Upcoming Events: December, 2015

6– Clover Buds at the Municipal

Building at 1:30 p.m.

13-Willing Workers meeting

4:30 p.m. at the

Municipal Building

16-Prairie Rustlers meeting

5 p.m. at the Municipal

Building

24-office closes at noon

25-Closed for Christmas

January 31, 2016– ROG Weigh in

at Heupels

August 2016

1 & 2– Achievement Days

4-H Pledge I pledge

My head to clearer thinking, My heart to greater loyalty,

My hands to larger service, and My health to better living,

For my club, my community,

my country, and my world.

4-H Motto: “To make the best better”

Trophy Winners: Lacey Westphal- beginner clothing award

Robin Butler-junior Shutterbug award Katelynn Westphal– junior Visual arts & junior Clothing

awards Jonathan Butler-beginner Visual Arts, beginner Shutterbug,

beginner Home Environment, beginner foods, beginner gardening awards

Lance Feickert-senior foods award Prairie Retzer-senior Shutterbug award

CLOVER CLIPS

McPherson County 4-H monthly newsletter

December 2015

South Dakota State University, South Dakota counties, and USDA cooperating. South Dakota State University adheres to AA/EEO guidelines in offering educational programs and services.

Brandon Mueller represented

McPherson Co. in the 4-H Performing

Arts program.

*Thank you to everyone who donated, organized, or helped in any way to make the Turkey Shoot such a great success. It was a fun time for all.

Have Questions? Need more information on

anything you read in the newsletter? Contact

the McPherson County Extension Office by

calling 439-3331 or e-mail the office at

Mcpherson.county@sdstate.edu,

or me at Jackie.rau@sdstate.edu

Jackie Rau

Parent and Leader’s Meet-

ing January 14, 5:30

in the Municipal building, Leola

Kodi Retzer and Brianna Erdmann were win-

ners of the Round Robin Showmanship.

Katelynn Westphal received the Outstanding

Horsemanship award from Lanette Butler

4-H Buzz

December Birthdays

13– Abigail Berreth

22-Jackie Kessler

26-Ahna Schauer

28-Chase Hatlewick

30-Kaitlyn Mueller

Happy Birthday!

McPherson County

4-H t-shirts are still available.

$10 at the Extension Office

Smile Time:

How much did Santa pay for his sleigh?

Nothing, it was on the house!

Max Waltman was the Rate of Gain

winner in the beef category.

Which elf was the best

singer??

ELFis Presley

Kevin Heupel and Sid Feickert accept the

Expansion Council Award from Lanette

Butler. Also winning was Reed Johnson.

ENROLLMENT is NOW OPEN

The 2015-2016 4-H enrollment is now open! This includes

clubs, independents, Cloverbuds and Sharpshooters. Please use

your email address and password from the last year, do not create

a new profile. If you do not know your password you can ask for

a new one to be sent directly to your email address.

Volunteers from last year will need to complete training video

#6; it will be shown at a leadership training night. If you have not

completed your volunteer screening, you will need to enroll,

apply for a background check, and watch the 6 volunteer videos.

If you need any assistance with the online re-enrollment,

please contact the office. There are help sheets that provide a

step by step process on how to enroll online, or you can always

come into the office and complete enrollment there with help.

Leaders & Volunteer Due’s

Dues for the parents and leaders association are $5.00 per person. Dues not only give you voting rights in the association but also provide you with liability insurance. Turn your dues into the office or Launa Feickert by December 15th.

Volunteers are also responsible for a $10.00 annual fee. This fee covers your background check and liability insurance. (see information in above story)

Christmas at the Courthouse

Calling all Christmas Trees! All community groups, businesses, and individuals are

invited to participate in this year’s “Christmas at the Courthouse” event.

Christmas trees may be set up on the first floor of the courthouse from Monday, November 30

to Friday, December 4. Feel free to decorate your tree your own way. No electricity will be availa-

ble.

An open house tree judging contest will be held sometime in December. The exact day will be pub-

lished in the Leola paper. The public will be asked to cast their vote for first and second place.