Energetics 4-H Club

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The 4-H Motto: "To Make the Best, Better"

The 4-H Slogan: "Learn by Doing"

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The Energetics 4-H Club meets at the Good Shepherd Assembly of God (4330 North Burkhardt Road, Evansville, Indiana) at 7:00 PM on a monthly basis year round (usually the third Monday of each month). Our 4-H County Fair (Vanderburgh County, Indiana) will be held July 24-29, 2006.

This Website is dedicated to

***Carrie (Carolyn) Purtzer***

Carrie was the first leader of the Energetics 4-H club. The club was one of the first all urban clubs. The club organized in the 1960's, and one of its first presidents was her son, Stephen Purtzer. The club had a different name initially, but was renamed Energetics when both boys and girls joined. Mary Martin was an assistant leader, and her children were members. Virginia Miller was another assistant leader with all four of her children as members. Dan Miller, the current head leader of the club, joined the club as a 4-H member in 1973. Mrs. Miller became the head leader after Mike Purtzer completed his tenth year.

 

If you are interested in our club, e-mail 4-H Leader Dan Miller  (Head Energetics 4-H Adult Leader). Dan's Postal Address (snail mail) is: 13521 North Green River Road, Evansville, IN 47711-9769. We will send you more information.


Visit the following Websites,  Vanderburgh County Fair, Vanderburgh County Co-Operative Extension Service, 4-H Aerospace, 4-H Shooting Sports, Indiana State Fair, Indiana County Fair Dates, Vanderburgh County 4-H Center, and Indiana 4-H Purdue University.

Vanderburgh Co 4-H Handbook Online.   2006 4H Handbook.pdf
This file is about 2 megs in size so expect some length of time for the download.

4-H Pledge

I pledge: My head to clearer thinking, My heart to greater loyalty, My hands to larger service and My health to better living, for my Club, my Community, my Country and my World.

 

2005-2006 OFFICERS - ENERGETICS 4-H CLUB

• President...Zac Lantaff
• Vice President...Henry Maurer
• Secretary...Brittany McCormick
• Treasurer...Lindsey Lantaff
• Health & Safety Leaders... Recreation Leaders... Song Leader...
• Photographer...
  Adult Leaders
• Head Leader Dan Miller
• Dan and Virginia Miller
• Chris Lantaff
• Carrie Maurer
• Tracy Feagans

 

Activities of the Energetics 4-H Club:

The Photo Album has been updated 2004 Club Project Crafts - Turonies Pizza Fundraiser - 2003 Planted flowers at the 4-H center. Had a Turonies pizza fundraiser. UNICEF collection. Aerospace club project. Club Cookout at the fair, Holiday World completion trip, Halloween Party, Decorated a Christmas tree for the 4H Center Winter Carnival. 2002 UNICEF collection, Planted flowers at 4-H center. Won Best Overall at the Club Cookout for the second year in a row. Club completion trip to Holiday World. Decorated a Christmas tree for the Winter Carnival with box ornaments made from used Christmas cards. 2001 UNICEF collection, Club Cookout at the fair - First place overall and the first year for the Energetics to compete. Club completion trip to Holiday World. Decorated a Christmas tree for the Winter Carnival with a 4-H project theme. 2000 Katie Maurer continues to collect the highest amount for UNICEF. This year she topped $50 with Head Leader, Dan Miller, matching that amount which put the club just a little over $200 for our best ever collection for UNICEF! 2000 We introduced our new club display at the Fall Fling at the 4-H Center. Dawn Sallee helped leader, John West, to make this display. 2000 The Odds & Ends 4-H Club joined us again this year for our Halloween Party for our club members and the young members of the Church. 1998 The Energetics 4-H Club celebrated Indiana 4-H Week by visiting the After School Daycare programs at Harper and Lodge Schools. Club members showed 4-H exhibits from past years, explained the offices they held, and led the students in recreation. The spoke to second, third, fourth and fifth graders. 4-H members who visited the schools were Dawn Sallee, Nick Lantaff, Zac Lantaff, Katie Maurer, and Krystal Ray. They also plan to visit Holy Spirit School on February 15. The Energetics 4-H Club also displayed 4-H promotional posters at Harper, Lodge and Tekoppel Elementary Schools as well as at Holy Spirit. 1998 Club is collecting for UNICEF for its 25th. straight year. 1998 total UNICEF collection was $116.28. Katie Maurer was again the person with the highest with $40.49 and Mr. Dan Miller matched that. 1998 For the Halloween Party we invited the Odds & Ends 4-H Club to have fun with us. 1998 Club completion trip was to the Indiana State Fair. 1997 Club enjoyed a great Christmas get together and put together another Christmas gift package for a resident at the St. Mary's State Hospital. 1997 Halloween Party was another success. 1997 UNICEF Collection: Katie Maurer is reputed to be the lead collector again. Dan Miller will match what she collected - $25.65. More to report as it comes in. 1997 Vanderburgh County 4-H Achievement Banquet (4-H Members county awards night): Energetics 4-H Club was selected as a Gold Honor Club; Energetics Adult Leaders - Carol Lee and Michelle Wills were recognized with the Bronze Clover Award for 1st. year of service and John West recieved the Pearl Clover Award for 15 years of service; 4-H'er, Andy Coomes, recieved the Knight Township Achievement Award; Heather Bennett attended the 1997 Citizenship-Washington Focus Trip; James West was awarded the County Achievement Medal; other 4-H'ers winning awards and trips were - Corey Lee, Justin Reising, Zach Wilhite, Katie Maurer, Carrie Lee, Dawn Sallee, Jessica Reising, Cassie Lee (hope I left no one out). Katie Maurer needed help getting all her awards home [grin]. The 1997 Vand. Co. Fair Queen, Barbara Harris (former club member, now a club adult leader) was the Emcee for the night. Our completion picnic and swimming party was held at Lloyd pool. Many of the parents attended, also. Our Christmas party featured pizzas and some homemade deserts, singing Christmas carols to the residents at St. John's Nursing Home, and wrapping presents that club members bought for a patient at St. Mary's State Hospital, and some fun games. The costume/make-up winners of our Halloween Party were: Most Unusual - Heather Bennett, Ugliest - Nick Lantaff, Prettiest - Tiffany Morris and Megan Husk, Most Original - Krystal Ray, Scariest - Justin Headley. Honorable Mentions: Best 5 O'clock Shadow - Terra Muenstermann, Bloodiest - Ben Lantaff, Person Coming the Most Distance - Mauricio Silva (Salvador, Brazil - high school exchange student). Club members collected $51.34 for UNICEF; this year is the 23rd. straight year for our club to collect for UNICEF. Each year, head leader, Dan Miller, matches the club member with the highest amount collected. Katie Maurer collected $17.63. With Dan's match the total to contribute to UNICEF from our club will be $68.97.

 

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Energetics 4-H'ers Health and Safety Tip:

New tips in progress... 
Some past Health & Safety lessons

4-H'ers and Conservation
of Natural Resources


Our 1996-1997 Club Conservation Project was to recycle cans.
  Besides cleaning up our environment and conserving valuable energy resources,
 our club benefited by selling the cans 
and learning about being good citizens in the neighborhood we call "earth!"


Energetics' E-Mail Box:
  E-mail Us!
 

We invite everyone who visits our page to send us a message that we will edit to include in this section. We like Friends of 4-H: Extension Service Agents & Employees, Volunteer Adult Leaders, 4-H Donors/Sponsors, Former 4-H'ers & Adult Leaders, and anyone else that wants to send us greetings; but we would, especially, like to hear from 4-H'ers around the world!


Older E-Mail from the "E-Mail Box" 


FROM: The Gayville Achievers 4-H Club  31 Mar. 2001 -

"Energetics! Found your site while cruising the web looking for ideas
 on what to include on our web site.  Feel free to visit it any time.
  We'er located in South Dakota.  Hope to see a visit
 from someone from the Energetics sign our guestbook!  Here's our addie -
 http://www.gayvilleachievers.homestead.com/ " 
 - Kim Bennett, South Dakota. 
 
FROM: Purdue Student and Former Vanderburgh Co. 4-H'er  21 Nov 1999 -

"Hey Energetics 4-H Club!!  I just wanted to let you all know what a
WONDERFUL web page you have here.  I was just browsing the internet
searching for some 4-H information for my persuasive speech here at
Purdue University.  I am persuading people to join 4-H because I believe
it is the most worthwhile activity a person can get involved in.  I am a
former 9-year 4-Her and Jr. Leader.  Some of you might know me or my
siblings.  This is Patrease Woodside writing you to tell you all that
the more you get involved in 4-H and the more you put into it the more
you will receive from it.  I made it a point to get involved in 4-H and
Jr. Leaders and from that I have received and still continue to receive
many great opportunities to make a difference in this world.  For
example, I would not be at Purdue if it weren't for 4-H.  I would not be
majoring in Food Manufacturing Operations and on my way to a wonderful
job that I like, I would not be going to Russia to study abroad for
Purdue's School of Agriculture this summer, and the most important thing
of all is that I would not be who I am today if it weren't for 4-H
because 4-H has molded me into everything I am today and will be in the
future.  I know this is all kind of deep for you younger 4-Hers but take
my word for it -- 4-H is DEFINITELY worth your time and effort!  May you
all continue to have fun in 4-H and don't forget who made you.
  And
Zach, don't corrupt the 4-Hers too much! :)"
 - Love ya!
Patrease M. Woodside, Purdue University, School of Agriculture.


FROM: Vanderburgh County, IN German Gems 4-H Club  12 Mar 1999 -

"Hey Energetics!

WOW!  What a web page.  I sure did enjoy
 reading all about your club.  You have done
 a great job getting involved in 4-H.
  You are fortunate to have such good leaders,
 both present and past, to lead you on your way.
  
You have inspired me to encourage my club to make a web page.
 Our club is the German Gems, here in Vanderburgh County.
  Our officers are Leah Reich, Adam Kulenkamp, Aaron Deig and Pat Kissel.
  If you know any of them, maybe you could encourage them to
 make a web page, too.  I'll bet you had fun
 doing it and learned something, too.

Keep up the good work!"
 - Linda Deig, Head Leader, German Gems 4-H Club


FROM: Purdue Student and former Energetics 4-H Club Member  01 Mar 1999 -

"Fellow 4-Hers,
I just wanted to say hey to ya'll and wish you good luck in the
up-coming fair project year.  Also wanted to say how proud I am of you
for being in 4-H!  It's a great organization and will teach you life
lessons you will never forget.  I know maybe some of you don't like
going or think monthly meetings may be boring, but hang in there!  I
promise you the ideals and values you learn through 4-H will last a
lifetime. 4-H will give you lots opportunites to go on a lot of fun and
exciting trips that are just awsome.

    I remember when I was your guys' age I always wanted to be in 4-H
but never had the nerve to ask my parents.  Be thankful that your
parents have given you the opportunity to be a part of such an awsome
organization.  I was only able to be in 4-H for three years, but I loved
every second of every program I was involved in!  You will meet friends
in 4-H that you will never forget and make a few you will keep all of
your life.  I have, and I am thankful that I was able to make those
friends!  My 4-H friends are really the only ones I keep in contact
with.  I know they will always be there for me.

     For you members who know me, I am glad I was given the chance to
work with you.  You are an awsome group.  And you new ones, who don't
know me, you are going to be awsome too!  Dan is  a great adult leader
and you have a great group of adults helping out!  And remember, they
are there for you!

    From up here at Purdue I wish you the best of luck and the best of
times!  God-bless!"  - Andrew Coomes, School of Agriculture, Purdue University
 (Class of 2002).

FROM: Head Adult Volunteer Leader of the Energetics 4-H Club 31 Dec 1998-

"I am visiting our web site for the first time.  Sad to say, the head leader
 of the Energetics is somewhat behind the times.  But now I am on
 the net and can be e-mailed instead of snail-mailed.  4-H is a great program,
 and the Energetics 4-H Club has a year-long program that promotes
 community service, leadership, and achievement.
  We truly do make the best better.  Our club year
 is under way, but it is not too late to join.  (We accept new members
 through April.)  If you have more questions,
 or want to enroll in 4-H, my personal e-mail address is
 drmprosec@aol.com." -Dan Miller, Energetics 4-H Club Leader,
 former club President, and current President
 of the Vanderburgh County 4-H Council.

FROM:  Chilliwack, British Columbia 23 Oct. 1997-

"Hi, just got on the net and browsing through the 4-H home pages first.  Great
 Home site you have.  I have been a 4-H Leader for 14 years and even
 though my children are too old now I have decided to stay on for a few more
 years in the capacity of a Key Leader as feel 4-H is the best
 program going for our youth."  - Diane Joiner, 4-H Leader.

FROM: Current Health & Safety Leader of the Energetics 4-H Club 10 Oct. 1997-

"I really like the Rail on our page; I ride on it alot.  I found another 4-H
 page on it, but they already had a link to our page on theirs."
 - Katie Maurer, 4-H'er.

FROM: Saginaw 4-H of Saginaw,TX 7 July 1997-

"Great web page. Maybe our club should get a website. I've recently been 
elected secretary for the 97-98 4-H year. Me and the other future officers
 are planning on shaping up our club because for the past several years our
 club has really been slacking off. We're going to start by having meetings
 that last longer than five minutes. If you have any suggestions that we could
 use to help our club, puleeze e-mail me at rwatts@rocketmail.com ."
 - Rachel Watts, Club Secretary.

FROM: Former President Energetics 4-H Club of Evansville, IN 30 June 1997 -

"Just checked out the Energetics 4-H page on my lunch break.  Cool web page!
I didn't have time to go everywhere it would take me, but I will in the future."
 -Tony Miller, Vanderburgh Co. 4-H Jr. Leader Advisor.

FROM: Mitchell, SD  4-H Member 28 June 1997 -
   
"I am 15 and also the president of my 4-H Club.  I was just 'Surfing
 the Net'.  You Have a cool web site.  My club is made up of 11 4-H Members.
 One of the smallest in our county. Well I just wanted to let you know
 I liked you web site and if you want you can write
 back at one of the following addresses:

	capschnabel1701d@juno.com

	capschnabel1701d@hotmail.com

	or:    dcsinc@mithcell.net

I am an Energetic 4-H'er" -Dustin Schnabel, Club President. 

FROM: A Kansas 4-H Member  26 June 1997 -

"I am 14 years old and have been in 4-H for over seven years.  I think your webpage
 is great and I wish that other 4-H clubs who have the internet would do the same
 thing so the word about 4-H grows.  I am setting my own webpage with a section
 about Kansas 4-H and was wondering if you (The Energetics') had any ideas about what
 I could put on mine.  It would be helpful because I have no idea of what to put.
  I just have to say again, your webpage is great!!" -Gail Allen(allen1@kans.com), 4-H'er. 

FROM: Van Wert Co., OH Cooperative Extension Office  30 May 1997 -

"After locating your page on the internet, I must say that your information is great!
  Keep up the great job promoting the good work of 4-H."
 - Greg Homan, Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Development.

   
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4-H LINKS:
TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEW NATIONAL 4-H COUNCIL WEBSITE
 AND THE NATIONAL 4-H HEADQUARTERS WEBSITE BELOW
 - THE GRAPHICS ARE AWESOME!
 

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National 4-H Headquarters  |   National 4-H Council  |  Indiana 4-H Foundation
OTHER LINKS:
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Indiana Farm Bureau  |  Great Electricity Info


INTERNATIONAL 4-H LINKS

Norway: Norske 4H Canada: Canadian 4-H Council
Sweden: Swedish 4-H


 
 
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