W a s h i n g t o n C o u n t y p r o p e r t y t a x d o l l a r s s u p p o r t t h e W a s h i n g t o n

C o u n t y E x t e n s i o n O f f i c e . T h e s e t a x d o l l a r s c o m e t h r o u g h t h e

A g r i c u l t u r a l E x t e n s i o n D i s t r i c t t a x l e v y . T h e e l e c t e d n i n e - m e m b e r

E x t e n s i o n C o u n c i l i s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e s e f u n d s . T h e f e e s f o r s e r v i c e

w i l l b e u s e d t o o f f - s e t d i r e c t e x p e n s e s a n d t o s u p p o r t t h e C o u n t y

E x t e n s i o n 4 - H P r o g r a m . Th a n k y o u f o r y o u r s u p p o rt !

4-H & Youth Committee Mtg.-6:00 p.m - Ext. Office

April 7

County Council (make up meeting) - 7 p.m.—Ext. Office

April 7

Dog Project Kick Off Meeting –9 a.m. - Fairboard Mtg Rm

April 9

Horse Dental Health Work-shop—1 p.m.—Horse Barn

April 9

Poultry Workshop—1 p.m.—Ext Office

April 9

National Volunteer Week WE APPRECIATE OURS!

April 10-16

Sheep Project Meeting #1—6:30 p.m.—Ext. Office

April 14

Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser-7:00 a.m-10:30 a.m.-Basement

April 16

IJBBA Open Cattle Show- 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - check in 11:00 a.m. - show starts

April 16

FSQA Training—8:15 a.m.—noon, Wash. Co Fairgrounds

April 23

Leadership Development Meeting #1—6 p.m.—Ext Off. County Council—7 p.m.

April 25

4hOnline Animal Entry Help Night—4 :30p.m.—7 p.m.—Extension Office

May 5

4-H & Youth Committee Mtg.-6:00 p.m. -Extension Office

May 5

Sheep /Goat Weigh-in - 8:30a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Wash.

Co. Fairgrounds

May 7

State Fair Swine DNA tags due to Extension Office

May 10

4-H Livestock I.D. Forms due to 4hOnline accounts

May 15

Dates to Remember

Extension programs are available to all without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, or disability.

Highlights of this Edition :

Livestock “Tails”

FSQA Training

Sheep/Goat Weigh-In Information

Sheep Workshop Series

Non-Livestock Projects

Fair Clothing Event Changes

Odds & Ends

Beef & Fair Queen/Princess

Money, Money, Money

Cattlemen Scholarship

Ace N More Coupons

Event Center

State Conference

Pancake Breakfast

Volunteering

Clover Kid Mentoring

National Volunteer Week

Additional Insert:

4hOnline animal entry help sheets

NEW Participation Award Form

Club Hay Bale Decorating Contest

April - May 2016

Washington County Extension Office

2223 250th St.

Washington, Iowa 52353

Phone: (319) 653-4811

FAX: (319) 653-6712

www.extension.iastate.edu/washington

4-H Family Focus Newsletter

Newsletter prepared by:

Amy Green Gene Mohling

4-H/Youth Coordinator Reg. Ext. Education Director

amygreen@iastate.edu mohling@iastate.edu

4-H prides itself on using our heads, hearts, hands, and health for better living for our clubs, communities, country AND WORLD! Celebrate Earth Day this year by taking better care of our world and encouraging your friends, families, neighbor-hoods and clubs to do the same.

4-H encourages “Earth Work” through community service pro-jects, and several project areas: Environment & Sustainability, Horticulture, Outdoor Adven-tures, and Crop Production.

VOLUNTEER

Please let the office

know about outstanding

volunteers who are

positively impacting your

experience. We want to

highlight them!

Page 2 4-H Family Focus Newsletter

Iowa State Fair

Market Broiler Division

The 4-H Market Broiler project is a great oppor-

tunity for 4-H’ers interested in the poultry pro-

ject. 4-H’ers in 5-12 grades may fill out a re-

quest to purchase market broilers. The cost for

a 50 bird order will be between $65-$75. Birds

will be shipped to members’ homes in early Ju-

ly. Each participant may then exhibit one pen

of five broilers at the Iowa State Fair. Entry

forms will be available soon at

http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/projects/liv

estock/poultry.htm . More information on regis-

tration deadlines coming soon!

Meat Goat Sale The Tall Corn Meat Goat Wether Jackpot Association Wether Sale will be held at the Kalona Sale Barn on

April 2, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. Preview animals at 9 a.m. 4-H and FFA members who attend the Tall Corn Meat Goat Sale will be eligible to win a meat goat club wether given away by the association. Only kids purchased at this sale will be shown in the Tall Corn Meat Goat Wether Jackpot Association Show in August at the Washington County Fairgrounds. There will be an ex-pected $3000 premium for the wether jackpot. For more information on the sale contact Vern Thorp at 641-660-1390 or www.meatgoatwether.com .

IMPORTANT 4hOnline information

for all livestock exhibitors!!! MAY 15: ALL animal identifications must be

done through 4hOnline by MAY 15 by members. If showing, purebred breeding beef YOU MUST

have the tattoo and registration numbers by May

15, OR they will be in the commercial class. All

breeding beef need tattoos. NO LATE ENTRIES! You will not be able to show at the county or

state fair if you miss this deadline. This is a

state rule, so be sure to enter livestock by May 15

at 11:59 p.m. Help sheets are available. They can be found:

In this newsletter At the Extension Office From your leaders at April meetings http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/Enrollm

ent/help.htm

Animal Entry Help Night on May 5 at the Exten-

sion Office from 4:30 p.m.—7 p.m.

Families arewelcome to enter livestock in

4hOnline at the Extension Office using our

computers, Internet and assistance. Call to

make an appointment, 319-653-4811.

Spring Preview

Cattle Show

County Council will

host an Open Cattle

Show on Saturday,

April 16 at the

Washington County

Fairgrounds. This is

a great opportunity

for youth to get

extra work and ex-

perience with beef

projects. For new

beef/bucket bottle

members, this is a

great event to

observe showman-

ship techniques.

Pre-registrations

due April 1st. Reg-

istrations taken the

day of the show as

well.

4-H Sheep Workshop Series

Four workshops will be offered to

sheep families to learn more about

the project area. These will be led by

project leader, Duane Sprouse, and

other sheep experts. Parents en-

couraged to attend. New topics cov-

ered at each meeting. All held at the

Extension Office. Please save the

dates:

April 14, 6:30 p.m. lamb parts, breeds, selection, weigh-in process, classes

May 12, 6:30 p.m. Record keeping, feeding, training, Q & A with lamb panel

June 2, 6:30 p.m. shearing, prepa-

ration of lambs for show ring, lambs

will be here for practice with guest

showman

June 30 @ 6:30 p.m. Showmanship

practice in the ring WITH LAMBS.

Bring a 4-H lamb to work with. Tips

on final shearing and fitting for fair.

AK-SAR-BEN To nominate market lambs, hogs, meat goats, or feeder calves for Ak-

Sar-Ben stop by the Extension Office for DNA collection envelopes and youth/parent waivers. The cost will be $8.00/head. Nominations and DNA samples need to be re-turned to the Extension Office by June 15, 2016.

2016 State Fair Swine

Families are responsible for purchasing State Fair DNA tags from the Extension Office, col-lecting DNA, entering those pigs into 4hOnline, and returning the DNA to the Extension Of-fice by May 10. By May 10: request AND RETURN completed to the Extension Office the # of DNA punch tags needed (one for each pig), a 106 ID form, a tagger, and # of DNA envelopes (1 enve-lope per 4-H’er up to 25 pigs per envelope) . Both market and breeding swine need to have DNA tags for State Fair. $9 per DNA tag with checks made to Washington County Exten-sion. By May 15: 4-H’er inputs all data for each pig into 4hOnline under Swine (not weighed in) animal type (tag #, sex, breed, ear notch, etc.). Use the 106 ID form as your guide. By July 1: 4-H’er completes State Fair entry form due online by July 1. More details regard-ing registration will come closer to time.

Page 3 April – May 2016

County Fair

Production

Broilers

Youth interested

in the Production

Broiler class need

to sign up with

the Extension

Office by May 1.

The Extension

Office will order

those birds, and

youth will receive

a lot of 12 birds

in late May.

4-H’er will then

bring a pen of

three to the fair

to exhibit in the

Standardized

Production Broil-

er Class.

The exact price of the

birds will be available at

time of pick-up.

FSQA Training

All beef, bucket bottle, swine, sheep,

dairy cattle, dairy goat, meat goat, rab-

bit, and poultry exhibitors are RE-

QUIRED to be FSQA certified to exhibit

at the county fair and State Fair in 2016.

Requirements are based on grade level.

Grades 4-6:

must attend training session every year

Grades 7-9:

Attend training session every year OR

Pass the Intermediate Level Test

Grades 10-12:

Attend training session every year OR

Pass the Senior Level Test

Testing Out Option

Tests may be taken up to 3 times in one

day. Must pass with 70% or higher.

Once a test is passed, the member is

certified until moving to the next age

bracket.

Washington County:

April 23, 8:15 a.m.—noon.

Check in at the basement.

Wear coats for some out-

side activities.

Iowa County: May 10,

5:30 p.m.—9 p.m.

County Fair

Poultry Meeting

All poultry projects

need to be checked in

Sunday evening of the

fair between 3 p.m.-6

p.m. An important

poultry meeting will be

held for all poultry

exhibitors at 8:30 a.m.

Monday, July 18 in

the poultry barn.

Saturday, May 7, 8:30a.m. - 11 a.m. at the Washington County Fairgrounds

4-H Lambs: can nominate up to 15 lambs for county fair, suggested max weight 75 lbs at

weigh-in Market/Production:

Must be tagged with 4-H tag Must be weighed 4-H staff will enter it in 4hOnline and families must approve it by May 15 4-H’ers are required a production lamb ONLY IF they are exhibiting 6 lambs at fair

Commercial Ewe Lambs: Must be tagged with 4-H tag Weigh them (in case you change your mind about classes) Need birthdate, circle the birthdate box so they know they need to enter that too.

Purebred Breeding Ewes: Any ear tag DO NOT need weighed Must have birthdate recorded in 4hOnline. FAMILIES enter purebred breeding ewes into

4hOnline. Commercial/Purebred Yearlings:

Any ear tag DO NOT need weighed Need birthdate, circle the birthdate box so they know they need to enter that too. Families put into 4hOnline

State Fair: ALL state fair lambs! May nominate up to 30 lambs for state fair Must be scanned and 4-H tagged and entered by 4-H staff into 4hOnline Make sure State Fair is checked on the 106 form next to each appropriate lamb If they are ewes MAKE sure to collect birthdates If they were scanned on their farm, IT MUST BE RECORDED on their 106 form or it will

NOT get entered into 4hOnline Ak-Sar-Ben:

Hair Sample put in Ak-Sar-Ben envelope Make sure envelope is filled out completely. NEED signatures. These nominations must be paid and decided by June 15, 2016 (in the perfect world they

do it at weigh-in so it is not missed) Kids & parents must both sign waiver Make sure Ak-Sar-Ben is checked on 106 form

Page 5 4-H Family Focus Newsletter

STATE FAIR LAMBS/GOATS

In an effort to better accommodate the animals, exhibitors and volunteers, if you plan to nominate MORE than 6

sheep and/or goats for state fair, please call Duane Sprouse at 319-461-5611 to set up a special appointment

to have your livestock scanned at your homes during the week of May 1– May 6. This will speed up the weigh-

in process on May 7. Those with less than 6 can plan to have their animals scanned at weigh-in on May 7.

Saturday, May 7, 8:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. at the Washington County Fairgrounds

4-H Goats Market Meat Goats:

Can be does or wethers for county fair Must be 4-H tagged Must be weighed 4-H staff will enter it in 4hOnline and families must approve it by May 15

Dairy wethers: Must be 4-H tagged Must be weighed 4-H staff will enter it in 4hOnline and families must approve it by May 15

Breeding Does (nannies) : Any tag or tattoo (Tags can be purchased that from the office for $1 and do it themselves

or bring them to weigh-in and we can do it here) DO NOT need weighed in Families put into 4hOnline and MUST include birthdate and ear tag

Dairy Does : Any tag or tattoo (Tags can be purchased that from the office for $1 and do it themselves

or bring them to weigh-in and we can do it here) Families put into 4hOnline and MUST include birthdate

State Fair Meat Goats: (wethers and does are show together at State Fair) May nominate up to 10 goats for state fair, can show up to 6 Must be 4-H tagged Must be weighed Must be scanned Entered by 4-H staff into 4hOnline. Make sure State Fair is checked on the 106 form next to each appropriate goat

State Fair Meat Goat Breeding Does: Must be 4-H tagged (can purchase that from the office for $1 and do it themselves or bring

them to weigh-in and we can do it here) or have unique tattoo following official guide-lines. See rules in 4hOnline)

Families enter them in 4hOnline with REQUIRED birthdate recorded Must be scanned

State Fair Dairy Goats: Tattoo required Families enter them in 4hOnline with REQUIRED birthdate recorded

Ak-Sar-Ben: Hair Sample put in Ak-Sar-Ben envelope at weigh-in Make sure envelope is filled out completely. NEED signatures. These nominations must be paid and decided by June 15, 2015 (in the perfect world it is

done at weigh-in so it is not missed) Kids & parents must both sign waiver Make sure Ak-Sar-Ben is checked on 106 form

Communication Enrollments due July 1

This includes Working Exhibits, Extempora-

neous Speaking, Presentations, Share the Fun

& Pride of Iowa.

Clothing Event Changes for 2016

Fashion Revue, Clothing Selection & $15 Challenge Later dates =

Registration Deadline = June 15

Judging = July 10, 3 p.m.

Fair Style Show = July 20, 3 p.m. with the 4-H

Share the Fun in the Community Center

Best Foot Forward Workshop = Immediately before

judging a guest pageant competitor will share modeling

and interview tips. July 10, 2 p.m.

Don’t forget the FUN & CREATIVE Surprise Design Class:

Everyone receives the same flowers, container & sup-plies to design the most beautiful and creative arrange-ment. Sign up deadline July 1 by contacting Ext Office. $3 charge. Sponsored by Wolf Floral of Washington.

Page 9 4-H Family Focus Newsletter

4-H Digital Cameras Available

Don’t forget if you have taken the 4-H Camera Equip-

ment Training, the Extension Office has two digital

cameras available for check out. Take them to special

events or adventures for great photo possibilities!

The Washington County Fair is only 107 days away! How are your projects com-

ing? Fair books will be available the end of May and given to all leaders to dis-

tribute at the June club meetings. For a listing of all project areas with a short

description check out the 4-H 200 pdf

Sunday, July 17-Friday, July 22 Non-livestock Judging-Saturday, July 16

Communications Night-Wednesday, July 13

Garden Department

As you start your home gardens,

remember you may now exhibit up

to 5 flower specimens. These must

include the scientific names—not

common names. For example: Day

Lily is the

Lil

Grapette.

Attendance

Reminder…

In order to exhibit at

the Washington

County Fair mem-

bers must attend

club meetings and

be active with club

activities. Any mem-

ber with more than

3 unexcused absenc-

es will not be able to

exhibit at the County

Fair. This rule is in

the Fair Book.

4-H Project Resources

The office cabinets are full of project man-uals and project ideas. Stop in some time and see what we have to offer! Also re-member to check out the project hot sheets at: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/projects

Remember, parents, 4-H projects can often times solve needs of your household. . . For example:

Currently the family is not recycling but wants to. Your 4-Her could research what materials are collected in your community, research storage/organization containers, and arrange the recycling collection space at your home!

4-H Clothing Event Class Options *you may participate in all three

Clothing Selection:4-H’er models a garment purchased from

any source and describes to the judge why the particular outfit

was selected. Can be clothes for any event: sports, casual,

work, bed, formal etc.

Fashion Revue: 4-H’er models a garment he or she constructed,

hand-knitted, machine-knitted, or crocheted during the 4-H year

and describes to the judge why the particular fabric, pattern,

design, etc. was selected.

$15 Challenge: 4-H’er models an outfit purchased from a sec-

ond-hand store, such as Goodwill, Salvation Army, garage sale,

etc. that costs $15 or less. This does not include shoes, acces-

sories, or undergarments. Receipts must be turned in with re-

port form.

**You may enter garments worn in Clothing Event in the Cloth-

ing Project at the county level if the projects have different

goals and learning experiences **

Clothing Event Participation

Sign up for:

Clothing Selection

Fashion Revue

$15 Challenge

Judging:

July 10, 2016

Starting at 3:00 p.m.-

Extension Office

4-H Style Show:

Wednesday, July 20, 3 p.m.

With Share the Fun at the

Community Center

Sign-up:

June 15, 2016 Report forms, and judging schedule will be

mailed after this registration date.

Name: ______________________________________

Club: _______________________________________

Circle one: Jr. (4-6 grade) Int.(7-8 grade) Sr. (9-12 grade)

Please include a cell phone number if we need to get ahold of you for schedule

changes: Name______________________________ # _________________________

**Return to Extension Office by June 15**

If this is at least your second year in the 4-H Clothing Event, would you be interested in mentoring a Clover Kid? Yes or No

NEW ! NEW NEW ! NEW NEW ! NEW

Best foot forward

workshop

July 10, 2 p.m. Extension Office

Learn modeling tips and interview tips to help put your Best Foot Forward

at the Fair Clothing Event immediately fol-lowing the workshop.

Page 11 4-H Family Focus Newsletter

The Washington County Cattlemen's

Association is once again offering a

$500 WCCA Scholarship: Require-

ments include being a Washington

County resident, parent being a Wash-

ington County Cattlemen's member or

if living outside the county, applicant's

parents must be WCCA members.

This award is for any college in the

state of Iowa whose recipient is major-

ing in an agricultural field. Completed applications should be sent

to Stephanie Sexton, 1752 Willow Ave, Ainsworth, IA 52201 by

May 1.

4-H’ers for 4-H

Funding for the

Future The Iowa 4-H’ers for 4-H Cam-

paign is a fundraising program

created by 4-H’ers for 4-H’ers.

The money donated by 4-H’ers stays in Iowa to help

other youth. Iowa 4-H’ers donate more money to their

4-H youth program than any other state in the

nation.

The theme this year is 30K For 30 Years and the cam-

paign goal is $30,3030.30. The State 4-H Council is

asking each 4-H club to help achieve this goal by do-

nating $3.00 per member. The money raised goes to

partially fund volunteer leaders and 4-H after school

programs, the Iowa 4-H Youth Conference, and finan-

cial assistance for youth to attend 4-H camps and

state conference. Thank you for your participation

and continuing support of the 4-H program in Iowa!

4-H’ers for 4-H money is due to the Extension

Office by May 15.

Last year several Washington clubs met the do-

nation goal: Green Acres, Horse & Pony, Jack-

son Jets, Limecreek Limelights and Washington

Hustlers.

Thank you for your donations and representing

Washington County 4-H in such positive ways!

College-bound Iowa youth active in 4-H and/or FFA livestock projects and current un-

dergraduate students may apply for $97,000 in scholarships available from the Iowa

Foundation for Agricultural Advancement (IFAA).

The scholarships are available to freshmen entering any Iowa two- or four-year post-

secondary institution this fall or current undergraduates attending Iowa State Universi-

ty. Applicants must major in animal science or a curriculum in agriculture or human

sciences that is related to the animal industry. Winners will be announced during the Iowa State Fair annual 4-

H/FFA Sale of Champions on August 20, an event sponsored by IFAA. IFAA scholarship funds come from a per-

centage of Sale of Champions proceeds, as well as Winner’s Circle Club donations.

Incoming freshmen scholarships must be postmarked by May 1. The application is available at

http://www.iowastatefair.org/competition/sale-of-champions/winners-circle-scholarships/

The Washington County Master Gardeners are offering a $500 scholarship to anyone pursuing a horticulture related

degree or certificate from a college or university in the state of Iowa. Anyone is eligible whether in or out of high school.

Applications are due April 15 to the Extension Office. For more information contact Nancy Adrian, 319-653-4811.

Most 4-H projects ask

about money invested.

Make sure to keep receipts

and record costs as you

are working on those fair

projects to make record

books easier!

Page 12 4-H Family Focus Newsletter

Senior Members, We challenge you to “Dive to New Depths” within yourself, new adventures and more at the State Youth Con-ference! It is an-ticipated that over 1000 youth will attend the conference to be held June 28-30. Participants will

be involved in many activities through workshops, community service projects, dances, and more. Motivational speakers will inspire. Youth will get the opportunity to meet others from across the state. If you have special interest in agronomy, you might want to sign up for the CSI:Crops.

This is open to 4-H’ers and non-4-H’ers. Invite your friends!

Last year Washington County 4-H had a RECORD BREAK-ING 16 participants - TALK TO THEM! They will tell you what a good time it is! Those who attended last year were: No-ah Altenhofen, Reid Basten, McKenna Brinning, Jack Carter, Erin Chalupa, Lindsay Crawford, Gracie Greiner, Jenah Greiner, David Hora, Emily Hora, Kaitlin Hora, Macy Marek, Makenzi Marek, Maggie Smith, Emma Stout, Kristen Twinam. Workshop information is now online and registration will open soon at http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/iowa4hyouthconference and are due by June 1. Come join the fun!

$25 scholarship will be given to those registered by the deadline from father daughter dance proceeds.

The 4-H Foundation also offers scholarships due April 25. Ap-plications are available NOW on the link above. WE WILL NEED A CHAPERONE FROM WASHINGTON!!!

Fair Queen Contest

The Fair Queen Contest is open to all

girls 16-21 years of age who are cur-

rent 4-H or FFA members. Don’t miss

your chance to have a great time and

enjoy a wonderful experience. If you

are interested in learning more about

the contest or would like to enter,

please contact Heather Marek, 319-

653-8057.

Beef Queen and Princess

Washington County Cattlemen’s Asso-

ciation is now accepting applications

for Washington County Beef Queen

and Princess.

Requirements include an interest in

beef cattle production, parents in-

volved in beef production, willingness

to promote beef and attend school in

the Washington County area. Girls be-

tween the ages of 14-18 can apply.

Applications will soon be available at

the Extension Office. Send your com-

pleted application to Stephanie Sexton,

1752 Willow Ave, Ainsworth, IA 52201

by May 1st.

May 1 deadlines

Club fair t-shirt orders due

Jr Camp registrations due

Jr Camp Counselor registrations due

Production Broiler Registrations due

Page 13 April – May 2016

National Volunteer Week

April 10-16, 2016

The Washington County and Iowa 4-H program simply would not exist without vol-

unteers! We encourage you to find a special way to thank the volunteers who are

positively impacting your 4-H experience. Volunteers in the 4-H program include

leaders, Youth Committee, Extension Council, superintendents, project leaders,

chaperones, parents, and more!

** Send a handwritten thank you note to a volunteer. **Bake a plate of cookies for your club leader.

** Write a letter to the editor about a 4-H volunteer who has had a positive influence on your life.

Mentoring Clover Kids The Clover Kids are the future of 4-H. To help them learn

more about projects, your help is needed. This is also a great

opportunity for you to build your leadership and communica-

tion skills. We have several needs for mentors. Contact Amy if

interested in this leadership experience!

Sheep & Goat Mentoring: You must have a minimum of one year of experience exhibiting

sheep. You will have a Clover Kid assigned to you. You will

meet with them a minimum of three times to share your

knowledge of the sheep/goat project. Following the 4-H & FFA

Sheep/Goat Show at the fair, your Clover Kid will exhibit one

of your projects with your guidance in the ring.

Clothing Event: You must have a minimum of one year of experience in the

Clothing Event. You will be paired up with a 2nd or 3rd grade

Clover Kid. You will meet with your Clover Kid one to two

times prior to judging to discuss their outfit, how to speak with

a judge, and learn about design elements. As a 4-H’er you will

go with the Clover Kid to judging.

Rabbit: You must have a minimum of one year of experience exhibiting

rabbit. You will have a Clover Kid assigned to you. You will

visit with them prior to their ‘Clover Kid Rabbit Show’

Wednesday afternoon of the fair. Teach them how to hold the

rabbit and then your Clover Kid will exhibit one of your pro-

jects with your guidance at the show table.

Pancake Breakfast Help

A lot of help is still needed for the Pancake Breakfast on

Saturday, April 16. Shifts are only an hour and a half

beginning at 6:30 a.m. until 11

a.m. Remember the money raised

goes to support 4-H programs , so

it’s important we have 4-H’ers

helping! Call the Extension Office

to sign-up to help. 319/653-4811.

Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame Nominations

Each year we select one person/couple from Washing-

ton County to be inducted into the Iowa 4-H Hall of

Fame. This person can be living or deceased. We have

so many well deserving volunteers in our county, and

we are looking for suggestions from you. Send Amy,

amygreen@iastate.edu an e-mail of someone you think

should be inducted and why by April 1. Youth Com-

mittee will review the suggestions. This is a great

award. Past awardees have been: Esther Birney, Elmer

Schneider, Mike Orris, Howard & Shirley Bohr, Gary

Murphy, Robert Spenner, Marie Hora, Donnie Davison,

Pat Greiner, Harold Wylie & Gale Whitacre, Nancy

Adrian, Jim Frier, Bob Emde, Harold & Shirley Bohr.

Washington County 4-H is always looking for volunteers. In

the next few months, these are some of our needs. Please

contact Amy at amygreen@iastate.edu or 319-653-4811 if you

or your family would like to get involved in one of these areas!

April 16: Need servers to work at the pancake breakfast

from 9:30am-11, 10-end.

April 23: Need group leaders/assistants for FSQA

May 7: Need extra hands to help sort sheep, tag sheep or

shuffle paperwork at sheep/goat weigh-in from 8-11am.

Pancakes & more

Breakfast Fundraiser This event will be held in conjunction with 4-H County Council Open Cattle Show-

Saturday, April 16, 2016

7:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Basement of

Washington Co. Fairgrounds Building

Free Will Donation

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!

Of course, with any fundraiser, we need a lot of help! There will be plenty to do that

day…set up, serving food, cleaning tables, taking tickets, and cleaning up. If you or your

club would like to help on April 16, please contact the Extension Office as soon as possible.

We need approximately 15 people per shift and the work times are scheduled as follows. If

you help that day we ask that you wear your 4-H shirt.

9:30 a.m.—11:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.—end

To sign-up to help contact the Extension Office 319/653-4811. This is an exciting time

for Washington County 4-H! We look forward to working with you on this fundraiser!

All proceeds go towards the 4-H enrollment fees for youth in

Washington County.

Page 15 April – May 2016

Thank you to all who participated in the March Dodgeball Tournament.

There was great 4-H team spirit filling the gymnasium from members, leaders, and parents!

Best of luck to the 6 Washington Coun-

ty senior members who have applied

for State Project Awards or for special

State Opportunities. Good luck on

your interviews in Ames April 2:

Jack Carter, Emily Hora, Lindsey

Palmer, Amanda Pfeiffer, Maggie

Smith, and Kristen Twinam.

Follow Washington County 4-H on face-

book! Join “Washington County 4-H -

Iowa” to follow the happenings, visit with

4-H friends, and reconnect with alumni

from the past. TONS of

club pictures are posted

from county-wide events!!!!!

Jr Division 1st Place Jr Division 2nd Place

Int/Sr Division 1st Place Int/Sr Division 2nd Place

County Fair Hay Bale

Decorating Contest

Who: All Washington County 4-H Clubs

Where: Washington County Fairgrounds

When:

Register by June 1

Decorate: July 16

Judging: July 16

Clean Up: TBA after Ragbraii

How:

Register by deadline

Following the theme “Gettin’ Piggy With it”

your club plans, designs, votes, purchases

supplies, and builds TOGETHER! (Fairboard

will provide and place bales)

Why:

Winner earns $20 prize

Compete against County Council

Advertise your club to fair goers

Help decorate Washington for Ragbraii

Kick-off fair week in a

fun way with your club!

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* Please note: If this is your first time logging in, contact your Extension office to verify your log-in information!

If you have signed in before, log-in and follow the instructions

starting on page 2. Information must be entered by May 15,

11:59 p.m.

1st Time Log-in:

Open a web browser and type in: https://iowa.4honline.com.

You will now see the Iowa 4-H Youth Development Log In Page.

Enter family email address provided to Extension Office.

Choose "Family" from the "Role" drop-down box.

*For first time, re-enrollment, or if you have forgotten your password,

mark "I forgot my Password."

*Click "Send my Password." Do not close the internet window.

*Open your email browser and find the email from 4HOnline.

Locate your temporary password.

Return to 4H online. Click "I have a Profile." (This is where you

will begin if you know your password.)

Paste or type your password exactly as sent by 4H online. It is

CASE SENSITIVE.

The email box should still have your family email in it. You

should still have "Family" chosen as your Role.

Click "Log In."

*Re-enter current password as sent by 4H Online. Even though

the screen looks like it’s been entered, you have to type it into the

“Current Password” box.

*Enter (twice) a new family password. Click 'Continue.' Your passwords must be a minimum of 8 characters, and

must contain 2 of the 3: letters, numbers, symbols.

*You will be able to skip these steps if you know/memorize your password for re-entry into the program.

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This will take you to the Member List which includes all

of your family members enrolled in 4H: members, lead-

ers, volunteers.

Click “Edit” to the right of the member listed. You will

then be sent to that member’s Personal Information

Screen.

On this screen, there will be 3 blue links : Animals/Livestock, Enrollment, Trainings. Click the “Animals/Livestock”. It

looks just a little different than this picture but follow the arrow!

You will then see a drop down box and any previously entered animals listed in a manner similar to the picture. Select the animal you want to enter and click the add button (hidden in photo by drop down).

Note: Youth will not be able to enter Mar-

ket weigh-in animals (beef, sheep, & swine).

Please refer to the Livestock Verification

Help sheet for more information on this pro-

cess.

This will take you to the corresponding entry screen for your animal as depicted below and on the following page.

Note that in some selections will activate extra entry fields [Example: selecting Registered will in some cases show a

Breed drop down box.]

Enter the information requested and click the save button. All animal ID’s must be submitted no later than May 15th,

11:59 p.m.

Breeding Beef Bucket/Bottle Calf

Cow/Calf Pair Dairy Cattle

Dairy Goats

Dogs (you can reactivate dogs from last year too!)

Meat Goats, (not weighed-in)

Pets (you can reactivate pets from last year too!) Poultry

Rabbits Sheep, (not weighed in)

Swine, (not weighed-in)

Horses

If you identified any horses last year, those animals will be listed at the bottom

of the animal list screen and can be reactivated.

You have the option to upload photos and lease agreements.

Click on the Select button in the Documents/Images box.

Browse to locate the picture of your horse—it needs to be GIF, JPG, PNG,

TIFF or PDF format.

Double-click on the file, or highlight and click Open.

If you make a mistake, use the Clear button in 4Honline to remove the pic-

ture.

State Fair horses are REQUIRED to have photos uploaded.

All 4-H families will receive a 2016 fair book at their June club meeting, however, please may reference last year’s book

until then. Below are the department changes made for the coming year. All 4-H’ers are responsible for reading, under-

standing, and following all rules . The 2015 fair book is still available online at http://www.extension.iastate.edu/

washington/sites/www.extension.iastate.edu/files/washington/2015%20fair%20book.pdf

Participation Rule Change

Eliminating the following FFA participation rule: 4-H members who are also FFA members in another

county may not show animals in the same species before the Washington County Fair and then also that

same species at the Washington County Fair. With the exception in the beef department’s two divisions, a 4

-H’er may show Market Beef in one county and Breeding Beef as FFA in another. Breeding Beef and Mar-

ket Beef will be treated as different species because they are two separate shows.

Clover Kid Pet Show move to Tuesday right after the 4-H Pet Show. 2:00 check-in and 2:30 show at the small

show ring.

Rabbit no total points will be figured and no more Best Display Award. Instead Best of Breed will be decid-

ed and signs will be placed at cages for Best of Breed with ribbons given as well.

Rabbit change check in times Sunday 3pm -8pm and Monday 7:30 am-9:30am

Dairy Cattle move show to Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the large show barn

Poultry Check-in from 3pm-6pm on Sunday and Exhibitor Meeting at 8:30 a.m. on Monday

Breeding Beef The heifer show will be open to heifers born Sept 1, 2014 – Dec 31, 2015.

Breeding Beef Eliminate the 2 year old heifer class

Market Beef Added the Single Source Steer Class #101.62 sponsored by Washington Co Cattlemen

Dog Add an Open Agility Class #110.09 that would

Open to any 4-Her (4th grade and above)

Will not use an official judge, Participation ribbons will be earned.

Course would be altered to fit a variety of ages and sizes of dogs

Dogs must be minimum of 1 year

Must attend a minimum of 3 agility workouts

Dog and child will be evaluated by superintendents to ensure safety and approved to participate in the show

Rabies certificate is required before attending workouts

Open to 4-H Pet projects

4-H Clothing Event traditionally held in June will be held July 10. 2 p.m. is the Best Foot Forward Workshop for modeling and interviewing tips clothing event judging to begin at 3 p.m. Participants will be invited to model the con-structed, selected, $15 challenge items for the public on Wednesday, July 20 at the Share the Fun Event at 3 p.m. The public Style Show will no longer be held during the Queen Contest.

Photography Clarification on size requirements

A series is a group of photographs or slides [3 to 5] that are related or tell a step-by-step story. Photographs must be mounted together in story order or sequence. Slides should be numbered. Finished size of individu-al photographs in a series should not exceed 6” x 8”.

Photographs should be a minimum of 4” x 6”. Finished size (including mounting/matting) of single photo-graphs should not exceed 16” in height or width. Exception: Panoramic photos must not exceed 24” in length.

Fair Season Tickets fair board decision

Season passes will be sold at the $20 discounted price only until July 1. After July 1 the season pass price

increases to full price at $25.

2016 Iowa State Fair 4-H Show Changes/Deadlines ***ALL dates are listed AS DEADLINES!! Those tasks listed must be COMPLETED by those dates!***

ALL ANIMALS FOR STATE FAIR MUST BE REGISTERED ONLINE BY JULY 1. More information coming soon!

Those exhibiting at the State Fair are responsible for knowing all dept. rules in the State Fair premium book.

Market Beef Don't forget the July 1 online registration deadline!

December 12 - All animals will be retinal scanned and weighed in. Scan cost is $8.00 per head

All animals will be entered by county staff onto 4hOnline ASAP

Registered steers must select breed at time of weigh-in or they will show crossbred

Jan 31 @ 11:59 p.m. - 4-H members MUST go onto 4hOnline and “ver ify” the weights and Identification information

(http://iowa.4honline.com)

Registered market steers will need to be tattooed by state fair only. Member must have tattoo numbers and original registration papers with them

when checking in at state fair.

Breeding Beef Don’t forget the July 1 online registration deadline!

May 15 - All animals must be identified on 4hOnline by 4-H members (http://iowa.4honline.com)

Enter both left and right tattoo in the same field.

Registered heifers: registration numbers & birthdates must be entered at time of identification. PENDING registration numbers will

NOT be accepted!

Commercial and Registered heifers must be tattooed. Registered heifers must have registration papers with them at check-in time at state fair.

Horses Don’t forget the July 1 online registration deadline!

May 15 - 4-H members MUST identify all horses on 4hOnline (http://iowa.4honline.com). Registration numbers need to be entered at

this time.

Photos must be uploaded to 4hOnline (photos from 2014 are there but need activated for 2015). 4 photos - 1 right side, 1 left side, 1 front, 1 back

When entering classes, members will not need to specify which horse will show in that class until check in at the State Fair.

Members must bring all paperwork with them to check in. Registration papers, drug affidavits, etc. PLEASE read all ID, ownership/leasing rules online. No leasing of halter horses.

Breeding & Market Sheep Don’t forget the July 1 online registration deadline!

May 7 - ALL state fair sheep (Market Lambs, Commercial Ewes AND Purebred Ewes) must have 4-H tags and retinal scans. Market

lambs will be weighed-in. Retinal scan cost is $8.00 per head

Market Lambs, Commercial Ewes, and purebred ewes will be entered by county staff onto 4hOnline ASAP after weigh-in.

May 15 - 4-H members MUST go onto 4hOnline and “ver ify” the weights & information (http://iowa.4honline.com)

3 new breed fields added for percentage breeding ewes (Dorset Advantage Percentage, Hampshire Percentage, Suffolk Percentage)

Swine Don’t forget the July 1 online registration deadline!

March-May - Swine exhibitor s must purchase DNA punch tags from the Extension Office ($9/tag), tag their state fair pigs and r eturn the

DNA envelopes by May 10 to the Extension Office.

May 10 - All DNA tags, envelopes, taggers returned to the Extension Office

May 15 - All animals must be identified on 4hOnline by 4-H members (http://iowa.4honline.com)

Rabbits & Poultry Don’t forget the July 1 online registration deadline!

July 1 - Rabbits must have tattoos in the Left Ear and will be identified on 4hOnline by the 4-H member (http://iowa.4honline.com)

Poultry are not required to be identified on 4hOnline.

Breeding & Meat Goats Don’t forget the July 1 online registration deadline!

May 7 - ALL state fair meat goats (wethers AND does) AND breeding does must have retinal scans. Scan cost is $8.00 per head done at

weigh-in. Meat Goats MUST have a 4-H tag. Breeding does must have a 4-H tag OR permanent tattoo. Scrapie tags do not count.

May 15 - 4-H members MUST go onto 4hOnline and “ver ify” the weights & information (http://iowa.4honline.com)

Market does and market wethers will show together.

NEW Rule for 2016: No coloring agents allowed (includes baby powder, paints, etc)

Dairy Cattle & Dairy Goats Don’t forget the July 1 online registration deadline!

May 15 - All animals must be identified on 4hOnline by 4-H members. (http://iowa.4honline.com). Registration # & birthdates required.

Dogs Don’t forget the July 1 online registration deadline!

May 15 - All animals must be identified on 4hOnline by 4-H members. (http://iowa.4honline.com)

ALL ANIMALS FOR STATE FAIR MUST BE REGISTERED ONLINE with payment to Extension Office BY JULY 1.

More information coming this spring. All state fair exhibitors are responsible for reading and knowing all state

fair livestock rules. Those can be accessed at http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/statefair/livestock

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