2009 Winter Sewing Class

It’s that time of year again to start our 2009 Haywood County Winter Sewing Classes. These are sewing classes that are planed to teach youth the basic skills needed to make a simple garment. These classes are planned to be a learning experience and fun.

Youth will learn to measure themselves to determine their pattern size, choose the appropriate pattern and fabric and how to position pattern on their fabric. Youth will also learn how to operate and care for a sewing machine. Youth will make a simple garment and display their work at the 2009 Fashion Revue to complete this program.

Classes will be on Thursdays & Fridays for 5 weeks starting January 15th. Classes will be held at 3:30 pm & 5:30 pm. These times are subject to registration and we reserve the right to combine the two classes if necessary. The cost to participate is $15.00 if you bring your own fabric and $25.00 to receive donated fabric for the class. You must be in at least the first grade to sign up.

Call the extension office at 456-3575 to register by December 17th.

4-H Holiday Celebration

DECEMBER 4th, 5:00 AT THE EXTENSION OFFICE

MARK YOUR CALENDERS!

The 4-H community is getting together for the holidays and we really want you to be there to celebrate another fantastic year in 4-H! We will play some really fun holiday games and eat a great holiday dinner. Please bring a dish or dessert for everyone to enjoy. We will also look back at the great accomplishments of 2008 and get excited about the NC 4-H centennial celebration next year.

We encourage everyone to come and vote for your 2009 County Council!

Volunteer Training, Dinner, and a Meeting

This meeting will be held at the Extension Office on Monday, November 24th at 6:00 PM. We will be discussing new policies involving club finances, the upcoming centennial celebrations, chartering and re-chartering, and address any other questions or concerns you may have. We will also be having a nice dinner together. We will supply the meat if you could please bring a side dish and/or a dessert. If you have been volunteering for less than a year then please come to the meeting at 5:15 PM.

These are things you NEED to bring to the meeting:

· Your club’s plans for the next 6 months
· Your club’s financial records
· Your club’s current (updated) roster
· Centennial Celebration ideas
· A side dish or dessert
· Your club notebook
· Any new enrollment forms you have
· County Council nominations from your club

***We are trying to form a county council made up of youth leaders from each club to make it more effective so PLEASE nominate and encourage officers from your club to join the county council!***

Call Nick or Dan to sign-up for this training, tell us what side dish or dessert you will be bringing, or if you will be unable to attend. 828-456-3575

West District Leaders Meeting and Training

Friday, November 21st there will be West District Volunteer Leaders Association meeting and Volunteer Leader training in Asheville starting at 6:00 PM. Please call us at 456-3575 to reserve a seat. A couple of veteran 4-H leaders will be teaching two different ACE trainings that will be VERY HELPFUL to you as a volunteer leader. One class will be for newer volunteers and one for more experienced ones. Nick will be driving a van that will leave the Haywood County Extension Office at 5:00 PM taking anyone who wants to attend.

The North Carolina 4-H Master Volunteer Achievement in Continuing Education (ACE) program is designed to assist volunteers in the development of specialized skills as 4-H volunteers by participating in quality training experiences, processing learning experiences, conducting service activities/projects, and developing a Master Volunteer ACE portfolio. With this letter is a flier with all of the training information. Many 4-H Leaders from Haywood County have been, and are still involved in the ACE Program.

Please Call Nick or Dan at 456-3575 to REGISTER BY NOVEMBER 17th!

Adventure Club Announces Fall Events

The fall events have been announced and everyone is excited about getting outside in the beautiful fall weather. We are going to have some fun but, fall weather means more unpredictable weather that requires more preparation than summer adventures so, make sure that you come prepared for windy cold wet weather. We reserve the right to prevent anyone from coming on a trip who doesn't bring the required clothing or equipment listed for the outing. Call Dan for a list of required equipment.


If the weather is too severe or could possibly ruin the exprience then we will cancel or reschedule the trip.

Every child must have paperwork on file with the 4-H office and be at least 10 years or older although some specific trips may allow for younger kids to go. The overnight camping trip in November is for kids 10 and older and requires that each child under the age of 15 bring a parent or guardian. We strongly encourage parents to come on any and all trips. These are fun events for the whole family.


To attend a trip you must call and notify Dan at the 4-H office one workday before the trip to tell him that you are coming. Some trips will have limited Van seating.

To view the Adventure Club Fall Calender and the items needed for each hike click Here.

IT'S TIME............2008 HAYWOOD COUNTY FAIR!!!!!!!!!!!

Summer is moving out and Fall is moving in. With that change comes an exciting time of year full of fun activities and gatherings. One, in particular, is the upcoming 2008 Haywood County Fair. This year we are expecting a great turn-out with fun games, rides, exhibits, competitions and country singer (and 4-H Alumni) LUKE BRYAN! Here is a link to the official schedule for Fair Week.

Youth events to remember:

• All youth entries will be accepted on Monday, September 22nd between 10AM and 7PM. (PLEASE BRING ENTRIES EARLY)
• Youth Talent Show; Tuesday, September 23rd at 6PM in Building "A". (Sign-up forms are available at the Extension Office and are due by Monday September 22nd at 5PM.)
• Coin Quest; Saturday, September 27th at 11AM. Come join other youth up to 8th Grade search for special coins. You can win money and prizes. (Sign-up will be at the fairgrounds that morning. Only open to youth 8th grade and lower).

For any further information or entry/sign-up forms please call the 4-H Cooperative Extension Office at 456-3575 or drop by anytime Monday through Friday 8:00AM to 5:00PM.

4-H and NCSU Football!

As we continue to build on our expanding relationship with the NC State Athletics Department, we are proud to announce that we have arranged a discounted price for football tickets to two home games this season including: William and Mary on Saturday, September 6, 2008; and Miami (last home game of the season) on Saturday, November 29, 2008.

The 4-H discounted promotional price is open to any and all 4-H members (and their families), volunteers, alumni, donors/supporters, agents, program assistants and associates, etc. (the entire 4-H family). Thus, we ask that you share this exciting opportunity with your 4-H clubs, volunteers, donors, etc.

• In addition, they have listed the Boston College game (Homecoming) on the promotions page to encourage the 4-H family to attend and cheer the "Pack" onto victory! Note: tickets are available on a first-come, first-serve system.

*The discount rate is listed below: *
William and Mary - $25 (normally $35)
Boston College - $43 (homecoming)
Miami - $25 (normally $43)

*To secure the discounted tickets individuals will need to visit the GoPack website at the following URL: www.gopack.com/promo and enter code FOURH *

Adventure Club to Plan Fall Events

The 4-H Adventure Club will be having a meeting on Monday, August 25th at 5:30 PM to plan the club's adventure outings for the Fall. They will be meeting at the extension office in the small conference room. Some of the events will include ridge hiking, rock climbing, caving, bird watching, canoeing, and overnight camping.

The Adventure Club is for youth ages 10 and up and their families; Parents are highly encouraged to come and the cost to join is FREE!

Please bring your calenders so that dates can be set at the meeting and bring books, maps, and ideas of what you want to do in the beautiful fall weather.

Jim Calder the Wood Carver is Back

This past January our 4-H kids got a very special opportunity to learn the basics of wood carving from the "International Wood Carving Champion," at a class he led at the extension office.

He taught them using a method he invented called the triangle method where the kids can carve human faces by only carving triangles and they carved them out of SWEET POTATOES! Thats right, nice safe sweet potatoes that actually last a long time once they dry out.

Following the class, Woodcarving Illustrated, a nationally distributed magazine, wrote an article about Jim and his carving techniques that features OUR VERY OWN 4-HERS! You can read the article and see pictures of our kids at the following link.

http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/issue44/Keeping-the-Art-Alive.php

You can read more about him and see his masterpieces at his website:

http://www.wizzardofwood.net/

Well Jim is back in Haywood County and he is giving free carving demonstrations at the visitors center in Frog Level. It is free and open to anyone who wants to come (adults too).

Where: WNC Visitors Center located in Frog Level

Date: Friday, August 15 and Saturday, August 16

Times: Friday: 6-9pm Saturday: 12-6pm

Calling all Flavorologists!

As many of you know, North Carolina 4-H will be celebrating 100 years in 2009! During this exciting time we will look back at our roots and where we started as a small corn club in 1909, to today's 4-H; a youth organization committed to building outstanding citizen leaders with marketable skills to succeed in today's global society.

Now for the fun stuff!!!! It's time to get those brains concocting sweet treats for us to enjoy as we celebrate the Centennial of 4-H in North Carolina! In partnership with the NC State Creamery, 4-H is designing and producing our very own North Carolina 4-H Centennial Flavor, and we need your help!

• We must submit any county flavors no later than September 1st, so I will need all ideas by Friday, August 29th. There is an official entry form to be filled out.
• Be creative!

Flavor Guidelines

• Only 1 background flavor (Ex: vanilla, chocolate, cheesecake, eggnog, lemon, etc.)
• Only 1 inclusion (Ex: chocolate chips, M&M's, cherries, etc.)
• Only 1 swirl ingredient (Ex: fudge, butterscotch, raspberry, etc.)
• Does not have to incorporate all 3 above components. Ex: Background flavor, 1 swirl and no inclusions, or any other combinations.
• Ex: Sweet potato ice cream with graham cracker pieces and cinnamon sugar swirl.
• No nuts or peanut butter may be part of the combination.

Naming of the Creation

• Name should involve the North Carolina 4-H Centennial....Be creative!
• Must not be offensive or in poor taste.

The winning county will receive an ice cream party
with all the trimmings for 100!

District Activity Day was a Success

We are so proud of the Haywood County 4-Hers who took the time and put forth the effort to do a presentation or perform at this year's West District Activity Day in Brevard. Congratulations to Jesse Evans, Mark Kirkpatrick, Steven Kirkpatrick, Sally Dixon, Patty Popular and Greg Popular. These 4-Hers prepared a presentation, practiced and then presented in front of a panel of judges on topics they chose from science and technology to public speaking to health and fitness.

Haywood County would also like to congratulate Kyle, Keegan and Connor Lucky-Smith on a great performance of John Henry during the Talent Show Competition. Out of 15 different participants, the Lucky-Smith boys were one of only two groups who were asked to perform again during the awards ceremony for everyone.

At the end of the day these 4-Hers represented Haywood County well bringing home 4 gold medals and 1 bronze in various presentation categories.

Being able to present oneself in front of others teaches a variety of Life Skills from organization to interviewing for a job to building confidence and leadership and many more.

If you would like to learn more about opportunities like District Activity Day and/or presentations, please call Nick at the Extension Office. 828-456-3575

CONGRATS GUYS AND GALS...... YOU DID A GREAT JOB!

Adventure Club Events

The adventure club has announced its summer events and they are going to be great times in the great outdoors (For ages 10 & up, sorry little ones).

These are the planned events so far (with more to come):

• Going hiking the Great Smoky National Park in the Balsam Mountain area on Saturday, July 19th. We are doing a 2 1/2 mile hike down the flat creek trail to flat creek falls that will last around 4 1/2 hours including drive time. We will be simming in the creek, looking for wildflowers, nature photography, looking for animal tracks and signs of wildlife, and more.



• Taking a fun leisurely hike up Shinning Creek in Pisgah National Forest on Friday, August 1st. We will be learning about the plants and animals in the area, swimming in the creek, bird watching, working on Map & Compass skills, and just have fun exploring the area. How far we hike will depend on how far we want to go on this hike.
  


• Hiking to Twin Falls in the Pisgah National Forest near Brevard on Saturday, August 16th. We'll be beating the heat by a cold mountain stream with the mist of a beautiful waterfall cooling us down. The hike is 4.1 miles total with an hour drive so this outing will take about 6 hours out of the day but........................ it will be worth it I promise.
  

Adult Volunteers and Parents are welcome to come too!

Events to Look For This Fall

• Rock Climbing (and a climbing wall)
• Litter Pickup
• Over Night Camping on Mt Pisgah
• Climb Cold Mountain
• Hike to the Shinning Rock
• Caving
• Geo-caching
• Canoeing/camping

What You MUST Bring! (please be careful not to forget these important items)

• A lunch (and any snacks that you think you need)
• A large water bottle (a liter or more)
• A backpack to carry your stuff in
• Shoes to hike in AND shoes for playing in the water (hiking uphill in wet shoes is NOT fun.....blisters ugh)
• A whistle (every person must bring one)
• A non-cotton shirt to hike in (polyester/polypropelene/anything quick dry) OR a rain jacket

Things that you CAN bring! (I will be bringing most of these items)

• Camera
• Bathing suit
• Field Guides
• Fishing Gear
• GPS
• Compass
• A grocery bag to help pick up trash we find on the way
• Bug Spray
• Toilet Paper
• Sun Screen
• First Aid Kit (I have one that will work for everyone)
• Personal Medications
• Hiking Stick

WE WILL HAVING ANOTHER MEETING SO CHECK THE BLOG TO STAY UPDATED!

Call the Extension Office at 828-456-3575 for questions.

The New Super Club

This is a cool project club that covers it all!!!

Super Club allows you to cover many of the cool topics that 4-H has to offer in one great club!

We have leaders in the following topics that can teach you all you want to know;

• Awesome science experiments that will simply amaze you.


• Raising, caring for, and showing Turkeys, Chickens, & Ducks (Baby chicks will be supplied).


• Guitar and Mandolin lessons (you must have the instrument).
  
• Raising,caring for, and showing Pure Bred Rabbits (limited number of cute rabbits to be supplied).
  
• We will also help you with any project that 4-H has to offer which includes the following topics:
  
  Aerospace, Agriculture, Arts And Crafts, Beef, Bicycle, Cat, Child Development, Citizenship, Communications, Computer, Consumer, Dairy Cattle, Dairy Goat, Dog, Electric, Embryology, Entomology, Entrepreneurship, Experiential Learning, Exploring 4-H, Robotics, Exploring Farm Animals, Financial, Fishing, Forestry, Gardening, Geospatial, Health and Fitness, Horse, Latino Cultural Arts, Leadership, Meat Goat, Microwave, Nutrition, Outdoor Adventures, Pets, Photography, Poultry, Science Discovery, Service Learning, Sewing, Sheep, Small Engines, Swine, Theater Arts, Veterinary Science, Visual Arts, Wildlife, Woodworking,
  Workforce Readiness.

The first Super Club meeting will be June 24th at 6:30 at the Extension Office. All youth ages 5-19 are welcome to come and any adults that want to volunteer to help.

FREE TO JOIN!

SEWING DAY CAMP

The dates are set and enrollment is NOW OPEN! Sign-up to be a part of the annual sewing day camp being held during the 3rd week of June.

During Sewing Day Camp, youth participating will learn the basics of sewing while making a number of interesting sewing projects. There will also be daily games and other fun activities along with sewing, but remember, the focus will be on learning to sew. In previous years, the youth have made various projects such as, backpacks and old-timey 4-H aprons. We look forward to making this another year of fun and educational experiences for all involved.


Sewing Camp is open to the first 25 individuals to sign-up and pay before June 12th. In past years there has been a waiting list so sign up now to secure your spot in this year's SEWING DAY CAMP!

WHO: This day camp is open to all 4-Hers ages 6-12 years old

WHEN: June 17th-19th, 9am-4pm

WHERE: The Haywood County Cooperative Extension Center (589 Raccoon Road, Waynesville ph. 828-456-3575)

COST: $25.00 (Payment must be received by June 12th to reserve your spot at camp.)

DEADLINE: The last day to register for this camp will be June 12th at 5:00pm.

Please call today to sign-up!

828-456-3575

*We are always looking for volunteers to help with this and other programs. If interested in becoming a 4-H volunteer and helping our youth learn valuable life skills as well as have fun in their communities, please contact Nick or Dan at 828-456-3575 to get started.*

District Activity Day

District Activity Day(DAD) is right around the corner. The date is set for June 26. To participate in DAD you must do a presentation here at the county level first. The names of youth who have presented at the county and are going to the District will be submitted on June 13. You must present before this date to be registered to go to District Activity Day, but don't worry it's not too late.

All participants in DAD will receive a minimum of a 1/2 scholarship to go to NC 4-H Congress in July. If your presentation wins at the District level you get to present at the State level and you will receive a full scholarship to go to NC 4-H Congress. Check back soon for more information regarding NC 4-H Congress.

We encourage every 4-Her to do a presentation. To view the list of categories for presentations as well as more details visit the NC 4-H website. Learning to do presentations will help youth develop valuable life skills such as: expressing yourself clearly, learning how to gather information, organizing ideas, learning to speak in front of a group and developing a "I Can Do It" attitude. These are extremely important skills in todays world that are highly valued in our 4-H program.

We have all the resources to help you get started. Please call or email Nick or Dan at 828-456-3575 to get started on your presentation soon.

New 4-H Adventure Club

Do you want to get outside this summer and have some fun wilderness adventures?

4-H is starting a new adventure club to take advantage of the great outdoor opportunities this county has to offer. Hiking, rafting, fishing, rock climbing, the options are endless and the choice is yours.

We are looking for club members ages 10 to 19 and Adult Volunteer Leaders who want to participate in local outdoor activities during the upcoming summer months!

There will be a meeting on Thursday June 12th at 6:00 PM at the Extension Office, 589 Raccoon Rd, Waynesville to start planning our summer trips. You don't have to be a 4-H member to join and ITS FREE!

Parents are strongly encouraged to attend

Bring your calenders to help plan upcoming events!
Call: 828-456-3575

SUMMER CAMP AT SWANNANOA! REGISTER NOW

Don't wait until the last minute to register for Summer Camp at the Swannanoa 4-H Center. We have only 4 boy and 4 girl spots left and are registering on a first-come, first-serve basis. This special is for the TRADITIONAL CAMP ONLY (8-12 years old).

Registration and $100.00 Deposit are due by May 29th.

June 21-26
Traditional Camp Ages: 8-12 Fee: $300.00
Activities include swimming, archery, craft, environmental exploration, teambuilding, games and other exciting opportunities. Also evening opportunities may consist of Talent Shows, All Camp Games, Campfires, Award Ceremonies Dances and much more! Included in this special 4-H price will be a Transportation, Camp T-shirt and spending money at the Camp Store.

*Other Summer Camp Opportunities at Swannanoa*:
Trekker (ages 13-15)
Adventure (ages 11-12)
Explorer (ages 9-12)
Creative Me (ages 9-12)
Cloverbud Camp (ages 5-8)
Leader-in-Training (LIT) (ages 15-16)

More information and pictures can be found at Swannanoa 4-H Center.

*Contact Nick or Dan today to reserve your space and
receive your camp packet*
456-3575