May | 2020 | Belmont County 4-H Program Blog

Seems we have had yet another eventful week this week! Many of you are aware that the Ohio State Fair has been cancelled due to COVID-19. At this time, I do not have any information on if the state will try to do a separate judging for State Delegates for still projects. They told us on the Zoom today that they will let us know some more information regarding this beginning of next week. Even with no state fair competition, I am still moving forward with county level judging for July 14^th.

Senior Fair Board held a meeting last night and no further decisions have been made regarding county fair, at this time. With new restrictions being released from the Governor’s office yesterday afternoon, Senior Fair Board wanted some time to review and process what fair might look like with these new restrictions and how the COVID-19 pandemic progresses over the next month with entities re-opening. This is a very tough decision for them to make and we appreciate the 4-H and the community’s patience and understanding of the difficult decision they have to make. Just remember that you are in the eye of youth that look up to you and even if you disagree with the happenings going on around us, you need to show respect and understanding that not everybody feels the same. The document is public knowledge, so I am providing a link to it for anybody who is interested in seeing what is being mandated.

https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/static/responsible/County-Fairs.pdf

So in moving forward, we have some deadlines quickly approaching at the start of next week.

These can be postmarked by the deadline date and mailed to the Extension office. I have received several emailed pictures of forms, which will suffice for meeting the deadline, but am asking original copies be either mailed or brought to the Extension office when exhibitors pick up animal fair ID tags in July. These forms are kept with us at the Jr Fair office and often referenced and hard copies are much easier to read than pictures of forms.

Market Hogs – Due June 1st
All Rabbit Projects – Due June 1st
All Horse Projects – Due June 1st
Market Goat- Due June 6th
Market Lamb – Due June 6th
Dairy & Beef Feeder Projects – Due June 15^th

Please, find registrations and informational letters at the link below:

https://belmont.osu.edu/program-areas/4-h-youth-development/2020-4-h-year-revised-forms-and-resouces?fbclid=IwAR1cHum8pVdVCGM-tw37qIVAkVd3588DcclWYwi7iyfuAVP58WZWjquC8vk

Please don’t forget that any members taking market hogs to the fair need to have their Producer/Breeder sign an affidavit stating the their market hogs are Ractopamine Free from birth to purchase. This affidavit and the one signed by the exhibitor are both due by fair weigh-in with your DUNF form. If we do not have them both on file, you will not show! If you need a copy, please go to the link below.

https://belmont.osu.edu/program-areas/4-h-youth-development/2020-ractopamine-free-swine-project

Date Change!

Still Project Judging is being pushed back by 1 week to July 14^th. After some discussion at the 4-H Council meeting, it was decided to be pushed back a week. This is due to the Extension office staff not being back in the office until July 6^th (currently). Which meant we would have had one day to get everything prepped in the office for judging the next day. Personally, I appreciate the support council showed in making this decision. However, we do realize this may conflict with some who made plans for the week of the 14^th with vacations, etc. We are going to offer members to complete their interview judging via Zoom with the judge if they cannot be at judging. A letter requesting a Zoom Judging Interview will still need to be submitted to the Extension Office by July 1st. This will allow members to still compete for county level awards and state delegation. We recommend that members who need to Zoom for their interview turn in projects the week before so that the judge can view their book, exhibit, etc. in person during the interview.

Still Project Judging will take place July 14th in the afternoon/evening. It will be held at the Belmont County Fairgrounds at the Wise Horticulture building.

Also, we are constantly sharing virtual engagement opportunities on our 4-H Facebook page and Instagram page. I encourage 4-H families to check out some of these opportunities. These are virtual engagement opportunities being offered across the state!

Field Trip Friday! We’re headed Down Under to the Melbourne Museum in Australia to stroll through their Dinosaur Walk exhibit. Our guest guide for the visit is Molly Hunt, Ohio 4-H alum, and Education and Collections Assistant at OSU’s Orton Museum. Join us today at 3 p.m.

Go to the Link Below to Access

http://go.osu.edu/vrfieldtrip

Reminder: Livestock Registrations are available at the following link.

https://belmont.osu.edu/program-areas/4-h-youth-development/2020-4-h-year-revised-forms-and-resouces

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