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4-H Newsflash Aurora, Buffalo, Jerauld & Sanborn Counties

October 2016

Aurora County Extension Office

PO Box 397

Plankinton, SD 57368

(605)942-7754

aurora.county@sdstate.edu

Jerauld County Extension Office

PO Box 366

Wessington Springs, SD 57382

(605)539-9471

jerauld.county@sdstate.edu

Sanborn County Extension Office

PO Box 397

Woonsocket, SD 57385

(605)796-4380

sanborn.county@sdstate.edu

4-H Week Ideas AKSARBEN

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4-H Promotion SDJPS upcoming shows

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Sanborn News Event Calendar

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Aurora News Jerauld-Buffalo News

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Inside this issue:

The history of 4-H is one of the most significant and far-reaching stories in America:

a story of youth education, community pride and responsibility, personal leadership,

and volunteerism. Truly unique - born at the grassroots level and involving special

public-private partnerships at the local, state and national levels - it represents the

very essence of America's growth.

Over a century since it began, 4-H continues to thrive and expand today as one of

America's foremost youth development initiatives. 4-H continues to evolve to help

support the needs of our youth today. While 4-H may not look exactly like it did 20

years ago or even 5 years ago, the original concepts and philosophies remain the

same.

This last week I attended the annual SDSU Extension conference in Brookings, SD. It

is always a great opportunity to network with my fellow colleagues and bring back

new ideas that can be put into practice here in our four county area. At the end of our

conference I was able to attend the inauguration of the 20th President of SDSU, Dr.

Barry Dunn. This week marks my 5th year with SDSU Extension and what a ride it as

been. President Dunn’s inaugural speech challenged us all to use our imaginations.

Even as my college professor back in 2002, Dr. Dunn pushed us to answer questions,

and think outside the box. Our vision of what 4-H looks like twenty years from now is

important. 4-H is growing in our area and you the leaders, parents, volunteers and

supporters are the drivers of that success. But we can’t rest on that happy thought, we

have to continue to strive to make the best better, use our imaginations to conceive

the vision for the future of 4-H.

Programmatically the four areas of focus for SD 4-H are Ag-Vocacy, Leadership,

STEM, and Healthy Living. I think you will find that most everything we do fits into

one of these focus areas. My challenge to you as we begin the new 4-H year is to ask

yourself these three questions when directing a 4-H activity, program or event: 1.

Where is the educational value? 2. What can I do to increase the educational value? 3.

How do I make this an engaging and empowering experience?

I look forward to seeing you this fall as we embark into the new year. There is some

exciting things on the agenda and look forward to establishing our goals once again

and accomplishing what we put our minds too!

Audra Scheel

SDSU Extension 4-H Youth

Program Advisor

audra.scheel@sdstate.edu

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How will you promote National 4-H Week Oct. 4-10

Events and Activities: Have contests for T-Shirts, poster, bumperstickers, 4-H displays, PSA’s, essays, and feature stories. Use them!

Have a milk shake marathon or a taste-of-our-parish event.

Have a 4-H Family Fun Night.

Have a 4-H Carnival.

Have a 4-H Family Hayride.

Organize a 4-H Week committee for next year’s events!

Let 4-H’ers know that 4-H is big. It’s fun! It’s different! Include some of these meetings ideas to add some sparkle.

Club Meetings: Have an enrollment party at each meeting.

Have a reception for the principal and teachers.

Give a clover sticker to everyone you find smiling.

Distribute something 4-H’y for every bulletin board.

Distribute a list of celebrity 4-H alumni. Scramble the names or have them fill-in-the-blanks.

Invite teen 4-H’ers and 4-H alumni to explain 4-H.

Give door prizes (4-H pencils, T-Shirts, etc.) by drawing completed enrollment cards.

Take a jar of green jelly beans to each meeting. Let members guess how many jelly beans are in the jar. Let the number equal the

number of 4-H’ers in your county or state last year. Explain that it would take a certain number of jars to hold that many jelly beans.

Remember the people who make 4-H a success in your county.

Encourage your clubs to turn National 4-H Week into a memorable event. Use these ideas to trigger their creativity. Advertise a wear-green day. Distribute green and white mints to everyone who wears green that day; or distribute tickets to a fun 4-H event.

Last Minute Ideas: Take a potted plant to key supporters. Stick a paper 4-H clover on a florist stem in the pot.

Distribute books or packs of lifesavers with a note, You’ve been one of us this year! Thank you.

Distribute One Million Dollar candy bars with a note, You’re worth more than this. Thanks for being a friend to 4-H.

Add a 4-H Week message to every e-mail and written correspondence during the week.

Honor an adult volunteer, teen leader, or donor.

Make cookies for the school custodians, secretaries, cafeteria staff, and bus drivers.

Decorate a bulletin board.

Take a donor to lunch each day during 4-H Week. Recruit volunteers and co-workers to do the same. If possible, let 4-H’ers take a

donor or volunteer to lunch, even if it’s in the school cafeteria.

Send sticks or packs of gum with notes attached, Thank for sticking with 4-H!

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Country Kids 4-H Club The Country Kids 4-H Club completed their Adopt-A-Highway

community service project, October 2, 2016 in celebration of Na-

tional 4-H Week. National 4-H Week is October 2 - 8, 2016 with

the theme “4-H Grown”. In 4-H, youth find their true passions,

gain confidence and give back to their community. 4-H offers

young people great things! These incredible 4-H youth work to

make a positive impact on the community. Back row: Josie

McCord, Sidney McCord, Shyla Tobin, Cortney Olinger, Kylee

Guindon, Carson Olinger, Colton Tobin; front row: Liliana Gisla-

son, Harlee Guindon, Layce Bruns, Rylee McCord, Alli McCord,

Gavon Tobin, Royce Bruns, Trayton Moore.

The AKSARBEN Stock Show is the nation’s largest 4-H stock show,

drawing 1,200 exhibitors and their animals from a 10-state region to

Omaha. Another 700 youth attend annually to participate in National

Livestock Judging and 4-H Quiz Bowl competitions. The AKSARBEN

Stock Show culminates Sunday with the AKSARBEN Purple Ribbon

Auction, which raises more than $250,000 annually to fund

AKSARBEN 4-H Scholarships, premiums and awards. Talli’s first time

exhibiting at AKSARBEN; she took 5th overall in beef showmanship

and stood 4th in her class with her red Maine-Anjou steer. Great Job

Talli! Harlee Heim exhibited her market lambs and received a 3rd, 4th,

and 15th placings. Way to go Harlee! Lane Olinger also attended

AKSARBEN with two hogs. They placed 7th and 19th in class. Excel-

lent work Lane!

Local Youth Attend AKSARBEN

Check out the website for entry forms!

Oct. 29, 2016 ~ Springs Showdown - Wessington Springs SD

Oct. 30, 2016 ~ Hand Co. Calf Show - Miller SD

Nov. 12, 2016 ~ Tripp Co. Calf Show– Winner SD

South Dakota Jr. Point Show Listings

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SANBORN

State 4-H Horse Show Honors

Mason Moody

Junior Breakaway Roping Grand Champion

State 4-H Rodeo

Mason Moody

3rd in average—Jr. Boys Cattle Riding

Tater Moody

1st in average—Jr. Boys Flag Race

Cayden Slykhuis

4th in average—Jr. Boys Breakaway

A BIG THANK YOU goes out

to all the 4-Hers, leaders, parents

and volunteers who helped

during the State Fair and

Achievement Days.

Your support was incredible and

very much appreciated!

Attention 4-H Graduates!

If you are graduating from 4-H this year, we

would like to have your senior picture for

our 4-H Recognition Event. Please bring or

send your picture to the Sanborn County

Extension Office by October 15th. Thanks!

Saturday, November 12th

4-H Building in Forestburg

6 p.m. ~ potluck supper

Please bring 2 dozen cookies

for sponsor plates.

State Fair

Congratulations to all of our State Fair Exhibitors on

your accomplishments! Special recognition to these

individuals:

Emily Ohlrogge ~ Judges Choice on her Photography

Sutton Senska ~ Reserve Champion Miniature Heifer

Poultry Showmanship:

Xavier Baysinger - 5th place Junior,

Bailey Feistner – 4th place Junior

Horticulture Skill-a-thon Junior Team placed 7th:

Dilyn Brooks, Taylor Lindsey, Emily Ohlrogge

Beef Herdsmanship ~ 2nd place

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October

Oct. 1-7 National 4-H Week

Oct. 3 Record Books are Due!

Oct. 5-8 Western Jr. Livestock Show

Oct. 29 Springs Showdown Calf Show plus Livestock Judging Contest & Skillathon

Oct. 30 Miller Calf Show plus Livestock Judging Contest

November

Nov. 11 Aurora Recognition Event @ 6:30pm in Plankinton

Nov. 12 Sanborn Recognition Event @ 2pm in Forestburg

Nov. 20 Jerauld-Buffalo Recognition Event @ 2pm in Wess. Springs

January

Jan. 4 Aurora Co. Leaders Meeting @ 7pm at courthouse

Building Our SD Rural Communities Grant

Applications due by Oct. 31, 2016. The BOSDRC program is a competitive grant program available for 4-H,

FFA, and FCCLA clubs. The maximum amount of the BASIC grant is $750. Applicants may request a waiver

from the $750 limit if there was a disaster; maximum of $2000 grant for disaster related projects.

http://sdda.sd.gov/ag-development/financial-assistance-programs/building-our-south-dakota-rural-

communities-bosdrc-grants/

2016 State Fair Pictures Pictures from the SD State Fair can be found at https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdsuigrow/collections/72157670707872213/

Or the link can be found at www.igrow.org

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Aurora

See attached for club news news

RECOGNITION EVENT

Friday, November 11, 2016 6:30 pm

Ag Building, Plankinton Each family should bring a Main Dish and Side Dish

Leaders will provide dessert. Bingo will be played after the awards ceremony

Award Choice Letters will be mailed or emailed

soon. Please respond promptly so the Award Commit-

tee can get awards ordered.

Clubs and Leaders in Aurora County Aurora Country Siders: Jill Harris and Tara Bush Bits & Bridles: Barb Becker and Tammie Munsen Country Kids: Cristy Olinger and Stephanie McCord Prairie Pups: Suzie Letcher Stickney Eagles: Cheryl Dethlefsen and Randy Olivier Storla Stockers: Elaine Schabot, Clint & Becky Moore Aurora County 4-H Leader Officers Chairman, Todd Clark Vice Chairman, Randy Olivier Secretary, Cheryl Dethlefsen Treasurer, Clint Moore The next Leader/Parent meeting will be January 4, 2017 at 7 pm at the Courthouse. All 4-H Parents are invited to attend these meetings.

Aurora County 4-H Members: Welcome to the 2016-17 Aurora County 4-H Year! Your re-enrollments can be done on-line at http://sd.4honline.com. Remember to use the same email and password. If you have forgotten your password, click on “I forgot my password” and create a new one. Let’s make it a county goal to get all the enrollments done by December 31. Remember to update any health information, t-shirt size, contact information, project list, etc.

SD State Fair Highlights

Congrats to all youth who took their project onto state fair.

Ashley Moore ~ Champion & Reserve Cheviot Ewe &

Reserve Cheviot Ram

94 Purple ribbon static exhibits!

CDM Beg. Team — 8th place (Rylan, Clara, Kirstie & Gavon)

CDM Jr. Team 2— 2nd place (Shyla, Angela & Chloe)

CDM Sr. Team— 9th place (Logan, Kassidy, Kaylee & Keah)

Horticulture Skillathon Team Beg. — 8th place (Kirstie, Clara, Gavon & Rylan)

Horticulture Skillathon Team Jr.— 10th place (Cortney, Gabby, Shyla, & Chloe)

Horticulture Skillathon Team Sr.—8th place (Logan, Ashley & Keah)

4 purple ribbons in Special Foods for Megan, Hannah, Josie & Rylee

2 purple ribbons in Public Presentations for Sidney & Angela

2016 Award Choices for Aurora Co. recipients:

1. Trophy

2. Gift Card

3. 4-H T-Shirt

4. Annual plaque ( includes your name and a

list of all awards received for the 4-H

year).

Recipients will be receiving a letter in the mail.

Please respond to the Extension office with

choices by Oct. 21. Awards will be handed out

Nov. 11 @ Recognition Event.

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Jerauld—Buffalo Jerauld—Buffalo

Jerauld/Buffalo County

4-H Recognition Event

Sunday, November 20th

2:00pm

Jerauld County Ag Building

The Jerauld/Buffalo 4-H Leaders Association will

provide snacks and drink

The Buffalo Hills 4-H Club will

be hosting a Trunk or Treat on

October 31st from 5:30 - 7:00pm

behind the Ag Building in WS

Note: This is not a Jerauld/Buffalo County 4-H Com-

munity Service Project

The Jerauld/Buffalo County 4-H will be hosting a Com-

munity Halloween Carnival on October 31st at the Ag

Building. This is a 4-H Community Service Project. The

Prairie Hills Club is sponsoring the carnival but this is

for ALL Jerauld/Buffalo youth to participate in. Below

are the details.

Sunday, October 30th:

Prairie Hills Club Meeting - 3:00pm

Set up for Carnival - 4:00pm

Helpers from all clubs

Monday, October 31st:

Carnival runs from 5 - 6pm.

Helpers from all clubs may help

New 4-H Year Begins

The new 4-H year began on October 1st.

All members from last year are now listed

in 4hOnline as “inactive”. You must re-

enroll for the 2016-2017 year to become

“active” again. Please log on to your 4-H

Online account and do your re-enrollment

ASAP.

Award Requirements

With the new 4-H year starting we wanted to

make sure everyone is aware of the require-

ments each year for youth to receive their end

of the year awards at Recognition Event.

Youth must participate in at least ONE Je-

rauld/Buffalo County 4-H Community Service

project

Youth must give a Public Presentation (can be

done at ANY 4-H Event)

Youth must do Judging (except those who

just participate in shooting sports, they must

pass safety test)

Youth must attend at least ONE club meeting

for each club they belong to

Youth must turn in a Record Book by October

1st with required pages

Shooting Sports youth must also attend at least

7 shooting events including one Postal

Halloween Carnival

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Youth Development through

the power of 4-H!

4-H Newsflash

South Dakota State University, South Dakota counties, and USDA cooperating. South Dakota State University adheres to AA/EEO guidelines in offer-ing educational programs and services.

Sanborn Co. Extension PO Box 397 – 604 W. 6th St.

Woonsocket, SD 57385

Phone: 605-796-4380

Email:

audra.scheel@sdstate.edu

sanborn.county@sdstate.edu

Much 4-H information is available on the South Dakota 4-H

iGrow Website. Forms, documents and registration information

can be found there. The address is

http://igrow.org/4h/south-dakota-4h. Also check out the new

State 4-H Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/SDState4H.

All your dreams can come

true if you have the courage

to pursue them. - Walt Disney