News from Sheila . . .

Greetings 4-H Families and Friends,

WELCOME BACK!!

It is hard to believe that the New 4-H Year is already here, especially since we didn't have much of a HOT summer, personally I would take this weather over the hot stuff anytime! Oh well onto the new year!!

Your 4-H Leader has met with me and we have discussed the changes within the 4-H program. This year we have a $20.00 membership/program fee per member. Each family will not pay more than $40.00. Please check with your 4-H leader for more details. If you have any questions about this fee PLEASE call our office and speak with Steve or I about this.

As always I ask that YOU read this and all newsletters. LOTS of deadline sensitive information is in each newsletter and we wouldn't want you to miss a thing!!

HAVE A GREAT 4-H YEAR!!

Sincerely,

Sheila Thomas

Community Worker 4-H & Youth

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The 4-H Federation year will kick-off on Sunday, September 27th at 4:00pm at the 4-H Fairgrounds. We will have Ag Olympics, Tug of War, and games!! Hotdogs, smores and campfire fun. Please RSVP with the number of family members that will be attending. Please be thinking about being a 4-H Federation Officer. Elections will be held at the October 25th meeting at the Extension Office at 6:30pm. If you have any questions please call our office.

Possession Dates for Livestock

You must be enrolled in project area before possession date or weigh-in, which ever comes first.

*These dates apply for LaSalle County 4-H

& LaSalle County Junior Fair participants.

Beef Senior Yearling January 1

Heifer June 1

Market Steer February 1

Dairy Cow January 1

Dairy Calf June 1

Dairy Yearling June 1

Market Lamb May 1

Purebred/Grade Sheep June 1

Swine May 1

Goat Milking does January 1

Goat-kids/yearling June 1

Meat Goats May 15

Horse Lease May 1

Horse Ownership May 1

Rabbits June 1

Dog Lease Form June 1

Please note HORSE lease and ownership papers MUST be on file with the photos, face and sides, by May 1.

Each 4-H member must take the Ethics on the internet prior to showing livestock at the LaSalle County 4-H Fair. The areas for the ethics are Beef, Goats, Swine, Dairy, Horse, Poultry and Sheep. This web site opens Feb. 1^st .

The new web site is:

http://qaec.extension.uiuc.edu/

State 4-H Policy

A youth who enrolls in a 4-H club/group, but fails to complete Ethics Training, attend any meetings, tours, workshops, or other activities sponsored by the club/group can not be viewed as a 4-H participant/member. Therefore, the youth is not eligible to take part in 4-H exhibitions, receive 4-H premiums or other 4-H awards and recognitions.

Illinois State Fair Results

Junior Livestock Show

Congratulations to the Illinois State Fair Livestock Exhibitors!!

Beef:

Jared Allen, MAK

Ben Kiner, MAK

Heather Kiner, MAK

Lauren Gerdovich, CBK

Brandon Pezanoski, WEST

Austin Walter, HH

Goats:

Ellen Wiley, FRW

Horse:

Lauren Morse, HH

Kailey Schomas, Pace

Poultry:

Austin Walter, HH

Sheep:

Ben Temple, HDK

Bryan Temple, HDK

Swine:

Justin Cave, Pace

Donnie Miller, CBK

Dustin Miller, CBK

Seth Schiffbauer, CBK

Amanda Payne, BI

Jake Slechta, BI

Trevor Jackson,

Cal Mason, HDK

Anna Spinazola, FRW

For a complete judging listing please go to www.illinoisstatefair.info

Illinois State Fair Dates:

Junior Horse Show July 27-August 1, 2010

Illinois State Fair August 13-22, 2010

2010 LaSalle County 4-H and Jr. Fair Dates

Our LaSalle County 4-H and Jr. Fair Dates will be July 14th thru 18th. 2010. Please mark your calendars now!

Style Revue 2010

The Annual 4-H Style Revue will be held at the Harding Community Center on Sunday, July 11, at 2:00pm. We plan to have the garments/projects judged prior to the style revue this year. If you would like to help with this please contact Sheila-815-433-0707

Clothing-Sewing and Textiles

We are currently looking for help with our Clothing and Textiles area. If you have an interest in Sewing please contact Sheila at the Extension Office. The Clothing Committee helps youth with their projects, plans the County 4-H fair Style Revue and displays the Clothing Projects at the 4-H Fair. If you are interested in helping on the committee please call 815-433-0707.

Sew Cool In School-Butterick & McCall's Patterns

Butterick and McCalls's pattern companies are offering specially priced patterns for your sewing projects. You can log into their website at www.sewcoolinschool.com

And then use the code #202033 and check out the patterns and notions available.

Please let us know if you have moved or have changed your phone number, we have received several newsletters back due to change of

address. There are times that we need to contact youth and a correct phone number is necessary. Thank you!

4-H COOKBOOKS

We have a few 4-H cookbooks available for sale. These cookbooks were compiled by the State 4-H office and offer years of 4-H cooking from old manuals and a few of the recently discontinued manuals. If you would like to purchase one of these books please call our office.

The cookbooks are $15.00 each.

Scott Stokes Horse Clinic

October 9-11, 2009

Princeton, IL.

Scott Stokes will provide a three day hands-on Horsemanship Clinic at The Barn in Princeton, IL, October 9-11. This clinic offers the rider and opportunity to bring their horse for training. There is a fee for this three day clinic with your horse or there is also an option to watch the program for $15.00 per day. For more information please call

Laurie Bonucci at 815-875-9169.

LCP Awards

This is an award for Juniors and Seniors and freshman in college and is sponsored by Illinois Farm Bureau. The purpose of this award is to reward members outstanding leadership, citizenship, cooperation and professionalism during the past 4-H year. Applications are available at the

Extension Office.

Illinois 4-H Shooting Sports Program

The LaSalle County 4-H Shooting Sports program will kick-off this spring!

We are looking for adults interested in becoming trainers for this great opportunity. The training will be October 23, 24, & 25, 2009 at 4-H Camp in Monticello. The cost for the training is $100.00. If you are interested please call Sheila for a registration form. We currently have 19 youth looking forward to participating in this program!!

Make a Difference Day, October 24th

"Make a Difference Day" is Saturday, October 24, 2009 and is the most encompassing national day of helping others-a celebrating of neighbors helping neighbors. Everyone can participate. It is an annual event, sponsored by USA Weekend, Points of Light Foundation and the Paul Newman Foundation and is now in its 18th year, the nation's largest single day of volunteering.

This is a great day to plan to do some community service with your club or on your own. There are monetary awards for the top ten best projects around the country. If you are interested in applying for the awards please visit their website at www.makeadifferenceday.com

Remember, helping a neighbor will "Make a Difference". Good Luck! Have Fun!

Illinois 4-H Website New & Improved

Please take the time to take a look at the new and improved Illinois 4-H website http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/state4h/

There are many new sections for members, parents, volunteers, teachers, cloverbuds, 4-H Military and after-school.

The Annual 4-H Christmas Workshop will be December 12 at the Extension Office. We are currently looking for volunteers and ideas on crafts and fun activities for all

4-H ages, Cloverbud and up. If you would like to help, please call Sheila at the Extension Office, 815-433-0707.

Club Notes

Reminder to Clubs, once your Club chooses a reporter, please remind them to send in the Club notes from the meeting for addition to the newsletter.

Spotlight on a 4-H Member

Don't be bashful! Fill out the Spotlight on a 4-H member for inclusion in the 4-H Newsletter. We would love to have a picture of the member included too. We will include as many as we can in each newsletter. If you have any questions please let me know!