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Hello 4-H families,
Please take the time too read through this months newsletter and mark the below
important dates on your calendars.
Club Programs and Audit forms Due NOW
STEM Trip Grades 6-8 November 21st
Beef Blast Grades 7-12 December 3rd
Beef Weigh In December 10th
Blood Drive December 27th
Woodworking Workshop December 28th
DuPont Pioneer Seed Grand Apps Due January 17th
4-H Soup Supper & Auction January 28th
Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for updates!
Iowa State University Extension in Louisa County
@ISUExtLouisa
Louisa County News November/December 2016
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Re-Enroll Have you re-enrolled for the new 4-H Year yet? You are running out of time if you haven’t. Please
go to iowa.4honline.com and re-enroll today!
If you fail to re-enroll by January 1st you will incur a $35 fee as well as miss out on future 4-H
correspondence.
NEW Fair Dates Louisa County Fair Wednesday July 26th - Monday July 31st
Iowa State Fair Thursday August 10th - Sunday August 20th
Beef Weigh-In
Mark your calendars for December 10th from 8:00am-9:30am
Louisa County Fairgrounds All Market Beef must attend a Weigh-in
If heifers are weighed in as Market they CAN be moved to Breeding at
a later date.
Citizen Washington Focus
Interested in visiting Washington DC with other Iowa 4-H’ers?
June 16-24, 2017
It’s not to late to sign up! Visit the following link for more information.
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/cwf
Deadline to register is January 6th.
2017 Tentative Schedule
The week’s field trips will tentatively include:
Mount Vernon, Arlington National Cemetery, Capitol Hill visits with elected officials, daytime or nighttime visits to many monuments and memorials, Washington National Cathedral or Smithsonian National Zoo , an evening out for Iowa delegates (theatre production or MLB game), our own day on the National Mall to visit Smithsonian Museums and possibly the US Holocaust Memorial Museum
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4-H Soup Supper & Dessert Auction - January 28th Every 4-H Family will be receiving a packet at their Nov/Dec 4-H meeting containing dinner and
raffle tickets. Each family is asked to sell 10 Dinner Tickets & 10 Raffle tickets.
All ticket stubs, unsold tickets, and money need to be turned into the Extension Office by
January 20th at 4:30
Clubs in charge of working this year include
Shooting Sports Set-up & Cashier Green Team Kitchen & Drink Table Youth Volunteers Auction
Wamaco Tear down
Letts Go Waiting and Cleaning Tables
Louisa County Council Serving
Blood
Drive
December 27th from 3:00-6:00pm
Fairgrounds Youth Center
4-H County Council is hosting a Blood Drive and would love for you Give Back & Give Blood!
Go online to sign up for a donation time HERE Walk-Ins are also welcome!
Every Donor will receive a long sleeve T-Shirt as a thank you for giving!
Beef Blast
Youth grades 7-12 are invited to attend Beef Blast
Hansen Center in Ames on December 3rd from 10 - 3
Registration Deadline is November 21st
Sign Up today by emailing Amy Powell at [email protected]
Dissect reproductive tracts, conduct breeding soundness exams, prac-tice selecting good reproductive females, design feed rations to opti-mize reproductive performance.
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Woodworking Workshop
December 28th 2:00pm
Fairgrounds Youth Center
Come learn how to make a Pallet Christmas Tree
like the one in this picture.
Pallets and lights will be provided. Final touches including paint or stain
will be done on the 4-H’ers time.
Pallets and space are limited
Please RSVP to Whitney by December 21st
4-H Cooking Club
Interested in Learning your way around the kitchen?
Join us at the United Methodist Church in Columbus Junction on the
Second Tuesday of each month for fun in the kitchen!
5:00pm-6:30pm
Campus STEM Trip
6-8th grade students interested in Industrial Design & Photography join us for
a hands-on experiences with virtual reality, Oculus Rift immersive
visualization, interactive circuit building with Little Bits and 3-D printers as we
visit Iowa State University.
November 21st 6:30am-6:30pm transportation provided.
Registration fee $45 Due to Extension Office by November 11th
Registration form will be mailed out soon!
DuPont Pioneer Seed Grant
The objective of these grants is to stimulate local 4-H clubs in Iowa to plan and carry out community improvement activities by providing “seed money” needed to make the projects successful. Applications are due to County Extension and Outreach Offices by Jan. 17th.
More information and Applications can be found here -
www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/pioneergrants
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4-H Foundation
The Local Louisa County 4-H Foundation is in search of new
Board members!
If you are interested in volunteering to be on their board please
contact Jim Everett. [email protected]
The board meets quarterly in Wapello at the Extension Office.
Club Mini Grants
Each club is encouraged to fill out an application for $200 from our local 4-H Foundation to be used for a Club Project or Educational Program. Applications are attached and need to be returned to the Extension Office by December 1
st.
If you received a mini grant in 2015/2016 please turn in a final report and photos showing your project in order to be considered for a 2016/2017 grant.
If your project was not completed please turn in a report showing progress and plans to finish and you may qualify for additional funds.
Volunteer Shout Out
Tuesday night, October 25th the Clo-
verleaf Club volunteered as servers for the Louisa Development Group Annual Dinner which was held at the Fairgrounds Youth Center. Pictured here is the club with one of the evening’s speakers, Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds. Reynolds, upon finding out that the group was 4-Hers comment-ed to them, “I dated a 4-Her and raked the tail of his cattle before the shows.” Miss Howell, Miss Hum-phreys and others quickly pointed out that they show their own cattle –
dressing them for shows and all. No boyfriends needed. By the way, although the group were vol-unteering, a donation of $100 dollars was given to the club by Louisa Development Group. Don’t overlook opportunities to be involved in what is going on right here in our community. Your club might be able to earn $$ and meet celebrities too!
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… and justice for all
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual
orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative
means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at 202-720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil
Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410, or call 800-795-3272 (voice) or 202-720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
Whitney Howell | 4-H & K-12 Youth Enrichment Coordinator
ISU Extension and Outreach, Louisa County
317 Van Buren St., Wapello, IA 52653
Office: 319-523-2371 Ext. 204
Cell: 319-931-2908
Fax: 319-523-2375
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/louisa/4h
Office Hours Mon-Fri 8:00am—4:30pm
Dropbox located in back door 24/7
Louisa County
317 Van Buren Street
Wapello, IA 52653
