Klamath Clover Co-Op - Oregon State Universityoregonstate.edu/dept/kbrec/sites/default/files/images/4h/...cass of Merit and Spirit of 4-H. Victoria Penhall received a certificate of

Youth Recognition Night was

a hit! This year we asked

members and leaders to

come in costume and they

did not let us down. We had

Elvis, a sailor, a bum, a boy

scout, some medical person-

nel, a couple of cowgirls, a

horse, Little Bo Peep and her

pygmy goat dressed as a

sheep to name a few.

The day before the event we

had nine creative 4-Hers

carving pumpkins out in the

backyard at the Extension

Office. 4-Her, Charlie Ham-

merich donated pumpkins

from his own crop for the

carving competition. Gone

are the days of using a

butcher knife to create a

gap-toothed jack-o-lantern!

These members came with

their special tools and tem-

plates and what a talented

bunch they were. Zack

Kloepper, a veteran pumpkin

carver, came equipped with a

vast array of carving uten-

sils. When asked about the

large assortment he said

“I’ve been doing this for

years!” We had several

pumpkins representing

space with stars, moons and

a planet. There was also a

penguin, a raccoon, Tango

dancers, Don Knotts, a bat,

and a GO BEAVS pumpkin.

These pumpkins were taken

to Youth Recognition Night

and attendees voted for their

favorite.

Nearly 150 people attended

the recognition and over 100

4-Hers were recognized

for their accomplish-

ments in county and

state fair, county med-

als, scholarships, Car-

cass of Merit and Spirit

of 4-H. Victoria Penhall

received a certificate of

merit for completing

three of the ten steps in

the Dad Potter Contest.

Prizes were given to

members with the best

costumes and the

winning pumpkin. Dani

Decker, our Horse Superin-

tendent, served as costume

judge. She had a hard time

choosing winners because

there were so many good

costumes to choose from.

We would like to thank all

the 4-Hers, parents and

leaders that attended the

event and made it a fun

evening!

Submitted by Jenny Dunham

Recognition 2008– It was all about YOUth!

November/December 2008

Klamath County 4-H Department

Klamath Clover Co-Op

4-H Staff

Jed [email protected]

Jenny [email protected]

Agents and Office Staff

Willie Riggs

Patty Case

Chanda Engel

Brian Charlton

Susan Honea

Lori Fernlund

Barb Templeton

Mary Pieper

Kristy Weidman

Claudia Tosh

OSU KBREC

3328 Vandenberg Rd.

Klamath Falls, OR 97603

phone: (541) 883-7131

fax: (541) 883-4582

Website:

oregonstate.edu/dept/kbrec/ Myka Galloway carving a

pumpkin for the big night.

A 4-Her contemplates which

pumpkin he should vote for.

Jody Zepeda and Bethani Rourk show

off their smiles.

Vanessa and Kassie Lowery enjoying

the festivities.

We are almost to Turkey Day

already. Wow, time flies by

when you are having fun. Fall

is a busy time for our 4-H com-

munity, not so much in 4-H ac-

tivities, but life in general.

School has got a full head of

steam going along with fall and

winter sports. I know we have

many talented athletes in our

program and congratulations to

all of you on your efforts on the

field or in the gym. To those of

you who are hunters, it has cer-

tainly been a busy season as

well. I hope you all had success

or at least a darn, good time.

Your 4-H Agent sure didn’t come

up with a bull elk, but did har-

vest a really nice Blacktailed

Deer.

Since this is the last newsletter

until after the holidays, all of us

at the Extension office wish you

all HAPPY HOLIDAYS in

whichever way you spend the

time together. Let us know

what you all think of the

Klamath Clover Co-Op, we want

to provide all of the information

you want and need. Thank you

to the Leaders’ Association for

funding the newsletter as well.

For this issue of the newsletter I

will leave you all with this little

quote to think about and chew

on, maybe inspire some critical

thinking.

“Corputio optima, pessima

[est]”

Yes, that’s Latin...good luck!

International Opportunities

Page 2 Klamath Clover Co-Op

Does the thought of going to an-

other country for a few weeks

sound appealing to you? Would

you like to be a United States 4-

H representative from Oregon?

If so then we’ve got something

for you. 4-H International Ex-

change Ambassador Programs

are 3-8 week opportunities for

young people to experience liv-

ing with host families in other

countries. These programs en-

able young people from around

the United States to increase

their global understanding and

improve their leadership and

communica-

tion skills.

The program

through

Oregon 4-H

was nation-

ally recog-

nized as a

leader in in-

ternational programming this

year, so take advantage of a

wonderful program it’s an ex-

perience of a lifetime. Coun-

tries for 2009 are Australia,

Costa Rica, Finland, Japan

and Mexico. The sign-up dead-

line for all countries except Mex-

ico will be Jan 7, Mexico is De-

cember 12.

Last year we had two delegates

from Klamath County take part

in the Exchange program. One

delegate to Japan and one to

Australia, I know for a fact that

these two had a wonderful time.

For complete details check out

the Oregon 4-H website: http://

Oregon.4H.oregonstate.edu.

Click on the 4-H World Citizen-

ship icon located toward the bot-

tom of the page.

DEADLINE APPROACHING

MEMBERS,

LEADERS and

PARENTS please note

that the deadline for

re-enrollment is fast

approaching- January

2, 2009. In order to be

eligible to participate in

fair forms must be

turned in on or before

the deadline –

NO EXCEPTIONS!!

Jed’s Journal


High Desert Leadership Retreat Are any of you interested in the

High Desert Leadership Retreat?

Do you know what it is? If not,

how about a little snipplett of in-

formation. For those of you not

familiar with the term snipplett

please excuse it, that is a 4-H

term! This is a getaway learning

opportunity for those of you in the

7th-12th grades. The Retreat will

take place at Eagle Crest Resort

in Central Oregon. You get to

mingle and work with other 4-

H youth from around the state.

This year the retreat will take

place January 16-19, 2009.

Here is the registration price

breakdown:

Before Dec 12 - $120

Dec. 13 - 19 - $140

Dec 20 - Jan 2 - $160

Jan. 3 - 14 - $175

Or you can send a $50 deposit

at any of those times to reserve

your place at that fixed price,

$25 non-refundable. The

Klamath County Leaders Asso-

ciation has agreed to provide

scholarships in the amount of

$75.00 to qualifying 4-Hers. To

apply for one of these scholar-

ships contact Jenny or Jed at the

Extension Office and we will get

you a hard copy or send you an

electronic copy of the form.

Ambassadors

If you are going to be a sophomore in high school by next fall, don’t delay, start the process today to be an Ambassador for our county. Right now we have two outstanding 4-H members Brittany Williams and Kendra Walker that are both Ambassadors for Klamath County and Brittany already has a state seat. Remember being an Ambas-

sador will help you in several ways, by providing you leadership learn-ing opportunities you may not get otherwise. If it is prestige that suits your fancy think of it this way, Am-bassador is the top, you are in the highest office a member can hold at the County level and have the chance at being a 4-H National Con-gress representative over time. It is

an easy process, fill out the ap-plication and then an interview with your County Agent. Just let us know, we would love to have you on board!

Urban/Rural Exchange

As many of you know we have

just completed the first half of

the exchange program with

Multnomah County for this year.

We had the pleasure of hosting

14 youth, and 4 adults from the

city and they certainly had a

good time. A huge thank you to

all of you who hosted these folks,

and let’s please continue to get

more folks involved in this pro-

gram. This is a valuable asset to

the rural part of our nation.

Next on the agenda with Urban/

Rural Exchange is the outbound

portion with our youth from

Klamath County going north to

visit the Multnomah County

folks and learn what

the city life is like. As

of today we do not have

the set dates for the

outbound exchange, Jed

is working with Mult-

nomah County Staff to

get them nailed down.

Although we don’t know

the dates just yet, if you

are 6th-8th grade and

would like to participate let

Jenny or Jed know and we

will get you the application

and start the process. Also, in

order to make it easier for all

those who would like to par-

ticipate, the earlier we have

you set up and ready to go the

better chance you all would

have to do a group fundraiser to

make going more affordable.

Along with the youth we will

need chaperones too, so if you

think you may be interested let

us know. It’s a fun trip, and

great life experience.


Hosting for Urban Rural Exchange– A Rewarding Experience

On November 6, 2008 my family

and I headed to the Extension

Office to meet our Urban Rural

Exchange students from Port-

land. We were very excited and

a little nervous never having

done this before. We knew we

were going to have two girls be-

cause we received a biography

and a personal letter from the

them in order to help prepare us

for their five day stay! As we

pulled in we saw kids running

around having snowball fights

and burning excess energy from

their long day of travel. OH

NO! Some of them were VERY

energetic! Who would we have?

Needless to say the two girls we

got were awesome. We had so

much fun. My daughter and son

have a small farm of chickens,

turkeys, pheasants, rabbits,

dairy goats, horses, dogs, a cat

and a steer. There was much to

keep the kids busy. They fed

animals, cleaned barns, shov-

eled manure, helped cut and

stack wood and much more.

They actually enjoyed this and

were very hard workers. We

also planned two trips to see

other farms. They saw a pig

farm and a dairy goat farm.

They got to experience goat milk

(which they milked) and goat

meat. It was a very exciting

time and we can’t wait to do it

again.

Submitted by Shannon Reichert

Youth Livestock Loans Its not too early to secure fund-

ing for your livestock projects

this year. In our current econ-

omy it may be difficult to find

the extra money to get started

and get your project going, but it

is certainly doable. If you’re in-

terested in jumpstarting your

project you may want to check

out what the Farm Service

Agency has to offer this year.

The FSA will be giving loans out

this year for use to purchase

livestock for your 2009 projects.

You do not repay these loans

until your animal is sold in the

Rotary Junior Livestock Auction

2009. For more information

visit the website at http://

www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/

webap-

parea=home&subject=fmlp&topi

c=dfl-yl

Lauren Meininger learns that goats

really are man’s best friend!

The chickens are eager for

Clairissa Krieger to share .

Please support your local Merrill Super Swine 4-H Club

Fresh-cut, Oregon grown Christmas trees. Choose from 6ft Noble $35, 6ft

Grand Fir $30, 6Ft Douglas Fir $25. Custom orders are an additional $5.00 a

foot

Special orders must be in to Teresa before Nov 25. Make your order today to get

your tree of choice. We are limited to 25 Noble , 25 Grand Fir, 50 Douglas

Trees will be delivered Thanksgiving weekend with 2 pick-up dates for

your convenience to come choose your tree.

Saturday Nov 28, 12:00-2:00 Skinner House 5966 Delaware Ave

Monday Dec 1, 4:00-6:00 Skinner House 5966 Delaware Ave

We will also be picking up the trees after the holidays for an additional $5.00 a

tree. Date & time to be announced for pick-up.

Remember, most of us are going to be purchasing a tree for the holidays so make

sure you support your local 4-H club!

Contact : Teresa Skinner 541-891-6966

Deena Dexter 541-798-5641

DOG MEMBER DATES

Dec. 6 Saturday– Dog 4-H visit

to the Linkville House, 2437

Kane St. at 10 a.m. There is ser-

vice incentive points for attend-

ing. This activity is for well-

behaved dogs.

Jan. 10 Saturday - “Control

Your Dog” Workshop. 10 a.m.

til noon at Pyramid Cremations

off Avalon St. Call 850-8782 if

you need directions. This work-

shop is a precursor to obedience.

It is a great idea to start here,

before the obedience. It’s

REALLY hard to teach a dog

anything if he doesn’t even care

that you are talking, so this

class will give you the tools you

need to help you get started.

On November 10 six 4-Hers

came to the Extension office to

build rockets and send them to

the sky. Before the rocket build-

ing began, the group discussed

Newton’s Laws of Motion and

built straw rockets. Those rock-

ets were powered by blowing

into the end of the straw. There

were straws flying everywhere!

Once the rockets were assem-

bled the whole group headed

over to the OSU Research Sta-

tion to shoot them off. Jed set

up the “launch pads” and hooked

up the wires. One by one the

rockets were set off into the sky

and the kids took off running to

catch their rockets as they

headed back down. Some of the

parachutes did not open, but it

was fun nonetheless. One

rocket floated down into a tree

and the group decided they were

not going to leave until the

rocket was rescued and returned

to it’s rightful owner. All in all

it was a great learning experi-

ence and we hope to do it again

next year.

Submitted by Jenny Dunham

over the holiday season.

This would be a great opportu-

nity for 4-Hers to do something

special for someone else over the

holiday season. For card guide-

lines, free card downloads and

other information go to:

http://www.redcross.org/email/

saf/

The American Red Cross is

pleased to announce that it will

sponsor a national “Holiday

Mail for Heroes” program again

this year. Last year they dis-

tributed over 600,000 cards to

our wounded service members

at hospitals around the country

and overseas. Their goal is to

reach 1,000,000 persons this

year and show appreciation for

their service and wish them well


Fundraising Opportunity

In January, the Yellowbook

Klamath County phone book

will begin its delivery in the

area. Every year, they work

with groups to do fundraisers

and help achieve their goals

through phone book delivery.

It's a great way to do fundrais-

ing for a few weeks out of the

year. It doesn't involve any

knocking on doors or selling; for

the most part, it is simply plac-

ing a book at the front door of

each home.

Between now and Christmas

break would be a great time to

notify parents or potential team

leaders, find out how much

clubs are looking to raise and

think about what timeframes

are realistic for all involved.

For more information contact

Adam Zaiger at 503-718-5800

Ext. 111 or email him at:

[email protected]

5… 4… 3… 2… 1… BLAST OFF!!!

The group proudly displays their rocket

building talents.


It’s Good To Be A Leader! Leaders’ Forum 2008

As new leaders my husband and

I are taking every opportunity to

learn all we can. So when we

heard about this forum we

signed up. I was excited but also

sad to give up one of my two

days to sleep in but I am so glad

I went. It was well worth it!!

Belonging, Mastery, Generostiy

and Independence. These four

words were the basis for what

we talked about at the 4-H

Leaders Forum. How can we as

leaders provide the youth we are

working with the opportunities

to learn Belonging, Mastery of

skills, Generosity and Independ-

ence? We started by sharing on

sticky notes how we thought

children could learn each of

those things.

Throughout the day we were

given handouts, had opportuni-

ties to share our thoughts with

other leaders, and participated

in activities that brought us

closer as a group, learned valu-

able information to help us with

our clubs and ate chocolate! .

One of the activities was de-

signed to help us understand the

Experiential Learning Model for

Youth (Explore-do activity, Re-

flect, Apply) and involved my

husband holding a broom. I (he

volunteered me after volunteer-

ing himself) and Reid a junior

leader were given the assign-

ment of keeping everyone safe.

Chuck was to balance the broom

on one hand. First he was to

only look at the hand the broom

bottom was in. He could only

balance it for a few seconds.

Next he was allowed to look at

the whole broom. He was then

able to balance for much longer.

Marilyn asked us questions to

help us reflect on the activity.

How did you feel when you were

only able to look at your hand?

Why was it hard when you were

looking at your hand? Why was

it easier when you were able to

look at the whole broom? He

said when he could look at the

whole broom he was able to see

where it was going and adjust

what he was doing to compen-

sate. We all proceeded to discuss

and apply this to 4-H. If you fo-

cus on one tiny detail you might

miss something in the bigger

picture that would help you as a

group adjust and be more suc-

cessful.

We were given suggestions on

how to run a business meeting

by watching a video that an-

other 4-H group created and got

a grant to produce. They sug-

gested roll call, door prizes, giv-

ing the youth positions and

making it possible for the youth

to run the meetings themselves.

We discussed a couple deep top-

ics such as reporting child

abuse, making sure there are

always 2 adults present at

events and what is appropriate

behavior for a 4-H leader and

does it apply even when they are

not at a 4-H sanctioned activity.

I addition we talked about

lighter topics like games to play

to make meetings not all busi-

ness! We discussed insurance,

policies on the use of the 4-H

logo and name, and the fact that

there is soon going to be a venue

for clubs to share what they are

doing via the internet.

Submitted by Drucilla Curtis

Marilyn Lesmeister, the presenter for the

Leaders’ Forum had lots interesting

activities and material for participants.

Chuck Curtis balances a broom while

his wife Drucilla and Reid , a junior

leader from Lakeview, look on.

One of the many activities that brought

leaders from Lake, Josephine and

Klamath Counties together.

Along with the change in members on the Executive Council it was also time for the new Superintendents to be selected. So here they are: Dog – Michelle Leathers Goat Division – Jim Walters Meat Goats – Jim Walters Dairy Goats – Ronica Harper Pygmy Goats – Lydia Robinson Horse Division – Dani Decker Horse Gaming – Peggy Sue Watson Horse Judging – Amy Swindler Horse Combined – Diane KeithHorse Dressage – Lydia Robinson Horse Ranch Horse – Shelly Wirth Non-Animal Division – Julie Detinger Small Animal Division- Yvette Lowery-Poultry – Dawn Lytle Rabbit – Katie Meeds Cavy – Kimberly Mauch Swine – Carol Reid Beef Division – Calvin McNary Beef Division Co-Sup – Stephanie Brown Everyone give thanks to these people up front for all of the work they do for the 4-H program all year long. They work ex-ceptionally hard around Fair time, be sure to be appreciative of all the things they do.

08-09 Superintendents


08-09 Executive Council

As we are starting into the new year there are some face changes on the Executive Council. The council is reset, re-charged, and ready to rock n’ roll for 2009. Here is the way things have ended up: President - Margaret Baker 1st Vice President - Monica Miller 2nd Vice President - Linda Hammerich Secretary - Dani Decker Treasurer - Grace Elbert Reporter/Historian - Kim Coleman At Large -Yvette Lowery Past President - Leann Meeds Youth Rep - Brittany Williams Youth Rep - MiKenzie Remstedt Welcome to all of you; let’s have a fun and productive year!

Welcome To Our New Leaders!!

We would like to welcome the following leaders who have

recently completed the New Leader Training and have

jumped right in and started working in our great organiza-

tion: Lori Burns, Michelle Epperly, Pete Vollmar,

Nancy Dumont, Chuck and Drucilla Curtis, and Susan

Galloway. Please welcome these leaders when you meet

them at the leaders’ meetings.

There is also a need for veteran leaders to be mentors to new

leaders that are starting clubs. There are a lot of details to

know about how the process works and having someone to

turn to with questions would be very beneficial to the new

people who come into the 4-H program. If you are interested

in being a mentor leader please contact Jenny.

Looking For New Leaders...

Are there any parents or community members out there that

would like to become more involved in 4-H? If you are inter-

ested in being a part of 4-H please stop by the Extension of-

fice to pick up a leader application and get the process

started. Our next new leader training will be December 17.

How wonderful it is

that nobody need

wait a single

moment before

starting to improve

the world-

Anne Frank

Mandatory Leader Meetings

This year the Executive Council

is enforcing the rule that leaders

must attend 50% of the All

Leaders’ Meetings in order to

receive their wristband for fair.

This rule was voted on and

passed by the Leaders’ Associa-

tion in 2002. Club representa-

tion is required at 50% of the

meetings which means in one

year 3 meetings must be at-

tended.

Division Superintendents must

submit attendance sheets,

within one week after the meet-

ings, to the Extension office to

show who was present at each

meeting.

Educational Resources

Please check out the educational

resources here at the Extension

office for leaders to use for club

meetings. We have educational

kits for beef, swine, sheep,

horse, dog, rabbit and poultry.

In addition to the kits we also

have some books and videos on

various subjects and for some of

the projects there is supplemen-

tal booklets.

Financial Reports Due

Just a reminder that your finan-

cial statements for the 1st quar-

ter will be due on December 31.

The Financial Report form is

available online at our Web site

in the 4-H section under the

Leader link or you can pick one

up at the Extension office.

These forms must be turned in

even if your club has no money

or bank account. The form with

a leader signature and a zero

balance is all that is required if

your club has no money. These

forms will be kept on file and

are meant to be a safety meas-

ure.

New Leader Orientation

The next New Leader Orienta-

tion will be held on December

17 at 5:30 p.m. Anyone think-

ing of becoming a 4-H leader

needs to take part in this ses-

sion. We will attempt to give

you a fair understanding of

what 4-H is and has been in the

past, where we’re headed, and

how and where to find re-

sources to support your club.

Areas we have a lot of interest

in currently are: Shooting

Sports, Adventures and Science

and Engineering. Of course we

are always looking for volun-

teers in all areas, and the ones

mentioned here have just had a

lot of inquiry in the recent

weeks. 4-H accepts new mem-

bers and leaders year round, so

if you know of anyone inter-

ested in joining the program

have them get a hold of Jed or

Jenny and we will get them

started in the process.

Club Finance Class

There will be a Club Finance

Workshop December 18 at 5:30

p.m. at the Extension office.

We strongly

encourage

all leaders

who have

not yet at-

tended a

session to

come to this one. It is benefi-

cial to you and your club.

Members are more than wel-

come to attend. This is an op-

portunity for leaders to learn

about club finances, fundrais-

ing and filling out the re-

quired financial reports in ad-

dition to learning why we fol-

low certain procedures with

club finances.

Newsletter Info

If you have something you

would like to put in the

Klamath Clover Co-Op, please

submit it to the office by Fri-

day, January 16. Please re-

member information can be

something as simple as a re-

view of an event or club func-

tion.

Re-Enrollment Deadline

January 2, 2009 is the dead-

line for members to re-enroll

so they can be eligible for fair.

Jenny will be out of the office

the last two weeks of Decem-

ber and the first part of Janu-

ary. The office will be short-

staffed during those weeks, so

it would be ideal if we could

encourage people to get their

forms in earlier so there is not

a lot of 4-H traffic during that

time. This is by no means re-

quired, but rather encouraged

to help make things a little

less hectic for the front office.

Thanks for your cooperation

in this matter!

ATTENTION LEADERS...


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