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IN-VIEW

JACKSON COUNTY EXTENSION FEBRUARY 2012

Amber Mathieson Heather Moore Jeannett Kruse Carolyn Clark 4-H Youth Development Program Specialist 4-H County Youth Coordinator Office Manager Program Assistant And Program Coordinator hamoore@iastate.edu jlkruse@iastate.edu clark05@iastate.edu amber@iastate.edu

Calendar of Events

September 2 CEO closed for Labor Day Holiday 8 YLC @ CEO– 3:00 pm OPEN TO ALL 7-9th graders! 8 County Council @ CEO– 4:00 pm OPEN TO ALL 10-12th graders! 15 Leader’s Meeting @ CEO 5:00 pm 16 Youth Committee @ CEO 7:00 pm

October 6-12 National 4-H Week 13 YLC @ Pearson 3:30 pm 13 County Council @ Pearson 4:30 pm 13 Youth Committee @ Pearson 4:30 pm 13 Recognition Banquet @ Pearson 5:30 pm

November 11 CEO Closed for Veteran's Day 17 New Member Meeting @ CEO 1:00 pm 17 YLC @ CEO 2:00 pm 17 Officer Training @ CEO 3:00 pm 17 County Council @ CEO 4:00 pm 18 Youth Committee @ CEO 7:00 pm 18 Leader’s Training @ CEO 7:00 pm 21-22 CEO Closed for Thanksgiving

Jackson County Extension September 2013

JACKSON COUNTY EXTENSION 201 WEST PLATT ST. MAQUOKETA IA 52060 | 563-652-4923 | MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:00 AM –4:30 PM LEARN MORE AT WWW.EXTENSION.IASTATE.EDU/4H/JACKSON

4-H Dates to Remember

October 13 Recognition Banquet November 17 New Member Meeting November 17 Officer Training November 18 Leader’s Training December 3 Leader’s Training February 2 Sweetheart Ball April 6 FSQA June 23 FSQA July 7 Pre-Entry Day July 12 Clothing Event July 20-27 Jackson County Fair October 19 Recognition Banquet

Due Dates: Sept 16: County Award Forms Due Sept 16: Officer Books Due Oct 1: Club Programs Due

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OUR VISION A WORLD IN WHICH YOUTH AND ADULTS LEARN, GROW, AND WORK TOGETHER AS CATALYSTS FOR POSTIVE CHANGE

Club Officer Books and Record Books

Club officer books are due to the CEO by September 16. These are the treasurer, secretary, and historian

books. It is mandatory for all club treasurer books to be turned in for audit. Member record books are due to

the club leaders, check with them for a due date.

Record book forms are available at the CEO and the web page: extension.iastate.edu/Jackson/4h

County Awards

All Jackson County 4-H’ers are eligible to receive county awards. 4-H’ers in grades 4-6 are eligible for the Jun-ior Record Keeping Award, Outstanding First Year Member, and Junior Merit. Intermediate and Senior 4-H’ers may receive Merit awards, submitted by club leaders. *** 4-H’ers in grades 7-12 may apply for county project awards. Applications are available at the CEO or on the Jackson County webpage and need to have support material attached to the application. Deadline for submit-ting county project award is September 16 to the CEO. Support material may be: Written—a story, resume, record, or portion of a record, photo, etc. Format: 8 1/2” x 11”, one sided, five page maximum. The application form is not counted towards pages of the support material. Videotape—not more than five minutes. Audi-otape—not more than five minutes. Incentive Awards will be offered for the County Project Awards winners valued at $25 each. Check with your club leader for the date your record book is due. Awards will be presented at the Annual 4-H Recognition Banquet.

4-H Enrollment

Enrollment begins September 15th! You can access the online system at:

www.extension.iastate.edu/jackson. There is a link right on the homepage. The MOST important thing to

remember is that all returning members have a profile set-up, you just need to log in to it. You need to type your

e-mail address (if you don’t remember what address you used, contact the CEO) and type your password from

last year, or select "I forgot my password." After you retrieve your password, you can log in and change it, then

get to work getting enrolled!

If you have any questions, please contact Heather! We learned many tricks and tips, and can get through just

about anything! If you do not have computer access, please contact Heather, and we can make arrangements.

The re-enrollment deadline is November 1st, 2013.

Thank you to all the volunteers who helped at the 2013 Jackson County Fair. The fair

was a huge success and we owe it to the volunteers and parents. Your help is greatly

appreciated not only during fair, but throughout the year as well! Please be sure to

send thank you cards!

4-H’ers, make sure to send a thank you letter to the sponsors of your award and the

supporters of the ribbon and animal auctions. If you need help finding an address of

your buyer, please contact the CEO. Other individuals and organizations to send

thank you notes to are listed below. Additional thank you notes can be sent to Fair

T-Shirt Sponsors, 4-H Leaders, Parents, and anyone else who helped in anyway to

make your fair experience a success.

Livestock Committee Members Farm Credit Services of America (meal ticket) Maquoketa Sentinel-Press Food Stand Committee 1621 11th Street 102 West Quarry Street Extension Council DeWitt, IA 52742 Maquoketa, IA 52060 Youth Committee Send these to: Maquoketa State Bank (Pancake Breakfast) Jackson County Fair Board Jackson County Extension 203 North Main P O Box 859 201 West Platt Maquoketa, IA 52060 Maquoketa, IA 52060 Maquoketa, IA 52060 Jackson County Cattlemen Jackson County Pork Producers Clinton/Jackson Dairy Board Brandon Moore Skott Gent Allan Till 22654 92nd Street 1616 Bunker Hill Road 7707 Hwy 62 Maquoketa, IA 52060 Monmouth, IA 52309 Maquoketa, IA 52060 Jackson Co Veterinarians Association Jackson County Poultry Association US Bank ($1 meal ticket) Khristian Becker Lorin Deppe 120 South Main 1121 East Platt Street 8128 168th Avenue Maquoketa, IA 52060 Maquoketa, IA 52060 Maquoketa, IA 52060

4-H PLEDGE

I PLEDGE MY HEAD TO CLEARER THINKING, MY HEART TO GREATER LOYALTY, MY HANDS TO LARGER SERVICE,

AND MY HEALTH TO BETTER LIVING, FOR MY CLUB, MY COMMUNITY, MY COUNTRY, AND MY WORLD.

Do you want to... ...Make New Friends?

...Become a 4-H Role Model?

...Plan Your Own Service Learning?

...Help with Jackson County 4-H Events?

Are you an Intermediate or Senior 4-H member?

Then Young Leader’s Council

and County Council are for you! Young Leader’s Council’s first meeting:

Sunday, September 8, 2013 at 3:00 pm at the CEO

County Council’s first meeting:

Sunday, September 8, 2013 at 4:00 pm at the CEO

Come check us out!

For more information contact Heather at

hamoore@iastate.edu or 652-4923