Cape May County The Face of 4-H A Quarterly Newsletter for 4-H Families 20102010----20112011

Inside This Issue A Message from B.J. 2 4-H Opportunities for 2 Leadership Cyber Explorers Float Their 3 Own Boats Public Presentations Workshop January 13th 12 Wriggling Christmas Gifts 3 This Teen Opportunities Night 4 ATTENTION . . .4-H members, leaders and year’s work- Save the Date—SJTC 5 volunteers! shop fea- Club Reports 6-8 It’s a brand new year, tures the and our annual 4-H Public brand new Equine Program News 9 Presentations will be here NJ 4-H publi- 4-H Calendar — 10- before you know it, the cation, “4-H January — March 12 week of March 14-18. Member To help you prepare, Guide: How Upcoming our 4-H Public Presenta- to Make a 4-H Events tions Workshop has been 4-H Public scheduled for: Presenta- THURSDAY, JANUARY tion.” Above, Meghan Oliver gives a hilarious exam- ♦ Jan 13th, 44----HH Public 13, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. , at We hope ple of a bad presentation at last year’s Public Presentations Workshop, the Atlantic Cape Commu- you will take Presentations Workshop. Below, the packed ACCC Tiered Lecture Hall nity College Tiered Lec- advantage of house of 4-H members and leaders watch Katie this worth- Washart perform her example of a good pres- ♦ Jan 27th, Teen Ambas- ture Hall on the second while session entation. sadors “Teen Opportuni- floor. featuring new ties Night, RCE Conf Rm This is a fun, hands-on informa- workshop to help youth ♦ Feb 16th, 44----HH Equestrian tion...youth pre- presenters organize their of the Year Contest, RCE senters… pres- thoughts and materials, OfcOfcOfc entations understand the judging judges...a ♦ Feb 26th, NJ 44----HH State system and improve their chance for YOU Horse Bowl Contest, Bur- skills for 4-H Public Pres- to be the lington Co. entations...and for all of judge...a free your public speaking ♦ Mar 5th, Livestock Com- gift...and more! needs! mittee Scrapbooking Crop Fundraiser, LYC ♦ Mar 1414----18th,18th, 44----HH Public 2011 4-H PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS Presentations Week, ACCC Are right around the corner... ♦ Mar 24th 44----HH Founda- tion Penny Party, LYC March 14-18…. SEE CALENDARS P. 10-12 FOR MORE EVENTS. Start Your Preparations Now!

4 - H connects kids with RUTGERS www.RUinto4H.org Important 4-H News for You! A Message from B.J. A new year! How exciting are wonderful challenges, ideas and So, how many the new beginnings! As each new quotations about how we can all people does it year begins, many of us make and work to make the world a better take to make a dif- try to live up to resolutions or new place. There is a focus in the book ference? Really, goals for the coming year. on how each of us is a “marvel.” only one…YOU! One of the goals that I think is Each of us is unique, there is no one What will you do important and am striving for is to in the world exactly like you. to help someone make a difference. In 4-H, we talk a Now, how can we use that? else? Who will you lot about setting goals, community Think about who you are. Ask your- inspire? How will you change your service and helping others. Now self, what am I good at? What skills community for the better? more than ever the world needs us. would I be excited about sharing? Each of us can make one of our I recently read and really en- Then, consider how those wonder- new year’s resolutions to share our joyed a book called “How Many ful things that are you can be talents, reach out to others and People Does It Take to Make a Differ- shared. We all have the ability and really make a difference. Best of ence,” written by Dan Zadra and opportunity to share those talents to luck for a great new year!

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Page 2 Important 4-H News for You! Cyber Explorers Float Their Own Boats 12 Wriggling Gifts By Julie Karavan, Club Leader by Jimmy Papperman, 4-H Member Cyber Explor- I am in three 4-H clubs this

ers 4-H mem- year: 1.The Brain Gang Chess and

bers with their Science Club at Dennis Twp. Pri-

bright blue mary School, 2. The Laws of the

cardboard and Paws Dog Club, and 3. The Pitch-

duct tape boat. forks & Buckets Livestock Club.

Back row, left to Laws of the Paws marched in

right are Sam the Dennisville Christmas Parade, Caulfield and and we won second place! Some Erin Florer. people and dogs dressed up as Front row: Joey elves, Santa, reindeer and even Tepper, Tristan Christmas trees. Metz, Danny Speaking of dogs, we just got a Tepper and delivery of CHRISTMAS PUPPIES Luke Karavan. from Bailey, my dog. She is a yel- low lab (but she is almost white), and she had 12 puppies on De- On September 21, 2010, the buoyed by containers strapped to cember 10. The puppies were members of the Cyber Explorers the bottom. The boat accommo- born all throughout the night. No 4H Club went to Belleplain State dated both boys as they worked sleep that night! They are all Forest to launch a series of boats together to paddle out to the chocolate brown. Bailey is a good crafted by members. The club has checkpoint. Danny and Joey cred- mother, but we help her feed the been exploring marine science ited their older brother, John, for puppies with bottles. The five girls and the principles of buoyancy his assistance in getting the pro- and seven boys are so much fun. with hands on activities and ex- ject complete and seaworthy. Ex- They can be adopted in February, periments. It was time to put the cellent teamwork, Teppers! so come pick out a puppy. project to the test at Lake Nummy. Luke Karavan chose to super- Pitchforks & Buckets Club had Following a picnic lunch, the size his small scale fair project. For a Pumpkin Party at my farm in Oc- club toured the nature center. Nets the launch, Luke created a full size tober. We had a hay ride, deco- and buckets were gathered for duct tape boat which was de- rated cupcakes and rode on pond plunkering with a naturalist signed to resemble the intriguing my pony cart. We have done three guide. The kids had a good look at cuttlefish cephalopod. The boat road clean ups and collected dog some of the creatures they could included the creature’s flounced and cat food for needy dogs and be sharing the water with…if their fin, forward floating tentacles and cats. My miniature horse Cinna- boats were not successful. Then, it distinctive eyes. Another success! mon Sugar Pop Tart is playing was time to hit the dock. Luke made it beyond the check- Mary's donkey in a living nativity The maiden voyage was the point and back in his vessel. at my church! I'm playing Joseph. club’s group project exhibited at Club Members Tristan Metz and Merry Christmas to all! the CMC fair; a fully wrapped Sam Caulfield created model size cardboard vessel designed to hold designs. Sam crafted a detailed one person. Some dire predictions model size cork boat. Using a had been made by observers who Mindstorms robotics kit and a lap- questioned the height of the boat’s top, Tristan built a remote control sides and the stability of its LEGO boat which easily navigated wrapped covering. However, we the waters of Lake Nummy. are proud to report that the club Thanks to all the kids, parents, boat was an unqualified success! leaders and staff in making this Tristan Metz, Joey Tepper and day such a success for our club. A Danny Tepper each tooled around special round of applause goes to the lake in the sleek blue boat. club leader, Jessica Servis. We Joey Tepper and Danny Tepper appreciate all your efforts in coor- opted to create a cardboard vessel dinating the launch.

The Face of 4-H, Volume 2, Issue 2 Page 3 Teen Opportunities Night Thursday January 27 Rutgers Cooperative Extension 355 Court House South Dennis Road Cape May Court House, NJ 08210 Consider the possibilities! ♦ Find out how teens in Cape May County can have FUN! ♦ Meet the challenge to improve your community ♦ Join the community of 4-H ♦ Earn community service credits ♦ Meet new teens from all over South Jersey Teen Ambassadors Meeting

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The Face of 4-H, Volume 2, Issue 2 Page 5 Club Reports! Barnyard Buddies Lisa Calvo, of Project Rebecca Thompson, Secretary PORTS, demonstrates to Luke Karavan how The Barnyard Buddies so far baby horseshoe crabs has a great start to the new 4-H can be located on the year. We would like to welcome flats. our new member Meghan Hess. Some of our members enjoyed the fall open shows and the Hal- loween Fun Show. We have elected our officers for this year too. We held our holiday can drive for our group and have given the cans to a local church’s food bank. Some of the members helped run the Scrapbooking Day on Satur- day, November 6 th . We would also like to give a special thanks to Betsy Barry, our leader, for planning the St Jude Trail Ride trails for us and to Wran- glers leader Kathy Riggins for helping her out.

Jessica and Melissa Bingaman, club leaders of the Chestnut Bay Buddies Clo- verbud Club, pose in front of the Christmas tree with their members. Brain Gang floor. Our favorite was dissecting Jeff Bingaman, Club Leader owl pellets. Armed with rubber gloves, magnifying glasses and The Brain Gang meets weekly wooden tools we discovered bird at Dennis Township Primary skeletons, feathers, mouse parts School, as part of the afterschool 4- and lots of other goodies! We are H program. We have 25 members perfecting our flight abilities with in first through fifth grades. Our high-tech paper airplanes and club plays chess and explores sci- precise origami folds. ence at our Friday meetings. Cold weather may keep us in, Above: Noah Fatale and Ethan Johnson Kids of all ages can learn but we will construct buzz saws dissect owl pellets at a recent Brain chess. We practice on Kid- from colonial times, take part in Gang Club meeting. Below: Club chess.com, and help each other the legendary Great Egg Drop and Leader Jeff Bingaman prepares club through team play. The elemen- build our own trebuchets. Most members for a little friendly chess tary kids have been playing with importantly we will begin our LE- competition. Mr. Bingaman for three years and GOdesign. Older 4-Hers can com- are great teachers! We know that pete in LEGOcompetitions that practice makes better players, and issue a design challenge to be our motto is “If you lose say noth- mastered by the students. We ing, if you win say less.” We strive have a robotic LEGO kit that was to be future good sportsmen. Tour- purchased for us through a 4-H naments start in January. grant. We can’t wait to design and Science is always fun in Mr. build and practice so that we are Bingaman’s room. The Brain Gang ready to compete! has explored balanced weight If you have any LEGOS not in with sticks, tape, string, Matchbox use, donations are always wel- cars and blocks. We hung a GIANT come - contact Mr. Bingaman at pendulum and made oscillating 675-0695. patterns with colored sand on the

Page 6 Club Reports! Chestnut Bay Buddies Jessica and Melissa Bingaman, Club Leaders The Chestnut Bay Buddies are off to a great start! We have 12 members from first through fourth grades. We have explored horse colors and breeds and painted our favorite horse in wood cutouts. Barn safety is very important and we all know how to conduct our- selves around horses. Learning about tack was a favorite meeting. We got to try different types of saddles and identified bits, halters and bridles. The tack room is an awesome place to hang out! In De- cember, we made huge collages of English, Western and Dressage photos. At each meeting we make a craft as well. In October we made Both two and four-footed members of the Laws for the Paws 4-H Dog Club wooden pumpkins that we shared marched in the 2010 Dennisville Christmas Parade recently. Their clever holi- with a nursing home. With the cold day costumes earned the group a second-place trophy in the walking divi- weather we have moved our barn sion. meetings inside. Over the winter we will be learning about nutri- The group is eager to decorate something or “feel” that it has tion, and other farm animals. the maze. We could go with a col- touched something. Sensors can Chickens, goats and rabbits will orful and life-filled great barrier be bought from a store. be attending our meetings! reef, the spooky challenger deep So that’s the latest club pro- At future meetings, we have a (Mariana Trench), the bright and ject. We have a lot to do, and vet coming to teach horse health, fun water at the beach, an under- members are welcome to join . and a farrier to demonstrate hoof water volcano (most likely dor- care. Field trips to learn about mant), or a ship wreck with treas- Laws for the Paws food, hay types and conformation ure inside. Even more, we could Erin Florer, Secretary are planned for warmer days! do the lost city of Atlantis, a deep sea cave with a giant squid, or Bow wow. Arf arf. Yap! Trans- lated that means, “Greetings from Cyber Explorers Club (like most of the sea floor) just a large flat underwater plain. There the dog club!” Recently our club Erin Florer, Secretary are so many choices that we have went up to Dennis Township to Cyber Explorers greet you some work to do. Nonetheless, it participate in a Christmas parade. once again. This time our team is must be admitted that the maze is It’s fun to be able to be out with building a maze for a robot. To- only half the project. your dog and to wish others a gether, we will deal with the chal- The robot is a tricky piece. We Merry Christmas. Some of us lenges of getting the robot through need to decide the robot to build dressed up as presents while oth- the maze. We also get to theme based on the terrain and what ers of us were elves. We had to and decorate the maze. It’s only challenges wait before it. A robot keep control of our reindeer/dogs half the fun that our robot maze is with a claw would be handy for which was even more fun. It was decorated to be underwater! The picking up stuff. A robot that turns nice to see so many people at the challenges for the robot in the sharply would be handy for tight parade and all around us people maze can just be simply to get places. (We learned that a robot had decorated their houses, trees, through or (if we’ve eaten too turns by having one wheel go fences, and poles. It was a beauti- much sugar) we could put obsta- backward and the other forward.) ful wonderful walk. Hope you all cles to move, different terrain, or A robot needs sensors to either have a fun time. Merry Christmas! add a few slight hills. “see” when it is about to run into

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The Shore Blazers 4-H Club marched in this year’s Cape May Halloween Parade, complete with costumes, pets and horses.

The Shore Blazers 4-H Club enjoys some Christmas cheer at their December meeting. And yes, that is a whoopee cushion held by Elise Heim! The Shore Blazers Katie Suter and Andrew and Elise Kathy Elwell and Ginny Heim, Heim were recognized for their Club Leaders dedication and hard work this past year riding welsh ponies. The cir- The Shore Blazers Club has cuit has ten shows held on the east Meghan Oliver’s 4-H horse projects Flirt elected the following members to coast from Virginia to New York. office for the 2010/2011 year: and Gunther proved recently to be excel- Kelly was very lucky to catch-ride lent teachers at school. President - Meghan Oliver, Vice a section B stallion Pennwood Gwr Pres - Tori Speece, Secretary- Bonheddig (aka Gwr), owned by Dara Baker, Treasurer- Kelly Suter, Guy and Helen Clardy, in the me- Health Officer - Victoria McCann dium/large hunter division. When and Historians - Hansen the year was over, Kelly and Gwr and Katie Hess. had earned third place. Katie In addition, many club mem- shared Glencoe Rock & Roll and bers have been quite busy. Cum- ended with an berland County 4-H joined forces Award in the leadline division. this year with the English Circuit of Andrew and his pony Glencoe South Jersey (ECSJ) by hosting two Rock & Roll ended with Co- horse shows. In doing so they en- Champion in the Junior English abled riders and horses/ponies to Pleasure 12.2 & Under, Champion Meghan Oliver demonstrates hoof cleaning gather points toward high point Section A Geldings, and 4th in Jun- on Gunther to her public speaking class awards for their Cumberland ior Western Pleasure. Elise rode members while teacher T.J. Belasco looks County Hunter Show Series. An- Glencoe Rock & Roll to Champion on. drew and Elise Heim attended Leading Rein/Childs First Pony She taught her class about basic both shows and when the series and third place in the walk-trot came to closure, Andrew Heim horse fundamentals such as what division. All had fun at the silent foods they eat, what kind of snacks and his new pony Dreams in Mo- auction and enjoyed the comrade- tion ended the series as the 2010 they like, grooming and hoof ship with their fellow competitors care. year-end High Point Reserve and friends. Champion for Short Stirrup. The horses wore Santa and elf Meghan Oliver took her horse hats and enjoyed themselves tre- On December 4, four mem- projects Gunther and Flirt to bers of the club attended the East- mendously. So much so, that they Lower Cape May Regional High refused to get back on the trailer ern Welsh Circuit Awards Banquet School for a public speaking class. held in Lancaster, PA. Kelly and to go home!

Page 8 4-H Equine Program News! The Rainbow Bridge - Author Unknown

By the edge of the woods, at the foot of a hill is a lush, green meadow where time stands still. Where the friends of man and woman do run, when their time on Earth is over and done. For here, between this world and the next, is a place where each beloved creature finds rest. On this golden land, they wait and they play, till the Rainbow Bridge they cross over one day. Farewell to No more do they suffer, in pain or in sadness, Breezing Patty for here they are whole, their lives filled with gladness. Their limbs are restored, their health renewed, April 1, 1978 - September 13, 2010 their bodies have healed, with strength imbued. The Healing Hooves Therapy They romp through the grass, without even a care, Program and the Healing Hooves until one day they stare, and sniff at the air. 4-H Club would like to wish a fond All ears pricked forward, eyes dart front and back, farewell to a much loved friend, then all of a sudden, one breaks from the pack. teacher and companion. For just at that instant, their eyes have met; Patty went to wait for us at the together again, both person and pet. rainbow bridge on Monday, Sep- tember 13, 2010 after a strong fight So they run to each other, these friends from long past, with a bad case of colic. We did the time of their parting is over at last. everything we could to save our The sadness they felt while they were apart, matriarch, but to no avail. She is has turned into joy once more in each heart. resting peacefully now in much They embrace with a that will last forever, greener pastures. and then side-by-side, they cross over……together. Patty started her life as a Quar- ter Horse racehorse. After retiring of our clients learn to walk again The power of the horse is just from racing she became a 4-H pro- and helped them to strengthen amazing and Patty was truly a gem. ject horse for a few young girls in their muscles throughout their bod- She will be greatly missed and ut- the county. Upon retiring from her ies while not stressing their sensi- terly irreplaceable. 4-H career she was hired to be the tive joints. We love you Patty girl!!!! security mount for the C.M.C. Sher- iff's Department to patrol the park/ zoo and the surrounding areas. While working for the Sheriff's De- partment Patty lived at the zoo with her zebra friend to keep him com- pany. After retiring from the Sheriff's Department, Patty became a com- panion for a mini donkey named Dan. They had a long life together before Patty was hired to work with us at the Healing Hooves Therapy Program. Patty has helped us teach many special needs students over the last four years while living at the Cape May County Equestrian Facility. She was always a lady and never took a 2010-11 Junior Horse Council Officers, from left to right: Cecily Marker—Secretary, wrong turn or a bad step while she Rebecca Thompson—Treasurer, Nick Huffard—Sergeant-at-Arms, Kelsey Champion— was working. She has helped many President, and Sara O’Brien—Vice President. Our next meeting is Feb. 9.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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printed copies only Sat Sat 5 5Livestock Livestock CommitteeCommittee Scrap- Scrap- bookingbooking Crop, LYC Crop, LYC 12 12 19 19 26 26 Sat Sat to those without 5 5Livestock Livestock CommitteeCommittee Scrap- Scrap- bookingbooking Crop, LYC Crop, LYC 12 12 19 19 26 26 e-mail addresses. PLEASE UPDATE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESSES NOW

The Cape May County Face of 4-H

A Quarterly Newsletter

for 4-H Families Fri Fri 4 4 11 11 7 pm 7 Milky Wayspm Milky Ways Club, Club,LYC LYC 18 18 25 25 7 pm 7 Milky Wayspm Milky Ways Club, Club,LYC LYC Fri Fri 4 4 11 11 7 pm 7 Milky Wayspm Milky Ways Club, Club,LYC LYC 18 18 25 25 7 pm 7 Milky Wayspm Milky Ways Club, Club,LYC LYC Published By

RCE of Cape May County H H H H H H - - 4 Moore Road - - Cape May Court House, NJ 08210

Phone: 609-465-5115, ext. 605

Fax: 609-465-5953

4-H Staff

5:30 pm5:30 4 pm 4

Linda Horner 5:30 pm5:30 4 pm 4 Thu Thu 3 36:30 pm6:30 Horse pm Horse Council, Council,RCE Conf RCE Conf Rm Rm 10 10 7 pm 7 PPAWS,pm LYC PPAWS, LYC 17 177 pm Barnyard 7 pm Barnyard Buddies,Buddies, LYC LYC 24 24 31 31 FoundationFoundation Penny Penny Party,Party, LYC LYC 7 pm 7Teen pm Amb.,Teen Amb., RCE ConfRCE Rm Conf Rm Thu Thu 3 36:30 pm6:30 Horse pm Horse Council, Council,RCE Conf RCE Conf Rm Rm 10 10 7 pm 7 PPAWS,pm LYC PPAWS, LYC 17 177 pm Barnyard 7 pm Barnyard Buddies,Buddies, LYC LYC 24 24 31 31 Linda Horner, 4-H Program FoundationFoundation Penny Penny Party,Party, LYC LYC 7 pm 7Teen pm Amb.,Teen Amb., RCE ConfRCE Rm Conf Rm Associate and Newsletter Editor [email protected] B.J. Webersinn, County 4-H Agent [email protected] Mary Lynn Frandino, 4-H Secretary,

[email protected]

Wed Wed 2 2 9 9 6:30 pm,6:30 Jr. pm,Horse Jr. Horse Council, Council,RCE RCEMtg Mtg Rm Rm 16 16 23 23 30 30 Wed Wed 2 2 9 9 6:30 pm,6:30 Jr. pm,Horse Jr. Horse Council, Council,RCE RCEMtg Mtg Rm Rm 16 16 23 23 30 30

The 4-H Mission

The Rutgers Cooper-

ative Extension 4-H Youth

Development Program is a

department of the New Tue Tue 1 11 pm Cyber 1 pm CyberEx- Ex- plorersplorers Club, RCE Club, RCE Mtg Rm Mtg Rm 8 8 15 151 pm Cyber 1 pm Cyber ExplorersExplorers , RCE Mtg , RCE Mtg Rm Rm 22 22 29 29 7 pm Livestock7 pm Livestock CommitteeCommittee Mtg., Mtg., RCE ConfRCE Rm Conf Rm Tue Tue 1 11 pm Cyber 1 pm CyberEx- Ex- plorersplorers Club, RCE Club, RCE Mtg Rm Mtg Rm 8 8 15 151 pm Cyber 1 pm Cyber ExplorersExplorers , RCE Mtg , RCE Mtg Rm Rm 22 22 29 29 Jersey Agricultural 7 pm Livestock7 pm Livestock CommitteeCommittee Mtg., Mtg., RCE ConfRCE Rm Conf Rm

Experiment Station and

Rutgers University and Teams, Teams, Teams, Teams, Teams, Teams,

uses a learn by doing

H H Foun- H Foun- H H Foun- H Foun- - - - - approach to enable youth

to develop the knowledge, 6 pm Kitchen 6 pm Kitchen attitudes and skill they 6 pm Kitchen 6 pm Kitchen

6:30 pm6:30 pm 6:30 HB/H 6:30 HB/H 6:30 pm6:30 pm 6:30 HB/H 6:30 HB/H 6:30 pm Wran- 6:30 pm Wran- 6:30 pm Wran- 6:30 pm Wran- need to become competent, Mon Mon 7 7 6:30 Laws6:30 for PawsLaws , for Paws , LYC LYC 6:30 HB/H/HJ 6:30 HB/H/HJ 14 14 Wranglers,Wranglers, LYC LYC 6:45 pm6:45 Tightlines pm Tightlines Fishing,Fishing, LYC LYC 21 21 Team, Team,RCE Library RCE Library 7:30 pm7:30 4 pm 4 28 28 glers, LYC glers, LYC 6:30 pm Cloverbuds, 6:30 pm Cloverbuds, RCE Mtg Rm RCE Mtg Rm Phanatics, LYC Phanatics, LYC dation , dationRCE Conf, RCE Conf Rm Rm 6:30 Laws6:30 for PawsLaws , for Paws , LYC LYC 6:30 HB/H/HJ 6:30 HB/H/HJ 28 28 glers, LYC glers, LYC 6:30 pm Cloverbuds, 6:30 pm Cloverbuds, RCE Mtg Rm RCE Mtg Rm Mon Mon 7 7 14 14 Wranglers,Wranglers, LYC LYC 6:45 pm6:45 Tightlines pm Tightlines Fishing,Fishing, LYC LYC 21 21 Team, Team,RCE Library RCE Library 7:30 pm7:30 4 pm 4 Phanatics, LYC Phanatics, LYC caring and contributing dation , dationRCE Conf, RCE Conf Rm Rm citizens of the world. This mission is accomplished by using the knowledge and resources of the land grant university system, along with the involvement of

caring adults. Sun Sun 6 6 2 pm 2Pitchforks pm Pitchforks& & Buckets,Buckets, LYC LYC 13 13 20 20 27 27 Sun Sun 6 6 2 pm 2Pitchforks pm Pitchforks& & Buckets,Buckets, LYC LYC 13 13 20 20 27 27 March 2011 March