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2 Dog Obedience, Communi-

cation Day & Graduates

3 Share the Fun and Horse

Workshops

4 Club and Member Information

5 Calendar/Misc. Information

Carolyn Wilson

WHAT’S INSIDE:

Animal Identification Due

If you are planning to show any form of livestock at the Guthrie County Fair, the animal must be identified either in 4-H online due by midnight on May 15 or on an identification form , which is due by 4:30 p.m. on May 15 at the Extension Office. To identify an animal in 4H online, go to iowa.4honline.com and log in to your family account. Find your member name and click on edit. Then find the animal tab near the top right of the page. On the animal page, click on the pull-down tab and find your species. Fill in the required in-formation and then submit. Paper ID forms can be picked up at the extension office. or contact me if you need one sent.

GUTHRIE COUNTY NEWSLETTER

Mary Ebert Vick Frohling Carolyn Wilson Program Coordinator Office Coordinator County Youth Coordinator mebert@iastate.edu Frohling@iastate.edu cjwilson@iastate.edu Pnone: 641-747-2276

GUTHRIE COUNTY EXTENSION

May 2012

WANT TO KNOW MORE? FIND US AT: EXTENSION.IASTATE.EDU/4H//GUTHRIE

LOCAL 4-H NEWS

Dog Obedience Classes Set

Communication Day

Educational presentations, working exhibits, and extem-poraneous speaking will be judged on Monday, July 16 during static exhibit judging which is from 1 to 5:30 p.m. More information will be in next month’s newsletter. Educational Presentations—You have the opportunity to give a presentation about something that interests you. You can give a presentation on just about anything! Working Exhibits –These are audience interactive and

demonstrate or teach directly to a small group. The

audience participates in a “hands on” activity and takes

home the item that they made with you.

Extemporaneous speaking—This contest gives you the

opportunity to choose a topic and prepare a speech in

thirty minutes to give to a judge. If you’re good at last

minute preparation, this contest maybe for you!

Poster—Communicate in a visual rather than an oral form.

Choose from one of this year’s themes and get creative.

Start planning now to participate!

Dog obedience classes will begin on Tuesday, May 29, at 7 p.m. at the Extension Office. The first meeting will be an informational night and checking vaccination certificates. Please bring your rabies and distemper certificates to this meeting. NO DOGS at the first meeting. The remainder of the meetings will be held in the small animal arena at the fairgrounds. If you need and did not receive a registration form,

they can be found at the Ex-tension Office of at www.extension.iastate.edu/guthrie/kidsteens.htm. All class times are at 7 p.m.

LOCAL 4-H NEWS

LOCAL 4-H NEWS

Class of 2012

Congratulations to Bridgette Allen, Garrett Bates, Kayla Chalfant and Brittney Gibson ! Good luck to each of you on all of your new adventures.

Thank you for all of your partici-pation and dedication to the Guthrie County 4-H program.

MISSION STATEMENT 4-H EMPOWERS YOUTH TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL WORKING

AND LEARNING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CARING ADULTS

Share the Fun!

Horse Project Workshops

LOCAL NEWS

LOCAL NEWS

It soon will be time to Share the Fun during the

Clothing Event on July 12. Share the Fun can be any

entertainment that you would like to do. It can be

dancing, singing, playing the piano (or another in-

strument). It could also be a skit put on by the entire

club or just a few members. Eight minutes is the

maximum time allowed. I would like to challenge

you to participate by offering an ice cream

party, complete with toppings, to the two

clubs who have the largest percentage of

members participate in Share the Fun!

Winning entries will advance to the Iowa

State Fair. Contact the Extension Office if

you have questions.

There will be three horse workshops this summer

that horse project members are

required to attend. (Senior

members are required to at-

tend 2 of the workshops.)

The classes will cover nutrition, grooming, halter

and riding.

The dates are still being worked out, but horse

project members will be notified when they have

been determined

Intermediate Trip to Omaha Sheep weigh-in

4-H IS BASED ON RESEARCH

STATE RECOGNITION TROPHY SPONSORS NEEDED

Club and Member Information

BEEF CARCASS PROGRAM 4-H CAMP CONFERENCE CHAPERONES

BRIGHTEN YOUR WORLD

We need one adult male and one adult female to go with our 4-H’ers to the State 4-H Conference on June 26—28. If you or someone that you know are interested, please contact the Extension Of-fice.

As part of the Guthrie County mainstreet improvement project, there will be some updates done at the Extension Office. The railing in front of the Extension Office needs to be sandblasted and painted. If a club or member would like to take on this project, we would truly ap-preciate it.

Members must call the Extension

Office by June 24 to sign up calves

for carcass harvest. Cattle project

will be weighed at the Sale Barn in

Guthrie Center on July 10th begin-

ning at 8 p.m. with loading at 9

p.m.

If you have a bucket calf project, there is a simple report about your project that is due by August 15. Forms are available at the Exten-sion Officer or on our website.

Want to get away this summer and meet new people? Consider 4-H Camp! There are tons of day camps and overnight camps to choose from! Take a friend with you- you do not have to be a 4-H member to attend! www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/center/

There are over 120 trophies and 35

plaques that are given out to 4-H

and FFA members each year. If

you would like to sponsor a trophy

for the Guthrie

County Fair, con-

tact the Extension

Office. There are

several species

that are still in

need of trophy

sponsors.

The Iowa State 4-H Council and Iowa State University invite you to come join the fun June 26—28, 2012. These three days will be packed with new friends, dances, banquets, games,workshops and giving back to the community. So pack you bags and have a great time! For registration information go to http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/StateConference/

Congratulations to Veda Sword and Jared Calvert who completed an appli-cation and the interview process at Iowa State University. Veda applied for a visual arts projects award. Way to go, Veda! Jared applied for State 4-H Council and he will be serving as a member of the State 4-H Council for the coming year. Way to go, Jared!

BUCKET CALF REPORTS PROJECT IDEA

OUR VISION A WORLD IN WHICH YOUTH AND ADULTS LEARN, GROW, AND WORK TOGETHER AS CATALYSTS FOR POSTIVE CHANGE

2012 FAIRBOOK RULES GUTHRIE COUNTY CALENDAR

The 2012 livestock and static exhibits classes and rules are

available online http://www.extension.iastate.edu/

guthrie/kidsteens.htm.

May

15– All animals must be identified on ID forms or on 4-H Online.

June

4 Youth Committee meeting—EO—7 p.m.

10-13—5th and 6th grade camp

26-28 State 4-H Conference

July

1 State Fair Entry Forms Due

2 Youth Committee Meeting - 7 pm

10 Carcass Beef—Sale Barn—8 pm

12 Clothing Event judging—New Home

stead—1 pm

12 Clothing Event Fashion Show/Share the

Fun—New Homestead—6:30 pm

16 Communication Day 1—5:30 pm

16 Static Exhibit Judging 1—5:30 pm

State Fair Winners Announced 7:45 pm

Dates to Remember

August 1—Fair Entry Forms Due at Extension Office

August 11—21—Iowa State Fair—Nothing Compares

Aug 30—Sept 3—Guthrie County Fair

Calendar

VOLUNTEER TRAINING

Leaders who missed the fall 2011 training “Cooking Up a Healthy 4-H Program” can now do the training online, or borrow a DVD from the Extension Office. The online training can be found at: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4hvolunteers/. If you choose, you can watch the DVD at home and return a learning guide and evaluation back to the office. Leader Training is mandatory and must be completed by July15, 2012.

CLOTHING EVENT DAY

The County Clothing Event will be held on July 12 at New Homestead with the judging starting at 1 p.m. and the fashion show in the evening. There are three categories within this event: Clothing Selection—purchases garments or outfits Fashion Revue—constructed garments. $15 Challenge—Participants would go to garage sales

or consignment shops to find their ensemble All participants will model their garment(s) and discuss their project with the judge. A fashion show will be held in the evening for friends and family. Clothing project members—watch the mail for additional information.

GUTHRIE COUNTY 4-H NEWSLETTER

GUTHRIE COUNTY EXTENSION

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