have you been feeding and watching birds? Seeing or

looking for tracks in the snow? Making a snow Fort?

Sledding? Skiing or snowmobiling? All of these

activities can be Natural Science project items.

Please RSVP by Monday, January 23 so materials will

be available for all attending. Let's have a creative

project evening!

If this meeting date does not work for your schedule,

be sure to sign up for “Plant Propagation” or “Natural

Bird Feeders/Habitat/Birds” at Project Learning

Day.

If you have questions email or call Sharon at

rwses@idcnet.com or 920-674-2544/920-650-7110.

POULTRY

Poultry Project Meeting January 12th. This meeting is

open to anyone interested in learning more about

poultry. The meeting will be held at the UWEX

Office at 6:30 pm. Even if you are not enrolled in

poultry come and check out this meeting to learn

more about an exciting project.

RABBITS

The rabbit project will start meeting in February on

the 18th at 7 pm at Fair Park. The first meeting will

talk about rabbit health and how to take care of your

rabbits.

SWINE

WPA will again be offering the Youth Pig Project $50

scholarships. We’re working on the details for this

year’s scholarships and should have the application

available. Once we have the application finalized, it

will be available on our website at

http://www.wppa.org/youth-pig-project/. Youth ages

9-19 are eligible to apply. The application deadline will

be February 1, 2017.

WILDLIFE

WHEP Looking for Youth and Adults Interested in

Wildlife identification? How about tree

identification? If so, consider joining the Wildlife

WHEP Wisconsin 4-H & Wisconsin 4-H Forestry

program. For information check out the following url:

http://fyi.uwex.edu/whepwi4h/ This is available to all

Wisconsin youth registered in 4-H. Jefferson County

does not currently have a program but youth can do

as individuals or, better yet, get a group together

with an adult advisor!

New Leader Training (VIP) Are you new to 4-H, or finally deciding to take the

plunge and enroll as a volunteer? All first year or

first time volunteers must attend a 4-H Volunteer

Training. The next training will be held on January 9th

and 26th at 7 p.m.

If you are unable to attend one of these meetings,

but would still like to be a volunteer please let us

know. All potential volunteers can register online to

be leaders; however, we will not approve your

volunteer status until your training is complete.

Association Board Meetings The Leaders Association Board will meet on February

16th at 7 pm. If you would like to be on the agenda

or have something you would like added to the agenda

for discussion, please contact Bruce Jones or Cindy

Jaquith. The next Leaders Association meeting will

be held on March 16th. The March meeting will be the

fair discussion and it is important that at least one

member from your club attend

Youth Conference WI 4-H and Youth Conference will be at UW-Madison

on June 26-29, 2017. The cost for the conference

will be approximately $250. Seminars will be hands-

on, interactive and have a take=home component

which participants can share. This year the

conference learning objectives focus on:

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math)

Civic Engagement

Leader News

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Healthy Living

Life Skill Development (e.g. Communication,

Leadership, Creativity, Social & Cross-Cultural Skills)

Other learning opportunities

It is important to honor our 4-H members for their

accomplishments both in and out of the 4-H program.

If you have something to add to this section please

send a note to bruce.a.jones@ces.uwex.edu or

kimb@jeffersoncountywi.gov.

The Special Emphasis Poster and

Speaking Contest “Everyday

Heros” will be February 21st at

5pm at the UWEX Office, 864

Collins Road, Jefferson. Start

now in creating your poster and speech about nature,

the outdoors or even what you think makes up 4-H.

There are so many options with this year’s theme!

The Special Emphasis Speech registration and

posters are due February 10, 2017. Registration

information can be found in the Special Emphasis

Book or online at http://jefferson.uwex.edu/4-h-

youthdevelopment/jefferson-county-4h/special-

emphasis/

Junior Leader Meetings

Junior Leaders to Help

with New Family Dinner Junior Leaders please plan to attend the New Family

Dinner on January 9th at the Extension Office. We

are expecting lots of new and newer 4-H families and

the Junior Leaders have been asked to lead games

and activities for younger members. Please plan to

arrive at 5:30 pm, or as soon as you can get there.

Dinner will be provided at 6:00 pm. Please let Alyssa

Jaquith (920-723-9517 or 920-723-9039) or Bruce

Jones 920-67-7299 know if you are coming so we can

plan for food.

Junior Leaders Invited to Club Training Club training

will be held on January 25th and we are encouraging

youth to attend. The event will look at how to create

a club where members are welcome and feel like they

belong. We need you to share your stories. The night

will start at 6:30 pm at the Extension Office.

State Fair Dairy Promotion

Board Scholarships Available The Wisconsin State Fair Dairy Promotion Board is

offering $1,000 scholarships, for use during the

2017-18 school year, to third and fourth-year college

students pursuing dairy-related or food science

degrees at one of Wisconsin’s four-year universities.

Additional $1,000 scholarships will offered to high

school seniors planning to pursue a dairy-related or

food science degree at one of Wisconsin’s four-year

universities or students studying in a two-year,

technical school program related to dairy or food

science. Applicants will be evaluated on involvement

and leadership in dairy-related activities, scholastic

achievement, and career objectives. Finalists will be

interviewed in mid-April, with the recipients to be

recognized at the 2017 Wisconsin State Fair.

The application is available at

http://wistatefair.com/competitions/dairy-promo-

board/. Application deadline is Friday, March 24.

For more information, contact Katy Katzman at 262-

903-6727 or katzman@idcnet.com.

James W. Crowley

4-H Dairy Leadership Award The James W. Crowley 4-H Dairy Leadership Award

program provides recognition to youth who have

excelled in their dairy project. The James W.

Crowley Dairy Management and Extension Fund is the

sponsor of this award. We are pleased to name the

award in honor and memory of James W. Crowley,

longtime Extension Dairy Specialist and strong

supporter of dairy youth projects. A special engraved

medallion will be presented annually to the

outstanding 4-H dairy project member in each county

for their accomplishments. These medallions are

provided by the Crowley Fund. County Award winners

are eligible to compete for 15 statewide awards.

State winners will receive plaques and the top two

youth in the state competition will each receive $500

awards for continuing their dairy education.

http://fyi.uwex.edu/dairyyouth/james-w-crowley-

award/james-w-crowley-4-h-dairy-leadership-award/

SELECTION

Selection of the Leadership Award will be based on

each county’s own selection criteria. An application

for this award can be found at

Special Emphasis News

Older Members

Clovers Too…

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http://jefferson.uwex.edu/4-h-youth-

development/dairy/

Please complete the application and submit to Bruce

at the Extension Office before March 15th. The

Dairy Committee will review the applications and

forward the county winners to the state committee

for consideration.

ELIGIBILITY

1. Must be currently enrolled in the 4-H Dairy

Project and have at least two previous years of

membership in it.

2. Must be in 10-12th grades as of January 1, 2017.

3. Should have an outstanding record of involvement

and accomplishments in the 4-H Dairy Project.

Join a State Team Registration for State Teams is now open. Youth in

grade 9-13 can become part of an exciting group of

youth who have similar interests as you in the arts,

communication or drama. 4-H Art Team, 4-H Drama

Company and 4-H Communications Team can all be

applied for on-line at: http://wi.4honline.com Please

note: 4-H Showcase Singers is on hiatus for 2017.

Information, Job Descriptions, Photos, Video and

Timelines can all be found on our website at

http://fyi.uwex.edu/wi4harts/state-art-groups/

Application forms and audition materials are due

January 28, 2017, so please spread the word and

encourage your friends to apply!

For more information contact

4-H Art Team Director, Stephanie Kempe at:

kempesteph@gmail.com

Communications Team, Rick Snyder at

snyderrickc@gmail.com

4-H Drama Company Director Jay Johnson at:

jjohnson@sasd.net

Christina Rencontre, 4-H Youth Development

Communication Arts Specialist, (608) 262-1536,

christina.rencontre@ces.uwex.edu

National Congress Report National Congress in Atlanta was held Nov. 25-29th.

It was an amazing experience with so many learning

opportunities. The Theme was Excite, Spark, Ignite!

My top 10 from National 4-H Congress 2016:

1. Reconnecting with old friends and making new

friends from Wisconsin

2. Networking with delegates from other states.

3. Teaching a class on Agriculture's impact on the

economy to a 5th grade class at Louella

elementary school.

4. An evening of culture held at the Atlanta History

Center.

5. Guest speaker Kevin Wanzer and his speech

“Empowering Audiences - One Laugh at a Time”

6. Workshop Dancing with the Stars. Here I was

taught how to swing dance

7. Lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe with my fellow

delegates.

8. Visiting the Georgia Aquarium.

9. Guest Speaker Dr. Eugen Schoenfeld, a Holocaust

Survivor, who inspired us to find and fight for

justice and pursue our dreams

10. Becoming comfortable and gaining confidence to

make conversation to talk with anyone, along with

understanding the importance of making

connections with everyone.

I would like to thank the adult advisors who

supported me on the trip along with those at the WI

4-H extension office, the Jefferson County

Extension Office and the Jefferson County Leaders

Association, who have provided this amazing

opportunity to so many 4-Hers. If you would like to

attend this amazing Congress in 2017, APPLY!!

- Karley Tessmer

Country Clovers Olivia Brandenburg gave a speech on Sunshine

Genetics. We elected new officers. That was a lot of

fun. Next we talked about community services. We

signed up to be Salvation Army bell ringers at

Festival Foods. We also discussed adopting with four

to six member in it for Christmas. Then we planned

our December meeting. It will be at Rock River Lanes.

Hope to see you there!

- Ella Rose Falk, Reporter

Duck Creek At the November meeting of the Duck Creek 4-H

Club, members discussed buying a 4-H flag or a

pledge banner. We also talked about a community

service project we could do where we would make

crafts with clients at Saint Coletta’s. We also

Club News

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discussed our club Christmas party. We will be doing

a white elephant gift exchange and adopting

Christmas Neighbors families. After the meeting we

had our club Halloween party. Club members

participated in different activities, including a

costume contest and Trick or Treating.

- Roald Ager-Hart, Reporter

Hebron Helping Hands The

Hebron

Helping

Hands 4-H

group held

it's

meeting on

Monday

November

14 at 7 pm

at the Hebron Community Center. Our new officers

are; President: Rachel, Vice President: Reyne,

Treasurer: Jessica, Secretary: Mackenzie, Reporter:

Ian. Three of our members did education this month.

Mackenzie showed us her bow and told us that she

shoots for 4-H and is going to join the archery team

at FAMS. Addie showed us her remote control car

and all the neat tricks she can do with it. Ella brought

in her 1.5 year old dog and attempted to have it do

basic commands. Of course, the dog was more

interested in the kids!

Our next meeting will be on Monday December at 7

pm. Prior to the meeting we will do Christmas Caroling

around Hebron then come back for our meeting along

with cookies and hot chocolate. The club will also

make cards for vets and send them for the holidays.

The club has also decided to donate canned and non-

perishable goods to the Fort Atkinson Food Pantry in

the month of December.

- Reyne Kincaid, Reporter

Jefferson Boosters

Members from the Jefferson Boosters helped the

City of Jefferson decorate for the Holidays by

updating the downtown planters with Holiday

decorations.

Lake Ripley We wanted to introduce ourselves: We are the

newest 4-H group in the Cambridge area and we call

ourselves Lake Ripley 4-H. We just started this new

group in Jefferson County with the new 4-H year. We

are very excited to be part of Jefferson County and

cannot wait to meet new friends and learn together.

We have 40 active members in our new club and meet

the 3rd Sunday of each month at Oakland Town Hall.

- Gunnar Sperle, Reporter

Club Officer Installation. First row: Ryan Lund,

Treasurer; Alison Lund, Secretary; Molly Hellberg,

Vice President; Anna Evenson, President; Second Row:

Brayden Lund and Will Brattlie activity leaders;

Gunnar Sperle, club

reporter; Hannah

Brattlie and not shown

Aiden Sperle, club

historians; Maddie

Bounincontro and Riley

Brattlie sunshine club

This picture is our

group of Cloverbuds.

Lucky Clovers The Lucky Clovers 4-H Club met on November 14 for

their monthly club meeting and officer installation.

We welcomed Zair's Palacios as our President, Collin

Uecker as Vice President, Abby Willey as Secretary,

Nain Palacios as Treasurer, Gabe Elsen as Club

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Secretary/Reporter, and Aquila Palacios as Special

Emphasis Officer. Mrs Becky Wenzel was our guest

speaker and "Every Day Hero", who spoke about being

a veterinarian. The Club made ornaments for

residents at Marquardt Manor and they will be

delivered at the Caroling meeting on December 12th.

Club officer Gabe Elsen and Jefferson County 4-H

leader Paul Elsen rang bells for the Salvation Army on

behalf of the Lucky Clovers on Friday November 25.

Club members are reminded that we will meet on

December 12 at Marquardt Manor to deliver

ornaments and sing for the residents.

- Gabe Elsen, Reporter

Rock River The Rock River 4-H Club held its November meeting

on November 2, 2016 at Rockwell Elementary School.

During the meeting we talked about the craft night

that Mrs. Behm put together for our club. Members

carved foam pumpkins using a variety of patterns,

including a cow. Our club also haunted a part of the

Haumerson’s Pond Haunted Hike, and our theme was

Zombies.

In November, club members went to the officer

training at the Jefferson County Fair Park. We

learned how to better fulfil our jobs as officers. We

also participated in the Fort Atkinson Holiday Parade.

In December, our club rang bells for the Salvation

Army donation kettles at Festival Foods in Fort

Atkinson. Our December club meeting was held

December 7th. We had project talks from Mariah

Eichenberg, Bailey Behm and Kaitlyn Burke who talked

about fair projects they did last summer. After the

meeting, we held a gift exchange. It is a really fun

way our club celebrates Christmas with each other.

On December 27, our club will be putting on a talent

show for the residents at Black Hawk Senior

Residence in Fort Atkinson.

- Melia Schueller, Reporter

Stone School

The Stone School 4-H Club installed new officers at our fall banquet. They include: President Katherine Novak, Vice President Kirstin Novak, Secretary Hannah Lemke, Treasurer Elizabeth Katzman, Reporter Matthew Lucht, Sunshine Willson Jones, and Photographer Evan Mattrisch. During the

December meeting, we discussed the outcome of our Christmas tree sale. We also discussed the events we planned for the month. These events include: Christmas Caroling at Fairhaven Senior Services, Christmas Neighbors, and Salvation Army bell ringing. We also talked about our aluminum can fundraiser. The next meeting will be a bowling and pizza party at Hawk Bowl on the 7th of January.

- Matthew Lucht, Reporter

Sullivan Stars Hello, I am the reporter for Sullivan Stars and I am

reporting on our meeting on December, 1st 2016. We

got information for Christmas Neighbors. We agreed

to forward 125 dollars for the food for the family we

are helping. To wrap our gifts we usually have a

wrapping party and we decided that it would be on

December 18th at 1:00 pm at the Sullivan Village Park

we would do this fun event. The topic of changing our

meeting date was brought up and this meeting we

voted on what we would change it to and the votes

came in and we are sticking with our usual meeting

day and time. Our meetings will be on the first

Thursday of every month at six-thirty pm. Feel free

if you would like to join us at the Sullivan Village Park

to come see what is going on in our club. Our last

thing before we adjourned the meeting was we made

suggestions for what we thought we could do for

community service activities and several of the club

members stepped up and shared their ideas.

- Nicholas Fischer, Reporter

Waterloo Wonder Stars Our club performed a community service project by

decorating downtown Waterloo with festive snowmen.

On November 30 and December 1, our club members

got together and painted plastic cut out snowmen. We

decorated them with hats and scarves and mittens

and will then zip tie them to the bases of street

lights downtown for the Holidays. This fun activity is

great for all ages.

- Karley Tessmer, Reporter

January 2017 4-H Newsletter Jefferson County Page 11

MAP CAMP REGISTRATION MAP Camp February 25, 2017 UWEX Office in Jefferson

3rd – 5th Grade Camp 9:00 – 10:30 am 6th – 8th Grade Camp 10:30 am –Noon 9th – 13th Grade 12:30 – 2:00

pm

If you cannot attend MAP Camp, a similar activity will be held on May 15th at 6:30 pm. The MAQA test date

will be April 11th from 5:00-7:00 pm. Please complete this information and return to the UW-Extension office

by fax, mail, drop-box or email (bruce.a.jones@ces.uwex.edu). Due February 17, 2017.

Name: ____________________________________ Grade: ________________Birthdate:

4-H Club or FFA Group: _______________________________ Phone:

Mailing Address: ____________________________________________________________________

E-mail to send Certification to:

Check the Species you plan to show this year: Swine Beef Sheep Age as of 1/1/17_____________

January 2017 4-H Newsletter Jefferson County Page 12

Project Learning Day for Large Animals

Presented by the Jefferson County Meat Animal Project Committee

Date: Saturday, March 18th, 2017

Time: Follow the Schedule Below

Where: Indoor Horse Arena at the Jefferson County Fair Park

If you are a beginner showman or advanced showman come and polish your showmanship

skills and gather other important information for your project.

Beef, Sheep, Swine and Dairy will offer an hour long workshop 3 times; so come at any

time that works for you. Or if you are interested in improving your skills in another

species, stick around for one of the other workshops. Below is the schedule for the day.

Schedule for the Day:

8am-9am Dairy Beef Sheep

9:05am-10:05am

Swine Dairy Beef

10:10am- 11:10am

Sheep Swine Dairy

11:15am-12:15pm

Beef Sheep Swine

Meat Animal Project Members can earn 1 educational point for attending

one workshop and 2 points for attending two or more workshops.

Please register by Friday, March 3rd, 2017; so we have an accurate

count of attending youth. You can register at the MAP website

(jefferson.uwex.edu/map), dropping off or mailing the form below to the

UWEX Office at 864 Collins Road, Jefferson WI 53549.

Registration for Project Learning Day for Large Animals- MAP Event

Name: _________________________________ Address: _____________________________________________

City: __________ Zip: ____________ Email: __________________________________ Phone: ______________

Species/Time You Plan to Attend (Circle)

8am Dairy Beef Sheep

9:05am Swine Dairy Beef

10:10am Sheep Swine Dairy

11:15am Beef Sheep Swine

Please Return to the Extension Office by March 3rd, 2017

January 2017 4-H Newsletter Jefferson County Page 13

County sponsored project meetings and events are listed below in alphabetical order. Please check the Projects

section of the newsletter for more information about the events below. This month all Project Leaders are listed

for your information. Please feel free to contact them regarding specific project questions you may have.

Project Date Time Location Project Leader Contact

Information

Cats Lacey Mehltretter

920-261-1478

Dairy Linda Wright

920-253-9398

Dairy Quiz Bowl January 6, 16, 23 & 30 7 p.m. UWEX Kayla Wright

920-253-9393

Dogs January 23 (Project meeting) 6 p.m. UWEX Kate Anderson

920-723-3614

Foods February 23 (committee) 5:30 p.m. UWEX Monica Gerner

920-723-2663

Goats Stephanie Zimmerman

920-285-8489

Hippology

(Horse & Pony)

January 23, 30

February 6, 13, 20, 27

7 p.m. UWEX Pam Siedl

920-220-9260

Horse and Pony Jan 12, Feb 9 (Committee)

January 17, February 21

7 pm.

7 p.m.

UWEX

Fair Park

Tina Remsik

920-390-0731

Junior Leaders January 24

February 28

7 p.m. UWEX Alyssa Jaquith

920-723-9039

Legos January 17

February 21

6:30 p.m. UWEX Kim Buchholz

920-674-7297

Meat Animal

Project

Jan. 10, Feb. 14 (Committee)

February 13 (Swine)

February 20 (Sheep)

February 25 (MAP Camp)

7 p.m.

6 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

9 a.m.

UWEX

UWEX

UWEX

UWEX

Jeremy Chwala

920-723-3557

Dustin Winkelman

920-253-6836

Meats Judging January 9, 16, 23, 30

February 6, 13

February 18

6 p.m.

6 p.m.

UWEX

UWEX

Madison

Lindsay Knoebel at lindsay.knoebel@gmail.com

Photography Pam Chickering-Wilson

920-206-9678

Poultry January 12

February 9

6:30 p.m. UWEX Lori Astell 920-912-2412

Natural Sciences January 26 6:30 p.m. UWEX Sharon Schweitzer

920-674-2544

Rabbits January 18 7 p.m. UWEX Sue Wilpolt

608-669-3406

Robotics Terry Richardt

608-513-3437

Lisa Topel, 920-988-7706

Shooting

Sports/Archery

January 8, 15, 22, 29

January 9, 16, 23, 30

5 p.m.

6 p.m.

Rapids Archery, Jefferson

Watertown Archery Club Joe Walsh

262-894-1652

Small Animal February 1 7 p.m. Ryan Degner

920-988-4584

Project Meeting Calendar

January 2017 4-H Newsletter Jefferson County Page 14

1

Happy New

Year!

2 UWEX Office Closed

3 4 5 6 –Tractor

Safety Deadline

-Beef Weigh-In

changes due

7

8 – Archery, 1st Year

Shooters, Rapids

Archery, 5 p.m.

9-Archery, 1st Year

Shooters, Watertown, 6

p.m.

-Meats Judging, 6 p.m.

UWEX

- VIP Training, 6:30 p.m

UWEX

- Dairy Quiz Bowl, 7 p.m.

UWEX

10-MAP Committee, 7

p.m. UWEX

11 12- Poultry

Project, 6:30 p.m.

UWEX

13 14

15 – Items due for

February Newsletter

-Tack Sale, 9-1:30

p.m., Activity Center

- Archery, Rapids

Archery Club, 5 p.m.

(mandatory safety

meeting)

16-Archery,

Watertown, 6 p.m.

-Meat Judging, 6 p.m.,

UWEX

-Dairy Quiz Bowl, 7 p.m.,

UWEX

17-Lego Project, 6:30

p.m., UWEX

-Horse & Pony

Countywide mtg, 7

p.m. Activity Center

18-Rabbit Project,

7 p.m., UWEX

19-Leaders

Association, 7 p.m.

UWEX

20 21-Tractor

Safety, 8-Noon,

UWEX

22 – Archery,

Rapids Archery Club,

5 p.m.

23-Archery,

Watertown, 6 p.m.

-Meat Judging, 6 p.m.,

UWEX

-Dairy Quiz Bowl, 7 p.m.,

UWEX

-Hippology, 7 p.m. UWEX

24-Junior Leaders, 7

p.m. UWEX

25 26-Natural

Science/Plants,

6:30 p.m., UWEX

27 28-Tractor

Safety, 8-Noon,

UWEX

-State Team

Applications due

to State

298 – Archery,

Rapids Archery Club,

5 p.m.

30-Archery,

Watertown, 6 p.m.

-Meat Judging, 6 p.m.,

UWEX

-Dairy Quiz Bowl, 7 p.m.,

UWEX

-Hippology, 7 p.m. UWEX

31-New Family

Dinner, 6 p.m. UWEX

JANUARY

January 2017 4-H Newsletter Jefferson County Page 15

1-Small Animal Sale

Committee, 7 p.m.

UWEX

2 3 4-Tractor Safety,

8-Noon, UWEX

5– Archery, Rapids

Archery Club, 5 p.m.

6-Archery, Watertown, 6

p.m.

-Meats Judging, 6 p.m.

UWEX

- Dairy Quiz Bowl, 7 p.m.

UWEX

-Hippology, 7 p.m. UWEX

7 8 9-Poultry Project,

6:30 p.m.. UWEX

-Horse Committee,

7 p.m. UWEX

10-Poster/

Speech Contest

deadline

11 Tractor

Safety, 8-Noon,

UWEX

-Whitetails

Unlimited

Banquet,

Watertown

12– Archery, Rapids

Archery Club, 5 p.m.

13-Archery, Watertown,

6 p.m.

-Meat Judging, 6 p.m.,

UWEX

-Dog Project, 6 p.m.

Activity Center

-Hippology, 7 p.m. UWEX

14 15 16 17 18 -Tractor

Safety, 8-Noon,

UWEX

-Project Learning

Day, Johnson

Creek

-Meat Judging

Contest

-Milwaukee WAVE

4-H Night

19– Archery, Rapids

Archery Club, 5 p.m.

20-Archery, Watertown,

6 p.m.

-Meat Judging, 6 p.m.,

UWEX

-Lego, 6:30 p.m., UWEX

-Hippology, 7 p.m. UWEX

21-Poster/Speech

Contest, 5 p.m.,

UWEX

-Horse & Pony

Countywide mtg, 7

p.m. Activity Center

22 23-Foods

Committee, 5:30

p.m.

24 25-MAP Camp

26– Archery, Rapids

Archery Club, 5 p.m.

27-Archery, Watertown,

6 p.m.

-Meat Judging, 6 p.m.,

UWEX

-Hippology, 7 p.m. UWEX

28-Junior Leaders,

7 p.m. UWEX

FEBRUARY

January 2017 4-H Newsletter Jefferson County Page 16

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ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

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including Title IX an ADA requirements. Requests for reasonable accommodations for disabilities or limitations should be made prior to the

date of the program or activity for which it is needed. Please make such requests as early as possible by contacting the Jefferson County

Office at 920-674-7295 so proper arrangements can be made.”

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Leader’s Association Board of Directors Cindy Jaquith, President 920-723-9517

Crystal Hoffmann, Past President 920-728-3978

Kim Kreger, President Elect 920-723-1191

Donna Ciciva, Secretary 608-335-8595

Warren Stendel, Treasurer 262-949-6935

Lisa Topel 920-988-7706

Sigrid Reich 920-674-3349

Willie Jacobson 920-723-1773

Cheryl Mierendorf 920-723-5138

UW- Extension Staff

Office Hours 8:00 am – 4:30 pm

920-674-7295

Bruce A. Jones, 4-H Youth Development Agent

Kim Buchholz, Administrative Specialist

Katelyn Broedlow, Administrative Assistant

LaVern Georgson, Agriculture Agent

Vacant, Family Living Agent

Vacant, Community Resource Development Agent