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Pine Community Connector January 2019 VOLUME 4, ISSUE 1 PINE COMMUNITY CONNECTOR JANUARY 2019 PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION, PINE COUNTY OFFICE www3.extension.umn.edu/local/pine Inside this issue: Welcome Briana Michels 4-H Youth Development 2 Health & Nutrition 4 On January 22, Briana Michels joined the Pine County Extension Office team as a Community Educator. With her new work at U Yard & Garden 6 of M Extension, Briana will be focused on creating a toolkit and Ag Community 10 working with communities in tribal areas of Mille Lacs Band of Upcoming Events 12 Ojibwe and Bois Fort Band of Ojibwe, as well as communities in Pine, Aitkin, Itasca, and St. Louis counties, to develop Contact Us: community based solutions for the opioid epidemic. Briana has U of M Extension-Pine County been a member of the Pine County community all her life and is 635 Northridge Drive NW an enrolled member of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. During Suite 280 her younger years, she started with Grand Casino Hinckley Pine City, MN 55063 800-657-3813 or 320-591-1650 where there were many opportunities to grow within a small Email: [email protected] town. In her role as a Risk and Safety Specialist at Grand Casino, Briana saw the major issues facing her community and was able Frank Moyer to understand the needs in the area. Briana has built relationships and worked closely 4-H Program Coordinator with Pine County Health and Human Services as well as many other state and local Jimmie Johnson agencies. She is a part of the Pine County Wellness Advisory Board and also a part of the SNAP-Ed Educator host committee with the Region 7E Adult Mental Health program for “Community Conversations”. Her past experience volunteering on the Pine City Fire Department and Briana Michels Community Educator an EMT for over 14 years is where her love for her community started. Briana is passionate about the need to heal the American Indian community and has been trained Terry Salmela to facilitate historical trauma healing classes. Outside her full time work, Briana is Boxing Master Gardener Coordinator Commissioner for the Mille Lacs Band Department of Athletic Regulation. She is passionate about wellness and has been a certified personal trainer for 4 yrs. through Roxanne Orvis Administrative Assistant the National Academy of Sports Medicine. She is excited for this new challenge and an opportunity to make a difference. Words that she lives by is “be the change you want to Susanne Hinrichs see in the world.” Regional Director 218-828-2286 Pine County “Deck the Halls” Contest Pine County Extension staff participated in the “Deck the Halls” contest, which was held in December. The contest was hosted by the Pine County Wellness committee. Displays were located in three Pine County buildings and Judges Martin, Wynn, and Flanagan judged the displays. The winning team was “Tinsel Tech” (Planning, Zoning, and Solid Waste Department), second place was “12 Jurors of Christmas” (Attorney’s Office), and third place was “Candy Land” (Sheriff’s Office). The decorations brightened the county buildings and demonstrated a lot of creativity and hard work. Photos of the displays are posted on the Pine County website. http://www.co.pine.mn.us/departments/information_technology/ deck_the_halls_2018.php Page 2 PINE COMMUNITY CONNECTOR VOLUME 4, ISSUE 1 Youth Development Pine County 4-H Expo Pine County 4-H is offering its first ever 4-H Expo. The Expo is open to all who are interested in joining or who are already enrolled in 4-H. We will be offering youth and their parents an opportunity to ask questions of those who have shown and participated in various project areas. There will be representatives from each of the project areas that are currently listed in our 4-H County Fair Premium Book. If you have a desire to show sheep (or other livestock) in 4-H, but have never raised sheep, there will be someone present who will be able to answer your questions. This will also be a great time to find out how to lease animals if you do not have access to them. Along with that, you will learn what is expected of you when you show your project at the different shows. For example, you will learn from those in the project area about what you need to wear, how to talk to judges, and the proper positioning of animals while you are in the show ring. Youth and adults who have experience and are leaders in projects areas or have used these projects for entries at fair will be on hand to answer your questions. Usually when people think of 4-H, they immediately think of animal projects, however, we want to express that there is more to a 4-H experience. This 4-H Expo will give all youth and their families a chance to find information on what other projects are available. Youth will learn what it takes to build, create, display and show in areas they may be interested in. Project areas include, but are not limited to, Photography, Rockets, Robotics, Science, Engineering, Fashion, Shop, Clothing and Textiles to vegetable gardening. Each of these project areas will have examples of what has been done in the past. Our desire it to create awareness and a passion for opportunities to grow in all 4-H areas. Contact Frank Moyer, 4-H Program Coordinator, with questions or for more information about this event. 2019 National Shooting Sports Invitational There are many opportunities that can happen in the life of a 4-H youth. Many get to experience the joy of showing a project at the county fair and some from our county go on to the State Fair and/or Northeast Livestock show. But, on occasion, we have an opportunity to see some of our youth reach a National level. Jacob Goodner is part of our 4-H Shooting Sports and Wildlife Project Development Committee. This past year, Jacob, along with several others, attended the Minnesota 4-H State Shoot. Our youth had a good showing at state. Jacob shot a perfect round in trap which placed him 8th in the State of Minnesota. After the State Shooting event, Jacob made application to be considered part of the National Team. He was accepted! The 2019 4-H National Shooting Sports Invitational will be held on Grand Island NE, June 23-28, 2019. Jacob will not only be representing the State of Minnesota, he will be representing Pine County. We are excited for him and wish him all the best. Page 3 PINE COMMUNITY CONNECTOR VOLUME 4, ISSUE 1 Youth Development Pine County 4-H Federation update Someone just recently commented to me that they were shocked at how busy the 4-H Extension office really is. They stated that the only thing that they thought we did was the fair in August. I tried to articulate in the finest manner that their assumptions…..were wrong. We are a busy place. January is nearly over, but there have been some exciting things going on in Pine County 4-H. This month, we have seen a rekindling of two programs that have laid dormant for a season, one is the Performing Arts Project Development Committee (PDC). We are very fortunate to have a husband and wife team who have a background in performance. Our first official meeting will be February 12 and people are starting to get on board with what can take place this summer. The other area that we are eager to see grow is the Ambassador program. We have had one meeting this month to organize and plan for the year. That meeting was very beneficial for youth to see that being an Ambassador in our county is more than being a “grunt” worker for fundraiser organization and cleaning up at the fair. This past Saturday, our county hosted a one day Ambassador Workshop, led by Extension Educator Jan Derdowski. Altogether, there were 13 youth and 7 adults from Pine, Kanabec, and South St. Louis counties. The next event for our county ambassadors will be to attend the NE Regional BLU (Building Leadership and Understanding) Retreat, February 23-24. The youth and adult leaders are excited to see where this program will go in 2019. 4-H Fruit Sale Fundraiser It seems like we just finished our fruit sale fundraiser, but here we are, gearing up for the Fruit Sale Fundraiser! Pine County 4-H will be selling a variety of bags and boxes of fruit, beef sticks and string cheese. According to MinnTex, our supplier, the fruit this year is excellent! The Extension office will be mailing fruit order forms to active -4 H members the week of January 28. The fruit fundraiser will run from February 4 through 24. All order forms and payments are due at the Extension office by 9:00 a.m. on February 25! Please participate in this fundraiser! The money raised goes towards supporting Pine County youth to attend training, state events, NELS, and national events. Fruit delivery is scheduled for Saturday, March 16. Fruit can be purchased through 4-H youth, or contact the Extension Office at 800-657-3813 for more information. Market Beef and Dairy Steer 4-H tagging event—February 3 Letters have been sent to those who are participating in the Market Beef/Dairy Steer project for 2019. The Pine County Livestock Project Development Committee has come together to offer those in the project an opportunity to have their beef project weighed and tagged on the same day.
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