4-H FAMILY NEWSLETTER May 2020 PAGE 1

ISU Extension Updates on COVID-19 - pg 2

Fair Entries - pg 3

Horse Project Classes - pg 4

2020/21 County Council - pg 4

Animal ID - pg 4

YQCA - pg 5

Bottle Calves/K-3 Animals - pg 5

4-Hers for 4-H - pg 5

Can-Sculpture Club Competition - pg 6

Club Booth Contest - pg 6

2020 Conference Judging Schedule - pg 7

Food Stand/Pies & Bars/Youth Building Host

Schedules - pgs 8 - 10

State Fair Swine Tagging - pg 11

Sheep & Meat Goat Tagging - pg 12

2020 Challenge Classes - pg 13 - 14

WHAT’S INSIDE:

4-H FAMILY NEWSLETTER

Lori Hardman HARDIN COUNTY EXTENSION County Youth Coordinator hardman@iastate.edu

HARDIN COUNTY

Hardin County 4-H-Iowa Search: @hardin4h

HARDIN COUNTY

May 2020 GROWS

ISU EXTENSION & OUTREACH HARDIN COUNTY 524 Lawler St., Iowa Falls, IA 50126-8000 Phone 641-648-4850 or Toll-free 1-888-648-5005 FAX: 1-641-648-4862 OFFICE HOURS: M-F 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM & 12:30 - 4:30 PM http://www.extension.iastate.edu/hardin

Greetings Hardin County 4-H Families!!

I hope this newsletter finds you healthy and adjusting to life’s

changes as best you can. Our challenge to you is to live your

4-H pledge everyday while home. Learn new skills by learning

to cook new recipes for your family meals, practice citizenship

by donating food to your local food pantry or make face masks

for your community. Practice healthy living by taking a nature

walk!

Countdown to Fair: Not to pressure you, but May includes

some important “to-do’s” as you prepare for fair! Don’t forget to

complete your animal’s identification information in 4HOnline by

June 1st. This is not just a county date - this is a required date

from the Iowa 4-H program. You will not be eligible to exhibit

animals at the fair if you miss this deadline! Now is a great

time to get your YQCA certification as well! Fair entries can be

made online from June 2nd to June 15th for livestock, and until

June 29th for static.

Stay positive, enjoy your time with family, and above all, stay

safe and healthy. We can’t wait to see you soon!

4-H ONLINE: https://ia.4honline.com

If you would like to learn more about your online membership, visit our web-

site: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/hardin/4h.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider. For the full non-discrimination statement or accommodation inquiries, go to www.extension.iastate.edu/diversity/ext

Look inside for important updates due to the changing situation with

COVID-19.

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4-H Calendar

May 15 4-H Members must be enrolled to exhibit at the Hardin County Fair

June 1 Livestock ID due in 4HOnline

June 1 State Fair Swine tagging must be complete and materials postmarked

June 1 County Council Applications due

June 1 Hardin County 4-H Senior Scholarships due

June 2 Fairentry.com opens

June 15 Hardin Co. Rabbit IDs due (or before as they are due with entry)

June 15 4-H & FFA Animal/Livestock Fair Entries due @ 4:30 PM online

June 15 K-3 Livestock Entries and ID due – paper or online

June 15 YQCA due – must be done BEFORE fair entries made

June 24 Clover Kids Day Camp, “Fizz, Bubble, & Goo”

June 29 Static & Communications Fair Entries due online

June 30 Fair Set Up

July 1 State Fair Livestock and Horticulture Entries and State Fair Rabbit ID due

July 6 Youth Building open for club display set-up

July 7 Conference Judging

July 8-12 Hardin County Fair

July 13 Fair Clean Up

Aug 13-23 Iowa State Fair

IMPORTANT NOTICE ISU Extension Updates on COVID-19 As you know, in early March, ISU President, Dr. Wendy Winter-steen, announced that the remainder of spring classes at ISU will be online, the majority of students will be moved out of the dorms, spring commencement ceremonies have now been can-celled and all meetings should be cancelled, postponed or virtu-alized through May 31, 2020. The state of Iowa is under a Public Health Disaster Emergency, which includes a directive that all gatherings of more than 10 people be canceled or moved online until the declaration is lifted. As part of Iowa State University, all Extension and Outreach events and gatherings, including 4-H and volunteer led, will also be postponed or cancelled through May 31st. Here are some updates:

Club & Project Group Meetings: Club and Project Group meetings may tentatively still meet on June 1st or later.

Horse Project Group: First meeting is scheduled for June 4th

at the Hardin County Fairgrounds. Please see page 6 for details. Project Leader, Patty Hammer, encourages kids to practice what you learned last summer. Don't just mindlessly ride. Practice steering, stopping and backing. Work on transitions: walk to trot and back down to trot, trot to lope and back down to trot, etc. Put out some old wood posts on the ground, ride over them. Challenge your horse and yourselves! Make sure you are follow-ing the facebook site: Hardin Co. 4H Horse Program.

Dog Project Group: First meeting scheduled for June 1st, 7 PM, at the Hardin County Fairgrounds. Make sure you are follow-ing the facebook site: Hardin County 4H Dog Obedience. If you have any questions in the meantime, feel free to call Martin Stei-ner at 641-849-0329.

Livestock ID Deadline: The May 15 livestock ID deadline was moved to June 1. This applies to ALL 4-H and FFA livestock that are usually identified by May 15 including: Breeding Beef, Dairy Cattle, Dairy Goat, Dog, Horse, Meat Goat, Llama, Sheep and Swine. Rabbits and Bottle calves will remain at the June 15 dead-line.

Sheep and Meat Goat Weigh-In: We will not be able to have a sheep and meat goat weigh-in this year. 4-Hers will be required to arrange a time to pick up tags, and tag and ID their own mar-ket sheep and meat goats this year in 4HOnline. A photo of the sheep/goats, with the tag inserted, will also be a required upload in 4HOnline. Instructions for picking up tags are on pg. 12.

Overnight 4-H Trips: All overnight 4-H trips will be cancelled

this summer (through August 31st). This includes the Intermedi-ate Trip, CWF, State Conference, and the Tri-County Junior Camp.

Members and Leaders, re-enrollment in 4-H or Clover Kids be-gan on September 1st and takes just a few minutes at https://iowa.4honline.com. Anyone who was enrolled in the past has a 4HOnline account. Paper enrollment forms are still available year from your leader or may be downloaded from our web-site. Fees: The State 4-H Enrollment fee is $30. However, the profits from the 4-H Food Stand at Fair pay for half of this fee, so Har-din County 4-H Members only pay $15. An additional $15 late fee will be included for members who enroll after December 1st. Clover Kids - ask your leader about your own club fees as this differs from 4-H. Some 4-Hers choose not to join clubs. Enrollment fees for independent members is $30 due to not working in the 4-H Food Stand or hosting a shift in the Youth Building at Fair.

ENROLL IN 4-H!

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Online entries for ANIMALS and STATIC Exhibits REQUIRED in 2020

REMEMBER: All animal entries due June 15th at 4:30 PM

(NO LATE ENTRIES ACCEPTED IN 2020)

Static Exhibits due June 29th at 4:30 PM

Help sheets available on our website: https://www.extension.iastate.edu/hardin/content/hardin-county-fair-1

Call the Extension Office at 641-648-4850 if you have any questions.

FAIRENTRY.COM

http://hardin.fairentry.com

The only way to enter your 4-H and FFA animal & static projects for the 2020 Hardin County Fair.

WHO: FairEntry.Com must be used for ALL actual 4-H and FFA fair entries, http://hardin.fairentry.com ANIMAL ENTRY DEADLINE: 4-H and FFA animal entries due online by 4:30 p.m. on June 15th. No late entries will be accepted in 2020! STATIC ENTRY DEADLINE: Static Entries are due online by 4:30 PM on June 29th. Entry Fee will be collected at conference judging check-in when 4-Hers receive their entry tags. If you *think* you will bring a project, go ahead and enter it!! There is no penalty or fee for scratches, and you can make generic entries. For example, you can make a food and nutrition entry without stating that it is “chocolate chip cookies”. EXCEPTIONS: Clover Kids DO NOT need to enter projects online. In fact, we do not recommend it for Clover Kids Sharing. COMPUTER AVAILABILITY: We hope that the Hardin County Extension Office lobby will be open on June 2nd. If restrictions are still in place after June 2nd, please call or email and we will be happy to assist you over the phone with your entries.

OPENS 6.2.20

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Accepting applications for 2020/21 County Council

Senior 4-Hers, do you want to take your 4-H experi-ence to the next level? Then we challenge you to join County Council! The Hardin County 4-H Youth Council is a group of 9th-12th grade 4-H members who are ambassadors of the 4-H program and are positive role models for younger 4-H members. Council members must be willing to take time for Council business and assume responsibility of plan-ning, coordinating, or assisting at events like the Hardin County Fair. The purpose of County Council is to develop leader-ship, citizenship, life management skills, and serve as a liaison between clubs, the community, and Ex-tension staff in creating positive youth experiences for Hardin County 4-H. While our activities will bene-fit and serve the youth in Hardin County, we also want to provide opportunities to improve YOUR 4-H experience as well. Interested 4-H members should complete the appli-cation by June 15th. Interviews will occur at the fair and new members selected will be announced at the fair. Current County Council members must ap-ply and interview every year.

Horse Project Leaders Patty Hammer (641-849-0593) and Martha Steding (641-373-2434) are looking forward to finally beginning classes in June. Arena classes will be held at the Hardin Co. Fairgrounds arena in Eldora every Thursday from 6:00 PM to ? June 4th - Western Pleasure - Guest Speaker - Denton DeBuhr June 11th - Western Pleasure - Guest Speaker - Denton DeBuhr June 18th – Trail - Guest Speaker - Barb Wright June 25th – Trail - Guest Speaker - Barb Wright June 27th (Saturday) - Back Roads 4-H Invitational Horse Show (also at Hardin County Fairgrounds) June 30th (Tuesday) – Barrel Racing - Guest Speaker - Natalie Foutch July 7th (Tuesday) – Pole Bending - Guest Speaker - Natalie Foutch July 12th - (Sunday) Hardin County Fair 4-H Horse Show - Be prepared to show off your horse and yourself! Please note that all horse project participants must be registered in 4hOnline and be enrolled in the “Horse & Pony” project area before attending any horse project classes. This helps us know who to get important horse information to, and covers the insur-ance liability issues. Participants not complying will be sent home until they are enrolled. Non 4-H members and siblings too young for 4-H should not attend 4-H Horse Project meetings due to not being covered under our insurance policy. **Due to class cancellations due to COVID-19 restrictions, we will only be requiring exhibitors to attend at least one Horse Pro-ject class to be eligible to show their horse at the Hardin County Fair. THINGS REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE ARENA CLASS: boots with heels, jeans, helmets, good fitting flat nylon halter & lead, the regular bridle you ride in including; ring snaffle, SPLIT reins, & fly spray! You and your horse need to be ready to work by 6:00 p.m. All horses should be lunged and saddled by 6:00 pm. They also need a helmet and boots with heels for safe riding. We STRONGLY encourage parents to attend meetings!

2020 Horse Project Group Itinerary

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All K-12th graders are eligible to show a bucket bottle calf at the Hardin County Fair. This is an excellent opportunity for 4-Hers and Clover Kids to learn about raising a calf! Calves must be born between March 1 and May 31, 2020. If purchased, the calf must be in possession of the exhibitor within 2 weeks of birth. All bucket bottle calves need ear tags for identification. You may use your own tags or the Extension Office has tags available for you to pick up.

4-H AND FFA BUCKET/BOTTLE CALVES A competitive class is available for 4th-12th grade 4-H and FFA members. The ribbon placing at the fair is based on what the exhibitor has learned, general health and well-being of the calf, and knowledge of caring for and cleanliness of the calf. Calf’s conformation and exhibitor showmanship are not evaluated. 4-H members may ID calves in 4hOnline up until May 15th or at https://hardin.fairentry.com when entering animal for fair. A bucket bottle calf record book must be completed by all 4-H and FFA participants and may picked up at the Extension Office or found on our website, https://www.extension.iastate.edu/hardin/content/4-h-and-ffa-livestockanimal-projects-1. Rec-ord books must be completed and turned in before interviews at the Hardin County Fair on Friday, July 10th.

YOUTH GRADES K-3 BUCKET/BOTTLE CALVES A non-competitive class will be held for Kindergarten – 3rd graders in Hardin County. K-3 exhibitors may identify calf on Entry Form A or at https://hardin.fairentry.com.

OTHER YOUTH GRADES K-3 ANIMAL SHOWS Other non-competitive opportunities for youth grades Kinder-garten through third, to exhibit animals at the fair include: pets, rabbits, lambs, and meat goat. All K-3 youth show participants will need to enter animals by June 15th. Animals may be entered at

https://hardin.fairentry.com or on Entry Form A, which will be available soon on our website or in the Extension Office. See the Fair Book for more specific details on each class. For K-3 pigs and llamas, please contact the Hardin County Fair Board at 641-373-4809.

4-Hers for 4-H Every year the State 4-H Council sponsors the Iowa 4-Hers for 4-H Campaign, which raises money to fund projects that bene-fit 4-H members throughout the state. 4-Hers investments contribute to providing financial assistance to help 4-Hers attend 4-H camp or conference, helping members from low-income families pay part of their annual 4-H program fee, and funding for the State 4-H Youth Conference, which keeps regis-tration fees affordable for everyone. Each 4-H club in Iowa is asked to donate a minimum of $3.00 per member to the campaign. All clubs that meet the $3.00 per member goal will receive a special campaign certificate. This campaign is coordinated BY 4-Hers to SUPPORT 4-Hers and showcases just how much Iowa 4-Hers care about their 4-H Program. Thank you in advance for being a part of this spe-cial project! You can find a link to the donation form at: https://www.iowa4hfoundation.org/en/ways_to_give/4hers_for_4h/ Please submit this form, along with a voucher to hard-man@iastate.edu by May 15th, and we will send all Hardin County Donations to the Iowa 4-H Foundation. Thank you!

YQCA: 2020 INFORMATION

Important Information for ALL Livestock Exhibitors YQCA (Youth for the Quality Care of Animals) certification is required for all market, dairy, and egg-laying animal exhibi-tors wishing to show at the Hardin County or Iowa State Fairs. This includes beef, bottle calves, dairy goats and dairy cattle, sheep, meat goats, pigs, rabbits, and poultry.

FSQA will no longer be accepted in 2020. YQCA is the only form of certification accepted in 2020 by Iowa 4-H.

If you did not attend the NCIA Youth Beef Conference in Feb-ruary, your final option is to take the online course. Go to YQCA.org and take the online training, using your 4HOnline

login information. The fee is $12.00. YQCA must be complet-ed before you enter your animals for fair!

Please contact Lori Hardman if you have any questions, hardman@iastate.edu or 641-648-4850.

4-H/FFA and K-3 Bottle Calves & Other Animal Projects

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Club Can-Sculpture Contest at Fair!

New Club Challenge Class and county-wide citizenship project!

All Hardin County 4-H Clubs are challenged to participate in the Can-Sculpture Club Competition to help re-stock non-perishable goods in our local food banks. These items will be needed now more than ever! Here are the guidelines:

1. Open to all Hardin County 4-H Clubs.

2. Clubs must sign up by June 15th.

3. Each club who pre-registers will get a 5 x 5 foot area in Com-munity Building on the Fair Grounds.

4. There are no theme requirements.

5. Please refrain from using copyrighted subject matter for your theme.

6. All structures are to be made mostly of unopened food cans or boxes of shelf-stable dry goods and are supposed to be self-supported if possible. The safety of the fair-goers should be the main concern when the 4-Hers are building the structure. Please know that reinforcing the structure to be secure and to not fall over is more important than creating a structure with-out reinforcement. Minimal use of items like tape, string, thin wire, etc. are allowed to secure the sculpture as long as they do not damage the food packaging. There will be roping/barriers available to keep fairgoers at a short distance away from the displays. Sculpture deemed unsafe or unstable will be disassembled.

7. Each club may decide where their own canned goods will be

donated and are also responsible for moving the structure from the exhibit building promptly after fair, as well as deliver-ing the donated goods.

8. Please create a sign to display with the structure at the Hardin County Fair that designates where the food will be donated. This way, fairgoers will realize that this is also a citizenship pro-ject.

9. Items may be wrapped in paper, etc., as long as the package is not altered, colored (painted, etc.), or changed in any way. Be aware, food pantries will not accepted damaged goods, like a soup can without a label or a box that has been opened.

10. Structure set-up will occur on Thursday of the fair, from 9 AM to 8 PM.

11. Structures/Sculptures will be judged in two ways:

12. Structures will be judged by “People’s Choice” Ballot from 4:00 PM on Thursday to 2:00 PM on Sunday. To vote, fairgoers will put coins in the jar of the sculpture they vote for (jars located in the Youth Building for security purposes). The winning club will be recognized at the 4-H Awards Banquet. Money collect-ed will be donated to a Hardin County charity of the winning club’s choosing, in their name.

13. Structures will also be judged by amount of items they are donating. One item will equal one full package. For example, 1 soup can = 1 item. One package of 2 rolls of paper towels = 1 item, not 2. Winning clubs will be recognized at the 4-H Awards Night and the 1st place club will receive $50 towards a commu-nity service project.

Club Booth Contest

Clubs are encouraged to add some pizazz to the Youth Building by decorating their booth for the Club Booth Contest. Judging will be based on: 1.) Club Representation - Is the club name displayed prominently and are the members represented? 2.) Creativity - Is it fun, colorful, original? Does it draw your attention to the booth? 3.) Interpretation/Use of Theme - 2020 Theme "Strive for Gold". Oth-er choices are: “4-H is…”; “Join 4-H”; “Grow 4-H”; and “How do you 4-H” (State Fair Theme). 4.) Quality of Workmanship - Well done, not messy, neat appearance, effort put in to it. 5.) Use of Available Space - Not based on number of exhibits club has, but more about organization and presentation. Is the backdrop the only part deco-rated, or is the design carried on to the tables and the rest of the display area, etc? Think about the entire space. The Youth Building will be open on Monday, July 6th from noon to 3:30 PM for decorating. Clubs may also decorate during confer-ence judging. Judging will take place after noon on Wednesday, July 8th. Clubs will be awarded as follow: 1st place - $50, 2nd place - $30, 3rd place - $20. All other participating 4-H clubs will receive $10.

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2020 4-H Conference Judging Schedule For Department B exhibits on

Conference Judging Day - Tuesday, July 7, 2020 4-Hers will enter their exhibits at http://hardin.fairentry.com by 4:30 PM on June 29th. 4-Hers will prepare exhibits and bring them to the Youth Building on July 7th at the time designated below. Each member will check in at the front table, collect their pre-printed entry tags, and pay the entry fee. Fee is as follows: $3 per member for the first 10 exhibits and 25¢ for each additional exhibit. Each piece of the exhibit should be la-beled with the member’s first and last name, club and class number. String and tape to adhere tags to exhibits will be provided. Goal sheets, or similar, are required. They are available from the Extension Office or the Hardin County Extension website, https://www.extension.iastate.edu/hardin/4h. 4-Hers may choose to reprint and present the goal sheet information in another manner (for example, in a binder with photos, etc.), but the same three questions must be answered. Judging will begin at 8:30 a.m. It is necessary for everyone to arrive before 11:00 AM. for judging. Bring all Department B entries at your club’s scheduled time and remain until you have had all your exhibits judged by the appropriate judge. Challenge class exhibits must be brought to the designated areas and will be evaluated after conference judging at 1:30. Exhibits considered and/or selected for State Fair, and Challenge Class exhibits, will be moved to the appropriate location by staff and volunteers, and be set in place before the Youth Building opens on Wednesday morning. All exhibits must remain in place until they are released on Sunday at 6:00 p.m. Club time assignments are as follows: 8:30 a.m. Ellis Jackson Ag Stars Eldora Eagles Union Whitten Hustlers **Exhibitors with 10+ exhibits may come at this time, regardless of club’s assigned time 9:30 a.m. Alden Active Achievers

E-NP Bearcats Concord Sherman Challengers

10:30 a.m. Tipton Grant Toppers HC Rough Riders Independent Members 1:30 p.m. Building Closed for State Fair Selection

Judges will alternate 30 minute lunch breaks between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Parents, leaders and siblings are welcome to stay and watch the 4-H Conference Judging, however, they should remain in the available seating in front of the judges table and refrain from speaking while the 4-Her is with the judge. The State Fair selection will take place at 1:30 in the Youth Building, which will then be closed to the public. All 4-H members, leaders, and family members must be out of the Youth Building at this time. Each member should be present to take his/her exhibits to the judge for conference judging. Members unable to be present for the judging will be required to prepare written information. See the Fairbook for details. Parents or leaders may not visit with the judges as they evaluate the exhibits and the written information.

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