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OSCEOLA COUNTY ISU EXTENSION AND OUTREACH

Osceola County 4-H Clubs

Greetings 4-H families! There is a lot of information to be aware of as we enter the busy summer season, so please read through this month’s newsletter so you don’t miss any deadlines or opportunities.

The 2016 Osceola County Fair Book is now online. Be sure to read though all project area rules and the fair schedule as their have been a few changes. You can find it on our website: http://www.extesion.iastate.edu/osceola/4h.

REMINDER: All animals need to be entered onto 4-H Online by midnight on Sunday, May 15th. This is a state deadline so please have all animals entered by this date and time.

The number of swine a 4-H can show at the fair has been increased from 4 animals to 5 animals, however one of those has to be from the Purebred Class. See page 19 of the Osceola County Fair Book for more information.

Reminder: Senior 4-H’er Osceola County 4-H Foundation scholarship applications are due to our office by Monday, May 2nd.

Last chance FSQA training for 4-H’ers who plan on showing animals at the fair are on May 14 and May 26 in O’Brien County. After these dates, trainings are no longer available in 2016. Call our office to register.

Please let us know if you have any questions or if we can assist you with your 4-H experience in any way.

Please stop by our office on Wednesday, May 11th from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. for refreshments and to visit with Mike before he finishes serving as the County Youth Coordinator in Osceola County at the end of May.

OSCEOLA 4-H NEWSLETTER MAY 2016

*Baker Road Runners

*East Holman Wildcats/

Midwest Settlers

*Future Leaders

*Gilman Jr. Farmers

*Ocheyedan Indians

*Sibley-Ocheyedan

Shooting Club

*Westerners/Those

Crazy Kids

*Future Franklins

Jr. FLL/FLL

*The A Team FLL

Michael Compton

County Youth Coordinator

On a personal note, I would like to thank each of you for

helping make the Osceola County 4-H program a great

one. I have enjoyed serving you as the Youth County

Coordinator! The future of the 4-H program in Osceola

County is a bright one and I wish you all the very best!

2016 OSCEOLA COUNTY FAIR

*This Years Fair Theme is “Dive to New Depths”.

*The Osceola County Fair runs from Wednesday, July 13th through Saturday, July 16th.

Static Judging/Clothing/Communications Event - July 5th, 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. at Sibley/Ocheyedan

High School in the Commons area.

*Registration forms for Fashion Review/Communication/Share the Fun Events are on our website. THESE

FORMS ARE TO BE TURNED IN TO OUR OFFICE AND NOT YOUR 4-H LEADER BY JUNE 27TH!

*The 4-H Fashion Review/Share the Fun will be held during the 4-H Barbeque on Wednesday, July 13th at

approximately 5:30 p.m.

*The new county 4-H Awards Extravaganza will take place on Saturday, July 16th at 3:00 p.m. in the 4-H

Building.

*Stall Pen Requests are due Monday, June 27th.

4-H MULTI-COUNTY LIVESTOCK WORKSHOP Plan to attend the Multi-Species Livestock Workshop on Thursday, May 26th at the O’Brien County Fairgrounds

from 6:00 p.m.- 9:00 p.m. 4-H’ers will be able to register for 3 species sessions from the following -

Beef, Bucket Calf, Dairy, Swine, Sheep, Meat Goat, Dairy Goat, Rabbit, Poultry and Horse. A light meal

will be offered starting at 5:30 pm before the workshop. From 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. a last chance FSQA

training will also be available. This workshop is FREE, but pre-registration is required by Tuesday, May

24th. Online registration is preferred at: https://form.jotform.com/4Hregion1/2016-multicounty-livestock-

workshop. If you would like to mail a form in, they are available on our website at http://

4-H 2016 LIVESTOCK NOTICE ALL animals need be entered on 4-H Online (http://www.4honline.com) by Sunday, May 15th. The

animals that have gone through the weigh in process will be entered online by the ISU Extension and

Outreach staff. Families can go online and confirm that the information entered is correct. 4-H’ers whose ani-

mals do not go through the weigh in process must also be entered on 4-H online by May 15th. After this date,

NO ENTRIES MAY BE MADE! Please contact us here at the office with any questions or concerns you have about

this process. PLEASE COMPLETE THIS BEFORE MAY 15TH AS WE ARE NOT IN THE OFFICE THE 15TH!

OSCEOLA COUNTY SWINE INFORMATION 2016

If you are showing Swine at the 2016 Osceola County Fair, you need to complete a 2016 Swine

Affidavit, located on page 8 of this newsletter. This form is due to our office on Monday, May 2nd.

The Osceola County Fair Swine Program will be adding an Individual Market Purebred Breed Category

in 2016. Papers will be required to show proof of breed when weighing pigs in at the fair.

The number of swine a 4-H can bring to the fair has been increased from 4 to 5, but one of these animals must be

a Purebred. See page 19 of the Osceola County Fairbook for more information.

Also, in 2016 4-H’ers showing pigs at the 2016 Osceola County Fair will be required to provide their own wood

chips for their stall pens.

4-H CLOVER KIDS The Clover Kid program is coming to an end for the 2015-2016 school year and the future 4-H’ers have

had a great year learning about scientific themed topics! The remaining dates for Clover Kids in May are

Monday, May 9th and Tuesday, May 10th.

Reminder that all Clover Kids are eligible to bring non-livestock projects to the fair. See details on page 31

of the 2016 Osceola County Fair Book.

4-H HORSE WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

2016 Horse Workshops

Horse workshops have been scheduled for the

summer of 2016. All workshops begin at 7:00 p.m. at the

Osceola County Fairgrounds. To be eligible to show your

horse at the Osceola County Fair, you must attend at

least ONE of these workshops. Please remember that

horse riders must wear helmets at all times.

Wednesday, June 1

Wednesday, June 8

Wednesday, June 15

Wednesday, June 22

Wednesday, June 29

Wednesday, July 6

Please contact Charlotte with any questions @ 461-1558.

2016 STATE 4-H YOUTH CONFERENCE

Dive to New Depths! On June 28 , 29 and 30 and over 1,000 teenagers will converge on the campus of

Iowa State University for 3 days full of speakers, workshops, dances, a banquet, and community

service activities. If you have completed 8th grade, you are eligible to attend and since you don’t need

to be in 4-H to attend, you can invite your friends! Applications are due online by Wednesday, June 1.

Please contact us here at the office if you would like to go. In some cases, financial assistance is available. For more

information contact us at the Extension and Outreach office. To register go to www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/

StateConference. Don’t miss out!

First meeting: May 4th @ 6:30 p.m. - Osceola Hospital Education Room (no dogs please!).

All additional classes will be held with dogs on the following dates and times at the Osceola County Fairgrounds. In

May and June you can choose to attend either the Saturday morning meeting at 8:30 a.m. or the Monday evening

meeting at 7:00 p.m. for that week. Meeting dates to choose from are as follows:

A current rabies shot and verification record must be on file at the Osceola County Extension and Outreach office

prior to the first dog obedience class (May 4). Please contact us here at the office if you are planning to attend

obedience classes this year. Dog obedience exhibitors must attend a minimum of 1/3 of the scheduled classes to be

eligible to show at the fair. Schedule is subject to change at the superintendent’s discretion. If you have any

questions contact Dog Superintendent Kerry Krogman @ 712-461-0352.

4-H DOG OBEDIENCE SCHEDULE

May 7 or 9

May 14 or 16

May 21 or May 23

May 28 or May 30

June 6 (Monday only)

June 11 or 13

June 18 or 20

June 25 or 27

July 9 Mock Dog Show

July 11 Agility Night

July 13 Dog Show @ Fair

BOTTLE BUCKET CALF INFORMATION

2016 FOUNDATION CHICKS 4-H Foundation Chicks will once again be available to any Osceola County 4-H’ers interested in showing

Poultry at this years’ fair. Monday, May 2nd is the deadline to sign-up for 16 FREE chicks. Requirements are

that the 4-H’er shows and cares for the chicks. 2 cockerels and 2 pullets must be exhibited at the 2016

Osceola County Fair. Contact us here at the office at (712)754-3648 or mcompton@iastate.edu if you are

interested in taking part in and signing up for this great program.

The Bottle Bucket Calf project will once again be available in 2016. The 4-H BB Calf project is open to 4-H’ers in

grades 4th - 8th and calves must be born between March 1 - May 15, 2016. Open BB Calf project is for youth in

grades K - 3 and sponsored by Lori Monier at Farm Bureau Insurance. Open BB calves must be born

from April 1 - May 31, 2016. All youth participating in the BB project must fill out BB Record

Worksheets. These need to be completed and handed in to the offices by Thursday, June 30th. The BB

Show will take place on Friday, July 15th following the Market Beef Show. If you are interested in this

project and have questions or need more information, contact us here at the Extension and Outreach office.

SHEEP AND GOAT WEIGH-IN All Sheep and Meat Goats need to attend the Weigh-in on Saturday, May 7th from 8:00 a.m. - 9:30

a.m. at the Osceola County Fairgrounds. Bottle Bucket Goats (unless in the meat class) and Market

Breeding Does do not need to be weighed in but they must be tagged at the weigh-in. Please call us

here at the office to register for the weigh-in by Thursday, May 5th. Tags cost $2.00 each.

4-H T-SHIRT ORDERS We are now taking orders for 4-H T-Shirt and Polo shirt styles. If

you are interested in having a new shirt for this years’ county fair,

now is the time! If you are a 4-H’er please get your order to your

leader or drop off at the office as soon as possible. Payment is due

when you place your order. Orders forms can be found on page 9

of this newsletter. Order forms are due to the office no later than

Monday, May 2nd.

T-Shirt Cost:

Youth S - XL: $12

Adult S - XL: $12

Adult 2XL - 3XL: $15

Polo Shirt Cost:

Adult S - XL: $23

Adult 2XL: $26

OSCEOLA 4-H CLUB AWARDS & RECOGNITION The new 4-H Awards and Recognition Committee is promoting a new approach to awards in our 4-H program.

There will be 2 Awards open to all 4-H’ers in Osceola County. Each award will be awarded to one Junior, one

Intermediate and one Senior 4-H’er at the 4-H Award Extravaganza Event on Saturday, July 16th at the 4-H

Building.

Leadership Award: This award recognizes youth who lead by example, influence and support others in a positive manner,

are active members in their 4-H club, and work toward self-improvement.

Citizenship Award: This award recognizes youth who engage in their community, assist community members, serve as

volunteers, and are committed to the well-being of their community. The nominee demonstrates personal growth and

character through community activities, 4-H club involvement, and participation in 4-H project areas.

Other awards will be offered at the club level and that information can be obtained from your 4-H club leader.

Nomination deadline for all forms is Monday, June 27th. Forms are available at our office and on our website.

UPCOMING DATES OF IMPORTANCE Monday, May 2 - Swine Affidavit/Foundation Chick/T-Shirt Order Form Deadline

Wednesday, May 4 - 4-H Dog Project Meeting @ Education Room, Osceola County Hospital

Saturday, May 7 - Sheep and Goat Weigh-in @ Osceola County Fairgrounds

May 9 & 10 - Clover Kids @ Sibley Public Library

Sunday, May 15 - 4-H Online Livestock Registration Deadline for Osceola County Fair, Iowa State Fair & AK-SAR-BEN

Thursday, May 26 - Multi-County Livestock Workshop, O’Brien County Fairgrounds

Monday, June 27 - Animal Stall Pen Requests, Share the Fun, Fashion Review Forms Due for Osceola County Fair

June 28, 29 and 30 - State 4-H Youth Conference, ISU Campus, Ames

Tuesday, July 5 - Static Judging/Clothing/Communications Event at Sibley/Ocheyedan High School

July 13 - 16 - Osceola County Fair

August 11 - 21 - Iowa State Fair

2016 SUMMER iCAMP OPPORTUNITIES Summer camp season is almost here! In 2016 we have more camp opportunities than ever before! Some

camp offerings are for 4th grade and up, others are for 1st through 3rd graders.

See the complete details for each of these camps on our website at:

http://www.extension. iastate.edu/sioux/content/nw-ia-youth-events.

To register visit: https://www.jotform.com/4Hregion1/icamps2016

STEM Camp Offerings:

Robotics II Camp

Race It, Launch It, Fling It!

NASA Rocket STEM

Super Hero Science

LEGO Engineering &

Architecture

Science and Natural Resources Camps:

Crime and Spy Science

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Forces of Nature Camp

Mission Impossible Spy Camp

Splash and Swim Camp

Grossology

Shooting Sports Camp

Creative Arts Camps:

Photography 101

Puppeteers

Imagination Gone Wild

Sculpture Shop

4-H FOOD SAFETY TRAINING OPPORTUNITY What: Food Safety Training To Register: Call our office at 754-3648 by

When: Tuesday, June 7 from 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Thursday, June 2nd!

Where: Education Room at Osceola County Community Hospital

Safe Food is a short course on food safety from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, Human Sciences

including information on proper temperatures, hygiene, cross-contamination, and cleaning and sanitizing. This

course will help 4-H’ers, leaders, and parents better understand how to handle food in food stands, fundraisers,

and even 4-H projects! It is encouraged that every club have at least one youth representative and adult present

as well as all club leaders in order to report back to meetings and help your club successfully keep food safe!

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.

May 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 Swine Affidavit/

Foundation Chick/

T-Shirt Deadlines

3 4

4-H Dog Project

Meeting

5 6 7 Sheep/Goat

Weigh-in/4-H

Dog Obedience

8 9 Clover Kids

4-H Dog

Obedience

10 Clover Kids

11 12 13 14 4-H Dog

Obedience

15 4-H Online

Livestock Regis-

tration Deadline

16 4-H Dog

Obedience

17

18 19 20 21 4-H Dog

Obedience

22 23 4-H Dog

Obedience

24 25 26 Multi-County

Livestock

Workshop/FSQA

27 28 4-H Dog

Obedience

29 30 Office Closed

4-H Dog

Obedience

31

June 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 4-H Horse

Workshop

2 3 STEM

Olympics Camp

4

5 6 4-H Dog

Obedience

7 8 4-H Horse

Workshop

9 10 11 4-H Dog

Obedience

12 13 4-H Dog

Obedience/

Robotics Camp

14

Robotics Camp

15 4-H Horse

Workshop/

Robotics Camp

16

Race It, Fling It

Camp

17 18 4-H Dog

Obedience

19 20 Forces of

Nature Camp/4-H

Dog Obedience

21 Forces of

Nature Camp

22 Splash & Swim

Camp/4-H Horse

Workshop

23 24 25 4-H Dog

Obedience

26

27 Animal Stall

Pen Requests

Due/Day Camps

28 Crime & Spy

Camp/4-H Youth

Conference

29 Culinary Cre-

ations Camp/4-H

Horse Workshop

30 20,000

Leagues Camp/4-H

Youth Conference

4-H’er Name:_______________________________________

Osceola County 4-H T-Shirt/Polo Order Form

T-Shirts - # Quantity Ordered: Cost:

Youth - Small (6-8) $12 each

Youth - Medium (10-12) $12 each

Youth - Large (14-16) $12 each

Adult – Small $12 each

Adult - Medium $12 each

Adult - Large $12 each

Adult - XL $12 each

Adult - 2XL $15 each

Adult - 3XL $15 each

Polos -

Adult – Small $23.00 each

Adult - Medium $23.00 each

Adult - Large $23.00 each

Adult - XL $23.00 each

Adult - 2XL $26.00 each

Total Quantity Ordered @ $12.00: ______________

Total Quantity Ordered @ $15.00: ______________

Total Quantity Ordered @ $23.00: ______________

Total Quantity Ordered @ $26.00: ______________

Total Amount Owed: _______________

Your Club or County Name Line 1: ___________________________________

Your Club or County Name Line 2: ___________________________________

*Please make checks out to ISU Extension and Outreach*

Osceola County Extension and Outreach

110 Cedar Lane

Sibley, Iowa 51249-1607

Phone: 712/754-3648

2016 Osceola County Swine Project

Affidavit to Authenticate Identification Procedure

DUE: MAY 2, 2016

Procedure 1: Ear tagging and identification is done in the presence of a swine committee member.

Signature of swine committee member _____________________________________

Signature of parent or guardian ________________________________________

Signature of youth ____________________________________________

Date __________________________

This affidavit must be signed by youth and the swine committee member assisting and the parent or guardian

must sign attesting to the authenticity of the procedure.

SWINE COMMITTEE

Nancy Nasers, Sibley, 712-360-8018 Pat Eddy, Sibley 712-754-3936 Jeremy Wollmuth 712-461-1510

Joe Nasers, Sibley 712-461-0031 Ty Schultz, Melvin -712-540-0140

OR

Procedure 2: Ear tagging and identification is done by youth and their family and photos taken of the pigs with the

ear tags in place. Youth must be in the picture. Photo must show the number on the ear tag.

Signature of person assisting with the ear tagging __________________________________

Signature of parent or guardian ___________________________________

Signature of youth _________________________________

Date _____________________

Procedure 2 requires photos of the youth and the pigs clearly showing the number on the ear tag of the pig. This

procedure also requires the signature of the youth, the person assisting the ear tagging and a parent or guarding

attesting to the authenticity of the procedure.

110 Cedar Lane Sibley, IA 51249