Dear 4-H Members & Advisors: Weekly Update Topics: Junior Fair Board Fundraiser. Radio Opportunity. Inserts. Skillathon. Camp QA/PQA.

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1 Dear 4-H Members & Advisors: Weekly Update Topics: Junior Fair Board Fundraiser Radio Opportunity Inserts Skillathon Camp QA/PQA Dates & Events Judges Fair Wristbands Biosecurity Junior Fair Board Fundraiser Come out and support a great cause! The Junior Fair Board will be working at the Wilmington Skyline Chili on Saturday June 6th! The Junior Fair Board will receive 10% and tips Saturday, June 6 from 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Skyline Chili in Wilmington. Junior Fair Wristbands Friday, June 26 th 8:00am to 4:00pm Junior Fair Wristbands Expo Building Friday, July 10 th 8:00am to 2:30pm Junior Fair Wristbands Expo Building 3:00pm to 8:00pm Junior Fair Wristbands Peterson Building Friday, July 10 th 8:00am to 6:00pm Senior Fair Office will be open.

2 Skillathon: June 18 & 23, 6-8:00 p.m. at the Clinton County Fairground Members must complete a skillathon for each of the following project areas that they are enrolled in: beef, dairy, dogs, goats, hogs, horses, poultry, rabbits and sheep at the designated time before the fair to be eligible to show their animals at the fair. A completed official 4-H/FFA project book or insert, which is 10% of the total skillathon score must be turned in at the time the test is taken. Members having valid scheduling conflicts who cannot attend the scheduled dates must notify the OSU Extension office in writing by midnight prior to the last skillathon date. No make-up tests during the fair. Those not taking the skillathon during the county dates are ineligible for any skillathon awards. Members who enter the skillathon test buildings must sign in and take the skillathon that night. Only members taking the Skillathon are permitted in the testing areas. No cell phones may be used in the testing area. Inserts If you have been looking for the breeding and market livestock inserts online please know they are not posted yet. Inserts and books are available in the office. We hope to have the inserts online by early June. Biosecurity As everyone gets out for summer and plan to spend time at the neighbors and friends homes we need to remember about how diseases transfer in our livestock projects. There are many ways disease can travel:rodents, Wildlife, Birds, Pets, Vehicles and Equipment, Humans, New Animals, Clothing and Shoes and the Air. No matter if you have a 1 project or hundreds there s things you can do to keep your animals healthy and try to prevent the spread of disease. Periodically survey herd or flock for disease challenges. Establish traffic pattern to prevent exposure of younger animals to older animals. Provide dedicated boots and clothing when you can for your projects.wash hands when boots and clothes are changed. Practice proper room, pen, coop, and barn sanitation. Deny rodents entrance to barns and buildings. Remove sources of food that attract rodents. Prevent and deny rodents cover and a place to live. Bait or trap to reduce rodent populations. Dogs and cats are unacceptable rodent control and can transport disease too. Wildlife and pests compromise biosecurity. Use perimeter fences, netting, screening as needed to keep animals safe. This season we are watching the Avian Influenza spread across the states and it is growing very rapidly. Avian influenza (AI) is an infectious viral disease of birds (especially wild water fowl such as ducks and geese), often causing no apparent signs of illness. AI viruses can sometimes spread to domestic poultry and cause large-scale outbreaks of serious disease. The US has hit a 40 million mark of AI related poultry deaths. Currently, Ohio has quarantine on all birds from any infected state, which includes Indiana, Kentucky, and Michigan.

3 Judges Here s a list of the judges that we currently have for fair. As more are scheduled we will share that in future updates. Remember open show judges are secured by the Ag Society. Sheep - Market Lamb, Rod Stoltz Sheep - Market Lamb Showmanship, Maggie Neer Sheep Breeding Show, Bob Hare Goat Market Show, David Carter Goat Pygmy Show, Tara Winters Market Goat Showmanship, Laura Jane Murphy Horse Show,Shawn McDaniel PAS Show, Kathy Melvin Swine Breeding/Showmanship, Broc Thompson Swine Market, Kade Hummell Swine Showmanship, Warren Beeler Poultry Market Turkeys,Tim Bowles Poultry Market Chickens,Bil Karcher Rabbit Show, Joseph Colucci Dairy Show, Jeremy Adams Beef Market Steer/Breeding Heifers/Market Heifer/Feeder Calves, Mike Clark Beef-Showmanship, Doug Majors Do you want to be on the RADIO??? (walhradio.com) The local online radio station located at 12 W Main Street would like to interview 4-H members and volunteers in the studio. Listen tomorrow, April 18 at 9:30 a.m. to hear from three of our teen leaders that represent camp counselors, Fashion & Nutrition Board and Junior Fair Board. All you have to do is go to walhradio.com and click on listen live.

4 If you want to stop in and share about your 4-H projects and experiences please call me or send me an at The station does pre-recordings on Thursday & Fridays at approximately 6 p.m.be prepared to answer some questions, but also share your name, 4-H activities & projects, how long you ve been in 4-H, what you like best about the program, why did you join and is anyone else in your family involved or were they! Over spring and summer we would like all clubs to participate. Please share this with other members and let me know if you plan to go. WE NEED NEW MEMBERS AND VOLUTNEERS EACH WEEK! Camp 2015 Cloverbud Camp information is on the web. Flyers have been mailed to all Cloverbud members in the county. Cloverbud Camp will be June 22 at 4-H Camp Graham in Clarksville from 9am- 4pm. The cost will be $25 and the deadline is June 8. Campers must be five years old and in kindergarten to 2nd grade by January 1, Camp is open to both 4-H and non 4-H members. Wild About Animals! Quality Assurance (QA) 4-H/FFA members who want to show and/or sell market steers, market hogs, market lambs, market goats, market dairy steers, feeder calves, lactating dairy cattle, market poultry, market rabbits, and lactating dairy goats must attend a Quality Assurance Training at a designated time before the fair. In Clinton County many of the QA/PQA sessions are geared towards a specific department and held with a clinic. ALL county QA events will qualify a member for any market or lactating project including swine. We have one QA/PQA sessions left this season: June 18 at 5:30 p.m. at the Fairground/Expo. If you can t attend a QA in our county here s a few dates for neighboring counties: Brown County June 1 - Georgetown High School, 7:00 p.m. June 4 - Fayetteville High School, 7:00 p.m. Office Hours Monday-Thursday, 8:00am to 4:30pm Closed Friday Deadlines If a deadline falls on the weekend, Friday or holiday we will accept it on the next business day.

5 Upcoming Events: June 1 SFB 7pm (Fair office) 1-5 Junior 4-H Camp at Camp Graham 3 Market Rabbit Check In/Tattoo 6-8pm (Fair-Rabbit Barn) 6 JFB Fundraiser at 8 JFB 6pm & Horse Comm. 7pm 7 Dairy Comm. 2pm (Quallen Farm) 9 FCS Comm. 5:30pm & Dog Comm. 6:30pm 9 Horse Queen Contest, 6:30pm 11 County Queens Contest 4:30 & 7pm NO Carteens 15 4-H Comm. 7pm 18 Skillathon 6-8pm (Fair-All barns) QA 5:30pm (Fair-Expo) Rabbit Comm. Mtg 8pm (Fair-Rabbit Barn) 19 Butter Churning 7pm (Wilmington Presbyterian Church) 22 Cloverbud 4-H Camp at Camp Graham 23 Skillathon 6-8pm (Fair-All barns) 26 Pre-Fair Judging 8am (Fair-Expo) 30 Shooting Sports Judging 9am (Clinton County Sportsman Association) Extra 2015 dates! June 1-5 Junior 4-H Camp

6 June 22 Cloverbud Camp June 28-July 4 Citizenship Washington Focus July 5-9 State 4-H Leadership Camp at Camp Ohio July Clinton County Fair July Leadership Washington Focus for Middle School Students July 29-August 9 Ohio State Fair Sincerely, Tracie Montague Extension Educator 4-H Youth Development

September 15 4-H (Re) Enrollment Opens for

September 15 4-H (Re) Enrollment Opens for CHISAGO COUNTY 4-H 2017-18 4-H Calendar of Events *This listing includes all county events only. Additional events are scheduled monthly and notified through email. This does not include club meetings