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  • April

  • April 10- Trowbridge Class at Extension Office  6:30 pm
  • April 17- Trowbridge Class at Extension Office 6:30 pm
  • April 17- Cooking with Fresh Vegetables Seminar 7pm GRC
  • April 20- IDALS Testing at Extension Office 10:00 am-2:00 pm
  • April 20-22- 4-H Intermediate Trip To Kansas City- Region 17
  • April 22- County Council at Extension Office 4:00 pm
  • April 22- Teen Club Meeting at Extension Office 6:00 pm
  • April 24- Leader's Meeting 6pm
  • April 24- Horse Practice
  • April 26- Dog Practice
  • April 28- Goat Weigh-in 8:30-10:00 am  Fairgrounds
  • April 29- Sheep Weigh-in 2-3:30 at Fairgrounds

  • May

  • May 8- CREW  6-7:45pm at Extension Office
  • May 15- LAST DAY for animals to be Id' in 4-H On-line
  • May 18- IDALS Testing at Extension Office 10:00 am-2:00 pm
  • May 24- Goat Workshop on Showmanship at Strands 6:30 pm

  • June

  • June 11-13- "Camp Wild" in Madrid, IA for 5th, 6th, & 7th Graders 
  • June 12- CREW to Papio Fun Park
  • June 15- IDALS Testing at Extension Office 10:00 am-2:00 pm
  • June 15- Goat Workshop on Grooming at Strands 6:30 pm
  • June 25- Teen Club Fundraiser at Pizza Ranch in Council Bluffs 5:00-9:00 pm
  • June 26-28- Youth 4-H Conference in Ames
  • June 27- Deadline for entering 4-H animals and State Fair projects - Fair Entry

  
 
 

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4-H Robotics Camp Participants
April 12, 2018
Summer2018MillsCounty4-HRoboticsCamp

Imagine It, Build It and Watch It Go!This adventure will have you creating and programming cool robots out of Legos on your first day. Join us June 12-15 at the Mills County 4-H Robotics camp for four days of workshops on how to build and  program Lego Mindstorm EV3 Robots. Learn to use sensors and build and program your robot to meet a series of challenges. Become an expert Programmer and Builder for FIRST Lego League or just have fun learning to work with robotics.  Workshops will run from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. each day.

March 29, 2018
2017-2018 "Last Chance" Private Pesticide Applicator CIC Schedule

2017-2018 "Last Chance" Private Pesticide Applicator Continuing Instruction Course Schedule Now Available

The dates, times, and locations for the 2017-2018 “last chance” private pesticide applicator Continuing Instruction Course, sponsored by the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education Program and county extension offices, are now available. As a reminder, April 15th is the last date to attend a course for the 2017 recertification year. Contact your county extension office for additional information.

Click here for the dates, times and locations.

February 6, 2018
Intermediate Trip to KC!
7th & 8th Graders are you ready for some out of town fun???  Join the Intermediate Trip to Kansas City on April 20-22!

Money Museum, Kauffman Stadium Tour, bowling, swimming, Planetarium, visit Jesse James home, good food, and great times with friends- new and old!  Space is limited to 47 youth, so sign-up TODAY! 

Click on the link for more information and the registration form.  

February 2, 2018
"Spring into Spring" Seminar Series

Click on above link for more information

"Spring into Spring"  2018 Master Gardener Seminar Series

Even though its cold outside and you think spring is a long way off, its not too early to get some information and great ideas to make this gardening year one of the best! The Mills County Master Gardeners are here to help with this series of six seminars open to gardeners of all ages and abilities. The series will get started on Tuesday February 20th, and will run through April 17th. Seminars begin at 7:00 PM

March 27th and April 3rd are at the Mills County Extension, Malvern, IA. All others are at the Glenwood Resource Center Visitors Center, Glenwood, IA

August 9, 2017
New Emerald Ash Borer Resources Available from ISU Extension and Outreach Forestry Program

From ISU- https://www.extension.iastate.edu/article/new-emerald-ash-borer-resources-available-isu-extension-and-outreach-forestry-program 

Publications provide list of arborists, tree varieties

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20,000 Meals from the Heartland

Nothing brings people together quite like working shoulder to shoulder in hairnets and packaging 20,000 meals in an hour. During a Meals from the Heartland service project, ISU Extension and Outreach was networking with a purpose to fight hunger.

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61317 315th Street
Malvern, Iowa 51551 
Mills County Fairground now has RV sites for your use, also a great place to stop over with your horses as you travel through.
Call Bob 712-520-6663 or Woody 402-740-4028.

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