Month: July 2014

Weekly 4-H Update: July 31, 2014

Dear 4-H Members, Parents, and Advisors,

Here is this week’s Wayne County 4-H News and Notes Weekly Update.  Click the headlines below for more details!

Important Reminders – Junior Fair Entries can be turned in tonight (July 31st) and tomorrow night(August 1st) between 5pm and 8 pm at the Junior Fair Office.  All Junior Fair Entries for your club should be turned in together (top white copy only) in alphabetical order by the organizational advisor or a representative of the 4-H Club.  Also, if your club would like to have a booth in Building 10 (Jr. Fair Building) please submit your booth space request form to Stephen Heppe at the Extension Office by 4:30 p.m. on August 1st.

Dog Health Forms and Vaccination Records Due August 1st at the Extension Office

Dog Game Night (Fun Show) to be held August 1st

Wayne County 4-H Scholarship Applications Due August 1st

Wayne County Fair Outstanding Volunteer Service Award Nominations Due August 1st

Project Judging Night – August 5th (Remember youth should review their project guidelines prior to coming to judging)

Final Tuesday Night Horse Fun Shows Coming Up (Contest classes August 5th and Pleasure classes August 12th)

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Weekly 4-H Update: July 25, 2014

Dear 4-H Members, Parents, and Advisors,

Here is this week’s Wayne County 4-H News and Notes Weekly Update.  Click the headlines below for more details!

Last chance for Quality Assurance and Skillathon – July 29th (Please note if a youth has attended one of the previous two nights of Quality Assurance & Skillathon and is planning to attend the last night to complete Skillathon for any particular species he/she has not yet completed – he/she must bring a completed 2014 Skillathon score sheet with him/her to bypass the Quality Assurance station).

Wayne County Fair Outstanding Volunteer Service Award Nominations Due August 1st

Junior Fair Entries Due August 1st

Dog Health Forms and Vaccination Records Due August 1st

Dog Game Night (Fun Show) to be held August 1st

Wayne County 4-H Scholarship Applications Due August 1st

Project Judging Night – August 5th (Remember to review project guidelines prior to coming to project juding)

4-H Dog Game Night (Fun Show)

Friday August 1, 2014 at 7:00 pm
Wayne County Fairgrounds – Sheep/Swine Show Arena

Bring your dog for a fun evening of games and prizes! We will have games that include, “My Dog Can Do That!”, Simon Says, Musical Chairs, What Dog Is That? and a Rally course game.

Junior Fair Entries

WAYNE COUNTY JUNIOR FAIR ENTRIES ARE DUE BY AUGUST 1st!

All Still, FCS, Livestock and Cloverbud projects coming to the fair must be entered by August 1, 2014.

Marcia Brueck, Junior Fair Secretary, will accept Junior Fair entries at the Junior Fair office on:
Wednesday, July 30 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, July 31 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Friday, August 1 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.

THESE ARE THE ONLY TIMES AND PLACE THAT JUNIOR FAIR ENTRIES CAN BE TURNED IN!

Advisors please note:

1. Members must put the school codes on their Junior Fair entry forms. This makes it possible for the Jr. Fair Secretary to send excused absence notices to the members’ schools.

2. Sheep and Goat project members must put the Scrapie number on the Junior Fair Entry Form.

3. New this year:  Members should fill out the special penning request form and turn it in with their fair entries to let the committees know of any special penning requests such as housing Jr. Fair animals with open class animals, Market Hogs that were raised together and could be penned together, etc.

Please make sure your members are aware that Showmanship entries need to be made for the following species:  Swine, Sheep, Goats, Rabbits, Poultry & Horses. If members do not sign up for their Showmanship classes on their Jr. Fair entry forms, they will not be able to show in the Showmanship classes at the Fair.

Wayne County Fair Outstanding Volunteer Service Award

The Wayne County Agricultural Society (Senior Fair Board) will recognize individuals and/or groups nominated for Outstanding Volunteer Service to the Wayne County Fair.  Annually the top 5 nominees will receive a certificate of appreciation, they must have served a minimum of 20 years, and the selection shall be at the discretion of the judges appointed by the Wayne County Agricultural Society.

The nomination forms may be picked up at the Wayne County Fair Board Secretary’s office during normal business hours or downloaded by clicking the link at the bottom of this blog post.  The forms must be completed and returned to the Wayne County Fair Board Secretary’s office or mailed to the following address:

Pete Armstrong, Secretary
Wayne County Fair Board
P.O. Box 3 Wooster, OH 44691

All nominations shall be submitted by the 1st day of August each year.  The top 5 (winning) nominees will be recognized at the Fair Board’s annual appreciation banquet in August.

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State Fair Passes for Jr. Fair Horse Youth

Barb Prince from the Ohio State Fair sent the following message regarding State Fair passes for youth that are participating in the State Fair Jr. Horse Show.

Your county is one that we were unable to mail back the single day ticket for your Junior 4-H Horse exhibitor. Any youth arriving on Monday or Tues. should not need a ticket…beginning Wednesday(July23) the following procedure is to be followed…The youth arrive at Gate 10…a copy of the county list as submitted by the county educator will be used to check for the youth’s name…NO TICKET WILL BE REQUIRED if the youth’s name is on the educator’s list…If you would happen to have an issue please call Barb Prince 614-644-4052.

Gate 10 is located on 17th Avenue near the Gilligan Livestock Complex.  To access Gate 10, take I-71 South to Hudson Street.  Exit at Hudson and turn right (west) onto Hudson.  Then turn left (south) onto Summit Street.  Take Summit Street to 17th Ave and turn left (east) on 17th Avenue.

Weekly 4-H Update: July 17, 2014

Dear 4-H Members, Parents, and Advisors,

Here is this week’s Wayne County 4-H News and Notes Weekly Update.  Click the headlines below for more details!

Quality Assurance and Skillathon Nights Coming Up – July 17th, 22nd, and 29th

July LINK Newsletter Available Online

Horse Reining Clinic – July 20th

Dog Vaccination and Health Forms Due August 1st

Junior Fair Entries Due By August 1st (See page 3 of the July Link Newsletter)

Project Judging – August 5th

Rate Your Project Online at Ohio 4-H Project Central

Looking for activities to do with Cloverbuds – View the Cloverbud Connections Newsletter!

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Weekly 4-H Udpate: July 10, 2014

Dear 4-H Members, Parents, and Advisors,

Here is this week’s Wayne County 4-H News and Notes Weekly Update.  Click the headlines below for more details!

Come join us at tonight’s 4-H Fashion Revue and State Fair Awards Program

Quality Assurance and Skillathon nights are coming up – July 17th, 22nd, and 29th

July Link Newsletter

Photos from 4-H Camp Now Available Online

Wayne County Horse Youth Qualify for State Fair

Going to State Fair?  Need your Livestock or Horse Trailer Washed?  Equitation Station is holding a Trailer Wash Fundraiser!

Teen Advisory Council Applications Due July 18th

Horse Reining Clinic – July 20th

Dog Vaccination and Health Forms Due August 1st

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Wayne County Horse Youth Qualify for Ohio State Fair

Congratulations to the following Wayne County 4-H horse youth for qualifying to compete in the 2014 Ohio State Fair Junior Horse Show.  Best of luck to all of you – we know you will represent Wayne County well.

Savannah Chapman
Victoria Devore
McKayla Feikert
Marshall Geiger
Hannah Green
Ashley Hershberger
Mara Holcomb
Quinn Holcomb
LeeAnn King
Emma Leway
Mattie Leway
Blaire Limbach
Jarod Limbach
Paige Maibach
Morgan Mandley
Jordan Melegari
Crystal Miller
Emily Moore
Brittany Musil
Shania Reed
John Reynolds
Kenna Reynolds
Savannah Vaughn
Madisyn Ware
Mariah Wright
Jared Wyatt