Jackson County Extension March 2015 IN-VIEW

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1 Jackson County Extension March 2015 IN-VIEW Amber Matthiesen Katie Peterson Katie Bopes 4-H Youth Program Specialist Youth Program Specialist County Youth Coordinator & Program Coordinator Jeannett Kruse Office Manager Carolyn Clark Program Assistant March 6 Meat Order Delivery in Maquoketa 8 Fruit Delivery at town locations 14 Special Steer Tour 15 Young Leaders Council Meeting CEO 15 County Council Meeting CEO 16 Endowment Committee Meeting CEO 16 Youth Committee Meeting CEO 21 Basketball Andrew School April 11 Project Andrew School 18 Sheep & Goat Weigh Maquoketa FFA Building 9am-noon 19 FSQA Pearson Center 1:00pm-4:00pm JACKSON COUNTY EXTENSION 201 WEST PLATT ST. MAQUOKETA IA MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:00 AM 4:30 PM LEARN MORE AT Iowa State University Extension programs are available to all without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, or disability.

2 Jackson County 4-H News Fruit Delivery Schedule SUNDAY, MARCH 8th 1:00 pm Bellevue Community Building Bellevue Pioneers & Bellevue Clover Kids Contact: Chris Kilburg 1:30pm Andrew School Andrew Achievers & Otter Creek Shooting Stars Contact: Connie Weirup 2:15pm Preston Legion Hall Preston Trailblazers Contact: Jann Trenkamp Meat Delivery Schedule FRIDAY, MARCH 6th Meat will be ready to be picked up at Boyer at 10:00am. Please make arrangements as a club for pick up of your orders. Meat will need to be picked up that day as it will need to be kept frozen. There will be limited space for clubs to store their order until Sunday when the fruit is delivered (and then pick up on Sunday at 3:30). If your club would like to use this option, please contact Katie ASAP to see if there is room for your club s order. There is no school on Friday so it d be a great day to get your orders delivered! 2:45pm Miles Legion Hall Miles Mavericks Contact: Heidi Lippens 3:30pm Jackson County Fairgrounds, Boyer Maquoketa Sodbusters, Cloverites, Emeline Ridge Rollers, Northfork New Horizons, Shooting Sports & Cooking Clovers Contacts: Katie Bopes & Amber Matthiesen 4:30pm th Avenue, Monmouth Monmouth Co-Ed Contact: Krista Franzen 4-H Basketball Tournament As soon as the schedule and bracket are created they will be ed to leaders. Please be looking for them at the beginning of March. The information will also be posted on the Extension s website at Junior Camp June 12th 13th Camp Shalom Look for more information soon! Intermediate Camp May 2nd 3rd Wapsi Education Center, Dixon, Iowa Look for more information soon! Heart of Belonging Leaders Training Thank you to the leaders who attended the Heart of Belonging Training on February 23rd. Leaders who were not able to attend have been sent a letter with materials and directions to complete the training for this year to remain in good standing as a 4-H volunteer. Please have this training completed by May 1st. 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.

3 Congratulations to the 2015 Sweetheart Ball Candidates! Collectively, you raised over $2600 to be put toward helping 4-H ers who attend the CWF Trip! Great Job! WANT TO KNOW MORE? FIND US FIND AT: EXTENSION.IASTATE.EDU/4H/YOUR COUNTY NAME HERE US AT: EXTENSION.IASTATE.EDU/JACKSON

4 4-H Livestock News 4-H ers interested in exhibiting in the Share-A-Pig class, please let Katie know by March 27th. 4-H ers interested in exhibiting in the Derby swine class, please let Katie know by March 27th. Derby swine weigh-in April 4th, 2015 Location & Time TBA Horse Project Meetings The first horse project meeting will be March 23rd, 6:30pm at the CEO. 4-H ers must attend TWO workshops/ exhibitor meetings to show at the Jackson County Fair. Please RSVP to Katie so the Horse Committee knows how many to expect. Sheep/Goat Weigh-In Saturday, April 18th Maquoketa FFA Building State Fair families, please bring your animals between 9am-10am. Families who are exhibiting only at County Fair please bring your animals between 10am-Noon. Families who will be weighing in a large number of animals (15 or more) please contact Katie at the CEO in advance of the weigh-in to make arrangements for a time to weigh-in. Food Safety Quality Insurance (FSQA) Training 4-H ers and FFA members who plan to exhibit beef, bucket bottle calf, swine, dairy, goat, sheep, poultry, and rabbits will need to be FSQA certified by July 1 there will be no exceptions to this deadline. Training option certification is valid for exactly one year the date of the training. Grade is determined as of January 1, th to 6th grade: Must attend FSQA training every year 7th to 9th: Can either attend a training each year or pass the Intermediate test. Test certification is valid until January 1st of the 4-Her s 10th grade year. 10th to 12th grades: Can either attend a training each year or pass the Senior test. Test option certification is valid until December 31 after the 4-H er s 20th birthday. Jackson County Training/Testing Dates will be: April 19, 2015, 2-4 pm Pearson Hall, Jackson County Fairgrounds June 8, 2015, 2-4pm Boyer, Jackson County Fairgrounds NOTE DATE CHANGE! 4-H Animal Science Round Up June 30 July 2 Iowa State University Apply using the online registration at Applications are due March 1 & selected youth will be notified around April1 Scheduled Events: hands on animal interaction, media training, live carcass evaluation, ipad video production, ISU Farm tours, career exploration Categories Include: Beef, Dairy Cattle, Horse, Sheep, Swine Schedules and Application details can be found at Youth Equine Extravaganza May 1-3 Ellsworth Community College, Iowa Falls Find the Schedule, Rules & Online Entry Form at 4-H IS BASED ON RESEARCH

5 New/Updated Livestock Rules for 2015 GOATS 1. NEW: All market wethers must be uniformly clipped with 3/8 inch length of hair or less above the knee and hock joints to include the head, excluding the tail. All meat goats should arrive on the Fairgrounds clipped and show ready. 2. NEW: All goats must have scrapies tag in ear at weigh-in. No scrapies tag numbers may be used in 4-H Online for identification. 3. REMOVED: All goats must be wethers or does to show, except in the billy class. 4. REMOVED: Meat Goats Junior Classes 12 months-15 months old, 15 months-18 months old, 18 months-24 months old 5. REMOVED: statement after Senior Meat Goats- (Does in milk or that have freshened) SHEEP 1. UPDATED: There will be a $10 scanning charge for each production lamb weigh-in at fair. The fee will be deducted from the checks when the animals are marketed. 2. UPDATED: Class 161N Ram Lamb (under 8 months) changed to 161N Commercial Ram Lamb (under 8 months) 3. NEW: All other sheep other than market must have eartag or tattoo plus scrapies tag in ear. All sheep must have scrapies tag in ear at weigh-in. No scrapies tag numbers may be used in 4-H Online for identification. 4. NEW: Certificate of Registry must correspond with association tag in ear and be presented at check-in to be eligible to show. Only the original registration paper will be accepted. No faxes or copies will be allowed. Registration papers must be in the 4-H ers name or show a logical family relationship (i.e. John Smith Family is acceptable; Sunnyview Farms is not acceptable). 5. NEW: Add Class- 161O Purebred Ram Lamb (under 8 months) SWINE 1. UPDATED: Exhibitors may show the maximum of three market (open) pigs, two commercial gilts, three derby pigs, and one pen of three. A maximum of six pigs may be brought to the fair. Individual pigs cannot be shown in both derby and market classes. 2. NEW: Exhibitors will sign up for the Silent Auction at Pre-Entry Day. 3. NEW: At the discretion of the Swine Committee, classes may be combined if there are not enough animals to make a full class. 4. NEW: Add Class 1704 Derby Pig 5. NEW: Add Class 1705 Share-A-Pig BUCKET BOTTLE CALF 1. UPDATED: Calves must be purchased and in possession of the youth within 2 weeks of birth. Any newborn or orphaned calf, steer or heifer; dairy or beef; purebred or crossbred calved between January 1 April 30, may be a part of this project. 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.

6 HORSE/PONY 1. NEW: Exhibitor Apparel: A. Exhibitor numbers are to be worn on the exhibitor s back only in halter/showmanship classes. In performance classes, including timed events, exhibitor s numbers are to be worn on both sides of the saddle pad or unobstructed on their back. B. All 4-H youth participating in any riding classes must wear American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM) and Safety Engineering Institute (SEI) approved headgear with chinstrap and properly fitted harness while mounted and riding, including warm up. Every Time Every Ride. No caps, hats, or scarfs will be allowed to be worn under the helmet. C. English Attire- Hunt Seat: ASTM/SEI approved helmets with fastened chin straps are required at all times when mounted. Clothing must be clean, neat, and approved for hunter classes. Riders must wear coats, boots, and breeches. Clean shirts with stock and pin or ratcatcher and choker preferred. The coat should be any tweed or melton (conservative wash jackets in season) acceptable for hunting. Breeches should be of traditional shades of buff, gray, rust, beige or canary (jodhpur included), and high English boots or jodhpur boots should be worn. Spurs of the unrowelled type, gloves, crops or bats are optional. The 4-H armband or chevron is mandatory and the armband MUST be worn on the upper left arm. D. Western Attire- clothing must be neat and clean. Riders shall wear ASTM/SEI approved helmets and boots. A solid white or colored, button or snap front, long-sleeved, collared shirt is required. The following is prohibited: personalized logo, embroidery (excluding shirt brand logo), zippers, sheer or lace fabric, embellishments, bling of any kind, including but not limited to sequins, rhinestones, chains, etc. Shirts must be tucked in. A necktie, kerchief or bolo tie are permitted, but not required. Sleeveless shirts or blouses, turtleneck sweaters, sweater vests, etc. are not permitted. Pants must be blue jeans and belt under the loops is recommended. The 4-H armband or chevron is mandatory and the armband MUST be worn on the upper left arm. Hair must be neat and securely fastened if long, so as not to cover the rider s number. E. Shorts are prohibited to be worn by exhibitors while mounted on a horse. F. Penalties- exhibitors who violate the dress code will be dropped one ribbon group. In the interest of safety when you are mounted, you must wear a helmet, boots, long pants and appropriate attire and the horse must be properly tacked. The includes in the warm-up arena. Any dispute will result in disqualification from your classes. 2. UPDATED: Horses must be under control at all times during the day. Any horse that is unmanageable (bucks, kicks, rears, runs off) will be excused from the ring. If after three attempts, the horse/pony will still not enter the ring, the horse /pony and rider will be excused from the class. Decision to be made at the discretion of the Horse Committee. 3. REMOVED: Exhibitors will be required to wear an ASTM/SEI approved safety helmet at all times when on the back of a horse during a 4-H sponsored event. 4. REMOVED: Exhibitor # must be worn on his/her back. BEEF Updates coming next month. 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.

7 Community & State Opportunities 2015 State 4-H Camps Start Your Adventure Here! Young people grades 5-8 in the school year have three special-themed 4-H camps designed especially for them. These statewide camps will be held at the Iowa 4-H Center near Madrid. While exploring the special themes, campers will live in a camp community for five days and four nights, enjoying traditional camp favorites like swimming, canoeing, hiking, climbing, and campfires. Each camp will also include an opportunity for campers to visit programs and facilities on the Iowa State University campus in Ames. The dates and themes of the three camps are: June State 4-H And My World Camp; Campers will choose a specialized educational track to learn about other cultures, develop nutrition knowledge and culinary skills, or strengthen leadership skills July 5-9 State 4-H Science Explorers I; Campers will choose a specialized educational track exploring science and technology, nature, or plant science and agriculture. July State 4-H Science Explorers II: Campers will choose a specialized educational track exploring science and technology, animal and veterinary science, or plant science and agriculture. Registration cost is $350 for 4-H members, $380 for non-members, and includes all meals, lodging, and special programming costs. Financial assistance for youth to attend 4-H camps at the Iowa 4-H Center is available from the Iowa 4-H Foundation Deadline to apply for financial assistance is April 25. Preliminary information on State 4-H camps has been posted to the 4-H Camping website camping with more to come as program details are finalized. Link to the online registration form will be posted in March. The Jackson County Fair Board and Association is looking for youth who would be interested in joining as Junior Members. If interested, Contact Lanny Simpson, Jackson County Fair Manager, at OUR VISION A WORLD IN WHICH YOUTH AND ADULTS LEARN, GROW, AND WORK TOGETHER AS CATALYSTS FOR POSTIVE CHANGE

8 Jackson County Extension 201 West Platt Street Maquoketa, IA RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED JACKSON COUNTY EXTENSION Jackson County 4-H IN-VIEW Upcoming 4-H Dates March 21: 4-H Basketball Tournament April 11: Project Fair April 19: FSQA Training April 18: Sheep/Goat Weigh-In May 2 May 3: Intermediate Trip June 7: Preview Show June 8: FSQA Training July 13: Pre Entry Day June 19 20: Junior Camp June 30 July 2: Youth Conference July 29 Aug 2: Jackson County Fair August 13 23: Iowa State Fair 4-H Enrollment You can access the online system at The MOST important thing to remember is that all returning members have a profile set-up, you just need to log in to it. You need to type your address (if you don t remember what address you used, contact the CEO) and type your password from last year, or select "I forgot my password." After you retrieve your password, you can log in and change it, then get to work getting enrolled! If you have any questions or do not have computer access, please contact the CEO and we can make arrangements!