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1 12 Marshall County Clover Chatter A newsletter for the 4-H families and 4-H leaders of Marshall County Published by: Marshall County Extension Staff ~Nathan Grogg-4-H Youth Educator ~Angela Smith-4-H Program Assistant ~Lindsay Schrader-4-H Secretary Marshall County 4-H DROP BOX AVAILABLE!!! At the South entrance of the county building is a drop-box, labeled payment box. Label whatever you are putting in it for the Extension office and you can drop things off AFTER HOURS! Find us on Find us on Find us on Address Service Requested PURDUE UNIVERSITY COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE Marshall County 112 W. Jefferson St. Rm. 304 Plymouth, IN Cooperating with U.S. Department of Agriculture Find our Website: NON-PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 238 Plymouth, IN 46563

2 2 11 Marshall County Clover Chatter I have already felt so welcomed by everyone, and am proud to call Marshall County my new home. I am excited to be your 4-H Extension Educator, and can t wait to get started! As you all know, this is a busy time of year with the Fair right around the corner. Everyone in the Extension Office has been hard at work to make sure the Fair runs as smoothly as possible. I want to thank all of the many wonderful volunteers for the hard work you do the 4-H Fair simply could not function without you. I look forward to meeting all of you and working with you for many years to come. A little bit to help you get to know me I earned my Bachelor s degree in Mathematics from the University of Indianapolis and my Master s in Education from Oakland City University. In the eight years since receiving my Master s, I have worked as a math teacher and more recently as a Tutoring Supervisor. I also coached basketball and track & field for multiple seasons. I was in 4-H growing up, and although I dabbled in a few other project areas, my primary focus was showing swine. I was also involved in sports (primarily cross country and basketball), and still very much enjoy playing sports and being active. I also enjoy playing board/card games with family and friends, and like being involved in my church. I love watching college basketball, and nothing beats going to Purdue games with my dad and cheering for the Boilers. I was born and raised in Indiana, so it shouldn t come as much of a shock that my favorite professional teams are all nearby the Reds, Colts, and Pacers. Please don t hesitate to ask me questions, offer me your ideas to improve things, or to show me your animals or projects. I m always up for chatting sports as well, and you can try to explain (wrongly) why IU s basketball team is going to be better than Purdue s this year! Thank you again for so warmly welcoming me. Regards, Nathan Grogg Nathan Grogg, Extension Educator 4-H Youth Development Healthy Living Tips Did you know June is National Dairy Month?!? According to the dietary guidelines you should be drinking 3 glasses of milk a day of either fat-free or low fat milk. If you aren t a milk drinker, try cheese or yogurt! June July Calendar of Events 1 22 Pistol Back Forty 6:30-8 PM 2 Air Rifle/Air Pistol Fairgrounds 6:30 PM 3 Rodeo Dairy Queen 7 PM 4 Jr. Leader Marsh. Co. Bldg. 6-8 PM 4 4-H Ext. Office 7 PM 5 Meat Goat Fairgrounds 6 PM 6 Pygmy Goat Fairgrounds 8-10 AM H Camp Mack 8 Fairboard Mtg./work Fairgrounds 6 PM 8 22 Pistol Fairgrounds 6:30-8 PM 9 Air Rifle/Air Fairgrounds 6:30-8 PM 11 Superintendent Rm :30 PM 12 Star Achiever/10 Year Member Info DUE! Pistol Back Forty 6:30-8 PM 16 Tube Painting Pat Nettrouer s Home 7-8 PM 16 Air Rifle/Air Fairgrounds 6:30-8 PM 16 Extension Board Extension Office 6:30 PM 22 4-H Fairboard mtg./work Fairgrounds 6 PM 23 Air Rifle/Air Fairgrounds 6:30-8 PM 23 Fabric Painting Pat Nettrouer s Home 7-8 PM 25 4-H Council Fairgrounds 6:30 PM 27 Cake Decorating Beg. & Ext. Office 9-11 AM 29 Aquatic Science Tour-Judging 2 PM 29 Jr. Leader Fairgrounds 6-8 PM 1 Foods Check Fairgrounds 8-noon 1 Pocket Pets, Cats, Bike Fairgrounds 5 PM

3 10 Cake Decorating Workshops June 27th, 2015 (Saturday) 9-11 AM - Skills Workshop. Workshop will focus on Beginner & Intermediate skills with hands on demonstrations. (Location: Extension Office) If you are an Advanced Level member and would like assistance, please contact me directly. If you have any questions concerning these meetings, please contact Patti Kitch (574) or pkitch@hotmail.com. Star Achiever/10 year Information Due This is a reminder that your information for Star achiever contest and 10 year is DUE on June 12th in the Extension Office. Please make sure that all your information is in before 4 PM. If you can not make it to the office please put your info in an envelope labeled 4-H Office and put in the Payment box on the North side of the building! Center Mini Dates Here are the dates for the Center Twp. Mini members for meetings. All meetings will be held at the Plymouth Public Library. *Monday June 6 PM *Monday June 6 PM *Monday June 6 PM *Monday June 6 PM Barnyard Olympics Get your teams ready for the annual Barnyard Olympics!!! Sign-up your teams during fair week at the fair office. Junior Leaders and Tami Langfeldt are working hard on planning all the details to make this a great and fun event! Inside this issue Fair Tips/Camping Rules...3 Council/Fairboard/Extension Board Club Information..5 Livestock/ Fair Info Pre-Fair Schedule....7 Fair Entry/Important Poultry Info....8 Jr. Leaders...9 Project Information Calendar..11 Fair Tips *Please make sure that you are entering all your projects into the new fair entry website. We sent information home last week, you should have received a letter in the mail. Please contact us if you have any questions. There is more information on Fair Entry on page 8. Camping Rules *If you need a camping spot for fair week, please call Ron Rensberger at anytime before fair and leave a message. There is limited space available. Please provide your name, number, Horse & Pony or Livestock, size of camper or trailer, popup/motor home, gooseneck-length, pull behind-length. The price is $70.00 for the week. There will be no overnight stays allowed!!!! 3

4 4 9 4-H Council Your next meeting will be held on June 4th in the Extension office 7 PM You will also have a meeting on June 25th at the Fairgrounds at 6:30 PM Extension Board Tube/Fabric Painting Workshops Pat Nettrouer is holding her annual Tube/Fabric painting Workshops at her home Michigan Rd. in Plymouth, IN. Tube Painting June PM Fabric Painting June PM Fairboard You will have a work night on June 8th at the 4-H Fairgrounds beginning at 6 PM You will have another meeting/work night on June 22nd at 6 PM at the Fairgrounds * Your next meeting will be held on June 16th in the Extension Office Room 304 6:30PM 4-H Opportunities When: July 7 PM Where: Argos, IN What: Color Me Green 4-H Dash 5K Walk, Run, Skip whatever you choose. This is a fun run and not timed How much: $10 (money will go toward the 4-H program in Marshall County) Who: Anyone can sign up, you don t have to be in 4-H Sign up by June 19th to be guaranteed a T-shirt! First 50 participants will receive free sunglasses! January 2015 Jr. Leaders We had a great meeting on May 21st!! We were able to tour the Marshall County Humane Society and then had a nice meeting/dinner at The Bagley s Home. We were able to discuss the pop stand and the upcoming color run. Remember that if you have not signed up to work the pop stand you need to ASAP. This also applies for the Color Run, if you are wanting to help out you will receive points towards your completion. We also talked about selling ice at the Fair again. We are able to get free ice from Home City Ice if we have freezers to put it in. Please check with anyone you know if they have a large enough freezer to hold ice. If anyone wants to help with the Barnyard Olympics this year we will have sign up sheets at the next meeting. Tami Langfeldt will be our coordinator for the event this year and she will help us with gathering materials and coordinating the event! Remember we will be having TWO meetings in June!! Our first meeting will be on June 4th in the Marshall County Building Room 207 from 6-8 PM where we will elect officers and be discussing more fair details. Then on June 29th at the Fairgrounds starting at 6 PM, this will be a carry in! More extension.purdue.edu/marshall

5 8 5 Fair Entry Now that you have enrolled in 4HOnline, it is time to go on the next website called Fair Entry. This is the website that you will be using to enter your projects. You will use your username and password from 4HOnline for this website. All your information will be in there you just need to pick the projects that you are bringing to the fair to streamline the check in process at the Fairgrounds. We are sending out help sheets that will explain everything. Please be on the look out for these documents! Make sure that if you need help that you sign up for the June 15 or 16 help sessions. Bourbon: Contact Terri Barnhart or Amy Middaugh for more information. *6/28 ~ Record Signing/Fair Entry Bates Corp 3-5 PM (Refreshments included) German: Contact Bonnie Bollenbacher or Steve Schweisberger for more information. 4-H Club Information Center: Contact Melissa Neidlinger, Tresa Leazenby, Pam Michel or Melissa Stokes for information. *6/28 ~ Record Signing Ply. Pool 3-5 PM Green: Contact Chantel Poisel or Tom Watson for more information. Poultry Information Showing poultry at fairs is only part of 4-H total learning experience. Due to the H5 avian influenza virus the Indiana State Board of Animal Health has decided to prohibit commingling of birds from different locations, including shows, exhibitions and public sales. You will still be able to complete the Poultry project by turning in your record sheet. "The emphasis of the 4-H projects is in all of what the young people learn about their animals," Aaron Fisher said. "Showing and selling certainly are valuable experiences, but the greater value of 4-H is the overall learning experience that comes with raising and caring for their animals on a daily basis." We would like for 4-H members to take pictures of their poultry project to showcase at the fair in the poultry barn. We ask that the pictures be no larger than 4X6. If you are wanting to do an educational poster on the Avian flu you are welcome to do that as well. As far as entering your poultry project into Fair Entry, as stated above, you do not need to do this since you are no longer bringing your animals to the fair. North: Contact Al Burch or Rebecca Miller for more information Tippecanoe: Contact Tiffany Reichard, Mindi Williams, or Lynette Markley for more information. *6/8 ~ 4-H Tippy Com. Bldg. 7-8 PM Walnut: Contact Amy Chizum or Barb Williams for more information. *6/16 ~ 4-H Argos Methodist Church 7 PM Polk: Contact Betty Hostetler or Linda Bella for more information. *6/8 ~ Adult Com. Tyner Com. Bldg. 7 PM *6/14 ~ 4-H Applewood Farms 2 PM (Rain Date 6/28) Union: Contact Amanda Minix, Tammy Thompson or Eldon & Sandy Amor for more information. *6/24 ~ 4-H Culver Café 6:30 PM West: Contact Jennifer Houin or Kristi Nate for more information. *6/30 ~ 4-H mtg/record Signing Nate s Home 5:30-7:30 PM

6 6 7 Horse & Pony Clinics *All clinics are held at the Fairgrounds at 6 PM, if it is raining contact your leader. *June 8th Barrels *June 9 Showmanship *June 15 Poles *June 18 Hunt Seat *June 24 Horsemanship/trail Dog Obedience Show The dog obedience show will be on Saturday June 27th at the Fairgrounds! Registration will begin at 8 AM and the competition will begin at 9 AM. We want to wish all our dog members the best of luck! Meat Goat Workshop There will be a Meat Goat workshop on Friday night June 5th at 6 PM at the Marshall County Fairgrounds. We will be going over how to trim feet and clipping. If you would like to bring your own goat and clippers you are welcome to. Parking Passes It s that time of year again and the Fairboard is selling Parking Passes now at the Marshall County Extension office. They are $10 for the whole week prior to the fair then $12 at the fair. Get them while they are HOT!!!! Saturday May 9th Lawn & Garden Tractor Maintenance Fairgrounds Wednesday June 24th Star Achiever Contest Wednesday July 1st Foods Check in 8-noon (judging upon arrival) Registration for pocket pets, bike rodeo and cats 5-5:30 PM Tuesday July 7th All projects Judged starting at 8 AM all buildings (Schedule TBA) (Exceptions: Crops, Cakes, Flowers, Garden, Sewing, All Foods Projects, Consumer Clothing) Thursday July 9th Enter Crops, Flowers, Garden, 8-10 AM (judging upon arrival) Sewing, Consumer Clothing, Fashion Revue Argos High School 8-10 AM (judging upon arrival) Cake Judging Fairgrounds 1-3 PM Saturday July 11th 4-H Grilling Judging 2 PM Entertainment Area 2015 Pre-Fair Schedule *Subject to Change* Friday June 12th Star Achiever and Ten Year Information Due Monday June 29th Aquatic Science Tour Leaving the office at 2:00 PM Monday July 6th Enter All Projects Including Electric, Mini 4-H, Ten Year boards 8 AM 7 PM (Exceptions: Crops, Cakes, Flowers, Garden, Sewing, all foods, Consumer Clothing) Wednesday July 8th Building is Closed for Set-Up Fri. July 10th & Sat. July 11th Building Closed Sunday July 12th Opening Ceremonies Fashion Revue Star Achiever Recognition Ten Year Recognition 4-H Color Dash