THE CLOVER NEWS IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION AND OUTREACH DUBUQUE COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE. Beth Oberhoffer

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1 WHAT S INSIDE: Attention. 1 Judging Schedule Livestock Schedule H Club/Committee News.3 Important Date Reminders....3 Copyright Permissions...3 Clothing Event July Working in the 4-H Food Stand...4 Blue 4-H Livestock Sheet Livestock Unloading Information...5 Dubuque County Fair Checklist...5 Exhibit Bldg Host/Hostess Sched...6 Kiddie Calf Show.7 Friendly Reminders Livestock Parking Passes..8 State Fair Entry Deadline/Instr...8 DUBUQUE COUNTY EXTENSION THE CLOVER NEWS For 4-H Families, Leaders, and Friends IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION AND OUTREACH DUBUQUE COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE Beth Oberhoffer County Youth Coordinator oberhoff@iastate.edu Deb Pic-Deutmeyer Admin/Youth Assistant debpicd@iastate.edu Junior Project Day! May 16, 2015 Dubuque County Fairgrounds JULY 2015 Project Day was held on May 16, 2015 at the Dubuque County Fairgrounds. The kids learned about worms and made composting bins, coffee filter wreaths, washer wind chimes & button bracelets. Meanwhile, the Clover Kids had a fun filled morning with fun activities as well. Thank you to all of the wonderful volunteers that helped make this day possible! Office Hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday West Ridge Lane, Suite 2 Dubuque, Iowa Phone: (563) Fax: (563) ATTENTION!! Due to the growing concerns about the condition of the 4-H Building on the Dubuque County Fairgrounds the Dubuque County Extension Council has decided that the building is NOT suitable for exhibit space. Judging Day will be held at the Dubuque County Extension Office on July 25. Due to space availability, only State Fair projects will be exhibited in the Grand Ballroom during the 2015 Dubuque County Fair. Others will be displayed through pictures in a digital presentation. Iowa State University Extension programs are available to all without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, or disability.

2 2015 Fair Schedule- Important Date Reminders H Building Judging & Horticulture Schedule Saturday, July 25 at the Dbq Co. Extension 8:45 Peosta 4-H Pals 9:00 New Vienna Future Leaders 9:15 Art Explorers 9:30 Placid Pepper Uppers 9:45 Asbury Juliens 10:00 Holy Cross Home Helpers 10:15 Riverside Achievers 10:30 Table Mound Express 10:45 Fillmore Achievers 11:00 Rickardsville Jr. Farmers/Dubuque County Shooting Sports 12:00-12:30 LUNCH 12:45 Worthington Jr. Helpers 1:15 Sherrill Community 1:30 Farley Wranglers 1:45 Bankston 4-H Friends 2:00 Washington Senators 2:15 Dubuque Co. Trailblazers/FFA 2015 Livestock Schedule Monday, July 27th Livestock check-in starting 8AM Dairy Cattle/Dairy Goats 8AM-12:30PM Beef 8AM-11AM Swine 8AM-12PM Sheep 8AM-11AM Meat Goats 8AM-11AM Bucket/Bottle Calf show 6:30PM Tuesday, July 28th Dairy Goat show 8:30AM Horse/Dairy Cattle/Swine shows 9AM Wednesday, July 29th Meat Goat show 9AM Sheep Show immediately following the Meat Goats Poultry Show CANCELLED Thursday, July 30th Beef show 9AM Clover Kids Pet Show 10AM Pet Show 11AM Friday, July 31th 4-H/FFA Auction 9AM (Swine Barn) Rabbit show 3PM Scholarship Congratulations! We would like to congratulate two outstanding 4-H members that recently graduated from Senior High School and Western Dubuque High School and are recipients of 4-H Educational Scholarships. Alex Wernimont received the Mable Hilton Memorial Scholarship and Abbey McClain received the Fran Gansen Memorial Scholarship. The two were recognized at their school s Senior Awards Assemblies. Congratulations Abbey and Alex! We wish you all the best! ATTENTION ALL SENIORS: We are needing a senior picture to display during the 2015 Dubuque County Fair! Please drop them off at the Extension Office by July 17th.

3 4-H Club & Committee News Dubuque County Youth Leaders: If your family has old t-shirts laying around and you want to put them to good use let the Youth Leaders take them off of your hands! They will be collecting t-shirts during the fair by the State Fair Projects in the Grand Ballroom or at the Extension Office. The group will be cutting them into diapers to send to Haiti. There will be t-shirt cutting times on Saturday, August 2nd in the Swine Barn Show Ring from 12:00PM-2:00PM. Dubuque County 4-H Dairy Committee: This year the committee will be holding the dairy auction during the fair and are looking for dairy baskets to be donated. Interested Clubs or families can contact the Extension Office. IMPORTANT DATE REMINDERS June 24 Regional Leadership Day (Swiss Valley Park) 9AM-3PM 28 Family Fun Day (Washington Park/Dbq Art Museum) 1PM-4PM July 1 Blue 4-H & FFA Animal/Livestock Entry Form due to Extension Office (please indicate how many dairy cows you will be bringing on this form) 1 State Fair Livestock entries due in 4hOnline 1 4-H Building Judging Helpers Form is due 7 Clothing Event, Dubuque County Extension Office, 5pm 17 Bucket/Bottle Report due to Extension Office 25 Bring Exhibit Entry Form with you on Judging day 25 Pet Binders are due at Conference Judging 25 Bring Horticulture Entry Form/Projects on Judging day Copyright Permission for Fair Projects As you work on your exhibits for the fair, keep in mind that if you use items that are copyrighted sports team names, the John Deere logo, Disney Characters, etc. you need to get permission for that. Take a look at SFDocuments/SF1UseofCopyrightVI pdf to get more information on how to ask for permission. Getting permission can take a long time, so it s best to write your letters now instead of panicking before the fair. Companies/ corporations do not have to grant you permission, but if you explain fully how you plan to use their work, they are more likely to grant you permission to use their product. Clothing Event July 7 Show off your best outfit at the 2015 Dubuque County Clothing Event July 7 at 5pm at the Extension Office. Remember to bring your Clothing Report & Outfit for Fashion Revue (created garments), Clothing Selection (purchased garments), or the $15 Challenge. Clothing Report Forms can be found at: or by contacting the Dubuque County Extension Office. More information can be found in your county Fair Premium Book. MISSION STATEMENT 4-H EMPOWERS YOUTH TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL WORKING AND LEARNING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CARING ADULTS

4 Instructions for Working in the 4-H Food Stand Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your shift time to get instructions and ease the transition. NO flip flops or sandals. CLOSED TOED footwear only for safety reasons. Long hair must be pulled back and restrained. CLEAN caps are acceptable. Do not play with or touch your hair during your shift. Wear the 4-H uniform. Jeans are okay if they are clean and not torn. Footwear must also be clean. There s nothing worse than ordering food and smelling the barn. Bring your smile! Upon arrival, fill out your name tag and sign into the log book. Wash your hands with soap and dry them with paper towels. If you leave the stand, wash your hands again when you return. Each club will provide a window person to work the kitchen window. All front workers will call or give the customer orders to this person only. He or she will in turn tell the kitchen staff the order. This person needs to speak clearly and loudly with some politeness. This person must be organized and able to handle up to 4 orders at one time and have them complete and passed to the person who presented the order. Four front workers, the order people, will take and present orders to the window person. After the food order is placed, they will wait for the completed order and present it back to the customer. They will work in a rotation fashion to keep the orders flowing smoothly. One person will be the drink person. After the food order is placed, the drink person will step up and ask, What would you like to drink? This moves the customer a little farther down the line towards the cashier so additional orders can be taken. The drink person will provide what they have asked for. By that time, the order person will hopefully have the completed order to them and then they are ready for the cashier. Keep the line moving! When we have a large amount of people waiting, that s the most important thing. Some items take a little longer to prepare, but others can be presented quickly. Keeping the line moving also allows more 4-H ers to help the customers. The last area that needs coverage for one or more people is the condiment and clean-up area. These people are in charge of refilling all containers: ketchup, pickles, onions, napkins, etc. They also wash the trays, counters, and picnic tables. When a container is almost empty, it can be added to another container (warm to warm). The empty container is washed out in the kitchen with soap & water, then filled with fresh ingredients. Ketchup containers are always filled full. All other containers are filled half full. Refill pop machines around 3pm and again at 9pm. Pop can be moved from the back pop machines to the front. When moving pop out of the walk-in cooler, it should be placed in the back pop machine area leaving the bottom left hand corner of the Coke machine empty for condiment containers. At the end of the evening, the walk-in cooler can be filled with warm pop but check with the kitchen staff before doing so. At the end of the night, clean up. All containers are cleaned and refilled fresh. Wash tablecloths and remove when dry. Place clips in the ice cream bucket. Refill pop machines. Bring in the sandwich board. Sweep the floor. Tie and take out garbage bags and replace with new. Take off seats and bring inside. Sometimes the kitchen workers can use help washing dishes check with them. THANK YOU for working hard during your shift! NOTICE for the Dairy Barn! There is absolutely NO CLIPPING of cattle in the milking area. If anyone is found clipping their dairy cattle or any clipping tools are found in the milking area at any time during the four days they are at the fairgrounds, the 4-Her s responsible will be forfeiting their premium money. If this is seen again by the milk inspector, we will be in jeopardy of losing our permit to milk your dairy cattle and holding the milk.

5 WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO SHOW Read fair book rules and regulations carefully for each division. Each exhibitor (except horse, dog and pet exhibitors) MUST attend FSQA or have a current test on file. **Any questions should be directed to the Extension Office at ** Livestock Check In on Monday of the Fair *All trucks/trailers will be staged in the West Parking Lot by the designated signs (Swine/Dairy/Beef) *EVERYONE is to enter off Seippel Road by horse arena & stage in the proper lines to be let up to the barns to unload animals via the Livestock Committee/Fairboard *Trucks/Trailers will enter through the Lower Livestock Gate when released from West Lot *NO TACK/FEED/SHOW BOXES WILL BE UNLOADED until 12:00pm, but can be brought in on Saturday/Sunday before during designated times *NO ANIMALS WILL BE ALLOWED TO BE UNLOADED BEFORE 8am ON MONDAY AS GATES WILL BE LOCKED. Dairy Unload at the Dairy Barn- exit down the hill and out the lower livestock gate and up towards Old Highway Rd Beef Unload at the Show Barn, then exit out the gate by the show barn. Swine Unload at the Hog Barn- exit down the hill and out the lower livestock gate and up towards Old Highway Rd Sheep/Meat Goats Enter through Main Gate, unload at the Sheep Barn and exit out the Main Gate. DUBUQUE COUNTY FAIR CHECKLIST DUE: Tuesday, July 1 Blue 4-H & FFA Animal/Livestock Entry Form due to Extension Office State Fair Livestock entries due in 4hOnline Bucket/Bottle Calf Written Report is due to Extension Office (Due July 17 to the Extension Office) DUE: Saturday, July 25 Bring Exhibit/Horticulture Entry Form with you on Judging day Pet Binders are due to Extension Staff at Building Judging day **Any questions should be directed to the Extension Office at **

6 4-H Host & Hostess Schedule This year the host & hostess shift will be taking place in the Grand Ballroom. Please make sure your club arrives 15 minutes before their shift. This year we will only need 4-5 people working the building hostess shift, and this includes 1 leader. The Grand Ballroom will be open Tuesday, July 28th Sunday, August 2nd with the hours of 12:30PM 8:00PM. Exhibit Building Host & Hostess Schedule Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday July 28 July 29 July 30 July 31 12:00PM 1:15PM Washington Senators Riverside Achievers Holy Cross Dbq Co. Trailblazers 1:15PM 4:30PM Bankston 4-H Asbury Juliens Worthington Jr. Helpers Fillmore Achievers 4:30PM 9:00PM Rickardsville Jr. Farmers New Vienna Future Leaders Farley Wranglers Sherrill Community Saturday Sunday August 1 August 2 12:00PM 1:15PM Peosta 4-H Pals 12:00PM 2:30PM Table Mound Express 1:15 PM 4:30PM Placid Pepper Uppers 2:30PM 5:00PM Art Explorers 4:30PM 9:00PM Dbq Co. Youth Leaders 5:00PM 9:00PM Dbq Co. Shooting Sports Youth Leader s Kick Ball Tournament! The Dubuque County 4-H Youth Leaders will be hosting a Kick Ball Tournament during the 2015 Dubuque County Fair. The tournament will be held on Wednesday, July 29th in the Horse Arena located in the bottom of the West Lot. The tournament will start at 6:30 PM. Gather a team of 5-10 friends (4-H or not) Grades 4th-12th. Registration Deadline: Tuesday, July 22nd Cost: $1.00 per Person (to be turned in at the beginning of the tournament) Please fill out the registration form (1 per team) & signed parental consent/waver form, these forms can be found at: * You can turn these in to the Extension Office* Iowa State University Extension programs are available to all without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, or disability.

7 REGULATIONS: Dubuque County Kiddie Calf Show 1. Exhibitor must be 4 years of age thru completion of third grade. Exhibitors will be divided into age group categories. 2. Dairy or Beef calves must have been born after March 1st, Number of participants will be limited to 60 and will be accepted on a first serve basis. 4. Calves must be on the grounds by 10:30AM on Saturday, August 1st. They will be released after the show. 5. Report to the WEST END OF THE SHOW BARN (beef barn) at 10:30 for check-in. Show to start at 11:00AM or during the Open Class Dairy Show lunch break. *please note that the Open Class Dairy Show has been moved to Saturday* 6. Children can lead the calves by themselves. However, adults will be allowed in the show ring to assist. Children will be asked the name of the calf, birth date and other simple questions. 7. Children must wear closed toe shoes for safety. NO SANDALS! 8. Entry forms must be received by July 25th, 2015 to: Sarah Hartman 8250 Jecklin Lane Dubuque, Iowa Saturday, August 1st Please contact members of the Dubuque Co. 4-H Dairy Committee with questions; Sarah /Bahlfarmgirl13@gmail.com OR Kayla /Kayla.Demmer@gmail.com Sponsored by Friends of the Dubuque County Dairy Calf Club. Who will provide awards no premium money ENTRY FORM Child s Name Telephone Address Child s Birth Date Parent Address Calf s Birthdate Calf s Name By Signing, I have read the requirements of this show and will not hold the management or owner of the animal responsible for any accidents. Parent or Guardian Name (please print) Parent or Guardian Signature Iowa State University Extension programs are available to all without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, or disability.

8 Friendly Reminders! State Fair Entry Deadline is July 1. REMEMBER to go onto Click on the 4-H State Fair Livestock and Horticulture Entry Help Sheet link to obtain instructions to enter your projects into Fair Entry for the 2015 Iowa State Fair. Livestock Parking Passes 4-H & FFA Livestock Parking Passes will go on sale beginning Saturday, July 11th. They will be available to purchase from the Dubuque County Fair Office Saturday's 8am until noon, and weekdays from 8am - 4:30pm from that date until Saturday July 25th. Passes must picked up by Saturday, July 25th. The cost per pass is $10. 4-H Club Trip Requirements Reminder: If your club is planning to attend a day or overnight trip, you must contact the Extension Office to notify them of the trip details and members attending. We ask that we are notified no less than a week before your trip to allow us enough time to prepare the required documents and insurance that is necessary for your 4-H trip. Certain activities including swimming require special permission forms to be signed by parents. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our office at NO EARLY LIVESTOCK REMOVAL All livestock exhibits must be on the grounds and may not be removed from the grounds according to the times stated in their respective species (as outlined in the Fairbook). Consequence of breaking this rule will be loss of premium and one year of ineligibility to show at the Dubuque County Fair. Please refer to the Dubuque County Fair Premium Book for additional rules and regulations. NONPROFIT ORG US POSTAGE PAID DUBUQUE, IA PERMIT NO 41 Dubuque County Extension West Ridge Lane, Suite 2 Dubuque, IA ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED