Schedule of Activities (full version)

Joyful Moments — Joy Conference 2016! Mark your calendar for February 6 for the Joy Conference. We have three uplifting, highly motivated speakers lined up for this full day conference. We will start the day at 9:00 a.m. with Kay Frances “The Funny Thing about Stress”. Kay’s message is to lighten up, stress less and take care of yourself. The second speaker will be Samantha Schroth, “More than Lemons”. Come and listen to Sam as she shares her journey to acceptance as she tells her story of resiliency in times of struggle. We will end the day with Glen Ward, “Joy: Seen, Heard and Felt”. Glen’s humor will enlighten you with stories and life lessons. Cost of the event is $36.00. Online registration is at: https://npotogether.org/ joyday2016/. Registrations will be accepted until midnight January 31. Doors open at 8:00 a.m. with the program starting at 9:00 a.m. A box lunch will be provided. For more information you can contact Karen Dickrell, UW-Extension Family Living Educator Outagamie County at 920-832-5126 or Karen.dickrell@outagamie.org

February Agriculture — UW-Extension is providing a large selection of meetings in February to fit most farmers’ interests. The Pork Expo in Wisconsin Dells is available to swine producers who are interested in being re-certified on Pork Quality Assurance or Transport Quality Assurance. Other swine topics on health and quality will be provided as well. Closer to home, area farmers with large animal feeding units will be able to learn the latest information on feed leachate control, manure irrigation, and neighbor relations at the 2016 CAFO (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation) Meeting Update, held at the Tundra Lodge Conference Center in Green Bay. This meeting is to help those CAFO-sized farms and those who may be CAFO-sized soon to know concerns and research that fits their operations. Those dairy producers or heifer raisers who want to know more about Raising Quality Heifers will learn about Genomics, heifer feed costs, Veterinary Feed Directive, and managing heifers at the Raising Quality Heifers meeting on Tuesday, February 16 at Liberty Hall in Kimberly. Finally farmers who feed cattle will be able to tour a new 400 head cattle feeding facility and then learn about the veterinary feed directive, yardage cost and feeding trial research and get a market update at the Cattle Feeders Clinic on February 23, hosted by Wagonsen Farms and presented at the Deer Creek Town Hall. For more information and to register for the meeting of your choice, please call Zen Miller at the UW-Extension Office, 920 832 5124.

Local Government WisLines — February 1, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., “Stakeholder-Centered Community Marketing”, presented by Kristin Runge of UW-Extension Center for Community and Economic Development. Kristin will discuss a cooperative framework for community marketing. In this model, stakeholders take a central role in crafting a unique market position and a clear “brand” for their community. February 17, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, “Promoting Local Protection of Wetlands and Updates to the Shoreland Zoning Program”, presented by representatives of Wisconsin Wetlands Association and Wisconsin Dept of Natural Resources. This program will review a model wetland conservation ordinance and recent changes to the State’s shoreland zoning program. Interested persons may participate in WisLines for free at the UW-Extension office, but pre-registration is required by contacting Jim Resick at 920-832-5125 or jim.resick@outagamie.org.

Outagamie County 4-H
programs will be moving into a new year with a variety of activities including upcoming Community Club programs. The 26th Annual Outagamie County 4-H Family (Project) Learning Day will be held at Fox Valley Technical College from 8 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on Saturday, February 13. There will be multiple learning sessions offered covering a variety of different topics for participants to explore and learn. Youth and adults are encouraged to come and learn a new skill or expand on an existing skill from these volunteer led hands-on workshops that offer educational enrichment in an area of their interests. There is also an opportunity outside of the county for leadership development, as the 2016 Outagamie-Winnebago 4-H Teen Camp will be held February 26 to February 28 at Upham Woods Outdoor Learning Center in Wisconsin Dells. It is a great weekend full of leadership development, outdoor recreation, and fun for all youth 13 and older. In addition to group dynamics, participants have the opportunity to go hiking, cross-country skiing, tobogganing, and testing their abilities against an outdoor challenge course. They will also have the opportunity to work with state of the art technology through instruction on the Digital Observation Technology Skills (DOTS) kits.