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Congrats to the following members for outstanding projects and being chosen to represent Knox County at the 2023 Ohio State Fair! These youth can pick up their ribbons, certificates and fair packets at the extension office July 17-21, 8:00am-5:00pm. There are limited adult tickets. Alternates will be notified if the delegate is unable to participate.

Project (alphabetical)	Delegate	Alternate
Accessories for Teens	Sophie Shultz
Airedales to Zebras	Lucienne Byler
Alcohol & Drug Abuse	Courtney Allen
Basic Archery	Brinley Smith	Zachary Lanker
Cake Decorating Jr	Gabriella Bailey
Cake Decorating Sr	Destinee Dickerson
Cooking on my Own	Micah Phillips	Jocelyn Tabor
Designed by Me	Bristol Hegemier
em-bel-lish: Guide to Wearable Art	Madison Seng
Get Started in Art Jr	Josie Snyder
Get Started in Art Sr	Morgan Gaboric
Global Gourmet	Elizabeth Waddell	Addison Mostaka
Graphic Design	Jocelyn Tabor
Grill Master Sr	Alice Ulrey
Grill Master Jr	Ethan Kieffer
Let’s Bake Quick Breads	Phoebe Hults	Carter Dickerson
Let’s Start Cooking	Reagan Stump	Michael Carpenter
Making the Cut Lvl 2	Samuel Swendal
Medicine Science &Safety	Mia Armstrong
Not jut Knots	Blake Hegemier
On the Cutting Edge	Liliann Swendal	Lauren Neighbarger
Photography 1	Gabi Wingert	Ava Swint
Photography 2	Jocelyn Tabor
Ready Set Sew Active	Phoebe Hults	Isabella Byler
Rifle, Jr	Nolan Sparks
Robotics Essentials	Miles Budd
Rockets Away (2L)	Mason Gaboric
Safe Use of Guns Jr	Rebekah Mandau
Self-determined	Aiden Weade
SD Creative Arts Jr	Brooklyn McDonald
SD- Creative Arts Sr	Laura Page
Sew for Others	Maegann Freeman
Sew Fun	Charis Dickhof	Kate Gottke
Shopping Savvy	Savannah Tabor
Shotgun Jr	Dixon Weaver
Snack Attack	Jasper Bruff
Star Spangled Foods	Reese Hubbard
Sundresses and Jumpers	Luci Byler
Take a break for Breakfast	Cameron McDonald
Your Thoughts Matter	Morgan Myers	Emma Parrison

Please hold one of the following dates to attend the yearly mandatory 4-H Volunteer Kickoff:

• Thursday, January 20: 6-8 p.m.
• Saturday, January 22: 9-11 a.m.
• Wednesday, January 26: 6-8 p.m.
• Thursday, January 27: 6-8 p.m.
• Monday, January 31: 3-5 p.m.

Location:   Ramser 4-H Activity Center, 700 Perimeter Drive

The 2022 Knox County 4-H Volunteer Kickoff will be held in person at the Ramser 4-H Activity Center. We will have a maximum number of 50 individuals at each session.  Please fill out the following survey for the session you would like to attend: https://go.osu.edu/4hvolunteertraining2022

Please keep in mind that your attendance at one of these sessions is a mandatory component of remaining a volunteer in good standing.

Flyer: 2022 4-H Kickoff Flyer

As the American Meat Science Association (ASMA) explores opportunities to attract, develop, and connect meat science talent AMSA will be hosting our first virtual meat judging summer series (4 virtual meat judging contests) targeted to youth (3rd-12th grade, 4-H, FFA students, etc.).  Participants will compete in divisions based on their upcoming grade: Youth (3rd-7th grade) and Senior Division (8th-12th grade).  Divisions will be based on the grade the student is going into the upcoming academic year.  The contest will consist of 6 placing classes, 2 questions classes, quality grading (6) and 40 Retail Identification.  Participants will register via the AMSA website.

Contest Dates

• June 23, 2021
• July 7, 2021
• July 21, 2021
• August 4, 2021

Contests will be open for 48 hrs. and the participant must complete the contest and submit the electronic scantron within the contest time allotment.  Additional contest guidelines will be posted in the AMSA community platform in which the contests will be facilitated.

Points

• Contests will be scored, and results will be posted to judgingcard.com and the AMSA website the Monday following the contest.  All results across categories will be posted, but points will be earned on the overall ranking only.
• Count top 3 contest rank finishes.  Students placing 1 through 20 will receive rank points.  For example, 1st place will receive 20 points, 2nd = 19 points, etc.  The students will the five highest point totals will be eligible for awards.

Awards

• Youth Division- Top five students receive awards
  • 1st- $500 scholarship, 2nd- $250, 3rd- $100, 4th- $100, 5th- $50; Top 5 receive a complimentary AMSA Youth Membership
• Senior Division- Top five students receive awards
  • 1st- 1,500 scholarship, 2nd- $1,000 scholarship, 3rd- $750 scholarship, 4th- $500 scholarship, 5th- $250 scholarship; Top 5 receive a complimentary AMSA Youth Membership

Registration

To register for the virtual clinics/ contests: please Click here to register!

Registration Fee: $100 per participant

Registration Fee Includes: 4 Contest Registrations, Electronic Scantrons, and Summer Series T-Shirt

Contest Eligibility:

• Participants should be in 3rd-12th grade.
• Participating in any of these contests does not impact eligibility for the in person National 4-H Contest.

Virtual 4H/FFA Meat Judging (meatscience.org)

If you have any additional questions please email lfrenzel@meatscience.org

Thanks!

Leslie

Jana will be hosting two virtual Officer Training sessions on:

• Thursday, March 25 at 7 p.m.
• Wednesday, March 31 at 7 p.m.

Both sessions will be the same.  Have your members use the following link: https://go.osu.edu/officertraining2021 to register for the session they would like.

Goat Ambassador & Junior Goat Ambassador Information

Informational Flyer: 2018KCGAAmbasInfo-2d3gxa9

Application: 2018KCGAAmbasApp-1szwwue

 

Want to try an Olympic Sport?  Want to become a better pistol shooter as well?  If so, you need to come try the Knox County Air Pistol League.  This league has a junior and adult division that meets on Tuesdays at Rick’s Sporting Goods on Newark Road.  The cost for the 10-week league is $15 for youth and $30 for adults.  Please see the flyer for more information.

– Andrea