Special Edition • Morrow County Fair and Rodeo • Heppner Gazette-Time6. Wednesday, August 7, 2002 - Page 5
What is 4-H?
Friends, fun and learning
about nature, cooking, growing
plants, photography, animal care,
or w orking together to help
others.
Who can belong to 4-H? -
Anyone kindergarten through
12th grade. You’ll find 4-H
throughout your county, state,
country, and the world.
Kindergarteners through third
graders must join 4-H adventure
clubs. In Morrow County, we
have over 450 members in fourth
through 12th grades.
Look what you can do in 4-
H? - Members are enrolled in
animal science, natural science,
home economics, and expressive
arts project areas.
What do you do in 4-H? - It
depends on you. 4-H members
may be a friend in the same grade
or school, or include people from
other communities. Clubs decide
how often to m eet and elect
officers to conduct club business.
Your club may decide to be active
in the community, raise money for
charity, becom e involved in
recycling projects or build nature
trails. You can go on field trips or
to 4-H camp. The choices grow
as you get older.
Does 4-H cost a lot? - There
are no state or national dues or
required uniform. You pay $3.50
per year for project materials and
insurance in most clubs. A horse
project is $4.50. Your 4-H club
may decide to collect dues to fund
special activities.
How do you join 4-H? - It’s
easy. Choose the project you like.
Ask some friends or brothers and
sisters to join you. Ask parents,
grandparents, adult friends or
neighborhood adults to be your
leader. Several adults can share
this responsibility. You need only
two members, but you can have
as many as you like. Determine
the projects your club would like
to enroll in and visit the Extension
office or call an agent for help.
There are also numerous active
clubs that w elcom e new
members.
4-H is L earning Today,
Leading Tomorrow and “learning
by doing.” - Learning how to set
eoals and work toward those
goals; responsibility — for an
anim al, finishing projects,
choosing how much to learn and
deciding how involved in 4-H to
be; leadership, decision-making,
cooperation and how to present
yourself and ideas to others.
For information about the 4-
H Youth Development program,
contact the OSU Extension office
in Heppner, 676-9642 or 1-800-
342-3664.
Get involved in the
Morrow County
Fair
We go to the Morrow County
Fair to look at the flowers, watch
the 4-H members compete, and
check out the livestock. But there
is no doubt that fair is always
more fun if we are part of the
event!
There is still tim e to
participate. The fair opens to the
public on Wednesday, Aug. 14, but
exhibits are accepted on Monday,
Aug. 12. Look through your
Morrow County Fair Premium
Book right now and look at all the
opportunities to be part of the fun.
You can enter vegetables,
fruits and flow ers from our
gardens, w earable art, and
needlework. Don’t overlook the
chance to exhibit home preserved
foods, just be sure to use up-to-
date recom m endations for
processing. C urrent USDA
recommendations for canning are
available at O regon State
University Extension Office at
their new location at 54173 Hwy.
74, Heppner.
Be an exhibitor at the 2002
Morrow County Fair. It’s easier
than you think!
4-H continues strong programs
Morrow County 4-H has a
total o f 370 members and 63
leaders participating in the 4-H
youth developm ent program.
There are 289 youth enrolled in
Home Economics and Expressive
Arts projects; 29 in the 4-H Horse
program. The livestock program
has a total of 181 youth enrolled
in large animal projects and 42 in
small animal. These hardworking
4-H ’ers have consigned 1,439
exhibits to the Morrow County
Fair. In the North end, there are
195 youth enrolled in M ario’s
Soccer Club, 39 in the Folkloric
Dance Club, 14 enrolled in the
Sew ing C lub and 37 in the
Computer Club.
Many 4-H members are in
more than one club. Some have
more than one animal or home
econom ics project. Several
members crossover in curriculum
areas. “We encourage 4-H
members to fry new projects in
d ifferent areas,” said Bill
Broderick, OSU Extension agent.
Broderick added that is also
important for members to get
involved in other activities such as
presentations, pre-fair clinics,
camp, camp counselor training,
Teen Leadership Retreat, OSU
Summer Days, 4-H Ambassador,
or Know Your State Government.
As
m em bers
challenge
themselves in other activities they
develop life skills they can use the
rest of their lives, said Broderick.
Morrow County has 12 4-H
Ambassadors for the 2001-2002
4-H year: Shanna Rietmann,
Madison Bailey, Blair Keithley,
Brooke Rust, Kyle Huddleston,
K yler
L ovgren,
Brian
Haguewood, Daniel Jepsen, Julie
Proctor, and Shelley Rietmann, all
of Heppner, Megan McCabe of
lone and Mari Close o f Irrigon.
Lindsays to
entertain at wine
and beer tasting
This year perform ing at
Murray’s Country Rose wine and
micro-beer tasting festival will be
Joe Lindsay and his wife Leanne
on Thursday, Aug. 15, from 6:30-
9:30 p.m. Try out different wine
and micro-beer and enjoy music
by the Lindsays.
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