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Stanly County Center

Contact Us

NCCES Stanly County

26032-E Newt Road

Albemarle, NC 28001

(704) 983-3987 Phone

(704) 983-3303 Fax

stanly.ces.ncsu.edu

Summer Blast is right around the

corner, and we have a large variety of

things planned for youth of all ages!

Registration for Summer Blast is June

2 & 3, 2011. June 2 is for active 4-H’ers

to register and June 3 is for the public

to register. Registration will be from

9:00 am– 4:30 pm. We will also have

our annual Summer Blast wrap-up

Cookout at the Agri-Civic Center on

Monday, September 12 at 5:30 pm to

celebrate the summer. Go ahead and

mark your calendars for our annual

cookout and get ready for a fun-filled

summer!

Presentations 1

Summer Blast 1

Fashion/Talent Recap 2

Club News 3

Club News 4

4-H Happenings 5

Stanly County 4-H News

For accommodations for persons with disabilities, contact the 4-H office no

later than five days before the event.

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Inside this issue...

County Activity Day

County Activity Day is right around

the corner! It will be held on

Thursday, May 12, 2011.The night

will begin at 5:30 pm with a light

supper. Presentations will begin

promptly at 6:00 pm. The 4-H

office will provide deli trays and

drinks. Please plan to bring food to

go along with sandwiches. If your

family has not already registered

for the meal, please call the 4-H

office so we can plan accordingly.

District Activity Day

District Activity Day will be

on Thursday, June 23 at

Anson Middle School.

Details about DAD will be

sent via email as soon as we

receive them. Register with

the 4-H office by May 23. If

you would like an

Extension staff member to

provide feed back on your

presentation, Please call

and schedule a time to give

your presentation.

Presentation Information…..

County Council

The June 13, 2011, County Council meeting has been cancelled due to Summer Blast activities and presentation preparations. Our next county council meeting will be held on Monday, September 12th along with the 4-H Summer Blast Cook-out.

4-H Fashion Revue & Talent Show Placing

Non-Performing Arts

Wearable Art Matthew Horner, Jr 1st

Elizabeth Weekley, Jr 2nd Daniel Caissie, Sr 1st

Creative Writing

Cassidy Parker, Jr 1st Kate Van Horn , Jr 2nd

Jarod Moss, Jr 3rd Leah Joyner, Jr Ist

Rebecca Weekley, Jr 2nd Kevin Sanders, Jr 3rd

Painting

Kate Van Horn, Jr 1st Sarah Collins, Jr 2nd Katie Noblitt,Jr 3rd

Scrapbook

Lilley Brookshire, Jr 1st

Duct Tape Creations Elizabeth Weekley, Jr 1st

Daniel Caissie, Sr 1st

Crayon, Marker Etc. Hannah Carter, Jr 1st Keith Booth, Jr 2nd Sarah Collins, Jr 3rd

Needle-Machine Made Lilley Brookshire, Jr 1st Rebecca Hooven, Jr 2nd Alyssa Leigh, Jr 3rd

Needle-Hand Made Kate Van Horn Jr,1st Cassidy Parker, Jr 2nd Leah Joyner, Sr 1st

Photography

Jarod Moss, Jr 1st Sarah Collins, Jr 2nd Jenna Joyner, Jr 3rd

Leah Joyner, Sr 1st

Craft Joshua Hooven, Jr 1st

Matthew Horner, Jr 2nd Keith Booth, Jr 3rd

Accessories Kate Van Horn, Jr 1st Jarod Moss, Jr 2nd

Lilley Brookshire, Jr 3rd

Sleep Wear Sarah Collins,Jr 1st

Lilley Brookshire, Jr 2nd Jarod Moss, Jr 3rd

Costume

Lilley Brookshire, Jr 1st

Outer Wear Sarah Collins, Jr 1st

Dressy

Sarah Collins, Jr 1st Brittany Sanders, jr 2nd

Talent

Selected to compete at

District Activity Day

James & Joshua Hooven, Jr

Emily Hatley, Sr

Kacie Hatley, Sr Alternate

Fashion Revue

Joshua & James Hooven

Lilley & Rose Brookshire

Club News

Club Leaders– Please remember to send in any club news or pictures that you would like to share in the newsletter!

Newsletter Deadlines

June 15, 2011 (July - September Newsletter)

September 15, 2011 (October - December Newsletter)

Clover BunchClover BunchClover BunchClover Bunch Springtime Happenings

This year, The Clover Bunch's theme is Health. As a result, both our March and April meetings focused on learning different aspects of our health and safety as well as others. At the March meeting, Sharon Hinson taught everyone Adult and Child CPR. Fearlessly, everyone ages 12 and up became certified. In April, along with helping with the Bike Rodeo at the Locust Spring Festival, we also held our regular monthly meeting where Angie Bumgardner from the Locust Police Dept spoke on internet safety, bullying and home alone safety. In May we will share our presentations with each other and in June plan to have a guest speaker on mental health. We continue to give a helping hand for the Providence Church Benevolence Ministry by making senior food bags every month as an effort to do our part for Hungry to Help. In addition, we will lead the Food Drive at the Beach Blast 5k in Albemarle on May 7th. As you can tell, The Clover Bunch continues to stay busy this Spring.

Clever Clovers: This year the Clever Clovers project area is performing arts. In March the members made plans to perform community events such as the summer reading program.

During the April meeting they did mouth exercises to help with enunciation an activity from Theater Arts project record book. In June the club will provide entertainment for both the Locust and Oakboro Public Libraries.

Super Sparks

For the March meeting the Super Sparks learned

about pushbutton, slide, toggle and rocker switches

and built circuits with them.

During the April meeting the club members

investigated insulators and conductors.

Clover Bunch members Leah Joyner and Kevin Sanders

learning CPR

Oakboro Cruisers Oakboro Cruisers 4H Club decided this year was going to be a "Behind the Scenes" theme. Members started their 4H year with a visit to Hunter Farms located in High Point, NC. Hunter Farms produces ice cream, milk products, and even the super secret "Frosty" formula for Wendy's! Dorothy Faust was a wonderful tour guide, as she explained the many products that are prepared daily. She emphasized that it is a very sanitary facility where the associates even have to wash their shoes before entering the milk production room. The tour ended with ice cream and smiles for everyone!

February found all members taking a tour of Stanly News and Press where they watched as the newspaper crew ran the printing press just for them! SNAP publisher Sandy Selvy did a terrific job explaining all the different jobs that must be done for the newspaper to be distributed. Members even spoke to staff news reporters, who explained how they go about getting the news to folks in a timely manner. One reporter told of a story where a gentleman took the "Big A Challenge" at Andy's Burgers Restaurant in Locust where he had to eat 21 burgers! After eating all of this, he had a milkshake and was ready to do it all over again! 4H members were amazed at this story and wanted to hear more!

For their March meeting, 4H members were treated to hear their own voices on the "air" at 1010 WSPC News/Talk Radio 1580 AM WZKY Oldies Radio Station in Albemarle. DJ, Leon Warren, explained all of the different formats, equipment, and even industry changes in radio. It proved to be a very interesting day!

Club News

Photos Courtesy of Renee Van Horn & Mary Noblitt

Hunter Farms

Stanly News and Press

May

12 County Activity Day

17 County Council Officer Meeting w/ 4-H Staff

23 Deadline to register for District Activity Day

June

2-3 Summer Blast Registration

3 Summer Blast Teen Volunteer Training

23 District Activity Day in Anson County

26-7/1 Summer Camp at Betsy Jeff Penn

July

11-11 4-H Electric Congress

18-21 NC 4-H Congress in Raleigh

The plants from this

years Plant Sale were

very healthy and

beautiful! Thank you for

all of your hard work! Our profit from

the sale was $3,919.73 that will be used

for 4-H programming and scholarships.

Plant Sale Wrap Up

We are currently working on a

new Facebook page. If you have pictures

or upcoming club activities that you

would like on the 4-H page just call the

4-H office or email Lisa! Be sure to “like”

us on Facebook, just follow the link on

our website. stanly.ces.ncsu.edu

Coming Soon...Coming Soon...Coming Soon...Coming Soon...

Teen Leadership Focus Conference will be

held November 4-5 at Sertoma 4-H

Educational Center. This conference will

take the place of the traditional State 4-H

Council Conference. The cost is $95 to

attend. The 4-H office will subsidize 75%

for County Council Officers and 25% for all

other 4-H members. Total cost for officers is

$23.75 and all other 4-H members $71.25.

To register call the 4-H Office. The deadline

to sign up is October 6, 2011.

Teen Leadership Conference

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Teen Volunteer TrainingTeen Volunteer TrainingTeen Volunteer TrainingTeen Volunteer Training

13-18 year old 4-H’ers interested in volunteering for Summer Blast will be required to attend the Teen Volunteer Leader Training held on Friday, June 3 from 4-6:30 p.m. Teen volunteers will learn volunteer roles and expectations for various 4-H Summer Blast activities and age-appropriate activities & camp songs to be utilized with youth participants…all while having fun with other teenagers. Make sure to sign up for this required training if you plan to volunteer. If you have a conflict with this date, you will be required to meet with 4-H staff one-on-one for your training. Please call the 4-H office by Tuesday, May 31, 2011 to register. A light supper will be provided.