Green and Growing Jay County 4-H Newsletter June/July 2016 FAIR IS ON THE WAY! ARE YOU READY? July 9th 15th, 2016 A WORD FROM THE PRESIDENT Ding Dong the bell is tolling!!! Reminding us that the Jay County 4-H Fair is fast approaching. I hope everyone is preparing their projects. I am sure by now that you have heard that we will not have a youth extension educator at the fair this year, but rest assured that Purdue will have very capable representation at the fair to assist everyone. Local Extension educators Cheri Brown and Larry Temple will be available and have a presence at the fair as well as Extension Educators from surrounding counties will be available to answer questions that may come forth during the fair. The 4-H Fair Entry is now up and running and it will help all the volunteers and especially Della and Deb by completing your 4-H Fair Entry as soon as possible. In these times, just about everything we do, technology is taking the forefront on how we do everyday tasks. 4-H is no different in this use of technology. Almost every form of communication with 4-H is through email or texting. So, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE check your email for information from "4-H Online". Save 4-H Online in your IN box so that emails from 4-H do not go into your spam or junk boxes. I cannot stress enough the importance of checking your emails. If you still have problems receiving email, please call Della for assistance. The office personnel will help you with this and in return it will help them do their tasks easier. I, along with the First Lady, look forward to seeing you all at the fair. Let's make it a Great Fair!!! Dennis Chenoweth President, Jay County 4-H Council Jay County 4-H Council Officers President: Dennis Chenoweth Vice President: Nancy Kunk Treasurer: Matt Johnson Secretary: Kristen Schoenlein Purdue Extension Staff Cheri Brown, CED HHS Educator Della Rockwell Larry Temple, ANR Educator Deb Coleman 126 N Meridian St Portland, IN 260-726-4707 Please Note: 4-H members and their families are responsible for all program information that is mailed via USPS or electronically to them and for information in the 4-H Handbooks, which contains the rules and regulations governing the Jay County 4-H Youth Development Program. Any questions concerning information found in the newsletter may be directed to the Purdue Extension Office at 260-726-4707.
A look ahead at important dates: June 14-17 4-H Junior Leader Conference at the University of Indianapolis June 15 Building Project Record Sheets are due at the Purdue Extension Office June 17 Consumer Clothing Notebooks and Fashion Revue Commentaries are due June 17 Bonfire at Fairgrounds 7-10 pm June 20 Consumer Clothing Judging 5:00 pm at the Court House Auditorium and Fashion Revue starts at 6:00 pm June 20-22 4-H Round-Up at Purdue June 28-4-H Council Meeting, 7:30 pm in the 4-H Exhibit Hall June 30 All project entries must be entered in Fairentry at http://jaycounty-in.fairentry.com July 6 Non-Perishable project check-in 9 am to 7 pm July 7 Non-Perishable project judging. (see list of projects and times) July 8 10 year project display s set up 10 am 2 pm July 9 Livestock Check-in 7-11 am July 11 Perishable project check-in 8 10 am Judging at 10:30 am July 14 Ribbon/Project pick up 1-5 pm July 26-4-H Council Meeting, 7:30 pm in the 4-H Exhibit Hall August 5-21 2016 Indiana State Fair We Need Help From You The Purdue Extension Office has had a budget cut with a significant amount taken from their mail budget. Due to the cuts, to help you, we need you to utilize your email and/or text message. To utilize Email: If you go into your 4honline account under profile information then scroll down to correspondence preference. If you can utilize your email, please change that to email. Sending emails is a fast and cheaper way for us to get you information. If you are not receiving text messages please stop by the Purdue Extension Office so we can check to find out why. To utilize text messaging: If you look in your 4honline account under the profile information under the correspondence preference, you will see a little box you can check to receive text messages, please check that box. Next you will have to put in the cell number AND choose the cell phone carrier. Text messaging has been the most successful way to get out information. Unfortunately, we can only send out a small amount of information. The text message at times will ask you to check your email for more information. Please know when ever you receive a text message, there is always an email as well that will have more detailed information. Always remember we are here to help you. If you have ANY questions please contact us at the Purdue Extension Office at 260-726-4707.
Non-Perishable Project Check-In JULY 6 9 am to 7 pm In The Club House Judging JULY 7 9:00 am Cake Decorating, Photography, Achievement, Computer, Collections, Reading, Shooting Sports, Sport Fishing, Soil & Water Science, Gift Wrapping, Recycling, Scrapbooking, Models, Arts & Crafts, Lego, Robotics JULY 7 1:00 pm Crops, Wildlife, Weather, Tractor Poster, Small Engine, Weeds, Child Development, Health, Sports, Personality, Genealogy, Home Environment, Woodworking, Beekeeping, Entomology, Geology, Forestry, Aerospace, Electric, Sewing, Animal Poster, Vet Science, Aquatic Science, Small Animals Perishable Project Check-in July 11 8:00-10:00 am Floriculture, Gardening, and Foods Judging July 11 10:30 am 10 Year Member Display s are to be set up on Friday, July 8 from 10 am 2 pm All Project Check-Out and Ribbon Pick-up Thursday, July 14 1-5 pm Mini 4-H Members I hope you are thinking about your 4-H projects. There are several exhibit options in your project manuals that you can do with your parent(s). You can choose to exhibit up to two (2) different project activities from your manuals to be displayed at the 4-H Fair. Your project will need to be dropped off at the 4-H Exhibit Hall on July 6th between 9 am to 7 pm and then you can pick it up on Thursday, July 14th between 1 pm and 5 pm. If you can t drop it off or pick it up at the times listed, please find a friend or family member who can do it for you. This year during the fair the exhibit hall will be having presentations by 4-H members and clubs. The schedule is as follows: Monday, July 11th 6-7 pm Judan Judo Club Tuesday, July 12th 6-7 pm Robotics Club Wednesday, July 13th 1-7 pm Various 1 hour demonstrations
Jay County 4-H Fair Schedule Saturday, July 9 7:00-11am Check in Livestock 12:00 pm Dog Show Show Arena Do you exhibit animals and/or animal posters? Please carefully read your 2016 4-H Animal and non-animal Project Handbook for all exhibition rules and requirements. You and your animals well being are important! If the weather during our 4-H fair is typical, we ll be covered in heat waves. Please be sure to properly care for yourself and your animals. Be sure to have fresh water on hand, and think of ways to keep your animals cool. Several 4 -Hers will be auctioning their animal and it s a good idea to also be familiar with medication withdrawal times to insure a safe food product for consumers. While you may be aiming for a certain weight for your animal, please don t overfeed or underfeed it just to achieve your goal. A healthy animal will be more appealing to a judge any day! It s important to treat your animals in a humane way and many times that simply means having patience instead of forcefully making your animals go where you want them to go. 1:30 pm Rabbit Show East Arena Sunday, July 10 1:00 pm Beef & Beef Feeder Show Arena 1:30 pm Poultry Show East Arena 3:00 pm Horse & Pony Horse Arena Monday, July 11 8:00 am Swine Show Show Arena 3:00 pm Horse & Pony Horse Arena 4:30 pm Sheep Show Show Arena 8-10 pm Swine and Poultry released Tuesday, July 12 8:00 am Dairy Goat Show Show Arena 11:30 am Meat Goat Show Show Arena 3:00 pm Horse & Pony Horse Arena Wednesday, July 13 8:30 am Dairy Show Show Arena 9:00 am Cat Show Exhibit Hall Important Information! Livestock Affidavits and Consent to Sell forms MUST be signed and notarized before the 4-H member receives their exhibitor number from 7-11 am at the Check-in table in the gazebo by the 4-H Exhibit Hall on Saturday, July 9th. A parent MUST be present during this process! 3:00 pm Dairy Beef & Feeders Show Arena Thursday, July 14 1:00 pm Small Animal Supreme Showmanship Show Arena 3:00 pm Large Animal Supreme Showmanship Show Arena 8:00 pm Release of Non-Auction Livestock until 8:00 am on Friday, July 15 Friday, July 15 10:00 am Auction
More details will be available at a later date Indiana State Fair Information: NEW THIS YEAR... All nonperishable entries selected for State Fair will need to be picked up along with all other projects on Thursday July 14th from 1-5 pm. If you are needing your nonperishable state fair projects taken to State Fair for you, you must return those projects to the Exhibit Hall on Saturday, July 30th from 2-4 pm. These items must be packaged and ready to transport, so bring your packing materials if exhibit is fragile. Perishable Exhibit Hall Project Entries: Food, Floriculture, Gardening and Beekeeping exhibits will need to be dropped off at the Purdue Extension Office on August 3rd from 8:30-9:30 am. Please provide packing materials for the transport. *All Gardening exhibits are eligible to be entered at the ISF regardless of the placing results at the 4-H fair. As a reminder, the Extension Office transports projects as a courtesy. Large 4-H projects that exceed our available vehicle space will need to be transported by the exhibitor. If families choose to transport their 4-Hers projects please notify the Extension Office to receive check-in paperwork. It will also be assumed that families will also be picking up their 4-Hers exhibits as well. Exhibit Hall Schedule open to the public during the 4-H Fair Saturday, July 9th 9:00am to 6:00pm Sunday, July 10th 12:00pm (noon) to 6:00pm Monday, July 11th 12:00pm (noon) to 8:00pm Tuesday, July 12th 9:00am to 8:00pm Wednesday, July 13th 9:00am to 8:00pm Thursday, July 14th 9:00am to 12:00pm (noon)
Exploring More 4-H Information SWINE INFORMATION All swine will be tagged at check-in with RFID tags this year. These tags will cost $2 per tag. Payment will be needed when the swine is tagged. All swine loaded onto the market truck MUST have at least 1/2 inch of hair and ALL show oils washed off. If a pig is shaved that pig will go to a different packer and they will NOT be paying the market bid price. It will be a lot lower. With the new RFID tags those pigs can be tracked to the 4-H member. We did get compliments on the oils being washed off but now the packers are requiring more hair. Dairy Feeder Open Show Jay County Fairgrounds Saturday, June 18, 2016 ENTRY FEE OF $15 PER ANIMAL (NO REFUNDS) $5 SHOWMANSHIP ENTRY FEE CHECK-IN: 9:00AM-12:00PM RSVP to Dennis Homan at 726-4486 Or Lou Ann Zimmerman at 765-578-0643 SHOWMANSHIP COMPETITION STARTS AT 1:00 PM (3 RD GRADE-12 TH GRADE) OPEN SHOW STARTS IMMEDIATELY AFTER SHOWMANSHIP WEIGHT LIMIT 600 LBS CLASSES DIVIDED BY WIEGHT (LIGHT, MEDIUM, HEAVY) CASH MONEY PRIZE FOR GRAND ($200), RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION ($100) AS WELL AS CLASS WINNERS AND SHOWMANSHIP WINNERS EXHIBITORS MUST PROVIDE OWN BEDDING
GAMES at the Fair Sunday, July 10 9 pm GLOW IN THE DARK VOLLEYBALL In the camping area Tuesday, July 12 CARD GAMES & CORN HOLE Thursday, July 14 BARN WARS Mini Livestock Shows Before each livestock show there will be a Mini-Livestock Show Times to be determined Weather Permitting Contact Shelbi Louck for information 765-716-5902 Friday, June 17 7-10 pm At the Jay County Fair Grounds Hotdogs, Chips, S'more's and Pop Will be available
July 9-15 Fair July 20 August 7 August 24-27 September October 6-8 Silent Auction of donated items in the 4-H Exhibit Hall Fish/Chicken Fry. Prepared by Dan s Fish Fry. At the Exhibit Hall during the Vintage Bike Show Back to School Pool Party BASH! Portland Water Park Tri-State Tractor Engine Show Party In The Park (TBD) Tri-State Fall Swap Meet Jay County 4-H Food Trailer on the Tractor Engine Grounds Purdue University is an equal access/equal opportunity institution A Silent Auction will be held during the fair. Items will be displayed in the Green building and bid sheets will be attached. The bidding will be closed at 1 :oo pm on Friday July 15 th. On Friday, after the livestock auction the highest bidders will be announced. The winner does not have to be present. If you have a service or an item for donation please contact the Extension Office @ 260-726-4707 or Amanda May @ 260-726-0781. Some the items up for auction are Komets tickets, Reds tickets, Holiday World tickets, Beef and Boards, Science Central and many other items. All proceeds will be used to support all 4H clubs.
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