The Clover Journal December 2018

Inside this issue:

4-H Golden Clover Award

2

4-H Emerald Achievement Award

2

4-H Senior Honor Cord 2

Jr. Leadership Conference

2

Valentine Card Contest 2

Cancer Basics 2

Cooperative Extension

Teen Leadership

3

Area Commodity

Cookery

3

Scott Foundation

Scholarship

3

●Attend the 4-H Club

meeting in your school.

●Review the 4-H materials

given to you. ●Return the

enrollment card to your

club leader. ●Select a 4-H

project book. ●Pay your

$5 dues at your school.

Congratulations Clay Pierce for being

selected as a participant in the 2018

Livestock Educational Trip to Louisville,

Kentucky. Thank you for representing East

Carroll Parish 4-H!

General Trass High School 4-H’ers

presented Principal Taylor and staff with

donuts for teacher appreciation. The club

wanted to show appreciation for their

teachers.

Congratulations to:

Alaina Martin, Griffin Middle Academy

(GMA) —1st Place Pecan & 1st Place

Heart Healthy Ground Beef

Arianna Martin, GMA —1st Place Chicken

& 2nd Place Rice Any Other

KarVan Powell, Jr., General Trass High

School (GTHS) —1st Place Rice Any Other

& 1st Place Egg

Aaron Martin, GMA —1st Place Quick-N-

Easy Ground Beef & 2nd Place Egg

Adrianna Martin, GMA —1st Place Sweet

Potato & 1st Place Rice Main Dish

Horticulture—1st Place—Emerson

Tomlinson

Farm Animals—1st Place—KarVan Powell,

Jr.; 2nd Place—Emerson Tomlinson

Any Other Agriculture—1st Place—

Emerson Tomlinson

4-H’ers learned about Food Safety and

made delicious holiday treats at the 4-H

Cooking Workshop. Brittney Seay, LSU

AgCenter Nutrition Agent, taught an

educational lesson on food safety. Grace

Siggers Anderson, SU Ag Center Nutrition

Educator, demonstrated how to make

holiday treats. Thank you to all volunteers

who made this event a success!

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FYI

4-H Summer

Camp

May 20-24,

2019

The 4-H Golden Clover Award was formerly known as the

Award of Excellence for Junior 4-H Members. A club

member may win this award only one time.

Must be 14 years of age or under by January 1 of the

club year application is made.

Must have at least 2 years of 4-H club work, including

award year.

Must score at least 250 points on the application and

scorecard.

The 4-H Emerald Achievement Award was formerly known

as the 4-H Key Club Award. The purpose of this award is

to encourage project growth and to recognize a broad

program of 4-H Club Members who have shown

outstanding leadership ability in their club and parish. A

club member may win this award only one time.

Must be 15 years of age by January 1 of the year

application is made.

Must have 3 years of 4-H club work, including award

year.

Must have completed 1 year of active Junior

Leadership work, excluding award year.

Must score at least 360 points on the application and

scorecard.

The 4-H Honor Cord Award recognizes 4-H members who

are graduating seniors. For 4-H youth to receive the 4-H

Honor Cord, they must meet the following requirements:

Be a currently enrolled 4-H member and in good

standing.

Be a graduating senior.

Have been enrolled in 4-H for at least 3 years of their

high school career.

Have participated in a least 1 state sponsored 4-H

program in the past 3 years.

Complete the application form by the deadline.

DUE January 31.

Say Aloha to JLC! Junior Leadership

Conference will be held March 8-10,

2019 at Camp Grant Walker. The

conference is open to all 4-H members

14 years and older. Each parish may

send a maximum of 8 delegates with

preference being 4 males and 4 females.

The deadline to register is February 1 and the cost is $35.

Who gets cancer? Over one and a half million new cancer

cases are diagnosed each year. Anyone can get cancer at

any age, but the risk goes up with age. Nearly 9 out of 10

cancers are diagnosed in people ages 50 and older. Cancer

can be found in people of all racial and ethnic groups, but

the rate of cancer occurrence (called the incidence rate)

varies from group to group.

Is cancer contagious? The answer: No! A healthy person

cannot “catch” cancer from someone who has it. Cancer

cells from one person are generally unable to live in the

body of another healthy person. A healthy person’s

immune system recognizes foreign cells and destroys them,

including cancer cells from another person.

Visit: www.cancer.org for more information.

Create a card to be given to residents

at Shady Lake Nursing Home. Bring

your card to the February 4-H club

meeting.

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This newsletter is provided by: Lekeisha Lucas-Powell, 4-H Agent

LSU/SU AgCenter . East Carroll Parish

502 First Street, Lake Providence, LA 71254 . (318) 559-1459

Visit our websites: www.LSUAgCenter.com/eastcarroll & www.SUagcenter.com

Louisiana State University Agricultural Center; Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station; Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service

William B. Richardson, Chancellor and Director

The LSU AgCenter is a statewide campus of the LSU System and provides equal opportunities in programs and employment. Should you need an ADA accommodation for any 4-H

event, please call Mrs. Powell at the East Carroll Parish 4-H Office at (318) 559-1459.

Scott Foundation Scholarship applications are

due by March 1. Submit completed

application by 4:30 p.m. to the 4-H Office.

Own It! March 29-31, 2019 at

Camp Grant Walker

Sharpen your leadership,

marketing, money & management

skills as you compete with your

team to build and manage your

own cooperative business. Educational Award Trip & Cash

Prizes will be presented to top business leaders. Deadline to

register is February 8 and the cost is $30.

The Area 4-H Commodity Cookery

Contest will be held February 19,

2019 in Rayville, LA. First Place

winners from the Parish Cookery

held in November 2018 will be

eligible to compete. See your 4-H

leader or Mrs. Powell for complete

details.