UNION COUNTY 4-H NEWSLETTER July 2014 WHAT S INSIDE: Clothing Day 2014 County Fair Club Meeting Dates Want to Volunteer? Calendar of Events July 4 Haley Jones Union County Extension County Youth and Outreach Coordinator hjones@iastate.edu 641-782-8426 Office Closed for Holiday Like Union County Extension on Facebook at www.facebook.com/unioncounty4hia I post updates, deadlines and pictures from events here. Another source for important information! Static Exhibits Fairgrounds Cleanup Cattlemen s Scholarships Communications Day Results Thank You Notes July 6 July 7 July 8 July 10 July 11 July 12 July 17 July 19-24 July 29 Mass Committee Meeting for all species, fairgrounds, 7 PM Clothing Day 2014, 3-7 PM @ Trinity Lutheran Church in Creston Scaliwags Walk the Plank, Day Camp, 9-5 PM at the fairgrounds Horse Workshop, 2-4 PM at the fairgrounds Broadway Breakthrough, Day Camp, 9-noon, fairgrounds Union County Cattlemen s Scholarships due Fairground Cleanup Union County Fair! Spa Day Camp, 9-3 PM, Trinity Lutheran Church Union County Fair July 19-24 811 811 N. Sumner N. Sumner Ave. Ave. Creston, Creston, IA 50801 IA 50801 641-782-8426 641-782-8426 8:00-4:30 8:00-4:30 PM, PM, Mon.-Fri. M-F LEARN MORE AT WWW.EXTENSION.IASTATE.EDU/4H/COUNTYNAMEHERE
June Club Meetings 3 Mile Sharp Shooters: July 13th @ 2PM, Shooting Range Highland Highlights: July 13th @ 4 PM, Ice Cream Social Horse and Riders: Horse Training, 7 PM, Friday nights in July, Fairgrounds in Afton Pleasant Valley Explorers: Meetings resume in September New Hope Boosters: July 12th, 5 PM @ 3 Mile Lake Shelter Sand Creek Pioneers: July 13th, 4 PM @ 3 Mile Lake (in case of rain then at Arispe Church) Wiggles and Wags: Dog Obedience, 7 PM, Friday nights in July, Fairgrounds in Afton **Reminder that youth need to attend at least 4 meetings in order to exhibit at the county fair. Pre-Fair Clean-up for all Clubs Grounds Clean-up will be Thursday, July 17th at 6:00 PM for all clubs. Clean-up, set-up livestock barns and 4-H Builidings. Please bring cleaning supplies: brooms, rags, buckets etc. MISSION STATEMENT 4-H EMPOWERS YOUTH TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL WORKING AND LEARNING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CARING ADULTS
Static Exhibits You do not need to be signed up in 4-H Online to do any static exhibits (visual arts, woodworking, photography etc.) Go to the Union county website here to print off a static entry form or photography labels. All static exhibits require a static entry form! Bring this form with all of your projects to the fair on Saturday, July 19th to be judged. Check the 2014 Fair book to see when your club s assigned judging time is. Each member needs to write a project write-up to go along with each of their different projects. It is simply three questions that need to be answered: 1. What was your goal? 2. How did you go about working toward your goal? 3. What were the most important things you learned as you worked toward your goal? Bring this project write up with you to Static Exhibit Judging day on July 19th as well. Clover Kids: Clover Kids are welcome to bring static exhibits as well. They do not need to do a project write up. Clover Kids judging will take place on Sunday, July 20th from 4-5 PM AND Tuesday, July 22nd from 12:30-1:30 PM at the 4-H Exhibit Building. Then their exhibits will be put on display in the booth. County Fair Parade Floats Each club is encouraged to create a club float for the parade! The theme for 4-H floats this year is Ticket to Success. The Union County Fair parade is scheduled for Sunday, July 20th at 6:00 PM. Plan to arrive a few minutes early so you can receive a number and be judged.
COOL Papers (County of Origin and Labeling) If you have not turned in COOL papers for your livestock, please make sure you get that done as soon as possible. These papers must be signed by the person you purchased your animals from. If they were home raised, you are the seller, and you must still turn them in before you can show. The forms can be found on the website at http://www.extension.iastate.edu/union/4h Due to the extension office ASAP! Union County Cattlemen s Association The Union County Cattlemen s Association has several scholarship opportunities available to youth this year. Deadline to apply is July 12th. For applications and questions call Deron Shawley at 641-344-8989 Clothing Day 2014 Monday, July 7th, 3:00-7:00 PM Trinity Lutheran Church in Creston Get signed up for Clothing Day 2014!! Categories include: Clothing Selection, Fashion Revue, $15.00 Challenge and Mother/Daughter(Son) Challenge Go to the Union County website here to find all the necessary forms to be filled out by each member for their individual clothing projects and with them to the clothing event. 811 N. Sumner Ave. Creston, IA 50801 641-782-8426 8:00-4:30 PM, M-F
County Fair Club Duties and Information Don t forget to check out your exhibit times (if you cannot make your scheduled time, please call the office so we can get you into a different time slot), cook shack work time, and your building chaperone times in the fair book. Building Chaperone Duties: -Greet and welcome the public with a smile -Offer to show them where certain exhibits are located - Make sure all ribbons are showing on exhibits -Sweep the floors -Pick up trash Important Reminder: It is really important that each club member who sells an animal in the ring write a thank you note to the buyer. Buyers play a large role in making the sale a success for 4-Hers. Club leaders, take the lead in this task once the fair ends and pester your members to get thank you notes written! Miscellaneous I am on the lookout for volunteers during the county fair! If you would like to help out in anyway then please send me an email at hjones@iastate.edu or call the office at 641-782-8426. I am needing comment writers and ribbon table runners for Static Judging Day on July 19th from 8:30-3:30 PM. Fair books are in! Come into the extension office to pick up yours! One per family. Horse and Riders Club 50th Year Reunion, July 18th, 5-9 PM, near the Horse Barn -July 19th Fair Horse Show, classes for alumni -July 20th ride in parade at 6 PM -July 19-24 booth in lunch stand area Congratulations to the following Communications Day kids who were selected for State Fair! Maddie Skarda Educational Presentation Clarissa and Cassondra Hoffman Educational Presentation Allivea Skarda Working Exhibit Clarissa Hoffman and Aubrey Allen Working Exhibit Ericka Abell Share the Fun 811 N. Sumner Ave. Creston, IA 50801 641-782-8426 8:00-4:30 PM, M-F