July-August 2017 Table of Contents Pages 1-5: County Information Pages 5-8: State and Regional Information Page 9: Calendar of Events County Director Pamela Jacobs Metro 4-H Youth Educator Genesis Powell 4-H Program Coordinators Kelly Brandt Lynn Weis Office Support Paige Brown Patty Stanton Mary Kay Rahn Visit our website: web.extension.illinois.edu/mms Like us on Facebook: University of Illinois Extension: Madison County 4-H University of Illinois Extension Madison, Monroe and St. Clair Unit MADISON COUNTY 4-H Family News Madison County REMINDER: 4-H members must adhere to the following rules in order to maintain active status and exhibit at a 4-H Project Show and sell an animal at the Livestock Auction Attend at least four 4-H meetings prior to a 4-H project show. Present a talk or demonstration at a club meeting prior to a 4-H project show. Refer to the 4-H Show Book for project details!!! General Project 4-H Club Watch Schedule In the lower level of the Expo Building, Madison County Fairgrounds Town & Country Tuesday July 25 1-4 p.m. G.C. Novas Tuesday July 25 4-6 p.m. Alhambra Morning Glories Tuesday July 25 6-8 p.m. Marine Stars & Ag Wednesday July 26 1-4 p.m. Good Producers Wednesday July 26 4-6 p.m. Quercus Grove Wednesday July 26 6-8 p.m. Hooves, Paws, & Claws Thursday July 27 1-4 p.m. Pin Oak Progressors Thursday July 27 4-6 p.m. Grant Prairie Thursday July 27 6-8 p.m. Fosterburg Ag Friday July 28 1-4 p.m. Prairie Youth Friday July 28 4-6 p.m. Quercus Grove Friday July 28 6-8 p.m. Cloverleaf Ag Saturday July 29 1-4 p.m. Good Producers Saturday July 29 4-6 p.m. Grant Prairie Saturday July 29 6-8 p.m. Pin Oak Progressors Sunday July 30 12-2 p.m. Monroe County Office 901 Illinois Ave., PO Box 117 Waterloo, IL 62298 618-939-3434, 618-939-7708 Fax Office Hours: Monday- Friday : 8:00 a.m.. 4:30 p.m. Madison-St. Clair County Branch Office 1 Regency Plaza, Suite 200 Collinsville, IL 62234 618-344-4230, 618-344-5602 Fax
Page 2 County Corner Madison County State Winners CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 4-H MEMBERS WHO WERE SELECTED FOR STATE FAIR & ALTERNATES Kenzie Holzinger STEAM Clothing--construction Independent Member Hannah Sheahan STEAM Clothing--construction Pin Oak Progressors Elizabeth Hyten STEAM Clothing--construction Pin Oak Progressors MacKenzie Jones Shopping In Style Good Producers Shannon Dods Food Decorating--Int Marine Stars Jr. Ag Brendan Sheahan Cooking 101 Pin Oak Progressors Jenna Bellm Cooking 201 Good Producers Kathryn Chase Cooking 301 Marine Stars Jr. Ag MacKenzie Jones Cooking 401 Good Producers Cadence Roemer Illustrated Speech Town & Country Molly McCalla Oral Interpretation Prairie Youth Kenzie Holzinger Fashion Revue Independent Member Hannah Sheahan Fashion Revue Pin Oak Progressors Taylor Dressler Fashion Revue Grant Prairie GREAT WORK Alternates Jenna Bellm STEAM Clothing--construction Good Producers Taylor Dressler STEAM Clothing--construction Grant Prairie Elaine Obernuefemann STEAM Clothing--construction Cloverleaf Ag Teagan Short Food Decorating--Int. Pin Oak Progressors Michaela Tillerson Food Decorating--Int. Pin Oak Progressors Victoria Meffert Cooking 101 Grant Prairie William Dorsey Cooking 101 Pin Oak Progressors Alethea Ball Cooking 201 Quercus Grove Lorelie Summers Cooking 201 Town & Country Malissa Huddleston Cooking 301 Alhambra Morning Glories Brianna Follwell Cooking 301 Alhambra Morning Glories Hannah Sheahan Cooking 401 Pin Oak Progressors Whitley Foehner Fashion Revue Independent Member Ellie Hyten Fashion Revue Pin Oak Progressors Allyson Grotefendt Fashion Revue Pin Oak Progressors TO ALL 4-H EXHIBITORS 4-H DAY AT STATE FAIR August 13, 2017
Page 3 County Corner Madison County Poultry PROJECT INFORMATION FROM SUPERINTENDENTS Please Contact Joe Dietz, 618-979-7253 or Tim Rogier, 618-410-4105 to inform if showing birds in Jr. or Open classes. 4-H members showing in open at the County Fair need to have their bird(s) tested. 4-H birds will be judged in a tent. 2018 Rules: All poultry is to be tested. Cats Cats are to be brought to the show in a personally-owned cage. ATTENTION: Earn parking passes for Madison Co. Fair Attention 4-H members---madison Co. Fair Board is requesting that 4-H members help with fair clean up tasks prior to the County Fair in order to receive parking passes. Each 4-H member is to provide 4 hours of Co. Fair community service to earn 2 passes. Zachary Paul won Top Sr. Operator at the Unit 18 4-H Tractor Driving Contest on June 5 in Carlinville at the Macoupin County Fairgrounds. Zachary is a member of the Alhambra Morning Glories. DON T FORGET TO DO AN ENTRY FORM FOR SUPER SHOWMANSHIP IF YOU PLAN TO SHOW IN THAT CLASS. This is open only to high school 4-H members only and you must be able to show at the State Fair if selected. Entry forms can be found: http://web.extension.illinois.edu/mms/madison4h/3467.html UPCOMING INFORMATION/DATES Secretary & Treasurer books are due September 15, 2017. Please make sure all of the meeting minutes are included and signed in the Secretaries books and that all of the Treasurer books have 5 (five) signatures (4-H Club Treasurer, 4-H Club Leader and 3 (three) Fiscal Review Committee members who are not to be members of your club). Watch your email for information about Award Applications.
Page 4 County Corner Madison County MADISON COUNTY 4-H CLUBS, PIN OAK PROGRESSORS AND HOOVES, PAWS & CLAWS painting in the 4-H Barn at the Madison County Fairgrounds NATIONAL 4-H DAY OF SERVICE STORY Recently there was a storm in our area. The wind brought down branches, boughs, twigs, and a lot of leaves from the trees onto the bike trail where our family likes to walk. Our 4-H girl, Ivette, recruited her sisters (big sister Ingrid (12) and baby sister Marley) to help her pick up the debris so the bikers don't accidentally fall. Ingrid helped to bring out the leaf blower to the bike trail. The girls took turns carrying it in a backpack until we got to the area where there was a lot of twigs on the trail. They carried off the bigger pieces by hand. They swept and used the blower to move the smaller pieces into the brush on the two sides of the trail. Baby Marley was helping with lots of encouragement from mom's backpack carrier. She is 16 months and recently leaned to say, "Go, go, go!" The project was completed in 40 minutes, and we were proud to Lozowski Family from the have helped the Hooves, Paws & Claws bikers stay safe. Club.
Page 5 County Corner Madison County MADISON COUNTY 4-H HORSE SHOW The 4-H Horse Show took place on Saturday, June 10 at the Triangle H Farm. The results are as follows: Overall Grand Champion: Olivia McDermott Grand Champion 13-18: Emily Selby Reserve Champion 13-18: Mia McAfoos Grand Champion 8-12- Lainey Knight Reserve Champion 8-12: Grace Heepke CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! Sunday, July 30 2 p.m. Madison County Fairgrounds/Ball Diamond Please call Carleen Paul with questions, 618-971-9644 Illinois 4-H Alum-Raise your Hand! 4-H, the largest youth development program in the nation, is calling on all alumni to raise their hands to help bring 4-H to 10 million youth by 2025. Currently 4-H empowers nearly six million young people in every county across America, including 26,500 4-H ers in Illinois. Joining is easy alumni can go online to www.4-h.org/raiseyourhand and fill in their details. Raising a hand in this way is a vote towards a $20,000, $10,000 or $5,000 award for the states with the most alumni hands raised, including Illinois!
Page 6 State/Regional Events Madison County Your day at the Illinois State Fair If you are selected as our county s representative at the state fair, here s what you need to know: The county office will mail you more information after our local show, as well as an exhibit tag for your project. Remove all the tags and ribbons from our local show. Our county exhibits on Sunday, August 13. 4-H members should plan to arrive in Springfield at the fairgrounds between 8 and 9:30 a.m. Traffic can be very busy, so give yourself plenty of time. We know that delays happen, so if you get stuck in traffic, don t worry. We will do our best to accommodate late arrivals. Once on the fairgrounds, make your way the far west side of the fairgrounds. At the Orr Building. 4-H members should drop their projects off at the table for their project area between 8 and 9:30 a.m. Then, check the master schedule to see what time YOUR conference judging begins. Everyone will have at least a 10-minute judging time to discuss your project with a judge. Return to your judging area about 10 minutes before your scheduled time. Your project will remain on display until 3:30 that day. Be sure to come back and pick it up before 4:30 closing time. If you are registered in Fashion Revue, you don t need to arrive until 12:30 p.m. Be dressed and stage-ready by 1:30. The Fashion Revue begins at 2 p.m. Come back for the 4-H Clover Celebration at 3 p.m. No projects may be removed from the judging area until 3:30 p.m. It s the rule, so follow it! If you need to leave early, please arrange with someone else from your county to pick up your project. Be sure to give them your claim ticket. There will be lots of other fun things to do in the Orr Building. NO advanced State Fair admission or parking passes will be available through the Extension Office this year. Tickets may be purchased at the gate. Limited Load/Unload passes are available from the local Extension Office to 4-H families which will allow cars to enter through Gate 8 (or other gate if that is closed) and drive to the Orr Building to drop off exhibits or people. You will need to present your admission tickets for anyone in the car upon entering the fairgrounds; then the driver will need to leave through Gate 9 immediately after drop off, GET THEIR HAND STAMPED FOR READMISSION to the fair, and then re-enter the fairgrounds through the gate for which they have a parking pass. You MUST have a regular parking pass to use the Load/Unload Pass. Understanding 4-H Premiums In the past, the Illinois Department of Ag has provided funds to local Illinois 4-H members in the forms of premiums (cash prizes) for participation in 4-H shows and exhibitions. We currently have no guarantee that those funds will be provided. We treasure each of our 4-H families and know that you make a financial investment in your 4-H project work. We hope you continue to take pride in your 4-H learning and continue to participate fully in the 4-H program. As you are aware, we have no control on the actions of Illinois government.
Page 7 State/Regional Events Madison County State Fair Junior Show Livestock Entries Due July 1 The Illinois State Fair sponsors a junior livestock show which is open to 4-H and FFA members only. Entry deadline is July 1 and your entries must be signed either by 4-H or FFA staff. 4-H is proud to support the Illinois State Fair in this event. All questions about the show should be directed to the Illinois State Fair. Learn more and download entry forms online @ http:// www.illinois.gov/statefair and click on COMPETITIONS. Win $1,000 through the State Superior Young Producer Program The Superior Young Producer Scholarship Program is offered by the Illinois State Fair to 4-H members in Beef, Sheep, Swine, Dairy, and Horses as an educational activity at the Illinois State Fair to promote youth development and personal growth. NEW IN 2017 Three $1,000 scholarships will be provided in horses and three $1,000 scholarships will be provided in dairy. A total of nine $1,000 scholarships will be provided in a combined contest for beef, sheep, and swine contestants. Contest Dates: Horse will be July 19; Dairy will be Aug. 19; Combined Beef/Sheep/Swine will be Aug. 9. The SYPA contest is open to any youth 14 years of age or older (on Jan. 1, 2017) who are current Illinois 4-H members who are enrolled in that project. Participants do not have to be exhibiting animals at the Illinois State Fair in order to participate in the SYPA contest. Entries are requested prior to the State Fair Junior Shows and available at the Illinois State Fair website. A participant may receive only one scholarship throughout their career. Further, after receiving a scholarship in any of the specie award areas, the eligible 4-H member may participate in other specie award programs in following years but will be eligible to receive phase awards only. In order to receive a scholarship, the 4-H post-secondary trade school, or advanced educational program. Be Published in Farm Credit Illinois 2018 Calendar Do you love photography? Farm Credit Illinois is looking for amazing photos showing agriculture and rural life at its best. Each photographer may enter up to five photos. Learn more @ www.farmcreditil.com/calendar2018. Deadline is Aug. 24.
Page 8 Regional/State Events Madison County 2018 Salute to Excellence 4-H Volunteer Awards The Illinois 4-H program is built on the work of amazing volunteers, and we look forward to recognizing our volunteers for what they do! The National 4-H Council sponsors the Salute to Excellence Award Program that targets 4-H volunteers who demonstrate exemplary service to 4-H, while promoting service through volunteerism as both an opportunity and a privilege. Outstanding local volunteers can be nominated for consideration as the 2018 Illinois Salute to Excellence Volunteer. If you are interested in nominating a volunteer for consideration, contact your extension office. The award categories are: Volunteer of the Year recognizing individuals who have served as 4-H volunteers for less than 10 years at the local, county, region, and state level. Outstanding Lifetime Volunteer recognizing individuals who have served 10 or more years at the local, county, region or state level. Nomination criteria will be available at your local Extension Office and are due to the State 4-H Office by Thursday, September 21, 2017. Teen Leaders WE NEED YOU! We are still seeking Illinois 4-H Teen Leaders to apply for the Illinois State 4-H Youth Leadership Team! Applications are being accepted this summer for 2-year terms starting on September 1, 2017. The application is available @ https://4h.extension.illinois.edu/members/leadership. Applicants must be 16-19 years of age by September 1, 2017 in order to apply. This team of 22 4-H members and recent 4-H alumni serve in a variety of leadership capacities during their tenure. They are responsible for the planning and implementation of the Illinois 4-H Jr. Leadership Conference and Speaking for Illinois 4-H programs. Members provide youth voice on several statewide committees and assist at a variety of statewide activities throughout the year. Team members also have the first opportunity to apply to attend National 4-H Conference. We will be interviewing for a minimum of six new members. Applications are due July 31 for required interviews at the Illinois State Fair. Check us out now and apply to become a member of this statewide 4-H leadership team! Everyone Loves a Road Trip! September 23, 2017 @ University of Illinois Campus Come hang out with 4-H members from across the state in a NEW event to kick off the new year. Save September 23 and plan to arrive by 10 a.m. on the University of Illinois campus. Get an inside look at U of I. Discover new things you can do in 4-H. Start your adventure today! $10 includes lunch, t-shirt goodie bag. Road Trip is open to 4-H members age 13-18. Tell your friends and go road trippin with a few hundred of 4-H members around the state. Registration opens July 15 @ go.illinois.edu/4hroadtrip.
Page 9 Calendar of Events Madison County Date Event(s) Location Time Monday, July 24 All Other General Project Judging Madison County Fairgrounds, Exhibition Building, Lower Level, Highland Registration:5:30-6:30p.m. a n d Judging: 6:45-8:30 p.m. Tuesday- Saturday, July 25- July 30 Thursday, July 27 Sunday, July 30 Livestock Judging Fashion Revue Project Release & State Fair Info. Madison County Fairgrounds, Highland Madison County Fairgrounds, Highland Madison County Fairgrounds, Exhibition Building, Lower Level, Highland See Page 2 for schedule 7:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. The Madison County Pork Producers will be selling sack lunches for $5 at the General Project Show. DATE TIME 4-H EVENT Saturday, July 15 10:00 AM Dog Show, Triangle H Farm, LLC Wednesday, July 19 6:00 PM 4-H Set up night at the Fairgrounds Tuesday, July 25 10:00 AM 4-H Dairy Show in the Show Barn Wednesday, July 26 6:00 PM 4-H Rabbit Show in the 4-H Barn Thursday, July 27 12:30 PM 4-H Poultry Show in the 4-H Barn Thursday, July 27 4:00 PM 4-H Steer Weigh-In Thursday, July 27 6:00 PM 4-H Swine Weigh-In Thursday, July 27 7:00 PM 4-H Fashion Revue Thursday, July 27 7:30 PM 4-H Goat Show in the Sheep Barn Friday, July 28 8:00 AM 4-H Swine Show in the Swine Barn Friday, July 28 9:00 AM 4-H Beef Show in Show Barn Friday, July 28 10:00 AM 4-H Sheep Weigh-In Friday, July 28 1:00 PM 4-H Super Showmanship in the Show Barn Friday, July 28 7:30 PM 4-H Livestock Auction Saturday, July 29 8:00 AM 4-H Sheep Show in the Sheep Barn Saturday, July 29 12:30 PM 4-H Cat Show in the 4-H Barn Saturday, July 29 Following Cat Show Cat & Poultry 4-H members dismantle cages & move to poultry barn Sunday, July 30 2:00 p.m. Tractor Driving Contest, Mad Co. Fairgrounds Ball Diamond University of Illinois - U.S. Department of Agriculture -Local Extension Councils Cooperating University of Illinois Extension provides equal opportunities in programs and employment.