Iowa State University Extension programs are available to all without regard to race, color, naonal origin, religion, sex, age, or disability. TRICIA STOUDER JANET MARTIN Regional 4-H Youth Specialist Urban 4-H Youth Specialist [email protected][email protected]3109 OLD HIGHWAY 218 SOUTH, IOWA CITY, IA 52246 | 319 337-2145 | MON - FRI, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM LEARN MORE AT WWW.EXTENSION.IASTATE.EDU/JOHNSON NEWS & REMINDERS FROM IOWA STATE EXTENSION & OUTREACH June 2016 June 2016 4-H Families- The summer (and chaos) has begun! And we are off and running! The fair book updated and online for your convenience! This newsletter if jam packed and full of information for this summer! PLEASE take a few minutes to read through it! Can you believe there is just about 50 days until the start of fair! YIKES! Thank you, WHAT’S INSIDE: Dates to Remember State Conference County Opportunities Summer Camp Info State Opportunities Help Wanted Johnson County Youth Outreach Educator CAMIE MARSHEK County Youth Outreach Educator [email protected]JOHNSON COUNTY NEWS
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Iowa State University Extension programs are available to all without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, or disability.
3109 OLD HIGHWAY 218 SOUTH, IOWA CITY, IA 52246 | 319 337-2145 | MON - FRI, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM LEARN MORE AT WWW.EXTENSION.IASTATE.EDU/JOHNSON
NEWS & REMINDERS FROM IOWA STATE EXTENSION & OUTREACH
June 2016
June 2016 4-H Families- The summer (and chaos) has begun! And we are off and running! The fair book updated and online for your convenience! This newsletter if jam packed and full of information for this summer! PLEASE take a few minutes to read through it! Can you believe there is just about 50 days until the start of fair! YIKES! Thank you,
This state youth conference is for any youth currently in 8th-12th grades. They will attend workshop sessions, listen to motivational speakers and attend a dance. This is a won-derful opportunity for all to attend. Must be registered by June 1st, late registration open until June 10th. Transportation is normally a separate fee– this year we are lucky enough to have a donation to our Johnson County youth and will only cost $20 for Johnson County 4-H members. You MUST be registered by June 1st in order to secure your seat on the bus. Af-ter that empty seats will be opened up to youth from across Regions15. HURRY, what are you waiting for!
AK-SAR-BEN To nominate market lambs, hogs, meat goats, or feeder calves for
AkSar-Ben stop by the Extension Office for DNA collection envelopes and youth/parent waivers. The cost will be $8.00/head. Nominations and DNA samples need to be re-turned to the Extension Office by June 15, 2016.
STATE INOFMATION
STATE FAIR ENTRIES
All State Fair entries will be done online
this year through member’s 4hOnline accounts
through a program called FairEntry starting June 1.
The deadline is July 1. Failure to meet this deadline will mean ineligibility to show at the
State Fair.
NOTE: Verifying animals at weigh-in for State Fair DOES NOT constitute an entry. You
must still register online BUT turn your payment in to the Johnson County Extension Of-
fice by July 1. State Fair Rules, regulations and entry forms are available online at http://
Your information packet that includes management and care tips and the report from
will need to be turned in at the interview on Saturday, July 25. Call the office NOW to
schedule your interview time. Interviews will start at 8:30 am on July 25. If you have
any questions, please contact the Extension Office
Johnson County 4-H/FFA Rabbit Exhibitors:
We will be having a rabbit workshop on Monday, June 20th at the Johnson County Extension Office from 7:00-8:00 pm. During this workshop we will be discussing how to sign up on the blue livestock cards (July 1st) using the information from your rabbit nominations that you completed online by May 15th, what to ex-pect and bring to the fair, showmanship pointers, how to show your rabbit, and different types of rabbits for hands-on activities. This workshop is highly recommended for all members to attend and learn more about their project. Rabbit exhibitors also need to bring questions that they may have, as we will have an op-portunity for a question and answer session. Looking forward to seeing a lot of rabbit exhibitors on June 20th!
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
FIND US AT: WWW.EXTENSION.IASTATE.EDU/JOHNSON
Pancake Breakfast Tickets are on sale now!
Our annual breakfast is Sunday,
July 10th 7am-12pm. Leaders
were given the family packets and
information at their spring meeting.
Each family is asked to sell at least
one packet of tickets. Please let
the Extension Office know if you
need more!
This fundraiser is used to support
the $30/yearly member program
fee. Ticket selling incentives: As
you sell a complete book of tickets (to one individual or ten different people—all the same)
put your family name on the back of the stapled stubs before your club leader returns them
to the office. If your family sells 3 or more complete books of tickets you be entered into a
drawing for pizza/pop coupons to be used at fair OR a reserved parking spot. Remember
all stubs and pancake money must be turned in by the breakfast day. Winners of the in-
centives will be notified by email. Keep selling those tickets!!! More are available at the Ex-
tension Office
4-H CLUBS– We are again having a Silent Auction area at the Pancake Breakfast. Please
drop your baskets off at the Extension Office so we can highlight these on our website.
Don’t forget to attach your club name, the basket value, and the list of contents to the bas-
ket.
Sign up today for your shift to help make this fundraiser a HUGE SUCCESS! Once
again this year we will be using Sign Up Genius for our shift duties.
10304X My 4-H: A Special Photography Exhibition – A single photography that tells the story of 4-H and shows the 4-H’ers perspective of the 4-H experience. Pho-tos should help the public gain a better understanding about today’s dynamic and ex-panded 4-H opportunities.
My 4-H Special Rules:
1. Photographs will be submitted digitally by the 4-H’er directly to the Iowa state 4-H office. Uploading instructions will be available after May 1, 2016, but have not been released yet by the state office. All entries must be received by July 10, 2016.
2. One submission per 4-H’er. Photos must be taken by the 4-H’er.
3. Photos in this class DO NOT need to be evaluated and selected through a county process before submission.
County Fair Digital Entries- 4-H members are allowed to submit 5 photos to the
fair this year. Can be all digital, all print or a combination of both. All digital files
must be submitted to [email protected] by 5pm on Friday, July 22th. NO
LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED.
IS YOUR FSQA CERTIFICATION CURRENT?
If you intend to show at the Johnson County 4-H & FFA Fair with Market Beef,
All exhibits must have a county tag attached to the project. Those tags are available for pick up at an-
ytime at the extension office.
All members will receive an entry form around the beginning of July. These forms are to be filled out
and brought with you to check in on conference judging day, Saturday, July 23rd.
Junior members (grades 4, 5, 6) must include a written goal statement along with their project and be prepared to verbally answer the following questions about each exhibit:
a) What did you plan to learn or do? (What was your exhibit goal?
b) What steps did you take to learn or do this?
c) What were the most important things you learned?
***Check for additional requirements in exhibit classes for food and nutrition, photography, and visual art classes.
Intermediates and Seniors (grades 7-12) Each exhibit is required to have an Exhibit Entry
Form attached that answers the three following questions.
a) What did you plan to learn or do? (What was your exhibit goal(s)?)
b) What steps did you take to learn or do this?
c) What were the most important things you learned?
***Check for additional requirements in exhibit classes for food and nutrition, photography, and visual art classes.
Each photo submitted for judging (including digital submissions) are required to have both an entry
tag and a photo exhibit label/form. All forms can be found at the Johnson County Extension Office. There is also a link where you can download the forms at home as well. Please visit http://www.extension.iastate.edu/johnson/page/projects Please let us know if you have any questions!