BALTIMORE COUNTY OFFICE
1114 SHAWAN ROAD, SUITE 2
COCKEYSVILLE, MD 21030
(P) 410-771-1761
(F) 410-785-5950
Summer Camps Abound in Baltimore County this
Summer! 1
50 th Anniversary of the
Baltimore County Fair 2
Mandatory Club Leader/
Volunteer Training 3
Thank you volunteers &
4-H Families! 3
100 th Anniversary Open
House for University of
Maryland Extension 3
MARC’s Family Farm Day 3
Did you Know They
Were in 4-H? 3
50 Years of the Baltimore
County 4-H Fair 4
50 th Anniversary of the
Baltimore County Fair
5
Club Corner
6
4-H Huggable Hummers
Supports Mirasol School 6
INSERTS
2015 Baltimore County
4-H Program
Monthly Calendar
4-H
August 2014 www.extension.umd.edu/baltimore-county
SUMMER CAMPS ABOUND IN BALTIMORE COUNTY THIS SUMMER!
This summer has been busy for 4-Hers who enjoyed a camp experience at several different camps.
We had Robotics in June, Day Camp in July and Farm Camp in August.
We are spreading around the county
Freeland
Baltimore County
4-H 2014
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White Hall
14 23
The 4-H Office in
Baltimore County will be CLOSED on:
• September 1, 2014
Butler
Sparks
Reisterstown
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Owings Mills
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4 9 11 13 19 22
Cockeysville D
Timonium
Lutherville
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Fork
Glen Arm
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Towson
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Randallstown
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Woodlawn
Pikesville
Baltimore City
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Catonsville
Arbutus
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Parkville
Perry Hall
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K a
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Essex
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Naples
Sigonella
Legend
4-H Clubs
4-H Afterschool
4-H School Enrichment
4-H Military Clubs
Local Governments U.S. Department of Agriculture Cooperating
The University of Maryland is equal opportunity. The University’s policies, programs, and activities are in conformance with pertinent Federal and State laws and regulations on nondiscrimination regarding race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, and disability. Inquiries regarding compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Educational Amendments; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; and the Americans
With Disabilities Act of 1990; or related legal requirements should be directed to the Director of Personnel/Human Relations, Office of the Dean, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Symons Hall, College Park, MD 20742

50 TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BALTIMORE COUNTY FAIR
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“IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN A 4-H
ACTIVITY, PLEASE CONTACT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
EXTENSION AT 410-771-1761 AT LEAST TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO
THE ACTIVITY DATE.”

MANDATORY CLUB LEADER/VOLUNTEER TRAINING
It’s that time of year again for our mandatory club leader training! All club leaders
(or a volunteer representative) are expected to attend the training on September 20,
2014 from 10:00 a.m. – 3 p.m.
All interested volunteers are also encouraged/welcome to attend as well. Lunch will be provided!
This training will include:
1. 4-H Updates
2. 4-H 101
3. 4-H Policies/Guidelines:
Animal Science, Financial,
IRS reporting other general guidelines/policies.
4. Youth Development programs and more...
The training will be engaging and hands on. Our goal is for every participant to walk away with new and insightful information that will help improve our 4-H clubs and youth development program!
MARC’S FAMILY FARM DAY
September 21, 2014, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm at The AG Center
1114 Shawan Road, Cockeysville, MD 21030
Bluegrass Honky-Tonk Corn Husking Contest
Alpaca Agility Bee Keeping Local Wine and Beer
Farm Tours
Fresh Produce Food Truck
Pony Rides
Live Animals Cow Pie Bingo
Hay Maze
Artisans/Merchants
Farm-themed Kids Activities
DID YOU KNOW THEY WERE IN 4-H?
Dr. Gene L. Swackhamer Retired
CEO/President of Farm Credit
Bank, former national 4-H
Foundation board member, former President of the Maryland
Agricultural Resource Council grew up on his family farm and has been a wonderful supporter of
Baltimore
County 4-H over the years.
Colby H. Chandler, chairman and chief executive officer,
Eastman Kodak Company;
4-H was an introduction to the study of engineering upon which Chandler built his career; serves on board of trustees, National 4-H
Council.
THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS & 4-H FAMILIES!
100 TH ANNIVERSARY OPEN HOUSE FOR UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EXTENSION
Join us on October 17, 2014, 4:30 – 8:00 pm at The AG Center
1114 Shawan Road, Cockeysville, MD 21030
On May 8, 1914 the Cooperative Extension system was officially created. The Smith-Lever Act of 1914 established the Cooperative Extension Service, a state-by-state national network of educators who extend university-based knowledge to the people.
In 2014, we celebrate the Smith-Lever Act, which established the Cooperative Extension Service, a unique educational partnership between the U.S. Department of Agriculture the nation’s land-grant universities and local counties that extends research-based knowledge through a state-by-state network of extension educators.
For 100 years, the Smith-Lever Act has stimulated innovative research and vital educational programs for youth and adults through progressive information delivery systems that improved lives and shaped a nation.
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50 YEARS OF THE BALTIMORE COUNTY 4-H FAIR
From July 10 th through July 12, 2014, Baltimore County 4-H celebrated its 50 th Anniversary of the 4-H Fair. The Baltimore
County 4-H Fair was first held in 1964 at the Eudowood Plaza
Shopping Center near Towson,
Maryland. Carolyn Sellman, the
Liberty club leader shares that
“the Fair was the vision of 4-H
Extension Agent Normal Smith and 4-H Leaders who saw it as an opportunity for the 4-H youth of
Baltimore County to showcase their non-animal project work as well as livestock exhibits”. In 1965, a Fair Board was formed to plan and organize the event. Mr. William Langlotz of
Hereford Maryland, served at the first Fair Board President.
A few of our 4-H community members remember the first
Baltimore County 4-H Fair.
Janice Coroneos, a 4-H All
Star says, “it took place at the
Eudowood Shopping Center with only indoor exhibits.”
Wilma Muir, a 4-H supporter mentioned, “I remember playing the music for the fashion show at the first
4-H fair. It worked out very well being that it was the first Baltimore
County Fair Fashion Show.” Those in attendance at both the first Baltimore County 4-H Fair and the 50 th Anniversary fair agree that there have been changes since the first Baltimore
County 4-H fair. In the early years, 4-H livestock were housed in open air barns on the Maryland State Fairgrounds. Later, these barns were replaced by an indoor arena now known as the Cow
Palace.
Some other changes have happened over time to increase opportunities for young people. For example, 4-H members are now able to raise and show animals without actually owning the animal. During the first 4-H fair, “kids would not be able to have the experience to raise the animal if they did not own them”, Fana Wolff, a 4-H All-Stars member explained. Wilma
Muir, said, “one thing that changed was that every 4-H club did a skit at the first Baltimore County 4-H fair.” Janice Coroneos also shared, that “the biggest change was that we moved to the Timonium Fairgrounds and had more space to have more animals.” Carolyn
Sellman shared some of the history of the move to the fairgrounds.
After the first successful 4-H Fair, the event was moved to the Maryland State
Fairgrounds and showcased the 4-Her’s non-animal and livestock exhibits and competitions. The Fair has continued to be held at the fairgrounds to this day.
Regardless of these changes, some things did stay the same. Fana
Wolff mentioned that there is still the option to have an exhibit at the fair, while Janice Coroneos mentioned that the friendships stayed the same.
At the 2014 Baltimore County 4-H Fair, families and visitors were treated to the opportunity to observe exhibits including alpaca, cat, dog, beef, dairy, goat, horse, poultry, rabbit, sheep and swine. Saturday’s Battle of the Beasts was a delightful showcase of Alpaca, sheep, and goats maneuvering through an obstacle course. In the Cow Palace’s Center Stage, Agro Land was an exciting center of activities for children to learn about food products. The Cow Palace also held displays of 4-H youth’s project work including clothing, woodworking, ag products, photography, floral design, and more! The 2014 Fair included numerous special events the public could participate in including a Picnic Super, Cake
Auction, Bingo, Food truck
Gathering, Dog Agility Demo,
Livestock Sale and Pancake
Breakfast.
Although the first Baltimore
County 4-H Fair attendants have fond memories from the first 4-H fair, they did enjoy many things from this year’s fair. Fana shared “my favorite thing from this year was the Craft exhibit. I like to see the creative and interesting things people came up with.” Janice Coroneos expressed that her favorite thing from this year was a flower designer class at the exhibit. She shared “it was great that the children got a chance to use their imagination.” Wilma Muir mentioned that her favorite thing this year was the Alumni exhibit.
All in all, there were many great memories made at both the first Baltimore County 4-H fair and the 50 th Anniversary 4-H fair. There is no doubt that more wonderful memories will be made in the future!
Authored by Faradia Kernizan
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50 TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BALTIMORE COUNTY FAIR
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11 Farm Camp
8:30 - 4:30 pm at the Balto. Co.
Ag Ctr.
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12 Farm Camp
8:30 - 4:30 pm at the Balto. Co.
Ag Ctr.
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13 Farm Camp
8:30 - 4:30 pm at the Balto. Co.
Ag Ctr.
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8:30 - 4:30 pm at the Balto. Co.
Ag Ctr.
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15 Farm Camp
8:30 - 4:30 pm at the Balto. Co.
Ag Ctr.
9 Hereford Jr
Farm Fair
9 am – 3 pm
Master Garden
Fest 10 am – 2 pm
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State
Fair
MD
State
Fair 31
25 MD State Fair 26 MD State Fair 27 MD State Fair
First Day of
School for
Baltimore
County
28 MD State Fair 29 MD State Fair 30 MD State Fair
Sun
MD State Fair
Mon
1 MD State Fair
Labor Day 4-H
Office Closed
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Tues Wed Thu
3 4 5
Fri
6
Sat
MD State
Marksmanship
Contest
8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15
Report and
Property
Inventory
Form Due
21 Family Farm
10 am – 4 pm at the
Baltimore County Ag
Center
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25 Fair Board and
Association
Meeting
7:30 p.m. in the
Museum Building at the
Fairgrounds
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Training
10:00 am to 3 pm at the
4-H Office
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4-H National Week
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Science Day
6:30 p.m. 4-H Office at the Ag Center
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16 17 100 th
Anniversary of
Extension
4:30-8:00 pm at the Ag
Center Come and Join the Fun!
23 Fair Board
Meeting
7:30 p.m. in the
Museum Building at the
Fairgrounds
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11 MD State
Archery
Contest
Thendara 4-H Center
AGNR Open
House - CMREC
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Sun
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Regional 4-H
Volunteer
Forum in College
Park
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Sat
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12 13 Record Book
Training
6:30 p.m. at the 4-H
Office
14 IRS 9990-N e-Postcard
(Club Tax reporting)
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Ag Center
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Northeast
Regional 4-H
Volunteer
Forum in College Park
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20 Fair Board and
Association
Meeting
7:30 p.m. in the
Museum Building at the
Fairgrounds
27 Thanksgiving Day
4-H Office Closed
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Volunteer Forum in College Park
Public Speaking Demo
Workshop 6:30 pm at the
Ag Center
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22 Northeast
Regional 4-H
Volunteer
Forum in College Park
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• Beef & Dairy Steer Ownership deadline 1/1/15
• Tagging for Beef and Dairy
Steers- 1/10/15 @ 8:00 a.m.
(snow date is 1/17/15)
• Winter Workshop- 1/24/15
Ag Center
• Officer’s Training 1/28/15
@ 6:30 p.m.
• MD 4-H Gala 1/18/15-
Carriage Rm., Laurel Park
• MD Horse World Expo and
4-H Art Contest 1/16 – 1/18/15
• MD 4-H Animal Science
Volunteer Forum - TBD
• Record Books, Senior Portfolios and Award Nominations due
2/2/15
• (no extended deadlines without extenuating circumstances)
• Volunteer Association Mtg./
New parent orientation 2/12/15
@ 7:00 p.m.
• 4-H Day in Annapolis 2/16/15
• 4-H Open House 2/20/15
• Ag Science Series 2/21/15
• MD Livestock Skillathon-
3/7/15- Hagerstown, MD
• Public Speaking Contest &
Demonstration Day- 3/13/15
@ 6:30 p.m.
• Ag Science Series - 3/21/15
• Hippology Clinic - TBD
• Achievement Day - Sunday
3/22/15 @ 3:00 p.m.
(Oregon Ridge-Sequoia Room)
• Intent to show swine, lamb, goats, Commercial beef heifers,
Commercial breeding sheep
4/1/15
• National 4-H Conference-
4/11-4/16/15
• Dairy Bowl- TBD- ANSC Bldg
UMCP
• Triple Crown Horse
Weekend:Horse Judging/
Hippology/ Bowl TBA
• MD Day- UMD College Park
TBD
• State Communications Contest-
TBD
• MD Engineering camp – April
TBD
• Member enrollment deadline to show in County Fair 5/1/15
• Volunteer Association Mtg.
5/14/15 @ 7:00 p.m.
• MD Sheep & Wool Festival
5/2-5/3/15
• Sheep and Wool Skillathon
5/3/15
• Ownership date for swine, lamb, goats, Commercial beef heifers,
Commercial breeding sheep
5/1/15
• Tagging for swine, lamb, goats,
Commercial beef heifers,
Commercial breeding sheep-
5/9/15
• Wills Fair, Howard County-
5/16/15
• County Fair Entries, pony and dog ID tags due 6/1/15
• Animal Lease forms due 6/1/15
• Day Camp- 6/22-6/26/15
Oregon Ridge

• Public Relation Efforts by Clubs form due 7/1/15
• Quality Assurance due July 1
• Robotics Camp- July 6-10/15
• Baltimore County Fair
7/11-7/12/15 set up &
7/16-7/19/15 Fair
• MD 4-H Horse Jamboree/
Communication Contest
Westminster, MD TBD
• MD State Fair 8/28 – 9/7/15
• Club Leader Training & Club
Re-enrollment Mtg. 9/19/15
@ 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
• Club financial report and property inventory form due county office 9/15/15
• State Marksmanship Contest
September 2015 TBD
• -H National Youth Science Day-
10/7/15
• National 4-H week
10/4 – 10/10/15
• State 4-H Dog Bowl Contest
TBD
• Record Book Training 11/12/15
@ 6:30 p.m.
• Volunteer/ Teen forum in
Ocean City 11/20 – 11/22/15
• Public Speaking/Demonstration
Workshop- 11/21/15
@ 6:30 p.m.
• IRS 9990-N e-Postcard (Club
Tax reporting) 11/15/15 (fiscal year July 1, 2014-June 30, 2015)
• Steer Livestock Registration
12/8/15
Member/Volunteer enrollments, mandatory charter renewal forms, club by-laws, club annual calendar,
AA form & club information sheet due 12/31/15
Future dates are tentative. Check for date/time changes and most up to date information in your Newsletter.
Updated 8/12/14

BALTIMORE COUNTY OFFICE
1114 SHAWAN ROAD, SUITE 2
COCKEYSVILLE, MD 21030
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CLUB CORNER
Fair Board and Association:
All meetings are held at the Mosner Miller building at the MD
Fairgrounds at 7:30 pm
Sept. 25, 2014 - Board & Association
Oct. 23, 2014 - Board
Nov. 20, 2014 - Board & Association
4-H Volunteer Association Meeting
Club leader training is September 20, 2014
May 14, 2015 @ 700 pm
University of Maryland Extension
4-H Volunteer Training:
Two hour webinar for New UME 4-H Volunteers.
A volunteer must have completed all UME Volunteer paperwork before attending the training. Please call
410-771-1761 to register.
4-H HUGGABLE HUMMERS SUPPORTS MIRASOL SCHOOL
By Kathryn Parler, age 12
Everyone knows that alpacas live high in the Andes Mountains, but did you ever wonder about the people who leave near the alpacas?
These people who live in the mountains of Peru work very hard, but because the area is so far away from a city, the children do not have a chance to go to school. Well, now they do because the Mirasol
School gives them that chance. However, the kids who attend the school cannot afford to pay for the private school, so groups like the Baltimore County 4-H Huggable Hummers alpaca club help out.
No donation is too small. Earlier in the year, the Huggable Hummers sent a huge box of school supplies for the children. This summer the club is sending flash drives so that the children at Mirasol School can each have a place to save their computer work. 4-Hers from the club also write letters to the children in Spanish about their alpaca projects, and they love supporting the school because they know that their donations go directly to the children. Alpacas are an important animal because their coats make the best yarn and knitted items, and so the people who take card of the alpacas are also important, If you want to be a part of this important school, check out their web site: www.mirasol.com.pe/part_of_mirasol
4-H STAFF
Nia Imani Fields
4-H Extension
Educator nfields@umd.edu
Dwayne Murphy
Extension Assistant
Faradia Kernizan
VISTA
Educator Intern dmurphy2@umd.edu
Wendy Dilworth
Administrative
Assistant wendydil@umd.edu
Kriss Cocoros
Administrative
Assistant kcocoros@umd.edu
Trish Moore
Graphic
Designer pmoore@umd.edu