Morton County 4-H Newsletter Issue IV, July/August 2008

Jackie Buckley, Vanessa Hoines & Samantha Roth, Extension Agents NDSU Extension Service/Morton Co. 210 2 Ave. NW, Mandan, ND 58554 701.667.3340 FAX 701.667.3348 [email protected]

Consumer Choices On June 3, 2008, the Morton County 4-H Consumer Choices contest was held in Bismarck. Consumer Choices teaches you how to make decisions based on information that you have learned and on facts that you have collected. It can help you learn to defend your decisions. High individuals were awarded gift certificates to Barnes and Nobel from the Morton County Homemakers Clubs. The following 4-Hers competed:

Inside this issue: Seniors ages 13-18: Dominick Goettle District Communication Arts ND 4-H All of Fame-Jim Sailer Congrats Natalie Laubner

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Achievement Days

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Silent Auction State Fair / Exhibits Wing Lions 4-H Day 4-H Member Cards Achievement Day Sponsors Admission to State Fair

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Geospatial 4-H Club Geo Treasure Hunt Wing Lions 4-H Day

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Showmanship Clinic Dates to Remember

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Juniors ages 10-12: Tyrza Hoines, Kirsten Presler, Mikayla Schirado, Rachel Goettle, Renae Tokach, High Scoring 4-Her was Rachel Goettle. Beginners ages 8-9: Stetson Ellingson, Jameson Ellingson, Kaylin Tomac, High 4-Her was Stetson Ellingson. Morton County had 2 Cloverbuds participate: Brittany Barnhardt, Dalton Sougstad The Jr. Team will consist of Dominic Goettle, Rachel Goettle, Renae Tokach, Tyrza Hoines, Kirsten Presler and Mikayla Schirado The state contest will be held in Minot at the State Fair in July. Congratulations to all the participants of the Consumer Choices contest! Good luck to the state teams!

Cloverbuds: Brittany Barnhardt, Dalton Sougstad

Beginners: Kaylin Tomac, Jameson Ellingson, Stetson Ellingson

Jrs. Dominick Goettle, Tyrza Hoines, Kirsten Presler, Mikayla Schirado, Rachel Goettle, Renae Tokach

4-H Showcase The Morton County Project Expo and Clothing Revue was held Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at Gateway Mall in Bismarck. These 4-Hers received Awards of Excellence: Preteen Buy & Show: Kaylin Tomac, Tyrza Hoines, Kirsten Presler, Missouri Valley Bunch, Preteen Project Expo: Renae Tokach, Go-Getters These 4-Hers will be competing at the State Fair in Minot. Congratulations to everyone for a job well done and good luck in Minot! Renae with her judges. They’re not so tough!

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District Communication Arts On May 29, 2007, Morton County 4-Hers participated in the District Communication Arts contest held at Ft. Lincoln School in Mandan. The Morton County 4-Hers competed with the following counties: Mercer, McLean, Oliver and Grant. The following 4-Hers competed in the contest: Preteen Demonstration - Rachel Goettle, Honorable Mention Interpretive Reading-Serious - Kirsten Presler-1st, Brandon Olson-HM Interpretive Reading-Humorous - Tyrza Hoines-1st, Kaylin Tomac-HM Preteen Short Takes (Extemporaneous speaking) -Tyrza Hoines-1st Teen Short Takes - Dominick Goettle-1st Preteen Commercials - Mariah Higgins & Jaycob Taghon - 1st rs! 4-He Preteen Broadcasting - Jameson & Stetson Ellingson - 1st roud P Preteen Dramatic Presentation - Mariah Higgins-1st Teen Dramatic Presentation - Dominick Goettle-1st Preteen Public Speaking - Carter Tomac-1st, Renae Tokach-HM Cloverbuds—Kathryn Goettle, Brandon Hoines, Brianna Olson, Dalton Sougstad, Sierra Ellingson, Travis Olson More Proud 4-Hers!

ND 4-H Hall of Fame Morton County’s long-time 4-H leader, Jim Sailer of Almont was inducted into the ND 4-H Hall of Fame on Wednesday, June 18, 2008. The ceremony was held during the Extension Youth Conference Awards Banquet at NDSU in Fargo. Congratulations to Jim on this exciting award and honor. It is well deserved!

New 4-H Ambassador Congratulations go to Natalie Laubner of the Go-Getters 4-H Club! She received an award to attend the 4-H Extension Youth Conference at NDSU in Fargo where she was elected 4-H Ambassador! Natalie is the daughter of Larry and Elaine Lauber of Mandan Way ‘ta go Natalie!

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Achievement Days The registration forms, State Fair book and Morton County Guidelines have been sent to each family. Achievement Day registration forms are due Monday, July 7th, half premium is given to the registrations that arrive late to the Morton County Extension office. Please refer to the June 4th memo and the Morton County Guidelines for instructions. Reminders: 4-Hers may bring two (2) exhibits for each project but are limited to one (1) per lot. Duplicate items will not be accepted. Crop Production: Seed and Sheaves should NOT be of the same crop. Ex. If you bring 1 quart of oats, do not bring a sheave of oats from the same crop. Friday, Livestock Achievement Day, 1 per lot. Cloverbuds can bring 2 of whatever they want. Ex. Drawing exhibit and a flower exhibit, a food exhibit and a bead exhibit. The doors of the exhibit/interview judging area will be open only to Horse Exhibitors at 8:30 a.m. General exhibitors will be able to start at approximately 9:00 a.m. Horse exhibitors need to judge first. Your exhibit tags will be sent DIRECTLY TO YOU in late July. Please watch for them. All livestock, horse and pet exhibitors are required to bring their record sheets to the Interview Judge. Record sheets can be left for exhibit or the 4-Her may choose to exhibit another item under this project. Absentee forms can be found at the back of the guidelines. You are responsible for making arrangements for having your projects taken to the correct judge and taken to the exhibit display area. To complete the year, a 4-Her must exhibit at Achievement Days. 4-Hers should have attended six club meetings before exhibiting at Achievement Days. If a 4-Her belongs to more than one club (ex. regular club plus a horse club) the 4-Her must attend four regular club meetings and four workouts. (One workout = 1/2 regular club meetings.) It is up to leaders to manage this.

Please read the Morton County Guidelines. Times are printed in the guidelines.

Remember: You can also enter items into the County Fair. If you want registration forms and rules, call us and we will send them to you when we receive them.

All goats and sheep, with the exception of market wether goats and sheep, should have their scrapie identification tags. A breed registration tattoo will be accepted in lieu of a scrapie tag for dairy breed goats.

You can find registration papers in the The Finder, local papers or call the office and we can mail you some or you can pick up.

All dairy goats should be dehorned. Starting in 2007 and after; all dairy goat kids should be dehorned. Goats younger than 2 years are to be dehorned. If not, they will be disqualified. Eventually all goats need to be dehorned.

Livestock Achievement Day

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Silent Auction The 4-H Council is asking each club to bring two items for a Silent Auction during the county fair, August 1-3.They will be up for bid in the concession stand area. Call the office with the item name and donor before July 30th. Bring them to the Concession Stand at the fairgrounds on July 31st. The 4-H Council would like to thank Gail Lengenfelder of the Morton County Horse Club for chairing his project. And thank you to Roberta Tjaden for assisting her!

State Fair

Static Exhibits for State Fair

If you are exhibiting livestock at the State Fair, please pick up entry forms at the extension office, or download them from www.ndstatefair.com/competition. These are due in the State Fair office by July 8th. Horse entry forms are located in the middle of your State Fair book or you can download them from www.ndstatefair.com/competition/ or call the office. These are due into the State Fair office by July 7. An agent needs to sign these forms. The office will be closed Friday, July 4th.

Any static exhibits that you would like to have judged at the State Fair should be at the Morton County Extension office by 3:00 p.m., CDT, Wednesday, July 9th.

Camping registration forms can be found in the middle of your State Fair book, or you can download them from www.ndstatefair.com/lodging/ or call the office. These should be mailed to the State Fair office in Minot as soon as possible.

Achievement Day Sponsors Please remember to contact sponsors for Champions, Reserves and Awards of Excellence (Purple Ribbons), Horse and Livestock trophies and buyers for the Premium Sale. Call the office if you would like a list of businesses/people that will be sent a letter. It does not hurt to have a second contact made by a 4-Her.

Perishable items should be in the office by 8:30 a.m., CDT, on July 15th (not 14th as stated in past email.) Please notify the office before that date if you plan on sending perishable items. Exhibits should be clean and of blue ribbon quality (to be determined by an extension agent) or last year’s Champion/Reserve/ Award of Excellence/ blues ribbon exhibit.

If anyone needs a 4-H membership card, please call the office or email us at [email protected]. Sometimes businesses will give you a discount, like JoAnn’s Fabrics or Hancock's. Hobby Lobby will give a discount if you use a club check to purchase for your club. You can use them to buy the 4-H gate pass at the state fair. ($5.00) This will get you in everyday of the Fair.

Admissions to State Fair 4-H Season Ticket (available at fair gates: proof of 4-H membership is required. 4-H members should bring membership card to the gate.) $5 Juniors (ages 7-12) $3 Adults $7 Adult Advance tickets (must be purchased by July 1) $6 Under age 7 Free Adult—9 days $20 Junior—9 days $15 Livestock & horse vehicle pass $2/day

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Geospatial 4-H Club Do you know what is located at 46° 50’N 100° 53’W? Do you know what a geocache is? If you’re curious, come to an informative meeting about the Morton County Geospatial Club. The meeting will be held on Thursday, July 17th, 1-3 p.m. at the Morton County Courthouse Conference Room in Mandan. Feel free to bring along non-4-H members to be a part of this new & exciting club. Contact the Morton County Extension office at 667-3340!

Geo-Treasure Hunt in Napoleon! 4-Hers from the Go-Getters and Missouri Valley Bunch hit the road with Vanessa and Sam on June 20th for Napoleon and some fun in the sun! Matthew Smith, Justin O’Neill, Carter Tomac, Tyrza Hoines, Kirsten Presler and some of their friends had a fun time learning about geocaching, GPS and finding treasures. They were able to leave a “travel bug” in a local cache to make its way to new caches. The travel bug was a little train left at the Peter’s Siding cache located at N 46° 26.161, W 099°42.026, which is one of several in the Napoleon area that can be found with coordinates listed on the Web site www.geocaching.com. Tyrza & Katelyn find treasures!

Thank you to Royse’s Produce of Mandan for donating the delicious watermelon for the potluck! Here is Vanessa and Sam

Wing Lions 4-H Achievement Day—July 13, 2008 This is an Open Show. Any and all 4-Hers are invited to participate. State fair rules apply. Pre-registration is not necessary. No Entry Fees. Livestock classes include: Market Steers, Heifers, Beef Showmanship, Market Lambs, Sheep Showmanship, Poultry, Poultry Showmanship, Horse Showmanship, Goats, Goat Showmanship, Rabbits, Rabbit Showmanship, Hogs, Hog Showmanship and Dairy. Cash prizes awarded in all classes along with ribbons and plaques. 11:00 a.m.—1:00 p.m. 1:00

Livestock Weigh-in Register static exhibits at Fire Hall Livestock Show starts—Judging of static exhibits in the Fire Hall (closed to the public) Awards Ceremony follow show For more information, call 943-2610, 943-2450 or 943-2647.

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Dates to Remember: July 4 Independence Day, Morton County Extension Service closed 7 Achievement Day registrations due into Morton County Extension Service office 7 Horse entry forms due into State Fair Office, Minot 8 Entry forms and stall/pen/cage reservations due for beef, dairy, goats, horses, sheep, swine, poultry, rabbits and pets to State Fair Office, Minot 9 Static exhibits for State Fair due into Morton County Extension Service 11 Livestock/Horse sponsor names & addresses due to Morton County Extension Service 15 Perishable exhibits for State Fair due into Morton County Extension Service by 8:30 a.m. Exhibits taken to State Fair 18-26 ND State Fair, Minot 21 4-H Showcase, Minot 22 St. 4-H Consumer Choices Judging Contest, Minot 27 Purple ribbon names/addresses to Morton County Extension Service due 28 State static exhibits and ribbons can be picked up at Morton County Extension Service

July continued 30 Set up at Morton County Fairgrounds, Volunteers welcomed! 31 Horse & General Achievement Day, New Salem Exhibit Tags sent directly to families late July August 1 National 4-H Congress & Conference Applications due to NDSU 1 Livestock Achievement Day, New Salem 1-3 Morton County Fair, New Salem 4 Achievement Days take down & cleanup, New Salem, Volunteers welcomed September 1 Begin the new 4-H Year 1 Labor Day, Morton County Extension Office closed

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