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824 FLINDT DRIVE, STORM LAKE, IA 50588 | 712-732-5056 | OFFICE HOURS MON-FRI 8:00AM-12:00PM, 12:30PM-4:30PM

Sewing Workshop

Endowment Scholarship & Breakfast

4-H Basketball Festival

Bucket of Junk

Babysitting Clinic

Summer Camps & 4-H Lock-In

FSQA

Clover Kids & Robotics

Livestock Judging Training

Iowa State Fair

Club Contacts & Meeting Dates

WHAT’S INSIDE:

February 29 Special Sheep & Special Swine Registration Closes

March 4 4-H Basketball Festival Participation Waiver Forms DUE

March 6 CYC Meeting, 1pm @ Extension Office

March 13 4-H Basketball Festival, 12:30-4:30pm, Newell-Fonda School

March 15 Club Leader Training, 6:00-8:00pm @ Extension Office

March 19 Sewing Workshop, 8:30—11:30 am @ Extension Office

March 21 Special Swine—Getting Ready for Pigs, 6:30pm, Ext Ofc

March 25 BV County Endowment Scholarship Applications Due

March 28 Babysitting Clinic, 9am-3pm @ United Methodist Church

April 1 & 2 4-H Lock-In—Registration Due March 25

April 10 Dad’s Belgian Waffle Breakfast, 9am—12:30pm, KC Hall

April 11 FSQA Training 6:30-8:30pm & Testing 5:00—6:00pm

April 16 Livestock Judging Training, 9-11am @ Cherokee Fairground

July 20-24 Buena Vista County Fair (Static Judging July 18)

ISU EXTENSION AND OUTREACH—BUENA VISTA COUNTY

March 2016

Shake off the Winter Blahs with 4-H!

Take advantage of all of the great activities being offered with your 4-H friends and family! Play some hoops at the Basketball Festival, make a personalize pillow case at the sewing workshop, try a new 4-H project area at the 4-H Lock-in or learn about livestock judging. Seniors—get started on your 4-H scholarship application today! Parents we need your participation too—be a ref or coach at the basketball festival, discover new project areas when you chaperone the lock-in or sign your 4-H’er up for summer STEM camp!

COUNTY-WIDE DATES TO REMEMBER

4-H MOTIVATOR

SEWING WORKSHOP ▪ Saturday, March 19

Learn the basic skills of sewing while

making a pillow case project...

Please Call The Extension Office by Monday, March 14 at (712) 732-5056 to register.

(Kendall Snyder, our instructor needs to purchase enough supplies for this class so please call early!

Beginners Class: 8:30—11:30am

$10 per class - Covers Cost of Materials

Location—ISU Extension and Outreach

Sewing Machines provided

SEWING WORKSHOP

BV COUNTY ENDOWMENT

Sunday, April 10th

KC Hall – Storm Lake

9:00am to 12:30pm

*Tickets to be mailed in March*

BV County 4-H Endowment sponsors the Dad’s Belgian

Waffle breakfast to support 4-H Scholarships in our county.

Here are some ways you can help:

Please promote the breakfast to family & friends

Please sell 4 tickets per 4-H’er with a Max of 8 tickets

(tickets will be mailed the 2nd week of March)

Please help us staff the event (times detailed in mailing)

Purchase tickets for your family & enjoy a great meal

The Buena Vista County 4-H Endowment will be awarding a

minimum of two $500 scholarships to graduating seniors

who are/have been Buena Vista County 4-H'ers. For a senior

student to be eligible they must have been a 4-H member

for at least 5 years with at least 2 years as a senior member.

Click the link below for more information and an application.

The application and reference forms must be postmarked

no later than Friday, March 25, 2016.

http://www.extension.iastate.edu/buenavista/sites/

www.extension.iastate.edu/files/buenavista/

ScholarshipApplicationForm2016.pdf

2015 Recipients of the Buena Vista County 4-H Endowment

Scholarships:

Riley Lenhart ▪ Colton Lullmann

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

FSQA Training & Testing

NEWS FOR NEW 4-H’ERS

ANIMAL SCIENCE SUMMER CAMP

What is FSQA?

FOOD SAFETY QUALITY ASSURANCE

Why is it Important?

In today's world, food safety is one of animal producers'

biggest responsibilities. With over 15,000 Iowa 4-H'ers

enrolled in livestock projects, about 17 million pounds of

meat is produced each year.

The goal of this program is to help youth and their parents

better understand what they can do to produce the safest

food possible.

Who needs to complete FSQA Training?

All 4-H Youth who plan to exhibit, swine, beef, sheep, dairy

cattle, rabbits, poultry, dairy goats or meat goats at any fair.

(FSQA Certification is not required for horse & dogs because

these species do not enter the food industry)

Does Age of the 4-H’er make a difference in FSQA Certification?

Grades 4-6: MUST ATTEND FSQA WORKSHOP

Grades 7-9: MAY ATTEND WORKSHOP OR TAKE THE

INTERMEDIATE FSQA TEST

Grades 10-12: MAY ATTEND WORKSHOP OR TAKE THE

SENIOR FSQA TEST

What is the deadline?

Any 4-H’er wanting to show at the Buena Vista County Fair

must receive their FSQA Certification by June 20, 2016.

FSQA Dates & Locations for BV & Neighboring Counties

Buena Vista County—Storm Lake

FSQA Workshop:

Monday, April 11, 2016, 6:30-8:30pm @ AEA Building

FSQA Testing:

Monday, April 11, 2016, 5:00-6:00pm @ Extension Office

Neighboring County FSQA Dates:

March 12, 10AM—Noon, Holstein Rec Center, Holstein

March 28, 9-11AM, Calhoun Extension Office, Rockwell City

April 12, 6—8PM, Ida Grove Rec Center, Ida Grove

April 23, 9-11AM, Cherokee Extension Office, Cherokee

April 24, 4-6PM, Royal Community Building, Royal

June 2, 9-11AM, Pocahontas Extension Office, Pocahontas

June 8, 6-8PM, Clay County Extension Office, Spencer

June 24, 1-3PM, Cherokee Extension Office, Cherokee

Animal Science Summer Camp—July 12 & 13, 2016

Do you like animals & science? Have you thought about being a veterinarian?

If so—This is the summer camp for YOU!

Youth will explore the basics of animal behavior and health and visit with

a local veterinarian in a day camp setting. This 2 day camp is scheduled for

Monday, July 12 & Wednesday, July 13 from 9am—3pm. The cost is $40

with scholarship available upon request. If you would like more information

or want to register—call the Extension Office at 712.732.5056.

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.

UPCOMING EVENTS

BV Equine Team

Sunday, March 6 3-5 PM

AEA Building – Suite 106

Upcoming Dates: Sunday, April 24

Mini-Meteorologists Thursday, March 31, 6-7PM

AEA Building – Conference Room Next Session: Rockets to Fair

Thursday, April 28, 6-7PM

LIVESTOCK JUDGING TRAINING

Lean the basics of livestock judging from an experienced livestock judge, Dustin Smith. We will

be partnering with Cherokee County 4-H to learn about livestock judging, understand the reasoning

behind competition placings, and get some real life experience evaluating cattle, sheep & swine.

This training will be a great foundation to help more of our county 4-H members feel qualified to

join the fun of a Livestock Judging Team!

Livestock Judging Training will be held at the Bomgaars/Expo Center at the Cherokee Fairgrounds

on Saturday, April 16th from 9am-11am. Call the Extension Office to register for this FREE

workshop. We can arrange car-pooling for those who need transportation.

It’s never too early to plan for the Iowa State Fair…

Leann Baumhover and the Providence Go-Getters are organizing a

team of 4-Hers from BV County to volunteer at “Little Hands on the

Farm” at the Iowa State Fair. 4-H’ers and their family members can

sign up to participate by calling the Extension Office at 732-5056.

Here is the great trade—Work the evening of Saturday, August 13

and get: FREE Admission, FREE Parking, FREE T-Shirt & FREE FUN

working with fellow 4-H’ers to promote faming & agriculture.

WANT TO KNOW MORE? FIND US AT: EXTENSION.IASTATE.EDU/4H/YOUR COUNTY NAME HERE

EXT. COUNCIL & COUNTY STAFF

Clubs and Contacts

BV COUNTY 4-H CLUBS & LEADERS YOUTH COUNCIL & 4-H COMMITTEES

County Youth Council

Anna Ehlers Greta Small

Kendall Snyder Alyssa Feeley

Zack Brown Abby Bean

Danielle Peterson

Alex Spengler

Eva Kohl

Brea Baumhover

Carli Grau

Ashlee Sammons

Cole Brake

Colby Snyder

Melissa Fahr, advisor

4-H Youth Development Committee

Mary Roberts, Albert City

Laura Sievers, Albert City

Shane Lenhart, Storm Lake

Cheryl Arnts, Alta

Brea Baumhover, Youth Rep

Anna Ehlers, Youth Rep

Alex Spengler, Youth Rep

BV Equine Team County Wide

Michele Lynch 712-272-4069

BV Shooting Sports Club County Wide

Preston Jacobs 712-272-3318

Clover Kids K-3, County Wide

Stephanie Alanis 712-732-5056

Fairfield Pioneers Albert City Area

Michelle Ehlers 712-260-9248

Dr. Chris Bean 712-299-2810

Melissa Fahr 712-299-1753

Karen Feeley 712-299-4315

Maple Valley Agriculturists Alta Area

Roxanne Peterson 712-730-0037

Sherie Van Berkum 712-284-1056

Peggy Witzke 712-288-6216

Maple Valley Motivators Alta Area

Lorie Stanton 712-200-2359

Dawn Hill 712-284-1302

Newell Boosting Achievers Newell Area

Connie Jesse 712-299-6030

Angie Emerick 507-822-3366

Providence Go-Getters Storm Lake Area

Leann Baumhover 712-299-0126

Steve Peters 712-732-9393

Tom Snyder 712-732-9488

Robotics Club County Wide

Abby Daly 712-732-5056

APRIL 2016 MARCH 2016

Club Meetings

Buena Vista Equine Team March 7 @ 7:00pm Extension Office

BV Shooting Sports Group 1– Mar 7; Group 2– Mar 14; Group 3– Mar 21

Clover Kids March 31 @ 6:00pm Extension Office

Fairfield Pioneers March 13 @ 6:30pm Ag Partners

Maple Valley Agriculturists March 5 @ 6:00pm Alta Elementary

Maple Valley Motivators March 13 @ 1:30pm Wel-Life

Newell Boosting Achievers March 12 @ 8:30am Nain Lutheran

Providence Go-Getters March 28 @ 7:00pm Extension Office

Robotics Club March 6 @ 3:00pm Extension Office

Buena Vista Equine Team April 4 @ 7:00pm Extension Office

BV Shooting Sports Group 1– Apr 4 Group 2– Apr 11; Group 3– Apr 18

Clover Kids April 28 @ 6:00pm Extension Office

Fairfield Pioneers April 10 @ 6:30pm Ag Partners

Maple Valley Agriculturists April 2 @ 6:00pm Alta Elementary

Maple Valley Motivators April 10 @ 1:30pm Wel-Life

Newell Boosting Achievers April 9 @ 8:30am Nain Lutheran

Providence Go-Getters April 25 @ 7:00pm Extension Office

Robotics Club April 24 @ 3:00pm Extension Office

Extension Council

Laura Sievers, Albert City, Chair

CJ Bean, Marathon

Julie Hahn, Alta

Ben Hollesen, Sioux Rapids

James Hultgren, Storm Lake

Sandy Johnson, Storm Lake

Jan Lietz, Alta

Gretchen Miller, Alta

Salli Nichols, Storm Lake

4-H Endowment Committee

Jake Schable, Storm Lake

Doris Fondroy, Albert City

Gretchen Miller, Alta

Kent Smith, Storm Lake

County Extension Office

Nichol Kleespies, Youth Outreach Educator

Ellen Anderson, Office Manager

Carol Ehlers, Family Finance Specialist

Marisol Virgen-Axtell, FNP Specialist

Terry Janssen, Regional Extension Ed. Dir.

Dr. Kris Kohl, Agricultural Engineer