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1 Click here to see this online August, 2017 Welcome to the Coles County 4-H online newsletter. Some pictures may not automatically download on certain devices; to see them, click on "load all images" or the "see this online" link. If you wish to print the newsletter, click "see this online" to bring up the print-friendly version. Events and deadlines (Dates are tentative - watch , Facebook and the newsletter for updates) August 1: DEADLINE: State 4-H Dog Show entries August 10-20: Illinois State Fair, Springfield August 10: Coles County 4-H Day at the Illinois State Fair August 25-Sept. 4: DuQuoin State Fair August 26: Family Fun Night at the Coles County Fairgrounds August 26-27: State 4-H Dog Show September 1: New 4-H year begins September 4: Labor Day holiday - office closed September 7: DEADLINE: 4-H Records, Secretary, and Treasurer Books Federation News Save the date! Family Fun Night is Saturday, Aug. 26 Federation will host a Family Fun Night on Saturday, August 26 from 5 p.m.to 7 p.m. at the Coles County Fairgrounds. This fun night will be a carnival theme complete with cotton candy, hot dogs, inflatables and games. We are asking each club to help with a carnival game. Clubs would be responsible for suppling the items needed for the game. Please choose from the following list, or come up with your own game, and let Jenny know what game your club would like to do. With your club's help, we can make this

2 event a success! Bean bag toss Balloon pop Toilet paper toss Football toss Go fish Feed the pig Cake walk Face painting Ping pong toss Families are asked to bring their own drinks. If you have quesitons, please contact Jenny at the office, Local 4-H news A few State Fair reminders Coles County 4-H delegates to the Illinois State Fair will receive a packet in the mail in early August, which will have their exhibit tag and important information about judging day at State Fair. Participants must take their own projects to State Fair. Coles County judging at State Fair is Thursday, August 10. All general project judging will take place in the Orr Building. Members may drop off their projects between 8-9:30 a.m. All projects will remain on display until 3:30 p.m. or when judging is complete, whichever is later. If you need to head home earlier than that, you must make arrangements with another family to pick up your project for you. Gate passes: A limited number of gate passes are available to general project 4-H exhibitors and their families. These passes must be purchased at the Extension office. There is no set date yet as to when these passes will be available for purchase, but it should be sometime at the end of July or beginning of August. Passes will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis until they are gone. These passes are offered to general project 4-H families at a discounted rate. Home and Family Show champions, delegates announced Coles County 4-H'ers showed off their foods and nutrition, clothing and textiles, food decorating and interior design projects at the annual Home and Family Show held at Cross County Mall in Mattoon on Tuesday, July 11. When you see them, be sure to congratulate this year's champions and those whose entries earned them a chance to represent Coles County at the Illinois State Fair: Lilian Combs, Cooks Mills Clovers, Foods and Nutrition, State Fair Alternate, Reserve Mickenzie Schofield, Cooks Mills Clovers, Foods and Nutrition, State Fair Alternate Molly Stranz, Showstoppers, Foods and Nutrition, State Fair Delegate, Daisy Taylor, Cooks Mills Clovers, Foods and Nutrition, State Fair Delegate, Jordyn Veach, Oakland Oakleaves, Foods and Nutrition, State Fair Alternate, Reserve

3 Ethan Burns, Lincoln Railsplitters, Foods and Nutrition, State Fair Alternate Whitley Dearing, Blue Ribbon Go-Getters, Foods and Nutrition, State Fair Alternate, Reserve Marylee Orman, Blue Ribbon Go-Getters, Foods and Nutrition, State Fair Delegate, Hayden Cole, Showstoppers, Foods and Nutrition, State Fair Delegate, Lyla Long, Kickapoo Ramblers, Foods and Nutrition, State Fair Alternate, Reserve Taylor Veach, Oakland Oakleaves, Foods and Nutrition, State Fair Alternate Taylor David, Showstoppers, Interior Design, State Fair Delegate, Reserve Annabelle Lee, Southsiders, Interior Design, State Fair Delegate, Daisy Taylor, Cooks Mills Clovers, Fashion Revue, State Fair Delegate, Jordyn Veach, Oakland Oakleaves, Fashion Revue, State Fair Delegate, Reserve Isabel Spear, Cooks Mills Clovers, Food Decorating, State Fair Alternate, Reserve Mickenzie Schofield, Cooks Mills Clovers, Food Decorating, State Fair Delegate, Ethan Burns, Lincoln Railsplitters, Foods and Nutrition, State Fair Alternate Tate Overton, Southsiders, Foods and Nutrition, State Fair Delegate, Tabitha Smock, Showstoppers, Foods and Nutrition, State Fair Alternate, Reserve Adam Burns, Lincoln Railsplitters, Foods and Nutrition, State Fair Alternate Macayla Finley, Cooks Mills Clovers, Clothing & Textiles, State Fair Alternate Jordyn Veach, Oakland Oakleaves, Clothing & Textiles, State Fair Delegate Daisy Taylor, Cooks Mills Clovers, Clothing & Textiles, State Fair Delegate, Taylor Veach, Oakland Oakleaves, Clothing & Textiles, State Fair Delegate, Reserve Be sure to check out the photo gallery on our Coles County 4-H Facebook page! Here are your General Projects, Dog Obedience and Cat Show champions Dozens of Coles County 4-H ers took part in the General Projects Show, Cat Show, and Dog Obedience Competition held on Saturday, July 22 in Charleston. Congratulations to 4-H'ers who earned championship ribbons and earned the right to represent Coles County at the State Fair: Olivia Passig, Coles County All-Stars, Aerospace, State Fair Delegate, Whitley Dearing, Blue Ribbon Go-Getters, Animal Science, State Fair Delegate, Reserve (R.J.) Konesko, Blue Ribbon Go-Getters, Animal Science, State Fair Delegate, Jack Welsh, Southsiders, Cats, Nora Gannaway, Coles County All-Stars, Child Dev, State Fair Delegate, Olivia Passig, Coles County All-Stars, Citizenship, State Fair Delegate, Antonio Chavez, Lincoln Railsplitters, Collections, Annabelle Lee, Southsiders, Dog Obedience, State Fair Delegate

4 Christopher Martin, All Things Pawsitive, Dog Obedience, State Fair Delegate Amber Weiss, Lincoln Railsplitters, Dog Obedience, State Fair Delegate Lilian Combs, Cooks Mills Clovers, Dog Obedience, State Fair Delegate Tate Overton, Southsiders, Electricity, State Fair Delegate, Skylar Rhoads, Cooks Mills Clovers, Electricity, State Fair Delegate, Reserve Isabel Spear, Cooks Mills Clovers, Entomology, State Fair Delegate, Molly Stranz, Showstoppers, Floriculture, State Fair Delegate, Isabel Spear, Cooks Mills Clovers, Floriculture, State Fair Delegate, Reserve Blake Homann, Coles County All-Stars, Leadership, State Fair Delegate, Casey Fisher, Golden Spur, Photography, State Fair Delegate Macey Vanderport, Coles County All-Stars, Photography, State Fair Delegate, Reserve Jonika Nickles, Oakland Oakleaves, Photography, State Fair Delegate Klaire Reed, Showstoppers, Photography, State Fair Alt 3 Taylor David, Showstoppers, Photography, State Fair Alt 2 Isabel Spear, Cooks Mills Clovers, Photography, State Fair Delegate, Isabel Spear, Cooks Mills Clovers, Photography, State Fair Delegate Mariah Weiss, Lincoln Railsplitters, Public Pres, State Fair Delegate, Annabelle Lee, Southsiders, Personal Dev, Ethan Burns, Lincoln Railsplitters, Veg Gardening, State Fair Delegate Bryce Eaton, Southsiders, Veg Gardening, State Fair Alternate Tate Overton, Southsiders, Veg Gardening, State Fair Delegate, Reserve Jonathon Bell, Southsiders, Veg Gardening, State Fair Delegate, Bryce Eaton, Southsiders, Veg Gardening, State Fair Alternate Kenley Carr, Southsiders, Vet Science, State Fair Delegate, Marylee Orman, Blue Ribbon Go-Getters, Vet Science, State Fair Alternate, Reserve Katherine Croft, Blue Ribbon Go-Getters, Visual Arts, State Fair Alternate Annabelle Lee, Southsiders, Visual Arts, State Fair Delegate, Reserve Lilly Long, Kickapoo Ramblers, Visual Arts, State Fair Delegate, Katherine Croft, Blue Ribbon Go-Getters, Visual Arts, State Fair Alternate, Reserve Gideon Karrick, Lincoln Railsplitters, Visual Arts, State Fair Delegate, Antonio Chavez, Lincoln Railsplitters, Visual Arts, State Fair Delegate, Taylor David, Showstoppers, Visual Arts, State Fair Delegate, Isabel Spear, Cooks Mills Clovers, Visual Arts, State Fair Delegate, Antonio Chavez, Lincoln Railsplitters, Visual Arts, State Fair Alternate, Reserve Makayla Richey, Cooks Mills Clovers, Visual Arts, State Fair Delegate, Gabriel Weiss, Lincoln Railsplitters, Visual Arts, State Fair Alternate, Reserve Mariah Weiss, Lincoln Railsplitters, Visual Arts, State Fair Delegate, Kenley Carr, Southsiders, Visual Arts, State Fair Delegate, Casey Fisher, Golden Spur, Visual Arts, State Fair Alternate, Reserve, Gideon Karrick, Lincoln Railsplitters, Visual Arts, State Fair Delegate, Antonio Chavez, Lincoln Railsplitters, Visual Arts, Antonio Chavez, Lincoln Railsplitters, Visual Arts, Jake Coffey, Showstoppers, Welding, State Fair Delegate, Blake Homann, Coles County All-Stars, Woodworking, State Fair Alternate Tate Overton, Southsiders, Woodworking, State Fair Delegate, Corbin Richey, Southsiders, Woodworking, State Fair Delegate, Reserve Owen Stranz, Showstoppers, Woodworking, State Fair Alt 2 Olivia Passig, Shooting Sports - Archery, Shooting Sports, Reserve

5 Isabel Spear, Cooks Mills Clovers, Shooting Sports, If you haven't been to the Coles County 4-H Facebook page lately, head on over there and check out the photos of the day's activities! Don't forget your thank-yous! By the time this newsletter reaches you, our 4-H livestock shows will be underway at the 2017 Coles County Fair. It's a busy time of year, and we know you have lots of stuff going on! When you get back home from the fair, but before the back-to-school rush starts, be sure to take a few minutes to write a thank-you note to the donors of the trophies/plaques and those businesses that help support your participation in the 4-H program. Without their generosity, many of these awards would not be possible - so let's all show them how much we appreciate their support. State 4-H news See the TOTAL solar eclipse with 4-H Illinois 4-H, in cooperation with the Marion Miners Baseball Team, is hosting a family-friendly place to watch the TOTAL Solar Eclipse on Aug. 21 in the location that will experience the GREATEST length of darkness in the country SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. The Eclipse is the hottest thing to hit Southern Illinois all year, and Illinois 4-H will be hosting thousands of youth and their families to the Miners' Baseball Field in Marion to watch it. For just $8, you ll gain admission to the field, access to all the educational activities 4-H is offering, and a pair of 4-H Eclipse glasses you ll need to safely watch the eclipse. Parking is $5/car; $10/bus. Food will be available on site. No alcohol will be allowed at the event. For $12, you can order a commemorative 4-H Eclipse t-shirt. Fly a drone (YES!), see a large telescope, watch videos from astronauts, do cool hands-on science experiments, play laser tag and other fun games. The gates open at 10 a.m. The eclipse should happen about 2:20 p.m. Activities wrap up by 3 p.m. Learn more and order go.illinois.edu/4heclipse. Everybody loves a road trip September 23, University of Illinois Campus Come hang out with 4-H members from across the state in a NEW event to kick off the new year. Save September 23 and plan to arrive by 10 a.m. on the University of Illinois campus. Get an inside look at U of I. Discover new things you can do in 4-H.

6 Start your adventure today! $10 includes lunch, t-shirt goodie bag. Road Trip is open to 4-H members age Tell your friends and go road trippin with a few hundred of 4-H members around the state. Registration opens July go.illinois.edu/4hroadtrip. Calling all 4-H volunteer leaders If you re a leader and will be at the Illinois State Fair, be sure to stop by the Volunteer Booth in the Orr Building early in the day. We have a special 4-H Leader Button for you to wear while you re at the fair. We are proud of you and want everyone at the fair to know how special you are! Volunteers celebrating 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, and more years of service will be recognized during a short Clover Celebration beginning at 3 p.m. each day on the stage of the Orr Building. Be sure to check in at the booth and let us know you re there! Coles County 4-H is the flagship youth-development program of University of Illinois Extension. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in any event mentioned in this newsletter, or to unsubscribe, please Jenny Lee at jalee73@illinois.edu or phone 217/ Visit the office at 707 Windsor Road, Suite A, Charleston, IL Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4:30 p.m. University of Illinois USDA local Extension councils cooperating. University of Illinois Extension provides equal opportunities in programs and employment. The 4-H Name and Emblem are protected under federal statute Title 18, U.S. Code 707. Your family's 4-H membership records are confidential; U of I Extension does not sell, rent or trade addresses.