Kent's 4-H Week!

In the week ahead

• June 6 - Rabbit Showmanship Clinic: 7:00 p.m., Quinn Farm (Locust Grove Rd., Kennedyville). Contact Carrie Douthit with your breed.
• June 7 - UME Volunteer Training: 6:00 - 9:00 p.m., Extension Office
• June 8 - Beth away at Regional 4-H Meeting (Talbot Co.)
• June 8 - ASAC Board meeting: 3:00 p.m.
• June 9 - Beth on WCTR: 12:15 p.m. - tune in AM 1530 or online
• June 10 - AG Center Board Meeting: 6:30 - 7:00 p.m., Kennedyville U.M. Church
• June 11 - Youth Engaging Youth Grant Training, State Fairgrounds
• June 12 - Regional Sceicnes Skill Day: 12:00 - 5:00 p.m., Queen Anne's County 4-H Park - Tractor, Lawn Tractor, Bicycle, Small Engines, etc.
• June 15 - 4-H Entry Deadline. See online Fair Guide or stop in the office.
  

Deadlines are approaching

Reminder the Kent County Fair Guide insert is in the May 26th edition of the Kent County News. If you don't get one, stop by the office our view it on the web. Entries are due June 15th.

June

1 Deadline: Enrollment Deadline for New 4-H’ers to be eligible to exhibit in the Kent Co. Fair

1 Deadline: Project enrollment deadline to be eligible to exhibit that project in the Kent
County Fair

1 Deadline: State 4-H Ownership deadline for alpacas, dogs, pygmy goats, horses, & poultry.

Kent has earlier
May 1^st deadline for all market livestock projects
Deadline – Ownership deadline for small pets, breeding swine, sheep and beef cattle

4-5 Southern Maryland 4-H Spring Show (SMILE), Charles County Fairgrounds

6 30^th Annual MD 4-H Foundation Golf Tournament

Fair time is just around the corner

"4-H: Let the Magic Flow"
cover design contest winner: Laurie Quinn

This week in 4-H:

May 24 - 4-H Leaders Council, 7pm, Extension Office (note change of date to 4th Tuesday, not last Tuesday, Thank you!)

May 26 - Junior Leadership Council, 7pm, Extension Office

May 26 - The Kent County Fair Guide insert will be in the Kent County News

May 27 - Office Closed ~ Kent County Furlough Day

May 30 - Office Closed - In Observance of Memorial Day

June 1st deadlines - see newsletter

Upcoming 4-H Week

Happy Monday to you! Below please find the Kent County 4-H Calendar for this week!

May 19 - Ag Center Board of Directors Meeting, 7:00 p.m., Kennedyville U.M. Church

May 21 - 4-H Horsemanship Standards Examiners Training, Harford County

May 21/22 - Kent County Post Prom Party, 11:00 p.m. - 5:00 a.m., Kent County Community Center

For more dates visit our online 4-H Times Newsletter.

Kent County 4-H Weigh's in

Reminder: All May 1st deadlines roll over to today. Please see last week's post for more info.
All May 1st deadlines are due today, May 2nd!

This week Wednesday (May 4) - Friday (May 6) Beth and TJ will both be out of the office attending the Annual 4-H Program Planning Retreat in College Park. Please contact us TJ via email tbrown2@umd.edu if you need to reach us.

May 3 - 4-H Market & Commercial Livestock Weighing and Tagging Day, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m., Kent Ag Center - all 4-H market animals (beef and dairy feeder steers, sheep, swine, goats) must be weighed and tagged

May 7 - State 4-H Dairy Bowl Contest, College Park

This Week's Buzz

April 30 - Maryland Day, College Park

April 30 - MD State 4-H Communications Contest, College Park

May 1st Deadlines:
All Kent 4-H'ers must have completed all parts of the Animal Husbandry & Quality Assurance Online Training to be eligible to exhibit 4-H animal projects

MD Teen Council and State Volunteer Association Meetings, MD 4-H Center, College Park

May 1st deadlines that are due May 2nd: (NOW THERE'S SOME BUZZ)

Market Livestock Ownership Deadline – beef and dairy feeder steers, sheep, swine, goats

Horse and Pony ID Cards and Dog ID Cards due

All Performance and Breeding Lease Agreements due - beef, dairy, sheep, goats, dogs, llamas/alpacas, horse, etc.

Showmanship is on the Horizon

It's that time of year when showmanship is on the horizon for the fair season. Be sure to watch your newsletter, facebook, and our blog for deadlines for shows and fairs

In the 4-H Week ahead
April
15-17 - MD 4-H Mechanical Sciences/Engineering Weekend, The Rocks 4-H Camp, Harford Co

16 - 4-H Bicycle Day, QA 4-H Park, call QA Extension Office for more info. 410-758-0166

21 - Ag Center Board of Directors meeting, 7:00 p.m., Kennedyville United Methodist Church

22 - Extension Office closed in observance of Good Friday/Easter Holiday

This Week in 4-H

April 2011

7 Kent 4-H Animal Science Rules/Guidelines and Policy Update for 4-H’ers and Volunteers, 6:00 pm, Ext. Office

Kent County Fair 4-H Animal Chair Meeting, 7:00 pm, Extension Office

8 DEADLINE: Eastern Shore Spring Show (ESSS) Entry deadline. See inside for

details!

8-10 MD State Shooting Sports Instructor Training, Thendera 4-H Center

9 4-H Science Day, 9:30 – 2:00 pm, Extension Office, register by 4/4

4-H Horse Judging Clinic, Carroll County Ag Center, Westminster, MD

10 Youth Shooting Sports Students Needed! 12:00 – 3:30 pm, Thendera 4-H Center, Dorchester Co.

15-17 MD 4-H Mechanical Sciences/Engineering Weekend, The Rock 4-H Camp, Harford County

Things to Come

Please mark your calendar for the things to come in Kent County 4-H this week and entering next week.

March

29 4-H Leaders Council Meeting, 7:00 pm, Extension Office

31 Kent County Fair – 4-H Indoor and Non-Animal Outdoor Division Chair Meeting, 7:00 pm, Extension Office

April 1 DEADLINE: 4-H Haiku Challenge Entry Deadline – see inside for details!

2 Project Outreach Tournament, 9:00 am, Washington College

MD 4-H Foundation Sporting Clays Fundraising Shoot, Schraders (16090 Oakland Road, Henderson, MD)

2-7 National 4-H Conference, National 4-H Center, Chevy Chase, MD

3 Farm and Tractor Safety Day, 1:00 – 4:00 pm, Location to be Announced

4 UME 4-H Volunteer Training, 6:00 – 9:00 pm, Extension Office, Register by 4/4 at 12:00 noon.

Deadline: Registration deadline for youth shooting sports students at the State 4-H Shooting sports instructor training

THE NEWS IS OUT

THE NEWS IS OUT...WELL ACTUALLY IT'S ON IT'S WAY!

The March/April edition of the 4-H Times Newsletter is running as I type and will be in the mail to you today! So watch your mail.

Things to look for:
March
24 Jr. Leadership Council, 7:00 pm, Extension Office
25 Regional Public Speaking, 6:30 pm, Easton High School
26 Kent Ag Center Auction, 10:00 am Silent/11:00 am Live; Kent Ag Center, Tolchester –
All 4-H Families asked to support this event!!! See us on Facebook!
Maryland 4-H Robotics Inservice, MD 4-H Center, College Park

Eastern Shore Spring Show entries forms are in stop by the office the deadline for entries is April 8th or access online.