Cooperative Extension Service Tanana District Office P.O. Box 758155 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-8155 907-474-2420

Tanana District 4-H News

Published by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture. The University of Alaska Fairbanks is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and educational institution.

March 2017

Editor: Marla Lowder, 4-H & Youth Development Agent, mklowder@alaska.eduLayout & Design: Ronda L. Boswell, 4-H Administrative Assistant, rlboswell@alaska.edu

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••••••••••• What’s Inside •••••••••••2 ����������� Apply for a Senior Scholarship2 ����������� Time to Plan Summer Camps2 ����������� Enrollment Quandaries? We’ve Got Answers!3 ����������� Public Presentation/Demonstration Day3 ����������� Jump Into Spring3 ����������� Market Livestock Participant/Parent Meetings3 ����������� Western Regional Leaders’ Forum3 ����������� State Horse Contest4 ����������� Small Animal Clinic Set4 ����������� Junior Master Gardener 4-H Club — Seeking Members

Marla’s Roundup It’s hard to believe it has been a year since we hosted the Western Regional Leaders’ Forum. A few of us will be traveling to Canada to participate. We are excited as this is the first time Canada has hosted it and we will be there to lend a hand.

March is a crazy month for me as I will have just gotten back from Youth In Governance, which was later this year than normal. Then there is WRLF in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and the State Horse Contest, which is two weeks early this year. It is a little crazy but we will make it. Life keeps us moving and the sun is coming back and it will get warmer — can’t wait for summer and camps! Please be on the lookout for camp information in the next few newsletters. There will also be plenty of things to happen pertaining to certain projects so don’t miss out. Oh, and remember that Jan Hanscom is starting her gardening club back up. See inside for more information. Each month proves to be a wonderful, fun-filled, busy month. Let’s work together and make our program the best it can be. We are all a team/family and we all care about 4-H and its youth.

•••••• April ••••••1 ����������� Small Animal Clinic3 ����������� Teen Club meeting, 6 p.m.4 ����������� Livestock Council meeting,

6:30 p.m.8 ����������� Horse Council meeting, 10 a.m.11 �������� Leaders Council meeting,

6:30 p.m.13 �������� Junior Master Gardener 4-H

Club meeting, 6 p.m.17 �������� Teen Club event, 6 p.m.25 �������� Market Livestock Partici-

pant/Parent meeting, 7 p.m.

•••••• March ••••••Through March 3���Youth In Gover-

nance, Juneau4 ����������� Public Presentation/Demon-

stration Day, 9 a.m.6 ����������� Teen Club meeting, 6 p.m.7 ����������� Livestock Council meeting,

6:30 p.m.11 �������� Market Livestock Partici-

pant/Parent meeting, 1 p.m.11 �������� Horse Council meeting, 10 a.m.13-17���Jump Into Spring14 �������� Leaders Council meeting,

6:30 p.m.16-18���Western Regional Leaders’

Forum, Alberta, Canada17 �������� Spring Break Day, TD 4-H

office closed. (Wear green!)20 �������� Teen Club event, 6 p.m.31-April 1���State Horse Contest,

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March 2017 Tanana District 4-H News

GO TO:ak.4honline.com

WATCH FOR:Online credit card payment option.

NEED HELP?Call us at 474-1530 or stop in the office.

HEY, MEMBERS!IT’S TIME!

The new 4-H year began Oct. 1, so that means it’s time to hop online and re-enroll and pay your dues.

Please get yourself enrolled if you have not. You are not eligible to participate in 4-H and you are not covered by insurance until your enrollment is complete. There are quite a few of you who have started but not finished, so you are showing up as incomplete on 4honline.com. Please take care of this. If you have questions, please call the office at 474-1530 for help and DO NOT start a new record if you are RE-enrolling.

ENROLLMENT QUANDARIES? WE’VE GOT ANSWERS!

Senior ScholarshipNew Due Date is March 15

Hey, seniors! Don’t forget to apply for the Tanana District 4-H Leaders Council scholarship! It’s worth up to $500 and the application is available on the district

web page. I hope we get lots of applicants this year. Please take note that the deadline for applying is earlier this year — March 15. If you need more information, contact Marla or Ronda at the Extension office. The UA scholarships are no longer available due to budget cuts.

Camp Planning: Theme and Classes Due March 17 Via Email

This will be a little different this year as everyone’s schedules are crazy for March. Here is what I would like by March 17: Anyone who is interested can submit a theme and four classes that would go with it to me at mklowder@alaska.edu. I will then work with other camp adults to make the final decision. I have to submit camp information to the newspaper by March 30 or I would have to wait until April. It is always exciting to see what the kids come up with ... and now anyone can submit!

DUE DATES ‘N DEADLINES!

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State Horse Contest March 31-April 1

The State Horse Contest dates are set for March 31 and April 1, 2017, in Fairbanks! So mark your calendars now and plan to attend. Registration is open and due March 16.

Public Presentation/Demonstration DayMarch 4

Watch this spot in the April newsletter to see how your fellow 4-H’ers did in the Public Presentation/Demonstration Day event! Good luck to all our youth — you all are winners!

2017 Western Regional Leaders’ Forum March 16-18 — Edmonton, Alberta

The 2017 Western Regional Leaders’ Forum takes place this month in Canada! This will be the first time WRLF will be held outside the United States. From across Canada and the western United States, adult 4-H leaders, volunteers and staff, along with 4-H teen members (15+ years of age) will gather at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton March 16-18 to participate in a conference highlighting community, opportunity and friendship. 4-H Alberta will also be using the WRLF weekend to help

celebrate its centennial anniversary! Visit www.cvent.com/d/fvq2w7 for more information. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/WRLF2017. Follow us at #WRLF2017. Conference contact is Alesha Hill, 4-H volunteer development specialist, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry. She can be reached at 780-644-8550.

Jump Into SpringMarch 13-17

If you are a leader and would like to teach a class during spring break week, please call 474-2427 with details or email them to Marla at mklowder@alaska.edu so we can put a schedule out and get it advertised.

How to Train Your HumanBy Rover

Market Livestock Participant/Parent Meetings March 11 or April 25

Due to heavy snowfall and poor road conditions, the Feb. 25 meeting was postponed to Saturday, March 11, at 1 p.m. at the Extension office, 724 27th Ave., Suite 2. If you are unable to attend this first Market Livestock Participant/Parent Meeting, another meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 25, at 7 p.m..

No Leader Training for March Due to Youth In Governance, the State Horse Contest and WRLF in Canada, there will be no training for March. We will resume with a topic for leaders in April.

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March 2017 Tanana District 4-H News

Junior Master Gardener 4-H ClubInformational Meeting and Sign Up

April 13 — 6:30 p.m.

UAF Georgeson Botanical GardenHorticluture Building

Small Animal Clinic — April 1(No Foolin’!)

Watch this spot for information on the small animal clinic, which was rescheduled from Feb. 25 to April 1 due to heavy snowfall and poor road conditions. Your April newsletter will have all the details!

UPCOMING SPRING HIGHLIGHTS

Be sure to “LIKE” Tanana District 4-H and Alaska 4-H on Facebook. You’ll find some AWESOME information on these pages!

HEY, 4-H’ERS!

All leaders are invited to the Lead-ers Council meetings held the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in Room 154 at the UAF University Park Building.

LEADERS COUNCIL MONTHLY

MEETINGS!

Hope to see you there!

This club will meet once a week through-out the spring and summer. The day is to be determined based on the schedule of the 4-H members. This club is a beginning gardening project for children in grades 3-6. For more information call, Jan Hans-com at 378-9791.