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Benefits of the County Fair When most people think of the County Fair, the image of a young person showing some type of livestock comes to mind. That is only a small part of the experience of the County Fair. According to a pilot study from Oregon State University, 4-H members said that having fun, achieving goals, spending time with friends and teamwork were the highest motivators to participate at the County Fair. When this study dug deeper it found that the County Fair had a significant positive effect on the participants’ level of caring, contribution and character.

This study proves what we as caring adults do at the County Fair benefits youth way beyond just exhibiting a plate of cookies, a photograph, a country cured ham, or a steer. We are providing an opportunity for youth to experience educational opportunities at the County Fair. Through the 4-H program, youth have the chance to visit with an adult about their project – what worked and what they might do differently to make it better. This experience allows the youth to communicate, share goal setting, leadership, learning to learn, and critical thinking along with several other life skills.

What can you do as a parent/volunteer/member to get the most out of this experience? Think specifically about what the member has learned from the project not as much on what ribbon they received. The learning experience is much more beneficial than the color of the ribbon or the amount of money they received at the auction. We are developing our future leaders and this is one of the many experiences on the long path of learning. The County Fair is clearly an influential and important part of life for the members who participate. Enjoy the fair!

“A NEWSLETTER FOR CASS COUNTY 4-H FAMILIES” 201 West Wall Street Harrisonville, MO 64701

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July 2019 Issue

Page Index

State News……..2

County News…..3

Council News..…5

Project New…….6

County Fair……..7

CCJLA Info...…….9

Page of Fame..11

Club Info……….12

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Show-Me Robots Show Me Robots will be at the Missouri State Fair on Sunday, August 11. If you have 4-H members in your county that would like to provide a working demonstration or other STEM project they have completed, let us know, and they can have a space. The state fair provides admission tickets and access to unloading outside the Lowell Mohler Assembly Hall.

Contact Lynna Lawson at to save a space. (LawsonL@missouri.edu).

State Fair 4-H Building Ambassadors Is the 4-H Building at the Missouri State Fair a summer tradition for you? Maybe the fair is a new experience for you and you would like to learn more. Either way, we have a deal for you!

We are looking for 4-H families and groups; this would be a great activity for a Jr. Leaders team or a club, who are willing to serve as 4-H Building Ambassadors in the 4-H building during the Missouri State Fair.

You ask, “What will I do during this time?” Here is what we need from you if

you decide to help:

1. Greet people as they enter the 4-H Building.

2. Promote and answer questions about 4-H.

3. Help with the special activities held in the building.

If you are interested, please follow this link to sign up: https://missouri.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eA76GHzYjDs8TmR Each person in your group that plans to work will need to be registered. Contact Teresa Bishop at bishopta@missouri.edu with questions.

4-H MFA Saddle Award The award is given to the Missouri 4-H member aged 14 to 18 participating in the Missouri 4-H horsemanship program who demonstrates knowledge and skills in horsemanship and horse science, the ability to share the knowledge and skills with other members and the commitment to better their communi-ty. Applications must be postmarked by July 6th and submitted to: MFA Saddle Award, State 4-H Office, 1110 S College Ave, Columbia, MO 65211. To find out more visit - http://4h.missouri.edu/horses/horse_awards.

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Free Trees For Planting Looking for a planting project? MU Extension has a limited amount of free trees from the state nursery for distribution (big thanks Sarah Havens one of our Field Specialists in Natural Resources). Includes species of Pine and Oak (White & Cherry). If interested please email havenss@missouri.edu or laurabrowning@missouri.edu.

Monarch & Pollinators Mini-grant Find a space, grab a shovel, and become part of the effort to save the Monarch buttery! Missouri 4-H is proud to continue Monarch Habitat Demonstration Project Mini-grants, a cooperative effort of Missouri Department of Conservation, Grow Native! retailers and Missouri 4-H; funded by the Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation. This project provides $50 mini-grants to 4-H Clubs or members across the state to plant and maintain monarch habitat gardens on highly visible public properties such as county courthouses, city parks, fairgrounds, school grounds, highway right-of-ways, etc.

4-H clubs/project leaders/members will be issued $50 vouchers by the state 4-H office that can be redeemed at GrowNative! plant retailers covering up to ½ of the cost of landscape plantings for each 100 square feet of habitat (~the footprint of a large SUV). Some GrowNative! retailers offer additional discounts to 4-H Clubs. For program specifics, applications, and other materials visit: http://4h.missouri.edu/monarchs/main

4-H BBQ Contest The application for the 2019 4-H BBQ Chicken/Burger Contest at the Cass County Fair is now available on the Extension Website. This event will take place Saturday, July 20th. Set up begins at 1:00pm and the cooking will start at 2:00pm. This year there will be 2 divisions. The senior division (14-18) will be preparing BBQ chicken. The intermediate division (11-13) will be preparing burg-ers. I can smell the aroma already! Let’s make the 2nd 4-H Annual BBQ Chicken Event even bigger and better this year! The application can be found online and will be due by July 15, 2019. I encourage our 4-H youth to join in on the fun! Please contact Tyler Endicott at tendicott02@gmail.com or Janice Parris at parrja@missouri.edu .

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Camp Bob White Report June 4-6, twenty Cass County 4-Hers made the trek to Camp Bob White, along with three Cass County teens who served as camp counselors. Campers experienced three whole days from 6:00 am to 10:30pm of “Back to the 4-H Future”, fun filled activities. Mornings would start with the polar swim or the annual early morning hike. After flag raising ceremonies, breakfast was served. From there many activities were shared with friends. 4-Hers were engaged in water games, dance camp, skits, cabin time, swimming, songs and just hanging out. Wednesday was breakout sessions that lend to l earning opportunities on various topics. Breakout sessions included Code Your World, Surviving the Fu-ture and Looking ahead in Nature. We had a guest present on drones, and another present on owls. A Western Heritage team presented and did leather crafting with the campers. Campfire time is always a special way to end a busy day; especially with a guest storyteller. Campfire time is a time for songs, reflection on what 4-H means, good-by to seniors, and a charge to all 4-Hers to be engaged, seize op-portunities, be there for one another, and to be your best! The food was great! So much good home cooking to eat! Camp was a lot of hard work of planning and preparing. However, when I see all the smiles and hear the stories, I know it is worth every bit of it!

Clover Kid Camp What a safari adventure our Clover Kids experienced June 26th at the First Christian Church in Pleasant Hill. With safari hats and homemade binoculars, seven campers explored many fun activities. Campers used their creativity to make safari animals from their handprint on t-shirts. They made binoculars they used on their animal safari to spy wild animals. Campers drew animals, performed animal yoga, listened to stories, and sang songs. Using their craft skills, cute little lion pillows were constructed. Campers laced sponges to create sponge necklaces for our water game activities. On a warm afternoon we had fun with a water balloon piñata, raced fast on the sponge relay, got soaked on the rain can relay, followed by a water version of Duck, Duck, Splash! With so many smiles, screams of joy and laughter, it was a fun, filled day! Thank you to all the camp counselors who made it a fun day for the kids! Thank you to Katie Ledford who prepared the yummy lunch and snack. Thank you Dallas Gutshall for the great planning and activities! Thank you to the parents for allowing us to have your children for our camp safari! It was a FUN day!

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4-H Council Meeting The regular bi-monthly meeting of the Cass County 4-H Council will be Tuesday, July 16 at 7:00 p.m. at the Memorial Building in Pleasant Hill. This will be a very brief meeting following indoor exhibit set up at 6pm. It is very important that your club is represented.

Indoor Exhibits Committee Meeting The Indoor Exhibits Committee will be meeting before the 4-H Council meeting at Tuesday, July 16 at 6:00 p.m. at the Memorial Building in Pleasant. The main goal of the meeting will be to set up for indoor ex-hibits prior to the council meeting.

Outreach Committee The Outreach Committee is in need of volunteers to reach out into the communities and promote 4-H. Soon there will be opportunities at school enrollment nights to share 4-H. The committee needs to be dis-cussing ideals for National 4-H Week and marketing ideas for Cass County. If you are interested in serving on this committee, please contact Janice at parrisja@missouri.edu.

2019 Committees Need Volunteers The above committees met and have begun making plans to carry out events and activities. They have made great strides in just one meeting. If you would like to serve on a committee, we would be glad to have the help. We are especially in need of volunteers for the Outreach Committee. If interested in serving on any committee please contact Janice at parrisja@missouri.edu.

4-H Council Elections It is not too early to be thinking about running for a Cass County 4-H Council Office. The 2019-2020, 4-H Council election will take place at the September Council meeting. To be eligible to run for a council office, the 4-H member must be 12 years of age by January 1, 2019. Nominations will be made at the September 4-H Council meeting and nominees must be in attendance. Each nominee will have a chance to state their qualifications for the office to which they have been nominated. The elected officers of the Council shall consist of: President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Reporter, Historian and County Youth Liaison. If a 4-H member is interested in running for an office, I encourage them to familiarize themselves with duties of the office. That information can be found at our Cass County website, under 4-H Council Constitution and By-laws.

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Shooting Sports The 2018-2019 County Shoot packets have been sent out and the forms are due back by July 22, 2019. We have made a few changes to the packet so make sure that you read through it carefully. If you did not receive a packet contact Janice Parris at parrisja@missour.edu

The Shooting Sports Trailer will be at the Cass County Fair on Saturday, July 20th. We are still looking for volunteers to help with the trailer. If you are able to help contact John Vic Grice at jvic.grice@gmail.com

Once again, the Cass County Archery group has been asked to help with the 2019 Cass County D.A.R.E Camp on July 9th. What a great honor it is, to be asked to participate in a program that will have a positive impact on the youth in our communities. Congratulations!

Save The dates:

August 10: Missouri State Fair Shooting Sports Day August 17: State Skeet Shoot August 24: State Trap Shoot August 24-25: State Archery 300 Sept 21-22: State Shoot Oct 4-6: Fall Shooting Sports Leader Certification Workshop

Poultry Mrs. Tiffiny Yoder has dates that all poultry members should mark on their calendars. If you have any questions please email her at americanpride13@gmail.com

Bates County Poultry Show July 10 8am Butler entries due June 17 Lafayette County July 17 6pm Higginsville entries due June 25 Cass County July 18 7pm Pleasant Hill enter night of show CCJLA July 30 6pm Harrisonville entries due July 1 Ozark Empire Fair August 2-3 Springfield entries due July 1 (online) https://www.ozarkempirefair.com/p/fair/livestock/livestockentryforms Missouri State Fair August 8 Sedalia entries due July 1 (online+send hard copy) http://www.mostatefair.com/how-to-enter-premium-guide/

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4-H Indoor Exhibits & Show Requirements Remember you must meet the following requirement to show and participate in 4-H events Attend at least 50% of club meetings. Attend at least 6 hours of project meetings (10 for shooting sports),

more if required by project leader. Be part of a project that has a certified 4-H leader who will sign pa-

perwork for exhibiting. Animal project members must meet SMQA requirements (horse not

included).

The judging will take place from 5:00 –9:00 p.m. There will be a sched-ule for each club please contact your club leader for those times.

Judging for all indoor projects will be held on July 17th at the Memorial Building in Pleasant Hill. All youth are required to talk one-on-one with a judge about their exhibit. 4-H members must participate in confer-ence judging to be eligible for ribbons.

Youth who are unable to be there need to provide a 3x5 card with information about their project (steps in how it was made, what was difficult, what they liked, what they would change, etc.). Members who chose to do this route are NOT eligible to exhibit at State Fair unless they fill out the NEW project excused form, and have it signed by the 4-H Staff and Club Leaders, This form is available at the extension office. It is unfair to those who have gone through the judging process; how-ever, if you have another commitment it is possible to move up in the judging schedule, to an earlier time, but only with approval. This form can be found on the Cass County website or obtained at the Extension Office.

The State Indoor guidelines have been updated for the 2019 year, please look at them carefully, they are available on the Cass County website or in paper copy at the Cass County Extension office.

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Schedule of 4-H Events for the Cass County Fair at Pleasant Hill Fairgrounds

Please through the schedule as there has been changes made.

Tuesday, July 16 6:00 pm Set up for indoor exhibits @ the Memorial Building 7:00 pm 4-H Council Meeting @ the Memorial Building 6:00 pm Public Speaking Contest @ the Amazing Grace Lutheran Church Wednesday, July 17 1:00 pm Dairy Show 5:00 pm Indoor Exhibits Check In and Judging 5:30 pm Youth Rabbit Show Thursday, July 18 7:00 pm Poultry Show Friday, July 19 8:00 am Dog Show

1:00 pm Memorial Building—Open for Viewing Exhibits Saturday, July 20 9:00 am Parade 9:30 am Beef Show 11:00 am Fashion Revue @ the Amazing Grace Lutheran Church 1:00 pm Fashion Walk and Ribbons @ the Gazebo 2:00 pm BBQ Chicken & Hamburger Contest Sunday, July 21 9:00 am Swine Show 11:00 am Goat Show 1:00 pm Sheep Show Pick up Indoor Exhibits- Time to be announced

Cass County 4-H Building Watchers Clubs Leaders will be receiving information on scheduling volunteers to sit in the Memorial Building

(its air conditioned) and watch the exhibits. This also means answering questions and making sure

none of the 4-H projects walk off. This is a great community service opportunity. Please contact your

club leader for more information or to volunteer.

Fair Clean-up! Come out to the fairgrounds on Monday, July 22nd to help clean up the fairgrounds with 4-H friends. Grab your hat, gloves, sunscreen and water bottles. We are meeting at 9am on the fairgrounds. With many hands we will have the grounds free of litter and looking good. Afterwards the fair committee will treat us to pizza. Sounds like a fun way to get some community service hours and show the com-munity that 4-Hers are all about being a helping hand! Indoor Projects Going To the State Fair Exhibits that will be going to the Missouri State Fair may be dropped off at the Cass County Extension

Office starting Monday, July 22nd through Thursday, August 1. Exhibits that will be returned from the

Missouri State Fair may be picked up from the Cass County Extension Office starting Tuesday, August

20th through Tuesday, August 27th.

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CCJLA Fair Books CCJLA fair books are available at the Cass County Extension Center. Any ads sold by youth participating in the CCJLA are required to deliver fair books to the businesses that purchased the ad.

Dog Show Saturday, August 3 9:00 a.m.

Dairy Cattle Show Monday, July 29 1:00 p.m.

Rabbit Show Monday, July 29 6:00 p.m.

Poultry Show Monday, July 29 6:00 p.m.

Bobby Calf Show Tuesday, July 30 9:00 a.m.

Beef Cattle Show Tuesday, July 30 9:30 a.m.

Cat Show Tuesday, July 30 6:00 p.m.

Swine Show Wednesday, July 31 8:30 a.m.

Boer Goat Show Wednesday, July 31 11:00 a.m.

Sheep Show Wednesday, July 31 2:00 p.m.

Ham Show Wednesday, July 31 6:15 p.m.

Junior Awards Program Thursday, August 1 6:30 p.m.

Auction Dinner Thursday, August 2 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Auction Thursday, August 1 7:00 p.m.

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We did not receive many Club Reports for the July Crier, we hope that means everyone is busy getting ready for the fair. For more information about your clubs July meeting please contact your club leader using the information provided below.

Raymore 4-H Raymore 4-H met June 4th at Raymore Memorial Park for our annual picnic. The cake decorating project decorated cakes to share with the club. The Arts and Crafts Group decorated examples of rocks and pro-vided rocks for the club to decorate for Raymore Belton Rocks Facebook group. The rocks were then hid-den around town for members of the community to discover, share and move. We collected food items for CAN and also animal shelter items for the local shelter. Our next meeting is July 2nd at 6:30.

Submitted by Maylee Haning

4-H Awards Banquet Mark your calendars for Sunday, November 10th to attend the 2019 4-H Awards Banquet. Our committee decided to try a later date.in hopes that schedules will be a little less busy. The later date allows for more time to complete record books at the end of September. The committee has put much thought into ways to improve the flow of the event, cut down the time, and make sure all recognition is awarded. It will be a special afternoon reflecting on the year and all of the hard work, fun and memories that were made. More details to come!

End-of-Year Awards: Nominations. Nomination for the 2019 Cass County 4-H Awards will be due on Friday, September 13th. You can find the list of awards

below and the applications can be found at www.extension.missouri.edu /cass. Please list this as item on your clubs agenda.

4-H Alumni Awards

County Medal Application

I Dare You Leadership Awards

Friend of 4-H Awards

Gene Olson Donor Awards Outstanding 4-H Family Application for Outstanding 4-H Member Awards

Record Books All record books for the 4-H Cass County Banquet need to be completed and turned in by October 1st. This includes the Missouri Recognition Forms (MRF). Get started and stay with it! I encourage our 4-Her’s to give themselves plenty of time to do their best work. These books are a special collection of 4-H work, activities and accomplishments throughout the past year. You can purchase the green hard cover at the Extension Center for $5.

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Page of Fame!

Our Cass County 4-Her’s are going places and doing great things! There are so many opportunities out there for our kids. I know I won’t get them all, and I apologize if I left someone out. So please send me info if your child attended an event or competition at the state or national level.

Evan Miller of the Hillside Cavaliers adventured off on the annual University of Missouri Equine tour late May. The team traveled to various states and Canada exploring equine careers and educational opportunities.

Maddie Hoffman of the Show Me 4-H Club is on the 4-H Citizenship Washington Focus trip touring Washington D.C., Fort McHenry and New York City. CWF is a leadership program for high school youth from across America that participate in a week-long program of activities that enriches their lives and broadens their respect for others.

Jana Bruce of the Raymore 4-H Club attended 4-H Kids K-9 Camp earlier in June at Camp Clover Point, Lake of the Ozarks. It is a program where kids bring their dog and experience fun, filled activities and training techniques.

Congratulations to our youth in the Horse Project that competed June 15th at the Pettis County Horse Show. Morgan Corbin of the Hillside Cavaliers received 14 and over high point rider on multiple horses. Ali McCormick of the Hillside Cavaliers received 13 and under reserve high point rider on multiple horses. Evan Miller of the Hillside Cavaliers received Overall Sportsmanship Award. Way to ride and show!

Congratulations to Thomas Endecott of the Southfork 4-H Club, who attended the Shooting Sports Nationals at Grand Island, Nebraska the end of June. Thomas was a member of the Missouri Hunting Skills Team, which overall placed 4th. Thomas placed 2nd overall individual on Hunting Skills. Way to go!

We are so proud of all of our 4-Hers! Keep up the great work and activities!

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For more information about your clubs February meeting

please contact your club leader using the information

provided below.

4-H Homeschool Clovers: Jamie Perreca at 816-489-6515

Archie Achiever: Tina Fuller at 816-699-0468

Dusters: Vicki DeBrot at 816-810-4278

Hickory Grove: Gayle Pryor at 816-686-6164

Hillside Cavaliers: Nancy Miller at 816-536-5749

Lone Oak: Karen Noel at 913-707-4672

Lucky Clovers: Tiffiny Young at 816-308-0205

Pacemakers: Julie Holder at 816-233-3078

Raymore 4-H: Joyce Wagner at 816-591-0356

Shooting Stars: Katie Ledford at 816-210-9408

Show-Me 4-H: Roseann Hoffman at 816-806-4794

Southfork 4-H: Ken Goth at 816-605-5485

Wal-Center: Jen Box at 816-605-0540

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.