July Dawson County 4-H Newsletter. Dear 4-H Families,

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1 Dawson County 4-H Newsletter Dear 4-H Families, I hope everyone is having a good summer so far. It s hard to believe we are almost midway through our summer, but that also means the fair is just around the corner. Hopefully you all are working on your projects and getting everything ready to go. There will be a lot of activities coming up over the next month so please read through this entire newsletter so you are up to date on what is going on. I will send one more newsletter before the fair with a lot of the final details on everything. Don t forget, you can always check the County web page to find the calendar of events, forms, etc. at July 2017 MSU Extension Dawson County 207 W. Bell Street Glendive, MT dawson@montana.edu Bruce Smith Extension Agent Jackie Stinnett Program Assistant Have an awesome July, I know it is going to be a busy one. Jackie Stinnett 4-H Assistant

2 JUST A REMINDER THAT ALL CLUBS ARE REQUIRED TO TURN IN COPIES OF ALL MEETING MINUTES AND BANK STATEMENTS TO THE EXTENSION OFFICE.

3 Archery practice will be July 3 & 17 from 4:00-6:00 at Trails End Gun Club Leathercraft will be meeting at the Fairgrounds on June 27 & July 11, 18 & 26th. Contact Sherry Sportsman for more information There will be a showmanship clinic at the Fairgrounds July 26 at 9:00 Next Livestock Committee Meeting is July 26 at 11:30 at the Fairgrounds Horse Meetings 6:00-8:00 on the following dates: June 27 & July 11 J & A Arena July 18 & 25 - Grass Arena Aug. 1 - Grass Arena

4 Dawson County 4-H Day Camp Need to register by July 7 with the extension office. Date: Tuesdays, July 25 th Where: Fairgrounds Cost: Free to all Dawson County 4-H members. $20 for a non 4-H member. Lunch: hot dog and nachos Schedule 8:30-9:00 Registration 9:00-1:45 Activities and Games 2:00- Campers are picked up Activities (Not everything is pictured) 1. Montana string art and sponge water bombs 2. Decorate flower pots and plant bitterroot flower seeds and UV Bracelets 3. Sharpie Coasters and fidget spinners 4. Cooking and baking

5 Prairie, Custer, and Garfield Counties have cooperatively planned a Regional Small Animal Judging Day for dog, rabbit, poultry, and cat projects. The Judging Day will take place on Wednesday, July 26 th in the Agri-Sports Building, (* SAME LOCATION AS LAST YEAR*) at the Fairgrounds in Miles City. 4-H members from across Southeastern Montana are invited to exhibit their dogs, rabbits, poultry, and cats. Any middle school or high school student who can help at day camp are asked to meet the week before on July 19 to go over activities and help pound a few nails in some boards. It will be at the fairgrounds from There will be snacks provided also. You will get to do some of the activities ahead of time. This will replace staying later that afternoon of Day Camp like we have done the last couple of years. This will be something you can mark in your record books. If you have any questions please contact Annie Begger or the extension office. This is a heads up for the fair. We will be doing the silent auction again. So keep this in mind when working on projects. Each member can have 2 items in the silent auction as long as the items were judged as fair entries. If you do food items please take a picture to have present. Example: We had one sell an angel food cake they had judged but made a poster that said they would make them a new one. We had another member take a picture but put their cupcakes in the freezer. Dress Revue will be Wednesday, August 2. It will start at 1:00 at the Moose where we will practice and do the judging and then go to Grandview at 4:00 where we will just do walk through. If you can please let the office know if you are planning on competing and how many outfits by July 14. Remember you need a script on each outfit. If you need help on this let Annie Begger know.

6 This is the Dawson County group that attended Camp Needmore this year. The kids were able to participate in a lot of activities during the 3 days at camp. A huge THANK YOU to all of the parents that help with transporting kids to and from camp. Your assistance was very much appreciated. ***NEW 4-H POLICY/BULLYING POLICY*** ***MANDATORY FOR ALL 4-HERS & LEADERS*** The Council has adopted a new 4-H Policy, Livestock Policy and Bullying policy. Every 4-H member and leader must sign this policy before they are able to participate in any further 4-H activities. This includes all camps, congress and the Fair. You need to stop in the Extension Office ASAP and get these policies signed if you plan to participate in any of the upcoming activities.

7 ALL ABOUT THE FAIR The sign up sheet for the food booth is available at the Extension Office. Please call the office with your requested times. Times are filled as calls are received. First called, first choice. This is a big fundraiser so all families are needed to help. Every year the Ranger Review has a full page ad about 4-H clubs, projects and members. We need pictures representing different activities, projects, etc. Bring/ your pictures to the Extension Office by July 31. This is your chance to show our community what 4-H is all about. Fair Books are printed and available for pick up at the Extension Office. Make sure you pick it up as there are a lot of changes.

8 All entries enrolled in clothing, cloverbuds, exploring 4-H, pockets pet and series books will be judged Monday, August 8 starting at 9:00 A.M. You will need to call the office to schedule a time for your judging. Please watch your or Facebook for clean up day details. We will let you know as soon as the date has been scheduled. Premium/Livestock Sale checks. We heard from several of our sponsors this year that they were relunctant to sponsor again because they never receive Thank You's from the kids. Therefore this year all premium and livestock sale checks will be handed out at the Extension Office after the fair. In order to receive their checks, the kids will need to hand me a stamped Thank you note to the sponsor before they can have their check. We need to show our sponsors how much we appreciate them so that they continue to give to our 4-H program.

9 We will be using the new fair entry program this year. You will be able to either do your entries online through the Fair Entry program at or come to the office and fill out an entry blank and I will input your information into the computer. All of the instructions for how to set up your account are in the new fair book. If you plan to enter your projects in the fair you must pre-register. July 28 is the deadline to get your entries submitted to allow us time to input everything in the computer and print the judge s sheets. If you are not pre-registered, you will not have an entry blank at the fair, you won t be on the computer sheet for the judges and you will not get a premium check. This is the first year using the program so please be patient with the process. The program is really nice and will make the entry process so much easier over the course of time.

10 2017 FAIR 4-H SCHEDULE 9:00 A.M. 4-H Clothing, Cloverbud, Exploring, Animal Series or Option Books Judging Judging Starts at 8:00 A.M. and proceeds in this order: Dogs, Cats, Poultry, Rabbit, Small Animal Round Robin Showmanship 9:00 A.M. 4-H Horse Judging & Showmanship 12:00 4-H Interview Judging all indoor projects Time TBD Livestock Weigh-In 8:00 4-H Livestock Show beings & Proceeds in this order Hogs, sheep, breeding beef, market beef, dairy cattle and dairy goats, orphan animals 10:00 A.M. 4-H Large animal Round Robin Showmanship 5:00 P.M. 4-H Livestock Sale Exhibits may be removed

11 4-H UPCOMING EVENTS DATE TIME PLACE EVENT July 3 & 17 4:00-6:00 Trails End Gun Club June 27, July 11,18 & Leathercraft Fairgrounds 26 June 27, July 11, 18, Horse Meeting 6:00-8:00 at J & A Arena 25 & Aug. 1 July H Pre-Congress, Bozeman, MT July H Congress, Bozeman, MT July 19 9:00-11:00 Junior Leader Day Fairgrounds July 25 8:30 2:00 Day Fairgrounds July 26 9:00 A.M. Showmanship Fairgrounds July 26 11:30 A.M. Livestock Committee Meeting July 26 Regional Small Animal Judging Miles City Fairgrounds July 22 Muddy Boots Jackpot at DC Fairgrounds August 2 Dress Review Moose Lodge August Dawson County Fair September 29-Oct 1. State Leader s DCC