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GROWS

Upcoming Dates

July 28————————— 4-H Concession Stand Fundraiser

July 30-August 1———Fun with Bots Summer Camp

August 2———————State Fair Projects Due to the Extension Office

August 8-18——————Iowa State Fair

August 21———————County Council Meeting

August 23————————County Council Applications Due

August 26———————Clover Kid’s Leader Training

September 1——————4-H Online Re-enrollment Begins

September 2——————Labor Day

September 26-29———————Ak-Sar-Ben Stock Show

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Lee County 4H Iowa

Lee County August Insider News

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Fun with Bots Camp

We have 1 camp left to go this summer with open spots at

Keokuk and Fort Madison. If you are interested in signing up

call the Extension Office today at 319-835-5116. This camp is

open to K-3rd graders. We will learn about coding and play

with different robots. Kids will need to bring a lunch and we

will provide snacks. This is a free event.

Iowa 4-H Camera Corps

Do you like taking pictures? Want to

practice your photography skills,

receiving public recognition and juror

feedback on your work? Then Iowa

Camera Corps is for you. Check out

the link below for more information on how to join.

https://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/projects/iowa-4-h-

camera-corps

This is a great way to brush up on your photography skills

during the year and see some of your art work displayed to

the public on Facebook. There are different themes every

month that they are asking for pictures from. You submit

your photo and then it is judged and they pick out the top

few to be voted on by the public through Facebook. The

public votes on their favorite photos.

Clover Kid’s Leader Training

We will be hosting a regional training for

Clover Kid Leaders. In this training we will go

over our different programs we have to

offer that you are able to use in your clover

kid meeting. These are usually ready made meetings/

activities. You may only have to provide a couple of differ-

ent extra items that the Extension Office does not have.

The Extension Office has the kits we will cover. Save the

date for August 26th at the Henry County Extension Office.

For more information or to get your name on the list call

the Extension office at 319-835-5116 today. This should be

a fun night.

Looking for Volunteers

Are you interested in helping with the

planning process for the banquet? We

are looking to put together a small com-

mittee of 2-3 adults and 1 4-Her to help

with planning. This would include meal,

awards, etc. You would only give up 2-3

days a year to help out with the plan-

ning. If you are interested call Breana at

the Extension Office today. We are also looking for other com-

mittees to be put together as well, like fundraising, and work-

shops. We are always looking for leader, co-leader and club vol-

unteers as well.

From the Desk of the CYC: It’s August and school will

be starting up again. Wow, did I just say that. It feels as

if school was just let out. Hope everyone had a great

summer and vacation. Happy New school year!! That

means re-enrollment for 4-H will be starting again on

September 1st. Please get this done as soon as possible.

Fair is over. Hopefully you have some great memories of

fair. Congratulations to all participants. It was a great

fair. State Fair will be beginning soon. I hope you will all

have a chance to visit the state fair. Keep an eye out for

upcoming clinics and workshops. We will be having

some soon. Also, that means banquet is coming up

soon. Award applications will be coming out in Septem-

ber. Start getting your record books finished today.

We’d be happy to send you more papers if needed. If

you are a Clover Kid don’t forget to check out your sec-

tion. Don’t forget to recruit for 4-H!! Keep it up Lee

County 4-H!! As always don’t forget if you have any

questions or concerns, I will be here if anyone needs

anything. Feel free to contact me. ~Breana

4-H Re-enrollment Begins

4-H Re-enrollment will BEGIN on September 1st. Please

remember to re-enroll for the new 4-H year. The deadline

to re-enroll will be December 1st. After that time you will

not receive the 4-H newsletter if you have not re-enrolled.

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Teen County Council

If you are in 9-12th grade and

are a good leader and love to

help plan events for Lee County

4-H we are looking for County

Council Members. New this

year is an application process.

We have applications available

in the office, online or contact us and we can get you one!

Applications are due back to the Extension Office Friday,

August 23rd at noon.

State Fair Art Hall Exhibitors:

Please have your NON-FOOD Projects to

the Extension Office by Noon on August

2nd that will be going to the State Fair. If

you are taking FOOD items have them to

the Extension Office by Noon on August

5th, no later as I will be leaving at that

time to head to Des Moines!

Thank You’s

Thank you’s for the fair should be in process or being started. The

sponsors always tell us how much the enjoy getting these. A list for

livestock sponsors are in the Livestock Scoop, and Static Sponsors/

Volunteers are listed below.

Static Sponsors/Volunteers:

Sandy Mohrfeld

Cathy Weirather

Maryella Johnson

Jenny Wenke

Matt’s Greenhouse

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Fun Activity

Monster Bookmarks

You will need:

-Large Pom Poms

-Large Popsicle Sticks

-Googly Eyes

-Pipe Cleaners

-Craft Pain

-Craft Glue

How to:

-Paint your popsicle stick. May need to apply a couple of coats.

-Glue some googly eye(s) on large pom poms.

-Cut some pipe cleaners to about 1 inch in length. Curl the edges around a pen or pencil. Then glue them on

the pom pom.

-Glue pom pom onto the popsicle stick.

Upcoming Activities for Clover Kids

Clover Kids are welcome to attend the upcoming summer camp which is: Fun With Bots. Call the Extension

Office for more information or watch our Facebook page. They will need to re-enroll in 4-H online starting

September 1st.

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August 1: Online

Entries Open

August 30: Online

Entries Close at

noon

www.aksarbenstockshow.com

Bucket Bottle Calf and Competitive

Swine Record Books

If you have not already done so please

stop by the Extension office to pick-up

your Bucket Bottle Calf and Competitive

Swine Record books!!!

Fair Follow-Up Meeting

We will have a Fair Follow-Up Meeting on Tuesday, September 3 at 6:30

PM. It will be held at the Extension Office.

We encourage everyone to attend!! This meeting is meant to help discuss

some of the concerns or ideas to help improve fair for next year. If you have a concern we

would like you to come with suggestions on how to address your concern. We want the

best for everyone!

We have also attached a Fair Follow-Up Form to the bottom of this newsletter. If you are

unable to attend the meeting please fill out this form and send back to Whitney at PO BOX

70, Donnellson, IA 52625.

2019

4-H State Fair

Livestock Exhibitors:

Meat Goats: Beef:

-Haley Lampe -Trevor Mohrfeld

-Henry Steffensmeier

Swine: Dog:

-Haley Lampe -Kelli Meierotto

-Cameron Nabors

-Blake Moeller Sheep:

-Brody Moeller -Seth Moeller

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2019 State Fair Changes

Breeding Beef - Required to have 2 forms of ID Tattoo & Registration #, Vaccination # or

4-H Tag

Horse - Halter Horse must be owned

Swine - Declared weight system; if tagged

with USDA tags notches are not required

Meat Goats - Birth Dates required for all

breeding animals; animals must arrive show

ready, no clipping

Sheep - New pedigree wether dam class

Lee County Fair Exhibitors,

Thank you for making the 2019 Lee County Fair a wonderful experience! We are proud of everyone for

being respectful and helpful individuals. You make our job easy!

We want to remind everyone that thank you notes are essential to keeping our sponsors and donators

coming back each year! Please make sure you are writing thank you’ s

to award sponsors, auction buyers, bedding donators, leaders, super-

intendents/committee members, fair board members, volunteers and

anyone else you can think of that made your fair experience great!

Thank you for the great memories in 2019 and we look forward to

next year!!!

~ Whitney Weisinger

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Lee County

414 N. Main Street

Donnellson, IA 52625

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Breana Houtz I County Youth Coordinator

ISU Extension and Outreach, Lee County

414 N. Main Street, Donnellson, IA 52625

Office: 319-835-5116

Cell: 319-470-6701

http://www.extension.iastate.edu/lee

Office Hours: M-T 8:-00-4:30 F 8:00-12

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