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1 boxelder4h.usu.edu April 2017 February April boxelder4h.usu.edu Upcoming Events... April JYC Registration open for 5th & 6th graders 2.Turkey Poult Orders Due Leadermete 14...Late Steer Tagging at Fairgrounds State Ambassador Interviews 21...State Shooting Sports Contest 17/24..Mock Legislature H Enrollment Deadline for Bucket Calf Exhibitors May 3...Bucket Calf Tagging at Fairgrounds 4:30-6 pm 4.Bucket Caf Tagging Out West 12...Bucket Calf Tagging at Fairgrounds 9-10:30 am 24...Deadline for JYC Registration 25...Late Bucket Calf Tagging 5-6:00 pm H Enrollment Deadline for Lambs/Hogs/Goats June 4-6.JYC - Junior Youth Conference at Snow College i4-H - for 7th & 8th graders at USU in Price Overall Winners of the H Talent Contest (L to R) Allison Smith, Senior Winner; Victoria Cottrell, Intermediate Winner; Seth Barton, Junior Winner For more information, contact: Mike Pace - Extension Agent Josh Dallin - Extension Agent Ann Henderson - FCS Agent Laura Holmgren - 4-H Program Coordinator Donna Andrews - Secretary Jan Jensen - Secretary , Utah State University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity institution. Special needs: For any special arrangements including dietary, physical accesses, or other accommodation requests, please call the Utah State University Extension Office for Box Elder County. Ten working days are needed to facilitate special needs requested. Want to know what s happening in 4-H? Click HERE and go straight to our website that is also listed at the top of this newsletter.

2 4-H Day at Lagoon will be Saturday, July 21, Discount prices with use of the vouchers will be $ tax and $ tax for persons under 48. The discounted week will be held on the days of August 12th 17th, and again on August 19th, Discount prices with the use of the vouchers will be $ tax. We will need your voucher order by May 31 at the Extension Office. Call to place your order. Please request the number of vouchers you will need per person, not per group of 8 as has been done in the past. Who: 7th & 8th graders as of Jan 1, 2018 When: June Where: Watch for i4-h Registration to open! USU Eastern Campus Price, UT Registration: Watch our Facebook page (USU Extension-Box Elder County 4- H) and s first week of April. Cost: $115 i4-h is a camp for 7th and 8th graders who spend three days at the USU Eastern Campus in Price, Utah. Members participate in team building workshops taught by the 4-H State Ambassadors, swim in the wave pool, climb the indoor rock wall, plus many other adventures. Parents may be asked to assist with transportation. This camp is a great place for youth to learn about making friends, being a friend, service, and leadership skills. Leaders.4-Hers Waiting for You! Before a 4-H youth membership can be approved, he/she must have an active leader in the online system. Leaders will be able to track their club membership online by requesting login authorization. As you enter your information online, you will need to answer yes to the question, Are you a volunteer? Answering yes will allow you to complete both pages of the volunteer screening form which is required for you to be a 4-H leader. You will also need to link yourself to your club which is already in the database. If you cannot find your club or if you want to change the name of the club, you will need to call the USU Extension Office. The same projects that your club members add to their record need to be in your record as well. You can add and delete projects to keep your 4-H activity up-to-date. 4-H members may enter up to 25 exhibits in the 4-H indoor exhibit area at the fair. This number does not include exhibits in the crops, livestock, open class art, photography, or home arts departments. You may complete as many projects as you like during the year, and choose your very best projects to enter in the fair. In order to enter your exhibits at the county fair, you must be registered in 4-H by July 1, 2018.

3 Do you want to sew this summer? Here s your chance! Save these dates and watch for the survey to arrive in your so you can vote for your favorite projects! Registration will begin after April 16th H Sewing Camps / Service Project Get to Know Your Sewing Machine / Hot Pad Sewing Camp Project will be determined following interest survey Wednesday, June 6, a.m. - Noon Bridgerland Technology College 325 W 1100 S, Brigham City Register using ut.4honline.com by May 30th Thursday, July 12, a.m. - 4 p.m. Bridgerland Technology College 325 W 1100 S, Brigham City Register using ut.4honline.com by July 5 th Designer Pillowcase Project will be determined following interest survey Wednesday, June 9, :00 p.m. Bridgerland Technology College 325 W 1100 S, Brigham City Register using ut.4honline.com by May 30 th Thursday, July 26, a.m. - 4 p.m. Tremonton Public Works Building 300 E 1200 S, Tremonton Register using ut.4honline.com by July 19 th Pajama Pants, Shorts, or Pants with Elastic Waist Casing Wednesday, June 20, a.m. - 3 p.m. Tremonton Public Works Building 300 E 1200 S, Tremonton Sewing Service Project Project will be determined following interest survey Register using ut.4honline.com by June 13th

4 MARK THESE DATES FOR SUMMER FUN! H Family Consumer Science Contests Favorite Foods Contest Friday, June 8, a.m. Box Elder County Courthouse, Rm 30 For contest guidelines visit: StateContests/ JudgingSheets/ FavoriteFoods2018.pdf Register using ut.4hlonline by June 1st Healthy Cuisine Contest Friday, June 15, :30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Bear River Middle School, 300 E 1500 S, Garland For contest guidelines visit: JudgingSheets/HealthyCuisine2015.pdf Register using ut.4hlonline by June 8 th Chef Extraordinaire Contest Friday, June 22, a.m. 1 p.m. Bear River Middle School, 300 E 1500 S, Garland For contest guidelines visit: JudgingSheets/ChefExtraordinaire2017.pdf Senior Fashion Revue Contest Sewing Contest Shop Smart Challenge Contest Wednesday, June 27, p.m. Place to be Determined For contest guidelines visit: Consumer Sciences Register using ut.4hlonline by June 20th Junior Fashion Revue Contest Junior Sewing Contest Decorate Your Duds Contest Thursday, August 9, a.m. Bridgerland Technical College 325 W 1100 S, Brigham City Register using ut.4honline by August 2nd Table Setting Contest Thursday, August 9, p.m. Bridgerland Technical College 325 W 1100 S, Brigham City Register using ut.4honline by August 2nd Register using ut.4hlonline by June 15th

5 Utah Junior Turkey Show The Utah Junior Turkey Show for 4-H and FFA members will be held in Box Elder County during the month of November. Each exhibitor will be allowed to purchase 20 poults. The poults will cost $3.50 each and the registration forms and money are due by April 2. Youth are required to turn in a 4-H portfolio or 4-H poultry record book or FFA entrepreneurship pages to be reviewed by the county agent/staff or advisor with their turkey show form in November in order to participate in the show. However, the book does not have to be judged. Record keeping is the education component of this project. Only Grade A turkeys will be sold at the state auction. Order form and show rules and be found at: Let s Get Growing Contest 2018 Declaring Affiliation with 4-H or FFA It is important that 4-H and FFA members declare which program they plan to affiliate with during the current year. When your livestock project is tagged, you will be asked to declare yourself either in 4-H or the FFA program for that project. As a result, if you declare your project as an FFA project, then you will need to complete an FFA book. Likewise, if you declare yourself as a 4-H member, you will need to complete a 4-H record book or 4H portfolio. It is not permissible to complete a 4-H and FFA record book for the same project. This does not mean, however, that 4-H and FFA members can t participate in both 4-H and FFA projects during the same year..they just can t be the SAME PROJECT, so an FFA member may choose to have a steer project and also be a 4-H member doing a breeding lamb project. Youth are allowed to show and sell only one market animal. Every year the USU Extension Office in conjunction with the Crops Department at the Box Elder County Fair sponsors a Let s Get Growing Contest for Box Elder County 4-H youth. Any 4-H youth who is a registered 4 -H member can participate in the contest. The purpose of the contest is to promote an interest in gardening for youth and provide the opportunity to grow a plant not typically grown in the home garden in our area. Plants/ seeds will be provided at no charge to 4-H participants the first week of May. 4-H youth are encouraged to bring the project to the Fair in August where they will be judged and put on display for everyone to see. More information about the classes can be found in the Box Elder County Fair crops entry form in August. To guarantee that you will receive plants/seeds, please Mike Pace at mike.pace@usu.edu or text him at with the names, ages and addresses of 4-H youth who are interested in participating in this fun learning contest.

6 Junior Livestock Information Please contact Josh at or and make arrangements to have your animals tagged for state shows. Forms and information can be accessed at utah4h.org/projects/ag/livestock/index Box Elder County Fair Tagging Dates Steers Dates of State Sponsored Shows: Utah State Jr Livestock Show May 2-5 Millard County Jr Livestock Show May 29-June 1 Uintah Basin Jr Livestock Show June 4-7 Southeastern Utah Jr Livestock Show July Box Elder County Fair August Utah State Fair Sept 6-16 Late Date at Fairgrounds (9:00-10:00 a.m.) April 14 Bucket Calves Fairgrounds-Tremonton (4:30-6:00 p.m.) May 3 Out West-times TBD May 4 Fairgrounds-Tremonton (9:00-10:30 a.m.) May 12 Late Date at Fairgrounds (5:00-6:00 p.m.) May 25 Hogs Fairgrounds-Tremonton (7:00-8:30 a.m.) June 7 Out West-times TBD June 8 Fairgrounds-Tremonton (7:00-8:30 a.m.) June 16 Late Date at Fairgrounds (8:00 a.m.-noon) June 22 4-H and FFA exhibitors showing hogs need to indicate at the weigh-in if they are planning to attend any state livestock shows, but they do not need to specify which hogs will be state livestock show hogs until the entry form is completed. Market lambs are to weigh a minimum of 110 pounds at the weigh-in of the county fair. Lambs & Market Goats Fairgrounds - Tremonton (4:00-6:30 p.m.) June 7 Out West-times TBA June 8 Fairgrounds - Tremonton (9:30-noon) June 16 Late Date at Fairgrounds (8:00 a.m.-noon) June 22 4-H/FFA exhibitors need to indicate at the weigh-in if they are planning to attend any state livestock shows, but they do not need to specify which animals go to the state livestock show until the entry form is done. Market hogs are to weigh a minimum of 230 pounds at weigh-in of the county fair. All 4-H Livestock Exhibitors need to register for 4-H before tagging their project animal. The registration deadlines are as follows: Steers March 22; Bucket Calves April 26, Sheep, Goats, Swine May 31. Exhibitors must be currently in the 3rd through the 12th grades and attending school in Box Elder County to show an animal in the junior livestock auction or to participate in large animal projects.

7 2018 Talent Show Twenty-six 4-H members participated in the Talent Contest. It was fun to see so much variety and expertise among our youth. Pictured are top row (L to R): Summer Harris, Amanda Lofley, Erica Payne, Dallin Murrow, Kristene Murrow, Victoria Cottrell, Enyssa Clark, Gentry Cefalo, Hugh Hammons. Middle row (L to R): Taybreigh Roberts, Kaycee Summers, Morgan Bingham, Makayla Johnson, Kyden Cefalo, Logan Cefalo, Allison Smith. Bottom row (L to R): Alexa Roberts, Teagan Shelton, Dominic Cefalo, Kairi Lofley, Bracken Vogel, Seth Barton, Liam Hammons, Brooklynne Wilkinson; Rachael McBride. TRY Team Training TRY team stands for "Teens Reaching Youth". This weekend the Box Elder County TRY team received training at Thanksgiving Point, where they learned about gardening, nutrition, water/fruit infiltration, and teaching techniques. Hanna and Gracie will be teaching classes at the Brigham City Community Garden this Summer! Click here to join our Facebook group: USU Extension - Box Elder County 4-H Gracie Valencie and Hanna Prisbrey

8 4-Hers Compete at Public Speaking Contest Did you know that 73% of the population suffers from Speech Anxiety? Not our 4-Hers! Box Elder County had an awesome Public Speaking Contest, we would like to congratulate the winners as well as all those who competed! Also- huge shout out to out judges Commissioner Jeff Scott, Commissioner Jeff Hadfield, Calee Lot, Rebecca Dilg, Shiree Clark, and Marla Young. THANK YOU! Impromptu: Junior Winner- Cash Christensen Intermediate Winner- Corbin Borg Senior Winner- Frank Pilarczyk Prepared Public Speaking: Junior Winner- Logan and Kyden Cefalo (even tie!) Intermediate Winner- Colton Blankman Intermediate Winner for Box Elder Co- Corbin Borg Senior Winner-Elizabeth Wilkinson World of Work: Senior Winner-Elizabeth Wilkinson Horse Public Speaking: Junior Winner- Mikinlee Scott Mikinlee Scott Horse Public Speaking Junior Winner We Are Too Busy Already. Why Should We Do 4-H Contests? See more pictures on our Facebook page USU Extension Box Elder County 4-H 4-H contests Are a great way to help 4-Hers use what they ve learned and to learn more about their 4-H project. Help 4-Hers learn to organize information. Provide an opportunity to develop public speaking skills. Pay premium money at the county fair. Open the doors to bigger opportunities like State 4-H Contests, Western Round-Up, etc. when 4-Hers are in the 9 th -12 th grades. Contact Ann to learn more.

9 Wednesday Weaving Back row: Cash Christensen Ethan Barton Seth Barton Kyler Harris Talmage Harris Ann Henderson, FCS Agent Front row: Violet Lindgren Sydney Stacey Mikeal Jensen Quincy Francis These Wednesday Weavers have made some great projects including: placemats, bookmarks, felt baskets, and colorful, woven fish. They are already preparing projects to enter in the Box Elder County Fair! Utah 4-H State Ambassador Candidates Emily Smith Frank Pilarczyk Each one of our four candidates is more than qualified to serve as a Utah 4-H State Ambassador. As the 4-H Program Coordinator I have been able to meet with these youth through this process, and it has been so rewarding as I watch them grow into leaders, teachers, and community servants. Honestly, my involvement has been minimal. They each created and executed their projects on their own, in addition to supporting their fellow candidates in the process. I can t help but imagine the kind of adults they are going to be. I feel like I'm in the midst of some great people-- and they're only in high school. The 4-H community in Box Elder County has really been elevated from their projects. We've seen new faces and had new 4-H members because of our ambassador candidates and their projects. When youth teach youth, something really neat happens. The content of the message resides a little deeper, and it turns leadership and 4-H involvement into something that our younger 4-H members want to aspire to. Dallen Borg Elizabeth Wilkinson

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12 Two judges, two shows! Join us for the 27th Annual Aggie Classic and True Blue Showdown Jackpot Series. Weigh-ins are from 7:30 am - 9:30 am. Judging starts at 11 am. Registration is $25 per head per show and showmanship is $10 per showman. We will also be featuring the USU Club Calf Showcase - an exhibition of calves purchased from USU's Club Calf Sale. Pre-register by April 1. Entry form and rules are available at

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14 Click HERE to register for Intermountain Livestock Judges Training Click HERE to view the brochure