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GROWS

4-H Family

Summer is right around the corner, and before we know it we will be at the County Fair! Make

sure to mark your calendar with important dates and deadlines within this newsletter.

Fair books just came in today, I am working with leaders to get your fair book to you. One fair

book is given per-family and this comes from your club leader.

Wright County 4-H shirts are available at the Extension office, these are the green ones with the

white print. Remember all 4-H youth need to wear a 4-H shirt during judging times at fairs.

Reminder: Just because you verified an animal for fair (county or state) does NOT mean that it is

a fair entry. The entry is the second step and for county this is done on paper and a fee paid at

my office by June 9th. For the state fair entry process, that needs to be done by July 1 and

this is done online. State Fair books and entry forms will be on the web.

If you have questions please make sure to ask.

Making the Best Better!

Jessica Norman

Wright County 4-H Newsletter—May 2017

Jessica Norman

Wright County Extension & Outreach County 4-H & Youth Coordinator

jnorman@iastate.edu 515-532-3453—office 515-825-8232—cell www.extension.iastate.edu/4H/wright

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2017 Graduating Seniors:

Kelsie Brodersen Dayton Lake 4-H Club

Rachel Clagett Wright Warriors 4-H Club

Jarika Eisentrager Liberty Pathfinders 4-H Club

Ty Haugen Pleasant Progressors 4-H Club

Megan Lund Dayton Lake 4-H Club

Sarah Lund Dayton Lake 4-H Club

Tristan Mewes Dayton Lake 4-H Club

Kristina Olson Wright Warriors 4-H Club

Sydney Redding Pleasant Progressors 4-H Club

Jane Roberts Iowa Hawkeyes 4-H Club

Samantha Sturgeon Pleasant Progressors 4-H Club

Lilian Swanson Wright County P.I.G. 4-H Club

Max Weidemann Wright County P.I.G. 4-H Club

Sarah Wilson Wright Warriors 4-H Club

Megan Zwiefel Dayton Lake 4-H Club

Best Wishes, Good Luck as you pursue your future goals.

I still need a few seniors info and picture for the display board. Please answer: to

future plans, if college what college, what your major is and a 4-H memory/

experience. Please email picture and answers to the Jessica at jnor-

man@iastate.edu ASAP!

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4-H’ERS FOR 4-H

4-H’ers investing in 4-H’ers. This is the essence of the 4-H’ers for 4-H Campaign, sponsored

each year by the State 4-H Council. Money raised from this year’s campaign will be used to

provide financial assistance for youth attending Iowa 4-H Youth Conference and summer 4-H

camps, assist 4-H families pay 4-H program fees, and many other 4-H youth events. All clubs

meeting the state goal will receive a special campaign certificate. What your club donates will

be added to our Wright County total, and the top five counties will be recognized at the state

youth conference in June. The Teen Council has challenged all clubs to donate $6.00 per

member to the 4-H’ers for 4-H campaign. So, as a county let’s increase our donation to the 4-

H’ers for 4-H campaign. Send checks to Extension office for county credit by May 15th.

Wright County received 2nd place for Top County– Total Dollars Raised. We also received 1st

place (4th year in a row) Top County Per Member—Most Dollars Per Member. Thank you in

advance for supporting the State 4-H Council Finance Committee and their efforts “to make the

best better!”

Clubs who have submitted a check for 4-H’ers for 4-H (as of 5-5-17)

Dayton Lake

Iowa Hawkeyes

Liberty Pathfinders

Thank you for getting your check turned in, there is still time for all clubs to turn in a

check. DUE MAY 15th to Jessica at the Extension office

4-H FUN NIGHT

A BIG Thank You to all who were involved at 4-H Fun Night! I was happy to see people show-

ing their 4-H spirit and enjoying 4-H Family Fun Night. I appreciated all the help and support

from our 4-H member, leaders, 4-H & Youth Committee, parents, and all other volunteers! Con-

gratulations to Wright County 2017 4-H Fun Night Royalty- Queen: Sarah Wilson, King: Dylan

Jackson, Princess: Jane Roberts, Prince: Ryan Watne & Easton Smith.

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JUNIOR CAMP COUNSELOR

Calling for High School 4-H members who have completed their sophomore year. If you are inter-

ested in being a junior camp counselor let Jessica know. Junior camp is June 14-16. This is a

great leadership to have on those future scholarships and college applications.

4-H JUNIOR CAMP

All 4-H youth in 4th through 6

th grade need to sign up for Jr. Camp, June 14th—16

th. If you like

the outdoors, hiking, cooking over a campfire, night hikes, and night camp fires, then you need to

sign up for Jr. Camp. Registration this year is online only, and this link is coming soon. Please

check our County 4-H webpage http://www.extension.iastate.edu/wright/content/camps Space is

limited. When the link is live Jessica will email out the link. The Camp cost is $215. for Wright

County 4-H’ers a $115 scholarship is given to each 4-H youth attending camp. So 4-H Junior

Camp will only cost you $100. Questions contact Jessica by emailing at jnorman@iastate.edu or

calling at 515-532-3453.

2017 Iowa 4-H Youth Conference: STATE YOUR FUTURE HERE

The dates have been set for June 27-29, 2017, for a great three-day adventure at ISU for Iowa’s

youth. Delegate registration fee is $180 per person Wright County 4-H’ers will receive an $90

scholarship, which brings the Wright County 4-H’ers cost to $90. This is the same fee for both

youth and adults and covers 2 nights of lodging, 7 meals, 3 keynote speakers, transportation for

workshops and community service, facility rental, 2 dances, and a t-shirt, among other supports

and services. When you look at your return on investment, it’s priceless.

Any questions about the Iowa 4-H Youth Conference, check out the website for updates & regis-

tration is now live online at: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/iowa4hyouthconference

Questions contact Jessica Norman, 515-532-3453 or jnorman@iastate.edu.

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FSQA (FOOD SAFETY QUALITY ASSURANCE)

All 4-H youth with a beef, dairy, swine, sheep, rabbit, goat and poultry project MUST be Food

Safety Quality Assurance (FSQA) certified to show at county and state fairs. If you do not have

a current FSQA certificate call Jessica ASAP. Last Test Out will be held on (must call to sign

youth up for test out time): Monday, May 8 from 3:30pm-7:30pm at the Extension office

It is the intent that all Wright County 4-H’ers/FFA be completed with their test or have at-

tended a workshop by May 15th.

MAY 15 DEADLINE—ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION

For all species of animals to be shown at County, other county, Clay County and State Fairs

must have their animals identified (ID) through 4HOnline. Animals included swine, horses, poul-

try, rabbits, dairy, pets, breeding beef & sheep, so basically anything that breathes and eats.

Market beef and sheep have or will be ID’d at weigh-in. All animal ID’s need to be entered into

4hOnline by 11:59 pm on Monday, May 15th. Families/youth need to ID animal through their

4hOnline account. If there are families/youth who need access to computer/internet can come

into the office, we will have one for you to use. Jessica also has extended office hours to help

families/youth either with questions, or want to have what they entered doubled checked by

Jessica, or if need computer/internet. Extra office hours: Friday, May 5th 9am-5pm, Monday,

May 8th 1pm-7pm, Wednesday, May 10th 9am-7pm, Thursday, May 11th 7am—2pm. Please

use this time to call with 4-HOnline ID questions or stop in for help or to use the computer/

internet. No paper copies turned in this year.

ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION 4-H/FFA

A reminder that an animal may be identified by only one youth. Animals identified as part of the 4-H pro-

ject CANNOT also be identified or exhibited as an FFA project or vice versa.

Youth however may identify separate animals in the same division. For example, a youth may ID market

lambs A, B and C in 4-H, and market lambs D, E and F in FFA, or horses A and B in 4-H and horses C

and D in FFA.

When exhibiting the youth may only exhibit under 4-H or FFA at a county/state fairs. So the youth may

show market lambs A, B, and C that have been ID under 4-H at the Wright County fair under 4-H, then

show market lambs D, E, and F that have been nominated under FFA at the State Fair under FFA.

If youth wanted to exhibit lambs under both organizations at the State Fair or even county, then the

youth would need to exhibit Market under organization and breeding under the other organization. This

would be the only way for the youth to exhibit lambs under both FFA and 4-H at the county fair. There

are some animals that the youth can only exhibit at a fair under one organization.

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4-H HORSEBACK RIDING CLINIC

Date/Time: Saturday, June 3, 2017 10AM-12PM

Location: Wright County Fairgrounds Cost: FREE

Topics Covered:

Groundwork/Showmanship

Western Pleasure/Horsemanship

Trail

MUST Pre-Register By: May 26, 2017 to the Wright County Extension Office (515) 532-

3453

Participants must be a 4-H’er currently enrolled in the horse project area in 4-H Online

**Limited Spots Available**

Instructors:

Sarah Seymour:

Sarah has 9 years of 4-H experience with multiple state championships. She has 7 years of

professional pleasure showing in western, English, trail, and showmanship. She is an accredit-

ed Iowa 4-H and Opens show judge and holds multiple high point, reserve high point, con-

gress, and world level awards.

Danielle Tucker:

Danielle has a wide variety of experience in several different aspects of showing, riding, and in-

structing within 18 years of being involved with horses. While her experience is primarily in

eventing shows, she has shown in many open and schooling shows involving 4-H. Also, she

was part of a judging team in FFA and was involved in her 4-H club.

Great practice before county fair. Call today and sign up before all the sports are gone!

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Wright County 4-H Mystery Bag Cooking Contest

Saturday, 3:00 p.m. 4-H Exhibit Building

Rules:

1. Limited to 6 teams of 2 people. Teams may consist of any combination of two youth grades 7-12 and /or adults. Youth in 4

th -6

th grade may compete with an adult partner.

2. Pre-register by noon Friday, the day before the contest.

3. This year’s competition is a SUPER HERO theme! Contestants should apply this theme to their food creations, their costumes and table décor. Prizes will be awarded for

BEST SUPERHERO THEME table!

4. Contestants are to bring an electric skillet, long heavy extension cord, knife, spoon or spatula, and up to 3 condiments from the following list: herbs/spices, mustard, ketchup, BBQ sauce, jam/jelly, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, honey, bottled marinade, salsa, choc-olate/caramel syrup, salad dressing (not Miracle Whip type).

5. Items furnished include salt and pepper, water, spray for skillets, a cutting board, and a plate for the final presentation to the judges.

6. At the time of judging contestants will be given a mystery bag with various products includ-ed. You will be given 30 minutes to prepare your own edible creation from the contents.

7. All entrants will open their bags at the same time.

8. Entries will be judged on 40% creativity, 40% best use of products, and 20% showman-ship.

9. Awards will be awarded to the first, second and third place overall. One prize will be award-ed in showmanship.

WRIGHT COUNTY FAIR SHIRT ORDER FORMS

If you need to order a shirt with the fair theme, order forms can be picked up at the Extension

office. First order is due Monday, May 15th or Thursday, June 15th to the fair office.

2017 Fair Theme: Fair Strong

NEW RELEASE TIME

The Fair Board made a change to the release time of exhibits in the 4-H Building. The new re-

lease time is 6:00 PM on Sunday.

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CLOTHING EVENT—COUNTY FAIR

Clothing Selection, Fashion Revue, $15 Challenge, and change/modified outfits will have con-

ference judging on Thursday, June 22nd

from 9 am to 7 pm. For more information contact Jessi-

ca at the Extension office. Schedules and information will be sent out after fair entries are

turned in on Friday, June 9th. The youth will model and receive award placing on Thursday, Ju-

ly 13th during the County Fair.

PHOTO CHALLENGE— COUNTY FAIR

2017 4-H fair Challenge picture is Iowa Sunset. Start thinking about all the different kinds of

faces and use your imagination, now grab your camera, go explore and start taking pictures.

Remember you will only submit one picture in the challenge class.

DUCT TAPE DESIGNS CHALLENGE— COUNTY FAIR

Judging – Friday, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m., 4-H Exhibits Building

Additional Rules:

1. All entries must be made to the Wright County Extension & Outreach Office, 210 1st St. SW,

Clarion, IA 50525 by or before June 9th and before 4 p.m.

2. All entry fees of $1.00 per exhibit must accompany advance entry form.

3. Any 4-H member (boy or girl) is eligible to enter. Members do not have to be enrolled in the 4-H Clothing Project.

4. Members may work as an individual or in a team of two members with the grade division de-termined by the older of the two members.

5. Items created can include wallets, purses, tote bags, hats, visors, jewelry, belts, ties, vests, aprons, shoes, etc. Undergarments will not be accepted. All items created must be appropriate and in good taste.

6. Participants may choose to wear clothing that will enhance their created accessory. Each team will receive 2 rolls of colored duct tape at the competition. Teams must provide one roll of their own duct tape, sharp scissors, ruler, compass or protractor, as well as: recyclable materi-als such as cardboard, plastic containers, store bags, etc. The accessory will be mod-eled by one of the team members.

7. Teams will be given one hour to complete their accessory and will be judged on the follow-ing: Workmanship 25%, Originality 25%, Use of Tape and Recyclable Materials 25%, Fash-ion 25%.

Lot 1 – Junior Section (Grades 4, 5, 6) Lot 2 – Intermediate Section (Grades, 7, 8)

Lot 3 – Senior Section (Grades, 9, 10, 11, 12) Special Awards: given at end of judging

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FOOD& NUTRITION CHALLENGE— COUNTY FAIR

APPLE FRITTER BREAD Serves 8, Prep Time: 15 minutes, Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes INGREDIENTS

⅓ cup brown sugar 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon, divided 2 Granny Smith apples, peeled and chopped to ½-inch dice ½ cup butter, room temperature ⅔ cup granulated sugar 2 eggs 1-½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract 1-½ cups all-purpose flour 1-¾ teaspoons baking soda ½ cup tablespoon milk

DIRECTIONS 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (175 degrees Celsius). Spray a 9-inch-by-5-inch loaf pan with pan spray. Set aside. 2. In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar with 1 teaspoon of the cinnamon. 3. In another bowl, combine the diced apples with the remaining 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and stir to mix. Set aside. 4. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and the granulated sugar. Beat the eggs in one at

a time until completely mixed. Add the vanilla extract and mix.

5. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour and baking soda.

6. Add the ½ cup of milk and mix until smooth.

7. Add the flour and baking soda mix to the butter mixture, and stir until well-blended.

8. Pour half of the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Layer half of the apple mixture on top of

the batter, followed by half of the brown sugar mixture. Gently press the apples into the batter.

9. Add the remaining batter to the pan, followed by the remaining apples and brown sugar mix-

ture. Lightly press the apples into the batter and swirl the brown sugar between the apple

chunks and into the batter.

10. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow

to cool for 15 minutes on a wire rack before removing from the pan.

LIL’ SQUEALERS SHOWMANSHIP CLASS

Youth must complete and turn in the entry form to the Fair office by June 23, 2017. The entry

form and class rules are in the Fair Book.

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PINTEREST TO ORIGINAL SOURCE IN 3 EASY STEPS

1) Find item/recipe on Pinterest – “Wow, that cheeseburger casserole really looks good!”.

Click on the image

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2) Clicking on the image brings up a page just for the cheeseburger casserole. Still on a Pinterest

page – but wait! Scroll the mouse over the casserole picture and a “Visit number-2-pencil.com”

icon pops up below the image. Now we’re getting somewhere that’s starting to look like an origi-

nal source. Not Pinterest, but number-2-pencil.com . (We could live with citing

number-2-pencil.com as the source, but we can do better. ) Click on either the image of the cas-

serole or on the “Visit number=2-pencil.com” icon.

http://pinterest.com/pin/77053843597777816/

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3) Voila! A new window pops up on a page from the original website of the recipe – number-2-

pencil.com. Scrolling down even tells us that Melissa at number-2-pencil.com is the author and

there’s even a button to print the recipe for our recipe book. Now we’ve actually found the origi-

nal source.

http://www.number-2-pencil.com/2013/06/26/one-pot-cheeseburger-casserole/

COPYRIGHT INFO

Duplication of copyright material or design should not be used in a 4-H exhibit that is presented as origi-

nal work by the exhibitor. A copyright design cannot be displayed in a public setting (fair) without permis-

sion being granted from the owner of the copyright. When permission has been granted by the owner of

the copyright, the exhibit will be displayed and labeled appropriately. Those without permission cannot be

displayed. If you have a question, please visit with Jessica.

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4-H Calendar

May 5 Extra office hours for 4-HOnline ID help 9am-5pm

May 6 Sheep & Goat weigh in at the Eagle Grove Fairgrounds @ 8 am

May 7 Teen Council mtg. 7:30 pm

May 8 Extra office hours for 4-HOnline ID help 1-7pm

May 8 FSQA Test Out 3-7 pm @ Extension office

May 9 Clover Kids (older) 5:30-6:30pm @ Extension office

May 10 Extra office hours for 4-HOnline ID help 9-am7pm

May 11 Extra office hours for 4-HOnline ID help 7am-2pm

May 15 Animal Identification due through 4HOnline by 11:59 pm

May 18 Clover Kids (younger) 5:30-6:30pm @ Extension office

May 25 Junior Camp Counselor Training @ Hamilton County office 6pm

May 27 Intermediate Council mtg. 10 am

May 29 Office Closed– Memorial Day

May 30 Clover Kids (older) 5:30-6:30pm @ Extension office (make up session)

June 1 Clover Kids (younger) 5:30-6:30pm @ Extension office (make up session)

June 3 4-H Horseback Riding Clinic 10am—12 noon @ Wright Co. Fairgrounds

June 9 Fair Entries Due to Wright County ISU Extension & Outreach by 4 pm

June 14-16 4-H Junior Camp

June 22 Clothing Event Judging day at the Extension office 9 am to 7 pm

June 24 Intermediate Council mtg. 10am

June 25 Teen Council mtg. 7 pm

June 27-29 State 4-H Youth Conference –Ames

July 1 State Fair Entries due by 11:59pm in 4HOnline

July 4 Office Closed—Holiday

July 11-17 Wright County Fair

August 3 State Fair exhibits due to the Extension office by 4 pm (not the food items)

August 3 Wright County Fair review mtg. 7pm

August 5 Ak-Sar-Ben entries due to Extension office

August 10-20 Iowa State Fair

August 22 Pick up State Fair Exhibits at the Extension office 8 am-12 noon & 12:30-4:30 pm

September 1 Record books due to club leaders

September 4 Office Closed—Holiday

September 9-17 Clay County Fair

September 14 3rd Grade Safety Day Camp @ Wright County Fairgrounds

September 15 Record Books due to Extension office

October 1-7 National 4-H Week

November 23 & 24 Office Closed—Holiday

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