May - Colorado State University Extension
May - Colorado State University Extension
May - Colorado State University Extension
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4-H Calendar<br />
<strong>May</strong><br />
31 Creative Cooks, Cake Decorating,<br />
Demonstration Contests, Fun<br />
Festival – Bent County<br />
June<br />
1 Baca County 4-H Fowl Field Day<br />
11-14 Wild Bug Fish Camp<br />
15-17 Shooting Sports Family Camp,<br />
Victor<br />
19-22 <strong>State</strong> 4-H Conference, Fort<br />
Collins<br />
23-30 Citizenship Washington Focus<br />
July<br />
8 – 14 Camp Rocky, Divide<br />
21-28 Crowley County Days<br />
28 – Aug. 4 Bent County Fair<br />
31 – Aug. 4 Cheyenne County<br />
Fair<br />
August<br />
4-12 Sand & Sage Round-up<br />
13-19 Arkansas Valley Fair<br />
If you wish to participate in any of these<br />
events/activities and need special<br />
accommodation, please notify the<br />
<strong>Extension</strong> Office of your need at least 5<br />
business days prior to the event/activity.<br />
Check out the <strong>Colorado</strong><br />
website at:<br />
www.colorado4h.org<br />
Outstanding Leaders/Youth<br />
Recognition<br />
The <strong>State</strong> 4-H Officer team will be<br />
presenting two prestigious awards<br />
at <strong>State</strong> Conference. The Raleigh<br />
Brooks Outstanding Leader Award<br />
and the Mile High Outstanding 4-H<br />
Youth Leader Awards will be<br />
given. Nomination forms are due<br />
to the <strong>State</strong> 4-H office by June 1.<br />
Please take the time to honor those<br />
hard working volunteer 4-H adult<br />
and youth leaders in your county<br />
by nominating them for these two<br />
awards. Nomination forms are<br />
available at your local <strong>Extension</strong><br />
office or on the state 4-H website.<br />
Creative Cooks, Cake<br />
Decorating, Demonstrations<br />
and Performing Arts<br />
Contests<br />
<strong>May</strong> 31 will be a busy night in Las<br />
Animas as we host Fun Festival,<br />
Creative Cooks, Demonstrations and<br />
Cake Decorating Contests for the<br />
seven counties in District VI.<br />
Contests will be at the Las<br />
Animas/Bent County Community<br />
Center at 5:30. Competition and<br />
awards will be within counties; this<br />
is not a district competition. Entry<br />
forms for the contests are available<br />
at your county <strong>Extension</strong> office.<br />
Note the <strong>May</strong> 25 deadline. Contest<br />
will be cancelled if there are not<br />
enough entries to justify staff and<br />
judges time.<br />
Resource Book Library<br />
Each SE Area <strong>Extension</strong> Office has<br />
a library of the new Livestock<br />
Resource Handbooks. Members,<br />
parents and leaders can check-out a<br />
resource handbook for a specified<br />
time to learn about their project,<br />
and/or decide if they would like to<br />
purchase a handbook of their own.<br />
While these new handbooks are<br />
excellent resources with up-to-date<br />
information, they are also more<br />
expensive than other 4-H manuals.<br />
Thanks to the Fox Family<br />
Foundation, Bent Prowers Cattle<br />
and Horse Growers and Peoples<br />
Credit Union for helping fund the<br />
libraries. Resource handbooks<br />
included in the library are Beef,<br />
Goat, Sheep, Swine, Horse, Dog,<br />
Poultry and Rabbits.<br />
2012 Memorial Day Horse<br />
Clinic and Show<br />
The Prowers County Horse<br />
Committee would like to invite all<br />
enrolled 4-H Horse Project members<br />
to the annual Memorial Day Clinic<br />
<strong>May</strong> 26-28 in Lamar. The clinic will<br />
include certified instructors, health<br />
workshops, food and more.<br />
Registration is $40 for the first<br />
family member and $30 for each<br />
additional member. Indoor and<br />
outdoor stalls are available on a first<br />
come, first served basis, send your<br />
registration in now to guarantee a<br />
spot, indoor stalls are $30 and<br />
outdoor are $15, shavings will be<br />
sold for $8 a bag. Please send your<br />
registration to the Prowers County<br />
<strong>Extension</strong> office by <strong>May</strong> 23.<br />
Contact your local <strong>Extension</strong> Office<br />
for more details and sign-up<br />
information. Instructors include:<br />
• Stoney Performance Horses<br />
McClave, <strong>Colorado</strong><br />
• Brian James, Karval, <strong>Colorado</strong><br />
• Tayla Dunn, Woodward,<br />
Oklahoma<br />
• Brian Shaw, Two Buttes,<br />
<strong>Colorado</strong><br />
• Prowers County Horse Committee<br />
• Ryan Bulkley, Kim, <strong>Colorado</strong><br />
• Sadie Sayler, McClave, <strong>Colorado</strong><br />
GPA Wild Bug Fish Camp<br />
Sport Fishing, Wildlife and<br />
Entomology members, parents and<br />
leaders should make plans now to<br />
attend the Wild Bug Fish Camp to<br />
be held June 25-28, 2012. The camp<br />
will be at the Angel of Shavano<br />
Group Campground west of Poncha<br />
Springs, <strong>Colorado</strong>. There will be<br />
educational programs on wildlife,<br />
wildlife habitat, fishing, tackle<br />
crafting, aquatic environment and<br />
entomology. The camp will provide<br />
plenty of fishing, fly tying, wildlife<br />
viewing, insect catching and<br />
learning with a little camping and a<br />
lot of fun thrown in. Interested<br />
members and leaders do not have to<br />
be enrolled in the projects to attend.<br />
Details and registration information<br />
available at your local <strong>Extension</strong><br />
Office or the website:<br />
http://www.4hfishing.org/