OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION

Miami County 4-H News

“Discover Yourself in 4-H” July/August 2016

Some important reminders for those members attending Project Pride Day:

The Extension Office will be closed on Project Pride Day, Wednesday, July 13th, as all staff will be assisting with the event. We will also be closing at approximately 2 pm on Tuesday, July 12th to begin set up.

Remember to arrive approximately one hour before your assigned judging time to have your book checked. Project books will be available for pick up at the pick up table once they have been checked. You will need your book for your judging!

Sign up for a judging time at your assigned booth approximately 20 minutes prior to your judging start time. Judging times are spaced 10 minutes apart so please pay attention to times already taken and sign up for a time 10 minutes after. Please remember the time you signed up for and be ready at that time.

Extension Office Staff and Food & Fashion Board Members will be available if you have trouble finding your judging booth or have questions on signing up for judging times. If you aren’t sure, just ask.

Once you have completed your judging(s), you may leave.

State Fair Winners will be announced on the miami.osu.edu website no earli-er than 12 noon on Monday, July 18th! State Fair packets for those mem-bers will be available for pick up no earlier than 12 noon on Monday, July 18th. Packets must be picked up at the Extension Office by 4 pm, Fri-

day, July 22nd. If not picked up by Friday, the alternate will be notified.

All Outstanding, Honorable Mention, and State Fair Winners will be an-nounced at the Miami County Fair on Saturday, August 13th at 2 pm during the Project Pride Day Awards Ceremony.

Project Pride Day Reminders 4-H Barbecue and Live Auction……………………….....Page 2

4-H Barbecue Schedule….…………….………Page 2

Important Reminder……………Page 2 Pull Tab Community Service....Page 2

2016 Commodity Carnival...….Page 3

Cloverbud Fun Times..........….Page 3

Cloverbud Fair Booth Set Up…………………………..Page 3

Cloverbud Show-N-Tell and Graduation…………..…….Page 3

Fair Vouchers……………….....Page 4

Fair Passes…….……......……..Page 4 Fair Booth Information………...Page 4

Calendar……………………....Page 5-6

Cloverbud Show-N-Tell Individual and Group Registration Forms……...……..Page 7

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4-H Barbecue News!

4-H Barbecue and Live Auction

New for 2016 - the 4-H Fund Raising Committee will be conducting a Live Auction at the Miami County 4-H Barbecue! Miami County 4-H Clubs are asked to please donate an item(s) to the auc-tion. Looking for ideas? Consider donating, themed gift baskets, sports tickets, gift certificates, hand-crafted items, home and garden supplies, baked goods, etc. Due to the large number of aller-gies, if donating a baked good, please include the ingredients on a card with the food. Auction items may be dropped off 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. in the Poultry Barn (formerly the Jr. Fair Building) the day of the Barbecue. The auction will begin at 7:00 p.m.

All clubs are required to participate at the barbecue, but not all members must be present. Organi-zational Advisors received details concerning the number of individuals needed at each station and additional information regarding the amount of beverages needed in their fundraiser packet mailed out last month. Beverages should be taken to your Chairperson by Thursday, July 21, or dropped off at the Poultry Barn, located at the south end of the Miami County Fairgrounds, 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., on Thursday, July 21. Please remember to write the club name on the side of the beverage box.

Proceeds from the annual Miami County 4-H Barbecue combined with 4-H member assessment fees fund: the purchase of project ribbons, rosettes, trophies, county medals, final year member awards and plaques, part of the Miami County Volunteer Banquet awards and decorations, older youth trips (i.e. Sea Camp), volunteer education (i.e. State Volunteer Conference attendees), 4-H promotional activities, Cloverbud and Jr. Camp camper scholarships, Cloverbud activities, School program materials, scholarships, club auditing, Food and Fashion Board activities, Project Pride Day drapes and judges’ meals, and 4-H newsletter postage.

This is the main fundraiser conducted by the Miami County 4-H program, and as you can see, it ben-efits our volunteers as well as our youngest to our oldest 4-H members. Please encourage non 4-H family and friends to come out and support this annual event.

Pull Tab Community Service

We would like our 4-H families to once again join us in saving pull tabs for our county com-munity service activity. Aluminum pull tabs can be found on various beverages, soup, pet food, and other canned items. Please begin saving your tabs today and turn them in at the Miami County 4-H Barbecue on Saturday, July 23. The tabs will be donated to Ronald McDonald House Charities.

Important Reminder

Your club fundraiser check for $15.00 is due to your Township Chairperson by July 15th! Please remember to make checks payable to: Miami County 4-H Advisory Committee.

4-H Barbecue Schedule

It’s that time of year again! Mark your calendars for the 2016 4-H Bar-B-Que.

When: Saturday, July 23rd

Where: Miami County Fairgrounds

Who: Anyone!

This year’s BBQ includes several events to enjoy!

7am: Miami County 4-H Club Advisors Horse Show

4pm: Food being served

6pm: Kiddie Tractor Pull (5 pm sign up)

7pm: LIVE Auction (must be present to win)

8pm: Dance

Come out and bring your friends for great food and a fun time!

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Miami County Fair News

Cloverbuds

Cloverbud Show-N-Tell and

Graduation

Wednesday, August 17

Duke Lundgard Building

The Cloverbud 4-H “Show-N-Tell” program is a non-competitive demonstration activity. Members share or ‘show and tell’ what they learned during the year in a 2-3 mi-nute talk with an ‘interviewer.’ Clo-verbuds may use a scrapbook, pho-to album, poster, or activity from the Cloverbud curriculum as part of their demonstration. Youth may par-ticipate as individuals or in teams. Cloverbud “Show-N-Tell” teams may consist of 2-4 members. (Team members must talk about the same topic.)

Participants must complete the pre-registration form in this newsletter and return it by Monday, August 1st. Topics are to be related only to information learned during Clover-

bud Activities.

Cloverbud Graduation will take place immediately following Clover-bud “Show-N-Tell.”

Cloverbud Fun Times

at the Fair

Children in grades K-2 can enjoy books and crafts during Cloverbud Fun Time! All activities will be held in the Duke Lundgard Building.

Friday, August 12, 2:30 pm

Topic: “Down on the Farm”—Make farm animal crafts including a

“squawking chicken” pal.

Tuesday, August 16, 2:30 pm

Topic: “Fun with Pollinators” - Cre-ate a “buzzing bee” and learn how

honeybees benefit agriculture.

Thursday, August 18, 2:30 pm

Topic: “Soar Away” - Enjoy air and space related crafts.

Cloverbud Fair

Booth Set Up

August 10, 2016

Exhibits for the Cloverbud Booth may be dropped off Wednesday, August 10th from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm in the Duke Lundgard Building.

Members may display projects or posters of 4-H Cloverbud activities (camp, meetings, community ser-vice, etc.). All items must be accom-panied by 5” x 7” cards listing mem-bers’ names and clubs.

Due to limited space, Cloverbud groups may submit a full size club

poster, individual projects, or half size individual posters.

2016 Commodity Carnival

CME Group and the National 4-H Council partnered to create the Commodity Carnival, a fun learning activity for youth to experience managing the business risks associated with producing and bringing livestock to market. The game aims to build greater literacy in agricultural science and economics at state and county fairs.

The Commodity Carnival consists of three activities that guide participants through the process of producing and selling livestock: grow your livestock, sell your livestock and win a ribbon. This year, participants will grow and sell a hog.

The Commodity Carnival will appear at nearly 120 state and county fairs throughout the Midwest during the sum-

mer and fall of 2016. Miami County was one of 10 counties selected to participate in this year’s event. The activity

will be offered on three days during the Miami County Fair. One day will be “Kids Day”, 10 am—1 pm, Monday,

August 15.

A grant is being offered to each county 4-H program that takes part in this event. Two teens are needed to help

conduct the activities. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Demetria at 440-3943.

Please remember to pick up fair vouchers on Satur-day, August 13th in the Duke Lundgard Building at the table near the stage. Vouchers must be picked up by the Organizational Advisor, or a designated Advisor for your club. Vouchers will be available for pickup from 9am-4pm on Saturday, except during the Awards Ceremony. $1.00 vouchers are given to each completed project on display by Thursday, August 11th at 5:00 pm. Projects must be labeled clearly to receive a voucher.

Fair Vouchers

Fair News and More

July/August, 2016 Page 4

Fair Booth Information

For those clubs wanting to have a booth in the Duke Lundgard Building during fair, registration forms are available in the Project Pride Day Booklet and are due no later than July 13th. For clubs who will be exhibiting their non-livestock projects in the Miscellaneous Booth - you must also complete the fair booth request form to let Demetria know how many projects you will be bringing. All projects, including miscellaneous booth, must be in place by 5 pm on Thursday, August 11th. (Building will be closed for judging at 5 pm.) Note: Each project displayed must be legibly marked with the member’s name to receive your Jr. Fair Voucher. Remember, this year’s theme is “4-H: So Much More…” For more information on booth size and what can be used to hang your decorations, please refer to the Project Pride Day/Fair Booklet. If you have any questions, please contact the Exten-sion Office at 440-3945.

Ohio Ag is Cool!

Ag is Cool has two main components. The first is a Creative Expression Contest which is administered by ODA. The second is offered at the Ohio State Fair each year by ODA, OFBF and Ohio’s Commodity Groups. The objective of the program is to teach chil-dren about Ohio agriculture through hands-on activi-ties as they travel around the fairgrounds to barns and ag displays. For more information including scholar-ship info visit http://www.agri.ohio.gov/agiscool/.

Fair Pass Information

For 4-H advisors and 4-H club members 9 years and older (Fair rules state 8 year olds are admitted free, therefore your 8 year old 4-Hers will not be receiving a fair pass.), fair passes will be handed out the week of August 1st – cost for fair passes will be $15.00 for advisors; $2.00 for 4-H mem-bers (picked up by one Advisor or designated

adult representative per Club).

Passes will be distributed only to those clubs that participate in and contribute to the 4-H Barbeque on July 23rd and for all that are in good standing with their club/organization. The Organizational Ad-visor (or a designated club advisor) is responsible for picking up the passes for the whole club at the Fairgrounds and distributing them to club members and advisors. Replacements must be purchased - so be careful with those passes!

Note: Any volunteers or members added after club enrollment deadline (the last Friday in March) are not eligible for discounted passes.

4-H Mail-In Shooting Sports Match

It’s time to start preparing for the Classic Clovers 4-H Club Mail-In Shooting Sports Match. Entries and tar-gets for the 4-H Shooting Sports Match, must be post-marked by August 31, 2016. No huge fees, travel or lodging expenses. The rules are rather simple and will rely upon the guidance of leaders and advisors to use honor system. Each 4-H club/s would host their own shoot then mail the targets and entry forms to Classic Clovers 4-H club. For divisions and rules, please con-tact the Extension Office at 440-3945.

Award Forms Due July 15th

Ten Year and Final Year Award forms were mailed to individuals last month. If you did not receive a form and feel you qualify for one of these awards, please contact the Extension Office. County Award forms were includ-ed in the last newsletter. Please consider nominating a young person, 14 years old or older (as of Jan. 1), for one of these honors. Remember they do not have to be

a blue ribbon winner, but a blue ribbon kid to qualify.

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Miami County 4-H Cloverbud

Show-N-Tell Program

Individual Registration Form (Please print or type.)

Name: ______________________________________________________________ Age: ___________________

Club Name: __________________________________________________ Year (s) in Cloverbuds: ____________

Topic or Activity: _______________________________________________________________________________

Please return to the Extension Office by Monday, August 1st. The Miami County 4-H Cloverbud Show-N-Tell Program will

be at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, August 17, at the Miami County Fair.

*Note: Only Cloverbuds enrolled in a 4-H club may participate in this event.

Miami County 4-H Cloverbud Show-N-Tell Program

Team Registration Form (Please print or type.)

Names 1. ___________________________________________ Ages 1. ______________

2. ___________________________________________ 2. ______________

3. ___________________________________________ 3. ______________

4. ___________________________________________ 4. ______________

Years in Cloverbuds 1. _____ 2. _____ 3. _____ 4. _____

Club Name: _______________________________________________________________________________

Topic or Activity: ___________________________________________________________________________

Please return to the Extension Office by Monday, August 1st. The Miami County 4-H Cloverbud Show-N-Tell Program will be

at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, August 17, at the Miami County Fair.

Limit 2-4 members per team.

*Note: Only Cloverbuds enrolled in a 4-H club may participate in this event.

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