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JULY-AUGUST 2019

Livestock Entry for State FairState News 

Entry date for livestock (4-H, FFA, Open Class) is July 5. Please visit the state fair website: https://ndstatefair.com/exhibitors-exhibitors-exhibitor-information/ to register online. There is also a paper form available on the state fair website. (attached at end of newsletter). The entry deadline is important in order to have a stall, pen, cage for your animals. There is no guarantee for stall or pen space for late entries. Livestock entries go directly to the state fair. 

State 4-H Communication ArtsThe state event for 4-H Communication Arts will take place at the Ward County Office on Sunday, July 21. The event will begin at 12:00 p.m. (noon). First place junior and senior participants in the district contests are eligible to enter. A paper form (yellow paper) was distributed at the district events. If your county’s first place participants from the district event are planning to attend, registration is due July 5 in the Center for 4-H Youth Development.

Consumer Decision MakingNow is the time to start preparing your youth for the State 4-H Consumer Decision Making Contest! Registration is due by Monday, July 8. Counties received the 2019 study guides and sample classes you are welcome to use for practice before the contest. State contest Information: When:      Tuesday, July 23 Where:     Atrium of the State Fair Center at the North Dakota State Fair in Minot Registration Deadline:   Monday, July 8 Schedule:    8:30 am – Registration                       9:00 am – Contest Begins                       12:30 pm – Lunch on Your Own                        1:30 pm – Group Think                        3:30 pm – Awards

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National 4-H CongressState News 

Every year the National 4-H Congress and Conference application deadline is August 1st.  These are two wonderful leadership experiences ND 4-H Youth Development and the ND 4-H Foundation provide for our older 4- H youth. As you interact with your 4-H youth, 4-H families, and 4-H volunteers, please encourage them to explore these opportunities. Thanks to the ND 4-H Foundation there is very little cost to our ND 4-H delegates, so please do not let that be the barrier that keeps you from sharing this information. *Please note that the application was revised to incorporate new questions last year. If downloaded, the application is a fillable form that can be completed via computer. Please encourage your 4-H youth to complete the fillable form rather than hand writing the information. There is a brochure and Power Point to promote these opportunities located here. REMINDER: Application Deadline is August 1 The NDSU Center for 4-H Youth Development invites youth (ages 15-18) to apply to be selected to attend National 4-H Congress and National 4-H Conference. National 4-H Leadership Opportunities:.   4-H Congress o       Where: Atlanta, GA o       When: November 29-Dec. 3, 2019 o       Purpose: To recognize and promote excellence in the 4-H youth development education program • 4-H Conference o        Where: Washington, DC o        When: March 28-April 2, 2020 o        Purpose: Involve youth with program development, strengthen and continue development of 4-H public relations programs Need to Know: •            Application deadline: August 1 – Applications due for both programs at ND Center for 4-H Youth Development by August 1, 2019 •            Expenses: The North Dakota 4-H Foundation provides partial sponsorships. Delegates will be responsible for meals to and from the trip location and any souvenirs they wish to purchase. •    Applicants must: o          be age 15-18 by January 1 of the year of the event o          be able to miss one full week of school and/or work to attend the program o          have been a participant in the 4-H program o          be dependable and punctual For More Information: • Visit us online • Brochure • Application If you have any questions or are in need of any further information, please contact Micki Mertz or Rachelle Vettern. 

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County News

Monday, July 8th: Fair Clean-up.  We will start at 5:00 pm. Please show up when you can and give us a hand to prep for the fair. Pizza will be served at 6:30 pm. Please refer to the to-do list for your reference of what needs to be accomplished.  The start of the list is below, let me know if there is something to add.   Clubs feel free to decorate on this day or later in the week. I will try and have the building unlocked in the evenings for your to decorate your stall. 

Announcements

Fair Clean-Up To-Do4-H building

Sweep & make building presentableSet-up/decorate club exhibit stallsSet-up tables and chairs for judging

Make building presentableSet-up pensSet-up show area panelsHang-up banners and put up decorations

Livestock Barn

Bunny BarnMake building presentableClean out old shavingsRake up last years litterSet-up fansDisinfect feed dishes

Concession Building: Clean-up and Set-up

Fair Board Help Archery Building Set-up for commercial

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County News

Shirlene is sending out the exhibit tags for those that have registered. If you do not have them within a week, contact the office. Reminder about judging etiquette. Judging is from 5-7 pm, Thrusday, July 11th. Our judges and assistants are volunteers so please respect their time and be ready to start judging at 5:00 pm. (even if you only have 1 project).  If you have dropped a project, please take the card to that project area at the start of judging and share with them you dropped.  Many of you have multiple projects, if the judging is winding down and you have a project with a judge that is waiting, please inform them that you will be there promptly.  Judges and assistants are done at 7: 00pm. Let's have a great evening of judging.   Absentee forms can be found at the website for those youth who have a project but can't attend the fair. Please find a friend who will take the project and sheet to the project area to be judged.  Form is found at: https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/dickeycountyextension/4h-and-youth/AbsenteeForms.pdf   There will be a tape on the floor for parents and youth waiting to talk to the judge. Please stay behind the line to give the judge and exhibitor space. Parents can assist the youth in setting down a project but then please go back to the other side of the line.  We had judges and exhibitors feeling crowded last year. Let's give them the time and space they need to make their experience enjoyable.  Also new this year. Please encourage your youth to take the qualtrics survey to evaluate the volunteers. This will help the office determine if there is more instructions we can give the volunteers to make it more enjoyable for all or if that volunteer didn't fit in that particular job. The surveys are anonymous but we will need to know the area they were helping in. 

Static Judging

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County News

Judging area has been moved to the livestock show arena.  Please don't rush but you will be needing to carry your small animal through the livestock barn to the judging area. We will be in the shade and it will be cooler for all participants. 

Rabbit & Poultry Judging

Please remember to invite business's and buyers to participate in the premium sale. Saturday, July 13 @

5p.m.

Reminder: Youth must write a thank you card and help with clean-up in order to obtain their premium.  Livestock & Bunny Barn participants must also help clean their area of the barn in order to obtain their premium.

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July 11-14: Dickey County Fair, Ellendale July 17-27: ND State Fair, MinotSeptember 7th: Record books due in the office

Dates to Remember

County News

Please get your paper work into the office! Remember judging is Thursday, July 11 from 3-5 pm & Cloverbuds are from 5-7pm. Style show is Sunday, July 14 at 12 pm.

Clothing Revue

Friday, July 12 at 1:30 pm Every day you make decisions, such as what you are going to eat, what you are going to wear, or what to buy. Consumer Decision Making teaches you how to make decisions based on information that you have learned and studied and on facts that you have collected. It can also help you learn to defend your decisions. The 4-H Consumer Decision Making Contest can help you practice making decisions by matching your knowledge, skills and abilities against those of others. You will learn to rank items based on standards and quality.

Consumer Decision Making Contest

Beginner: Ages 8-9 before September 1 of the current 4-H year (or may choose to participate in the junior division)Junior: Ages 10-13 (age 10 before September 1 and up to age 13 as of December 31 of the current 4-H year)Senior: Ages 14-18 (as of December 31 of the current 4-H year)

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Dickey County       PO Box 40         309 2nd St. N Ellendale, ND 58436-0040                       Phone: 701-349-3249, ext. 2           Fax: 701-349-4639         E-mail: NDSU.Dickey.Extension@ndsu.edu

Breana Kiser         Extension Agent/Ag/4-H Shirlene Wagner         Adm. Asst./Dickey County

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