WPSU interview with Dean McPheron

"When you touch your refrigerator door, you are shaking hands with Agriculutre"- Dean McPheron's anology to show that Agriculture effects everyone and Penn State Extension effects everyone.  Check out the entire interview at http://wpsu.org/radio/single_entry/LL-3682/stories

2011 Livestock Information Available

The Clinton County Livestock information is available at http://extension.psu.edu/clinton/programs/4-h/members/livestock

You can find the policies and procedures along with registration forms at that site. 

4-H Newsletters

The 4-H Newsletters can now be found on the Clinton County Cooperative Extension Website.  You can find them by selecting "programs", then "4-H", then "For Members".  The March Newsletter can be found at :

http://extension.psu.edu/clinton/programs/4-h/members

Internship with the Clinton County Conservation District

View the flyer at http://clinton.extension.psu.edu/4hblogfiles/ConservationInternship.pdf

Upcoming Display Workshop

Dosie Cox will be teaching a workshop about designing effective displays.  This would be helpful in designing club displays, fair displays and even displays for work and school.  Come learn some tips about how to make your displays better! 

The workshop will be on April 27, 2011 from 6pm-8pm at the Learning Center.  Please register through e-data.  This will be counted as a Volunteer Training.

2011 Display Contest Results

Congratulations to the Display Contest winners determined at the 4-H Open House!

1st Place- Hoofbeats 4-H Club
2nd Place- Just for Kicks 4-H Club
3rd Place- Pine Creek Pioneers 4-H Club

Market Pig, Goat & Lamb Tag Day

All market pigs, goats and lambs are required to be brought to the Fairgrounds on May 7th or May 15th to be tagged with Clinton County tags.  You can come any time between 10am and 2pm.

Governor's Proposed Budget Cuts

For those interested in learning more about how the Governor's proposed budget cuts will effect Cooperative Extension and 4-H, please view the following file:  http://clinton.extension.psu.edu/4hblogfiles/BudgetPoints.pdf

Horse Camp Registration & Horse Enrollment

Horse camp registration is available on e-data and on the horse web site and Horse Enrollment form is available on the web site.

Quality Assurance and Ethics Clarification

Good afternoon,

I have been hearing some confusion among the 4-H community regarding the new Quality Assurance guidelines.  So, I thought I would send a note to clarify.

1.       This year ALL 4-H members taking ANY type of animal project needs to complete a Quality Assurance Training.  This includes, dairy, livestock, horse, small animals, pets or anything else dealing with animals.

2.      Registration for this training MUST be done through e-data in order to be counted.

3.      Participants active in multiple counties only have to complete the training once, but both counties should be notified.

4.      Those showing pigs at Farm Show need to attend a training with Becky Sellers or Wayne Bechdel in order to receive PQA training.

Currently, the March 22^nd training is full.  So, e-data will not allow anyone else to register.  This is set to a 40 person limit and we will not be accepting additional registrants for that date due to the interactive nature of the training.  So, please only plan to attend if you are registered and if you are already registered and not coming, please “un-register” so that other people may.

Please contact me with any questions or concerns.

Rebecca A. Sellers

4-H & Youth Development Educator

Clinton County Resource & Education Center

47 Cooperation Lane

Mill Hall, PA 17751

Phone: (570)726-0022

Fax: (570)726-2237

Cover Contest 2011 Winners

Winners of the Round up cover contests was Beech Creek Trail Blazers Club entry
Winners of the Round up cover contests back cover Olivia Benna from the Hoofbeats Club
Winners of the HPDC Activities Program booklet front cover Joey Rankinen form Just for Kicks Club 
Winners of the HPDC Activities Program booklet back cover Nikaelin Pacella from Beech Creek Trail Blazers Club

Capital Days Scholarship Deadline Extended

The deadline for Capital Days Scholarships has been extended till Monday, March 14, 2011.  Applications must be received by the extension office by midnight. 

Farm Bureau's Youth Conference

If anyone is interested in the Farm Bureau's Youth Conference, please contact Rebecca Sellers for more information.

Last Call for Capital Days Scholarship Applications!

Today is the last day for Capital Days Scholarship Applications!  They must be received by our office prior to 8am tomorrow morning.

e-data notification

E-data will be unavailable from Wednesday evening at 5pm till the following morning.  Please do not plan to use the system during this time.

A great Community Service Opportunity

View the flyer about the Tire Collection the Clinton County Solid Waste Authority is holding.  http://clinton.extension.psu.edu/4hblogfiles/LandfillFlyer.pdf

Horse Judging Resources

Are you interested in learning how to judge a horse’s conformation?  Many references, learning guides, articles and activities on this topic can be found on the internet.  If you would like to gain more knowledge on this subject please visit the North Carolina Horse Judging Website at: http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/an_sci/extension/horse/PDF%20Files/Intro_Horse_Judging_Manual.pdf

March 2011 Newsletter

View the March Clover Patch at http://clinton.extension.psu.edu/4hblogfiles/CloverPatchMarch2011.pdf