North Dakota Winter Show Crop Show
The 2009 Crop Show will be again held during
the Winter Show. Entries are due at the winter show by Monday morning,
March 2. Sample sizes are two quarts for most small grains and one quart
for small seeds such as flax, alfalfa, grasses, canola, millet, etc. The
North Dakota State Crop Show is part of the winter show activities. The
NDWS provides a $10 premium for each lot champion in the 4-H division in
addition to the $3 paid for a blue ribbon sample.
Top blue ribbon exhibits are automatically entered
into the Championship division where they compete for additional
premiums. Grain entered must be grown in North Dakota, but does not need
to be grown by the 4-H member entering the sample. Samples become the
property of the NDWS.
Also see
NDSW website
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North Dakota Winter Show
Scholarship
4-H members are invited to apply for scholarships from
the North Dakota Winter Show. To be eligible, an applicant must be a
resident of North Dakota, a senior in high school, meet criteria of
academic standing, have enrollment plans at a college/university in
North Dakota and demonstrate leadership character and citizenship. Each
year the NDWS Foundation will award up to two scholarships in the amount
of $250 each.
Application deadline is February 15 of each year.
Please read the guidelines completely before completing your
application. Any applications not properly completed will not be
considered. All forms may be downloaded and saved to your computer
either in Word or PDF format. The Application and High School
Verification Form may be completed after you have saved to your
computer. However, you must print out each form and must have original
signatures. Applications are available on the
NDSW website
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North Dakota Earth Day
Patch Contest
The state Game and Fish Department annual Earth Day
awareness campaign is accepting entries for design of a 2009 Earth Day
patch. North Dakota students ages 6-18 are eligible to participate. The
deadline to submit entries is March 15.
The Game and Fish Department will award a $75 savings
bond to the winner in three age categories 6-9, 10-13, and 14-18. The
final patch design will be chosen from the three winners.
The winning design will be used on a patch given to
members of Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, 4-H clubs and any school clubs that
participate in Earth Day cleanup projects on state-owned or managed
lands in North Dakota in April and May.
The patch should incorporate some aspect of Earth Day
- celebrated April 22 - or keeping North Dakota clean. It must be round
and three inches in diameter. There is a limit of five colors on the
patch, and lettering must be printed. Name, address, age and phone
number of the contestant must be clearly printed on the back of the
entry design. Only one entry per person is allowed.
Entries should be mailed to Bill Jensen, North Dakota
Game and Fish Department, 100 N. Bismarck Expressway, Bismarck, ND
58501. For information, contact Mr. Jensen at 328-6637; or
email or see
North
Dakota Game & Fish Department.
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Globe at Night
2009
Globe at Night 2009 event will take place March 16-28,
2009. What is this event?
Youth and families are encouraged to participate in a
global campaign to observe and record the magnitude of visible stars as
a means on measuring light pollution in a given location. Check out the
Globe at Night web site for
lessons, instructions and more information.
4-H and Nickelodeon Partner to Launch New Game
National 4-H Council has partnered with Nickelodeon's "Big Green
Help" to create a brand-new, interactive online game-- "Flip N'
Flow"--featuring the network's animated boy-genius Jimmy Neutron. The
game is in support of 4 H's Science, Engineering and Technology
communication campaign to spark youth interest in science and prepare
one million new young people for America's technology workforce.
Nickelodeon's "The Big Green Help" is a kid-led
movement that provides information and tools to help explain climate
change to young people, and connects them to energy-saving and
earth-friendly activities in their everyday lives.
The "Flip N' Flow" game is available online at
4-H.org. Youth can play the game and access materials to
share with friends. Check out this fun activity which gives youth and
mentors the opportunity to learn about water conservation and challenges
them think about steps they can take to participate in going green!
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Council
Meeting
Tentative Dates for 4-H Council meeting:
April 24, May 1, or May 8. Please let us know at the
Stark-Billings County Extension Office
which day would work the best or if there is a day that wont work at
all!
Also see
4-H Council Meeting
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Consumer Choices
Every day we make choices. It might be what to eat,
what to wear or what to buy. 4-H Consumer Choices teaches 4-H youth how
to make decisions based on information learned and studied and on
research done. 4-H Consumer Choices teaches youth to defend their
consumer decisions.
4-H Consumer Choices events help 4-H youth practice
decision-making skills by matching their knowledge, skills and abilities
against those of others. Youth learn to rank items over others based on
standards and quality for these items.
Practices will start later this spring. You must
attend one workout to be considered a member for the Stark-Billings
County Preteen or Teen Team. These Preteen and Teen members will
participate in the state contest at the North Dakota State Fair.
Classes for 2009 are Beginners Bread, Pets, and
T-shirts Junior and Senior Credit/Debit Cards, Pizza and Sunscreen.
If you would like to participate in this 4-H learning
experience please contact
Sharon.
Also see Consumer Choices Judging
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Bake & Take Day
Bake and Take Day, a National Day of Friendship is
March 28 this year. Bake and Take Day is a special opportunity for you
to give gifts of freshly baked wheat foods to family, friends,
co-workers, neighbors, the elderly and shut ins. It may be fun to plan
to do this as a group activity with one of your favorite organizations.
This special occasion brings joy to both you and the recipient with a
visit usually being on the most enjoyable aspects.
For Bake & Take Day recipes visit the
North
Dakota Wheat Commission website. Mark March 28 on your calendar and
plan to participate.
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Communication
Arts
Start thinking about what you will do for
Communication Arts. The county contest will be in May. Dates to be
announced soon!
Also see Communication Arts
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State Bill #2009 Needs Your Help
The North Dakota State Fair is asking for your help to
encourage local legislators to approve the Governors budget. Governor
Hoven has included full funding of a new grandstand as well as an
increase in premiums (prize money awarded to exhibits including 4-H and
FFA). Senate Bill #2009 is the actual legislation containing the
State Fair request for funding.
The best way for students to learn about the legislative process is to
be involved with the process. The State Fair is asking 4-H Club members
to write a letter or email their State Legislators in support of SB 2009
as a 4-H project.
See
How to Contact Legislative Entities. Contacts can be found . Members
can write their legislators asking for their support of SB 2009 and full
funding of the Grandstand as well as an increase in their premium money.
They can also choose to write about one of the following topics
What projects they exhibited at the Fair
What they like best about the State Fair
What ribbons and awards they have won
What is their favorite memory of the fair
How many years has their family attended the fair
These letters can be brief and the same letter can be
sent to several legislators. 4-Hers can track the progress of SB 2009 as
it moves from the Senate to the House by checking the
State of North Dakota website.
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Thank You
Basket Ideas
4-H clubs are encouraged to be a part of the 4-H Thank
You Basket Project. Baskets will be distributed following the
council meeting to businesses, individuals,
and organizations that have been generous to the Stark-Billings County
4-H club program. See Thank You Baskets for
ideas!
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North
Dakota 4-H Hall of Fame
The application deadline for nominations to the ND 4-H
Hall of Fame is March 1, 2009. This is a great way to honor individuals,
or couples, that have helped make ND 4-H the strong and important
program it has been for over 100 years.
See the
nomination form. We encourage you to honor someone you feel has been
and continues to be important to 4-H in our state.
Those selected will be inducted into the Hall of Fame during the banquet
in June as part of Extension Youth Conference.
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4-H Range Judging
Team Wins State Contest
The Stark-Billings county 4-H Range Judging Team won
the North Dakota State Range Judging Contest this past September and
were name state champions. The team consisted of Erica Odermann,
Belfield; Nicole Richardson, Hebron; Danelle Hoff, Richardton; and
Jennifer Hauser, Hebron.
The Stark-Billings County 4-H Range Judging team will
represent North Dakota at the National Land & Range Judging Contest held
in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The national contest is scheduled for May
5-7, 2009.
The objective of range judging is to teach
participants some of the principles of ecology including soil/plant
relationship, plant/animal relationships and plant succession as applied
to management of the land resource.
In preparation of the National contest, the teams will
hold a silent auction to help raise funds for the trip. The silent
auction will be held in conjunction with Soups On 2009 in Hebron on
March 14, 2009. The silent auction will run from 5 to 7:30 p. m. central
time at the Hebron High School.
We are asking for silent auction items to help support
this group to Oklahoma City. If you or your club would like to donate an
item, please contact the Stark-Billings
County Extension Office. Items will be accepted until 5 pm on March
12.
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For more information contact:
Kurt
Froelich, Extension Agent/Stark-Billings County
(701) 456-7665
