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Dear 4-H family, Reminder: 4-H club and project meetings must be cancelled, postponed or held virtually through May 31st

. We sure miss seeing our 4-H’ers and families. Thank you for your understanding and patience during this unprecedented time. We value the safety and wellbeing of all youth, volunteers, families, and staff. Congratulations to our seniors and best of luck in the future: Heather Almond, Maggie Anderlik, Avery Anderson, Morgan Border, Abigail Chalstrom, Jaedyn Condon, Megan Dawson, Jaynie Ferrari, Gabriel Fisher, Abby Grady, Christine Housken, Taegen Long, Jacob Miller, Jess Shirbroun, & Kylie Weiland.

Welcome to our 4-H family: Anna Lewandowski– Poultry & Rabbit Project Leader

Any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Stay safe!

Lindsay Kavanaugh County Youth Coordinator

What’s Inside:

Schedule Updates

Livestock ID Details

Food Stand Schedule

Upcoming Events

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Webster County 4-H Newsletter May 2020 Issue

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Livestock ID’s The May 15 livestock ID deadline is moved back to June 1. This applies to ALL livestock that are usually identified by May 15 including: Breeding Beef, Dairy Cat-tle, Dairy Goat, Dog, Horse, Meat Goat, Poultry, Sheep, Swine, Cat, and Pets. Rabbits will remain at the June 6 deadline.

Poultry Project Canceled meeting: May 21 Keep working with your birds especially if 4-H’ers want to do Showmanship. 4-H’ers can do a presentation at a future meeting on anything about poultry and receive five extra points towards final showmanship score. Presentations can also occur during barn clean-up on July 5. Pullorum testing exception has been extended until 2021.

Rabbit Canceled meetings: May 14

Rabbit Hopping Canceled meetings: May 6 & May 16

Rifle Discipline Canceled meetings: May 9

Shotgun Discipline Watch your email for details when practices will begin.

YQCA Training All beef, bucket bottle, swine, sheep, dairy cattle, dairy goat, meat goat, rabbit, and poultry 4-H exhibitors are REQUIRED to be YQCA certified to exhibit at the county fair and State Fair. This certification shows our youth are working and learning to produce healthy, safe and quality food for market. There are two options to com-plete this requirement this year:

Option 1: Complete YQCA certification each year online at www.yqca.org and login using your 4HOnline credentials. You are responsible for a $12* fee per youth paid online when you register for the course. Open to all grade levels. Materials and modules are organized by grade. The online option must be completed by June 1. Visit the following link for instructions on completing the online process- https://www.extension.iastate.edu/4hfiles/agriculture/YQCA/

YQCAWebBasedMemberInstructions.pdf

Option 2: Attend YQCA face-to-face instructor led training for $3* per youth at the Extension Office on Monday, June 15 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Youth must pre-register and pay online before the face-to-face training- www.yqca.org FSQA test outs will be honored from previous years until expiration dates.

Aerospace Canceled meeting: May 17 & May 30 Watch email for details on rocket kits.

Cat Project Next meeting is June 3. Watch email for more details.

Clover Kids (St. Paul) Canceled meetings: May 12

County Council & Youth Committee Watch your Remind messages for details on May Zoom meeting.

Dog Project Canceled meetings: May 5 & 19 Watch their Facebook page for helpful videos.

Fair Books & Packets Fair books and packets will be ready soon. We will utilize a pick up process similar to the ear tag process. Please watch your email for details on how to receive them. Fair entries are due to the office by June 9 at 4:30 p.m. Late entries will not be accepted.

Horse Project Canceled meetings: May 7, May 14, May 21, & May 28 Like and follow the Webster County 4-H Horse Project Facebook page on Thursdays after 5:00 for challenges and videos from the leaders.

Goat Project Canceled: April 6th meeting 4-H’ers are encouraged to start working with their goats once they get them. Any questions, contact Heather or Katie.

Goat & Sheep All county weigh-ins for meat goats and sheep were cancelled. This was for the health and safety of our 4-H families and staff. Unfortunately, that means fairs that conduct rate of gain contests will not be able to do so for the 2020 fair season.

4-H sheep and meat goats (both breeding and market animals) will be required to upload 3 (three) photos into 4-H Online by the June 1 ID deadline. 4-H Online has been updated with photo upload fields.

The three (3) photos must include one of each of the following:

• Clear, readable picture of the 4-H/USDA tag in the animal’s ear

• Left, full side view of the animal

• Right, full side view of animal

Jr. Lego League (Farnhamville) Canceled– Field trip on May 12

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4-H Recognition State 4-H Recognition is the process in which senior 4-H members in grades 9-12 can apply to be selected for special statewide opportunities such as awards and trips.

Congratulations to our 4-H members selected for the

following awards and opportunities:

Emma Alstott: State Council & National 4-H Congress

Morgan Farnham: State Project– Civic Engagement

Nathan Rethwisch: National 4-H Congress

4-H Newsletters We are excited that newsletters are available to read anywhere! Newsletters are emailed through 4HOnline to all 4-H members who have enrolled in 4HOnline. The newsletter will continue to be available on your 4HOnline homepage, Facebook, and our website. A physical newsletter will continue to be sent to club leaders. Prefer a physical copy? Please email Janel (janels@iastate.edu) to request a physical copy mailed to you.

Video Challenge This challenge can include new or past 4-H exhibits. Think about the static department, a working exhibit, a share-the-fun, or any livestock education you’d like to share. SO what’s the challenge??!! • Create a 2-5 minute video with engaging content! • Share your goal(s), what you did to reach your goal, and steps for the project or demonstrate the act or working exhibit. • Be sure to site your sources. Visit this copyright handout before creating a video. Even things like reading a book on a video is copyrighted! https://www.extension.iastate.edu/4hfiles/statefair/SFDocuments/SF1UseofCopyrightVI010401.pdf • Upload your video to YouTube and share the link to lindsayk@iastate.edu on or before May 15.

Online Learning Resources Did you know the Iowa 4-H team created a wide variety of resources you can access from your home? Check out this updated, very informative link which provides resources that our 4-H'ers can use to stay engaged in learning while out of school. Topics include animal science, weekly challenges, general project area learning, STEM, healthy living, and much more!

https://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/4h-at-home-learning-resources

4-H’ers for 4-H The 4-H’ers for 4-H Campaign helps to ensure that 4-H remains available and affordable for young people from across the state. The campaign helps to: • Provide financial assistance to help 4-H’ers attend

4-H camps or conferences • Help 4-H members with financial need pay for their

annual enrollment fee • Fund speakers and entertainment at the State 4-H

Youth Conference, keep registration fees affordable for everyone!

Clubs or individuals are encouraged to consider donating to the 4-H’ers for 4-H Campaign. The Iowa 4-H Foundation is asking each 4-H club in Iowa to donate $3.00 per member to the campaign. Donations are due to the Extension Office by June 15. Contact Lindsay with any questions.

Flea Market– Food Stand Workers

May– Flea Market is Cancelled

Saturday, June 6– Dayton Tigers

Sunday , June 7– Johnson Jaguars

2020 Webster County Fair The Webster County Fair is scheduled for July 8-12. County Council and Youth Committee selected the theme to be “Strive for Gold.” (based off the Summer Olympics)

Movie Night at the Webster County Fair We are partnering with Fort Dodge Parks and Rec to offer movie night again this summer. Miracle will be the movie played on Wednesday, July 8 at the Fair. Thank you to everyone who voted!

Fair Schedule Changes Before fair books arrive, here are some schedule changes to watch for:

• Pet Show will be on Friday at 4:00 p.m. instead of Sunday at 12:30

• Cat Show will be on Friday at 7:00 p.m. instead of 6:00 p.m.

• Horse Show (game classes) will take place on Friday at 5:00 p.m. instead of Sunday

• Share the Fun is scheduled for Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. instead of Sunday at 1:00 p.m.

• Premium auction will take place on Sunday at 2:00 p.m. instead of Saturday night

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All 4-H events and programs are canceled or need to be held virtually.