July

1 County/State Fair Entries Due to Extension Office

4 Extension Office Closed

6 Extension Council Mtg, 7:30 p.m. at Extension Office

6 Pollorum Testing, 6-7:30 p.m. at Extension Office

9 Fishing Clinic, 2:00p.m. at Sportsman's Club

13 Dyer-Hudson Judging, 9a.m.-4p.m.

14-20 Marion County Fair

21 Extension Office Closed

August

2 Clover Kids farm Night 5-8p.m. @ Extension Office

3 Iowa State Fair Static Exhibits due to the Extension Office

4 Extension Council Mtg., 7:30p.m. at Extension Office

6 Iowa State Fair Food Exhibits due to the Extension Office,

drop off between 5-6pm, or between 7:30-8am August 7th

10-20 Iowa State Fair

21 County Council Meeting 6:30 at Extension Office

July 2017 DATES TO REMEMBER

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Fair Books

Fair Books, are available at the Extension Office and at extension.iastate.edu/marion/4h.

READ THE FAIRBOOK!

There is important information/rules/guidelines in your fairbook that you will need to know for fair. There is no excuse for not knowing a rule, the fairbooks have been

out for a couple of months!

4-H T-Shirts Most livestock shows recommend you wear a 4-H T-

shirt while showing and it is encouraged to wear one during Dyer-Hudson judging. 4-H t-shirts are

available for purchase from the Extension Office for $8.00.

Horse and Dairy exhibitors have specific dress codes. Read your fairbook for specific rules.

2017 Marion County Fair Theme:

Marion County Extension Staff

County Extension Program Director: Dale Miller, dmill@iastate.edu County Youth Coordinator: Mindy Kephart, kephartm@iastate.edu Horticulture and Office Assistant: Lauren Petersen, lpeterse@iastate.edu 4-H Summer Intern: Levi Collins, lccollins@iastate.edu Region 14 Extension Education Director Nathan Crane, ncrane@iastate.edu

Did you know that Marion

County 4-H is on Facebook? Like us at https://

www.facebook.com/marionco4h

to see all of the great photos that

we take at the fair!

Bucket of Junk Contest! This is the 5th year for the Marion County 4-H Bucket of Junk Contest. We had 8 five gallon buckets of

‘Junk’ donated by Vermeer in Pella and Weiler in Knoxville. Each bucket was filled with a variety of scrap metal

from the two businesses. The first 8 4-Hers into the Extension Office were able to choose a number that went

along with which bucket they received. After receiving the bucket of junk the 4-Her and an adult worked together

to create a sculpture or lawn art piece.

The rules of the contest were as follows:

Teams must use approximately 75% of the materials in the bucket.

Teams may clean, sand, weld, glue, cut, bolt, fasten, bend, shape, paint, or finish the items that you are provid-

ed.

Teams WERE NOT allowed to add any extra pieces that weren’t in the bucket.

The finished pieces will be judged at Dyer-Hudson on artistic merit, technical merit, and the write up on the

creation on July 13th. After being judged they will be on display in the Dyer Hudson Building until July 19th.

Be sure to come to the Marion County Fair and support the 4-H program and the bucket of junk creations. If

you want to have one the 8 pieces of art in your house, front yard, or business, be sure to come to the Marion

County Fair Show Pavilion on July 19th at 6pm to bid on the sculptures! They will be auctioned off during the 4-H

Foundation Recognition Events, which includes senior 4-H/FFA members, Parade of Champions, and the 4-H

Bucket of Junk Auction.

Dyer-Hudson Club Work

Schedule

Wednesday July 12

3 L’s - 2 p.m. (Set-up/Clean)

*3L’s – Bake Sale on Thursday

Friday July 14

9:00-1:00 Hex-a-Poppin 1:00-5:00 Our Union

5:00-8:00 Hop N’ Hurry

Saturday July 15

9:00-1:00 White Breast Beavers

1:00-5:00 Just Us

5:00-8:00 Friendly Guys & Gals

Sunday July 16

11:00-2:00 Our Union

2:00-5:00 Prairie Pride

5:00-8:00 Just Us

Monday, July 17

9:00-1:00 Hex-a-Poppin’

1:00-5:00 Lake Prairie

5:00-8:00 Bullets & Bows

Tuesday, July 18

9:00-1:00 Dalcher Go-Getters

1:00-5:00 County Line

5:00-8:00 Prairie Pioneers

Wednesday, July 19

9:00-1:00 County Crusaders

1:00-5:00 Prairie Pioneers

7:30 Saint Pride *will be there after

awards to tear down

Water Bucket of Flowers Friday, July 14th Morgan McKay

Sat., July 15th Taylor Decious

Sun., July 16th Cody Shives

Mon., July 17th Dillon Hall

Tues., July 18th Chandler Jahner

Concession Stand Work

Schedule

Friday, July 14th

9:00-1:00 Dalcher Go Getters

1:00-5:00 Hex-a-Poppin’

5:00-9:30 Prairie Pioneers

Saturday, July 15th

6:45-11:45 Prairie Pioneers

11:30-4:15 County Line

4:00-9:30 White Breast Beavers

Sunday, July 16th

6:45-11:45 Saint Pride

11:30-4:15 Bullets & Bows

4:00-9:30 3 L’s

Sunday, July 16th; Horse Arena

8:30-1:00 Our Union

1:00-5:00 Hop N’ Hurry

Monday, July 17th

6:45 -11:45 Prairie Pride

11:30-4:15 Our Union

4:00-9:30 3-L’s

Tuesday, July 18th

6:45 -11:45 Lake Prairie

10:30– 2:00 Friendly Guys & Gals

11:30-4:15 Saint Pride

4:00-9:30 Prairie Pride

Wednesday, July 19th

6:45 -11:45 Co. Crusaders

11:30-4:15 Hex-a-Poppin’

4:00-9:30 Just Us

Thursday, July 2oth

6:45-? Just Us

7:30 - 10:30 White Breast Beavers

Ribbon Help Friday, July 14th

Critter Show, 9:30a.m.

Chandler J, Levi Collins

Pet Show, 10:00a.m.

Hannah P

Dog Obedience Show

Post People—5 pm

Ribbons

Gabe S, Bailey V, Kaley I, Nate F,

Caleb H, Hannah P.

Saturday, July 15th

Cat Show, 9:30a.m.

Rebekah Brown

Goat Show 1p.m.

Aidan Z, James V.

Sunday, July 16th

Horse Show, 8:30a.m.

Jake C, Morgan M, Kodis R, Tierney H,

Barnyard Olympics: Everyone!!!!

Monday, July 17th

Sheep Show, 8:00a.m.

Mickayla M, Delany R, Sierra M.

Bucket Lamb/Kid Show

Megan M.

Poultry Show, 5:30 pm

Alexis C, Dillion H,

Tuesday, July 18th

Rabbit Show, 7:00a.m.

Grace S, Avery L.

Beef Show, 8:00a.m.

Beef Queen, Beef Princess

Dairy Show 1:00pm

Carter Bailey

Bucket Calf Judging 3:30 p.m.

Josie Beier

Wednesday, July 19th

Swine Show, 8:00a.m.

Aiden Zoutte, Holden Vroegh

Parade of Champions5:30 p.m.

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Please remember to thank the people

who bought your animals at the auc-

tion last year!

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2017 Communications Results

Swine Exhibitors This is a reminder that all swine must be ear notched before the

fair. Please do not bring pigs to the fair with fresh ear notches!

If you need help with ear notching please contact the Marion

County Extension Office or a Swine Superintendent.

Name Type Title Award

Tierney Heffron Extemporaneous Excellence/State Fair

Dallas Brandon Working Exhibit Interactive Colors in Milk Excellence

Ashley Kearney Working Exhibit How to Make an Ice Pack Excellence/State Fair

Nicholas Martin and Jacob Heimstra Working Exhibit How to Make God’s Eyes Ornament Excellence/State Fair

Alexis Wojcik Share the fun Piano Solo Excellence/State Fair

Prairie Pioneers Share the Fun Skit Excellence/State Fair

Julian Bacon Share the Fun “The Swan” on Piano Excellence

Justis BacoIn Share the Fun “In the Hall MT King” Piano Excellence

Olivia Bacon Share the Fun “Soncatina” Piano Excellence

Mickayla McGill Share the Fun Ag. Education—The perfect Gift Excellence/State Fair

Isaac Book Ed. Presentation Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils Excellence

T.R. Putz Ed. Presentation Herefords Help Others Excellence/State Fair

Julian Bacon Ed. Presentation Katie Ledecky—The Freestyle Queen Excellence

Ben VandeKamp Ed. Presentation Alternative Energy Excellence

Ben VandeKamp and Kaley Iddings Ed. Presentation Soda Excellence/State Fair

Caleb Book Ed. Presentation Black Smithing Excellence

Hannah Book Ed. Presentation Weaving a Rag Rug Excellence

Jonathan Book Ed. Presentation Corn Excellence

Caleb Book Ed. Presentation Raising Rabbits On Pasture Excellence/State Fair

Sophia Picard Ed. Presentation The Protestant Reformation Excellence/State Fair

Henry Picard Ed. Presentation Pagophilus Graenlandicus Excellence/State Fair

Isaiah Picard Ed. Presentation White Tip Sharks Excellence

Hannah Picard Ed. Presentation Placebos Excellence/State Fair

Peter Picard Ed. Presentation Australian Shepard Dogs Excellence

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2017 Clothing Day Results

Vickie Adrian—Friendly Guys and Gals

Josie Beier—Just Us

Carlee Brent—Our Union

Jacob Crozier—Hop N’ Hurry

Ashlee Dethrow—County Crusaders

Mac Harken—Our Union

Chandler Jahner—3-L’s

Sierra McCullough—County Crusaders

Delaney McRoberts—3-L’s

Caleb Rietveld—Prairie Pride

Cody Shives—County Crusaders

Nicholas Stittsworth—White Breast Bea-

vers

Emma Thoreson—Prairie Pride

James Van Gorp—Lake Prairie

Kortney Vander Linden—Saint Pride

Alexis Vasquez Smith—Our Union

Afton West—Just Us

Patrick Wood—Saint Pride

Sarah Yoder—Prairie Pride

Congrats Seniors!

TJ Arends Blue

TJ Arends Blue

TJ Arends Blue

TJ Arends Blue

Ben Arends Blue

Ben Arends Blue

Ben Arends Blue

Josie Beier State Fair

(Clothing Selection)

Madaline Eldridge Blue

Dallas Brandon Blue

Ariana McCarty Blue

Come see what farm life is like with Clover

Kids from all over the county! At Clover Kids night on August 2nd from 5-8pm, the clovers will expe-

rience fun and exciting activities, as well as make new friends. We will

provide supper and the clovers will get to be involved in farm-like ac-

tivities. To register for Clover Kids Day, you can call the Extension

Office at 641-842-2014 or you can email Levi Collins at

lccollins@iastate.edu. The deadline for registration is July 31st.

Do you like to Fish?

Join the Bullets & Bows Club for an afternoon of fishing!

You do not need to be an enrolled member of Bullets & Bows to participate,

any 4-Her or Clover Kid is welcome.

Let Mindy know if you have any questions.

This will be a great opportunity for everyone to take some time to relax in

the middle of all of your fair preparations.

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Quick Checklist for Dyer-Hudson 1. ____ Read Fairbook

2. _____ Make a list of the Exhibits you will be taking to Dyer-Hudson Judging Day

3. _____ Read Copyright rules listed in the fairbook, pg. 4H-6, #18. Double check your exhibits for Copyright issues.

4. _____ Fill out Dyer-Hudson 4-H Exhibit Entry Form

5. _____ Fill out 4-H Exhibit Record Form or Write/Type out 4 goal questions on paper (4 questions can be found on pg. 4H-4 & 4H-23)

This is required for County Fair. Exhibits will not be accepted without a record.

6. _____ Identify appropriate requirements of Elements and Principles of Design for Visual Arts, Home Improvement, and Clothing Ex-

hibits. (check out 4H-18)

7. _____ Fill out Entry Tags (1 must be attached to each exhibit)

8. _____ All paperwork (exhibit tag and exhibit record) needs to be completed when you come to the fair, DO NOT bring your projects in

without completed forms and tags!

9. _____ Wear 4-H T-shirt. If you do not have one they are available for purchase at the Extension Office for $7

10. _____ Check-in will be from 9:00a.m to 3:30p.m.; this will allow the judges to complete their judging and begin the process of choos-

ing exhibits for State Fair.

11. ____ There will be a State Fair Exhibitor meeting at 7pm on Wednesday, July 19th in Dyer Hudson.

12. _____If you have questions, or need help filling out paperwork prior to the day of judging, please contact Mindy, Chrys, or Rachel

** Dyer-Hudson exhibits will be displayed in the Dyer-Hudson building during the fair. Once they have been judged they will

be placed in your club booth. On Wednesday, July 19th from 7:30-8:30p.m. they must be checked out. At the time of check out

you will receive your premium money for the ribbons you earned. If you do not pick up your exhibits between 7:30-8:30p.m.

you will forfeit your premium money.**

Dear Volunteers and Parents:

The County Fair is quickly approaching! It is such an exciting time to be able to see all the hard work that

our young people have invested in their project areas and exhibits. As we go through the pre-fair time

and the fair time, please keep in mind that this is only a small (but very memorable) piece of the whole 4-

H experience.

The competition of the county fair can be a positive experience if we keep it in perspective and help

youth learn from their experiences. Here are some helpful tips from the Iowa 4-H Youth Development

Program (4H-203-A) for helping youth keep perspective during this time.

Allow youth to select the project area in which they will compete. This helps give them a sense of

control.

Encourage youth to participate in a variety of competitive events (livestock judging, showmanship)

and cooperative activities (helping in the 4-H food stand, helping decorate the club booth).

Be positive.

Make expectations realistic. Peer competition allows the opportunity for adults to teach youth about

limits and strengths; setting goals; and the personal and social benefits of projects done alone or with

friends.

Be a positive role model

Always place the youth first and winning second.

Most importantly, support youth in their competitive efforts, but don’t compete with them or through

them for your own satisfaction. When youth achieve, their pride should come from accomplishing their

goals, not yours.

From your own experiences with competition, you understand that a single outcome from a single event

does not determine how successful or unsuccessful you will be throughout life. Your mature attitude to-

ward competition will help youth learn how to deal with the pressure that comes with the competition

experience. If you are with the youth following a judging experience, help them process the experience

by asking, “What did you learn? What did you enjoy about the experience?”

As 4-H volunteers and parents, you play a significant role in shaping how your young person views com-

petition and what they learn from the 4-H experience at the county fair and throughout the year. We

applaud what you do for these young people and encourage you to help them always think about how

to “make the best better”!

Bucket of Flowers Help support the County Council in a fun, creative way. Make a bucket of flowers! Just use a 5-gallon bucket with

flowers that have been grown by you and a card listing the variety of flowers and light requirements. It’s an easy ex-

hibit to bring to Dyer Hudson! After judging on the 13th, the buckets will be placed around the fair for beautification.

A few things to think about while making and decorating your bucket are to put empty milk cartons or pop bottles as

fillers at the bottom to prevent heaviness. Also remember the 2017 Fair theme: “Fairidise” for decorating ideas! The

buckets will be auctioned off in a silent auction that will be held throughout the week.

Livestock Judging Contest

Come test your skills at judging livestock at the Marion County Fair!

The contest will be held Monday July 17th at 4pm in the Show Pavilion.

Swine, Sheep, goats, and Cattle will be the species judged.

Get a team of 4-H members, FFA members, or adults together or complete as and individual!

Awards will be announced following contest. Trophies for the top individuals and teams.

Dyer-Hudson Club Booths Club members may come and decorate booths on Wed., July 12

th between 6:00-8:00p.m., or wait until

judging day. The booths must be completed by 4:00p.m. on Thursday, July 13th. Please let the Extension

Office know if you plan to decorate on Wednesday evening. 4-H members must decorate the booth, adults can assist but not complete it!

The theme is: Party Till The Cows Come Home

Judging Criteria: 10% - Club Name is clearly visible. 15% - Theme has been carried out. 25% - Booth is clean, free from unnecessary items and exhibits have been attractively arranged to be

easily visible to the public. 50% - Creativity

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ALL CARS MUST PASS INSPECTION TO QUALIFY FOR THE RACE Following are the inspection points

1. The car weight shall not exceed 5.0 ounces. The official race scale shall be considered final.

2. The overall length of the car shall not exceed 7 inches.

3. The overall width of the car shall not exceed 2 ¾ inches.

4. The car must have 1 ¾ ’’ clearance between the wheels.

5. The car must have 3/8 ’’ clearance underneath the body.

6. The wood provided in the kit must be used. The block may be shaped any way that is desired.

7. The wheels supplied with the kit must be used. The wheels may not be cut, drilled, beveled or rounded. You

may remove the seam from the wheels.

8. The axles supplied with the kit must be used. They may be polished or lubricated.

9. Wheel bearings, washers or bushings are prohibited.

10. The car must not ride on any type of springs.

11. The car must be freewheeling, with no starting devices.

12. No loose material of any kind, such as lead shot, may be used.

Each car must pass inspection by the official inspection committee before it will be allowed to compete. The

Inspection Committee has the responsibility to disqualify those cars that do not meet these specifications.

Saturday, July 15th

National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum

Start time:

10 am

For any questions call

the Marion County

Extension Office

Marion County 210 N Iowa Street PO Box 409 Knoxville, IA 50138 641-842-2014

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Organization

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Happy Summer!