Wright County 4-H Newsletter February 2019 4-H Families, This winter has had plenty of snowy, slippery, cold days. If you re stuck at home, consider working on a project/exhibit you could take to the fair. Already have your exhibit ready? Consider writing up your goals for the exhibit. Make sure to read the entire newsletter, carefully, so you can take advantage of all the 4-H activities coming up. There are many opportunities to learn new things, make new friends, and have fun at the same time. Make sure to sign up for events coming up. Need some ideas for fair exhibits check out the project area list at: https://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/projects-list Do you have any ideas for me? I would love to hear your thoughts on 4-H planning. Do you have any workshop ideas that you think would be great for Wright County 4-Hers? How about project groups, community service projects or fair activities? Share your ideas. Sky is the limit! If you have questions please make sure to ask. Making the Best Better! Jessica Norman Jessica Norman Wright County Extension & Outreach County 4-H & Youth Coordinator jnorman@iastate.edu 515-532-3453 office 515-890-1748 cell www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/wright 1
ANNUAL 4-H VOLUNTEER TRAINING Join 4-H leaders from across Wright County in an interactive, hands on training that will help volunteers explore how brain development and personal growth relate to their role as volunteers. By supporting youth to build resilience, we are providing opportunities for youth to develop belonging, mastery, and independence. This year, leaders will define independence as it relates to 4-H and determine the role they play in fostering independence in all youth. In addition, leaders will leave with tools and resources to support their work with fostering independence in youth! This training is part of the statewide leader training and will be held on Thursday, February 28th, from 6:00-8:30 pm at the Wright County ISU Extension and Outreach office. All 4-H Volunteers need to attend this training unless they took the New Volunteer Training 2018. There will be a light meal at the training. A benefit of participating in the face-to-face volunteer training is the interaction and sharing with other volunteers. If you are not able to attend the training, contact the Extension office to learn more about participating through other training options. Please register by contacting the Wright County Extension Office by Thursday, February 21st. HORSE PROJECT YOUTH The horse project leader, Sarah Zwiefel, would like to know if you want to be added to her email list for the horse project group. This email list is so she can communicate with you about practice ride times. Youth will need to be enrolled in the horse and pony project area, but if you want to be notified of ride times youth will need to be enrolled in the horse project group. There was an email that went out to families/youth, if you received this email then you are not in the horse project group (Sarah email list), so youth need to be added to the group. To be added to this list please contact the office (515-532- 3453) or email Jessica at jnorman@iastate.edu. This will add you to the horse project group. PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP Come learn about photography project area, develop some camera clicking skills and complete an exhibit for the county fair. The Photography workshop will be held 6 8 pm at the Extension office on Tuesday, February 19th Space is limited sign up today by calling the Extension office at 515-532-3453. Bring your camera. NEW MEMBER MEETING Rescheduled New 4-H members and parents are invited to new member meeting on Sunday, February 24th at the Extension Office at 3pm. Teen Council members will help explain what a 4-H year is like. They will talk about important deadlines, camps, workshop, fair, record keeping, and so much more. This is a great time to get questions answered and gain some understanding of what to expect this first year. Any 2nd or 3rd year members/parents want to attend all are welcome to join us. 2
Saturday, March 9 5:00 9:00 PM Bring your family and friends to the Clarion Goldfield Dows High School for a great evening of FUN, FOOD & FRIENDS! Free Admission 5:00 pm Doors & Food Court Opens 5:30-8:30 pm: Ticket Sales & Games 8:30 pm: King and Queen Coronation Food Court, Cake Walk, Bingo, Raffles, Games, Silent Auction, & MORE! County wide event held to raise funds for 4-H awards, trips and camps. To make a donation call 515-532-3453 3
4-H FUN NIGHT ROYLALTY 2019 Lindsay Watne, age 18, of Clarion, Iowa is a senior at Clarion Goldfield Dows High School and a member of Dayton Lake 4-H Club. She has been in 4-H for 9 years and exhibited projects at the fair in: Home Improvement, Food & Nutrition, Visual Arts, Swine, Clothing, Woodworking, and Photo Challenge. Last year she served as President and has also held the office of Reporter. Every year she has given a presentation to her club at a club meeting. She has participated at 4-H Fun Night and working in the food booth at the Wright County Fair for our club. She is a member of Teen Council. She was awarded the Chicago Trip and the Long-Term Record Keeping Awards at Awards Day. Lindsay is active through her community by working at Little Angels Daycare and also baby-sits for several families in town which have small/young children. She is a member of the United Presbyterian Church in Clarion. She is active in FFA and Spanish Club in school. Her parents are Jeff and Jill and she has a twin brother Ryan and an older sister, Ashley. My name is Sheridan Fox. Sheridan is a 7 year 4H member. Sheridan started her 4H career in Indiana and moved to Iowa. She is a member of the Iowa Hawkeyes 4H Club in which she currently serves as the Vice President of the club. Some of Sheridan s favorite projects are Can Cage collection for the Santa House and working at the Santa House in Belmond. She is a Sophomore at Belmond Klemme Community Schools. She has been an active Beef Club member in both Indiana and Iowa. She is also involved in Volleyball, Track, and FFA for the Broncos. Her parents are Brian & Emily Fox and she has1 brother Hayden and 1 sister Reagan. Gabby Hackley, is the daughter of Terry and Melissa Hackley. She has been a member of the Lake Clovers for 9 years. Throughout 4-H she has been involved in the following project areas: horticulture, outdoor adventures, photography, home improvement and food & nutrition. Along with that, Gabby has been a member of teen council for 4 years. Gabby is a senior at Clarion Goldfield Dows where she is invovled with softball, FFA, FRIENDS club, and ITC. In the community she is a member of the First United Methodist Church and Clarion Youth Group. Mia Toomsen is a member of the Liberty Pathfinders 4-H club. She has been a member of this club for the last six years. Mia attends Clarion Goldfield Dows High School and is currently a sophomore. Mia is enrolled in various livestock projects, such as beef, swine, and poultry, and also exhibits projects for food and nutrition. She is also an active member of the CGD Chapter of FFA and the Luther League at her church. Mia s parents are Jeremy and Melissa Toomsen. Royalty continued on the next page 4
I am Tessa Warnke, and I am a member of the Wright County P.I.G. Club. I am a sophomore in high school and this is my 7th year in 4-H. My primary focus has been on Home Improvement projects. While in 4-H, I have assisted my club with the Lil' Squealers program, wall of champions in the show arena, and 4-H Fun Night booth. I'm a member of the First United Methodist Church, Clarion Youth Group, TAG, track, and FFA. I volunteer at Vacation Bible School and have gone on several mission trips. My parents are Craig and Katy Warnke. Hannah Demory is a 9th year member of the Wright Warriors 4-H Club and is currently the club's Vice President. She is a senior at Eagle Grove High School. Over the years, Hannah has been involved in several project areas such as; Home Improvement, Photography, Child Development, Food and Nutrition, Woodworking, Self Determined, Citizenship, etc. She is honored to have earned a several State Fair trips over the years including dancing in Share the Fun, a Leader Dog project, and more. Hannah stays busy by participating in Volleyball, Drill Team, Color Guard, Band, Track, Pep Band, Spanish Club, and NHS. Hannah was also the captain of both the volleyball team and the dance team. In addition, she also works as a CNA at Rotary Senior Living in Eagle Grove. Her parents are Dave and Kim Demory. Ryan Watne, 18 of Clarion, Iowa is a senior at Clarion Goldfield Dows High School and is a member of the Dayton Lake 4-H Club. He has been in 4-H for 9 years and has exhibited projects at the fair in: Home Improvement, Woodworking, Welding, Photo Challenge, and Swine. He has been the Reporter and Vice President for his club. He gives a presentation to his club every year. He participates in 4-H Fun Nite and works in the food stand at the Wright County Fair for his club. He is a member of Teen Council. He has been awarded the Chicago Trip and the Long-Term Record Keeping Awards at Awards Day. Ryan is active in his community by working for Prairie Energy washing trucks. He is a member of the United Presbyterian Church in Clarion and is an active member of FFA in school. He also participates in football, track and chorus. His parents are Jeff and Jill Watne of Clarion. He has a twin sister Lindsay and an older sister Ashley. This is Easton' Smith s 9th year as a member of the Iowa Hawkeyes 4-H Club. He is a senior at Belmond-Klemme High School. Easton has done woodworking every year that he has been in 4-H, earning many blue and purple ribbons. Photography and Horticulture are two other areas that Easton has done projects in. He attends as many meetings as he can, but it is hard to make it to all meetings because he is very busy. Easton is involved in the Belmond Boy Scouts, his church's youth organization, Belmond Area Free Youth, the Thespian organization at Belmond-Klemme, he is on the basketball team, was on the football team, and will be on the golf team. Blake Jackson is a Senior at Clarion-Goldfield-Dows High School, a member of Wright County PIG, and been enrolled in 4-H since 4 th grade. Blake has shown cattle and/or pigs at the Wright County Fair each year, starting with bucket calves in Kindergarten; as well as multiple exhibits including woodworking and horticulture. He is also active in FFA, plays basketball and golf, and works for Rodney Sebert on his farm and vineyard. Blake is the son of Steve and Beth Jackson. 5
4-H FUN NIGHT 4-H Fun Night is Saturday, March 9, 2019, at the Clarion-Goldfield-Dows High School. The evening will be filled with: games, food, fun, friends and prizes. All families are asked to participate in the following ways: each club is assigned to bring pies, cakes, and/or bars. Your club is listed below. Parent committees are being planned to help with food stand, bingo, traffic control, tickets sales, and the raffle. Please watch for your letter in the near future. If there is an area you would like to help in, please call to volunteer. Last year royalty parents are asked to decorate the stage for coronation. Cakes & Pies: All families are assigned to bring either a cake or pie. Please bring all pies and cakes in disposable containers and label the kind of pie! The club assignments are as follows: Pies for lunch stand: Iowa Hawkeyes, Wright County P.I.G., & Wright Warriors 6 Pans of Bars: Liberty Pathfinders Cakes for Cake Walk: Dayton Lake, Lake Clovers, and Liberty Pathfinders Cake Walk at Fun Night: Dayton Lake PHOTO CHALLENGE COUNTY FAIR The 2019 4-H fair Challenge picture is ISU. Use your imagination, grab your camera, go explore and start taking pictures. Remember you will only submit one picture in the challenge class. This photo cannot be entered in regular photo class. 2019 EQUINE EXTRAVAGANZA We all know that having horses requires more than just jumping on and riding! One way to help youth get motivated to learn more about the science behind horses is to encourage them to get involved in Equine Extravaganza. Save the dates for the 2019 Equine Extravaganza March 22-24. This is held at the Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls. Information from previous years is available now at https://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/equineextravaganza. Coming soon 2019 registration information. LIVESTOCK EXHIBITORS The 2019 4H 0202 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 6
Livestock Updates & Changes Breeding Beef: ALL heifers need a tattoo entered in 4HOnline, plus one of the following: Registration number (if purebred/breed), or Calfhood Vaccination number, or Official 4-H Ear Tag. Dairy Cattle: TWO of THREE identifiers required Tattoo/Ear Tag # (tattoo, DHIA official ID acceptable, Registration # (all levels of registry), Photos (2 left side, right side) Sheep: Add rule: If less than 5 head are entered, will show in All Other Breeds class New Class: Pedigree Wether Dam - All breeds accepted. Animals must be registered, with papers presented at check-in. Classification will be based off of registration papers. Hair sheep (Dorpers) will also be accepted in this class. Entries must be born after January 1 of the current year. Classes will be split into breeds with 5 or more entries in the particular breed. Breeds with less than 5 head will show in the All Other Breeds class. Breed champions will compete for Grand Champion 4-H Purebred Wether Dam. Animals must be slick-shorn prior to entering the fairgrounds. Re-word class descriptions: White-face (add Southdown lambs to qualify for this) Speckled-face (will call it White-breed influence/speckled face) and include acceptance of piebald lambs to class qualification/description. (Please note these sheep class changes are for the Iowa State Fair check fair book for county changes.) Livestock ID can be found at: https://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/livestock-id 2019 State Livestock Event Calendar 4-H Youth Equine Extravaganza March 22 24, Ellsworth Comm. College, Iowa Falls Entry Deadline: March 1 http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/equineextravaganza 4-H Livestock Quiz Bowl April 13, ISU Campus https://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/livestock -quiz-bowl 4-H Animal Science Roundup June 25-27 Applications due Spring 2019 http:// www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/animalscienceroundup State 4-H Livestock & Meats Judging Aug. 24, Ames http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/ equineextravaganza 7
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 Youth for the Quality and Care of Animals (YQCA) Program (no longer FSQA) YQCA stands for Youth for the Quality and Care of Animals. The National Pork Board is transitioning to this program over from YPQA and FSQA. It is an online training offered nationally, but will still have in-person training. This training is a yearly certification and has a cost of $12 for the online version and $3 for the in-person training. The fee for either training will be collected online, when you select the training. How do you become certificated? Attend the in-person training (see dates below) Complete the online training via 4HOnline https://yqca.learngrow.io/account/login The Youth for the Quality and Care of Animals (YCQA) program is a program taught only by certified ISU Extension staff. It focuses on three topics: Food Safety, Animal Well-Being, and Life Skills. Wright County s YQCA in-person trainings will be held: (MUST SIGN UP ONLINE) **only way to sign up for these trainings is online at https://yqca.learngrow.io/account/login Sign in with 4HOnline and use your family log-in Saturday, February 9 th 10:00am-12noon Training All youth Extension Office Thursday, April 11 th 6:30pm-8:30pm Training All youth Extension Office Members attending an in-person training only need to attend one of the in-person trainings Those wanting to do the online training may at their own. It is the intent that all Wright County 4-H ers have their YQCA training completed by May 15 th. To find out more about the YQCA program or any Questions, please visit with Jessica at 515-532- 3453. 8
4-H Calendar February 9 February 12 February 13 February 19 February 21 February 23 February 24 February 28 March 9 March 12 March 21 March 22-24 March 30 April 9 April 11 April 18 April 19 April 27 April 29-May 3 May 4 May 6 May 15 May 27 June 7 June 12 June 12-14 June 19 June 25-27 June 26 July 1 July 4 July 9-15 July 17 July 22 July 31 August 8-18 YQCA in-person training @ Extension Office 10-12noon Clover Kids (older) 5:30-6:30pm @ Extension Office 4-H Legislative Day w/ Extension Council @ capital Photography Workshop @ Extension office 6-8 pm Clover Kids (younger) 5:30-6:30pm @ Extension Office Intermediate Council mtg. 10-noon @ Extension Office Teen Council mtg. 6:30 pm @ Extension Office 4-H Leader Annual Training @ Extension Office 6 pm 4-H Fun Night @ C-G-D High School Clover Kids (older) 5:30-6:30pm @ Extension Office Clover Kids (younger) 5:30-6:30pm @ Extension Office Equine Extravaganza @ Ellsworth Community College State 4-H Recognition interviews on ISU campus Clover Kids (older) 5:30-6:30pm @ Extension Office YQCA in-person training @ Extension Office 6:30-8:30pm Clover Kids (younger) 5:30-6:30pm @ Extension Office Office Closed Holiday Intermediate Council mtg. 10-noon @ Extension Office Youth Environmental Agricultural Days Sheep & Goat weigh in @ Eagle Grove fairgrounds 4HOnline Animal ID help Offic9 am 5 pm Animal Identification due through 4HOnline by 11:59 pm Office Closed Holiday Wright County Fair Entries due 4-H Junior Camp State 4-H Conference/Animal Science Round-Up Ames State Fair entry due in 4HOnline/Fair Entry Office Closed Holiday Wright County Fair (static judging is July 9th) Iowa State Fair 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 Ross Wilburn, Diversity Officer, 2150 Beardshear Hall, 515 Morrill Road, Ames, Iowa 50011, 515-294-1482, wilburn@iastate.edu. 9