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Lawrence County 4-H, June 2025 2nd Editon

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Hello –

We have received a few questions and have a couple things to update you on:

  • Skillathon is required by all who are exhibiting an animal project at the county fair. For more information, please visit: 2025 Lawrence County 4-H & FFA Skillathon | Lawrence County 4-H
  • Sunday, June 15th is the deadline for a couple things:
    • Non-Market Livestock and Breeding Project IDs are due! To do so, you will log into your oh.4honline.com account and enter your animals. For help, visit this help sheet: v2.Families.Adding.Animals.pdf Please be sure to add your animals age/birthdate to ensure we get the animal registered into the right class.
      • Also, it is important to note, DUNF forms at the fair are required for Market Feeders, so an ID tag is required. 
      • Fancy Poultry must have their pullorum testing complete with negative results by show day check in.
    • Horse Show Registration is due: 2025 Horse Show Registration
  • 4-H Project Judging Interview Registration is now available with a deadline of June 20th! All non-livestock project judging will take place at the 4-H & FFA Expo Center. To help you determine which day your project judging will be held and what you are required to bring, please visit our Guidebook 
  • 4-HOnline Verification: Our new fair system, FairEntry and 4-HOnline are synced, making it easy to verify a few things. We are asking each livestock family to log in and double check their family address. This address is what will be used for Junior Fair Sale check mailing! If it needs changed, you can edit within 4-HOnline and it will sync to our system.
  • Junior Fair Schedule Updates: 
    • There will be no Specialty Goat Show on Monday, July 7th
    • The Finley Family will be providing pizza to our 4-H and FFA youth on Tuesday, July 8th from 11-2pm with rides open provided by the Senior Fairboard from 11:30 – 1:30pm.
    • 4-H Shooting Sports Skillathon will now take place prior to the fair.
    • The Silent Auction for eligible 1st place 4-H Life Skills projects will be Friday, July 11th from 4:00 – 5:00pm. Set up will be at 3:30pm.
  • A few junior fair expectations reminders:
    • 4-H Code of Conduct is expected to be followed by all.
    • Dress code is available in the junior fair rule book.
    • All exhibitors should be reading over all junior fair/ODA rules, to remain in compliance. Be sure to be following all withdrawal dates on medications, etc.
    • Rules can be found here: 2025 Livestock Rules Final.pdf

Lawrence County 4-H News, June 2025

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I truly can’t believe June is here and the 2025 Lawrence County Fair is right around the corner, so we have lots of important news to share:

  • The 2025 Lawrence County 4-H theme is “Your Future is Bright in 4-H”. 4-H Clubs are encouraged to participate in the Beautification and Club Booth Contests! To find details about these displays, visit our 4-H Guidebook at: 2025 Lawrence County 4-H Guidebook
  • Cloverbud Day Camp is scheduled for June 19th at the Fairgrounds from 5:30 – 7:00pm! Cloverbud Day Camp registration has been extended to Friday, June 6th! To register visit:Registration
  • More Canter’s Cave 4-H Camp Opportunities: 
  • Market Rabbit Tattooing is this Saturday, June 7th from 8:00 – 10:00am at the Small Animal Shelter on the Fairgrounds. If you are tattooing your own, please be sure to complete the 4-HOnline process by June 7th at 10:00am. For more information, visit: Important Info Regarding Lawrence County Junior Fair Market Rabbit Tattooing | Lawrence County 4-H
  • 4-H Project Judging Interview Registration is now available with a deadline of June 20th! All non-livestock project judging will take place at the 4-H & FFA Expo Center. To help you determine which day your project judging will be held and what you are required to bring, please visit our Guidebook 
  • 4-H & FFA Livestock Skillathon study tips has been released! It and dates to complete can be found here: 2025 Lawrence County 4-H & FFA Skillathon | Lawrence County 4-H
  • Lawrence County Junior Fair Pageant Applications Due June 13th! All applications can be found at: Lawrence County Fair | Lawrence
  • Junior Fair Breeding and Non-Livestock Registration Deadline is quickly approaching! Don’t forget to get your animals registered by June 15th! To do so, you will log into your oh.4honline.com account and enter your animals. For help, visit this help sheet: v2.Families.Adding.Animals.pdf Please be sure to add your animals age/birthdate to ensure we get the animal registered into the right class.
  • Horse Show Registration Deadline is also quickly approaching! To be eligible to participate, you must register for the horse show by June 15th at:2025 Horse Show Registration
  • Lawrence County 4-H Dog Show is scheduled for June 18th, 6:00pm at the Lawrence County Courthouse Lawn.
  • Master Livestock Exhibitor is back this year! Huge thank you to the sponsors and organizers of this event! For more information on how to participate or donate, visit: MasterExhibitor.pdf
  • Lawrence County Livestock Sale has created a landing page to keep everyone up to date on new changes to the sale including sale order, Fill the Freezer Program, and information to share when talking with buyers, buyer checkout information, etc. Check it out at: 2025 Lawrence County Junior Fair Sale | Lawrence County 4-H
  • The Ohio State Fair is scheduled for July 23rd – August 3rd! First place eligible non-livestock projects will receive participation information at their project judging. All livestock youth interested should visit, deadline for participation is June 21: Livestock Competitions
  • The complete Lawrence County Junior Fair Schedule, Rules, and more can be found at: Lawrence County Fair | Lawrence
    • Please note there have been a few things updated such as:
      • Shooting Sports Skillathon will now be happening pre-fair.
      • Specialty Goats will not be exhibited or shown at the county fair due to the low numbers of interested youth.
      • Free Ride and Pizza Day for our 4-H members will be Tuesday, July 8th. Pizza will be available from 11-2:00pm, sponsored by the Finley Family and rides run for 4-H’ers from 11:30 – 1:30pm sponsored by the Lawrence County Senior Fairboard.
  • Advisors, please hold Thursday, June 26th, 8:00 – 4:00pm for Pass Pick Up Day! Reminder, members must complete their 5-meeting minimum requirement by July 1.

2025 Lawrence County 4-H & FFA Skillathon

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The Lawrence County Junior Fair requires ALL exhibitors to participate in Skillathon to be eligible to exhibit, show and sale their animal in the Junior Fair Sale. To help our youth be successful, we wanted to share the topics to study and some options for taking skillathon.

Large Animal Study Topics

  • Feed Tag Questions
  • Quality Assurance – Good Production Practices (Provide Proper Animal Handling and Care, Maintain Proper Workplace Safety, and Practice Good Environmental Stewardship) Review Questions
  • Terminology (example – dam, sire, gilt, steer, yearling, wether, etc) Definitions
  • Parts of Animal
  • Feet & Leg Structure (Senior Division Only)
  • Animal Tag/Tattoo Identifier/Identification Methods

Small Animal Study Topics

  • Terminology
  • ID Methods
  • Quality Assurance – Good Production Practices (Provide Proper Animal Handling and Care, Maintain Proper Workplace Safety, and Practice Good Environmental Stewardship) Review Questions
  • Feed Tag Questions
  • Parts of Animal
  • Conformation (Rabbit Senior Division Only)

Dates to Complete Skillathon 

  • Tuesday, June 24th, 10-12pm, Extension Office
  •  Thursday, June 26th, 1-3pm, Extension Office
  • Sunday, July 6th, 1-4pm, Fairgrounds

Lawrence County 4-H, May 2025 News

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It’s May and we have lots of exciting and informative things to share:

First, Some general Livestock Updates 

Market Chicken Pick Up 

  • Market Chicken Pick Up is scheduled for the afternoon of May 15th. We will begin calling to let you know ETA, when we pick up.

4-H Project Book Orders

  • If you haven’t ordered 4-H project books, our last county order is going in on May 15th. We have some in stock and ready for pick up now but are starting to run low on others. Please contact our office for book orders.

Market Rabbit Tag-In

Breeding/Non-Market Forms

Reminder – New this year! We will be utilizing the 4-Honline system to register your breeding/non-livestock projects for exhibition. 4-H/FFA members planning to exhibit Beef Breeding, Beef Feeders, Sheep Breeding, Specialty Goats, Fancy Poultry, Breeding Rabbits must register their animals by June 15th. To do so, you will log into your oh.4honline.com account and enter your animals. For help, visit this help sheet: v2.Families.Adding.Animals.pdf

4-H Camping Opportunities

We will also accept cash or check payments at our office Monday – Friday, 8:00 – 4:30pm.

Cloverbud Day Camp 

  • Lawrence County is offering a Cloverbud Day Camp, this evening of fun is only for our Cloverbud age youth, 5-8 years old and will be held at the Lawrence County Fairgrounds on June 19th. 5:30 – 7:00pm. To learn more & register, visit go.osu.edu/lawco4hcloverbudcamp Cost is $10 and registration is due by May 30.

Reminder – Lawrence County Fair Pageant Information: All information regarding each pageant can be found on the opening letter of the applications. All applications are due NO LATER than June 13th, 2025. If you choose to mail your application, please ensure you send it out with enough time to arrive by the due date.

Coming later this month, early June: 

  • Skillathon Study Guide
  • 4-H Project Judging Registration

 

Lawrence County 4-H News, April 2025

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April is always an exciting month in 4-H! Our community clubs are busy doing amazing things and we love getting to see and hear about all the different experiences our youth are participating in as part of their 4-H club!

We have a few things to share for this month:

4-H Camp Scholarships – 4-H Camping season is coming quickly! If you would like to apply for a 4-H camp scholarship, the deadline to apply is April 15th! To apply, find camp dates, and register for camp, visit: 4-H Camp | Lawrence For specialty camps like Cloverbud, STEM, Adaptive Adventures, Teen camp registrations visit: Specialty Camps | Canter’s Cave 4-H Camp

Horse Projects – We will be having our in-person Equistep meeting on April 17th, at 7:15pm at the Extension Office, if you are unable to attend or prefer to complete your Equistep training on your own,  you can do so! Also, May 1 is the deadline for Horse Project ID and Equistep completion! Lastly, it is vital we have 4-H volunteers to help make the show a success, if you are interested in helping, we ask you reach out to our office. More information on all the Horse Project details can be found here: Lawrence County 4-H Horse Projects | Lawrence County 4-H

Lawrence County Quality Assurance Deadline is quickly approaching. Quality Assurance must be completed by May 1 to be eligible to exhibit, show & sale at the Lawrence County Fair. If you are 12 years or older, and would prefer to test-out, please reach out to our office to schedule an appointment. Having trouble making it to a Quality Assurance Training, youth may also complete Quality Assurance through the YQCA.org program online for $12.00. To register and complete, visit: YQCA – Youth for the Quality Care of Animals Certificates of completion must be emailed to fraley.171@osu.edu

Breeding Leases – If you are leasing a breeding animal, forms must be on file by May 1: 2025 Lawrence County Breeding Lease Form

Breeding/Non-Market Forms – New this year! We will be utilizing the 4-Honline system to register your breeding/non-livestock projects for exhibition. 4-H/FFA members planning to exhibit Beef Breeding, Beef Feeders, Sheep Breeding, Specialty Goats, Fancy Poultry, Breeding Rabbits must register their animals by June 15th. To do so, you will log into your oh.4honline.com account and enter your animals. For help, visit this help sheet: v2.Families.Adding.Animals.pdf

Market Lamb, Goat, Hog Tag-In is May 3rd, 8:00 – 10:00am at the fairgrounds. If you’d prefer to pick up your tags and tag your market animals yourself, please be sure to follow the directions outlined at Important Information Regarding Lawrence County Lamb, Goat, and Hog Tag-In | Lawrence County 4-H

Market Chicken Update: After some conversation with our hatchery around our 2025 fair dates and our minimum weight requirement, we have updated our Market Chicken pick up. Market Chickens will arrive tentatively May 15th.

Senior Banners – New this year! The Lawrence County Junior Fairboard is sponsoring senior banners highlighting our recent graduates at the county fair. To gather the information needed to create the banners, we ask all 4-H and FFA youth currently enrolled and a high school senior to complete this survey by May 15th: go.osu.edu/2025lawcoseniorbanner

Rabbit Tattooing – Rabbit tattooing is scheduled for June 7th, 8:00 – 10:00am at the Lawrence County Fairgrounds.

The Fair Schedule can be found here: 2025 Fair Schedule Final_0.pdf, no changes, but some clarification on Market Chicken Showmanship and the Fancy Poultry Show! We have also created a landing page for the Junior Fair Livestock Sale to help our buyers and also our families when talking with buyers, as well as a link to go ahead and pre-register as a buyer. For sale information visit: 2025 Lawrence County Junior Fair Sale | Lawrence County 4-H

Lawrence County Fair Pageant Information: All information regarding each pageant can be found on the opening letter of the applications. All applications are due NO LATER than June 13th, 2025. If you choose to mail your application, please ensure you send it out with enough time to arrive by the due date.

 

 

 

Lawrence County 4-H Horse Projects

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Lawrence County 4-H Horse Exhibitors must complete the following if they wish to participate in any county or state 4-H horse show by May 1:

  • Horse ID Form – Each member must register their horse by May 1. To do so, you will utilize your oh.4honline.com account and enter your horse through the horse tab. For instructions, visit: v2.Families.Adding.Animals.pdf
  • Equistep Training –  Equistep is Ohio 4-H’s Equine Safety, Training, and Education Program. It is an annual requirement for all Ohio 4-H youth enrolled in a horse project. To complete for 2025 visit – https://go.osu.edu/equistep2025
    • If you would prefer to complete in person, we will be holding a county-wide Equistep meeting on April 17th at 7:15pm at the Extension Office.

Request for Volunteers: To be able to help our horse youth be successful and have a positive experience at the county fair show, I am seeking adult volunteers who are willing to help organize, prepare, and work the show!  If you or someone you know is interested – please reach out to me at fraley.171@osu.edu by April 15th.

Important Dates:

South Central Ohio 4-H Horse Clinic – June 5th – June 8th

Lawrence County 4-H Horse Show – Our horse show is scheduled to be in conjunction with the rodeo at the Lawrence County Fair again this year, scheduled for Friday, July 11th at 2:00pm in front of the grandstands.

 

 

 

 

Lawrence County 4-H News, Late March Reminders & Updates

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Happy Spring!

First reminder for this month is the events happening this Saturday, March 29th, I know it’s not quite April but wanted to make sure you didn’t miss this opportunity! Join us Saturday, March 29th at Symmes Valley High School:

  • 9:00am – Quality Assurance and Test-Out Option Available
  • 10:00am – Small Animal Clinic for Market Turkeys, Rabbits, and Chickens
  • 11:00am – Quality Assurance and Test-Out Option Available
  • 9:00am – 12:00pm – Market Lamb, Goat, Hog Tag Pick Up

Next, is the information regarding Market Lamb, Goat, and Hog Tag In we released yesterday! If you or a 4-H member you know is planning to exhibit a Market Lamb, Goat, or Hog please be sure to read the post from yesterday: Important Information Regarding Lawrence County Lamb, Goat, and Hog Tag-In | Lawrence County 4-H

More news and reminders:

  • Quality Assurance – If you can’t make it Saturday to our county-wide QA or to your 4-H Club’s Quality Assurance Option there are a couple other options:
    • Complete the YQCAprogram.org online course: https://yqcaprogram.org/
    • Contact our office for other club QA trainings open to other 4-H members
    • If you are 12 years old and older, 4-H age, contact our office to set up a time to test-out of Quality Assurance
  • Market Chickens – If you are taking Market Chickens to the Lawrence County Fair, orders must be placed and paid for by April 1st. Order form can be found at: Market Chicken Order Form
  • 4-H Project Information – After enrollment deadline, we receive lots of questions about what is next for project completion and such – please check out these two resources, as they are very helpful in regard to our 4-H and Junior Fair requirements:
  • Adams, Lawrence, Pike 4-H Camp, 3rd – 8th grades –  4-H Camp for Lawrence County campers in May 30 – June 2nd, Registration is open at: go.osu.edu/alp4hcampDeadline to register is May 15th.
  • Canter’s Cave 4-H Spring Fling, 3rd – 6th grades –
    The registration for Spring Fling is April 1st! Find the registation link and more details at https://4hcanterscave.osu.edu/…/specialty…/spring-fling
    This is the perfect camp for 3rd-6th graders interested in coming to summer camp, but want to get a taste of what camp is about before they do.
    Questions? Reach out to Highland County 4-H Educator, Dani Combs, at combs.311@osu.edu or at (937) 393-1918.
  • 4-H Members & Volunteer Enrollment Updates:
    • Members: March 31st is the last day to update your 4-H project information. If you want to change or add projects, please contact our office by March 31st to make these changes, as the oh.4honline.com system will not allow you to do so on your own. No changes/additions will be accepted after March 31.
    • Volunteers: Your enrollment and volunteer trainings must be complete by March 31st. If you are still pending/awaiting review, it is because you have not completed one of your requirements or your BCI is still pending.
  • Dog Obedience – Dog obedience training kicks off next Wednesday, April 2nd at 6:30pm at the Extension Office.

Club Resources: 

Important Information Regarding Lawrence County Lamb, Goat, and Hog Tag-In

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2025 Lawrence County Market Lamb, Goat, Hog Exhibitors, 4-H Club Advisors, and Parents:

Please read the following information regarding changes to Market Lamb, Goat, Hog Tag In requirements!

2025 Market Lamb, Goat, Hog Tag In Info

Entering Animals Into 4-HOnline Handout: v2.Families.Adding.Animals

Opportunities for Identification Tag Pick Up For Self-Tagging Option 

  • March 29th, 9:00 – 12:00pm, Symmes Valley High School
  • Extension Office, 9:00am – 4:00pm, Monday – Friday, April 1st – 30th
    • Extended Hours: April 17th, 4:00 – 8:00pm

If you have questions, please contact Rachael at fraley.171@osu.edu or 740-533-4322.

Lawrence County 4-H News, March 2025

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Enrollment Deadline is quickly approaching! Deadline is March 15th! Please note, this is a Saturday and the enrollment system will stay open. However, we highly recommend you enrolling by tomorrow, Friday March 14th at 4:30pm just in case you need help getting into your 4-Honline account. The website to enroll is oh.4honline.com

Enrollment & Project Changes will be accepted until March 31st!

4-H Club Advisors Reminder: 4-H Club Paperwork is due March 15th and 4-H project books are being ordered on the 15th of every month!

Senior Scholarship Applications are due on March 15th, too! If you or someone you know is graduating this year, scholarships are available: Lawrence County 4-H Program | Lawrence

Market Turkey Projects: Market Turkeys are set to arrive in Lawrence County at the Extension Office on Thursday, March 20th around 4-4:30pm. We ask our Market Turkey exhibitor/families to be ready to meet us to pick up upon arrival! ETA will be updated on our facebook @lawrence4H page and band app periodically day of arrival.

Quality Assurance Update: Most clubs have had at least 1 assistant instructor trained to teach Quality Assurance through 4-H Club meetings. We will be offering a county-wide Quality Assurance Training on March 29th at Symmes Valley High School, at 9:00am -or- 11:00am. Please note, this is a date change from the originally posted county-wide QA dates. We decided to make it a one-day event in conjunction with our Small Animal Clinic.

  • Quality Assurance Test-Out: Youth, 12 and older, 4-H age are eligible to test out! Please reach out to Rachael at fraley.171@osu.edu or 740-533-4322 to set up a time to test out!

Small Animal Clinic, March 29th, 10:00am: Market Turkeys, Market Chicken, and Market Rabbit exhibitors are invited to attend our Small Animal Clinic to learn more about their projects on March 29th at 10:00am at Symmes Valley High School.

Market Chicken Orders are due April 1st! Order form can be found here: 2025 Market Chicken Order Form

Dog Obedience: Youth enrolled in the Dog Obedience will have their orientation meeting on April 2nd at 6:30pm at the Extension Office, dogs are not permitted at this meeting.

Canter’s Cave 4-H Camp Spring Fling: 3rd – 6th grade youth are invited to the Spring Fling Overnight Camp April 11 – 12th. Registration is due April 1st and is available at: go.osu.edu/SpringFling

Canter’s Cave 4-H Camp is set for May 30th through June 2nd. Registration will be opening soon! However, the scholarship application is open now! Scholarships for camp can be found at: 4-H Camp Scholarship Application Deadline for scholarships is April 15th.

Please be sure to check out monthly newsletters from January & February for other news you may have missed and if you have questions, please reach out! We know it is a busy time for everyone and appreciate your efforts in helping our 4-H Club Program be successful!