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2015 December

Posted by cahnrs.webteam | December 30, 2015

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Wishing You and Your Family a Happy and Safe New Year!


Electrical incident at the Extension Office

We apologize for anyone who came to the Extension Office on Tuesday, 12/29/15. At 8:05 a.m. we had a small electrical fire in the heating system. The Fire Department and County Maintenance checked out the building; no damage other than to the heating system coil. Due to smoke in the building, we closed for the day. We are back and fully operational as of Wedns., 12/30/2015.


Due to the heavy snows, Tech Wizards was postponed this week.   Plan January (Monday) 4, 2016 for the next meeting!

New Year Blast Off will be held on Monday, January 4th starting at 6:00 p.m. Food, Fun and more. Please call Dixie with questions:  509-447-2401.


Some people have all the luck. One young woman has an unusual ability to find four-leaf clovers. (NPR radio segment you should listen to.)

http://www.npr.org/2010/08/05/128994501/lucky-student-doesnt-overlook-4-leaf-clovers

For all of us, a 4-leaf clover means 4-H; Head, Heart, Hands and Health, along with all that we do in 4-H for leadership and youth development. To many others in the world, a 4-leaf clover is a sign of something so special, that if you are lucky enough to find one, you are considered to be “lucky”. I ran across this National Public Radio story as I was traveling during the holidays. It made me think about how lucky I am to have connected with all of you in Pend Oreille County through the 4-H Program. As I look back at the 4-H Year, I want to thank all of you for your commitment to the youth and leadership of our County and our 4-H Youth Development Program. Thank you for the countless hours and travel to make things happen for youth. I also want to thank the youth for making the choice to be a part of the largest youth development organization in the world. We are “lucky” to have you as members and volunteers! Please continue to look for all the good that 4-H does for youth, adults and the community. As said in the story about 4 leaf clovers, if you don’t look, you won’t find them. Thank you!


Fair Book Changes (Kathy Olmstead needs them NOW! (Please)

Now is the time for you to submit your requested changes to the 2016 Pend Oreille County Fair Book!  Kathy Olmstead is collecting the suggested revisions. She will need them by the first week of 2016 in order for changes to be applied to the 2016 Fair Book. Please don’t wait until the last minute!


4-H Burundi Project:

Dear Colleagues,

We are excited to share with you that Burundi 4-H had participated in Global Giving’s Bonus Day on Wednesday, December 16th. Bonus Day is a good opportunity and way to help fund the 4-H Burundi Sister School gardening program for the 2015-2016 school year, because every donation made to Burundi 4-H will be matched at 20% from $25 up to $1000.

Donations are still being accepted. There are $10,000 available in matching funds from Global Giving. Matching is applied at 20% for every donation from $25 up to $1000 per donor per project, until matching funds run out.

Donations should be made through the following link: http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/burundi4hsisterschools/

Funds raised will be used to provide tools, training, curriculum, and resources that will teach gardening, science, leadership, and conflict resolution to 1,000 youth and teachers at 9 schools in Burundi. Because of donors like you, these underprivileged children will have access to hands-on education and improve agricultural practices so that they can help improve conditions for themselves and their community.

I encourage our donors and friends to donate. Once again, thank you for your commitment and faithfulness to continue to help financially the 1000 youth in Burundi participate in the 4-H school gardening program.

Thank You for being a part of Burundi 4-H!

Mary Katherine

 


Is your 4-H club enrollment turned into the Extension Office?

What happens if we do not re-enroll now!

Not re-enrolling means that your 4-H Club is not a 4-H Club!  Your 4-H’ers are not part of 4-H, and no one is protected under the insurances or policies of 4-H in Washington State. 4-H members and clubs must be in good standing (enrolled as a club and in projects) to participate in 4-H activities.

 

Thanks to the following 4-H Clubs for submitting your enrollments for the 2015-2016 4-H Year:

Country Pride, Grassroots, Lucky 4-H’ers, Mt. View, Pend Oreille Union, Selkirk Valley, and Sundance Kids. You will be contacted if there is additional information you must submit.

The Extension Office is available to assist all other Clubs in Pend Oreille county with your enrollment process:

Bare Mountain Bandits, Know Your Government, Peaceful Valley, Pend Oreille Equestrians, Tech Wizards and The Curiosity Factory. We want to hear from you. Thanks.

Please join the Extension Office as we welcome a new 4-H Club to Pend Oreille county; Cusick Meadows.

 

If you are a youth or an adult volunteer member  in a Pend Oreille County 4-H Club and have not re-enrolled, please contact your Club Leader, or the Extension Office.

 

Your time, knowledge and heart for youth could make a big difference in the quality of life in your community. Washington State University Extension will  provide you the support and training you’ll need along the way. You will be a valued partner in helping grow kids. This partnership only exists through yearly enrollment or new volunteer or youth enrollment.


We will be meeting with all main club leaders in January. Please look for a call from Dixie to set up face to face meetings with all continuing 4-H Club main leaders. We will be reviewing changes in our local and State Policies that will impact all 4-H clubs.

 

** We will work around your schedules and meet you in your community or at our office. Thanks.


 Last Chance!!!!!

4-H Fiscal Year and Reports Due to Extension Office and the State 4-H Office

Pat Boyes, retired State 4-H Director, reminded us that it is time to update the annual fiscal and IRS requirement for all continuing 4-H Clubs. Here are the dates and information that are requested:

October 1 – New 4-H Year Begins

November 1 – EIN Master Lists sent to County Office for Updating

December 31 – Annual 4-H Financial Summaries Due to Extension Office (All Clubs/Groups/Units)

January 15 – Council Financial Summaries Sent to State 4-H Office

January 15 – Updated EIN List Sent to State 4-H Office

March 15 – Form 990s Filed With IRS to Maintain Tax Exempt Status

March 15 – State 4-H Office Submits Official EIN Update to the IRS

Please note that these are hard dates. Many times we have room in reporting dates, but where the IRS is involved, we are hard and fast.

4-H Clubs who do not have an EIN and or do not comply with reporting requirements will not have access to the 4-H Name, Emblem and ability to raise funds in the name of 4-H. This is a big deal!

Please contact the Extension Office with any and all questions:  509-447-2401. Thanks.


Know Your Government 2016

Know Your Government is a 4-H sponsored event that allows students to learn about and participate in three branches of government with their peers from across the state. This year’s theme, Decision 2016, invites students to explore political parties, the nomination process and what it takes to develop a platform that represents the 4-H youth. Prior to the end of  the conference, the event delegation will elect a 4-H Governor.capitol-398x222

Students that are in high school (9th-12th grades) are invited to participate in the hands-on civic education event.

Please follow this link for more information on KYG 2016.

The next KYG meeting will be held on Sunday, January 3, 2016, from 5:00-8:00pm, at the Peaceful Valley Church.

Contact 4-H Leaders Kathy Olmstead and/or Danette Hanson for more information.


4-H Leader Council Meeting

Please plan to attend the January 21, 2016 Leader Council meeting, at 6:30pm, at the Extension Office.


New 4-H Enrollment Year!  Please follow this link to the 2016 4-H Enrollment Year process, new member enrollment form, applications and authorizations.


The Curiosity Factory is now open Monday and Tuesday evenings from 5:30 to 8:00pm. They will reopen January 4, 2016.

If folks would like to be added to their mailing list, just email “add” to info@thecuriosityfactory.com and you will be added.

Websites are: http://www.thecuriosityfactory.com/ and  https://www.facebook.com/thecuriosityfactoryDSC02216[1]


Volunteer Database

Find this information on the main menu under 4-H

Volunteers

All WSU Extension Volunteers must log on to the Volunteer Database each month to report hours they worked for any WSU Extension program.

More

The year is quickly coming to a close and we still have only 10 adult 4-H volunteers (out of close to 50) that have logged their hours into the volunteer data base.

 LOGGING YOUR HOURS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO YOU (FOR INSURANCE REASONS) AND TO OUR PROGRAM! 
Please visit the link below to complete that task at your earliest convenience: http://ext.wsu.edu/Volunteers/default.aspx
If you do not have your username, please contact me at:  509-447-6453 and I will get it to you. Thanks, Dixie.

What qualifies as volunteer hours:

Club/County 4-H Event:
Concession booth, club fundraisers, training shows, community service projects.Deliver an Educational Activity:
Serving as a presenter, chaperone, judge, ring steward, director, etc… of a program meeting, pre-show, training day, clinic, or business meeting that has an educational objective, is planned, and billed as a 4-H event.Help at Fair:
Work performed as a 4-H volunteer (not a Superintendent, Director, or Judge) at either the Junior Horse Fair or County Fair for which you have either volunteered to perform or were recruited to perform prior to the time of service.Prepare for Educational Training:
Any planned activity prior to a qualified Educational Activity which you engage in to make the activity possible, e.g. pen set-up, shopping for project supplies, inventorying awards, preparing judging sheets, installation and testing of watering systems and scales, project committee meetings, volunteer training, etc.Support/Office Work:
Correspondence, phone calls, preparation and submission of club tax filing, reporting of volunteer hours, council meetings, sale committee meetings, concession committee meetings, fundraising committee meetings.If you have any questions or problems, feel free to email me or call me at d.chichester@wsu.edu or 509-447-6453.


21st Century Academic Coach vacancy announcement:   21st century academic coach – 7th – 12th fall 2015 updated 2


 Below are a few important program announcements that you will want to be aware of:

 

1)  Drones (also called UAV or UAS) are growing in popularity for recreation and hobby uses. I know there are some 4-H programs that are using them in their educational programming. There are 4-H members and families who own one now or will in the future.

Registration Begins on December 21, 2015, First 30 Days are Free

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced a streamlined and user-friendly web-based aircraft registration process for owners of small unmanned aircraft (UAS) weighing more than 0.55 pounds (250 grams) and less than 55 pounds (approx. 25 kilograms) including payloads such as on-board cameras.

The Registration Task Force delivered recommendations to FAA Administrator Michael Huerta and Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on November 21. The rule incorporates many of the task force recommendations.

“Make no mistake: unmanned aircraft enthusiast are aviators, and with that title comes a great deal of responsibility,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. “Registration gives us an opportunity to work with these users to operate their unmanned aircraft safely. I’m excited to welcome these new aviators into the culture of safety and responsibility that defines American innovation.”

Registration is a statutory requirement that applies to all aircraft. Under this rule, any owner of a small UAS who has previously operated an unmanned aircraft exclusively as a model aircraft prior to December 21, 2015, must register no later than February 19, 2016. Owners of any other UAS purchased for use as a model aircraft after December 21, 2015 must register before the first flight outdoors. Owners may use either the paper-based process or the new streamlined, web-based system. Owners using the new streamlined web-based system must be at least 13 years old to register.

Owners may register through a web-based system at www.faa.gov/uas/registration

Registrants will need to provide their name, home address and e-mail address. Upon completion of the registration process, the web application will generate a Certificate of Aircraft Registration/Proof of Ownership that will include a unique identification number for the UAS owner, which must be marked on the aircraft.

Owners using the model aircraft for hobby or recreation will only have to register once and may use the same identification number for all of their model UAS. The registration is valid for three years.

The normal registration fee is $5, but in an effort to encourage as many people as possible to register quickly, the FAA is waiving this fee for the first 30 days (from Dec. 21, 2015 to Jan 20, 2016).

“We expect hundreds of thousands of model unmanned aircraft will be purchased this holiday season,” said FAA Administrator Huerta. “Registration gives us the opportunity to educate these new airspace users before they fly so they know the airspace rules and understand they are accountable to the public for flying responsibly.”

The online registration system does not yet support registration of small UAS used for any purpose other than hobby or recreation – for example, using an unmanned aircraft in connection with a business. The FAA is developing enhancements that will allow such online registrations by spring of 2016.

The full rule can be viewed here:https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2015/12/16/2015-31750/registration-and-marking-requirements-for-small-unmanned-aircraft.

Review the UAS Registration FAQs to learn more about the program.

 

2) Guidelines Available for Arts Funding Programs – New Funding Opportunity Support Projects with Non-Arts Partners

Washington, DC—The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in the nation’s only arts funder to award grants in all 50 states and U.S. jurisdictions. As the first step in its funding process, the NEA has posted application guidelines for the Art Works and Challenge America categories for art projects anticipated to take place in 2017. New in this fiscal year is a pilot grant opportunity that is part of the NEA’s 50th anniversary initiative, Creativity Connects.*

Art Works is the NEA’s largest funding category, supporting the creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence, and promoting public engagement with diverse and excellent art, lifelong learning in the arts, and the strengthening of communities through the arts. Matching grants range from $10,000 to $100,000. In fiscal year 2015, the NEA awarded 1,870 grants totaling more than $52 million through this category.

Creativity Connects: Additional funding opportunity through Art Works

The Creativity Connects pilot grant opportunity supports partnerships between arts organizations and organizations from non-arts sectors. Those sectors may include business, education, environment, faith, finance, food, health, law, science, and technology. Selected projects should:

  • Demonstrate the value of working with the arts
  • Support the infrastructure for the arts to work in new ways with new sectors
  • Build bridges that create new relationships and constituencies
  • Create innovative partnership projects to advance common goals

An organization that submits an application to Art Works: Creativity Connects is still eligible to submit an application to other National Endowment for the Arts categories including other areas of Art Works and Challenge America. In each case, the request must be for a distinctly different project from the other application.

Challenge America offers support primarily to small and mid-sized organizations for projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations—those populations whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability. The program offers matching grants of $10,000. In fiscal year 2015, Challenge America funded 163 projects totaling $1.63 million.

Guidelines and application materials are in the Apply for a Grant section of the arts.gov website.

The impact of the NEA’s direct grants are significant. By the end of the current fiscal year 2016, the NEA anticipates it will support:

  • More than 30,000 concerts, readings, and performances and more than3,000 exhibitions of visual and media arts with annual, live attendance of 20 million.
  • Performances on television and radio with additional audiences of at least 300 million.
  • Projects that generate more than $600 million in matching support through a ratio of matching to federal funds approaching 10:1.

WEBINARS

In order to offer applicants the highest level of technical assistance, the NEA has scheduled webinars covering the basics of the Art Works and Challenge America funding categories, how to apply to the NEA, how to select work samples, and how to prepare a strong application. After each presentation, there will be time for Q and A with NEA staff. The schedule below indicates Eastern Standard Time. To join any of the webinars, go to the webinar section of arts.gov.

Art Works guidelines workshop

Date: January 20, 2016 3:00 pm

Art Works: Creativity Connects guidelines workshop

Date: January 27, 2016 3:00 pm

Challenge America guidelines workshop 

Date: March 9, 2016 3:00 pm

 

3) 4-H Virtual Professional Development From Your Desk Conference Workshop RFP’s

This is a just a reminder that workshop proposals for the 4-H Virtual Professional Development From Your Desk Conference are due in 1 week (December 23rd). I have received 5 proposals so far from Nevada, Utah, California, and Idaho. The conference is scheduled for January 25-29, 2016. The webinars will be presented using the Zoom platform. I will be scheduling practice sessions with presenters the week before the conference so if you are nervous about presenting using this format, there is a chance to practice. The link to the proposal is:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/16VPDRFP

 

Carrie Stark, Ph.D.

State 4-H Program Director

University of Nevada Cooperative Extension

 

4) Welcome Kristi Axtell to the Youth and Family Program Unit!  Kristi will start January 4th, 2016.  She will have an office in the WSU Spokane campus Riverfront Office Park building, Suite 310.  Kristi will serve as lead with our 4-H Online program, 4-H Tuesday news, 4-H and Y & F website management and other important roles.

Welcome Kristi!

Wishing you a warm, safe and wonderful holiday season!

 

Doreen

Doreen Hauser-Lindstrom

Director, Youth and Family Program Unit  Interim State 4-H Program Leader

Washington State University Extension 412 E. Spokane Falls Blvd. Spokane, WA  99202 509.358.7686

509.358.7549 (fax)

509.435.3381 (cell)

doreen@wsu.edu

 

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