While going through one of my piles of mail*, I leafed through the Iowa 4-H Foundation’s summer newsletter. It was there that I found out — and this still may be news, considering the only external coverage was a blurb in the Des Moines Business Record — about a change in an old institution.
According to a May 1 press release from the foundation, and an October announcement from the new group, United Camps, Conferences and Retreats is now the manager of the nearly 70-year-old 4-H Center in Boone County. The camp has been renamed Clover Woods, creating an allusion, but not infringement, of the 4-H heritage. The 4-H Foundation announced in late 2016 that it was not renewing an exclusive lease that gave ISU Extension run of the camp. The change allows the camp to be available to all nonprofit groups, with 4-H clubs getting priority.