MONTGOMERY COUNTY EXTENSION GREEN GAZETTE JULY 2015 Hallie Peck MONTGOMERY COUNTY EXTENSION County Youth Coordinator hpeck@iastate.edu 712-623-2592 Fair is Here! WHAT S INSIDE: 2 Fair Remiders 3 Fair Entry, Iowa State Fair, Aksarben 4 Livestock Exhibitors, Static Exhibits, Clover Kids 5 4-H Food Stand Notes Montgomery County 4-H Calendar July 1 Fair Entry Deadline July 11 Static Exhibit Entry Deadline July 14-19 MONTGOMERY COUNTY FAIR! 4-H & FFA Families- Please note that this is your pre-fair letter! Please read this newsletter and your Fair Book thoroughly as there are always small changes from year to year as we continue to try and make Montgomery County Fair the best! Good luck to all the Montgomery County Fair Exhibitors! Hallie 400 BRIDGE STREET, #2, RED OAK, STATE 712-623-2592 MON-FRI 8:00 A.M.-4:30 P.M. LEARN MORE AT WWW.EXTENSION.IASTATE.EDU/4H/MONTGOMERY Iowa State University Extension programs are available to all without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, or disability.
Fair Books! All 4-H and FFA exhibitors should have received a Fair Book from their 4-H leader or FFA advisor. If you have not, please stop by the Extension Office, 400 Bridge Street, Red Oak to get your book! Fair books will include all rules, details, schedules, and contact information you will need for the fair! There are always small changes with rules, schedules, etc. from year to year as we continue to make the Montgomery County Fair as great as possible! Flower Pails at Fair We would like to continue the tradition of making our fairgrounds look extra special during the week of fair by decorating 5 gallon buckets with flowers and bringing them on set up day. Please let your leader know if you are doing this so we can give you some recognition! Exhibitor T-Shirts Don t forget to take a look at the 4-H and FFA Exhibitor dress code on page 10 in the fair book. All 4-H and FFA exhibitors will be required to wear official dress anytime they are participating in a 4-H or FFA judging event. Official dress may include grey 4-H t- shirt (from Extension Office), plain blue jeans, closed toed shoes. Exhibitors showing livestock must wear boots (not tennis shoes) and an exhibitor number when they are in the show ring. Exhibitor t-shirts are available in the Extension office for $16.50 per shirt. All first year 4-H members will receive 1 FREE t-shirt! If you are a first year 4-H member and have not received your 4-H t-shirt from your club leader, feel free to stop by the office and pick one up! Lost Ear Tags If one of your animals have lost their ear tag, please contact the Extension Office ASAP! ALL livestock MUST be tagged before coming to weigh in! Fairgrounds Camp Sites There are still a few camp sites available for the week of fair! Your family can stay at the fair the whole week of fair for just $75! Call the office 712.623.2592 to get your spot reserved today! All spots must be paid for ahead of time, however all spots will be first come first serve. Radio Interviews at Fair KJAN out of Atlantic is again asking us to arrange kids to interview during the fair. They are looking for 10-15 kids each day, have them report to the kitchen of the exhibit building at about 11:00, as the on-air interviews will be 11:05 11:35am. Thursday 11am East Sunrisers, Pilot Grove Punchers, Nishna Knights Friday 11am Lincoln Hustlers, Buckaroos, Grant Spitfires Saturday 11am Stanton Strivers, FFA KMA out of Shenandoah will also be around on Tuesday from 11am 1pm. Ryan Matheny will be asking for on the spot interviews from 4 -H members. Please pick several club members to be around and looking for KMA on Tuesday! KCSI will also be around throughout the fair. Please encourage your club members to stop by and talk to the radio stations and let everyone know how great the Montgomery County Fair is!
Fair Entry! As you all know, this year we will be all paperless! All entries will be done through the new program called Fair Entry. Fair Entry works side by side with 4-H Online information. Entries for ALL livestock, clothing events, communication events, and table setting events were due online by 4:30pm on July 1st in addition to all beef entry payments. Static exhibits will ALL also be entered online. This will be open from June 1, 2015 to July 11, 2015. This will require you to identify the project you plan to bring. When you arrive at judging day you will simply pick up a completed, printed out tag for your project and attach it! No more waiting in line to fill out a bunch of tags! Letters have been sent out to each family with directions on how to sign up. These directions are also available on 4-H Online. Please note that all FFA Members will have a different set of directions than 4-H Members. Please know that this program is new to both you and us. We are working our best to assist all families as best possible. If you have questions, please don t hesitate to email me hpeck@iastate.edu, give me a call 712.623.2592 or stop in the office for assistance! Hallie Iowa State Fair ALL Iowa State Fair entries and payments were due to the Extension Office by July 1, 2015. Please note this will be an additional entry than the county fair Fair Entry process. Ak-Sar-Ben Livestock Show All market beef, sheep, swine, and goats were required to be nominated during weigh in s for the Ak-Sar-Ben Livestock Show. June 15th feeder calf and breeding beef nominations due to the Extension Office. August 10th all entries due to the Extension Office to final Ak-Sar-Ben entries.
Livestock Exhibitors Barn and stalling assignments will be posted on the barns for set up and check in days. All sale animals will be confirmed at the time of check in. Any animals being scratched from the sale after the weigh in has been completed will cost you $20.00 an entry. No add ons after the check in will be allowed. Auction all exhibitors will draw a number at check-in time once all paperwork has been turned in. This will be your number in the sale. Each exhibitor must complete an Iowa 4-H Animal Care and Management Disclosure Statement (Drug Affidavit) for all livestock. These must be completed and given to the veterinarian checking in livestock. The veterinarians will have the final call for all animals being entered. There will be a mandatory exhibitor meeting immediately after each livestock check-in has been completed. If you do not attend the exhibitor meeting, you will not receive premiums! All exhibitors (excluding beef) are responsible for bedding their own livestock pens and cages. Rabbits, sheep, goats, and swine will need to bring their own shavings. For all events please check the fair book for check in times, show times, rules, and classes. DO NOT clean the barns early!! Pens in the new livestock pavilion MUST be cleaned out MONDAY ONLY! Static Exhibits With the new fair entry program our static judging day will be run a little differently. Please arrive at your given club time. These are listed in the fair book on page 35. The club leader that is present for each club will be given completed entry cards for each exhibitors project that were signed up on Fair Entry (by July 11th deadline). These cards will be taken with your project and given to the judge. Comment writers will write the judges comments on the back of this card. This card will then be taped to your project write up or exhibit and taken on to be displayed in your clubs booth. There will be no additional sheets to keep track of or carry around. Each exhibit will only have the completed printed exhibit card given to you on judging day by your club leader. Don t forget that all static exhibits require a write up. For photography and the poster contest, the write up is the form you will need to complete and attach to your project. Clover Kids! Clover Kids showcase will be open to all Clover Kids in grade 1-3 in Montgomery County. Clover Kids will have the opportunity to discuss their showcase items with a caring adult as items are entered. Clover Kids will be required to wear 4-H uniform (page 10 in the fair book) during the judging event. Showcase items will be entered on Tuesday, July 14th, at the assigned time (fair book page 32). All showcase items will be on display in the Clover Kids booth until release time on Sunday at 12:30pm. All items will receive a participation ribbon; no premium money will be given for these items. For showcase item categories see page 46 of the fair book. Clover Kids will not be required to pre enter exhibits and will complete an entry tag for each project when they arrive at judging. If you need a fair book, have ordered a t-shirt or need to buy an extra these are available at the Extension Office.
Hello from the 4-H/ FFA Concession Stand Committee, We would like to express our excitement for the upcoming 2015 Montgomery County Fair! We are excited to announce that that we are continuing to improve the Concession Stand. This year we received a grant to replace the roof and add permanent fixtures. Along with the new improvements, we are going to introduce a few new menu items. To list a few, for a nice cool refreshment we will have slushies, for a great anytime snack we will have buttery popcorn and for a sugar snack we will have Cotton Candy. In addition to our new menu items and building, we would also like to remind you of an alternative purchasing option we are now offering for anyone to use. We will be selling food punch cards at $10 and $20 values. To be clear, the punch cards will not be the only way to buy food from the concession stand. Anyone can still pay with cash anytime. However, if you are a frequent customer at the food stand throughout fair week, you may find it more convenient to use a punch card instead of cash. You may purchase a card at the Extension Office before fair or at the concession stand anytime during fair. It s very simply to use. After purchasing either a $10 or a $20 value card, take it to the food stand and present the card to the cashier to pay for your food/drinks, and they will punch the amount that you spent from the card. Please be aware that this card is non-refundable, meaning that if it is lost, stolen, or not completely used by the end of fair, we will not refund the remaining value. We hope that you take advantage of the new changes we are implementing with our concession stand. Thank you for your support; we look forward to seeing you at the 2015 Montgomery County Fair! Thank you, 4-H/ FFA Concession Stand Committee 4-H PLEDGE I PLEDGE MY HEAD TO CLEARER THINKING, MY HEART TO GREATER LOYALTY, MY HANDS TO LARGER SERVICE, AND MY HEALTH TO BETTER LIVING, FOR MY CLUB, MY COMMUNITY, MY COUNTRY, AND MY WORLD.