4-H Afterschool Programs! Yay! Starting in February- we will have monthly afterschool 4-H

programs focused on different topics each month!

If you have an idea you would like to see turned into a 4-H

Program let us know!

Sign up will be limited to the first 8 4-H’ers!

Call now to reserve your space! The cost is $5.00 per class!

Tasty Science

Meeker- Wednesday, February 13th 2:30-4:30pm

Rangely- Friday, February 15h 2:30-4:30pm

Disgusting Science

Meeker- Wednesday, February 27th 2:30-4:30pm

Rangely- Friday, February 22nd 2:30-4:30pm

Break Your Own Geodes Meeker- Wednesday, March 13th 2:30-4:30pm

Rangely- Friday, March 8th 2:30-4:30pm

Oceans, Sharks, & Whales Meeker- Wednesday, March 27th 2:30-4:30pm

Rangely- Friday, March 22nd 2:30-4:30pm

Engineering Roller Coasters Meeker- Wednesday, April 3rd 2:30-4:30pm

Rangely- Friday, April 12th 2:30-4:30pm

Toys in Space

Meeker- Wednesday, April 17th 2:30-4:30pm

Rangely- Friday, April 26th 2:30-4:30pm

Colorado State University, U.S. Department of Agriculture and Rio Blanco County cooperating. Cooperative Extension programs are available to all without discrimination.

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Butter Braids & Boomerangs! Sales will begin February 19th and run through March 6th! We will have

sales information ready for you in the next week! Stop by and start

selling! Every Butter Braid or Boomerang you sell earns you $5.00 towards

your personal 4-H Credits!

Council Meetings Each and every 4-H member is a Council Member, all you need to do is attend Council

Meetings to join in on the fun!

Rangely is first Tuesday of the month

Meeker Council is the first Wednesday of the Month **unless noted otherwise!

Upcoming Council Meeting Dates: Rangely Council ~ Tuesday, February 5th @ 5:30pm

Council Sledding Party February 8th from 1:00-3:00pm

Meeker Council ~ Wednesday February 6th @ 5:30pm

2:45pm - Meeker Sledding Party followed by

3:45pm - Chili Dinner &Valentines Crafting with Derek

5:30pm - Council Meeting

**FYI- 4-H’s insurance carrier, American Life Insurance, does not cover injuries sustained

while sledding**

New Member Orientations

Rangely- Tuesday, March 5th @ 5:00pm (runs concurrently with First Year Livestock

Parent Meeting)

Meeker- Tuesday, March 12th @ 5:30pm (runs concurrently with First Year Livestock

Parent Meeting)

Scholarships available for High school Senior 4-H’ers!

High School Seniors- consider applying for the RBC 4-H Foundation Scholarship and

the RBC 4-H Scholarship. For more information on other scholarships, stop by the

Office and we will get you what you need! **The 4-H Foundation & RBC Extension

Office Scholarships are due March 1st, 2013.

Weigh-In & Feeder Shows

The Rio Blanco County Fair Board has voted to have all market animals participate in Fair animal

nominations in order to be eligible for the County Fair. If you are not able to attend on the dates

listed, please call Bill to discuss an alternative date.

Meeker Beef Weigh-In & Feeder Show

Sunday, February 24th at 10:00am

Rangely Beef Weigh-In

Tuesday, February 26th from 4:00-7:00pm

Meeker Swine Weigh-In

Tuesday, May 7th from 4:00-7:00pm

Meeker Sheep/Goat Weigh-In

Wednesday, May 8th from 4:00-7:00pm

Rangely All Animal Weigh-In

Thursday, May 9th from 4:00-7:00pm

Rangely Swine/Sheep/Goat Weigh-In & Feeder Show

Saturday, May 11th from 9:00am-11:00am, Feeder Show will follow directly after lunch

First/Second Year Livestock Parent Orientation

Rangely- Tuesday, March 5th @ 5:00pm (runs with New Member Orientation Meeting)

Meeker- Tuesday, March 12th @ 5:30pm (runs with New Member Orientation Meeting)

Bill Ekstrom will be conducting an orientation for all new Livestock parents in March/April. The purpose

of this meeting will be to discuss the purpose and values of youth raising livestock projects, create

balanced rations and nutrition programs, answer questions and help parents get off on the right start!

1st Meat Quality Assurance Trainings

Meeker- Wednesday, February 6th @ 6:30pm (following the Council Meeting)

Rangely- Tuesday, February 5th @ 6:30pm (following the Council Meeting)

You Must Attend A MQA Workshop:

1. First year in a livestock project

2. All first year as Senior Members

Certification/Recertification Workshops

Public confidence in our meat products is extremely important to the success of the livestock

industry. Youth livestock projects play an important role in building or losing the trust of our

consumers. It is important that youth livestock exhibitors exceed the standard in producing

quality, defect-free livestock for our consumers.

As the new 4-H year begins, you need to be re-enrolled in 4-H to be considered a member in good

standing before you can participate in ANY 4-H activity (meetings, trips, events, ect.).

New Enrollees: If this will be your first year in 4-H and you have never been in 4-H before, you

will need to go to Colorado.4honline.com and select “I need to setup a profile” and follow the

instructions.

Re-Enrollees: If you have participated in the Rio Blanco County 4-H program prior to this year,

you will need to go to Colorado.4honline.com:

Select “I forgot my password”

Enter the email address you provided the Extension Office for enrollment last year.

Check your e-mail, a password from 4honlione will be sent to that email address.

Enter the password provided to you by 4HOnline, where you will be prompted to create a

new password.

**If you have forgotten the email address you used, please call the Extension Office at

970-878-9490**

Input Your Family and Members Information:

Once you are in the Colorado.4honline.com program, you will then follow the step-by-step

enrollment process.

Please make sure all required information and electronic signature fields are completed.

There may be certain circumstances where the system will ask you to print out, complete,

and send/bring the form in to the Extension Office.

Literature: If you are new to the 4-H program, you will most likely need to request the required

literature for your project(s), unless you have another sibling or family member that has been

involved in the same project(s) prior to you and already has the literature.

If you are not new to the 4-H program, and are signing up for the same project(s) as prior

year(s), you have already received the required literature for your project(s), excl. cake

decorating projects.

Enrollment is not complete and youth, leaders, and volunteers are not active until all forms

are signed, received, reviewed, and accepted. Enrollment for youth is also not complete and

they are not active until the $20 Enrollment Fee + Curriculum Cost has been received in the

Extension Office. Please send/bring your enrollment fee in as soon as possible to be an active 4-

H member!

Please don’t hesitate to call or e-mail if you have any questions on enrollment.

Call us at 970-878-9490!

Colorado State University Extension 4-H programs are available to all without

discrimination.

We All Scream, “Ice Cream!”

What are states of matter? What does ice cream have to do with

states of matter?

Ice Cream

Age Appropriate:

4th—HS grades

Time Required:

45 minutes

Materials:

1 gallon zip-lock bag

2, 1-quart zip-lock bags

Half & Half

Crushed ice (or snow!)

Rock salt

Vanilla

Sugar

Towel

Optional:

Add your favorite flavors like mint extract and mini-chocolate chips or fresh strawberries

The Set-up:

Gather materials

The Clean-up:

Throw away the bags

Power Words

freeze: changing state of

matter from a liquid to a solid

gas: matter’s atoms moving so

quickly that they will spread apart and fill the entire

container

liquid: matter’s atoms moving

faster than solid matter but slower than gas matter and will

fill the bottom of the container.

melt: changing state of matter

from a solid to a liquid

solid: matter’s atoms moving

slower than liquid and

maintains a definite shape

within a container.

Connecting Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math concepts to our everyday lives.

How does it work and what does the salt do?

Solids, liquids and gases are the three most common states of

matter on Earth. Matter is made from atoms. The faster the atoms

vibrate, solid matter melts to a liquid, and as the atoms vibrate more,

evaporates to a gas. As the atoms slow down, the gas matter

condenses to a liquid, and as they slow down even more, freeze to a

solid.

Water is very common on Earth, and we know that it freezes at

32°F and boils (and also evaporates in to water vapor) at 212°F.

During winter, we can sprinkle salt on our sidewalks, and the snow

and ice will melt—unless it is really cold. That happens because salt

changes the temperature that water freezes to below 32°F. For

example, out in the open ocean, the salt water will freeze at 28°F, or 4

degrees colder than freezing point of water.

When we use salty ice to make ice cream, some of the ice melts,

and it gets the heat to melt from the cream, making the cream colder

until it freezes.

1. Fill the gallon zip-lock bag half full with crushed ice.

2. Add 1/2 cup of rock salt to the ice. Seal the plastic bag and wrap it

in a towel. Shake the ice and salt for five minutes. The

temperature of the rock salt and ice mixture gets down to about

14 degrees F (-10 degrees C)!

3. Add the following ingredients to the 1 quart-zip-lock bag and shake

to mix:

1/2 cup of half & half

1 tablespoon sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

4. Zip the lock closed, and just before you finish the seal, try to

squeeze out as much of the air in the bag as you can. Double

check that your 1 quart zip-lock bag is completely sealed. Seal

tightly, allowing as little air to remain in the bag as possible.

5. Place this bag inside the other quart zip-lock bag, and as you zip the

second bag closed, remove as much air as you can. Double check

the seal.

6. Place the two bags inside the gallon zip-locked bag with the ice and

seal the bag. Wrap the bag in the towel again. Shake, rock, roll,

and mix that can! Your ice cream should be ready after about 15-

Meet Extension Agent

Deb Alpe

Deb Alpe, the Extension

Agent and County Director in

Jackson County offers a variety

of programs in natural

resources, ag, family consumer

science and especially 4-H! She

has a B.S. and M.A. in Sociology

from Northern Arizona

University in Flagstaff, AZ where

her academic emphasis was

natural resources and rural

sociology. Sociologists love to

observe people and groups in

different environments to

understand how they work

together to make a society tick.

After college, Deb did a stint

with AmeriCorps and became

the Executive Director of the

YWCA of the Palouse in

Moscow, Idaho, operating a

homeless shelter, food bank,

and a hugely successful thrift

store to support the program.

Deb’s passion is and always

has been working with people

to improve the quality of life in

their communities. Early on,

Deb and her husband Mike lived

in Jackson County where they

horse logged and worked in a

small lumber mill. They raised

three kids…now adults…Alyssa,

Aaron and Jared and enjoy

living and playing in the remote

mountain community of

Walden.

Deb began her Extension

career in 1996 as the Family and

Consumer Science/4-H Youth

Development agent in Routt

County where she worked for 8

years before moving over the

mountain and back to Jackson

County in 2004. Deb especially

enjoys expanding the horizons

of her 4-H members by

encouraging them to participate

in District, State and National 4-

H events. She believes 4-Hers

learn more if they are having

fun with friends!

EXPLORE IT - DESIGN IT - DO IT

Activity

provided by

Deb Alpe

Did You Know?

In 1846, Nancy Johnson invented

the hand-cranked ice cream churn

and ice cream surged in

popularity. Then, in 1904, ice

cream cones were invented at the

St. Louis World Exposition. An

ice cream vendor ran out of dishes

and improvised by rolling up

some waffles to make cones!!

This activity is used with permission by the

author, Steve Spangler http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experi

ment/homemade-ice-cream-sick-science

Contact us at:

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Meeker, CO 81641 Rangely, CO 81648

Phone: 878-9490 Phone: 878-9495

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