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Dear 4-H Volunteers, June is an exciting month for 4-H as our youth are getting fully engaged in their projects, club meetings, and countywide activities. Just looking at the 4-H calendar shows that nearly every day of our summer is packed full of 4-H opportunities. Your active involvement as club advisors, committee members, project leaders, and volunteers is what makes our 4-H program possible. Thank you for your continued service to 4-H!

Sincerely,

Douglas S. Foxx

428 W. Liberty St. Wooster, OH 44691

330-264-8722 Fax: 330-263-7696

wayne.osu.edu

https://www.facebook.com/WayneCty4H

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OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION

The Ohio State University, The United States Department of Agriculture, and Wayne County Commissioners cooperating.

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Wayne County 4-H News

Retirement Open House

Friday, June 24 11:00-2:00 p.m.

Please join us as we celebrate the career of

Marcia Brueck

who will retire as Office Associate.

Commissioner’s Meeting Room

2nd Floor, County Administration Building 428 West Liberty Street,

Wooster, OH 44691

Cake, Beverages & Hors d’oeuves will be served

Please join us in inviting our new 4-H Program Assistant Nicole Swavel! Doug, I and the whole hiring committee were so impressed with Nicole! Her background, attitude and knowledge we feel will be a great fit into our program! We hope you find a chance to call, email or stop by and introduce yourself to her!

Nicole is a recent graduate of The Ohio State University, where she studied Animal Sciences and Production Agriculture. Also a graduate of ATI, Nicole is no stranger to Wayne County and is ecstatic

to return and work in Wayne County. She comes to us from Wyandot County where she was actively involved in their 4-H Program! Some of her responsibilities with us include Skillathon, Quality Assurance, Cloverbuds, CARTEENS, Junior Leaders, Junior Fair Board, and the Dairy, Goat, and Poultry & Rabbit Committees. “I am beyond excited to be a part of the impressive 4-H program that has been built here in Wayne County. To have this opportunity to work with and learn from the amazing folks in this county is a true honor.” Nicole can be reached at swavel.5@osu.edu or 330-264-8722. - Stephen Heppe

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4-H Project Completion The completion of a 4-H project is considered to be the interview at still project judgings, FCS

project judgings, or the participation at Skillathon for livestock projects.

4-H Scholarships The Wayne County 4-H Scholarship application form has been posted on our web site at http://go.osu.edu/2016wayne4hscholarships and is also available from the Extension Office. It must be completed and returned to the Extension office by August 1st. Last year, 18 Wayne County 4-H youth received $5,000 in scholarships for college!

June

13 4-H Advisory Committee

13-15 Beginner Sewing Camp

13 Cloverbud Counselor Training &

Camp Set-Up

14-16 Cloverbud Day Camp

14 Contest Horse Fun Show

20 State Fair Livestock Entries Due

20-22 Beginner Sewing Camp

20 Senior Fair Board

21 Pleasure Horse Fun Show

21 Skillathon Committee

22 Dog Obedience Clinic

23 Junior Camp Counselor Training

25 Goat Clinic

27 CARTEENS Class

28 Contest Horse Fun Show

29 - July 3 Wayne County 4-H Junior Camp at Camp Ohio

July

04 Independence Day – Extension Office Closed

5-9 Ohio 4-H Leadership Camp

05 Pleasure Horse Fun Show

05 Junior Fair Board

10 Dairy Clinic

09-13 Ohio 4-H Sea Camp

12 Contest Horse Fun Show

12 Food and Fashion Board

14 FCS Project Judging

15 FCS Clothing Construction Judging

18 Early Still Project Judging

18 Senior Fair Board

19 Style Revue / State Fair Awards Program

21 QA / Skillathon

25 CARTEENS Class

26 QA / Skillathon

27-Aug. 7 Ohio State Fair

28 QA / Skillathon

Group Medical Insurance For Only

$1.00/Person/Year! 4-H and American Income Life Insurance Com-pany have partnered for nearly 60 years to provide blanket group activity insurance for 4-H clubs, summer camps, competitions, field trips and

other youth and adult programs sponsored by the Cooperative Extension Service. When a

young person is injured or becomes ill, our poli-cies pay first, regardless of other insurance. Thousands of claims are paid promptly each year. Parents appreciate not having out-of-

pocket medical expenses, and Extension staff appreciate the good will this helps to generate

for their local 4-H program.

Remember to submit your coverage request before your activity begins.

Additional information may be found at

www.americanincomelife.com or call toll-free 1-800-849-4820.

4-H Calendar

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Group Project Guidelines

Many clubs take one or two club or group projects during the year. In order to add some uniformity to those projects throughout the county, here are some guidelines to help you: 1) Involve your 4-H members in selecting your club project and in setting the goals for it. 2) You may purchase a project book/leader’s guide for the club or for each member. 3) A club/group project must be more than a one-time activity. For example: cooking one meal

outdoors is a club activity; cooking several meals outdoors, learning about food safety and fire safety, etc. is a club project.

4) Clubs taking group projects should follow the project guidelines for that project or suggest alternative guidelines and discuss that with the 4-H educator.

5) Group projects may be repeated more than one year if different goals and activities are planned each year. This is especially important if the project is taken two years in succession.

6) 4-H members should do most of the work on the project with guidance from advisors and parents. 7) Group projects should be evaluated by one of our staff, another club’s advisor, or another adult

knowledgeable in that field in order to be complete. 8) If clubs wish to display their group projects at the fair for premiums, they must (a) make a fair

entry for the project on each individual’s entry form and (b) have an individual or group exhibit of some type — not just a list of names on a poster.

Ohio State Fair 4-H Handbook The 2016 handbook with 4-H non livestock information is posted on the web. The handbook has 4-H exhibit information for Family & Consumer Science (FCS), Ag Products, Still-Life, Public Speaking, and others. Visit http://go.osu.edu/OSFhandbook for the handbook.

Ohio State Fair Dog Show and Agility Entry Deadline is

July 1, 2015 (postmark)

Registration forms are found online at the bottom of the page at:

http://go.osu.edu/2016osfdog

OHIO STATE FAIR JR. LIVESTOCK EXHIBITORS The premium book is available on-line for all exhibitor information at: http://go.osu.edu/osflivestock To enter the 2016 Ohio State Fair, go to the website and download the information and entry forms you are interested in. Fill out the entry form(s) and mail to the Ohio State Fair Entry Department, postmarked NO LATER than June 20 or simply complete your entry online if available for your species. Members exhibiting through 4-H MUST HAVE an Extension employee’s signature on their entry. Those exhibiting through FFA need to have their Vo-Ag Teacher’s signature.

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ALL HANDS ON DECK! September 20th will be a fun way to give back to our community and our fair! From 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. we will be asking all club

advisors, members, parents, committees and junior and senior fair board to join together at the fairgrounds to do a post fair clean-up! We are looking for all ages as there will be jobs of all sorts! Pizza and drink will be served immediately following in the junior fair building. So please put the date on your club’s calendar and plan to join the fun!

BIKES FOR KIDS The Wayne County 4-H Advisory Committee is continuing the “Bikes for Kids” service project and is encouraging all clubs to take part. Our Junior Leaders have consented to build the bi-cycles and are challenging each 4-H club to raise or donate enough money to purchase at least one bike (approximate cost $65.00). If each of our 4-H clubs raised or donated enough money to purchase one bike, we would have 45. Some clubs may want to do two or three bikes, which would provide even more! Please start talking about this opportunity with your clubs! Each LINK from now to the end of the year will have information and updates on clubs that are giving/raising funds. Money can be given at any time of the year, but MUST be turned in to the Extension office by September 30th. Please discuss with your club how many bikes they might want to donate for Christmas. Let us know about your club’s progress or plans!

PLEASE NOTICE DAY CHANGES

JUNIOR FAIR OFFICE HOURS PICK UP ENTRY FORMS and BOOKS

Monday, June 6 5:00 - 8:00 pm Tuesday, June 7 5:00 - 8:00 pm Wednesday, June 8 5:00 - 8:00 pm

TURN IN ENTRY FORMS Thursday, July 28 3:00 - 7:00 pm Friday, July 29 3:00 - 7:00 pm Monday, August 1 3:00 - 7:00 pm

FAIR PASS / SHOW NUMBER PICK-UP Tuesday, August 30 3:00 - 7:00 p.m. Thursday, September 1 3:00 - 7:00 p.m. Friday, September 9 9:00 am - 9:00 pm

PREMIUM REPORT PICK-UP Friday, September 16 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

PREMIUM PICK-UP Monday, September 26 3:00 - 7:00 pm Tuesday, September 27 3:00 - 7:00 pm

Questions? wcjrfair@hotmail.com

Wayne County 4-H Fun Fair Volunteers Needed!

The Wayne County 4-H Fun Fair is an opportunity for ALL 4-H clubs to get involved and help raise money for the 4-H program. We are looking for

volunteers to work shifts for the games! If you or your club is interested in performing a community

service project by volunteering your time at the Fun Fair, please email Marie Marty at

marie.marty@yahoo.com or 330-464-6417. There will be plenty of time to play games before or

after your shift!

We have been to several 4-H clubs to talk about the Fun Fair and how your club can help. Please let us

know if you want us to come and visit with your club. If you would like to sell and/or purchase raffle tickets, they are available after June 3 and will be $1 each or 11 for $10. Contact a committee member

below and they will arrange to get them to you.

Thank you for your support!

Fun Fair & Raffle Committee: Marie Marty, Lisa Gress, Kerilynn Jagger, Shirley

Pittenger, Marla Miller, Erin Mohler, Melissa Rupp, Heidi Bair, Rachael Ramsier, and Mandy

Dague

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4-H “ BACK TO SCHOOL DRIVE”

The 4-H Advisory Committee is sponsoring

a 4-H Back to School drive to help support

our communities. Wayne County 4-H clubs

are encouraged to participate in this by

collecting school supplies (markers,

compasses, colored pencils, wide rule loose

leaf paper, crayons, glue, etc.) at their

summer club meetings.

Collections can be dropped off July 28th,

29th or August 1st from 3:00 pm—7:00pm

at the Jr. Fair Office. (Same time and

place as Jr. Fair entries are due) All

county 4-H clubs will have their items tallied

and scored based on a percentage of club

enrollments. This ensures all clubs have a

fair chance of winning the 4-H Back to

School Drive!.

The winning club will get to have a pizza

or ice cream party.

Sponsored by the 4-H Committee

Skillathon Resources! Visit wayne.osu.edu/skillathon-study-materials for book pages to complete, practice pages and other websites to practice and prepare for

Skillathon! Also, advisors can check out skillathon resource folders from the office.

4-H Clinics

Goats June 25 10-noon

Poultry & Rabbits July 2 9-11 a.m.

Dairy July 10 7 p.m.

All clinics will be held at the fairgrounds.

Other Upcoming OSU Extension Events:

Steps to Home Ownership: Series of 4 classes Wednesdays August 17th, 24th, 31st, and September 7th (5:30-8 p.m.) Money 101- learning how to build a budget Series of 4 classes Tuesdays August 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th Pressure canner testing: June 15th & August 17th 9-1 in Mt. Hope June 16th & August 18th 9-1 in Kidron at Lehman’s Food preservation classes at Rittman Orchard: June 29th and September 30th Small Grain Field Day: June 14th 9:30 am-3:15 pm Dairy Twilight Tour: July 12th 6:00 PM at Stoller Family Organic Dairy Farm Developing a Farm Transition Plan July 15th 1:00-3:30 pm

Please call our office at 330-264-8722 for more information about upcoming programs and events!

Order your Chicken peeps online through our bulk order. Each club or chapter should make one order, but we understand that

there may be 4-H or FFA individuals that do not have an advisor that will get a bulk order together. The chicken peeps will come in sets of 12. Pickup will be at the Junior Fair Board Office

July 19th from 3:30 – 6:00pm. There will be a fee for the birds that should range $4-6 depending upon the amount of birds ordered. To receive birds you MUST visit http://go.osu.edu/2016peeps and order the

peeps by Friday, June 10th! After the final count is complete we will email a notice out to the person who placed the order with the final info!

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7:00 p.m. Buckeye Bunch Horseman’s Hangout Springville Cowpokes Sterling 604 Rangers Wayne County Hoof ‘n’ Hide West End Rowdy Ranglers Wrangler Kids

2016 LIVESTOCK QA/SKILLATHON CLUB SCHEDULE

FISHER AUDITORIUM - OARDC

Tuesday, July 26 7:00 – 9:00 PM

Thursday, July 21 7:00 – 9:00 PM

7:00 p.m Equitation Station Milton Shamrocks Pegasus Smithie Whiz Kids Smithville Simmer & Sew Springville Country Club Valley College Wayne County Cousins

8:00 p.m. Baughman Guys & Gals Blachleyville 4-H Buckeye Show & Grow Country Strong Happy Hoppers Jefferson Pioneers Shenanigans

SKILLATHON INFO Skillathon must be completed at the Ohio State Fair OR the Wayne county events above to be

eligible to show at the Wayne County Fair. There is no makeup date. Members must participate in one of the three dates listed above. If a family or member cannot come on the club’s scheduled date, they may come on one of the

other dates. Members who have already completed Quality Assurance at a Wayne County event and are

participating in the Wayne County Skillathon, must remember to bring their QA certificate and present it at registration.

If participating in the Ohio State Fair, you must bring documentation of completion into the office no later than 3 days after the event at the Ohio State Fair.

QA must be completed at an approved state-level QA program (e.g. Ohio Beef Expo, Dairy Paloza, State Swine Clinic, etc.) or a Wayne County QA event. Documentation must be brought with you to the skillathon events above or into the Extention Office with your skillathon documentation if done at the State Fair.

There will be a reader available for those children who are more comfortable having assistance. Please let us know at registration.

All State Fair exhibitors of market steers, market hogs, market lambs, all poultry meat pens, and lactating dairy must participate in a QA program prior to state fair exhibition.

Thursday, July 28 7:00 - 9:00 PM

7:00 p.m. Carhart Kids Country Acres Dalton Equestrians Madisonburg Pioneers Milton Country Clovers Northwestern Neighbors Sugar Creek Gang Hoof Beats Horses R Us

8:00 p.m. Apple Creek Wide Awake Basically Bovine Bounty Hunters Canaan Hoof ‘n’ Hide Canaan Country Cousins Clinton Lads & Lassies Cream of the Crop City Kidz

8:00 p.m. Burbank Livestock Congress 4-H Power Dalton-Kidron Big 4 Ewenique Critters Hearts and Hooves Howling Coyotes Wayne Aces

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Poultry Part ID - Jr./Int./Sr. Feed ID - Jr./Int./Sr. Medication Label & Insert - Jr./Int./Sr. Book - Jr./Int./Sr. Project Interview - Jr./Int./Sr. Brooder Management - Jr./Int./Sr.

Beef Project Record Book - Jr./Int./Sr. Parts ID - Jr./Int./Sr. Feed ID - Jr./Int. Feet and Leg Structure - Jr./Int./Sr. Halter & Tie - Jr./Int./Sr. Stomach Parts - Jr./Int./Sr. Medication Label - Jr./Int./Sr.

Horse Project Record Book - Jr./Int./Sr. Feed & Hay ID - Jr./Int./Sr. Body Scoring - Jr./Int./Sr. Bridle Assembly with Bits - Jr./Int./Sr. Project Interview - Jr./Int./Sr. Hoof Care - Jr./Int./Sr.

Sheep Project Record Book - Jr./Int./Sr. Feet & Leg Structure/Hoof Care - Jr./Int. Senior Interview - Sr. Feed ID - Jr./Int. Feed ID/Nutrient Groups - Sr. Breed ID - Jr./Int./Sr. Lamb Evaluation/Meat Cut ID/Halter - Jr./Int/Sr. Medication Insert - Jr./Int./Sr.

Dairy Project Record Book - Jr./Int./Sr. Sire Directories – Jr./Int. Sire Selection – Sr. Parts ID - Jr. Mammary Health - Int./Sr. Feed ID - Jr. Reproductive Management - Int./Sr. Evaluating your Animal - Jr./Int. BRING PICTURE OF YOUR PROJECT ANIMAL! Project Interview - Sr. Medication Labe - Jr./Int./Sr.

Rabbit Project Record Book - Jr./Int./Sr. Parts ID - Jr. Digestive System - Int. Skeletal ID - Sr. Health Conditions - Jr./Int./Sr. Rabbit Vocabulary - Jr./Int./Sr. Pet and Breeding Projects: Breed ID - Jr./Int./Sr. Market Projects: Market Questions/Meat Cut ID

- Jr./Int./Sr. Medication Label - Jr./Int./Sr.

Goats Medication Insert - Jr./Int./Sr. Parts ID - Jr./Int./Sr. Breed ID - Jr./Int./Sr. Feed ID - Jr./Int./Sr. Hoof Care - Jr./Int./Sr Project Record Book - Jr./Int./Sr

Swine Project Record Book - Jr./Int./Sr. Wholesale Meat Cuts - Jr Medication Insert - Jr. Breed ID – Jr. Feed ID - Jr. Feed ID/Nutrient Groups - Int. Swine Health Situations - Int./Sr. Retail Meat Cuts - Int./Sr. Ear Notch - Int./Sr. Project Interview - Sr.

Dog Project Record Book - Jr./Int./Sr. Breed ID - Jr./Int./Sr. Internal Parasites- Jr./Int./Sr. External Anatomy - Jr./Int./Sr. Health and parasites - Jr./Int./Sr. Feed Tag - Jr./Int./Sr.

Possible Skillathon Stations to Study for 2016 Thursday, July 21, 2016 -7:00-9:00 p.m. Registration at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 26, 2016 -7:00-9:00 p.m. Registration at 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, July 28, 2016 – 7:00-9:00 p.m. Registration at 6:30 p.m. Fisher Auditorium - OARDC

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