THE CLOVER NEWS. For 4-H Families, Leaders, and Friends. Dear 4-H and FFA Families,

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1 DUBUQUE COUNTY EXTENSION THE CLOVER NEWS For 4-H Families, Leaders, and Friends The Dubuque County 4-Her s learning about rabbits at the workshop on April 6th. They learned about showing, judging and overall care and nutrition for rabbits. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Dubuque County Extension Office West Ridge Lane, Suite 2, Dubuque, Iowa Phone: (563) Fax: (563) oberhoff@iastate.edu Dubuque4H on Instagram/ Twitter Office Hours: 8AM 4:00PM Monday through Thursday Dear 4-H and FFA Families, It is hard to believe that the 2015 Dubuque County Fair is coming so quickly and the calendar is flying by as I am working on everything to have a successful fair. I want to make sure that everyone gets enrolled into their project areas before May 15th, otherwise you will not be able to participate in the Dubuque County Fair. We have had some great workshops in the past few months in the Rabbit and Horse livestock areas. Thank you to all for the hard work that goes into those events for Dubuque County 4-H. WHAT S INSIDE: Calendar of Events 2 4-H in the county..2 FSQA Training Dates...3 Pre-Fair Leaders Meeting....3 Copyright Permissions...3 May 15 Deadline...3 Communication s Day...3 Basket Giveaway What you need to know to show..4 Dubuque Co. Fair Queen Contest..5 Dubuque County Fair Checklist...5 Deadlines...6 We will have a busy few months ahead of us! If anyone has any project enrollment or fair questions please do not hesitate to call me at the office or me. I would be happy to help you out in any way possible! Please remember to verify the Swine/Sheep/Meat Goat Weigh-In information by May 15th also. Beth Oberhoffer Dubuque County Youth Coordinator THANK YOU! Thanks to the volunteers who helped with this year s Swine & Sheep/Meat Goat Weigh-ins. Your efforts are greatly appreciated! Iowa State University Extension programs are available to all without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, or disability.

2 May 1 Deadline for Fran Gansen/Mable Hilton Scholarship 7 Pre-Fair Leader Meeting, 6pm Extension Office 12 Youth Leaders Meeting, 6:30pm (Ext. Office) 15 Livestock Entries Due in 4hOnline 15 Project Enrollment Due in 4hOnline 16 Junior Project Day (Fairgrounds/4-H Building) June 16 Clothing Event entries due to Extension Office Multi-Region Junior Camp July CALENDAR OF EVENTS 1 Blue 4-H & FFA Animal/Livestock Entry Form due to Exten sion Office (please indicate how many Dairy cows you will be bringing on this form) 1 State Fair Livestock entries due in 4hOnline 1 Registration Deadline for Communication s Day 1 4-H Building Judging Helpers Form is due 7 Clothing event, Dubuque County Extension Office 17 Bucket/Bottle Calf Booklets Due to Ext. Office 25 Bring Exhibit Entry Form with you on Judging day 25 Pet Binders are due at Conference Judging 25 Bring Horticulture Entry Form with you on Judging day 28 August 2: Dubuque County Fair -- What our 4-H members have been up to! On March 7, 14, 21 & 28 Dubuque Co. 4- H Members enrolled in the Horse project area attended workshops with the GREAT help of Hannah Bergfeld. They learned some new horsemanship skills and polished up their current skills! Our H Royalty: Sarah Errthum, Alex Wernimont & Jackie Ehrlich have been very busy so far! They have been helping & attending many events throughout Dubuque County. You may have seen Alex helping at the Swine Weigh-In. Sarah & Jackie were busy waving to everyone while riding in their 4-H Chariot at the Dyersville St.Patty s Day Parade, helping at FSQA Training & The Blue Ribbon Breakfast! Keep an eye out for them at other events in the future! All three of them helped youth learn more about the value of money by having them participate in the Allowance Game. JOIN YOUTH LEADERS! The Dubuque County Youth Leaders promote 4-H by volunteering in the community, encouraging others, and empowering youth. Youth Leaders help out at the fair, promote 4-H in schools, and have fun getting to know 4-H members from other clubs around the county. They serve the community by buying shoes for underprivileged kids and ringing the Salvation Army bell at Christmas time. They serve as role models and counselors for younger members at Junior Project Day. If you are interested in joining this group, you are invited to our next Youth Leader meeting on Tuesday, May 5th at 6:30pm at the Dubuque County Extension Office. Please contact the Extension Office with any questions!

3 FSQA TRAINING DATES All Beef, Sheep, Swine, Dairy, Goat, Bucket/Bottle, Rabbit, & Poultry exhibitors MUST be FSQA certified to show livestock. Upcoming training dates include: May 20. Jones County, Youth Development Center, 800 N Maple St, Monticello. 6:30 p.m. Preregistration is preferred. Contact Monica Gray, June 1. Delaware County, Delaware County Extension Office Meeting Room, 1417 N. Franklin St., Manchester. 10 a.m. to noon. Preregistration is recommended. Contact Jade Hargrafen, June 8. Jackson County, Jackson County Fairgrounds, Boyer Hall, 1212 E. Quarry Street, Maquoketa. 1 to 4 p.m.contact Amber Matthiesen, June 23. Jones County, Youth Development Center, 800 N Maple St, Monticello. 6:30 p.m. Preregistration is required due to limited space availability. Contact Monica Gray, Upcoming Pre-Fair Leader s Meeting! We will have our leader s meeting to schedule the food stand, exhibit hall and conference judging schedules on Thursday, May 7th! The meeting will be at the Extension Office at 6:00 pm. We will cover some county information and then do the scheduling of the fair duties. Ensure one leader from your club is present to choose shifts or you will be assigned the available shifts. REMINDER: You MUST be enrolled in 4hOnline by May 15th to participate and show at the 2015 Dubuque County Fair! 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 Communication Day! August 1st Polish up and show off your communication skills at the 2015 Dubuque County Fair on Communication Day on August 1st. You can participate in Working Exhibits, Share the Fun, Educational Presentations or Extemporaneous Speaking. Please contact Beth Oberhoffer to get signed up to participate by July 1st. More information will be in your 2015 Dubuque County Fair Premium Book! MISSION STATEMENT 4-H EMPOWERS YOUTH TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL WORKING AND LEARNING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CARING ADULTS

4 Basket Giveaway at the Blue Ribbon Breakfast! Thank you to Dubuque Co. 4-H clubs that participated in the 4-H Basket Raffle at the 2015 Blue Ribbon Breakfast held at the Dubuque County Fairgrounds on March 29th. Thank you to the following Clubs! Dubuque County Trailblazers Fillmore Achievers Placid Pepper Uppers Farley Wranglers Peosta 4-H Worthington Jr. Helpers Riverside 4-H Sherrill Community Bankston 4-H Friends The baskets looked amazing and there were some GREAT ideas! Here are a few of them. 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. Market Beef: Market beef were tagged and identified at weigh-in in December. Animals must arrive on the fairgrounds for check in on Monday between 8AM and 11AM and will be released Thursday at 4PM All animals will be weighed on Monday following check in. Animals will be sold according to their show weight with a 3% allowance for shrink. Breeding Beef: All animals must be identified by May 15th in 4-H Online. Cow/Calf pairs must have been shown as a breeding heifer and all calves must be born after January 1, Animals must arrive on the fairgrounds for check in on Monday between 8AM and 11AM and will be released Thursday at 4PM All animals must be checked in at the scale on Monday following check in. Dairy: All animals must be identified by May 15th in 4-H Online. Animals must arrive on the fairgrounds for check in on Monday between 8AM and 12:30PM and will be released Thursday at 4PM Bucket Bottle Calves: All animals must be identified by May 15th in 4-H Online. Written records must turned into the extension office by July 1st. All animals arrive on Monday between 8AM and 12:30PM and will be released following the bucket/bottle show Monday night. Meat Goats: Market Goats are tagged and identified at weigh-in. Exhibitors need to verify their information in 4-H Online before May 15th. Animals must arrive on the fairgrounds for check in on Monday between 8AM and 11AM and will be released Thursday at 4PM Horse and Pony: All animals must be identified by May 15th in 4-H Online. Entry information must include photos or drawings of the animal. An intent to participate form needs to be on file at the extension office by July 1 indicating the classes exhibitors will enter. Animals must arrive by 8AM Tuesday and will be released after the show. Pets: All animals must be identified by May 15th in 4-H Online. Pet folders must be submitted by July 25th at Conference Judging. Animals must be checked in by 9:30AM or earlier on Thursday for judging. Poultry: Poultry must be from a Pollorum-Typhoid clean flock and will be tested upon check-in at the fairgrounds. The charge for testing is $0.50 per bird. Animals should arrive on the fairgrounds for check in on Monday between 8AM and 11AM and will be released Thursday at 4PM An intent to participate form is due July 1. Rabbits: All animals must be identified in 4-H Online and an intent to participate form is due by July 1. Animals should arrive on the fairgrounds for check in on Friday between 11AM-12:30PM Market Sheep: Market Sheep are identified at weigh-in. Exhibitors need to verify their information in 4-H Online before May 15th. Animals should arrive on the fairgrounds for check in on Monday between 8AM and 11AM and will be released Thursday at 4PM. All animals will be weighed on Monday following check in. Breeding Sheep: All animals must be identified by May 15th in 4-H Online. Animals should arrive on the fairgrounds for check in on Monday between 8AM and 11AM and will be released Thursday at 4PM. Swine: Swine must be tagged and identified. Exhibitors need to verify their information in 4-H Online before May 15th. Animals should arrive on the fairgrounds for check in on Monday between 8AM and 11AM. This show is Terminal. All animals must weigh between pounds to be blue ribbon eligible.

5 The Dubuque County Fair Presents the 62 nd Annual Seeking female candidates between the ages of 15 and 21 to serve as the Dubuque County Fair Queen! $500 Scholarship Awarded to the 2016 Queen! Applications can be picked up from the Dubuque County Fair Office or found online at Application Due July 1 st, 2015 to the Dubuque County Fair Office by 4:30 p.m. Contact Jamie Blum, at jblum@dbqfair.com, or at (563) with any questions! DUBUQUE COUNTY FAIR CHECKLIST DUE: Friday, May 15 4hOnline Livestock Identification ( ) Project Enrollment Due in 4hOnline DUE: Tuesday, June 16 Clothing Event entries due to Extension Office DUE: Tuesday, July 1 Blue 4-H & FFA Animal/Livestock Entry Form due to Extension Office State Fair Livestock entries due in 4hOnline Communication s Day Registrations Due

6 May 15th Deadline If you are planning on taking any building projects or livestock projects to the 2015 Dubuque County Fair they must be entered into 4hOnline by MAY 15th! If they are not entered by then you will not be able to take them. This means if you are planning on taking something in woodworking for example please make sure it is listed under your project area tab in 4hOnline. If you have any questions about this please stop by or contact the Extension Office at ! State Fair Entry Deadline is July 1. STATE FAIR (Sheep/Beef: Animals identified and tagged at a State Fair weigh in site with retinal imaging and verified in 4-H Online by May 15th.) REMEMBER to go onto Click on the pdf file as that has a worksheet at the end. We encourage you to fill it out as it will make entering your animals for state fair in 4hOnline easier! Be sure to keep an eye out for the July Fair edition of the Newsletter. It will contain fair schedules, exhibit rules, and more vital information pertaining to fair! NONPROFIT ORG US POSTAGE PAID DUBUQUE, IA PERMIT NO 41 Dubuque County Extension West Ridge Lane, Suite 2 Dubuque, IA ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED