August, 1999

Topics:

• A Brief with Bev
• Calendar
• Fearless Leaders
• National 4-H Web site
• Club Chatter

A BRIEF WITH BEV

We are just about a month away from our annual Show-N-Crow. Enclosed with this newsletter is a copy of all the Show-N-Crow information you will need to plan and prepare for this year. Registration for project(s) is due by September 3. Our Show-N-Crow is scheduled for Saturday, September 18 and will be held at Farm Plus, located in Matamoras. Hope to see you all there

CALENDAR

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** Special Up-Coming Events:

4-H Kaleidoscope Club - Did you ever wonder what 4-H was all about? Come to our 4-H Kaleidoscope Club and find out. This program is designed to introduce children 8 - 18 to the many club projects and opportunities 4-H has to offer. We will be meeting in the Pike County Administration Building on Sept. 7, from 5:15 PM - 6:15 PM. To register, please call the Pike County Cooperative Extension Office at (570) 296-3400.

4-H Poster Contest – I am looking for club and/or individual entries. To submit an individual entry, you must be between the ages of 8 – 18. The theme is Pike County 4-H, past or present. Posters should be no larger than 22” x 14”. No copyrighted materials; original work only. Individual entries: You must have your name, county, age and address on the back. Club entries: Must have the club name and county printed on the back. Entries are due to the Extension Office by August 23. For more information, contact the Extension Office at (570) 296-3400. Entries will be on display at the Pike County Fair, the 4-H Show-N-Crow and the Pike County Extension’s 75th Anniversary Celebration.

4-H Teen Council Meeting – If you are 12 years or older and are interested in being a member of the 4-H Teen Council, please contact Extension Office at (570) 296-3400. The first meeting of the Teen Council will be held on Aug. 24, at 6:45 PM at the Blooming Grove Fire House on Route 739.

Kidz Kamp – Kidz Kamp is for children between the ages of 8 – 13 yrs. This years theme is entomology (bugs). The dates for Kidz Kamp are Aug. 17 – 19 and will be held at the Bushkill Fire Hall, Bushkill. The hours are 9:30 – 3:30 PM

Club Meetings

4-H Craft Club meets the second Fri. of the month at the Dubensky’s barn.

Hippoligists of Pike County meets at the MacDonald’s house. Call 296-7215 for meeting day and time. *Please leave a message.

4-H for K-9’s Seeing Eye Puppy Club meets the first Tues. at the Blooming Grove Firehouse, 7 p.m. and the third Sun. at the Milford Park, 1 p.m.

Trail Blazers Hiking Club for meeting dates and times, please call Sue at 226-3540 or Janet at 685-4577.

Horse Warrior Dudes for more information on meeting days and times please call the Extension Office.

For Horses meets at 12 noon on the first and third Sat. of the month, at the Urban Stables.

4-H Gardening Club meets the 2nd Thursday of every month, at the DeGeus’s house. Meetings begin at 2 PM.

Pumpkin Patch Kids meets every week in the Bushkill area. Meetings begin at 6 PM.

FEARLESS LEADERS

SHOW-N-CROW

Leaders - Please work with your club members in preparing their projects and displays. Also, please remind your club members to send or bring in the project registration forms (so we know how many tables, etc. we will need). Breakfast will be served, on the morning of the event, to all 4-H’ers and their families. We need a lot of help the day before and the day of the Show-N-Crow; please let me know if you have even a little bit of time to help. The Planning Committee and I are looking forward to this year’s event and hope you are too! If you have any questions, please contact the Extension Office by calling (570) 296-3400.

1999 State and National 4-H Wildlife and Fisheries Adult Volunteer Leader Recognition Program – Nominations are now being accepted for the Outstanding 4-H Volunteer Leader in Wildlife and Fisheries. Nominations are due by August 23, 1999. If you would like to make a nomination, please contact the Extension Office.

Mark Your Calendars!!!

NE Regional Planning Committee Meeting - Will be held at the Penn State Lehman Campus on September 9, 1999. The meeting is from 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Any leaders interested in attending this meeting with me should call the Extension Office. Transportation and lunch will be provided!

4-H Web site:

“4-H in the USA” - http://www.4h-usa.org

CLUB CHATTER

Seeing Eye Puppy Club is looking for new members/families to join their club. As a member of the Seeing Eye Puppy Club, you will raise a very special puppy. If you would like more information about joining the Seeing Eye Puppy Club, contact the Extension Office at (570) 296-3400.

4-H Gardening Club is looking for new members/families to join their club. If you like being outdoors, working with your hands and making new friends, then this club is for you. Meetings are held the second Thursday of every month. For more information or to sign up, please call (570) 686-2686.

Puppy Points brought to us by The Seeing Eye, Inc.

• On an 85 degree day the temperature inside your car with the windows slightly open will reach 102 in 10 minutes, 120 in 30 minutes! Therefore, you must never leave your pup in the car while you are out shopping for your summer shorts!
• Don’t let your pup eat grass or plants. This is easier said than done—grass being very tasty to dogs—but it can cause vomiting and lead to severe gastritis. If the grass has been treated with insect or weed repellent, the effects are even worse.
  

The G.A.I.T. program will be holding a Line Dance on Aug. 14, 1999. The cost for this event is $10/ticket. Come join the fun. Many of our Pike County 4-H’ers are involved in this worthwhile cause. For more information, please call (570) 409-1140.

**If your club has something they would like to share, please call the Pike County Cooperative Extension Office at (570) 296-3400 and we will list it in the Club Chatter.

Exchanges - If you or your club is interested in an exchange, please contact the Office.

Missouri 4-H Youth Development Program -“Volunteers …the foundation of youth development” – Volunteer Web Site: http://muextension.missouri.edu/dldc/4H-Volunteers

Sincerely,

Beverly A. Bensley
4-H / Youth and Recreation Coordinator

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