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CLOVER EXPRESS Muscatine County 4-H Newsletter June 2018

WHAT’S INSIDE:

Congratulations Graduates!

Summer Camp Dates

Superintendents meeting

County Council Members needed

T-Shirts

Summer Camp Dates Set

Clover Kids

Sewing Workshops

Animal Science Round Up

4-H Youth Conference

Fair Booth

Silent Auction

Endowment

Livestock Info

Exhibit Information

Summer Horse Shows

Fair Entry

Fair Book

Communication and Clothing

Congratulations

Graduates!

Congratulations to our Graduating Seniors! We wish nothing but the best for you as you begin your new Journey! Thank you for all that you have given to the 4-H program in Muscatine County!

Lake 4-H– Madelyn Beik, Katelyn Boeding, Jack Eichelberger, , Kaleb Hart, Renee Kerr, Luke Mattingly, Justin Moeller, Dalton Petersen Goshen Gladiators– Shelby Jones Stampeding Clovers– Lexi Estes and Caitlin Wilson Wapsie 4-H– Lauren Aird, Trevor Meyers and Emily Vance Wilton Hustlers– Noah Brown and Tyler Hartman.

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2018 Summer Camp Dates Are Set

Looking for some fun and exciting things to do this summer? 4-H day camps provide all youth a place to discover, learn and grow. Visit our Website

Superintendent’s Meeting

We will be having a Superintendents meeting on July 10th from 6:30-8:00 pm at the Muscatine County Extension Office. Superintendents, plan on attending this session to find out more about the changes made in 2018, receive your stall cards and look over your programs. Please contact Lindsay at the extension office if you have questions. lstecher@iastate.edu or 563-263-5701.

County Council Members Wanted for 2018-2019 Attention all 4-H youth who will be in grades 9th-12th during the 2018-2019 school year. You should consider being a part of the Muscatine 4-H County Council. County Council is a county-wide group of high school aged youth who plan county events, like the lock-in, community service projects, and other activities throughout the year! Please contact the Extension Office for an application today as they are due by August 1

st, 2018

T-Shirts Muscatine County 4-H T-Shirts are available at the Muscatine County Extension Office. There are many sizes to choose from, and the cost is $12. Stop in today and check them out!, there are green, red, and white ones! All 4-H’ers are encouraged to wear a t-shirt during Fair and other club events.

Iowa Sheep and Wool Festival.

Claudia Putnam will be going to the Iowa Sheep and Wool Festival this year and she is extending an invitation to all Muscatine 4H youth and their families to participate in the photo contest.

She will pick up photos from the Extension office on Wednesday, June 13 at 3:00 PM if there is any interest.

She won't be able to return the photos, but the exhibitors can submit them with a self addressed, stamped mailing envelope if they want them back. For more information please visit their website http://www.iowasheepandwoolfestival.com/index.html

COUNTY NEWS

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Club Fair Booth Decorating

The theme for the 4-H club booths is “”Your Passport to Adventure,” Clubs will be able to decorate their booths on Friday July, 13th from either 9:00 am – noon or 6:00- 8:00 pm.

Silent Auction

Clubs, please don’t forget to donate an item(s) to the 4-H Silent Auction which is held in the 4-H Exhibit Building. The Silent Auction has become a popular event at the fair each year and a great fundraiser for the 4-H program. Items are to be brought to the 4-H Exhibit Building by Monday, July 16th.

Proceeds from the auction will go to benefit The Muscatine County Endowment.

Don’t Forget Your Write-Up

Don’t forget to do a write- up report on your fair exhibits. Information to include in the report can be found in the fair book on page 7, item #11. The write-up doesn’t need to be long but it should be easy to read. Adding pictures of you completing each project is always a nice touch with the judges.

Iowa 4-H Animal Science Round Up

Iowa 4-H Animal Science Round Up is a three day tract for 4-H youth to learn more about their livestock project. It is held in conjunction with the Iowa State 4-H Youth Conference in Ames. Animal species studied include beef, sheep, swine, dairy cattle, and poultry. Dates for Round-Up and State Conference are June 26-28 on the Iowa State University campus in Ames.

4-H Youth Conference Youth in grades 8-12 are invited to attend Iowa 4-H Youth Conference

on June 26-28, on the Iowa State University Campus in Ames. Youth Conference is three days of speakers, workshops, community service, dances, making friends and more! This year’s theme is “Start Your Future Here”.

Registration for the regular fee of $180 is available until June 1. Late registration for $200 is available June 2-11.

BEYOND THE COUNTY FAIR INFO

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Using Pinterest

Pinterest is a popular site for 4-H’ers to use for gathering ideas for fair exhibits. Make sure to cite the correct site where you got the idea for your project and not just Pinterest itself.

Copyright and 4-H Exhibits

As you prepare exhibits for the fair, you need to be particularly aware of copyright rules. Exhibition of derivative works created by a 4-H’er is prohibited without the written permission of the original copyright holder/owner. Use of copyrighted or trademarked designs, images, logos, or materials in 4-H exhibits is prohibited unless written permission has been obtained from the copyright or trademark holder/owner. For additional information, contact the Extension Office or see 4-H Exhibit Copyright Information

Food Exhibitors: Is Your Exhibit Appropriate?

4-H’ers planning to bring food exhibits to the fair should read the publication “Inappropriate Food Exhibits for Iowa 4-H Fairs” – 4H 3023 to insure their exhibit is appropriate to bring to the fair.

FAIR INFO

Fair Book is Available

The 2018 Fair Book is on the Muscatine County Extension Website!!! You will be able to print the complete fair book or only the divisions you need.

Livestock Health Papers

Reminder to all who are bringing any kind of animal to the fair – from fish to beef!

Before you can bring your animal(s) to the fair-grounds you must have a veterinarian look at it (them) and issue a certificate of inspection de-claring a clean bill of health. Sheep must be inspected within 14 days of being brought to the fair, all other animals must have their health papers within 30 days. Failure to have health papers will exclude the exhibitor from being able to show their animal until it has been cleared by a veterinarian. The purpose of having health papers is to help stop the spread of diseases to the other animals exhibited at the fair.

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FAIR INFO

Fair Entry

All county fair en-tries, including livestock, static exhibits (those that are in the 4-H Exhibit Building) Clothing Event, and Communications, are to be made through FairEntry. FFA members will also be able to en-ter livestock and photography exhibits through Fair Entry.

County Fair livestock entries are to be made from May 16 to June 16 in fair entry. Live-stock has an earlier deadline because programs need to be created, numbers assigned, etc. Live-stock entries made after June 16 will be charged a $25 late fee per entry through July 1st. AFTER JULY 1ST THERE WILL BE NO ENTRIES ACCEPTED!!!

This year the process for judging static exhibits will be slightly different. Instead of exhibit tags with a bar code for scanning, each exhibitor will have a sheet with the exhibits they entered listed with a bar code next to the exhibit. That barcode will be scanned instead of one on the exhibit tag. Static entries can be added up to the day they are judged and can be written on the bottom of the exhibitor’s sheet and entered into FairEntry man-ually.

Questions about FairEntry and the entry process can be answered by talking to Lindsay at the Ex-tension Office at 563-263-5701.

Fair Entry Night Need help registering your animals or static pro-jects into Fair Entry? Drop by the Extension Of-fice on June 4th between 6-8 pm and Lindsay will be there to answer any questions you may have! We will also have computers available to make your entries this night!

FAIR INFO

Clothing and Communication Entries for Educational Presentations, Extemporane-ous Speaking, and the Clothing Event are due in FairEntry by June 12. Judging for these events will be held on Monday, July 9, beginning at 1:00 pm at the Extension Office.

Since these events are judged before the fair, entries need to be made earlier so that schedules can be made and information sent out to participants.

Educational presentations and extemporaneous speaking are judged before the fair also, but partici-pants will give their speeches again at the fair on Thursday, July 17, in the 4‑H Exhibit Building. Spe-cial awards will be announced at that time.

Working Exhibits and Share the Fun entries will be evaluated at the fair and can be made in FairEntry up to the deadline of July 1st.

Here is a brief description of the communication and clothing events you may enter. Please see the fair book for complete description and rules.

Communication

Educational Presentations- 4-H’ers demonstrate communication skills by presenting knowledge infor-mation or a process to the audience. 4

th-6

th graders

must not exceed 15 minutes for their presentation and 7

th-12

th graders must not exceed 20 minutes.

Extemporaneous Speaking- 9th-12

th graders will

have 30 minutes to organize thoughts, prepare a speech, and respond to questions when given lim-ited amount of preparation time.

Working Exhibits, which will be given on Wednes-day, July 20, beginning at 1:00 pm at the fair, are a more casual form of communication. One or more 4-H’ers teach the public about a topic or technique by using hands on activities.

Clothing Event – All ages can participate, but they must be enrolled in the clothing project and com-plete a Clothing Report Form for each category they enter.

Fashion Revue; the 4-H’er must make the majority of their outfit. The outfit or pieces of the outfit can be sewn, knitted, crocheted, etc. Accessories, such as a blouse under a jacket, can be purchased.

Clothing Selection; participants purchase their outfit at a regular retail store.

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LIVESTOCK INFO

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Summer Horse Show Dates. Dates for the summer horse shows held at the horse arena at the Mus-catine County Fairgrounds have been set.

June 10th- Regular Show starting at 9:00 am

July 8th- Regular show starting at 9:00 am

August 19th- Timed events, show starting at 9:00

am

These horse shows are open to all 4-H and FFA mem-bers regardless of where they live and are provided as an opportunity for kids to practice their horsemanship skill and learn from each other.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Fair will be here before we all know it. Make sure to mark your calendars!

May 16th to June 16th Livestock entered into Fair entry

July 13th- Club booth decorating; “Your Passport to Adventure”

July 15th- Muscatine County Fair Parade

July 16th– Static Exhibit Judging Day

July 17th- Help needed in preparing the Exhibit building

July 18-22 FAIR TIME!!

New This Fair

Share The Fun: Lip Sync Battle. This year we are going to try something a little different for our Share The Fun Activity. We are going to do Lip Sync Battle. You are still more than welcome to do a skit as well! Grab your friends and pick your favorite song. All you need to do is sign up on Fair Entry when you make your entries. Please bring a completed form with your group that day! This can be found on the website.

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Muscatine County 4-H Endowment provides enhanced experiences for Muscatine County 4-H Members by way of educational trips, conferences, camp experienc-es and service learning. We also offer many other forms of member and volunteer recognition.

The next funding cycle for the Muscatine County 4-H Endowment is due on August 22nd

Applications are due to the Extension office

on the following dates: February 22 August 22 May 22 November 22

Questions about the endowment can be directed to the Extension Office or any board member listed below.

Muscatine County 4-H Endowment Board Members

Jodi McConnaha

Cindy Mays

Doug Hora

Coralie Voss

Nichole Sorgenfrey

Marylu Watkins

Kelsey Morris

Alli Youngbauer

If you would like to give to the Muscatine County 4-H Endowment you can call the Extension Office for a form to fill out or you can visit

https://www.iowa4hfoundation.org/en/ways_to_give/

4-H ENDOWMENT LIVESTOCK INFO

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4-H/FFA Livestock Judging Try out your livestock judging skills at the 4-H & FFA Livestock Judging Contest which will be held on Tuesday, July 17, at the Small Show Ring lo-cated on the south end of the Muscatine County Fairgrounds in West Liberty. Registration will begin at 8:30 am with the competition beginning at 9:00 am. Species to be judged include: beef, sheep, and swine. For more information, check out Division MM in the 4-H/FFA fair book.

State Fair Entries Due July 1st.

4-H livestock entries for the Iowa State Fair will open in FairEntry on June 1 and will close at 11:59 pm on July 1. State FairEntry site, a help sheet, and the 4-H State Fair premium book can be found at Checks are to be made out to the Iowa State Fair and mailed to

Iowa State University State 4-H Youth Development Extension 4-H Youth Bldg 1259 Stange Rd Ames, IA 50011-1002

Muscatine County Fair Wrist Bands. Muscatine County Fair wrist bands are available at the Muscatine County Fair Office. Please visit their website for more information on this.