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July/August 2012
Klamath County 4-H Department
Klamath Clover Co-Op
OSU Klamath Basin Research & Extension Center
3328 Vandenberg Rd., Klamath Falls, OR 97603
phone: (541) 883-7131 ● fax: (541) 883-4582
Website: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/kbrec/
Jed Smith
Misty Buckley
4-H Staff
Willie Riggs
Jewel Haskins
Patty Case
Claudia Tosh
Stacey Todd
Karen Hottman
Jamie Fitch
Trisha Nagorski
Laurie Wayne
Brian Charlton
Agents and Office Staff
Your 4-H Newsletter Has Arrived!!
Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources, Family and Community Health, 4-H Youth, Forestry & Natural Resources, and Extension Sea Grant programs. Oregon State University, United States Department of Agriculture, and Klamath County cooperating. The Extension Service offers its programs and materials equally to all people.
Jed’s Journal
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JED
Well, crew, here we are again...it is very nearly County Fair time! This year is looking to be another great fair season. I have had the chance to see many of your project animals and hear of your wears and other project areas and you are all going to make quite a showing. Remember in these last few weeks of feeding a market animal it is critical to get your mix just right. With the warmer weather really watch carefully as some will go off of their feed and that is the last thing you want to happen while you are trying to put a great finish on them.
I had the pleasure of attending Summer Conference with a great group of Klamath County 4-H’ers a very big thank you to all of you for representing our county so well: Ben and Josiah Kays, Avery Baker, Garrett Riggs, Jacob Morris, Isaac Blodgett, Amber Jones, and Michael Strode. A very special thanks as well to Mrs. Rebecca Kays for being a chaperone this year. I hope that you all had a great time and plan on attending again next year and get a friend to go along too.
I am looking forward to seeing all of your smiling faces down at the fairgrounds. Let us all be great examples to the community of what 4-H members, leaders, parents, and staff are all about throughout the course of fair. Keep in mind at all times your Heads for clearer thinking, your Hearts to greater loyalty, your Hands to larger service (there is a lot of opportunity to help each other at fair), and your Health to better living throughout it all!
In the arena of human life, the honors and rewards
fall to those who show their good qualities in
action. -Aristotle
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Community Service Opportunities 4-H’ers - there have been a couple of opportunities presented lately for you all to really help our community, and help those that help and support you all. The Klamath County Fairgrounds crew is working a few less hours than in the past due to our economic situation. As such they could really use a hand around the fairgrounds from time to time to clean up and shape up as they always do. They could use a hand of course before fair, and right afterwards for a week or two, but keep in mind they maintain the grounds all year so you can help out any time, as a club or individual.
Another opportunity is to help the Klamath County Rotarians out with the garden. Every year they put together a production garden at the OSU KBREC Research Station from which the produce goes to support our local food bank. This one garden feeds a number of people who really need the help. Remember Rotary also is our major supporter for the auction during fair. They would love to have some helping hands to weed and maintain the garden. To get in contact with them check in with Sharon Parks at 541-882-7168 or [email protected].
Rotary Livestock Auction Here is an update for all of you to keep in mind for Sunday the 12th and the Junior Livestock Auction. Please note that the Buyers BBQ will start at 1:00 p.m. and the sale will commence at 2:00 p.m.
Here is a reminder of the sale order:
1. Swine 2. Poultry 3. Beef 4. Rabbits 5. Sheep 6. Turkeys 7. Goats
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Pre-Fair Record Book Check This year, as with last year, record books will be a requirement for participation in county fair. For your convenience, record books may be pre-checked this year at the Extension Office from July 16-27. If you choose not to have your records pre-checked please have them with you when you arrive at the fair office for dog fair, cat fair, horse fair, or small animals; the check-in table for home and family sciences; and the scale for livestock projects during your respective fair times.
Please see the May/June newsletter for the required elements or contact our office for more information.
Livestock Auction Buyer’s Pool The pool was started 14 years ago when a group of concerned citizens realized that there were a lot of businesses and individuals who wanted to support the 4-H Livestock program, but could not afford to buy an individual lot at the auction. The pool was created to allow those people to be able to participate at whatever level they could afford. All donations are accepted, but any donation of at least $100 qualifies the donor for a ticket for 2 to the buyer's dinner. The funds collected are divided proportionally amongst the species, and a small amount is saved as seed money for the next year.
For more information about the buyer’s pool, contact Shawn Blodgett at 541-891-9848 or Amanda Blodgett at 541-891-8987. If you know someone who would like to support the livestock auction but thinks it is too expensive, put them in touch with Shawn or Amanda as no donation is too small!
Rodeo Incorporating 4-H and FFA Again! For the Friday and Saturday night performances, the Champs and Res. Champs gather by the event center’s north entrance for the Parade of Champions. For those who can be available at that time they love to have you go in and be announced to the rodeo patrons!
All 4-H participants receive a $5.00 discount at the door by wearing their 4-H & FFA wristband!
Grand & Reserve Champions for show and market of all divisions receive FREE ADMISSION!
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Friday & Saturday
AUGUST 10TH AND 11TH ‐ 7:00 p.m.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
Ticket Outlets:
Big R, Albertsons, Grange Co‐Op, Sherm’s Thunderbird
Advance Tickets just $12.00 (includes FAIR ADMISSION)
Tickets at the door $15.00 / does not include fair admission
P.R.C.A. rodeo joins the
Klamath County Fair
at the Event Center for the 18th Year! The Klamath Falls Great Northwest PRCA Rodeo is back for its eighteenth year. America’s finest rodeo athletes, both cowboys and cowgirls, will again converge at the Klamath County Fair inside the HANCOCK EVENT CENTER on AUGUST 10th & 11th to compete for over $30,000.00 in prize money!
The Klamath Falls Great Northwest PRCA Rodeo is sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, the largest and oldest rodeo-sanctioning body in the world. The recognized leader in professional rodeo, the PRCA is committed to maintaining the highest standards in the industry in every area, from improving working conditions for contestants and monitoring livestock welfare to boosting entertainment value and promoting sponsors.
Hall of Fame World Champion bullfighter Rob Smets will be announcing our Great Northwest PRCA Rodeo this year. Hall of Fame PRCA Stock Contractor Dan Russell of Western Rodeos will be bringing his WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP NFR and PBR-BOUND BUCKING BULLS AND BRONCS to the Klamath Basin this AUGUST 10TH & 11TH all the way from Henryetta, Oklahoma.
The Saturday performance is
“Tough Enough To Wear Pink Night.”
We will auc on off a custom‐made pair of pink chaps to be donated to a
local Breast Cancer charity.
The Friday performance is
“Wounded Warrior Night”
We will auc on off a custom‐made pair of chaps to donate to Wounded Warriors.
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Klamath County 4-H & FFA members: Once again our friends from the Klamath Falls Chapter of the Oregon Hunters Association are sponsoring and hosting a 4-H & FFA member BBQ in the Rotary park next to the Fairgrounds. Please be sure and head over there before the sale starts on Sunday and partake of that wonderful food they always so generously provide for us. Above all, please shake their hands and wholeheartedly thank the OHA members as you see them for their support of the 4-H & FFA programs! The BBQ will commence at 12:00 noon on Sunday, August 12.
Klamath Falls Chapter
of the
Oregon Hunters Association http://www.klamathoha.org/
Fair Premiums Premium money will be distributed on Saturday, August 11 at the fairgrounds office between 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. and on Sunday, August 12 at the fairgrounds office between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
Exhibitors will need to stop by the 4-H exhibitor’s office located in the livestock show barn to obtain a printout
of the premiums earned, then take this printout to the fair office during the specified hours. The premium money will only be available on these days & times so please plan accordingly. When you pick up your premiums, please be sure to thank the fairgrounds personnel as this is a very nice bonus on top of the ribbons that show your hard work!
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State Fair 2012 As the results are entered after your events throughout Fair, those of you qualifying for State Fair will be announced and notified. All entries for state fair will be due to the Extension office no later than the 14th of August by 4:00 p.m.
A volunteer will be needed to deliver the foods and other perishable exhibits to the State Fair.
Dates for the Oregon State Fair 2012 are:
August 16 – 21: State Horse Fair
August 24 – September 3: State Fair
Volunteering is Valuable! There are many opportunities for volunteers, both youth and adult, to get involved in the Oregon 4-H State Fair. A variety of jobs for different lengths of time are needed, including helping with horse fair, serving as a department chairs, clerking for a judge, working as a teen staff, and assisting with exhibit hall set up and/or take down.
For a complete description of volunteer opportunities at the 2012 State Fair, go to: http://oregon.4h.oregonstate.edu/volunteer-state-fair.
There is no "I" in team but there is a "U" in volunteer!
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State Fair Clerks for Static Exhibit Judging Day Would you like to learn more from an experienced judge? Would you like to share your volunteer time to help State Fair? Then please volunteer as a State Fair Clerk and/or State Fair Set Up Volunteer. Over 80 volunteer clerks will be needed on Tuesday, August 21 to assist with the static exhibit hall judging. Another 12 volunteer clerks and 20 volunteers to set up exhibits will be needed on Wednesday, August 22. Please volunteer by sending your name, phone number, date you can help, and project area you would like to help in, to Pamela Rose at [email protected].
State Fair Department Chairs Would you like to share your leadership at State Fair? The departments of Art, Clothing and Food Preservation still need chairs or co-chairs. If you have an interest in one of these roles, please contact Pamela Rose at [email protected] to find out about what is involved. Your assistance in greatly appreciated!
State Fair – Help Needed!
State Fair Teen Staff Applications are currently being accepted for State Fair Teen Staff. Teen staff are not paid, but participants who work a significant amount of time (at least 4 hours a day) are given $15/day for food and other costs. Please contact Roberta Lundeberg if you have any questions. The teen staff application form can be found at: http://oregon.4h.oregonstate.edu/volunteer-state-fair.
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Extension Auditorium
3328 Vandenberg Road
Training Opportunity If you are a 4-H volunteer, judge, or if you know a prospective new volunteer, please make plans to attend one of the upcoming 4-H Foods & Nutrition and Food Preservation Trainings this fall. Dates and locations are:
Saturday, September 29 Umatilla County – Pendleton
Saturday, October 13 Linn County – Albany
Saturday, November 10 Clackamas County – Oregon City
Saturday, November 17 Douglas County – Roseburg
The training will run from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm. Cost will be $30.00. The fee covers lunch, refreshments, and one set of the new curriculum.
