We would like to invite everyone to partipate in a new 4-H County program called 4-H Urban Farming. Come join us on March 15th at 5:30 at the Extension Office for a short class on how to start the project and learn about what we will be doing.
Trisha and Marie
Monday, March 8, 2010
Events/Activities
EVENTS/ACTIVITIES
Shooting Sports Events
March 13th, 2010 at Camp Ocala
March 20 at Polk County Trap and Skeet Club
http://florida4h.org/events/shooting_sports.shtml
4-H Dog Show
March 13 at Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa
For more information contact:
Sally Manning at horsepny@tampabay.rr.com
Florida 4-H Tallahassee Auction and Reception
Date: Tuesday March 16, 2010
Time: 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center
More information: Contact Kristin Bird at kbird@ufl.edu
Third Executive Board
Date: March 19-21, 2010
Late Fee Registration until March 12th
Cost: $90.00 per participant + $30.00 per county for Late Fee
Location: Camp Cherry Lake
http://florida4h.org/youth/third.shtml
State 4-H/FFA Livestock Judging Contest
March 20th in Gainesville
Registration Deadline: March 12th
http://animal.ifas.ufl.edu/youth/livestock/livestockJudgingState.shtml
State 4-H Land Judging Contest
March 26 at Lake Soil and Water Conservation District
http://landjudging.ifas.ufl.edu/
4-H Day at the Capitol
Thursday, April 22nd in Tallahassee
Registration Deadline: April 2nd
http://florida4h.org/events/Capitol_Day.shtml
Florida 4-H Volunteer Forum
April 23 – 25 at Camp Ocala
Registration Deadline: April 2nd
http://florida4h.org/events/state_volunteer_forum.shtml
Forest Ecology
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Registration Deadline: Postmarked by March 26th.
http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/4h/Other_Resources/Contest/contest.html
Florida Federation of Fair’s Convention (Non 4-H Event)
May 13-15, 2010
The Plaza Resort & Spa in Daytona Beach
http://www.floridafairs.org/conventions
Florida 4-H In the News
Seminole 4-H Wins State Lifesmarts Championship
A five-member team of high school students from Sanford, Florida won the State LifeSmarts Championship this week held at the Florida State Fair in Tampa. LifeSmarts is an educational program that develops the consumer and marketplace skills of teenagers in a fun way and rewards them for this knowledge.
http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/press/2010/02192010.html
Sarasota County 4-H Members Assemble Fishing Line Recycling Bins
4-H members representign a variety of clubs throughout Sarasota County came together recently to assemble personal-sized fishing line recycling bins as part of the "Stow It-Don't Throw It" Project. The work of the members involved was filmed for the "Inside County 4-H" TV show which will air on Access Sarasota.
http://stowitdontthrowit.blogspot.com/2010/03/sarasota-county-4-h-members-assemble.html
Shooting Sports Events
March 13th, 2010 at Camp Ocala
March 20 at Polk County Trap and Skeet Club
http://florida4h.org/events/shooting_sports.shtml
4-H Dog Show
March 13 at Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa
For more information contact:
Sally Manning at horsepny@tampabay.rr.com
Florida 4-H Tallahassee Auction and Reception
Date: Tuesday March 16, 2010
Time: 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center
More information: Contact Kristin Bird at kbird@ufl.edu
Third Executive Board
Date: March 19-21, 2010
Late Fee Registration until March 12th
Cost: $90.00 per participant + $30.00 per county for Late Fee
Location: Camp Cherry Lake
http://florida4h.org/youth/third.shtml
State 4-H/FFA Livestock Judging Contest
March 20th in Gainesville
Registration Deadline: March 12th
http://animal.ifas.ufl.edu/youth/livestock/livestockJudgingState.shtml
State 4-H Land Judging Contest
March 26 at Lake Soil and Water Conservation District
http://landjudging.ifas.ufl.edu/
4-H Day at the Capitol
Thursday, April 22nd in Tallahassee
Registration Deadline: April 2nd
http://florida4h.org/events/Capitol_Day.shtml
Florida 4-H Volunteer Forum
April 23 – 25 at Camp Ocala
Registration Deadline: April 2nd
http://florida4h.org/events/state_volunteer_forum.shtml
Forest Ecology
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Registration Deadline: Postmarked by March 26th.
http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/4h/Other_Resources/Contest/contest.html
Florida Federation of Fair’s Convention (Non 4-H Event)
May 13-15, 2010
The Plaza Resort & Spa in Daytona Beach
http://www.floridafairs.org/conventions
Florida 4-H In the News
Seminole 4-H Wins State Lifesmarts Championship
A five-member team of high school students from Sanford, Florida won the State LifeSmarts Championship this week held at the Florida State Fair in Tampa. LifeSmarts is an educational program that develops the consumer and marketplace skills of teenagers in a fun way and rewards them for this knowledge.
http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/press/2010/02192010.html
Sarasota County 4-H Members Assemble Fishing Line Recycling Bins
4-H members representign a variety of clubs throughout Sarasota County came together recently to assemble personal-sized fishing line recycling bins as part of the "Stow It-Don't Throw It" Project. The work of the members involved was filmed for the "Inside County 4-H" TV show which will air on Access Sarasota.
http://stowitdontthrowit.blogspot.com/2010/03/sarasota-county-4-h-members-assemble.html
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Less of Our Light for More Star Light
Join the 5th worldwide Globe at Night 2010 campaign: March 3-16!
What: The Globe at Night Campaign
When: 8pm to 10pm local time, March 3-16, 2010
Where: Everywhere
Who: You! (Everyone!)
How: See http://www.globeatnight.org
Why:
With half of the world’s population now living in cities, many urban dwellers have never experienced the wonderment of pristinely dark skies and maybe never will. This loss, caused by light pollution, is a concern on many fronts: safety, energy conservation, cost, health and effects on wildlife, as well as our ability to view the stars. Even though light pollution is a serious and growing global concern, it is one of the easiest environmental problems you can address on local levels.
Globe at Night is an annual 2-week campaign in March that helps to address the light pollution issue locally as well as globally. This year the campaign is March 3-16, 2010. You are invited along with everyone all over the world to record the brightness of your night sky by matching its appearance toward the constellation Orion with star maps of progressively fainter stars found at http://www.globeatnight.org/observe_magnitude.html. You then submit your measurements on-line at http://www.globeatnight.org/report.html with your date, time and location. A few weeks later, organizers release a map of light-pollution levels worldwide. Over the last four 2-week Globe at Night campaigns, volunteers from over 100 nations have contributed 35,000 measurements.
To learn the five easy steps to participate in the Globe at Night program, see the Globe at Night website at http://www.globeatnight.org. You can listen to our 10-minute audio podcast on light pollution and Globe at Night at http://365daysofastronomy.org/2010/02/03/february-3rd-the-globe-at-night-campaign-our-light-or-starlight/
For activities that have children explore what light pollution is, what its effects are on wildlife and how to prepare for participating in the Globe at Night campaign, see the new activities at http://www.darkskiesawareness.org/DarkSkiesRangers.
Monitoring our environment will allow us as citizen-scientists to identify and preserve the dark sky oases in cities and locate areas where light pollution is increasing. All it takes is a few minutes during the March 2010 campaign to measure sky brightness and contribute those observations on-line. Help us exceed the 15,000 observations contributed last year. Your measurements will make a world of difference.
What: The Globe at Night Campaign
When: 8pm to 10pm local time, March 3-16, 2010
Where: Everywhere
Who: You! (Everyone!)
How: See http://www.globeatnight.org
Why:
With half of the world’s population now living in cities, many urban dwellers have never experienced the wonderment of pristinely dark skies and maybe never will. This loss, caused by light pollution, is a concern on many fronts: safety, energy conservation, cost, health and effects on wildlife, as well as our ability to view the stars. Even though light pollution is a serious and growing global concern, it is one of the easiest environmental problems you can address on local levels.
Globe at Night is an annual 2-week campaign in March that helps to address the light pollution issue locally as well as globally. This year the campaign is March 3-16, 2010. You are invited along with everyone all over the world to record the brightness of your night sky by matching its appearance toward the constellation Orion with star maps of progressively fainter stars found at http://www.globeatnight.org/observe_magnitude.html. You then submit your measurements on-line at http://www.globeatnight.org/report.html with your date, time and location. A few weeks later, organizers release a map of light-pollution levels worldwide. Over the last four 2-week Globe at Night campaigns, volunteers from over 100 nations have contributed 35,000 measurements.
To learn the five easy steps to participate in the Globe at Night program, see the Globe at Night website at http://www.globeatnight.org. You can listen to our 10-minute audio podcast on light pollution and Globe at Night at http://365daysofastronomy.org/2010/02/03/february-3rd-the-globe-at-night-campaign-our-light-or-starlight/
For activities that have children explore what light pollution is, what its effects are on wildlife and how to prepare for participating in the Globe at Night campaign, see the new activities at http://www.darkskiesawareness.org/DarkSkiesRangers.
Monitoring our environment will allow us as citizen-scientists to identify and preserve the dark sky oases in cities and locate areas where light pollution is increasing. All it takes is a few minutes during the March 2010 campaign to measure sky brightness and contribute those observations on-line. Help us exceed the 15,000 observations contributed last year. Your measurements will make a world of difference.
Congrats to Estates Green Thumbs 4-H Club!
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Stephanie and Chris Burgos both showed their sheep at the fairs.
FL State Fair: Stephanie’s sheep, Tootsie, won Grand Champion and 2nd Place Youth Sheep Obstacle Course
Chris’s sheep, Bo Peep, won a Blue Ribbon 1st Place in the Hair Sheep Ewe Lamb Class
Pasco County Fair: Stephanie’s sheep, Tootsie, won Grand Champion – Overall, 1st Place in the Hair Sheep Ewe Lamb Class
Chris’s sheep, Bo Peep, won 2nd Place in the Hair Sheep Ewe Lamb Class.
FL State Fair: Stephanie’s sheep, Tootsie, won Grand Champion and 2nd Place Youth Sheep Obstacle Course
Chris’s sheep, Bo Peep, won a Blue Ribbon 1st Place in the Hair Sheep Ewe Lamb Class
Pasco County Fair: Stephanie’s sheep, Tootsie, won Grand Champion – Overall, 1st Place in the Hair Sheep Ewe Lamb Class
Chris’s sheep, Bo Peep, won 2nd Place in the Hair Sheep Ewe Lamb Class.
Update From Events Office
As many of you may have seen on the Florida 4-H Homepage, there is now a Web page for this year’s 4-H Day at the Capitol. We are all getting excited about our trip to Tallahassee, and we hope that you will be able to join us. On the Web page you will find tour information, maps, registration forms and some other goodies!
Things to know:
1. Do not mail registration forms to the State Office, they will not be accepted.
2. Registration will be online and will open April 8th. à Counties will be able to control who has access to the registration Web site. We will send out the link, but it will be up to you to decide who gets it from there.
3. All payments need to be processed at the county level. We will ask that each county send one county check.
4. Registration will close April 2nd; after this a list of all from your county that are registered will be sent to you. You will also be sent a bill for those people. (The registration form states that they should submit payment when they turn in their registration forms.)
5. We will send out more details on registration next Monday with the Web address.
6. If you have any questions at all please do not hesitate to call or e-mail the State Events Office.
See you all on April 22nd, 2010 in Tallahassee.
Jordan
Things to know:
1. Do not mail registration forms to the State Office, they will not be accepted.
2. Registration will be online and will open April 8th. à Counties will be able to control who has access to the registration Web site. We will send out the link, but it will be up to you to decide who gets it from there.
3. All payments need to be processed at the county level. We will ask that each county send one county check.
4. Registration will close April 2nd; after this a list of all from your county that are registered will be sent to you. You will also be sent a bill for those people. (The registration form states that they should submit payment when they turn in their registration forms.)
5. We will send out more details on registration next Monday with the Web address.
6. If you have any questions at all please do not hesitate to call or e-mail the State Events Office.
See you all on April 22nd, 2010 in Tallahassee.
Jordan
Monday, March 1, 2010
State Events/Activities
Third Executive Board
Date: March 19-21, 2010
Cost: $90.00
Location: Camp Cherry Lake
http://florida4h.org/youth/third.shtml
National 4-H Conference
March 20-25 in Chevy Chase, Maryland
http://4hconf.4-h.org/
Shooting Sports – Shotgun Contest
March 20 at Polk County Trap and Skeet Club
More information at: http://florida4h.org/events/shooting_sports.shtml
State 4-H Land Judging Contest
March 26 at Lake Soil and Water Conservation District
http://landjudging.ifas.ufl.edu/
National 4-H Photography Contest
Look for updated entry form and contest
guidelines from National 4-H Council soon….
4-H Day at the Capitol
Thursday, April 22nd in Tallahassee
Registration Deadline: April 2nd
http://florida4h.org/events/Capitol_Day.shtml
Florida 4-H Volunteer Forum
April 23 – 25 at Camp Ocala
Registration Deadline: April 2nd
http://florida4h.org/events/state_volunteer_forum.shtml
Date: March 19-21, 2010
Cost: $90.00
Location: Camp Cherry Lake
http://florida4h.org/youth/third.shtml
National 4-H Conference
March 20-25 in Chevy Chase, Maryland
http://4hconf.4-h.org/
Shooting Sports – Shotgun Contest
March 20 at Polk County Trap and Skeet Club
More information at: http://florida4h.org/events/shooting_sports.shtml
State 4-H Land Judging Contest
March 26 at Lake Soil and Water Conservation District
http://landjudging.ifas.ufl.edu/
National 4-H Photography Contest
Look for updated entry form and contest
guidelines from National 4-H Council soon….
4-H Day at the Capitol
Thursday, April 22nd in Tallahassee
Registration Deadline: April 2nd
http://florida4h.org/events/Capitol_Day.shtml
Florida 4-H Volunteer Forum
April 23 – 25 at Camp Ocala
Registration Deadline: April 2nd
http://florida4h.org/events/state_volunteer_forum.shtml
Hoofbeats Invite
Hoofbeats 4-h club INVITES you to come to their meeting on Monday March 8th at 7:00 p.m. We will meet at the FEED COMPANY located on 951, between Advanced Auto and McDonalds. For more info PLEASE call 289-2001.
Our guest speaker is Farrier Scott Weidner
Bring your farrier questions for him. He will be talking about trimming your livestocks hooves, shoes for your horses and Why. Hoof problems and how to correct them, so bring your questions for him. See you then. R.S.V.P. to Cheyenne 465-1915, or Kara 248-3719.
Our guest speaker is Farrier Scott Weidner
Bring your farrier questions for him. He will be talking about trimming your livestocks hooves, shoes for your horses and Why. Hoof problems and how to correct them, so bring your questions for him. See you then. R.S.V.P. to Cheyenne 465-1915, or Kara 248-3719.
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