Wright County 4-H Newsletter May 2018 Dear 4-H Families, Summer is right around the corner, and before we know it we will be at the County Fair! Make sure to mark your calendar with important dates and deadlines within this newsletter. Wright County 4-H shirts are available at the Extension office, these are the green ones with the white print. Remember all 4-H youth need to wear a 4-H shirt during judging times at fairs. Green 4-H T-shirts are $10, get yours today. Reminder: just because you verified an animal for fair (county or state) does NOT mean that it is a fair entry. The entry is the second step and for county this is done on paper and a fee paid at my office by June 8th. For the state fair entry process, that needs to be done by July 1 and this is done online. State Fair books and entry forms will be on the web. If you have questions please make sure to ask. Be sure to check out all the information on 4-H project available: https:// www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/projects-list Here you can find ideas and resources for presentations and fair exhibits. Making the Best Better! Jessica Norman Jessica Norman Wright County Extension & Outreach County 4-H & Youth Coordinator jnorman@iastate.edu 515-532-3453 office 515-825-8232 cell www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/wright 1
4-H ERS FOR 4-H 4-H'ers investing in 4-H'ers. This is the essence of the 4-H'ers for 4-H Campaign, sponsored each year by the State 4-H Council. The campaign raises money to fund projects that benefit 4-H members throughout the state. This year marks the 33rd anniversary of the Iowa 4-H'ers for 4-H Campaign. This annual campaign is conducted by youth members of the State 4-H Council Finance Committee. 4-H Clubs across the state are encouraged to donate dollars per 4-H member and the funds raised benefit financial aid, State 4-H Conference, and other projects as voted upon by the State 4-H Council. The campaign runs March 1 - June 1. Participation is easy! The donation form was mailed to leaders, then return it along with your donation to the Extension office by May 15. This is a campaign conducted by 4-H youth for 4-H youth, and the Finance Committee, we hope all clubs across Iowa are able to participate! Thank you for your commitment to 4-H! Wright County Teen Council has challenged all clubs to donate $6.00 per 4-H member. Information will be sent to club leaders soon. Please complete donation form and club check then submit to Jessica at the Extension office by May 15th. Clubs who have submitted a check for 4-H ers for 4-H (as of 5-4-18) Iowa Hawkeyes Wright County P.I.G. Thank you for getting your check turned in, there is still time for all clubs to turn in a check. DUE MAY 15th to Jessica at the Extension office 2018 GRADUATING SENIORS Athena Andersen Wright Warriors, Jake Brandt Dayton Lake, Maia Cooper Wright Warriors, Cheyenne Harle Lake Clovers, Dylan Jackson Wright County P.I.G., Maya Jackson Dayton Lake, Matthew Jacobsen Wright County P.I.G., Connor Johnson Dayton Lake, Lupe Johnson Lake Clovers, Michelle Mericle Wright Warriors, Emily Rasmussen Liberty Pathfinders, Will Weidemann Wright County P.I.G.. Wishing you all the best of luck in your future plans. Reminder Jessica still needs many of you seniors to answer the 3 questions emailed to you along with a digital photo. Please get this to Jessica ASAP, so the senior poster can be put together along with info in the next newsletter. PULLORUM TESTING NEW THIS YEAR - Pullorum Testing will be held on Saturday, July 7, 2018 from 8 am to 11 am at the Fairgrounds- Show Ring! Fee is $1 per bird. Can't make this date/time then you will need to get Pullorum testing completed on your own and a copy of the certificate turned in before unloading your birds at the fair. There will not be any Pullorum Testing at the fair! 2
STATE 4-H YOUTH CONFERENCE: START YOUR FUTURE HERE Every June almost 900 teenagers converge on the campus of Iowa State University for 3 days full of speaker, workshops, mixers, dances, and a banquet and community service activities. If you've completed 8th grade, you're eligible to attend. You don't even have to be in 4-H to attend this conference! You will get to experience campus life, and meet new people from across the state! The dates have been set for June 26-28, 2018 for a great three day adventure at ISU for Iowa s youth. Cost is $180.00 per delegate (Wright County 4-H youth will receive a $90 Scholarship from Fun Night profits) So Wright County 4-H ers will pay $90. Please join us in June for the most incredible three days of your life at the Iowa 4-H Youth Conference! To register go to the Iowa 4-H Youth Conference webpage: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/iowa4hyouthconference 4-H JUNIOR CAMP Registration coming soon 4-H members in 4 th through 6 th grade will be able to sign up for Jr. Camp very soon, it will be an online registration process, Junior Camp will be at Clover Woods in Madrid, IA June 20-21. If you like the outdoors, hiking, cooking over a campfire, night hikes, and night camp fires, then you need to sign up for Junior Camp. Space is very limited so watch for the registration coming through an email Monday, May 7th. NEW 4-H HORSE PROJECT VOLUNTEER Sarah Seymour is the new horse project volunteer leader this year. Some of her horse background includes 9 years in Minnesota 4-H, Hunter/Jumpers, Dressage, Eventing as well as the all around pleasure circuits. She showed with Minnesota Pinto Horse Association and competed at Color Breed Congress and the World Championship shows. Outside of horses, she work for the Wright County Extension office as the program coordinator and am relatively new to Clarion! Sarah is excited to have this opportunity to be a part of the Wright County Horse Project. Below is the tentative schedule for ride times and events for this year. If you are interested in knowing more or want to get involved please feel free to email Jessica Norman or myself (sarahseymour12@gmail.com). I look forward to meeting everyone! Vet School Tour: Saturday, May 12th at 10:30 am (Ames, Iowa) Please let me know if you are interested in the vet school tour. 4-H members welcome. HORSE PROJECT RIDING SCHEDULE Riding Dates: Location will be at the horse arena in Eagle Grove. If you do not have a horse, feel free to come and watch to learn!! If they are predicting bad weather in the forecast, we will change locations to the Extension Office or other location in Clarion for an educational session. Tentative schedule for ride times Tuesday, May 22 6:30-8:00 pm Sunday, June 10 4:00-5:30 pm Thursday, June 28 6:30-8:00 pm Tuesday, July 3 6:30-8:00 pm Monday, July 9 6:30-8:00 pm Tuesday, May 29 6:30-8:00 pm Monday, June 18 6:30-8:00 pm Sunday, July 1 4:00-5:30 pm Thursday, July 5 6:30-8:00 pm 3
ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION DUE MAY 15TH For all species of animals to be shown at county fairs, State Fair, and AKSARBEN must be identified through 4hOnline. This needs to be done by May 15 for county fairs, and the State Fair. Animals included swine, horses, poultry, rabbits, dairy, pets, breeding beef & sheep, so basically anything that breathes and eats needs to have an ID completed for exhibiting at Fairs. Market beef and sheep will or have been ID d at the weigh-in. SWINE EAR TAGS If you plan to exhibit swine at the county fair you will need to purchase ear tags. This is required for both 4-H/FFA swine that will be shown at the Wright County Fair. Ear tag will be a $1 each, and can be picked up at that the Extension office. NO money will be given back for unused ear tags. Both ear notches and ear tag need to be entered into 4HOnline by May 15 th. STATE FAIR SWINE INFORMATION If you are thinking about exhibiting swine at the Iowa State Fair, all State Fair swine (market & breeding), must have a special DNA punch tag. These DNA punch tags are at the Extension office and there is a charge. The DNA punch tag requires a special tagger so please contact Jessica a few days ahead of when you plan to pick up the tags and tagger. That way she will let you know if the tagger is available. Families will need to tag their own swine and enter it into 4HOnline. If you have questions please call the Extension office and talk to Jessica. LIVESTOCK EXHIBITORS The 2018 4H202 is available now. Please read it! This is the Iowa 4-H Livestock Show Requirements Animal Identification, Weighing and Exhibiting Requirements for County, State and interstate shows. https://store.extension.iastate.edu/product/194 2018 Livestock rule updates & Reminders at https://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/projects/livestock YQCA (YOUTH for the QUALITY and CARE of ANIMALS) If you plan to show any of the following species at the County/State Fair, you must be YQCA certified: Beef, dairy (goat or cow), meat goat, poultry, rabbit, sheep, swine. How do you become certificated? Complete the online training via 4HOnline https://yqca.learngrow.io/account/login FAIR ENTRIES If you are planning to participate: Communication Event, Clothing Event, Duct Tape Challenge, Beef, Rabbit, Sheep, Swine, Pet Horse, Dairy Cattle, Goats meat & dairy, and or Alpaca. Then you need to complete a fair entry. Stop in the Extension office to get this completed. Fair Entries are due Friday, June 8th by 4 pm at the Extension office. Remember for the animals you need to have Identified the animals by May 15th. 4
FAIR BOOKS Each 4-H family will receive 1 fair book from your club leader. You should get them at you re next club meeting, or contact your club leader for your fair book. CLOTHING EVENT COUNTY FAIR Clothing Selection, Fashion Revue, $15 Challenge, and change/modified outfits will have conference judging on Tuesday, June 19th from 9 am to 7 pm. For more information contact Jessica at the Extension office. Schedules and information will be sent out after fair entries are turned in on Friday, June 8th. The youth will model and receive award placing on Thursday, July 12 th during the County Fair. FOOD CHALLENGE Please check your fair book for this year recipe. PHOTO CHALLENGE COUNTY FAIR 2018 4-H fair Challenge picture is Farm Equipment. Start thinking about all the different kinds of photos and use your imagination, now grab your camera, go explore and start taking pictures. Remember you will only submit one picture in the challenge class. DUCT TAPE DESIGNS CHALLENGE COUNTY FAIR Judging Friday, 3:00 5:00 p.m., 4-H Exhibits Building Additional Rules: 1. All entries must be made to the Wright County Extension & Outreach Office, 210 1 st St. SW, Clarion, IA 50525 by or before June 8th and before 4 p.m. 2. All entry fees of $1.00 per exhibit must accompany advance entry form. 3. Any 4-H member (boy or girl) is eligible to enter. Members do not have to be enrolled in the 4-H Clothing Project. 4. Members may work as an individual or in a team of two members with the grade division determined by the older of the two members. 5. Items created can include wallets, purses, tote bags, hats, visors, jewelry, belts, ties, vests, aprons, shoes, etc. Undergarments will not be accepted. All items created must be appropriate and in good taste. 6. Participants may choose to wear clothing that will enhance their created accessory. Each team will receive 2 rolls of colored duct tape at the competition. Teams must provide one roll of their own duct tape, sharp scissors, ruler, compass or protractor, as well as: recyclable materials such as cardboard, plastic containers, store bags, etc. The accessory will be modeled by one of the team members. 7. Teams will be given one hour to complete their accessory and will be judged on the following: Workmanship 25%, Originality 25%, Use of Tape and Recyclable Materials 25%, Fashion 25%. Lot 1 Junior Section (Grades 4, 5, 6) Lot 2 Intermediate Section (Grades, 7, 8) Lot 3 Senior Section (Grades, 9, 10, 11, 12) Special Awards: given at end of judging 5
Wright County 4-H Mystery Bag Cooking Contest Saturday, 3:00 p.m. 4-H Exhibit Building Rules: 1. Limited to 6 teams of 2 people. Teams may consist of any combination of two youth grades 7-12 and /or adults. Youth in 4 th -6 th grade may compete with an adult partner. 2. Pre-register by noon Friday, the day before the contest. 4. Contestants are to bring an electric skillet, long heavy extension cord, knife, spoon or spatula, and up to 3 condiments from the following list: herbs/spices, mustard, ketchup, BBQ sauce, jam/jelly, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, honey, bottled marinade, salsa, chocolate/ caramel syrup, salad dressing (not Miracle Whip type). 5. Items furnished include salt and pepper, water, spray for skillets, a cutting board, and a plate for the final presentation to the judges. 6. At the time of judging contestants will be given a mystery bag with various products included. You will be given 30 minutes to prepare your own edible creation from the contents. 7. All entrants will open their bags at the same time. 8. Entries will be judged on 40% creativity, 40% best use of products, and 20% showmanship. 9. Awards will be awarded to the first, second and third place overall. One prize will be awarded in showmanship. WRIGHT COUNTY FAIR SHIRT ORDER FORMS If you need to order a shirt with the fair theme, order are online this year. First order is due Tuesday, May 15th or Friday, June 15th to the fair office. Look for the link to order on...www.wrightcofair.com 2018 Fair Theme: Fair Necessities 4-H EXHIBIT BLDG. RELEASE TIME Release time of exhibits in the 4-H Building is 6:00 PM on Sunday. EXHIBIT BLDG. SET UP/TEAR DOWN Building set up: Wright County P.I.G. (contact Jessica to set up time/date) Tear down/clean up: Sunday, July 15th, about 6:30 PM Dayton Lake 6
JUDGING AND CHECK-IN SCHEDULE WRIGHT COUNTY FAIR TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2018 8:15 a.m. Orientation for judges and judge s helpers 8:30 10:00 am Lake Clovers & Wright County P.I.G. 10:00 11:30 am Wright Warriors & Dayton Lake 12:00 1:00 pm Lunch break (all judges will be gone to lunch during this time. If youth do not get all exhibits judged before lunch they will need to come back after lunch. Sorry about this but we do need to allow our judges a lunch break.) 1:00 2:30 pm Iowa Hawkeyes & Liberty Pathfinders 2:30 pm Building closed while State Fair exhibits are chosen Please let Jessica know of any large exhibits at County Fair. Exhibit Judging Wrist Bands When you come for your judging time please check in with the front table for your colored wrist band. Remember when your club is scheduled to get judged and go at that time! 8:30 Pink 10:00 White 1:00 Green In order to try and keep clubs to being judged at their designated times we are using colored wrist bands. 4-Her s cannot be judged before their assigned time. If there are 4-Her s who are still being judged past their assigned time, that is fine, but they do not get priority over the current club s members, they need to wait in line. Overall, only appropriate colors will be judged according to the time, unless 4-Her s are being judged past their scheduled time. 7
PINTEREST TO ORIGINAL SOURCE IN 3 EASY STEPS 1) Find item/recipe on Pinterest Wow, that cheeseburger casserole really looks good!. Click on the image 8
2) Clicking on the image brings up a page just for the cheeseburger casserole. Still on a Pinterest page but wait! Scroll the mouse over the casserole picture and a Visit number-2-pencil.com icon pops up below the image. Now we re getting somewhere that s starting to look like an original source. Not Pinterest, but number-2-pencil.com. (We could live with citing number-2-pencil.com as the source, but we can do better. ) Click on either the image of the casserole or on the Visit number=2-pencil.com icon. http://pinterest.com/pin/77053843597777816/ 9
3) Voila! A new window pops up on a page from the original website of the recipe number-2- pencil.com. Scrolling down even tells us that Melissa at number-2-pencil.com is the author and there s even a button to print the recipe for our recipe book. Now we ve actually found the original source. http://www.number-2-pencil.com/2013/06/26/one-pot-cheeseburger-casserole/ COPYRIGHT INFO Duplication of copyright material or design should not be used in a 4-H exhibit that is presented as original work by the exhibitor. A copyright design cannot be displayed in a public setting (fair) without permission being granted from the owner of the copyright. When permission has been granted by the owner of the copyright, the exhibit will be displayed and labeled appropriately. Those without permission cannot be displayed. If you have a question, please visit with Jessica. 10
4-H Calendar May 8 Clover Kids (older) 5:30-6:30pm @ Extension office May 9 Extra Office Hours for 4hOnline Animal ID help 9 am 7 pm May 10 Extra Office Hours for 4hOnline Animal ID help 7 am 4 pm May 11 Extra Office Hours for 4hOnline Animal ID help 9 am 5 pm May 12 Intermediate Council mtg. 10 am @ Extension office May 13 Teen Council mtg. 7:30pm @ Extension office May 14 Extra Office Hours for 4hOnline Animal ID help 7 am 6 pm May 15 Animal Identification due through 4HOnline by 11:59 pm May 17 Clover Kids (younger) 5:30-6:30pm @ Extension office May 28 Office Closed May 29 Extension Council mtg. 6 pm at Extension office June 5-7 Intermediate trip to the Twin Cities June 7 Junior Camp Counselor Training @ Webster Co. Extension office June 8 Wright County Fair Entries due to Extension office by 4pm June 8-17 Region 7 CWF trip to Washington D.C. June 19 Clothing Event judging at the Extension office June 20-21 4-H Junior Camp at Clover Woods June 24 Teen Council mtg. @ Extension office June 25 Extension Council mtg. 6 pm @ Extension office June 26-28 State 4-H Youth Conference on ISU Campus July 1 State Fair Entries due in 4HOnline/Fair Entry July 4 Office Closed July 10-16 Wright County Fair (static judging is July 10) July 12 Clothing Event modeling on free stage at the Fairgrounds July 13 Duct Tape Challenge at 4-H Exhibit bldg. July 14 Communication event at 4-H Exhibit bldg. July 14 Mystery Bag cooking contest at the 4-H Exhibit bldg. July 14 Barnyard Olympic at show August 1 State Fair Exhibits due to the Extension office by 4 pm August 9-19 Iowa State Fair August 21 State Fair Exhibits ready for pick up at the Extension office September 1 Record books due to club leaders September 1 Time to Re-enroll in 4-H for the new year & new member sign up now September 3 Office Closed September 8-16 Clay County Fair September 15 Record Books due to Extension office October 7-13 National 4-H Week November 1 Re-enrollments due (4HOnline) Iowa State University Extension and Outreach does not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or status as a U.S. veteran. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Inquiries regarding non-discrimination policies may be directed to the Diversity Officer, 2150 Beardshear Hall, 515 Morrill Road, Ames, Iowa 50011, 515-294-1482, extdiversity@iastate.edu. All other inquiries may be directed to 800-262-3804. 11