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Annual 4-H Leader Volunteer Training - Monday, January 13
Beef Bonanza - Saturday, February 1
Market Beef ID Verification Deadline - February 1
Valentine's Day Themed Cupcake Decorating Workshop -
Wednesday, February 12
Club Officer Training - Sunday, February 16th
4-H Lock-In - Friday, February 21
Kossuth & Emmet County Council Retreat - Saturday, February 29
Visual Arts Workshop - Wednesday, March 11 - More Information
Coming Soon
-Upcoming Dates-
-Fair Dates-
-Market Beef Verification-
-Beef Bonanza-
-Cupcake Decorating
Workshop-
-Club Officer Training-
-Lock-In-
-CWF-
-Scholarships-
-State Recognition-
-State Livestock Updates-
-State Livestock Events-
-Holiday Office Hours-
-Note from the CYC-
CLOVER CONNECTION
UPCOMING EVENTS
J A N U A R Y 1 0 , 2 0 2 0
K O S S U T H C O U N T Y 4 - H N E W S L E T T E R
FAIR DATES 2020Kossuth County Fair - August 3rd - 8th
Iowa State Fair - August 13th - 23rd
In This Issue:
ContactChyan KoppenCounty [email protected]
@KossuthCounty4HIowa
J A N U A R Y 2 0 2 0 K O S S U T H C L O V E R C O N N E C T I O N
M A R K E T B E E F I D V E R I F I C A T I O NDeadline: Saturday, February 1 - 11:59 PM
Beef weigh-in information is entered in4hOnline. Log in to 4hOnline account to verify.Contact our office with any corrections. Keepin mind the deadline falls on a weekend. Ouroffice will NOT make any changes afterThursday, January 30 at 4 pm.
B E E F B O N A N Z ASaturday, February 1 - 9:45 AM - 3:00 PM
The 2020 Northwest Iowa Beef Bonanza will beheld on Saturday, February 1st at Iowa LakesCommunity College in Emmetsburgbeginning at 9:45 am until 3:00 pm. This eventis open to all 4-H/FFA youth in 4th grade orolder. Participants will rotate between fourhands-on and interactive sessions. Cost is $5per participants. Contact our office to register.
J A N U A R Y 2 0 2 0 K O S S U T H C L O V E R C O N N E C T I O N
C U P C A K E D E C O R A T I N G W O R K S H O PWednesday, February 12 - 2-4 PM
Registration Deadline - Thursday, January 30
Desi Johnson of Desi's Desserts will lead thisworkshop. Participants will learn differentpiping techniques and many different optionsto decorate cupcakes. Each participants willget four cupcakes to decorate and take home.They also will receive their own piping set totake home to test their skills later on. Cost is$15 and the workshop will be at the AlgonaMiddle School Family & Consumer Scienceroom (Mrs. Louwagie's Room). Grades 4th andolder are welcome!
C l u b O f f i c e r T r a i n i n gSunday, February 16th - 2-3:15 pmRegistration Deadline - February 12th
We are partnering with Palo Alto & EmmetCounty to offer Club Officer Training. Thistraining will offer guidance and hands-ontraining to those in officer positions. Clubleaders are also welcome to attend! Registerby contact Chyan or the Extension Office byWednesday, February 12th.
J A N U A R Y 2 0 2 0 K O S S U T H C L O V E R C O N N E C T I O N
4 - H L O C K - I NFriday, February 21
7PM - MIDNIGHT
Algona Family YMCA
Registration Deadline -
February 10th
$20 Non 4-H Member
$15 4-H Member
The Kossuth 4-H County Council is once again sponsoring the 4-H Lock-In at the Algona Family YMCA. Join usfor a night of dodgeball, racquetball, swimming, movies, games, pizza, pop and FUN! This event is open toALL youth in grades 4th - 12th grade! The cost is $20 for a non 4-H member and $15 for 4-H members. Bring aswimsuit, towel and were gym clothes. We will NOT accept registrations at the door. Register using our OnlineEvent Registration button at https://www.extension.iastate.edu/kossuth/
*We do need adult chaperones for the event! Please let us know if you would like to volunteer. We won't beable to hold the event if we don't have enough chaperones!
P H O T O B Y M A R T I N R . S M I T H
J A N U A R Y 2 0 2 0 K O S S U T H C L O V E R C O N N E C T I O N
Registration is live for CWF trip, held June 19-27, 2020. All teens who are currently in 9th-12th grades are eligible to register for the trip.Information for paper and online registrationcan be found on the atwww.extension.iastate.edu/4H/CWF
C W F T R I PCITIZEN WASHINGTON FOCUS
S C H O L A R S H I PO P P O R T U N I T I E SNEW COOPERATIVE SCHOLARSHIPDeadline: March 6, 2020
NEW Cooperative Foundation is once againawarding approximately five $2,000scholarships. Qualifications are simple,students must be a dependent of a NEWCooperative member or full-time employee.They must be enrolling in an agriculturemajor at a four year university, or a two yearcollege with an agriculture short courseprogram. This scholarship is available tograduating high school seniors, collegefreshmen, sophomores and juniors.Applications found at www.newcoop.com
S T A T E R E C O G N I T I O NE V E N TApplication Deadline: February 1st, 2020
The online application process has been movedto 4HOnline.Applications for each opportunity (below) are ina fillable PDF format to facilitate a smootherprocess for writing, reviewing and revising priorto submission.One, one-page resume per youth is the onlysupplemental material requested in addition toyourapplication(s).Project area awards have a written andinterview process this year.Interviews for SESS Ambassador, National 4-HConference, State Project Awards, National 4-HCongress and State 4-H Council will be limitedto a predetermined maximum number (below)and those will be determined through thewritten application round. Interviews will nowbe 20 minutes long instead of 10.
State 4-H Recognition is the process in whichsenior 4-H members in grades 9-12 can apply to beselected for special statewide opportunities suchas awards and trips.Please note, we have updated many of theprocesses related to State Recognition Day. If youhave participated in the past, you will find that thefollowing changes have been made and may behelpful to know about in advance of applying.
IOWA 4-H FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPSDeadline: February 1, 2020
The Iowa 4-H Foundation has announcedapplications are available for the 4-Hscholarship program with over 90 scholarshipopportunities to be awarded valued at over$100,000. A complete list of scholarships,eligibility, helpful hints, instructions, andapplications are available athttps://www.iowa4hfoundation.org/en/funding_for_4hers/scholarships/
P H O T O B Y M A R T I N R . S M I T H
J A N U A R Y 2 0 2 0 K O S S U T H C L O V E R C O N N E C T I O N
March 20-22, 2020Entry deadline is March 1Ellsworth Community College, Iowa Falls,Iowa
April 25, 2020Iowa State University Campus
4-H Youth Equine Extravaganza
4-H Livestock Quiz Bowl and Skillathon
S T A T E L I V E S T O C KE V E N T SDates for the following events have beenreleased. More details to come:
I O W A S T A T E F A I RL I V E S T O C K U P D A T E SBreeding Beef
Each breed will show, then the bred/ownedeligible heifers will follow that breedHeifer’s registration paper MUST indicateanimal was raised by 4-H member at check-in
Adding a Bred and Owned Breeding Heifer show
HorseAdd Ranch Horse Walk/Trot (Grades 5-8; Grades9-12)
Goat
4-H and FFA No-Fit Shows:No use of adhesives, paint, color, oils, otheraerosols or powder products allowedNo clippin or shearing in barn; goats mustcome show-ready
New for 2020
Sheep
All breeds accepted. Animals must beregistered, with papers presented at
Classifying Speckle-Face/White Face Lams3-person committee to classify lambs atcheck-in
Rule Clarification Class - Pedigree Wether Dam
check-in. Only purebred are eligible to showin purebred classes, any percentage paperedanimals will show as a commercial ewe.Classification will be based off of registrationpapers.
H O L I D A Y O F F I C E H O U R SMONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2020 - CLOSED(Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
A N O T E F R O M T H E C Y CI will be out of the office from starting Tuesday,January 14th. I will return on Wednesday,January 22nd. During this time I will NOT haveaccess to email or 4hOnline. Please contactMeredith Nelson ([email protected]) forMarket Beef Verification questions/corrections.Contact Pam or Meredith for any otherimmediate questions or concerns.
-Chyan KoppenKossuth County Youth Coordinator
