Projects

Foods Project Meeting / January 2, 2023

| Projects, Workshops |

Are you enrolling in a Foods project for the 2023 4-H year or considering enrolling in a Foods project? Come check out the Foods project meeting this Monday night, January 2 at 6:00 p.m. at the McKee Building.

Amy Gebhardt is leading the group and on the agenda is the butter-making experiment found in the manual. We will then sample the experiment with bread!

This will be a good opportunity to discuss the units offered in the Foods project and decide which one to enroll in.

Free Sheep Webinar: Hitting the Target for Lamb Yield, Quality, & Value

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Anyone who is in the sheep project or interested in the sheep industry is encouraged to attend this free online seminar on January 10 at 6:00 p.m. Dr. Travis Hoffman, the Sheep Extension Specialist for North Dakota State University and the University of Minnesota, will lead a discussion on how to target market lamb carcasses to increase profit margins. Dr. Hoffman is a well-known judge who has been a part of the show industry for many years and also spends an extensive amount of time working with producers in the commercial industry.

Please pre-register for this event.

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Club News for November 19

| Announcements, Cloverbuds, Community Service, Deadlines, Meetings, Projects |

Thank You!

First, Cindy would like to thank everyone for their birthday wishes, flowers, and cupcakes at the club meeting. It was very special and appreciated.

Welcome!

I would also like to welcome all the new families who attended the meeting last Monday. We look forward to your membership and participation.

Congratulations!

Congratulations to all the 2021–2022 High Country Handiworkers who completed their projects. Our club members completed another successful year—a job WELL DONE!

Pick Up Projects by December 10

For those who did not attend the November meeting, I will bring your completion certificates and projects to the club meeting one last time in December. If I have your fair project, it would be helpful if you would come by our business, Construction Supply House at 806 North 2nd Street in Berthoud, and pick it up prior to the December meeting. It is a lot to load and unload. If I still have projects following the December 5th meeting, those projects will be disposed of on December 10th. I simply don’t have the space to store projects.

Food Project Meeting

Foods will meet on December 5th prior to the club meeting starting at 6:00 p.m.

December Meeting

Reminder, the December Club meeting has changed to December 5. We will be doing a club community service project, so it’s very important to attend. A community service project is required of every club member. Returning members: please sign up for a demonstration. We will also be holding officer elections.

Cloverbuds Meeting

The first Cloverbuds meeting of the new 4-H year will be this Monday, November 17 at 6:30 p.m. in the McKee Building. Note the new location—we have outgrown my shop building.

Visual Arts Project Meetings

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Karley Fitzgerald-Rivera will be leading the Visual Arts project for our club this year.

The first meeting will take place on Monday, January 9 at 6:00 p.m. at the McKee Building. This first meeting will be informational and gauge interest for upcoming meetings. All members are welcome to come whether they are enrolled in the Visual Arts project or not.

Resources

Colorado 4-H Visual Arts Tips
2022 Visual Arts Record Book

Your books will be ordered through the club, but the links below preview what’s inside. I will bring our copy of Sketchbook Crossroads to the meeting each month so you can refer to that also.

Sketchbook Crossroads Preview
     Unit 1: Drawing
     Unit 2: Fiber
     Unit 3: Sculpture 
Portfolio Pathways Preview
     Unit 1: Painting
     Unit 2: Printing
     Unit 3: Graphic Design

The 2022 Larimer County Fair Premium Book will give you a good idea of what supplies will be needed to complete the project, depending on which art form(s) you plan to complete. Visual Arts is on page 45.

Contact Info

You can reach Karley by calling or texting 970-310-5466, or click here to email.

Leathercraft Workshops for 2023

| Announcements, Projects, Workshops |

Leathercraft workshops start at the end of September and go through April. It is helpful for the members who are interested in the Leathercraft project to get started early.

At Bryant and Patty Miller’s Home

1626 West County Road 76
Wellington, CO 80549
Time: 3:45–5:00 p.m.

  • Thursday, September 29
  • Thursday, October 13
  • Thursday, October 27
  • Thursday, November 10 
  • Thursday, December 1
  • Thursday, December 15
  • Thursday, December 29

At the McKee Building at The Ranch

Time: 3:45/4:00–5:00 p.m.

  • Thursday, Oct. 6th, 20 in the LaPorte Room
  • Thursday, Nov. 3rd LaPorte Room
  • Thursday, Dec. 8th Estes Park Room
  • Thursday, Dec. 22 LaPorte Room

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Bryant or Patty Miller.

Bryant Miller, Head Leather Pounder: 970-443-5267 or Patty Miller: 970-443-9107

Pick Up Your Projects / August 10 from 7:00–10:00 a.m.

| County Fair, Deadlines, Projects, State Fair

All projects must be picked up at the McKee Building at The Ranch on Wednesday, August 10 between the hours of 7:00–10:00 a.m.

If you are not able to be there to check out your project, please contact Cindy so that arrangements can be made. Text is probably the best way to reach her (970-481-7993).

Here’s more info about picking up projects:

  1. ALL projects MUST be picked up Wednesday, August 10 between the hours of 7–10 a.m.  If you are unable to make this time PLEASE find someone who can pick up your fair projects for you.
  2. If your project received a Champion ribbon and you would like to compete at the Colorado State Fair you must check it in the Fort Collins room in the McKee Building. If you decide not to participate in the state fair, please notify those checking in the Fort Collins room so that the reserve champion recipient may attend. (Foods and Cake Decorating projects will check their items in on August 16 from 7:30–10:00 a.m. More information is included on the purple sheet placed in your record book.)
  3. Prior to checking in for the state fair all ribbons must be removed.
  4. All baked foods including cakes will be disposed of at the county fair with the exception of the cake forms. Don’t forget to pick up your cake boards.
  5. Don’t forget to gather not only your project including the record book but the name cards, ribbons, and trophy.
  6. Your project maximum size must be no larger than 3′-0″ in width and depth and 7′-0″ in height and not heavier than 35 lbs. If your project exceeds these measurements, then the record book may be submitted with pictures illustrating the project and an explanation that it exceeded the measurement requirements.
  7. Please bring materials to package your project to go to the state fair safely.  Any packaging materials sent to the state fair will not be returned. Please use cardboard boxes and bubble wrap or other types of materials. 
  8. If you are participating in the state shooting competition and ordered a state shirt they will be available for pickup Wednesday morning. Don’t forget!

PLEASE, PLEASE if you are available we need many volunteers to help with taking down and putting away the tables and chairs. We really can use some help—there are a lot of tables.

Club Members Compete at National 4-H Shooting Sports Championships

| Accomplishments, Announcements, Projects |

Two of our club’s members traveled to Grand Island, Nebraska to participate in the National 4-H Shooting Sports Championships from June 26–July 1, 2022. Colorado sends teams of 4 members for each shooting sports discipline. There were 391 total participants representing 39 states.

Nicholas Freeland competed in Air Rifle and Walker Cameron competed in Small-Bore Rifle.

Thank you for representing our club, our county, and our state so well, Nick and Walker!

Nicholas Freeland and Walker Cameron.

Poultry Update

| Announcements, County Fair, Projects | 
From Bailey Schilling
4-H Youth Development Livestock & Shooting Sports Agent
schillbw@co.larimer.co.us

After consultation and discussion between the CSU Extension Office, the 4-H Poultry Superintendents, the Larimer County Fair Show Committee, and the State Vet, we have made the difficult decision to cancel all poultry and waterfowl competitions at this year’s Larimer County Fair.

While Emergency Rule has expired, the Colorado State Veterinarian’s Office recommends that all poultry shows, sales, swaps, and commingling events continue to be postponed or canceled at this time. It has been reported that HPAI has affected more than 40 million domestic birds nationwide, and more than 3.5 million chickens in Colorado alone, and we are asking all Colorado bird owners to practice good biosecurity measures, including limiting exposure of domestic flocks to wild birds and other poultry flocks and limiting the introduction of new birds into their flocks.

We plan on offering a poster contest and egg decoration contest that members will have the opportunity to participate in. Members who are interested in participating in these offerings will email Bailey at schillbw@co.larimer.co.us.

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