Howell County Council Elections January 15-30
The 2015 public election of new members for the Howell County Extension Council will take place January 15-30, 2015. Ballots can be obtained at hte Howell County Extension office, downloaded and mailed in or cast online starting January 15. Candidate bios I Download Ballot (PDF). For online voting click on the County election - voting open tab on the left to vote online.
Every county in Missouri has an extension council made up of elected and appointed members who represent the broad educational needs and backgrounds of people in that county.
Citizens over the age of 18 who reside in Howell County can vote.
South Central Missouri AG News
Logan Wallace, Howell County livestock specialist and Sarah Kenyon, Oregon County agronomy specialist will be publishing an online newsletter monthly. If there is a topic that you would like information on contact, Logan at wallaceld@missouri.edu or Sarah at kenyons@missouri.edu. We hope you enjoy the current newsletter(PDF) South Central Missouri AG News. Past newsletters may be accessed through the livestock page.
4-H Corner
For more information on Missouri 4-H, please visit 4h.missouri.edu. For all other local information, please visit the 4-H Page.
Sign up for 4-H today!!!
We are excited to announce Missouri 4-H Center for Youth Development is transitioning enrollment to Missouri 4HOnline. Please log on at http://mo.4honline.com. A link to the detailed, step-by-step instructions (http://4h.missouri.edu/enroll/index.htm) is included on the login screen, but we think you will find the system very easy to navigate.
Youth Biz
Youth Biz, a partnership between Ozark Heritage Region economic development group, University of Missouri Extension, Ozark Action, and Missouri State University Small Business Development Center, has been offered in Howell County since Spring 2007. The mission of Youth Biz is develop entrepreneurial skills in area youth in hopes that they will stay in our area after attending high school or college and start a business.
The vision for the Youth Biz is for students graduating from high schools in the South Central Region to have the opportunity to learn how to start a business. This program is designed to teach “hands-on” entrepreneurship to high school seniors. The Youth Biz program teaches the basics of entrepreneurship and small business development as well as provides funding to each high school work group for the purpose of developing a business idea or model.
Program coordinators work with high school business teachers in order to provide school time to work on a business plan and project; and also provide mentors to the students, as well as guest speakers to the classroom. This program is designed for the 24 school districts within the seven-county Ozark Heritage Region.