Linn County. Project Area Awards: MAY 15, 2006 Major Due Date! ID forms are also available on our website:

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1 Linn County Newsletter Iowa State University Linn County Extension th Avenue, Suite 140 Marion, IA ph f April Calendar Apr. 3 FSQA 6:30-8:00 PM Kirkwood Beef Center Apr. 8 Horse Project Riding Clinic Fairgrounds Apr. 8 Youth Council Annual Egg Hunt - Fairgrounds 1:00 PM Apr. 24 Youth Council Meeting 7:00 PM EO Apr. 29 Dutch Oven Cooking 10:00 AM Springville May 1 Spring Leader s Meeting 6:30 PM E.O. May 6 Market Meat Goat Wethers & Sheep Weigh-In May 6 Rabbit Clinic, Tipton May 13 Horse Project Riding Clinic Fairgrounds May 15 LIVESTOCK ID s, Registrations & Orders Due May 18 Share the Fun Jun H Junior Camp Jun. 17 Goat Clinic Jun PA Exchange Jun H Youth Conf. Jul Linn County Fair Aug Iowa State Fair Aug H Night at the Kernels What you give of yourself is priceless Oprah Winfrey CONGRATULATIONS!! Congratulations to the following 4-Her s selected for Area Awards: National Congress State 4-H Council Project Area Awards: Leadership Swine Beef Anna Grimley Anna Grimleyl Molly Elliott Spencer Jordan Cameron Luledtke Congratulations to Molly Elliott and Cameron Luedtke for being selected to receive scholarships to Camp Miniwanca through the American Youth Federation. Special Thanks!! A special thanks to Terry Chapman and Justin Martin for assisting with the Food Safety and Quality Assurance (FSQA) classes this year! The last Linn County FSQA class will be held April 3, 2006 at Kirkwood. FSQA is required for 4-Her s showing animals in the following venues: Linn County Fair Swine Iowa State Fair Swine, Beef, Sheep, Rabbit, Poultry, Dairy Cattle, Dairy Goats, Meat Goats. April is National Volunteer Week A special THANK YOU to all our 4-H volunteers who give of themselves and Make the Best Better for our youth. MAY 15, 2006 Major Due Date! Any creature that breathes needs an ID form if it is to be shown at the Linn County Fair. Forms have been sent out to each 4-H er who has enrolled in an animal project. ALL forms are due in the Extension Office by May 15, There is a drop box on the outside of our office look for the gold bar. ID Forms are required to be in our office by May 15, 2006 for State Fair Exhibitors late forms will not be accepted. To exhibit an animal, a 4-H er must be in the 4th grade or higher. Please be accurate on ID forms as incomplete information will be returned. ID forms are also available on our website: Other paperwork due on May 15: Share the Fun Registrations Junior Camp Registrations Feel the Pulse: State Conference/Round-up/CSI: Crops Registrations 4-H T-Shirt Orders 4-H ers for 4-H Campaign MAY

2 April 06 Linn County 4-H Newsletter page 2 Animal Notes -- Goat News May 6, 2006: Weigh-in 7:15 am at the Linn County Fairgrounds for only Market Meat Goat Wethers. June 17, 2006: Fitting and Showing Clinic 4:00pm at Ron Long s farm. Topics include clipping, hoof trimming and show ring practice. Questions: Contact Lyn McBride Sheep News Sheep weigh-in will be May 6 at the Linn County Fairgrounds in Central City. State Fair and Ak-Sar-Ben sheep will be weighed in at 7:30 AM followed by County Fair sheep. A maximum of 8 market lambs may be weighed. Each exhibitor can weigh a maximum of 6 ewes. All lambs MUST gain at least.3 pound per day to be eligible for any ribbon above a white. All Iowa counties will process sheep going to Ak-Sar-Ben the same way that animals are verified for State Fair. Each animal will have one nose print and one DNA sample taken during the verification process. The same nose print and DNA sample will be used for the verification process for both the Iowa State Fair and Ak-Sar-Ben. Exhibitors will be limited to nominating a total of 15 sheep for state Fair and a total of 8 sheep for Ak-Sar- Ben. The sheep may be the same for both exhibitions or two different sets of animals. State Fair animals will once again be charged $5 per head. There will be an additional fee of $1 per head for those same animals wishing to be eligible for Ak-Sar-Ben. All lambs acquired between May 15th and June 15th for shows after September 1 basically for Ak-Sar-Ben, will be verified at one central verification site to be announced. Direct questions to Faith Martin at In Tipton, take Highway 38 to 9th Street and turn West on 9th Street. The fairgrounds is 1/4 mile beyond Tipton. Questions? Call the Linn Co. E.O Things You Should Do-- Annual Egg Hunt Come to the Annual Egg Hunt sponsored by the Linn County 4-H Youth Council Saturday, April 8 at the Linn County Fairgrounds in Central City. The hunt starts promptly at 1:00 PM and is especially for Junior 4-H members, Associate Members, Clover Kids, their siblings and friends. Come Rain or Shine for games, prizes and Spring time fun! Looking Forward to Camping Season? Come to a Dutch Oven Cooking Workshop, Saturday 29 April 2006 from 10:00 AM-1:00 PM at Cox Lake Pavilion (downtown Springville) and learn the fundamentals of Dutch Oven cooking over charcoal. You will learn how to make a main dish, potatoes, a dessert and bread. There will be a $5.00 materials fee. Have more fun and bring a friend. Call Georgia Carr at for reservations and more details. Share the Fun Don t forget to enter the Share the Fun contest scheduled for Monday, May 18 at Kirkwood. The deadline and $5.00 fee is due to the EO on May 15. Rules and registration forms were in the March Newsletter. This event is purely for the sake of enjoyment, sharing your talents and fellowship with other 4-H ers. Sign up now! Camp News It is time to think about summer camp! Linn County 4-H Camp will be held June 8-9 at Camp Io-Dis-E-Ca in Solon. A registration form is included in this mailing. Also included in this newsletter is a listing of the State 4-H Camp opportunities H/FFA Rabbit Workshop, Tipton, Iowa The annual 4-H/FFA workshop on raising rabbits will be held at the Cedar County Fairgrounds in Tipton on Saturday May 6, 2006 from 10:00-3:00 p.m. There will be an opportunity to have rabbits tattooed - two rabbits per youth will be allowed to be tattooed. Members need to decide on a short name or number to be tattooed in the rabbits ear. 4-H and FFA youth may show two rabbits in a "practice" rabbit show. This show is for youth who have not shown rabbits or who have shown in 2 or less ARBA shows. All rabbits showing in the practice show are required to be permanently earmarked by a tattoo. Linn Co./Erie Pennsylvania 4-H Exchange Last year we had 5 4-H ers travel to Pennsylvania for a week of fun this year we play host! We are still looking for 2 host families for girls ages 13 and 16 from Pennsylvania. The exchange runs from June For more information about the 2 girls needing host families, contact Ann. Feel the Pulse: Iowa 4-H Youth Conference Believe it or not, the Iowa 4-H Youth Conference is just around the corner. Mark June on your calendars. This event is open to all youth 8th grade & up. Registration is $120 per person. Registration packets are available at the Extension Office.

3 April 06 Linn County 4-H Newsletter page 3 More Things to Do-- Take Me Out to the Ballgame!! Friday August 25 is 4-H Night at the Kernels! Mark your calendars now for this fun event a great way to celebrate the end of fairs with your club and recruit new members! Invite family and friends. Tickets will go on sale for this event in July. Attention Leaders! May 1, 2006, 6:30 PM at the Extension Office, let s put the pieces together at the Spring Leader s Meeting! Hands on activities, fairbooks and lots of information. At least one leader from each club should plan to attend. See you May 1! More Things to Consider-- Iowa 4-H ers for 4-H Campaign 4-H ers for 4-H Campaign is a fundraising program created by 4-H ers for 4-H ers. The money donated by 4-H ers stays in Iowa to help other youth. Iowa 4-H ers donate more money to their 4-H youth program than any other state in the nation. The theme this year is Funding for the Future and the campaign goal is $30,000. The State 4-H Council is asking each 4-H club to help achieve this goal by donating $2.00 per member. The money raised goes to partially fund volunteer leaders and 4-H after school programs, the Iowa 4-H Youth Conference, and financial assistance for youth to attend 4-H camps and state conference. All clubs meeting the $2.00 per member goal receive a special campaign certificate. Top contributing counties and areas will be recognized at the Iowa 4-H Youth Conference in June. The campaign begins March 1 and all contributions must be turned into the Extension Office by May 15. Things You Should Know-- Each One, Reach One Contest Ends Each One, Reach One Recruit a New Member Contest ends April 15, Make sure your club has all their enrollments turned into the Extension Office. The club with the biggest percentage of growth in newly enrolled members will win a free pool party at the Marion Outdoor pool. Second prize is a root beer float party for your club. Things to Consider-- Community Service Opportunity Special Olympics National Games Volunteer Opportunity This summer, from July 1-July 8, Ames and Iowa State University will be holding the inaugural National Special Olympics Games. Approximately 8,000 volunteers are needed in a variety of activities If you have time from July 1-8, you are encouraged to sign up at Other questions, please call or aaroehr@iastate.edu Spring Flower Show and Competition The Teen Parent Program of United Action for Youth is sponsoring its First Annual Spring Flower Show and Competition on May 11, 2006 at the Brown Deer Golf Club in Coralville. Four exhibit classes are: 1) Dried arrangements; 2) Flower arrangements; 3) Miniatures 4) Container Gardens. Contact Katherine Burford, uaykburford@msn.com or for registration information. Entry form and guidelines on website Deadline April 26, DON T FORGET MAY 4-H Day at the Legislature Youth Council Members Represent Linn County

4 Linn County Extension th Ave. Ste 140 Marion, IA NON-PROFIT U.S. POSTAGE PAID MARION IA PERMIT NO. 30 Linn County Newsletter Iowa State University Linn County Extension th Avenue, Suite 140 Marion, IA ph f April 06 Inside: MAY 15 Deadline Sheep/Goat Weigh-in Share the Fun Camp News Order T-Shirts Ann Torbert, Youth Development Specialist Serving Benton, Iowa and Linn Counties Newsletter prepared by: Cheryl Collins, Linn County 4-H Program Coordinator collinsc@iastate.edu

5 It s Camp Time! Benton-Iowa-Linn 4-H County Camp June 8-9, 2006 Camp IO-DIS-E-CA (near Solon) For youth completing 4-6th grade $60 per person Come and join in the fun get to meet new friends try out fishing, rocketry, GPS, canoeing, archery, camp crafts, climb the climbing tower, have a night swim and spend some time around the campfire. You don t want to miss this event! Schedule Drop of youth at camp at 9:00am on Thursday June 8 Pick up youth at camp at 3pm on Friday June 9 Upon payment, a confirmation letter along with directions to the camp, and a health form will be sent to you. Spots will fill up quickly don t miss out!! Name of Camper Grade Completed Age County Phone If possible, I would like to be in a cabin with (1 name only) Return with payment to your local Extension Office. Deadline May 15. Benton County 501 1st. Ave., Vinton, IA Iowa County Po Box 146, Marengo, IA Linn County th Ave., Suite 140, Marion, IA 52320

6 4-H T-Shirt Time! The white, 100% cotton t-shirts are available in child sizes S-L and adult sizes S-XXXL. A green clover will be on the front of the shirt (left chest side) and the design to the left will be featured on the back. Shirt orders are due May 15, 2006 to: Linn County Extension th Avenue, Suite 140 Marion, Iowa Shirts will be available in late June for pick-up at the Linn County Extension Office. Cost per shirt is $10. Only a limited number of shirts will be available at the fair Order your shirt today! H T-Shirt Order Form Please return completed form with payment by May 15, 2006 to: Linn County Extension, th Avenue, Suite 140, Marion, IA Name Address Phone Please write the quantity of shirts you would like to order next to the size. Sizes Child S Child M Child L Small Medium Large XL XXL XXXL TOTAL ($10 x ) $