March 2013 Brown County Summer Assistant Applications are being accepted for the Brown County Summer Assistant Position. A job description outlining qualifications, hours and the application procedure is included in the main leader s packet and with the February Newshound. Applications are available at the 4-H office. Completed applications are to be returned to the 4-H office by 5:00 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013. Inside This Issue 4-H News 1-3 Shooting Sports 3 Judging Schools 3-4 Fruit Sale 5 4-H Camp 5-6 Livestock 6-7 Calendar 8 Phonathon Sign-Up This year s 4-H Foundation Phonathon will be conducted Sunday and Monday evenings, April 7-8, 2013 from 5:00 pm until 9:00 pm at the 4-H office. Pizza and orientation will begin at 5:00 pm. Calling will commence at 6:00 pm and continue until 9:00 pm on both evenings (or as needed Sunday evening). 4-H members and adults are needed for each evening. 4-H members will be calling past and potential 4-H Foundation donors and the adults will be assembling envelopes and accomplishing other tasks. A County 4-H Phonathon sign-up form is attached to this issue of the Newshound. Leaders, please discuss the 4-H Phonathon at your March meeting, poll your club members and parents for callers and helpers, and return the completed form to the 4-H office by March 19, 2013 (4-H fruit delivery day). Star callers (those with a set minimum of caller points or more) receive special awards. The 2012 Phonathon resulted in $4,795.81 back to Brown County to be used for awards, training, scholarships, etc. Please contact Mike Frey, Phonathon Chairperson, if you have any questions at 605-448-5507.
Recruit & Win a Night at the Fair The 4-H Club with the highest percent of traditional club membership increase by the final enrollment date of May 24, 2013 will win a night at the 2013 Brown County Fair, compliments of the Brown County Fair Board! Recruit new members now! 4-H Insurance The deadline for having your Club 4-H Insurance Premiums to the 4-H office is April 1, 2013. Each Brown County 4-H member is required to be covered by the 4-H Insurance Policy. Activities not covered include skiing, sledding, tobogganing, tubing and non-commercial air travel. Insurance Premiums: $1.50 Regular Member & Cloverbuds* $2.50 Horse Member $2.50 Horse Leader $40.00 Rodeo Coverage (Do not pay $1.50/$2.50) *Cloverbuds ~ No large animals or shooting sports. Maximum Benefits: $2,500.00 For expenses incurred within 52 weeks of the date of the accident for medical and surgical treatment, x-ray charges, hospital confinement, ambulance expense and prescriptions up to $2,500.00. $500.00 For dental expenses incurred within 52 weeks of the accident, involving sound, natural teeth. $500.00 For medical and hospital expenses for an illness that manifests itself on the day or days this policy is in force up to $500.00. $5,000.00 For losses within 100 days of accident which result in the loss of life. $10,000.00 For losses within 100 days of accident which causes the loss of both hands or both feet, or one hand and one foot, or the total and irrecoverable loss of sight of both eyes. $5,000.00 For losses within 100 days of accident which causes the loss of one hand or one foot or the loss of sight in one eye. This policy does not provide major medical coverage.
4-H Public Presentation Day Brown County s Public Presentation Day is tentatively scheduled for 9:00 am on July 11, 2013. The pre-registration deadline is June 28, 2013. 2013 Teen Leadership Conference The 2013 Teen Leadership Conference will be the week of June 3-7, 2013. Watch for more details in the upcoming Newshounds. Fashion Revue and Special Foods Fashion Revue will be held late morning-early afternoon at the SD Wheat Growers boardroom on July 17, 2013. More details will be provided at a later date. The Special Foods Contest will be held on July 3, 2013 in the morning at Simmons Middle School. Shooting Sports BB Gun State Qualifying will be held on February 25, 2013 and March 25, 2013 at Northern Electric. Contact Lowell Harms at 605-397-8169 if you have any questions. Archery postal matches will be held at the Brown County Fair Clubhouse in Aberdeen on February 26, March 12 and March 26, 2013. For more information, contact Robert Rernleitner at 605-225-6650. The State Shooting Sports Match for BB Gun and Archery is April 28-30, 2013 in Fort Pierre. Shoot for Loot is scheduled for March 11, 2013. FFA/4-H Judging Contest The annual FFA/4-H Judging Contest will be Saturday, April 6, 2013. Registration begins at 9:00 am in the Groton High School Gymnasium. 4-H ers are welcomed and encouraged to participate. Please contact Adam Franken, Groton Vocational Ag Instructor at 605-397-8381 for more information about the contest. Livestock, Horse and Dairy judging scores from this contest may be used to qualify for the final 4-H teams that will represent Brown County at State Judging Contests.
4-H Judging Schools (Family & Consumer Science, Visual Arts, Photography and Horticulture) Due to the changes that have been made in the 4-H Judging Schools, the dates will be in a future Newshound. Within the first two schools, a 1st and 2nd year member may come to an orientation at 4:00 pm or 5:00 pm, otherwise other members who are aware of the judging procedure may judge any time after 4:00 pm and before 6:00 pm. Judging takes about 30 to 45 minutes. Two additional schools will be held in the summer. At those events, members may judge any time between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm. Members should plan to attend accordingly, as judging classes will not be re-displayed at a later date. Please note, the location will be at the Brown County 4-H Office. First and Second year judging members may receive help from an experienced judge during the first and second school, but will be expected to do their own work after that. In case of inclement weather and a school needs to be cancelled, classes will be rescheduled in June. Cancellations will be aired on the following radio stations: KKAA, KGIM and KSDN. 89th Little International Exposition The 2013 Little I will be held on March 22-23, 2013 at SDSU in Brookings. If your club would like to attend the exposition, take a tour of the campus or participate in the livestock judging contest, check out the Little I website. There, you will find more information, registration forms, schedule, listing of staff and the results at the conclusion of the event.
Fruit Sale Forms Due By Kathy Sperry Totaled 4-H fruit sale order forms and money needs to be turned in to your club leader by your club s due date. Hopefully, every 4-H family has ordered at least one box of fruit for your own use and met the county goal of selling five boxes of fruit or $100.00 worth of products for every member. With the price being comparable to local grocery store prices and the excellent quality, 4-H fruit is a great buy! Just a few reminders for all 4-H ers: The yellow master club order form, which the leader completes, is due to the 4-H office before 12:00 noon, Monday, March 4, 2013. The fruit will be delivered to Aberdeen on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Each club is asked to have 2 volunteers arrive on March 19th at the 4-H office garage at 10:00 am. A third volunteer is needed to arrive at 1:00 pm. The other club representatives he/she recruits (one person for every 20 boxes club sold) should be at the 4-H office garage by 3:15 pm on March 19th. No vehicles will park on the east side of the 4-H garage due to safety concerns. Vehicles will be allowed to pull in and load-out their club s order when it is ready to leave. This will reduce congestion and speed up the load-out process. Vehicles may park along the street and on the west side of the 4-H office. Please bring dollies to make load-out easier. As soon as the fruit is sorted and counts verified, the club will pay with one check for the club s order and then the fruit may be loaded out. All fruit should be delivered to the customers as soon as possible and no later than Thursday, March 21, 2013. As you deliver the fruit, ask the customer to inspect it so you can know they are happy with the quality. Any concerns about unsatisfactory fruit should be reported to the 4-H office by 3:00 pm on Friday, March 22nd. Be sure to be friendly and thank the customers for purchasing fruit and supporting 4-H. Thank you for all of your help with this super fundraiser! Camp Counselors We are looking for energetic, fun and responsible members who are 14 years of age or older to be positive role models at 4-H Camp. If you would like to have a memorable summer and are interested in becoming a camp counselor, the applications are available at the 4-H office. They are due back at the office by Friday, April 12, 2013.
4-H Camp Brown County s 4-H Camp dates are June 10-12 and 13-15, 2013. Enclosed with the main leader packet are the 4-H Camp Registration Guidelines. You can begin signing up for camp on March 25, 2013 and no sooner. The deadline for camp sign-up is April 23, 2013. Camp cost is $50.00. The Brown County 4-H Leader s Association will pay $5.00 per camper from fruit sale earnings, so you will only need to write a check for $45.00 payable to the 4-H Leader s Association. Either parents or leaders can sign 4-H ers up for camp. Camp T-shirts can be purchased when you register for a cost of $8.00 and will be given to you at camp. If 4-H members don t fill the camp sessions by April 23, 2013, enrollment will be opened up for non-4-h children. The camp fee for non members will be $51.50, which includes the camp fee plus insurance, and $8.00 if a T-shirt is purchased. They will also be required to fill out all of the forms. Brown County Dog Project By Debi Munger The Brown County 4-H Dog CGC and Rally practice will begin March 10, 2013 from 2:00 pm until 3:00 pm for beginners and from 3:00 pm until 4:00 pm for advanced at the Warner Community Center. Dogs should wear well-fitting buckle or slip collars (choker or nylon) and be on a 6 foot leash. Treats are encouraged during training and handlers may reward their dogs with praise, smiles, hugs and pats. Please contact me at 605-380-6014 or email: debi@eaglepassranch.com with any questions. Livestock Verification Affidavit Forms To ensure ownership of animals, each 4-H member and their family must complete a form to verify which animals they will be caring for and exhibiting. All market animals will be required to have a green SD 4-H ear tag for identification and DNA collected. Market beef animals weighed and tagged at the January market beef weigh-in are identified. 4-H members owning these animals will need to complete the Market Beef Verification Affidavit, which can be picked up at the 4-H office. March 15, 2013 is the deadline to have the completed Market Beef Verification Affidavit form on file in the 4-H office. Market sheep, market swine and meat goat will need to be ear tagged for identification and have a Verification Affidavit on file at the 4-H office by May 24, 2013. DNA will need to be collected. Breeding animals do not require ear tags but must have a Verification Affidavit on file at the 4-H office by May 24, 2013. All market animals must have DNA collected, be weighed, tagged and ownership affidavit on file to be eligible to show at the South Dakota State Fair.
4-H Livestock Ear Tag Policy 1. Ear tags are $1.50 each. Please make your check payable to: 4-H Leader s Association. 2. Have your animal tagged. Limited supplies of tagging pliers are available at the 4-H office if you need one. However, the pliers can only be checked out for a short period of time. 3. 4-H livestock ear tags are required for market animal identification only. Breeding livestock should already have some type of permanent identification: registration tattoo, Bangs tag or tattoo. 4. Take note: even though your animal has an ear tag if they have not been weighed in they are not eligible for State Fair Competition (even if it receives a purple ribbon at the County Fair). 5. Deadline for ownership and having an Ownership Affidavit Form completed and on file at the 4-H office is as follows: A. March 15, 2013 for market beef. B. May 24, 2013 for breeding beef/swine/sheep/dairy/goats 6. Ownership Affidavits are available at the 4-H office. Market Sheep, Market Swine and Meat Goat Weigh-In Market sheep, market swine and meat goat weigh-in day will be Friday, May 17, 2013 from 3:00 pm until 6:00 pm, at the beef barn wash rack area at the fairgrounds. If it rains, we will weigh-in in the Expo Building. This weigh-in and identification of your animal is the first step to qualifying for rate-of-gain contests and eligibility to show at the State Fair. There will be a $1.50 per ear tag charge and $6.00 per head for DNA. Helping hands will be needed, so plan on helping when you come. Cooperative Extension Service College of Agriculture & Biological Sciences South Dakota State University, South Dakota counties, and U.S. Department of Agriculture cooperating. South Dakota State University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and offers all benefits, services, education, and employment opportunities without regard for race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability or Vietnam Era Veteran Status. Brown County Extension Office 1019 First Avenue SE Aberdeen, SD 57401-4799 Phone: 605-626-7120 FAX: 605-626-4012 E-Mail: brown.county@sdstate.edu www.sdstate.edu/sdces/districts/north/1/b rowncounty/4-hyouthdevelopment.cfm Becca Tullar Extension Educator 4-H & Youth Development
MARCH 2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1Summer Assistant Applications Due 2 3 4 Master Club Order Form Due to 4-H Office 5 6 7 8 National Ag Day 9 10 BC 4-H 11 12 13 14 15AK-SAR- 16 Dog Practice Shoot for Loot Archery Postal Match BEN Market Beef DNA & Affidavit Due to 4-H Office 17 St. 18 19 Fruit Sale 20 21 22 23SD State Patrick s Day Delivery Date Phonathon Forms Due Fruit Should be Delivered by Today Little I 4-H Leader s Conference Little I 24 25 BB Gun State Qualifying Camp Sign Up Begins 26 Archery Postal Match 27 28 4-H Scholarship Applications Due 29 Office Closed Good Friday 30 31Easter 4-H Insurance Premiums Due April 1st We would like to wish all of the members, leaders and volunteers who have birthdays in March a very Happy Birthday!