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321 Oakland Avenue, PO Box 187, Oakland, IA 51560 712.482.6449 LEARN MORE AT http://www.extension.iastate.edu/eastpottawattamie/kidsteens.htm
Iowa State University Extension programs are available to all without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, or disability.
2—Newsletter Challenge; Animal
ID’s; Fair Queen Contest
3—Dog Classes; Sheep/Goat
Weigh-In; FSQA
4—Junk-in-A-Bucket; Fair-grounds Garden Plots; Garden
Workshop
5—Spice Workshop; Bread Workshop
6—State 4-H Youth Conference; Junior
Overnight Camp
7— Leader Training; Wall & Waffles;
Revolution of Responsibility Videos
8—Waubonsie Horse Camp; Fair
Board News
9—Region 17 Facebook Page; Region 17 Photo Contest; National 4-H on
10—Regional Junior Camp; Junior
Camp Counselors Needed
11—Summer Wilderness Trips; Bright-en Your World; 4-Hers for 4-H; Iowa 4-
H Center Camps
12—4-H Internet Resources; Mont-
gomery County Horse Events
13—County Fair 4-H Schedule
- Bud, Jill, Kerri
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4-H: To Make the Best, Better! We’re building an active 4-H program, just like you build a house: from the ground up. Our Clover Kids are loving the experiences they are having with their great leaders. Many are ready to join traditional clubs this fall. Are your clubs prepared for the energy? Are the Clover Kids going to love your club? What can you do to help their transition be positive, fun, and a great all-around experience? It’s almost time to start inviting the Clover Kids and other prospective new members to your meetings, so they are ready to join in the fall. But first, is your club ready? Take a step back and think about your club. How can it improve? How can we make the best, better?
APRIL 2012 NEWSLETTER
EAST POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY EXTENSION
April 2—Junk-in-a-Bucket Registrations Due April 2—Fair Garden Plot Registrations Due April 2—Junior Overnight Registrations Due April 5—Fair Book Cover Entries Due to Extension Office April 11—Garden Workshop and Fair Garden Plot Assignments; Fairgrounds April 15—Fair Queen & Junior Fair Queen Applications due April 15—CYC; 4:00 Committee Work, followed by meeting April 16—19—Junk-in-a-Bucket Distribution April 21—Junior Robotics Workshop, 9:30am-11:30am & 1:00pm-3:00pm—FULL April 28—Spice Workshop, IWCC May 1—Please Return Online Leader Training Evaluations to Extension Office May 5—Junior Overnight Camp, Henry Doorly Zoo—Gorilla Valley May 5—Sheep & Goat Weigh-In; 9:00am-12:00noon (10:30-12 verification animals) May 15—4-Hers for 4-H Contributions Due in County Office May 15—Final Project Enrollments due on www.4honline.com May 15—All Fair Animal ID’s due (all species, including pets) May 21—FSQA, Armstrong Research Farm, 5:30 Testing, 6:30 Program June 2—Bread Workshop, IWCC June 10-13—Regional 5th/6th Grade Camp, Madrid June 18—Fair Entries Due (forms available on county 4-H website, at right of page) June 23—Shelby County 4-H Open Horse Show June 26-28—State 4-H Conference July 13—Shelby/East Pottawattamie 4-H Horse Show July 18-23—East Pottawattamie County Fair, Avoca, Iowa! August 9-19—Iowa State Fair! August 25-26—Iowa Fall SESS Leader Training, Red Oak
Bud Beedle
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Jill Kadel
Office Assistant
Kerri Wede
County Youth Coordinator
Extension Office—321 Oakland Avenue, Oakland, IA 712.482.6449
Kristian Martens and Grace Holtz participated
in FSQA activities to gain knowledge about
producing safe food!
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Hours—Monday through Thursday, 7:30am-5:00pm
4-H Motto:
“TO MAKE THE BEST BETTER!”
COUNTY 4-H CONTEST
Read the Newsletter and WIN!
Enter Animal ID’s ONLINE—Deadline May 15 All of our animal ID’s will now be entered online, this in-
cludes all livestock and pets. We do ask that you refrain from
entering MARKET LAMBS. The extension office will be re-
sponsible for entering these after weigh-ins. Your MARKET
BEEF projects are already ID’d.
The process is very simple for most species.
1) Go to www.4hOnline.com and click on the state of Iowa.
2) Log in with your family email address and family pass-
word. (You need to be enrolled, first.)
3) Continue to your family page.
4) Click “Edit” by your Member Name.
5) Click on Animals at the top of the page.
6) Select the animal type/species that you wish to ID, and
click Add Animal.
7) Fill in the fields and SAVE.
Each species will require different fields. ALL SPECIES, IN-
CLUDING PETS, NEED ID’D.
Horses will require that a photo is uploaded of the front,
back, left, and right, of your horse. Dogs require a rabies
vaccine be entered (so schedule your appointment, early.)
ANIMAL ID’S ARE DUE MAY 15. DO NOT WAIT until the
15th, in case you have problems, or the system is not work-
ing. ID Early. We can help you at the Extension Office, prior
to May 15.
ID’s do not replace fair
entries. Your animal en-
tries will still need to be
made at the Extension
Office, by June 18.
Prize Money Accompanies County Fair Queen Title Prize money awaits the crowning of the East Pottawattamie Fair Queen and East Potta-wattamie Junior Fair Queen. The Queen will receive a $250 Scholar-ship and the Junior Queen will receive a $100 Scholarship.
Candidates will be treated to a brunch and will do a group community service activity. The contest proves to be a worth-while event for our contestants.
Applications, due April 15, for the East Pottawattamie Fair Queen and the Junior Fair Queen are now available at the Ex-
COUNTY 4-H NEWS
COUNTY INFORMATION
Our March t-shirt winner is . . . CAIDEN GOODMAN! Caiden read our March newsletter, found the symbols and showed me each of them in person. Caiden has kept in great contact with 4-H by stopping in the office, and send-ing emails. Caiden received a package in the mail with a custom East Pottawattamie 4-H shirt!
Caiden is a member of the East Pott. Hot Shots 4-H club. Congratulations, Caiden and keep reading the newsletter!
How can YOU win a t-shirt? It’s super simple! 1) Read this newsletter. 2) Look for the specified symbol: 3) Email [email protected], by the 15th of the month,
with the locations of 5 (FIVE) symbols, AND your T-shirt size. (YL,S,M,L,XL,2XL).
4) Read your email and check Facebook for BONUS chances to win!
5) Wait—see if you WIN and receive a package!
tension Office and on our county 4-H website.
Queen contestants must between 16 and 21 years of age by August 9 of 2012. Junior Queen contestants must be 13-15 by August 9. The Junior Queen Contest is a county-only oppor-tunity, but the Queen will represent us at the Iowa State Fair.
These opportunities are open outside of 4-H, as well, so en-courage your friends to apply. As a 4-Her, you have gained skills in leadership, citizenship, and communication that it takes to represent our county as fair queen. 4-Hers are also knowledgeable about our county fair and are ready to accept this title.
The Queen coronation event, will be held on Thursday night of
the East Pottawattamie County Fair, in Avoca, IA.
4-H Motto:
“TO MAKE THE BEST BETTER!”
COUNTY 4-H PROGRAMMING
Susan Beedle has volunteered to be our new East Potta-wattamie County Dog Superintendent. With this position, she brings many years of great training experience helping others, and training her own pets. Susan will also bring her dog show judging expertise to classes. Susan has set the first dog training class for Saturday, April 7, 9:00am, at the gazebo shelter, in Oakland’s Chautauqua Park. Please bring:
Your dog on a leash
Retractable leash
Small treats the dog likes
Pooper pick-up bag Please have your dog’s vaccinations up to date prior to class.
The second class has been set for Saturday, April 14, 9:00am at her home at 47237 Edison Lane, east of Oakland. Future classes will be set by Susan and her class. To RSVP for the classes, please call Susan on her cell phone at (402) 651-1652 or email her home at [email protected]. You do not need to be enrolled in the dog project to attend. If you have interest, try it out! We thank Susan for giving her time in this valuable program for our 4-H youth!
Dog Project? Classes are Available!
Market Sheep & Market Goats: Weigh-In—May 5
FSQA Training and Testing Opportunities Our final county Food Safety Quality Assurance event will be held on May 21 at the ISU Armstrong/Wallace Research Center near Lewis, IA. The event will begin with a test-out opportunity starting at 5:30 and training at 6:30. 4-Hers who show these live-stock species, are required to obtain the FSQA certifica-tion: beef, dairy (cattle and goat), meat goat, rabbit,
poultry, sheep, and swine. These 4-Hers who are 4th grade and older must attend FSQA training or test out to receive the certification.
Training and testing are based on grade. Youth in grades 3 and under are not required to attend FSQA training. Youth in grades 4-6 are required to attend training. Youth in grades 7 – 9 will have the option of attending a training every year, or completing a test which will certify them until they reach the 10th grade. Youth in grades 10 – 12 will have the option of attending a training every year, or completing a test which will certify them until they turn 20.
The goal of FSQA is to help youth and their parents better understand what they can do to produce the safest food possible. Please let us know if you cannot attend the final event, and need FSQA training or testing. We will work with you.
COUNTY 4-H NEWS
COUNTY 4-H NEWS
East Pottawattamie 4-H and FFA market sheep and mar-ket goats will be weighed in on May 5, at the East Potta-wattamie County Fairgrounds in Avoca. Members showing these projects at the county fair, on-ly, should bring them from 9:00am—10:30am. Exhibi-tors who plan to participate at the Iowa State Fair, Ak-Sar-Ben, or other out-of-county events, requiring verifi-cation, should bring their lambs or goats from 10:30am—12:00 noon.
Online enrollments must be complete prior to weighing in your lambs for information to be able to be input into 4hOnline. This simply means you must be enrolled in 4-H via the online enrollment process, for this year.
4-H Motto:
“TO MAKE THE BEST BETTER!”
COUNTY 4-H EXHIBIT FUN
Junk-in-A-Bucket Returns! Volunteers Steve Meek and Dean Applegate are busy salvag-ing junk for our Junk-in-a-Bucket program, again, this year. (BIG THANK YOU!)
Registrations are DUE April 2, if you wish to receive a bucket of junk to create with for this year’s East Pottawattamie County Fair. Registrations are needed by this date, so that our volunteers know how many buckets to fill.
4-Hers who register may come to the Extension Office, or send a representative, on April 16, 17, 18, or 19 to draw for a random bucket of junk.
The rules of junk in a bucket are simple. Create something with your junk! If you choose to weld, please enroll in me-chanics. If you will be designing and painting your creation, but someone will be welding for you, enroll in visual arts. You may use additional junk from home, but if you choose to
be eligible for our Peo-ple’s Choice award at the county fair, your junk should be primarily from the bucket you received.
Bring your creation to the fair with an appropriate write-up for your exhibit, and have it judged on July 18 with other static exhibits.
If any of you still have junk left over from last year, please consider returning it, so it can be redistributed to partici-pants this year. We would also appreciate the buckets being returned for additional years of use!
Fairgrounds Garden Plots Celebrate People’s Garden! Registrations for garden plots at our East Pottawattamie fair-grounds People’s Garden are due on April 2. Plans are for your 4’ x 8’ plot to be tilled and ready to be created and main-
tained by 4-Hers by workshop day! (We may create larger plots, this year, if requested.)
This is a fun team or club pro-ject, as well as an individual learning adventure. Write up your garden plot and have it
judged at the county fair on Wednesday with other static ex-hibits!
Being a part of the People’s Garden gives you the opportunity to share your harvest. Please try to donate part of your crop to support your local community: nursing home, fair food stand, and other opportunities.
Registrations must be received by April 2, so that enough spots will be tilled and available to our 4-Hers. Garden Plot assignments will be given at the April 11 Garden Workshop at the fairgrounds.
Get Dirty at April 11 Garden Workshop Ready to dig in the dirt, this spring? Bring your family, friends, or your 4-H club and learn some garden tips at a Garden Workshop on April 11 at 6:00pm.
The workshop will be held at the East Pottawattamie Fair-grounds at our 4-H People’s Garden plot site.
Canoyer Garden Center and East Pott. Soil & Water Con-servation will be hosting the workshop. Prepare to get dirty!
Lynette Gruchow will be explaining the fairground garden plots’ connection to the USDA People’s Garden.
Mark your calendar and enjoy some fresh spring air at the workshop. You may even win a prize . . . and get a little dirty.
COUNTY WORKSHOP
COUNTY 4-H EXHIBIT FUN
4-H Motto:
“TO MAKE THE BEST BETTER!”
SPICE IT UP - Sensory Food & Nutrition Workshop
COUNTY 4-H OPPORTUNITY
COUNTY 4-H OPPORTUNITY
Touch it, smell it, taste it. This course is designed to “spice things up’ in your kitchen. We will be talking about differ-ent spices, where they are grown and how they are pro-cessed. We will talk about the colors, aromas and flavors of the spices and how they are used in cooking. We will do some cooking demonstrations so that you can see the spic-es in action.
Participants in this class will have the opportunity to taste similar foods and have the opportunity to experience the affect of spices.
This workshop is being given to East Pottawattamie 4-Hers by Brenda (Hering) Windmuller. Brenda is a 4-H alumnus
from East Pottawattamie County who is now an Assis-tant Professor in Culinary Arts at Iowa Western Community College.
Who: 4-H Juniors, Intermediates, and Seniors (Only the f rst 25 registrations will be accepted)
What: Spice it Up Workshop
When: April 28, 10:00am—11:30am
Where: Iowa Western Community College, Council Bluffs
2700 College Road, Student Center room 1024
Supply Fee: $5 with Registration, Due April 16
REGISTER NOW!
Who likes Bread? Attend this hands-on Workshop
The art and science of bread baking is a true craft. This class is designed to teach you the fundamentals of good bread creation. You will discuss the scientific aspects of a bread formula and important factors which lead to success or failure. Participants in the class will have the opportuni-ty to work in the kitchen with a certified pastry chef who will teach them how to properly follow the twelve steps of making bread.
This workshop is being provided to East Pottawattamie 4-Hers by Brenda (Hering) Windmuller. Brenda is a 4-H alum-nus from East Pottawattamie County who is now an Assis-tant Professor in Culinary Arts at Iowa Western Community College.
Who: 4-H Juniors, Intermediates, and Seniors (Only the first 10 registrations will be accepted)
What: 12 Steps of Bread Workshop
When: June 2, 9:00am—1:30pm
Where: Iowa Western Community College, Council Bluffs
2700 College Road, Student Center room 1024
Supply Fee: $10 with Registration, Due May 21
Lunch included.
REGISTER SOON!
Bread Workshop Registration
Name: ______________________________________
Emergency Contact Name for June 2: _____________
Emergency Contact Number for June 2: ____________
Include $10 with your registration.
Clip and Return to: East Pottawattamie Extension, PO Box 187, Oakland, IA 51560 by May 21.
Spice Workshop Registration
Name: ______________________________________
Emergency Contact Name for April 28: _____________
Emergency Contact Number for April 28: ___________
Include $5 with your registration.
Clip and Return to: East Pottawattamie Extension, PO Box 187, Oakland, IA 51560 by April 16.
Now open to 4-Hers in grades 4 - 12!
4-H Motto:
“TO MAKE THE BEST BETTER!”
COUNTY BENEFIT FOR STATE EVENT
Celebrate a Free Trip to State 4-H Conference
Every June, over 1000 teenagers converge on the campus of Iowa State University for 3 days full of speakers, workshops, mixers, dances, a banquet, and community service activities. If you've completed 8th grade, you're eligible to attend. East Pottawattamie Extension and the 4-H Booster Fund will pick up the registration costs for TWO of our county 4-Hers to attend.
You will get to experience campus life, and meet new people from across the state! You will be having fun while learning by doing, dancing the nights away, and serving the community. You will get to learn new things to take back to your commu-nity and school, and in the process you might even discover something new about yourself! There are opportunities for you to share your talents with the rest of the delegation
through small group discussion, the Conference Chorus, and a Talent Show!
If you have a specific interest in animal science, you might want to look into becoming part of the ROUND-UP track! We'll also have a special track devoted to agronomy, called CSI: Crops. And, new this year, a track looking wilderness edu-cation and Shooting Sports.
There is no limit to the number of delegates that East Potta-wattamie can send, but we are glad to pick up the $140 regis-tration costs for two individuals. To apply for the conference scholarship, please fill out the form located on our county website: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/eastpottawattamie/kidsteens.htm. This application is due May 1. Registrations for the conference are due to our county Extension Office by May 1, as well. For conference registra-tions, workshop descriptions, and more information on the conference, please check out the Iowa 4-H Youth Conference webpage on our state 4-H website at: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/StateConference/
All delegates should fill out the provided 4-H Conference Health Form this year. It collects information that is not in your 4-H On-Line Health Forms, such as insurance data, which may be needed for emergencies since we will not be in your local health care service area.
If you have completed 8th grade, 9th grade, 10th, 11th, or your senior year, you WANT TO DO THIS! Attend the Iowa 4-H Youth Conference, June 26-28!
Junior Overnight Camp at the Zoo-REGISTER NOW! REGISTRATIONS ARE DUE APRIL 2 to camp with your 4-H friends at the zoo! Last year, our junior overnight campers had a great time at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo for our Jun-ior Overnight Camp. We will have a great time again, on May 5th! We will be spending the night in Go-rilla Valley, so our sea-soned zoo campers will be ready to show the way.
Our May 5 date allows for beautiful weather for our night hike! The kids will also enjoy a craft, game, and late night pizza!
Registrations are available to current 4th—6th grade youth. Encourage your friends who are NOT in 4-H to reg-ister, and attend with you!
Zoo campouts allow our youth to learn a lot about our zoo and the animals that live there. They offer night hikes and up-close-and personal visits with animals, as well as a great opportunity to make new 4-H friends from around the county.
The 4-H Booster Fund is utilized to make this camp afford-able for our 4-Hers.
Look for the registration form on our county website, at: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/eastpottawattamie/kidsteens.htm. NO LATE REGISTRATIONS can accepted.
COUNTY 4-H NEWS
4-H Motto:
“TO MAKE THE BEST BETTER!”
Leader Training-ONLINE—Please ‘Attend’ by May 1
4-H LEADER INFORMATION
2nd Annual Wall & Waffles Event at the Iowa 4-H Center
All of our volunteer leaders are asked to fulfill this year’s lead-er state training. Volunteer leader training, “Cooking Up a Healthy 4-H Program,” is available on-line at our state online training site. Go to: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4hvolunteers/ and log in. Under “My Courses” in the left navigation box click on 4-H Volunteer Essential Elements to access the newest training. There is not a quiz with this course but volunteers do need to fill out the
evaluation form and email, mail, or bring it to the Extension Office to re-ceive credit for taking the course, and to receive full credit for being a leader in 2011-12. If you need com-puter access, please make an ap-pointment to use a computer in our office. Thank you for training yourself to be the best 4-H leader that you
STATEWIDE 4-H FUN
Save May 12th 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on your calendar and join us for the 2nd annual Wall & Waffles fundraiser! Eat your fill of a yummy waffle brunch, climb the 50 foot wall, zip down our 360 foot mega zip line, and bid on some fantas-tic silent auction items.
This event is for all ages and 4-H membership is not re-quired. It is a donation based event with all proceeds go-ing towards the support of our camping program.
NATIONAL—AND—COUNTY 4-H NEWS
Share your impact on the Revolution of Responsibility National 4-H Council invites you to partner in a special oppor-tunity throughout the months of March and April. The Join the Revolution of Responsibility Video Contest is a fun and easy way for 4-H youth share their stories of positive commu-nity impact on a national level. How The Contest Works: 1) Submit a 4-H story of impact video on Facebook. Visit https://www.facebook.com/4-h?sk=app_226105637428999 to submit a video, up to two minutes long, that shows your 4-H story of responsibility and tell the world how you impacted your community! 2) Share and vote. Engage your 4-H community by telling your friends to vote for your video. Every vote counts!
3) Win $5,000 for your county 4-H program!
National 4-H Council will judge the three videos with the high-est number of votes to determine a winner. The contest win-
ner and recipient of $5,000 for their county 4-H
program will be announced on 5/1/12. Share your video with our county Extension Office and
receive a Revolution of Responsibility t-shirt!
4-H Motto:
“TO MAKE THE BEST BETTER!”
February Fair Board Minutes On 2/27/12 the East Pottawattamie County Fair Board met to discuss the 2012 fair. I am happy to say that we have some new adventures this year and I for one am really excited for them! The day for the demo derby has been changed due to con-flict issues. The derby will now be on Friday night of fair and will start at 7:30 so everyone will have time to get home and get to the fair! We have a new promoter for the demo derby. R & R Total Destruction Promotions will be running the derby for us. They run demos all over western Iowa, eastern Ne-braska, and part of Missouri. We are hoping to have more drivers because they have a “points” system for drivers who sign up. We have decided to be part of his system. This means the drivers will be out to win, and it promises to be an exciting evening. Payout will be larger, and we will have clas-ses for full size weld, and compact vehicles. The compact class is new for us and will include not only compact cars, but small trucks and minivans. These are ALL in the SAME CLASS! Dawn Harder talked about bringing in someone to have a rope making event for the kids at the fair. We are looking to do this on Thursday afternoon. Bud talked about what Alisha Gehrmann would like to do for the Fair Queen Competition. She would like the contest-ants to be able to get together more than one time, and raise money for scholarships. We can never have enough contest-ants, so please tell your friends. You do not need to be in 4-H or FFA to enter! Lisa Holtz brought up about renovating the dance hall and
making it just that once again. She has information from the state about historical preservation and is willing to do the research on costs. Once completed, the building would be open for parties, receptions, craft fairs, gun shows, etc. This was tabled for the next meeting due to the time getting late. Perry updated us on the Pioneer test plot. They are trying to get the mobile classroom for 1 day at the fair. Should be interesting! Lisa has started a Facebook page for the fair and will be writing newsletters to put in local papers and the 4-H news-letter every month. Please “Like” our Facebook page (search East Pottawattamie County Fair). We will be updating events, and during fair posting everything we can. We are also look-ing for pictures to put on there. They can be of past champi-ons, fun things, etc.. NEWSFLASH! There will not be bull riding this year on Thursday night. We have booked a up and coming country band from Oklahoma to play a concert that night! They are called 2 Steps Back, and I urge you to YouTube and Facebook them! They are not your traditional country band, and should rock the house! This is a new venture for us, and we need all the help we can to get the word spread on this. Check out their music please, I don’t think you will be disappointed! (Lisa Holtz)
COUNTY NEWS
25th Annual Waubonsie Horse Camp 2012 Waubonsie Horse Camp REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
In its 25th year, Fremont County is making plans for a fun and exciting camp for the weekend of June 22 - 24, 2012!
The horse camp is open to any 4-H youth and their horse in South-west Iowa. The camp utilizes the superb riding fa-cilities of the Sid-ney Iowa PRCA Rodeo. The riding clinics will involve horsemanship and riding skill
development to challenge each camper from the beginner to the advanced senior. Camp includes expert advice and guid-ance with riding, awesome new friendships, plenty of fun and games, trail ride, and great food.
The camp registration fee is $40 for the entire weekend and is due by May 4, 2012. Complete details will be available on the Fremont County Extension website http://www.extension.iastate.edu/NR/exeres/C665A8A5-282E-4B34-9A9B-F752E943367E,frameless.htm?NRMODE=Published
or by calling 712-374-2351.
Senior 4-H members are encouraged to apply for Camp Coun-selor positions. Counselors need to be at least 16 years old, be confident and knowledgeable riders, and willing to provide leadership to a small group of 4-H youth. Counselor applica-tions are due May 4 to the Fremont County Extension Office.
REGIONAL 4-H NEWS
4-H Motto:
“TO MAKE THE BEST BETTER!”
NATIONAL 4-H NEWS
National 4-H is on Are you looking for fun, creative and innova-tive things for projects on Pinterest? Follow National 4-H at http://pinterest.com/national4h/. Find DYI projects and awe-some Science & Technology information!
Region 17 4-H Member Photo Contest
REGIONAL 4-H CONTEST
Hey guys this is Hannah, Meghan, and Taylor from the Region 17 4-H Leadership Council. We are going to hold a photography contest for Intermediates (grades 7-8) and Senior (grades 9-12) age 4-H Members on our new Region 17 4-H Member Face-book Group. In order to participate or to vote on the photos, you must join the Region 17 4-H Member Facebook Group. 4-Hers DO NOT need to be enrolled in the photography project to participate. Each month, beginning in April, will feature a monthly theme: April –Outdoor Fun; May—Green; and June—Black & White. From the entries each month, five finalists will be selected in each age group along with a People’s Choice award winner (voted on by likes) and these will be announced on the Region 17 4-H Member Page. These twelve photos from each month, will be eligible for the
finals to be held in early July. Photos must be submitted by midnight of the last day of each month to be considered in the judging for that month’s theme. Your photo entry must be up-loaded to the Region 17 4-H
Member Facebook page and emailed to [email protected] for their official entry. They will receive confirmation of the receipt of their photo and its entry into the contest for the month. All photos must be taken in this current
4-H year. The pictures will be judged by a 4-H Photography judge. Prizes for monthly winners and the overall top photos will be announced later in the contest when they are secured from donors. You must be an enrolled current 4-H’er in your Region 17 County (Harrison, E. Pott., W. Pott., Mills, Montgom-ery, Fremont and Page). Additional Rules for the contest: Photographs must be in digital format. All photos must be saved in .jpg or JPEG format. The photo must be taken by the 4-H’er. Photos may not be submitted prior to April 1 or after June 30. By entering the contest, you are granting 4-H the rights to use your photo in 4-H publicity and to display during County Fairs. The following two questions must be answered in the email submission of the photo: 1) If digital editing changes were made to the original photo-
graph, what changes did you make? 2) How does this photograph fit the theme for the month? For full contest rules and requirements, go to the “Region 17 4-H Members” Facebook Group or to the contest website: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/harrison/news/Reg174hPhotoContest.htm We look forward to seeing your photo entries on our Region 17 4-H Members Facebook Group Page! Don’t forget to vote for favorite photo entries on the Group Page—just click “like!”
REGIONAL 4-H NEWS
Join the Region 17 4-H Members Facebook Group Join the Region 17 4-H Members Facebook Page! Search for “Region 17 4-H Members” and request to be added as a friend. Watch the Welcome video on the Facebook page once you are added to the group to find out great opportunities this Region 17 4-H Members Facebook page will provide for you.
We will be featuring and recognizing 4-H members from each county that are Joining the 4-H Revolution of Responsibility in their communities. There will be opportunities to share your
favorite experience at the County Fair; words of wisdom you would share with a new 4-H Member; your favorite 4-H pro-ject; or the adult who inspired you the most in your 4-H Ca-reer.
Join now by requesting to be added as a group member today, so you won’t miss the opportunities and fun!
4-H Motto:
“TO MAKE THE BEST BETTER!”
REGIONAL 4-H NEWS
2012 Region 12, 17 & 18 Area 5th & 6th Grade 4-H Camp We are very excited that we will be continuing Regions 12, 17 & 18 Area 5th & 6th Grade Junior Camp. We have shown strong evidence that the camping experience is a strong life skill building \experience for our campers and Counselors and a strong tool in creating a significant 4-H experience that may affect members staying in 4-H. So Celebrate with us another year of 4-H camping geared for our Southwest Iowa 4-H Members!
Take a ride on the "WILD" side and mark on your calendars to attend Area 4-H 5th & 6th Grade Junior Camp for Re-gions 12, 17 & 18, June 10-13 at the Iowa 4-H Camping Center near Madrid, Iowa. Experience the adventure and excitement of four days filled with 4-H camp traditions and favorite activities, including nature hikes, creek stomping, wall climbing, canoeing, camp songs, swimming, outdoor camping basics, and campfires! Learn to create cool crafts that work great as 4-H working exhibits. Bring a friend with you or make new ones! Camp will run from Sunday, June 10 at 3 p.m. until our closing ceremony starting at Noon on Wednesday, June 13.
4-H camps are open to ALL YOUTH – membership in a 4-H club is not a requirement – so bring a friend to share the experience! Area 4-H Junior camp is open to all Region 12,
17 & 18 youth who have completed grades 5 and 6 and will be held in Birch Village. The camp will be filled at 100 youth, so you will want to register early before it fills up. Registration, Parental Permission and Request for provid-ing Medication at a 4-H Event form (if your camper will be bringing any medications with them) are available from the county extension office or downloaded from http://www.extension.iastate.edu/harrison/news/2011Jr4HCamp.htm in Microsoft Word and Adobe PDF format. We will be using your Medical form filled out at the beginning of the 4-H Year provided to us by your county extension office. Please make sure you have it up-dated if needed. If you are not a current 4-H’er, you will need to fill out a Medical Info form found also at the Jr Camp Website above or from your ISU County Extension Office. Registration Deadline is May 25. Cost for the four day camp will be $145.00. Check with your County Exten-sion office as most counties may have camp scholarships for 4-H’ers or financial help if needed. Please contact David Seilstad, phone: 712/644-2105 or email: [email protected] if you have any questions on this camp or others offered at the Iowa 4-H Camping center: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4hcenter/summercamp/index.php
Camp Counselors Needed for Area Junior Camp Camp is such a great experience and you can play a very important role in making this summer’s 2012 Area 4-H 5th & 6th Grade Junior Camp for Regions 12, 17 & 18, June 10-13 held at the State 4-H Camping Center a won-derful memory for the 8-10 young people in your cabin. You will make lasting friendships with your fellow counse-lors and really enjoy the late night talks with your campers as they look to you as their leader and mentor. This op-portunity is available to all Senior 4-H members who are 16 years old or older in time for camp. At Area 5th & 6th grade Junior 4-H Camp you will get a chance to experience climbing and rappelling down the 50 ft. tower; canoeing down the river; taking your cabin through the Challenge Team-Building Course where every-one must work together to succeed; do the awesome oo-ey-gooey-squishy-creek walk; find out what wildlife are out at night during night hikes; lead your team in water balloon volleyball; plan campfire songs and skits, and lots,
lots, more. Just fill out an Area 5th & 6th grade Junior Camp Counse-lor application and mail it or email it to the Harrison County Extension Office by Friday, April 6th to be consid-ered for this year’s camp. You will need to attend the two required training sessions in late May and early June. Counselors will head up to camp the day before campers arrive, Saturday, June 9 for a workday to finish prepara-tions for camp as well as get familiar with the important programming sites on the camp grounds. Make sure you have your 4-H Member Medical Information form on file in your county extension office as we will be requesting it if you are selected to be a counselor for 2012. Being a camp counselor is also a great leadership opportunity as you are building your resume for college scholarships and leadership roles at school. Applications are available in the Extension Office.
REGIONAL 4-H NEWS
4-H Motto:
“TO MAKE THE BEST BETTER!”
STATEWIDE 4-H PROGRAMMING
Brighten Your World! The State 4-H Council has chosen the theme for this year’s State Conference as “Brighten Your World!”
This theme will be the basis for our county fair booths, and fair book, as well. So, as your club be-gins making county fair plans, keep this theme in
4-Hers for 4-H
STATE 4-H NEWS
The 4-Hers for 4-H campaign is conducted on behalf of the State 4-H Council Finance Committee and is a campaign led by youth, for youth. Traditional-age 4-H Clubs across the state are encouraged to donate $2.50 per 4-H member and the funds raised benefit financial aid, State 4-H Conference, and other projects as voted upon by the State 4-H Council. The campaign is conducted March 1st - June 1st every year. Your Campaign Contribution Supports:
State 4-H Youth Conference
Improvements for the 4-H Camp & State Fair Exhibits Building
Financial Aid for 4-H Program Fees and Event Registrations
Participation is easy! Just print the club donation form, at the web address, below, and return with your donation to your county Extension office by May 15. https://www.iowa4hfoundation.org/index.cfm?nodeID=32725&audienceID=1
STATE 4-H NEWS
“Calling all campers, ages 14 to 18. The Iowa 4-H Center plans to host two wilderness trips this summer,” says Abbie Parker, program specialist at the Iowa 4-H Center near Madrid. “The wilderness trips offer a challenge to teenagers,” Parker said. “The trips are unique opportunities that combine wilderness travel, outdoor skill development, teamwork, environmental learning and personal growth.” Trained volunteer adults who bring skills and knowledge to the experience will lead the trips. Two trips are planned for this summer: Youth can backpack through the Porcupine Mountains in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan on the Porcupine Mountains
Backpacking Trip from July 7 -14. The trip costs $400. Lowell DeVries will lead the trip. Youth can canoe through the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northeast Minnesota on the Wilderness Canoe Trek from July 28 –Aug. 4. The trip costs $400. Katie Ham-
mond and Dan Cohen will lead it. Scholarships and stipends are available to help offset the costs. Register online at the Iowa 4-H Center website. For more information on the wilderness trips, contact Abbie Parker at 515-795-3338.
4-H Center Offers Summer Wilderness Trips
Online Registration Now Available for State 4-H Camps Several of our East Pottawattamie 4-Hers enjoyed camp-ing at the Iowa 4-H Center near Madrid, Iowa, last summer. The 2012 Summer Camp Schedule and
registration is available on the state 4-H website at: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/center/camp.htm. The Iowa 4-H Center was created in 1950 to give campers a fun and educational outdoor learning environment over its 1,100 acre estate in the heart of the Des Moines River Valley.
4-H camp offers the opportunity for supervised independence to gain self-confidence and leadership skills, a sense of be-longing with a caring group while making lifelong friends, a spirit of generosity toward others, and a wide variety of op-portunities to master new skills and discover nature. The Iowa 4-H Center follows the motto of “learning by doing,” and draws on the knowledge base of Iowa State University and competent professional and student staff. East Pottawattamie Extension provides scholarships to 4-Hers, equal to half of the cost of out-of-county sponsored camps, up to $250 per individual per 4-H year. Applications are available in the Extension Office.
STATE 4-H NEWS
4-H Motto:
“TO MAKE THE BEST BETTER!”
4-H RESOURCES
County Fair Resources on our 4-H Websites Our State 4-H website is packed with great information for our youth, and leaders. Get to know this site:
www.iowa4h.com. On this site, you will find ideas for your 4-H Projects, including “Hot Sheets” with many resources. You can learn about project options that you may have not known about! Fair Information including “Fair Exhibit Information Forms” (write-up form), and “Tip Sheets,” area available in most project categories. This will help you prepare for fair, all year, and be ready to talk to your judge. The Iowa 4-H website has evolving state opportunities, including awards, conferences, and camps. Leaders, you, also, have a lot of information at your fingertips. Clover Kid leaders will find a Clover Kid toolbox full of assistance for your meetings!
Our county 4-H website is also a good resource for reg-istration forms, fair forms, entry forms, record book forms, newsletters and more! It is located here:
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/eastpottawattamie/kidsteens.htm If you have a chance to surf the web, get to know these sites. I’m sure you will find something you have never known about and you may just find a new op-portunity for you! Don’t forget to also like us on Facebook. Just search for “EAST POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY 4-H.” On Face-book, you will get brand new information as it be-comes available, as well as reminders, of what is due. Many clubs are posting what their clubs are doing, here, as well!
REGIONAL 4-H NEWS
Montgomery County Invitational Horse Events
Invitational Horse Show Montgomery County Fairgrounds—Red Oak, Iowa
Sunday, June 17, 2012
1 p.m. -Registration 2 p.m.—Show Time
$4.00 per class or $20.00 for all day, per horse, per
showman
2nd Annual Montgomery Co. 4-H Horse Camp Montgomery County Fairgrounds
Red Oak, IA
June 7-9, 2012
This overnight 4-H horse camp for 4th thru 8th graders will put empha-
sis on improving horsemanship skills while having fun. Qualified instruc-
tors will introduce the beginner to the basics of horsemanship and ex-
perienced riders can learn additional skills and show techniques.
Campers bring their own horse.
Cost is $50 per camper, limited to first 30 campers
Registration deadline is May 11th.
For more information, contact the Montgomery County Extension Office at: (712) 623-2592
or visit: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/montgomery/kidsteens.htm
2011 East Pottawattamie County Fair 4-H Schedule
Fair Books will be available at the
Extension Office, by May 1.
Monday, July 18, 2011
4-H Office moving to fairgrounds
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Static Exhibit Building Open for Club Booth Set-Up
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
8:00am—Club Booth Set up Complete
8:00am—12:00 noon or completion—Static Judging by Club Assigned Time
8:00am—12:00noon or completion—Bake sale of food items
9:00am—Working Exhibits
1:00pm—Clothing Selection/Fashion Revue/$15 Challenge Judging
1:00pm—Booth Judging
6:30pm—Swine Check-in
Thursday, July 21, 2011
7:00am—Market Beef Check-in
8:00am—Pie Baking Contest
9:00am—Sheep Check-in
9:00am—Breeding Beef Check-in
10:30am—Pizza Baking Contest
12:00 noon—Table Setting Contest
2:00pm—Presentations
**TBD—Queen/Junior Queen Coronation
Friday, July 22, 2011
7:30am—Swine Show
12:30pm—Sheep/Goat Show
9:00pm-12:00 midnight—Free Youth Fair Dance sponsored by the County Youth Council
Saturday, July 23, 2011
8:00am—Poultry in Place
9:00am—Beef Show, Breeding Beef , followed by Market Beef Show, starting with Market Heifers (one beef showmanship)
2:00pm—Clover Kid Day at the Fair - sponsored by the CYC
Sunday, July 24, 2011
9:00am—Poultry Show, followed by Rabbit Show
9:00am—Dog Show
11:00am—Cat Show, followed by Small Pet Show
12:30pm—4-H & Alumni Potluck Picnic featuring Pie Baking Contest Pies & Champions Watermelon: Share-the-Fun, Fair Awards,
Clothing Event Style Show
2:30—Fair Olympics sponsored by the County Youth Council
4:00pm—State Fair Meeting
5:00pm—4-H Exhibits Released
6:00pm—Pool Party at The Splash in Avoca sponsored by the County Youth Council
Monday, July 25, 2011
9:00am—4-H Premium Sale
Look for Fair Board updates on other County
Fair events on Facebook at
“East Pottawattamie County Fair.”
Look for additional 4-H events to be added in
next month’s newsletter.