Trash cans should include your group’s name and the year 2025. Trash cans will be judged on creativity, neatness, and overall appearance. This contest is open to all 4-H Clubs, FFA and Girl Scout and Boy Scout Troops.

Award Categories:

• Funniest Design
• Best Agricultural Message
• Most Artistic Design
• Best Use of Color
• Best Theme
• Honorable Mention

Washington County Fair:  Go to Washington County Fair Grounds and pick up a trash can to paint. When the can is completed, please make sure you bring it, along with a completed entry form, to the Junior Fair Office by 9:00pm, Thursday, August 28

Barlow Independent Fair:  Go to the Barlow Fairgrounds and pick up a trash can.  Painted cans should be dropped off at the Lad & Lassie Building on Monday, September 22 by 8:00 pm with the completed entry form.

Forms can be printed here: Revised 2025 – County & Barlow Trash Can Contest form

Attention all Market Chicken and Market Duck Project members.  We are anticipating the market chickens and market ducks to arrive next week.  Tentative dates for arrival are July 9 (Wednesday) for chicks and July 10 (Thursday) for ducks.  Please understand these are tentative arrivals.  The birds could arrive a day early or a day later than expected.  It is best practice to have your brooder boxes or pens ready before the birds arrive.  Please be sure to follow biosecurity practices and clean the pens, feeders, and waterers this weekend.  When the poultry arrives we will set a pick up time for members to pick up birds.  The pick up location is Heritage Country Store 219 third Street Marietta.  Also please call Heritage (740-374-7741) if you will be picking up supplies or feed so they may have your order ahead of time.  When the birds arrive members need to be prepared to transport them home.  Please bring a box or pen with you when picking up.  It a good idea to have this ready in your vehicle on Monday in case we call with an early arrival.  Our office will place phone calls to members upon arrival to notify you of the pick up time.  All poultry must be picked up during the scheduled time as our staff is not equipped to keep the poultry.

Make sure your club is represented in the 2025 4-H Club Poster Contest!!

• Entries are due Monday, June 16 to the OSU Extension Office
• Full sized poster board (22 x 28)
• One entry per club
• Posters will be shared online and public will vote on the following awards
  • Overall favorite 4-H poster
  • Best message to join 4-H
  • Most artistic design
  • Best use of 2025 4-H Theme (4-H – The Recipe to Opportunities)
• Posters and awards will be posted at the Washington County Fair!

OSU Extension Welcomes New Agriculture & Natural Resources Educator

T.J. Wells grew up in Whipple, Ohio on a small farm in Washington County where his family raised polled Hereford cattle, hay, and a garden.  He was active in 4-H, taking various livestock market projects and beef breeding projects that developed his interest in production agriculture.

He attended The Ohio State University and earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture, majoring in Animal Sciences, with a minor in Agricultural Business.  As an OSU student he was a member of the General Livestock Judging Team.

Over the past 20 years with his previous employer, he has been able to use his skills and learn various aspects of beef production operations; seedstock, show, and most recently commercial cow/calf where he developed more interest in grazing systems.

TJ resides in Lower Salem, OH with his wife Erin and their two children.  He also enjoys spending time with family, working on his farm, helping with 4-H projects, and watching the Buckeyes.

He started with OSU Extension on May 5 and looks forward to strengthening current agriculture relationships and meeting new Extension clients. His goal is helping clients bridge the gap between research and their agricultural and natural resource needs in Washington County. He can be reached at wells.314@osu.edu or by calling OSU Extension at 740-376-7431

This is a Full time Position for Washington County

Application Deadline: January 31, 2024

Posting Information: Posting for Washington County

Position Description

• Use standardized curriculum materials to teach food, nutrition, food resource management, and other related topics to low-income adults, youth, and/or families as part of the education branch of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in a variety of community settings. Use standardized evaluation instruments to assess program participants’ knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors to determine educational needs and impacts. Refer program participants to appropriate assistance programs. Recruit adults for the program by collaborating with community agencies and programs, as well as using other tools of promotion. Recruit youth for the program by collaborating with schools that serve 50% or more of their students with free and reduced meals. Support target-audience and nutrition-related policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) interventions in the community. Participate in staff development and training opportunities to enhance knowledge of nutrition topics and successful methods for nutrition education. Regular travel will be required throughout the county from the county Extension office and occasionally to the state office and other regional locations around the state. This is a grant-funded position which is renewable annually by the sponsor agency.

About SNAP-Ed

SNAP-Ed is a free nutrition education program serving participants and low-income individuals eligible to receive SNAP benefits or other means-tested federal assistance programs throughout Ohio. Nationally, SNAP-Ed operates in 50 states, plus two territories, and targets individuals (youth and adults), and families. SNAP-Ed is funded by USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service and serves in partnership with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services and Ohio State University Extension in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. The goal is to improve the likelihood that families and individuals who receive SNAP benefits will make healthy food choices and choose active lifestyles.