Important Dates. October. November. December

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1 Erie County 4-H Buzz Important Dates October 4-10 National 4-H Week 12 Office Closed - Columbus Day 26 Extension Office Closed - Office Retreat November 8 Volunteer Banquet 11 Extension Office Closed - Veterans Day Extension Office Closed - Thanksgiving December 5 Steer & Heifer Tag In Members & Parents, Where did the summer go? It s hard to believe that summer is over and fall is here! Thank you to everyone who gave their time and talents to help make the 2015 Erie County Fair a success. Just a reminder - Erie County 4-H has a Facebook page where we ll be posting information and reminders! Search Facebook for Erie County 4-H. Also, don t forget to bookmark our website: erie.osu.edu As we wind down the 4-H year and turn our attention to school and other activities, don t forget to take time to recognize the year s accomplishments with a club celebration. Members don t forget to thank your advisors and parents for all their help throughout the year. Mary Beth Albright Angela Holmes Mary Beth Albright Angela Holmes Extension Educator Extension Educator 4-H Youth Development 4-H Youth Development Outstanding 4-H Girl and Boy Hailey Green and Jake Smith were chosen as the 2015 Outstanding 4-H Girl and Outstanding 4-H Boy. This is quite an accomplishment and recognizes several years of dedicated 4-H work. Thank you to the Erie County 4-H Committee and the Jack Tremmel Memorial Fund. Congratulations Hailey and Jake! Erie County Extension 2900 Columbus Ave Sandusky, OH Phone: Fax: Website: < Tag In Dates for Steer & Heifer The 2015/2016 steer & heifer tag-in will be Saturday, December 5 th from 9-10:30 a.m. at the Erie County Fairgrounds for all beef and dairy steers and market beef heifers that will be exhibited at the 2016 fair.

2 Thank You Notes Reminder If you have not already done so, please take the time to write and send thank-you notes to your trophy and award sponsors, buyers, and to Gail Pickworth for donating his time and auctioneer service to the Junior Fair sales. Trophies and awards have attached labels or letters with donor information. The labels are usually on the bottom of the trophy. Thank-you notes are simple to do, yet the effects are great! Notes really can make a difference as to whether a person or business supports 4-H and the Erie County fair in the future. Sale checks will not be released until thank-you notes are submitted. If you have not yet turned in thank-you notes for your buyers, you must drop off stamped and addressed thank-you notes to the Extension Office ASAP! You will not receive your sale check until all of your thank-you notes have been submitted to the Extension Office. Attention Parents, Members and Volunteers During the May 4-H Committee meeting, it was decided that the new enrollment date for Erie County 4-H will be April 1 st beginning in The deadline for project changes will then be May 1 st. When: November nd Where: Camp Ohio Who: 9-12th grades, minimum age of 14 at the time of camp What: Carving New Ideas is a camping opportunity for older 4-H youth, concentrating on the principles of critical thinking and program facilitation. Campers will explore hands-on workshops that encourage ideation in critical areas of 4-H programing such as health, agri-science, and STEM. Campers will also be able to develop an action plan to address an issue in their community using a critical thinking model for team situations. Carving New Ideas is facilitated by Collegiate 4-H at The Ohio State University and directed by Beth Boomershine, Franklin County 4-H Educator. Questions regarding Carving New Ideas can be directed to Beth Boomershine at boomershine.10@osu.edu.

3 2015 State Fair Results (non-livestock) Allison Faber- You Can Quilt Tiana Lenos- Sundresses and Jumpers Thomas Oeder- Nailing it Together Sr. Katherine Otto- Measuring Up Jr. Congratulations! 4-H Committee Scholarship Recipients Courtnee Ambos, Gabby Keller, Rebecca Keller and Brooke Ring Erie County Master Gardener Scholarship Recipient Christina Deeher, Tyler Allen Puckrin and Jessica Stacy CARTEENS Scholarship Recipient Brooke Ring Art R Veleba Scholarship Recipients Courtnee Ambos and Rebecca Keller Erie County Homemakers Scholarship Recipients Brooke Ring Outstanding 4-H ers Hailey Green and Jake Smith Outstanding of the Day Halle Patton- Basic Archery Kris Puckrin Clothing for Middle School Abby Singler- Sew for Others Kalynn Welch- Cavies Honorable Mention Conner Schaeffer- Cavies Clock Recipients Madison Chaput- Self-Determined Jr Easter Davis Self Determined Sr William Bruns- Making the Cut Jr. Daily Wool Award Tiana Lenos Pork Plate Award Kris Puckrin Thanks to the 2015 Junior Fair Board The Jr. Fair Board helped make the 2015 Fair a success. These 4-H youth volunteered many hours of their time getting ready for fair and worked several hours during fair. We greatly appreciate the awesome job they did. Sierra Auck Kade Gravenhorst Katie Otto Shelby Schaeffer Sara Bias Jager Hacker Mogan Otto Sydney Schuster Caroline Brewer Jody Hanko Teresa Puckrin Taylor Vitaz Emma Canino January Jarrett Brooke Ring Tory Wikel Easter Davis Katie Kovach Lauren Ring Grace Wilson Allison Faber Jake Kromer Gavin Schaeffer

4 4-H Awards Ceremony Thanks to everyone who helped make our 4-H Awards Ceremony at the fair a success! For those who were not in attendance, we would like to, again, recognize our tenured members. If you have not received your tenure award/recognition, please stop by to pick it up at the Extension office by September 30 th. We apologize if we mistakenly omitted any names. 10 years 4-H Completion - 4-H Backpack Courtnee Ambos Brooke Houser Brad Prenatt Nacole Saylor Molly Brownell Camille Jackson Lauren Ring Gavin Schaeffer Connor Cullen January Jarrett Dillon Sayler Lauren Schenk Matthew Geiger Katie Kovach Kelsie Sayler Clayton Schmidt Hailey Green Bailee O Rork Melanie Sayler Kirsten Smith 11 years 4-H Completion - 4-H Water Bottles Alexis Fox Stevie Long Nick Prenatt Tory Wikel Collin Lane Hannah Oeder Dawson Timbs 12 years 4-H Completion - 4-H Key Chain Jackie Galloway Karina Haycook Becky Keller Jody Hanko Alison Howard 13 years 4-H Completion H Long Sleeve T-Shirt Brooke Ring Shelby Schaeffer Erica White 14 years 4-H Completion - 4-H Long Sleeve T-Shirt Easter Davis Lindsey Dillender Justin Galloway 15 years 4-H Completion - 4-H Long Sleeve T-Shirt Jake Smith We also have an rd. If this is yours, ok, Brooke Houser, k, Clayton Schmidt, ay through Friday.

5 OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION Animal & Me Show Huge Success Thanks to Many This year Erie County Fair held its fourth annual Animal & Me show which allowed children with special needs, plus a few others, to show an animal at the fair. The youth signed up ahead of time with a wish list of animals that they wanted to show. 4-H and FFA exhibitors brought their animals to the show and shared them with another youth. Thanks so much to the following youth members for sharing their animals and their self: Sierre Auck, Madison Chaput, Emma Chaput, Haley Chaput, Easter Davis, Adam Ensley, Claire Findley, Alyssa Fisher, Breanna Ensley, Hailey Green, Lizzie Jackson, Lincoln Meredith, Katy Mullens, Katie Otto, Gavin Schaeffer Shelby Schaeffer, Julie Wagner, Tory Wikel, and Tristan Wikel. Thank you to our judges for the event, Olivia Krumwiede and Julie Gieger. All the participants received a trophy for the wonderful job they did showing their animals. The trophies were donated by the Schaeffer (Chris & Suzie) sisters while Downing Billiard & Awards provided the gold plates and engraving for the trophies.