Pepin Pacer

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August, 2016 Calendar 2 Adult Leadership 3 Youth Leadership 3 Membership 6 Animal Science 11 Art 11 Fair 17 Activity Page 25 Inside this issue: Pepin Pacer Pepin County 4-H Newsletter Layout and Production by Gwen Prom Edited by Marie L.B. Ritscher UW-Extension provides equal opportunities in employment and programming including Title IX and ADA. Pepin County UWEX Staff UW-Extension Pepin County conducts educational programs and provides educational infor- mation in 4-H youth development, family living education and agriculture. Marie L.B. Ritscher 4-H Youth Agent and Nutrition Program Educator E-mail: [email protected] Micheal Travis Agriculture Agent E-mail: [email protected] Mary C. Wood Family Living Agent, E-mail: [email protected] Gwen Prom Program Assistant E-mail: [email protected] Address: 740 7th Avenue West PO Box 39 Durand, WI 54736 Phone: 715-672-5214 UW-Extension website: http://pepin.uwex.edu/ 4-H Online: http://wi.4honline.com/ Every month we will hide a special symbol somewhere in that month’s Pacer. If you are the first person to call (715) 672-5214 or email ([email protected]) the Pepin County UW-Extension Office and tell us where that symbol is found you will win $5 Durand Dollars and be named in next month’s Pepin Pacer as the “4-H Fast Finder”. This month’s symbol is Good Luck Hunting! YOUR TIME AND EFFORT HELPED MAKE THIS YEAR’S FAIR A SUCCESS! Dear 4-H Families, This is the time of year when we think most about pro- moting membership in the 4-H program. The very best promotions are the stories of the families who are already involved and value the 4-H pro- gram. If your family is pleases with your participa- tion in 4-H and believe that it is a food program, please consider inviting another family or families to get involved. Would you consider being a “mentor family” or “buddy family” to welcome them and help them have a successful first year in the 4-H program? Call the Extension Office so we can send a Welcome Packet to the families you have invited. Or if you feel that something is missing or could be improved to strengthen your family's membership in Pepin County 4-H, please don’t hesitate to call with your questions and comments . Sincerely, Pepin County UW-Extension 4-H and Youth Development Agent

Transcript of Pepin Pacer

Page 1: Pepin Pacer

August 2016

Calendar 2

Adult Leadership 3

Youth Leadership 3

Membership 6

Animal Science 11

Art 11

Fair 17

Activity Page 25

Inside this issue

Pepin Pacer

Pepin County 4-H Newsletter Layout and Production by Gwen Prom

Edited by Marie LB Ritscher

UW-Extension provides equal opportunities in employment and programming including Title IX and ADA

Pepin County UWEX Staff

UW-Extension Pepin County conducts educational programs and provides educational infor-

mation in 4-H youth development family living education and

agriculture Marie LB Ritscher 4-H Youth Agent and Nutrition Program Educator E-mail marieritschercesuwexedu Micheal Travis Agriculture Agent E-mail michealtraviscesuwexedu Mary C Wood Family Living Agent E-mail marywoodcesuwexedu Gwen Prom Program Assistant E-mail gwenpromcesuwexedu Address 740 7th Avenue West PO Box 39 Durand WI 54736 Phone 715-672-5214 UW-Extension website httppepinuwexedu 4-H Online httpwi4honlinecom

Every month we will hide a special symbol somewhere in that monthrsquos

Pacer If you are the first person to call (715) 672-5214 or email

(gwenpromcesuwexedu) the Pepin County UW-Extension Office

and tell us where that symbol is found you will win $5 Durand Dollars

and be named in next monthrsquos Pepin Pacer as the ldquo4-H Fast Finderrdquo

This monthrsquos symbol is Good Luck Hunting

YOUR TIME AND EFFORT HELPED MAKE THIS

YEARrsquoS FAIR A SUCCESS

Dear 4-H Families

This is the time of year when we think most about pro-

moting membership in the 4-H program

The very best promotions are the stories of the families

who are already involved and value the 4-H pro-

gram If your family is pleases with your participa-

tion in 4-H and believe that it is a food program

please consider inviting another family or families to

get involved Would you consider being a ldquomentor

familyrdquo or ldquobuddy familyrdquo to welcome them and help

them have a successful first year in the 4-H program

Call the Extension Office so we can send a Welcome

Packet to the families you have invited

Or if you feel that something is missing or could be

improved to strengthen your familys membership in

Pepin County 4-H please donrsquot hesitate to call with

your questions and comments

Sincerely

Pepin County

UW-Extension 4-H and Youth Development Agent

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CALENDAR

August

3 SYC Mtg

4-14 Wisconsin State Fair

6 Northwest Region Agility Fun Match

10 Parent Leader Federation Mtg

15 Record Books Due

20 Western District Gymkhana

22 4-H Arts Camp Deadline

27 Spooner Sheep Day

Chippewa 4-H Club

Meets monthly on Sundays

Contact Club Leader for Information

Waubeek Corners 4-H Club

Meets 1st Monday of the month

600 pm Waumandee State

Bank Basement in Durand

Lima Lads amp Lassies 4-H Club

Meets 3rd Sunday of the month

100 pm Durand City Hall

September

5 UW-Extension Office Closed

12 SYC Mtg

24 Youth Poultry Poster Contest

24 Avian Quiz Bowl

Riverside Fletchers

Meets 3rd Saturday of the month

1000 am TBD

4-H Fast Finder for the Month

Marsha Heck Congratulations for being our 4-H Fast Finder this month

We hope you enjoy the Pepin Pacer

ADULT LEADERSHIP

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YOUTH LEADERSHIP

SYC Meeting

When September 12 2016

Time 630 pm

Where Pepin School Pepin

Open to all Pepin County 4-H members in 7th grade and older

As soon as you are in 7th grade come join the fun and fellowship

Pepin County Fair Association Inc

invites you to their next meeting

Contact the Fair Association Inc at (715) 575- 1641 or

on Facebook (Pepin County Fair)

with questions or suggestions

Pepin County 4-H ParentLeader Meeting

August 10 2016 600 pm

UW- Extension Office

ALL Pepin County 4-H Parents Leaders and Youth Leaders you are welcome to attend the ParentLeaders Federation Meetings Decisions are made at these meetings which affect all members and parents within our 4-H organization Meetings are held in February April June August October and December normally held at the Extension Office in Durand

Take part in determining how the money raised is spent and what activities Pepin County 4-Hers will participate in Your voice will be heard

Fall Forum November 4-6 2016

Fall Forum is an opportunity for youth and adult leaders to attend the statewide training weekend with county and state staff The purpose of Fall Forum Provide an educational opportunity for youth and adult volunteers Develop youth and adult partnerships Create an engaging environment to facilitate discussion between counties Provide an opportunity for youth and adult volunteers to be involved in the planning and evaluating of statewide programs

When November 4- 6 2016

Where Green Lake Conference Center Green Lake

Who Each county is encouraged to send a delegation of 7th ndash 13th grade youth

and adult volunteer leaders

For more information contact Marie Ritscher at 715-672-5214

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2016 4-H American Spirit West Experience

4-H teen leaders Lauren Hendel and Stephanie Brantner from Pepin County were selected to travel on the 4-H Ameri-

can Spirit West Experience From June 22 through July 2 they traveled west to visit seven National Parks The purpose

of this educational experience is for youth to learn about the foundation and background of national parks gain an ap-

preciation of natural resources gain outdoor skills and leadership skills and to create citizens who are educated about

and advocates for conservation preservation and the environment

Stephanie and Lauren started in Wisconsin at the St Croix National Scenic Riverway to camp on the shores of the

Croix Falls and Namekagon Rivers Their next stop was Mitchell South Dakota to see the worldrsquos only Corn Palace

Three days into the trip their next stop was the Badlands National Park where they hiked a trails and took in the beauti-

ful scenery From there they stopped at the famous Wall Drug for some shopping

Mount Rushmore National Memorial and Wildlife Loop in Custer State Park were the next on their trip Four days into

the trip they stopped in Custer Wyoming where they spent the afternoon swimming canoeing hiking and taking pic-

tures at the Sylvan Lake Park

The highlight of the trip was the Yellowstone National Park Once there they went to see Upper Geyser Basin and Old

Faithful they hiked on trails visited Mystic Falls and more The next stop and sights to see were at Grand Teton Nation-

al Park One of the sites was the Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center another was Taggart Lake

Stephanie and Lauren learned a great deal about our Nationrsquos National Parks they had many memorable experiences

including making new friends Both of the girls said ldquoBeing selected to represent Pepin County on this trip was a privi-

lege for both of us We expanded our knowledge on nature related subjects and had a great time while doing sordquo

A Big Welcome to

KAEDE ONO

from Japan

who is being hosted by the

McMahon family this month

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Pepin County 4-H SYC Meeting Minutes for July 6 2016 Roll Call Stephanie Lauren Alex Erin and Claire are in attendance

Secretaries Report Lauren read off last meetings minutes

Treasurerrsquos Report As of June 1st the balance was $514361

Fair Monday 4 pm move display cases-Becky and Josh need more helpers

Wednesday fair Setup 9am

Thursday drop off exhibits 4-7 pm

Friday Exhibits in by 930 am

Sunday exhibit pickup and cleanup 2-6pm

Monday Fair cleanup 9am

CloverbudExplorer Judging Friday 10am-Stephanie 5pm-Claire and Jordin

Dairy Wagon Work schedules and bags for sale

Kiddie amp Pet Parade Stephanie volunteered to help with it

Judge Helpers Bring sheets to clubs to see if people are willing to help

Silent Auction Claire and Morgan-Ice Cream

Erin and Rachel-Coffee and Hot Chocolate

Maya and Alex-

Auction Those who go on trips must bring one pie or baked goods and it would be helpful if they were there to

show them in the ring

Hide and Seek 4-H Rocks McMahons and Marie are working on them

Splash Dash The health department has decided to partner with us McMahons will order more shirts

Other Business Coloring contest sheets

Trip Reports Erin went on the American Spirt East Trip American Spirit West ndash Lauren and

Stephanie

Next meeting Aug 3 6 pm

On the 4th of July the Lima Lads and Lassies 4-H Club participated in the annual parade that marches through Rock Falls We had Hannah her dad Chester Ella and Ava on horseback Angie Demi Tavyn Tatum Wendy Stephanie and Stephanies cousins Logan and Lindsey that were visiting for the day walking and throwing out tootsie rolls Next in our procession was Debbie Barb and Stephanies Aunt Shirley who was visiting from Sun Prairie riding in the Kabota doing manure clean up Bringing up the rear in our entou-rage was Tim and Katie driving the truck with our signage advertising about the Lima Lads and Lassies 4-H club Everyone had a a good time and it was great to see such a huge turnout from people in our community coming out to see the parade

Logan Lindsey Stephanie Katie Tim Barb and Wendy waiting for the parade to start Chester Ella Ava and Hannah carrying the 4-H flag riding horseback with the walking crew Becky is leading Ellas horse while she carries the 4-H flag

MEMBERSHIP

Waubeek Corners 4-H Club Secretary Report Submitted by Ian Afdahl

Date July 5th 2016 Attendees Kevin and Val Cataract Lori and Dave Klein Donna Emily and Jacob Kern Pledges Secretary Report read Treasurers Report $266433 balance as of July 5th

Approved by Emily 2nd by Jacob

Old Business We cleared $22454 when we worked at Music in the Park a few weeks ago Good job

everyone for helping out New Business

Started working on the booth for the fair Val will bring all of the supplies day of the fair set up

Next meeting in August will be determined We will do it at a park have fun and bring a dish to pass

Meeting was closed and we had snacks

Lima Lads and Lassies 4-H Club Update

The Lima Lads and Lassies 4-H club held their monthly meeting on Sunday July 17 at the Durand City Hall The Pepin County Fair is Friday - Sunday July 22 - 24 so this is fair week and there is a lot to do to get ready On Monday and Wednesday club members are asked to help with moving display cases cleaning them and laying out of tag labels Thursday evening projects can be brought to the school and set out for display Everyone is still busy at home working to get all of their projects completed and ready to be put on display Each club member brought at least 2 completed projects to this meeting to show to everyone else what they have been working on The project for this meeting was to design and make our display for our fair booth Once we got our idea worked out the members got busy making the banner and drawing out the props In other business we were asked to serve ice cream at the Brunners Seed Customer Appreciation Supper again so members signed up to work at that We set the date for our next meeting for Sunday August 14 at Club 10 for a bowling party and turning in Record Books After all of the work was done we enjoyed a snack that was provided by Vicky Weissinger

Emma Wayne is showing a string art project of Wisconsin that she made Elizabeth Menting is showing a butterfly house that is she is working on Several Club members are working on the banner for our booth at the fair Submitted by Wendy Brantner

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RECORD BOOKS

ARE DUE TO CLUB LEADERS BY AUGUST 15

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF 4-H RECORDS IS TO HELP YOUTH LEARN

a) To establish good habits of organizing and planning

b) Evaluation of economic worth

c) Evaluation and motivation by self and others

d) To improve written communication skills

e) To establish positive direction and identification of goals

f) The use of records to evaluate youths performance for recognition is only

ONE function of 4-H

Building Citizenship amp Leadership Skills by Exploring Americas Heritage

The American Spirit Leadership Program is a wonderful opportunity for youth to develop knowledge of Americas

heritage citizenship and leadership

The experience had the following objectives for its participants Increase knowledge and understanding of Americarsquos heritage

Build awareness of the many steps taken to gain US independence and freedom Further develop skills in leadership and personal expression of values Increase awareness of self in relationship to others Share what was learned with others

Featured sites include

New York ndash Harbor Tour 911 Memorial Night Tour of New York

Valley Forge

Philadelphia ndash Independence Hall Liberty Bell

Mayflower IIPlymouth Rock

BostonFreedom TrailChina TownAtlantic Ocean

Whale WatchingLobster Dinner

Niagara Falls

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Some Thoughts on Completing

Record Books

ldquoThis we believe about Wisconsin Recordsrdquo

(Developed by the WI 4-H Adult amp Leaders Council)

1) 4-H is aimed at teaching youth how to organize goals resources and accomplishments

2) THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF 4-H RECORDS IS TO HELP YOUTH LEARN

a) To establish good habits of organizing and planning

b) Evaluation of economic worth

c) Evaluation and motivation by self and others

d) To improve written communication skills

e) To establish positive direction and identification of goals

f) The use of records to evaluate youths performance for recognition is only ONE function of 4-H

3) The highest value and use of 4-H records should be

at the local club level ie

a) Evidence of accomplishments (for employment family awareness goal setting etc)

b) As a tool for helping leaders and other youth to know young people better

c) As a tool for family involvement in and awareness

When writing and reviewing their own record book

4-H members should be able to answer ldquoYESrdquo to the

following questions

1) Is there evidence of goal setting Did the writer comment on progress toward their goal

2) Is there evidence of sharing found in the record (demonstrations exhibits etc)

3) Has the member shown motivation by participating in club activities workshops etc)

4) Is the record well organized and planned

5) Do the records truly represent a planning amp evaluation process

6) Did the writer tell what they learned in the project story

7) Are the required records used (including financial records where applicable) Did the writer follow

directions

8) Are the records complete realistic and meaningful

9) Has the member included pictures and clippings where appropriate

10) Is the record neat in appearance (use one color of ink)

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Chippewa 4-H Club July Meeting Minutes

We started our meeting when our President Jordin McMahon called the meeting to order After

doing pledges attendance was taken by Morgan Moline Lacy Quinton gave the treasurers report We had

a check made out to Tracy Seifert for $1518 for providing supplies for previous meetings ending our

balance at $471777 We had no old business so we moved on to new business

Our booth theme this year for the fair is Brighten Your Life With 4-H The leading family for the

booth is the Hass family Then for our barn theme we are doing an Olympic theme since this summer is

an Olympic year We announced that fair tags would be coming soon and would be available for pick up

at the Durand extension office or from Jan Quinton We then asked 4-H adults for help at this yearrsquos fair

They would be helping with judging and placing ribbons on projects and asked that they check the Pacer

for info on supervisors needed for the 22nd Officers then announced important dates coming up next

week These dates were the 18th 20th and 25th You may also check the pacer for more information on

these dates and the pie baking contest on the 23rd We then passed out scholarship forms for recent trip

takers Our next meeting families are the Brevicks N Moline and WallThetford Next meetings activity

is most likely going to be an Express game We discussed the option of letting the members bringing a

friend which will be determined later depending on funds The August meeting is either going to be on

the 7th or 14th this will be determined at a later date September families are going to be Reisgraft T

Moline and WallThetford Our meeting activity is having trip camp takers talking about their trip and

experience We will also have ice cream and watermelon Bryce Quinton made a motion to adjourn the

meeting and Brianna Hass second it

AUGUST MEETING

DATE Sunday August 14

PLACE Carson Park Eau Claire

TIME Meet at entrance at 400 PM - Game time 505 PM

ACTIVITY Eau Claire Express Game

FOOD $ 2 provided to purchase concession stand ($1 hot dogs $1 ice cream available)

RSVP Contact one of the host families to confirm attendance so tickets can be purchased

AUGUST HOST FAMILIES (Nicki) Moline Brevick and WallThetford Brevicks

August meeting that we will attend an Eau Claire Express Game The game will be on Sunday August 14th in Eau Claire at Carson Park Game time is 505 pm amp we will meet at the park entrance at 4pm The club will purchase the tickets for the club members parents and siblings Each club member is allowed to bring one friend with that will need to pay $5friend There is no charge for children 5 and under The club will also give each person $2 for a hot dog and ice cream as it is $1 hot dog and $1 ice cream night I need to know how many people are attending from your family that are ages 6 amp up Please let one of the host families know by Tuesday August 9th so that I can get the tickets ordered in time

SEPTEMBER MEETING HOST FAMILIES (Tracy) Moline WallThetford Riesgraf

DATE Sunday September 11

TIME 100 Parade (meet at line up spot at 1230)

LOCATION Pepin Parade

MEETING After parade

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4-H Members Discover Diversity in Iowa Eight 4-H members from Buffalo Pepin and Pierce Counties spent three days in Dubuque and Davenport Iowa discovering diversity and learning more about themselves as part of the Finding Interesting Varieties in Everyone (FIVE) trip for sixth seventh and eighth graders The purpose of the program is to enable youth to recognize and discuss how individuals are ethically racially and culturally different than themselves and to provide youth the opportunity to develop critical life skills including communication independence empathy and decision making The youth gained practice in accepting differences worked in groups contributing to their cooperation skills and through discussion built critical thinking skills in multicultural awareness

4-H members who participated from the three counties were Austin George Morgan Guenther Morgan Moline Hunter Hass Ally Arens Riley Schumaker and Hannah Noll While on the travel experience youth visited the Fenelon Elevator and Shot Towed and stayed downtown Dubuque on the Historic Riverwalk Youth also identified elements of diversity in both humans and animals at the National Mississippi River Museum learned how individuals are genetically and culturally similar and different at the Putnam Science Museum while viewing the King Tut exhibit enjoyed a citywide jazz festival which allowed members the opportunity to step out of the comfort zone and try dancing in the street and learned about how culture has shaped river history on a swat rubber river boat tour On of the many highlights of the trip was meeting Don Wildman host of the Travel Channel Mysteries of The Museum he also talked about how we are the same as ancient Egypt and yet different

Marie Ritscher Pepin County 4-H Youth Development Agent conducted a post evaluation with youth All eight youth delegates indicated the experience was one they would recommend to a friend One youth wrote ldquoI learned [on this travel experience] that everyonersquos a little different but they can still be good friendsrdquo Another wrote ldquoI learned [on this travel experience] that people from all different backgrounds can still find similaritiesrdquo You learned as much about themselves as they did about others Each indicated on their evaluations at least one way they challenged themselves with the intent to develop and grow as individuals The challenges ranged from trying a new cultural food to being confident in meeting new people in professional settings

Annie Lisowski Buffalo County 4-H Youth Development Educator stated ldquoThe youth developed and practiced new life skills by experiencing new environments and engaging in diverse ideas and opinions with their fellow delegates In addition the youth were able to discuss cultural identities consider stereotypes and develop empathy for others It was an exciting opportunity for youth to grow and develop outside of their social normrdquo 4-H Leaders Associations in each of the three counties helps pay a portion of the 4-H membersrsquo expenses All young people are selected to travel by completing a 4-H Resume and interview process

FIVE TRIP

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2016-2017 4-H Enrollment

Re-enrollment and new enrollment will again be processed throu 4-H Online beginning in

September At that time all active members will be set to ldquoInactiverdquo Then you will have

login to re-enroll reviewchange your contact info and confirm the expectation and

behavior agreements You can add or delete your projects too Then click submit Please

make sure to complete this task as soon as possible AFTER the 2nd of September

ANIMAL SCIENCE

64rd ANNUAL SPOONER SHEEP DAY

Spooner Agricultural Research Station of the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Spooner Wisconsin

Saturday August 27 2016

Attendance at the educational sessions of the Spooner Sheep Day is free

There is a charge for the lamb barbecue lunch

Spooner Sheep Day is sponsored by the Agricultural Research Stations and Department of

Animal Sciences College of Agricultural and Life Sciences University of Wisconsin-Madison and

Cooperative Extension University of Wisconsin-Extension For more information contact

Lorraine Toman at the Spooner Agricultural Research Station (phone 715635-3735 email

lltomanwiscedu) or web site httpspoonerarswiscedu

ART

2016 4-H Arts Camp

The annual statewide Arts Camp for middle school 4-Hrsquoers will

be held on October 1mdash2 2016 at Upham Woods in Wisconsin

Dells THE 6-8th graders will experience six hours of explora-

tory sessions in communication music photography theater

arts culinary arts and art in nature Space is limited so send an

application in promptlymdashdeadline is August 22 For registration information

httpfyiuwexeduwi4hartsarts-camp-applications

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Lima Lads amp Lassies at the Fair

Its the end of July so that means its time for the Pepin County Fair which was held on July 22 - 24 As

always Friday morning was a flurry of activity with animal exhibits being brought to the barn decorating

our club booth and last minute projects being put into place to be judged Outside in the arena Hannah

Ava and Brett were exhibiting their horse riding skills as the horse competition and judging got under

way The weather was quite uncomfortable but the riders and horses persevered and the end result was

that Brett Tomlinson earned the Sportsman Award Rachel Seifert earned the High Point Gymkhana

Award and Hannah Bauer earned the High Point Pleasure Award

Inside the school judging was getting started with projects in categories such as cultural arts flowers

and houseplants plant and soil science home environment foods and nutrition and photography Work-

ing as judge supervisors and helpers were Wendy Ripsi Brendin Mary and Marsha New this year was

members from the Senior Youth Council doing the judging for the Cloverbuds and Exploring projects

Stephanie volunteered to do the judging for the morning session which was supervised by Marie Katie

was the only 4-H member to do a singing and guitar playing project She did a very nice job It takes a lot

of courage to do a solo performance in front of a judge and spectators In the afternoon Stephanie

Brendin and Demi had judging with their cats chickens and rabbits This was Stephanie and Demis first

year with these projects and Kelli Hurlburt the judge gave them very good information and directions on

how to improve their presentation of their animals for next year Following the small animal judging was

the clothing revue Stephanie had 3 outfits entered in this category The judge Connie Anderson asks

several questions about the care and use of the clothing how you can accessorize the outfit and the cost of

the outfit When the judging was complete several of our club members had received Award of Merits or

trophies Lauren had earned 5 Award of Merits and 2 trophies Stephanie had 4 Award of Merits and 2

trophies Matt had 2 Award of Merits and 1 trophy Blake had 3 Award of Merits Brendin had 1 trophy

Abby received 2 Award of Merits Marsha Ripsi and Tessa each had 1 Award of Merit

On Saturday Brendin entertained the crowd with his dog in the kiddie and pet parade Stephanie and

Wendy had their hair done by Jen from Shear Madness Fritter the clown was entertaining kids and adults

with her balloon creations Tessa had a frog hat made and Elizabeth had a dog on a leash In the evening

Lauren and Brendin helped out in the Live Auction by showing off items that were available for bidding

Throughout the weekend Andrea Lauren Wendy and Stephanie worked several shifts in the dairy wagon

selling ice cream water cheese curds and pop for the Senior Youth Council

Sunday the final day of the fair the three 4-H clubs participated in an ag game competition We had a

corn relay race bale twine knot untying race hot egg passing and tug-of-war The Lima Lads and Lassies

won the corn relay and knot untying The Chippewa Club won the hot egg passing game and the tug-of-

war was a bust The rope ripped in two pieces on the second pulling contest but the Chippewa club was in

the lead for this game In the horse arena the Pepin Trailblazers held an Open Horse show Brett Hannah

Ava and Demi participated on those activities Our club had 9 baskets in the Silent Auction that was held

throughout the weekend We would to thank Tricia Minturn Shirley Merker and Julie Seidlitz who

donated their services to 4 of the baskets that we had We greatly appreciated everyone that put in a bid

on our baskets We hope you enjoy the treasures that you bought

The weather was hot and muggy for Friday and Sunday and on Saturday a storm blew through so those

2 things put a bit of a tamper on things but we want to thank everyone that came out to the fair to watch

the horse competition and look at all of the projects that the club members had made

See you next year at the fair

Submitted by Wendy Brantner

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2016 FAIR TOP WINNERS

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET BEEF - DREW SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET SWINE - MORGAN MOLINE

GRAND CHAMPION GYMKHANA HORSEMEN - RACHEL SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION PLEASURE HORSEMEN - HANNAH BAUER

GRAND CHAMPION SPORTSMANSHIP HORSEMEN - BRETT TOMLINSON

CHAMPION POULTRY - BILLY THETFORD III

ANIMAL amp VET SCIENCE - SHAYLEE NOEL

CHAMPION CAT - MORGAN MOLINE

PLANT amp SOIL SCIENCE - MATTHEW SAM

FLOWERS AND HOUSEPLANTS - MARSHA HECK

NATURAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

COMMUNICATION amp CULTURAL ARTS ndash ALEX MCMAHON

PHOTOGRAPHY - LAUREN HENDEL

WOODWORKING - MARSHA HECK

ELECTRICITY - ANTHONY EBENSPERGER

MECHANICAL SCIENCE - IAN AFDAHL

FOODS amp NUTRITION - BRENDIN LARSON

CLOTHING - SYDNEY SEIFERT

HOME ENVIRONMENT - LAUREN HENDEL

FAMILY LIVINGCHILD DEVELOPMENT - KAYLEE AUTH

HEALTH SOCIAL amp POLITICAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

BEST SHOW QUILT ndash OPEN CLASS - KAY SEIVWRIGHT

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL

FAIR

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MEMORIES OF THE 2016 FAIR

FRITTERS THE CLOWN

MUSTANG TRAINING DEMO

ldquoFAIR FOODrdquo VENDOR

CARNIVAL GAMES

ROASTED CORN

POPCORN VENDOR

PIE BAKING CONTEST

4-H TEEN LEADERS AS JUDGES

KIDrsquoS BIKE GIVE AWAY RAFLLES

WINE JUDGING

TRAIL RIDE

COLORING CONTEST

Past Fairs

- Pierce Pepin Electric Demonstration

-Cover Crop Display

- Baby Chicks Hatching

-Musical Entertainment

-Dog Herding Demonstration

-Antique Tractor DisplayCorn Demonstration

-Corn Cob Doll Making

-Car Cruise

-Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast

-Face Painting

-Guess the Gadget

-Circus- Thanks to Optimist Club

-Ultrasound Carcass Show

-Talent Showcase

-Exhibit Auction

- School Exhibits

-2010 Weekend Fair

-2010 Hot air balloon rides

-Truth Be 4 TreasonmdashTeen Band

Past Fairs

-3 on 3 Basketball Tourney

-New menu items and chicken dinner

-Sold pies at the auction

-Golf carts

-Barn improvements

-Horse show

-Bingo

-Inflatable gamesrides

-Music in Motionmdashfamily dance

-2009 year for 4-H Olympicsmdash

-2009 year for 4-H Camp fire in the horse ring

-Most exotic animal at the fairmdashSNAKE

-Mr Quinton participated in the 4-H games

-Sold pizza at auction

-Nancy Iverson wore a dress

-Dairy Futurity contest with Pierce Co Judging Team

-Clay Peterson looked handsome in a suit amp tie

-Farm Service Agency helped with livestock

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THANK YOU

Becky Josh Jordin and Alex McMahon

ldquoVolunteering and providing the equipment needed to move the fair

display cases from the fair barn to the school In addition they also plan

and organize the Annual Splash Dash rdquo

Wendy Brantner

~Volunteering to plan and organize the 4-H Games ndash many 4--H members

participatedrdquo

Thank you to the volunteers who came Monday evening to move display

cases - this is a BIG job and lots of heavy lifting

Thank you to the volunteers who came Wednesday morning to help set up

Thank you to the volunteers who stayed late on Sunday to help put fair

equipment back and clean up the school building

Thank you to Jordin McMahon the only one who can Monday morning to

help clean up the fairgrounds

Thank you those who volunteers to be Superintendents and Helpers for

our Fair Judges This is a very important responsibility at the fair

Thank you to Dale and Debbie Bauer who have been working with the

horse families to build the horse program

BIG THANK YOU to the Fair Association who has worked all year to plan

and organize the community events at the fair ndash Dave Klein Christina

Lindstrom Val Cataract Dale amp Debbie Bauer and Sean Scallon

Thank you to everyone who helped out at the fair There are many more

thank yous and we would like to list everyone but that would get lengthy

and we do not want to miss anyone

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Once Upon a Time at 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa

Nature storytelling mindfulness and tons of creative arts activities marked the ldquoOnce Upon A Timerdquo theme of the 2016 Pepin Buffalo Trempealeau and Pierce Countiesrsquo 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa in Marine on the St Croix River Minnesota from June 28-30 2016 Over 150 youth ages 9 ndash 14 attended this yearrsquos camp with 35 youth leaders contributing their leadership talents and time to serve as camp counselors

Over the three days of base camp campers in grades three through six took part in a variety of activities designed to help develop leadership communication creative thinking nature awareness and outdoor skills These activities included drama nature archery arts and crafts teamwork games and much more Base camp also included activities that the youth have always enjoyed including an obstacle course group games swimming campfires and a climbing wall One cabin earned the Leaky Canoe Award for their cabin skit while another group of campers earned an award for their creative communication skills by creating their own version of a fairy tale

At the three day 4-H Outpost Adventure youth in grades seven and eight participated in a more traditional outdoor camping experience Youth stayed in tents swam hiked at a state park competed in a teambuilding scavenger hunt learned about waters sources and built their own campfire to cook their meals over daily Youth expanded their teambuilding problem solving and resiliency skills in a collaborative environment

Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) programming that promotes critical thinking and problem solving is a central component of 4-H Camp 4-H campers designed and engineered their own marshmallow catapult and then compete against each other Pepin County Teen Leader Jordan McMahon taught this session and emphasized how the skills they used to design the catapult could be used in real life situations

4-H Camp Kinnissippewa is made possible by its counselors who plan teach and implement the learning experiences for their younger campers Counselors engage in three days of training that prepare them for working effectively with and caring for youth as well as teaching younger members to be leaders themselves

Pepin County 4-H campers and counselors included Outpost Adult Chaperone Josh and Becky McMahon Nurse April Loeffler STEM Program Teen Leader and Counselor Jordin McMahon Outpost Camper Hunter Hass Maya Jungwirth Alex McMahon and Morgan Moline Base Camp Counselor Brianna Hass Base Camp Campers Addison and Tessa Auth Katie Bignell Elizabeth Menting Isabel-la Wayne and Elena Weber

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Activity Page

Pepin County Extension

740 7th Ave W

PO Box 39

Durand WI 54736

University of Wisconsin-Extension Provides

Equal Opportunities in Employment and Programming

Including Title IX Requirements

PEPIN COUNTY

4-H FAMILY

NEWSLETTER

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CALENDAR

August

3 SYC Mtg

4-14 Wisconsin State Fair

6 Northwest Region Agility Fun Match

10 Parent Leader Federation Mtg

15 Record Books Due

20 Western District Gymkhana

22 4-H Arts Camp Deadline

27 Spooner Sheep Day

Chippewa 4-H Club

Meets monthly on Sundays

Contact Club Leader for Information

Waubeek Corners 4-H Club

Meets 1st Monday of the month

600 pm Waumandee State

Bank Basement in Durand

Lima Lads amp Lassies 4-H Club

Meets 3rd Sunday of the month

100 pm Durand City Hall

September

5 UW-Extension Office Closed

12 SYC Mtg

24 Youth Poultry Poster Contest

24 Avian Quiz Bowl

Riverside Fletchers

Meets 3rd Saturday of the month

1000 am TBD

4-H Fast Finder for the Month

Marsha Heck Congratulations for being our 4-H Fast Finder this month

We hope you enjoy the Pepin Pacer

ADULT LEADERSHIP

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YOUTH LEADERSHIP

SYC Meeting

When September 12 2016

Time 630 pm

Where Pepin School Pepin

Open to all Pepin County 4-H members in 7th grade and older

As soon as you are in 7th grade come join the fun and fellowship

Pepin County Fair Association Inc

invites you to their next meeting

Contact the Fair Association Inc at (715) 575- 1641 or

on Facebook (Pepin County Fair)

with questions or suggestions

Pepin County 4-H ParentLeader Meeting

August 10 2016 600 pm

UW- Extension Office

ALL Pepin County 4-H Parents Leaders and Youth Leaders you are welcome to attend the ParentLeaders Federation Meetings Decisions are made at these meetings which affect all members and parents within our 4-H organization Meetings are held in February April June August October and December normally held at the Extension Office in Durand

Take part in determining how the money raised is spent and what activities Pepin County 4-Hers will participate in Your voice will be heard

Fall Forum November 4-6 2016

Fall Forum is an opportunity for youth and adult leaders to attend the statewide training weekend with county and state staff The purpose of Fall Forum Provide an educational opportunity for youth and adult volunteers Develop youth and adult partnerships Create an engaging environment to facilitate discussion between counties Provide an opportunity for youth and adult volunteers to be involved in the planning and evaluating of statewide programs

When November 4- 6 2016

Where Green Lake Conference Center Green Lake

Who Each county is encouraged to send a delegation of 7th ndash 13th grade youth

and adult volunteer leaders

For more information contact Marie Ritscher at 715-672-5214

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2016 4-H American Spirit West Experience

4-H teen leaders Lauren Hendel and Stephanie Brantner from Pepin County were selected to travel on the 4-H Ameri-

can Spirit West Experience From June 22 through July 2 they traveled west to visit seven National Parks The purpose

of this educational experience is for youth to learn about the foundation and background of national parks gain an ap-

preciation of natural resources gain outdoor skills and leadership skills and to create citizens who are educated about

and advocates for conservation preservation and the environment

Stephanie and Lauren started in Wisconsin at the St Croix National Scenic Riverway to camp on the shores of the

Croix Falls and Namekagon Rivers Their next stop was Mitchell South Dakota to see the worldrsquos only Corn Palace

Three days into the trip their next stop was the Badlands National Park where they hiked a trails and took in the beauti-

ful scenery From there they stopped at the famous Wall Drug for some shopping

Mount Rushmore National Memorial and Wildlife Loop in Custer State Park were the next on their trip Four days into

the trip they stopped in Custer Wyoming where they spent the afternoon swimming canoeing hiking and taking pic-

tures at the Sylvan Lake Park

The highlight of the trip was the Yellowstone National Park Once there they went to see Upper Geyser Basin and Old

Faithful they hiked on trails visited Mystic Falls and more The next stop and sights to see were at Grand Teton Nation-

al Park One of the sites was the Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center another was Taggart Lake

Stephanie and Lauren learned a great deal about our Nationrsquos National Parks they had many memorable experiences

including making new friends Both of the girls said ldquoBeing selected to represent Pepin County on this trip was a privi-

lege for both of us We expanded our knowledge on nature related subjects and had a great time while doing sordquo

A Big Welcome to

KAEDE ONO

from Japan

who is being hosted by the

McMahon family this month

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Pepin County 4-H SYC Meeting Minutes for July 6 2016 Roll Call Stephanie Lauren Alex Erin and Claire are in attendance

Secretaries Report Lauren read off last meetings minutes

Treasurerrsquos Report As of June 1st the balance was $514361

Fair Monday 4 pm move display cases-Becky and Josh need more helpers

Wednesday fair Setup 9am

Thursday drop off exhibits 4-7 pm

Friday Exhibits in by 930 am

Sunday exhibit pickup and cleanup 2-6pm

Monday Fair cleanup 9am

CloverbudExplorer Judging Friday 10am-Stephanie 5pm-Claire and Jordin

Dairy Wagon Work schedules and bags for sale

Kiddie amp Pet Parade Stephanie volunteered to help with it

Judge Helpers Bring sheets to clubs to see if people are willing to help

Silent Auction Claire and Morgan-Ice Cream

Erin and Rachel-Coffee and Hot Chocolate

Maya and Alex-

Auction Those who go on trips must bring one pie or baked goods and it would be helpful if they were there to

show them in the ring

Hide and Seek 4-H Rocks McMahons and Marie are working on them

Splash Dash The health department has decided to partner with us McMahons will order more shirts

Other Business Coloring contest sheets

Trip Reports Erin went on the American Spirt East Trip American Spirit West ndash Lauren and

Stephanie

Next meeting Aug 3 6 pm

On the 4th of July the Lima Lads and Lassies 4-H Club participated in the annual parade that marches through Rock Falls We had Hannah her dad Chester Ella and Ava on horseback Angie Demi Tavyn Tatum Wendy Stephanie and Stephanies cousins Logan and Lindsey that were visiting for the day walking and throwing out tootsie rolls Next in our procession was Debbie Barb and Stephanies Aunt Shirley who was visiting from Sun Prairie riding in the Kabota doing manure clean up Bringing up the rear in our entou-rage was Tim and Katie driving the truck with our signage advertising about the Lima Lads and Lassies 4-H club Everyone had a a good time and it was great to see such a huge turnout from people in our community coming out to see the parade

Logan Lindsey Stephanie Katie Tim Barb and Wendy waiting for the parade to start Chester Ella Ava and Hannah carrying the 4-H flag riding horseback with the walking crew Becky is leading Ellas horse while she carries the 4-H flag

MEMBERSHIP

Waubeek Corners 4-H Club Secretary Report Submitted by Ian Afdahl

Date July 5th 2016 Attendees Kevin and Val Cataract Lori and Dave Klein Donna Emily and Jacob Kern Pledges Secretary Report read Treasurers Report $266433 balance as of July 5th

Approved by Emily 2nd by Jacob

Old Business We cleared $22454 when we worked at Music in the Park a few weeks ago Good job

everyone for helping out New Business

Started working on the booth for the fair Val will bring all of the supplies day of the fair set up

Next meeting in August will be determined We will do it at a park have fun and bring a dish to pass

Meeting was closed and we had snacks

Lima Lads and Lassies 4-H Club Update

The Lima Lads and Lassies 4-H club held their monthly meeting on Sunday July 17 at the Durand City Hall The Pepin County Fair is Friday - Sunday July 22 - 24 so this is fair week and there is a lot to do to get ready On Monday and Wednesday club members are asked to help with moving display cases cleaning them and laying out of tag labels Thursday evening projects can be brought to the school and set out for display Everyone is still busy at home working to get all of their projects completed and ready to be put on display Each club member brought at least 2 completed projects to this meeting to show to everyone else what they have been working on The project for this meeting was to design and make our display for our fair booth Once we got our idea worked out the members got busy making the banner and drawing out the props In other business we were asked to serve ice cream at the Brunners Seed Customer Appreciation Supper again so members signed up to work at that We set the date for our next meeting for Sunday August 14 at Club 10 for a bowling party and turning in Record Books After all of the work was done we enjoyed a snack that was provided by Vicky Weissinger

Emma Wayne is showing a string art project of Wisconsin that she made Elizabeth Menting is showing a butterfly house that is she is working on Several Club members are working on the banner for our booth at the fair Submitted by Wendy Brantner

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RECORD BOOKS

ARE DUE TO CLUB LEADERS BY AUGUST 15

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF 4-H RECORDS IS TO HELP YOUTH LEARN

a) To establish good habits of organizing and planning

b) Evaluation of economic worth

c) Evaluation and motivation by self and others

d) To improve written communication skills

e) To establish positive direction and identification of goals

f) The use of records to evaluate youths performance for recognition is only

ONE function of 4-H

Building Citizenship amp Leadership Skills by Exploring Americas Heritage

The American Spirit Leadership Program is a wonderful opportunity for youth to develop knowledge of Americas

heritage citizenship and leadership

The experience had the following objectives for its participants Increase knowledge and understanding of Americarsquos heritage

Build awareness of the many steps taken to gain US independence and freedom Further develop skills in leadership and personal expression of values Increase awareness of self in relationship to others Share what was learned with others

Featured sites include

New York ndash Harbor Tour 911 Memorial Night Tour of New York

Valley Forge

Philadelphia ndash Independence Hall Liberty Bell

Mayflower IIPlymouth Rock

BostonFreedom TrailChina TownAtlantic Ocean

Whale WatchingLobster Dinner

Niagara Falls

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Some Thoughts on Completing

Record Books

ldquoThis we believe about Wisconsin Recordsrdquo

(Developed by the WI 4-H Adult amp Leaders Council)

1) 4-H is aimed at teaching youth how to organize goals resources and accomplishments

2) THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF 4-H RECORDS IS TO HELP YOUTH LEARN

a) To establish good habits of organizing and planning

b) Evaluation of economic worth

c) Evaluation and motivation by self and others

d) To improve written communication skills

e) To establish positive direction and identification of goals

f) The use of records to evaluate youths performance for recognition is only ONE function of 4-H

3) The highest value and use of 4-H records should be

at the local club level ie

a) Evidence of accomplishments (for employment family awareness goal setting etc)

b) As a tool for helping leaders and other youth to know young people better

c) As a tool for family involvement in and awareness

When writing and reviewing their own record book

4-H members should be able to answer ldquoYESrdquo to the

following questions

1) Is there evidence of goal setting Did the writer comment on progress toward their goal

2) Is there evidence of sharing found in the record (demonstrations exhibits etc)

3) Has the member shown motivation by participating in club activities workshops etc)

4) Is the record well organized and planned

5) Do the records truly represent a planning amp evaluation process

6) Did the writer tell what they learned in the project story

7) Are the required records used (including financial records where applicable) Did the writer follow

directions

8) Are the records complete realistic and meaningful

9) Has the member included pictures and clippings where appropriate

10) Is the record neat in appearance (use one color of ink)

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Chippewa 4-H Club July Meeting Minutes

We started our meeting when our President Jordin McMahon called the meeting to order After

doing pledges attendance was taken by Morgan Moline Lacy Quinton gave the treasurers report We had

a check made out to Tracy Seifert for $1518 for providing supplies for previous meetings ending our

balance at $471777 We had no old business so we moved on to new business

Our booth theme this year for the fair is Brighten Your Life With 4-H The leading family for the

booth is the Hass family Then for our barn theme we are doing an Olympic theme since this summer is

an Olympic year We announced that fair tags would be coming soon and would be available for pick up

at the Durand extension office or from Jan Quinton We then asked 4-H adults for help at this yearrsquos fair

They would be helping with judging and placing ribbons on projects and asked that they check the Pacer

for info on supervisors needed for the 22nd Officers then announced important dates coming up next

week These dates were the 18th 20th and 25th You may also check the pacer for more information on

these dates and the pie baking contest on the 23rd We then passed out scholarship forms for recent trip

takers Our next meeting families are the Brevicks N Moline and WallThetford Next meetings activity

is most likely going to be an Express game We discussed the option of letting the members bringing a

friend which will be determined later depending on funds The August meeting is either going to be on

the 7th or 14th this will be determined at a later date September families are going to be Reisgraft T

Moline and WallThetford Our meeting activity is having trip camp takers talking about their trip and

experience We will also have ice cream and watermelon Bryce Quinton made a motion to adjourn the

meeting and Brianna Hass second it

AUGUST MEETING

DATE Sunday August 14

PLACE Carson Park Eau Claire

TIME Meet at entrance at 400 PM - Game time 505 PM

ACTIVITY Eau Claire Express Game

FOOD $ 2 provided to purchase concession stand ($1 hot dogs $1 ice cream available)

RSVP Contact one of the host families to confirm attendance so tickets can be purchased

AUGUST HOST FAMILIES (Nicki) Moline Brevick and WallThetford Brevicks

August meeting that we will attend an Eau Claire Express Game The game will be on Sunday August 14th in Eau Claire at Carson Park Game time is 505 pm amp we will meet at the park entrance at 4pm The club will purchase the tickets for the club members parents and siblings Each club member is allowed to bring one friend with that will need to pay $5friend There is no charge for children 5 and under The club will also give each person $2 for a hot dog and ice cream as it is $1 hot dog and $1 ice cream night I need to know how many people are attending from your family that are ages 6 amp up Please let one of the host families know by Tuesday August 9th so that I can get the tickets ordered in time

SEPTEMBER MEETING HOST FAMILIES (Tracy) Moline WallThetford Riesgraf

DATE Sunday September 11

TIME 100 Parade (meet at line up spot at 1230)

LOCATION Pepin Parade

MEETING After parade

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4-H Members Discover Diversity in Iowa Eight 4-H members from Buffalo Pepin and Pierce Counties spent three days in Dubuque and Davenport Iowa discovering diversity and learning more about themselves as part of the Finding Interesting Varieties in Everyone (FIVE) trip for sixth seventh and eighth graders The purpose of the program is to enable youth to recognize and discuss how individuals are ethically racially and culturally different than themselves and to provide youth the opportunity to develop critical life skills including communication independence empathy and decision making The youth gained practice in accepting differences worked in groups contributing to their cooperation skills and through discussion built critical thinking skills in multicultural awareness

4-H members who participated from the three counties were Austin George Morgan Guenther Morgan Moline Hunter Hass Ally Arens Riley Schumaker and Hannah Noll While on the travel experience youth visited the Fenelon Elevator and Shot Towed and stayed downtown Dubuque on the Historic Riverwalk Youth also identified elements of diversity in both humans and animals at the National Mississippi River Museum learned how individuals are genetically and culturally similar and different at the Putnam Science Museum while viewing the King Tut exhibit enjoyed a citywide jazz festival which allowed members the opportunity to step out of the comfort zone and try dancing in the street and learned about how culture has shaped river history on a swat rubber river boat tour On of the many highlights of the trip was meeting Don Wildman host of the Travel Channel Mysteries of The Museum he also talked about how we are the same as ancient Egypt and yet different

Marie Ritscher Pepin County 4-H Youth Development Agent conducted a post evaluation with youth All eight youth delegates indicated the experience was one they would recommend to a friend One youth wrote ldquoI learned [on this travel experience] that everyonersquos a little different but they can still be good friendsrdquo Another wrote ldquoI learned [on this travel experience] that people from all different backgrounds can still find similaritiesrdquo You learned as much about themselves as they did about others Each indicated on their evaluations at least one way they challenged themselves with the intent to develop and grow as individuals The challenges ranged from trying a new cultural food to being confident in meeting new people in professional settings

Annie Lisowski Buffalo County 4-H Youth Development Educator stated ldquoThe youth developed and practiced new life skills by experiencing new environments and engaging in diverse ideas and opinions with their fellow delegates In addition the youth were able to discuss cultural identities consider stereotypes and develop empathy for others It was an exciting opportunity for youth to grow and develop outside of their social normrdquo 4-H Leaders Associations in each of the three counties helps pay a portion of the 4-H membersrsquo expenses All young people are selected to travel by completing a 4-H Resume and interview process

FIVE TRIP

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2016-2017 4-H Enrollment

Re-enrollment and new enrollment will again be processed throu 4-H Online beginning in

September At that time all active members will be set to ldquoInactiverdquo Then you will have

login to re-enroll reviewchange your contact info and confirm the expectation and

behavior agreements You can add or delete your projects too Then click submit Please

make sure to complete this task as soon as possible AFTER the 2nd of September

ANIMAL SCIENCE

64rd ANNUAL SPOONER SHEEP DAY

Spooner Agricultural Research Station of the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Spooner Wisconsin

Saturday August 27 2016

Attendance at the educational sessions of the Spooner Sheep Day is free

There is a charge for the lamb barbecue lunch

Spooner Sheep Day is sponsored by the Agricultural Research Stations and Department of

Animal Sciences College of Agricultural and Life Sciences University of Wisconsin-Madison and

Cooperative Extension University of Wisconsin-Extension For more information contact

Lorraine Toman at the Spooner Agricultural Research Station (phone 715635-3735 email

lltomanwiscedu) or web site httpspoonerarswiscedu

ART

2016 4-H Arts Camp

The annual statewide Arts Camp for middle school 4-Hrsquoers will

be held on October 1mdash2 2016 at Upham Woods in Wisconsin

Dells THE 6-8th graders will experience six hours of explora-

tory sessions in communication music photography theater

arts culinary arts and art in nature Space is limited so send an

application in promptlymdashdeadline is August 22 For registration information

httpfyiuwexeduwi4hartsarts-camp-applications

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Lima Lads amp Lassies at the Fair

Its the end of July so that means its time for the Pepin County Fair which was held on July 22 - 24 As

always Friday morning was a flurry of activity with animal exhibits being brought to the barn decorating

our club booth and last minute projects being put into place to be judged Outside in the arena Hannah

Ava and Brett were exhibiting their horse riding skills as the horse competition and judging got under

way The weather was quite uncomfortable but the riders and horses persevered and the end result was

that Brett Tomlinson earned the Sportsman Award Rachel Seifert earned the High Point Gymkhana

Award and Hannah Bauer earned the High Point Pleasure Award

Inside the school judging was getting started with projects in categories such as cultural arts flowers

and houseplants plant and soil science home environment foods and nutrition and photography Work-

ing as judge supervisors and helpers were Wendy Ripsi Brendin Mary and Marsha New this year was

members from the Senior Youth Council doing the judging for the Cloverbuds and Exploring projects

Stephanie volunteered to do the judging for the morning session which was supervised by Marie Katie

was the only 4-H member to do a singing and guitar playing project She did a very nice job It takes a lot

of courage to do a solo performance in front of a judge and spectators In the afternoon Stephanie

Brendin and Demi had judging with their cats chickens and rabbits This was Stephanie and Demis first

year with these projects and Kelli Hurlburt the judge gave them very good information and directions on

how to improve their presentation of their animals for next year Following the small animal judging was

the clothing revue Stephanie had 3 outfits entered in this category The judge Connie Anderson asks

several questions about the care and use of the clothing how you can accessorize the outfit and the cost of

the outfit When the judging was complete several of our club members had received Award of Merits or

trophies Lauren had earned 5 Award of Merits and 2 trophies Stephanie had 4 Award of Merits and 2

trophies Matt had 2 Award of Merits and 1 trophy Blake had 3 Award of Merits Brendin had 1 trophy

Abby received 2 Award of Merits Marsha Ripsi and Tessa each had 1 Award of Merit

On Saturday Brendin entertained the crowd with his dog in the kiddie and pet parade Stephanie and

Wendy had their hair done by Jen from Shear Madness Fritter the clown was entertaining kids and adults

with her balloon creations Tessa had a frog hat made and Elizabeth had a dog on a leash In the evening

Lauren and Brendin helped out in the Live Auction by showing off items that were available for bidding

Throughout the weekend Andrea Lauren Wendy and Stephanie worked several shifts in the dairy wagon

selling ice cream water cheese curds and pop for the Senior Youth Council

Sunday the final day of the fair the three 4-H clubs participated in an ag game competition We had a

corn relay race bale twine knot untying race hot egg passing and tug-of-war The Lima Lads and Lassies

won the corn relay and knot untying The Chippewa Club won the hot egg passing game and the tug-of-

war was a bust The rope ripped in two pieces on the second pulling contest but the Chippewa club was in

the lead for this game In the horse arena the Pepin Trailblazers held an Open Horse show Brett Hannah

Ava and Demi participated on those activities Our club had 9 baskets in the Silent Auction that was held

throughout the weekend We would to thank Tricia Minturn Shirley Merker and Julie Seidlitz who

donated their services to 4 of the baskets that we had We greatly appreciated everyone that put in a bid

on our baskets We hope you enjoy the treasures that you bought

The weather was hot and muggy for Friday and Sunday and on Saturday a storm blew through so those

2 things put a bit of a tamper on things but we want to thank everyone that came out to the fair to watch

the horse competition and look at all of the projects that the club members had made

See you next year at the fair

Submitted by Wendy Brantner

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2016 FAIR TOP WINNERS

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET BEEF - DREW SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET SWINE - MORGAN MOLINE

GRAND CHAMPION GYMKHANA HORSEMEN - RACHEL SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION PLEASURE HORSEMEN - HANNAH BAUER

GRAND CHAMPION SPORTSMANSHIP HORSEMEN - BRETT TOMLINSON

CHAMPION POULTRY - BILLY THETFORD III

ANIMAL amp VET SCIENCE - SHAYLEE NOEL

CHAMPION CAT - MORGAN MOLINE

PLANT amp SOIL SCIENCE - MATTHEW SAM

FLOWERS AND HOUSEPLANTS - MARSHA HECK

NATURAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

COMMUNICATION amp CULTURAL ARTS ndash ALEX MCMAHON

PHOTOGRAPHY - LAUREN HENDEL

WOODWORKING - MARSHA HECK

ELECTRICITY - ANTHONY EBENSPERGER

MECHANICAL SCIENCE - IAN AFDAHL

FOODS amp NUTRITION - BRENDIN LARSON

CLOTHING - SYDNEY SEIFERT

HOME ENVIRONMENT - LAUREN HENDEL

FAMILY LIVINGCHILD DEVELOPMENT - KAYLEE AUTH

HEALTH SOCIAL amp POLITICAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

BEST SHOW QUILT ndash OPEN CLASS - KAY SEIVWRIGHT

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL

FAIR

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MEMORIES OF THE 2016 FAIR

FRITTERS THE CLOWN

MUSTANG TRAINING DEMO

ldquoFAIR FOODrdquo VENDOR

CARNIVAL GAMES

ROASTED CORN

POPCORN VENDOR

PIE BAKING CONTEST

4-H TEEN LEADERS AS JUDGES

KIDrsquoS BIKE GIVE AWAY RAFLLES

WINE JUDGING

TRAIL RIDE

COLORING CONTEST

Past Fairs

- Pierce Pepin Electric Demonstration

-Cover Crop Display

- Baby Chicks Hatching

-Musical Entertainment

-Dog Herding Demonstration

-Antique Tractor DisplayCorn Demonstration

-Corn Cob Doll Making

-Car Cruise

-Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast

-Face Painting

-Guess the Gadget

-Circus- Thanks to Optimist Club

-Ultrasound Carcass Show

-Talent Showcase

-Exhibit Auction

- School Exhibits

-2010 Weekend Fair

-2010 Hot air balloon rides

-Truth Be 4 TreasonmdashTeen Band

Past Fairs

-3 on 3 Basketball Tourney

-New menu items and chicken dinner

-Sold pies at the auction

-Golf carts

-Barn improvements

-Horse show

-Bingo

-Inflatable gamesrides

-Music in Motionmdashfamily dance

-2009 year for 4-H Olympicsmdash

-2009 year for 4-H Camp fire in the horse ring

-Most exotic animal at the fairmdashSNAKE

-Mr Quinton participated in the 4-H games

-Sold pizza at auction

-Nancy Iverson wore a dress

-Dairy Futurity contest with Pierce Co Judging Team

-Clay Peterson looked handsome in a suit amp tie

-Farm Service Agency helped with livestock

Page 23 Pepin Pacer

THANK YOU

Becky Josh Jordin and Alex McMahon

ldquoVolunteering and providing the equipment needed to move the fair

display cases from the fair barn to the school In addition they also plan

and organize the Annual Splash Dash rdquo

Wendy Brantner

~Volunteering to plan and organize the 4-H Games ndash many 4--H members

participatedrdquo

Thank you to the volunteers who came Monday evening to move display

cases - this is a BIG job and lots of heavy lifting

Thank you to the volunteers who came Wednesday morning to help set up

Thank you to the volunteers who stayed late on Sunday to help put fair

equipment back and clean up the school building

Thank you to Jordin McMahon the only one who can Monday morning to

help clean up the fairgrounds

Thank you those who volunteers to be Superintendents and Helpers for

our Fair Judges This is a very important responsibility at the fair

Thank you to Dale and Debbie Bauer who have been working with the

horse families to build the horse program

BIG THANK YOU to the Fair Association who has worked all year to plan

and organize the community events at the fair ndash Dave Klein Christina

Lindstrom Val Cataract Dale amp Debbie Bauer and Sean Scallon

Thank you to everyone who helped out at the fair There are many more

thank yous and we would like to list everyone but that would get lengthy

and we do not want to miss anyone

Page 24 Pepin Pacer

Once Upon a Time at 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa

Nature storytelling mindfulness and tons of creative arts activities marked the ldquoOnce Upon A Timerdquo theme of the 2016 Pepin Buffalo Trempealeau and Pierce Countiesrsquo 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa in Marine on the St Croix River Minnesota from June 28-30 2016 Over 150 youth ages 9 ndash 14 attended this yearrsquos camp with 35 youth leaders contributing their leadership talents and time to serve as camp counselors

Over the three days of base camp campers in grades three through six took part in a variety of activities designed to help develop leadership communication creative thinking nature awareness and outdoor skills These activities included drama nature archery arts and crafts teamwork games and much more Base camp also included activities that the youth have always enjoyed including an obstacle course group games swimming campfires and a climbing wall One cabin earned the Leaky Canoe Award for their cabin skit while another group of campers earned an award for their creative communication skills by creating their own version of a fairy tale

At the three day 4-H Outpost Adventure youth in grades seven and eight participated in a more traditional outdoor camping experience Youth stayed in tents swam hiked at a state park competed in a teambuilding scavenger hunt learned about waters sources and built their own campfire to cook their meals over daily Youth expanded their teambuilding problem solving and resiliency skills in a collaborative environment

Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) programming that promotes critical thinking and problem solving is a central component of 4-H Camp 4-H campers designed and engineered their own marshmallow catapult and then compete against each other Pepin County Teen Leader Jordan McMahon taught this session and emphasized how the skills they used to design the catapult could be used in real life situations

4-H Camp Kinnissippewa is made possible by its counselors who plan teach and implement the learning experiences for their younger campers Counselors engage in three days of training that prepare them for working effectively with and caring for youth as well as teaching younger members to be leaders themselves

Pepin County 4-H campers and counselors included Outpost Adult Chaperone Josh and Becky McMahon Nurse April Loeffler STEM Program Teen Leader and Counselor Jordin McMahon Outpost Camper Hunter Hass Maya Jungwirth Alex McMahon and Morgan Moline Base Camp Counselor Brianna Hass Base Camp Campers Addison and Tessa Auth Katie Bignell Elizabeth Menting Isabel-la Wayne and Elena Weber

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Activity Page

Pepin County Extension

740 7th Ave W

PO Box 39

Durand WI 54736

University of Wisconsin-Extension Provides

Equal Opportunities in Employment and Programming

Including Title IX Requirements

PEPIN COUNTY

4-H FAMILY

NEWSLETTER

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ADULT LEADERSHIP

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YOUTH LEADERSHIP

SYC Meeting

When September 12 2016

Time 630 pm

Where Pepin School Pepin

Open to all Pepin County 4-H members in 7th grade and older

As soon as you are in 7th grade come join the fun and fellowship

Pepin County Fair Association Inc

invites you to their next meeting

Contact the Fair Association Inc at (715) 575- 1641 or

on Facebook (Pepin County Fair)

with questions or suggestions

Pepin County 4-H ParentLeader Meeting

August 10 2016 600 pm

UW- Extension Office

ALL Pepin County 4-H Parents Leaders and Youth Leaders you are welcome to attend the ParentLeaders Federation Meetings Decisions are made at these meetings which affect all members and parents within our 4-H organization Meetings are held in February April June August October and December normally held at the Extension Office in Durand

Take part in determining how the money raised is spent and what activities Pepin County 4-Hers will participate in Your voice will be heard

Fall Forum November 4-6 2016

Fall Forum is an opportunity for youth and adult leaders to attend the statewide training weekend with county and state staff The purpose of Fall Forum Provide an educational opportunity for youth and adult volunteers Develop youth and adult partnerships Create an engaging environment to facilitate discussion between counties Provide an opportunity for youth and adult volunteers to be involved in the planning and evaluating of statewide programs

When November 4- 6 2016

Where Green Lake Conference Center Green Lake

Who Each county is encouraged to send a delegation of 7th ndash 13th grade youth

and adult volunteer leaders

For more information contact Marie Ritscher at 715-672-5214

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2016 4-H American Spirit West Experience

4-H teen leaders Lauren Hendel and Stephanie Brantner from Pepin County were selected to travel on the 4-H Ameri-

can Spirit West Experience From June 22 through July 2 they traveled west to visit seven National Parks The purpose

of this educational experience is for youth to learn about the foundation and background of national parks gain an ap-

preciation of natural resources gain outdoor skills and leadership skills and to create citizens who are educated about

and advocates for conservation preservation and the environment

Stephanie and Lauren started in Wisconsin at the St Croix National Scenic Riverway to camp on the shores of the

Croix Falls and Namekagon Rivers Their next stop was Mitchell South Dakota to see the worldrsquos only Corn Palace

Three days into the trip their next stop was the Badlands National Park where they hiked a trails and took in the beauti-

ful scenery From there they stopped at the famous Wall Drug for some shopping

Mount Rushmore National Memorial and Wildlife Loop in Custer State Park were the next on their trip Four days into

the trip they stopped in Custer Wyoming where they spent the afternoon swimming canoeing hiking and taking pic-

tures at the Sylvan Lake Park

The highlight of the trip was the Yellowstone National Park Once there they went to see Upper Geyser Basin and Old

Faithful they hiked on trails visited Mystic Falls and more The next stop and sights to see were at Grand Teton Nation-

al Park One of the sites was the Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center another was Taggart Lake

Stephanie and Lauren learned a great deal about our Nationrsquos National Parks they had many memorable experiences

including making new friends Both of the girls said ldquoBeing selected to represent Pepin County on this trip was a privi-

lege for both of us We expanded our knowledge on nature related subjects and had a great time while doing sordquo

A Big Welcome to

KAEDE ONO

from Japan

who is being hosted by the

McMahon family this month

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Pepin County 4-H SYC Meeting Minutes for July 6 2016 Roll Call Stephanie Lauren Alex Erin and Claire are in attendance

Secretaries Report Lauren read off last meetings minutes

Treasurerrsquos Report As of June 1st the balance was $514361

Fair Monday 4 pm move display cases-Becky and Josh need more helpers

Wednesday fair Setup 9am

Thursday drop off exhibits 4-7 pm

Friday Exhibits in by 930 am

Sunday exhibit pickup and cleanup 2-6pm

Monday Fair cleanup 9am

CloverbudExplorer Judging Friday 10am-Stephanie 5pm-Claire and Jordin

Dairy Wagon Work schedules and bags for sale

Kiddie amp Pet Parade Stephanie volunteered to help with it

Judge Helpers Bring sheets to clubs to see if people are willing to help

Silent Auction Claire and Morgan-Ice Cream

Erin and Rachel-Coffee and Hot Chocolate

Maya and Alex-

Auction Those who go on trips must bring one pie or baked goods and it would be helpful if they were there to

show them in the ring

Hide and Seek 4-H Rocks McMahons and Marie are working on them

Splash Dash The health department has decided to partner with us McMahons will order more shirts

Other Business Coloring contest sheets

Trip Reports Erin went on the American Spirt East Trip American Spirit West ndash Lauren and

Stephanie

Next meeting Aug 3 6 pm

On the 4th of July the Lima Lads and Lassies 4-H Club participated in the annual parade that marches through Rock Falls We had Hannah her dad Chester Ella and Ava on horseback Angie Demi Tavyn Tatum Wendy Stephanie and Stephanies cousins Logan and Lindsey that were visiting for the day walking and throwing out tootsie rolls Next in our procession was Debbie Barb and Stephanies Aunt Shirley who was visiting from Sun Prairie riding in the Kabota doing manure clean up Bringing up the rear in our entou-rage was Tim and Katie driving the truck with our signage advertising about the Lima Lads and Lassies 4-H club Everyone had a a good time and it was great to see such a huge turnout from people in our community coming out to see the parade

Logan Lindsey Stephanie Katie Tim Barb and Wendy waiting for the parade to start Chester Ella Ava and Hannah carrying the 4-H flag riding horseback with the walking crew Becky is leading Ellas horse while she carries the 4-H flag

MEMBERSHIP

Waubeek Corners 4-H Club Secretary Report Submitted by Ian Afdahl

Date July 5th 2016 Attendees Kevin and Val Cataract Lori and Dave Klein Donna Emily and Jacob Kern Pledges Secretary Report read Treasurers Report $266433 balance as of July 5th

Approved by Emily 2nd by Jacob

Old Business We cleared $22454 when we worked at Music in the Park a few weeks ago Good job

everyone for helping out New Business

Started working on the booth for the fair Val will bring all of the supplies day of the fair set up

Next meeting in August will be determined We will do it at a park have fun and bring a dish to pass

Meeting was closed and we had snacks

Lima Lads and Lassies 4-H Club Update

The Lima Lads and Lassies 4-H club held their monthly meeting on Sunday July 17 at the Durand City Hall The Pepin County Fair is Friday - Sunday July 22 - 24 so this is fair week and there is a lot to do to get ready On Monday and Wednesday club members are asked to help with moving display cases cleaning them and laying out of tag labels Thursday evening projects can be brought to the school and set out for display Everyone is still busy at home working to get all of their projects completed and ready to be put on display Each club member brought at least 2 completed projects to this meeting to show to everyone else what they have been working on The project for this meeting was to design and make our display for our fair booth Once we got our idea worked out the members got busy making the banner and drawing out the props In other business we were asked to serve ice cream at the Brunners Seed Customer Appreciation Supper again so members signed up to work at that We set the date for our next meeting for Sunday August 14 at Club 10 for a bowling party and turning in Record Books After all of the work was done we enjoyed a snack that was provided by Vicky Weissinger

Emma Wayne is showing a string art project of Wisconsin that she made Elizabeth Menting is showing a butterfly house that is she is working on Several Club members are working on the banner for our booth at the fair Submitted by Wendy Brantner

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RECORD BOOKS

ARE DUE TO CLUB LEADERS BY AUGUST 15

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF 4-H RECORDS IS TO HELP YOUTH LEARN

a) To establish good habits of organizing and planning

b) Evaluation of economic worth

c) Evaluation and motivation by self and others

d) To improve written communication skills

e) To establish positive direction and identification of goals

f) The use of records to evaluate youths performance for recognition is only

ONE function of 4-H

Building Citizenship amp Leadership Skills by Exploring Americas Heritage

The American Spirit Leadership Program is a wonderful opportunity for youth to develop knowledge of Americas

heritage citizenship and leadership

The experience had the following objectives for its participants Increase knowledge and understanding of Americarsquos heritage

Build awareness of the many steps taken to gain US independence and freedom Further develop skills in leadership and personal expression of values Increase awareness of self in relationship to others Share what was learned with others

Featured sites include

New York ndash Harbor Tour 911 Memorial Night Tour of New York

Valley Forge

Philadelphia ndash Independence Hall Liberty Bell

Mayflower IIPlymouth Rock

BostonFreedom TrailChina TownAtlantic Ocean

Whale WatchingLobster Dinner

Niagara Falls

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Some Thoughts on Completing

Record Books

ldquoThis we believe about Wisconsin Recordsrdquo

(Developed by the WI 4-H Adult amp Leaders Council)

1) 4-H is aimed at teaching youth how to organize goals resources and accomplishments

2) THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF 4-H RECORDS IS TO HELP YOUTH LEARN

a) To establish good habits of organizing and planning

b) Evaluation of economic worth

c) Evaluation and motivation by self and others

d) To improve written communication skills

e) To establish positive direction and identification of goals

f) The use of records to evaluate youths performance for recognition is only ONE function of 4-H

3) The highest value and use of 4-H records should be

at the local club level ie

a) Evidence of accomplishments (for employment family awareness goal setting etc)

b) As a tool for helping leaders and other youth to know young people better

c) As a tool for family involvement in and awareness

When writing and reviewing their own record book

4-H members should be able to answer ldquoYESrdquo to the

following questions

1) Is there evidence of goal setting Did the writer comment on progress toward their goal

2) Is there evidence of sharing found in the record (demonstrations exhibits etc)

3) Has the member shown motivation by participating in club activities workshops etc)

4) Is the record well organized and planned

5) Do the records truly represent a planning amp evaluation process

6) Did the writer tell what they learned in the project story

7) Are the required records used (including financial records where applicable) Did the writer follow

directions

8) Are the records complete realistic and meaningful

9) Has the member included pictures and clippings where appropriate

10) Is the record neat in appearance (use one color of ink)

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Chippewa 4-H Club July Meeting Minutes

We started our meeting when our President Jordin McMahon called the meeting to order After

doing pledges attendance was taken by Morgan Moline Lacy Quinton gave the treasurers report We had

a check made out to Tracy Seifert for $1518 for providing supplies for previous meetings ending our

balance at $471777 We had no old business so we moved on to new business

Our booth theme this year for the fair is Brighten Your Life With 4-H The leading family for the

booth is the Hass family Then for our barn theme we are doing an Olympic theme since this summer is

an Olympic year We announced that fair tags would be coming soon and would be available for pick up

at the Durand extension office or from Jan Quinton We then asked 4-H adults for help at this yearrsquos fair

They would be helping with judging and placing ribbons on projects and asked that they check the Pacer

for info on supervisors needed for the 22nd Officers then announced important dates coming up next

week These dates were the 18th 20th and 25th You may also check the pacer for more information on

these dates and the pie baking contest on the 23rd We then passed out scholarship forms for recent trip

takers Our next meeting families are the Brevicks N Moline and WallThetford Next meetings activity

is most likely going to be an Express game We discussed the option of letting the members bringing a

friend which will be determined later depending on funds The August meeting is either going to be on

the 7th or 14th this will be determined at a later date September families are going to be Reisgraft T

Moline and WallThetford Our meeting activity is having trip camp takers talking about their trip and

experience We will also have ice cream and watermelon Bryce Quinton made a motion to adjourn the

meeting and Brianna Hass second it

AUGUST MEETING

DATE Sunday August 14

PLACE Carson Park Eau Claire

TIME Meet at entrance at 400 PM - Game time 505 PM

ACTIVITY Eau Claire Express Game

FOOD $ 2 provided to purchase concession stand ($1 hot dogs $1 ice cream available)

RSVP Contact one of the host families to confirm attendance so tickets can be purchased

AUGUST HOST FAMILIES (Nicki) Moline Brevick and WallThetford Brevicks

August meeting that we will attend an Eau Claire Express Game The game will be on Sunday August 14th in Eau Claire at Carson Park Game time is 505 pm amp we will meet at the park entrance at 4pm The club will purchase the tickets for the club members parents and siblings Each club member is allowed to bring one friend with that will need to pay $5friend There is no charge for children 5 and under The club will also give each person $2 for a hot dog and ice cream as it is $1 hot dog and $1 ice cream night I need to know how many people are attending from your family that are ages 6 amp up Please let one of the host families know by Tuesday August 9th so that I can get the tickets ordered in time

SEPTEMBER MEETING HOST FAMILIES (Tracy) Moline WallThetford Riesgraf

DATE Sunday September 11

TIME 100 Parade (meet at line up spot at 1230)

LOCATION Pepin Parade

MEETING After parade

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4-H Members Discover Diversity in Iowa Eight 4-H members from Buffalo Pepin and Pierce Counties spent three days in Dubuque and Davenport Iowa discovering diversity and learning more about themselves as part of the Finding Interesting Varieties in Everyone (FIVE) trip for sixth seventh and eighth graders The purpose of the program is to enable youth to recognize and discuss how individuals are ethically racially and culturally different than themselves and to provide youth the opportunity to develop critical life skills including communication independence empathy and decision making The youth gained practice in accepting differences worked in groups contributing to their cooperation skills and through discussion built critical thinking skills in multicultural awareness

4-H members who participated from the three counties were Austin George Morgan Guenther Morgan Moline Hunter Hass Ally Arens Riley Schumaker and Hannah Noll While on the travel experience youth visited the Fenelon Elevator and Shot Towed and stayed downtown Dubuque on the Historic Riverwalk Youth also identified elements of diversity in both humans and animals at the National Mississippi River Museum learned how individuals are genetically and culturally similar and different at the Putnam Science Museum while viewing the King Tut exhibit enjoyed a citywide jazz festival which allowed members the opportunity to step out of the comfort zone and try dancing in the street and learned about how culture has shaped river history on a swat rubber river boat tour On of the many highlights of the trip was meeting Don Wildman host of the Travel Channel Mysteries of The Museum he also talked about how we are the same as ancient Egypt and yet different

Marie Ritscher Pepin County 4-H Youth Development Agent conducted a post evaluation with youth All eight youth delegates indicated the experience was one they would recommend to a friend One youth wrote ldquoI learned [on this travel experience] that everyonersquos a little different but they can still be good friendsrdquo Another wrote ldquoI learned [on this travel experience] that people from all different backgrounds can still find similaritiesrdquo You learned as much about themselves as they did about others Each indicated on their evaluations at least one way they challenged themselves with the intent to develop and grow as individuals The challenges ranged from trying a new cultural food to being confident in meeting new people in professional settings

Annie Lisowski Buffalo County 4-H Youth Development Educator stated ldquoThe youth developed and practiced new life skills by experiencing new environments and engaging in diverse ideas and opinions with their fellow delegates In addition the youth were able to discuss cultural identities consider stereotypes and develop empathy for others It was an exciting opportunity for youth to grow and develop outside of their social normrdquo 4-H Leaders Associations in each of the three counties helps pay a portion of the 4-H membersrsquo expenses All young people are selected to travel by completing a 4-H Resume and interview process

FIVE TRIP

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2016-2017 4-H Enrollment

Re-enrollment and new enrollment will again be processed throu 4-H Online beginning in

September At that time all active members will be set to ldquoInactiverdquo Then you will have

login to re-enroll reviewchange your contact info and confirm the expectation and

behavior agreements You can add or delete your projects too Then click submit Please

make sure to complete this task as soon as possible AFTER the 2nd of September

ANIMAL SCIENCE

64rd ANNUAL SPOONER SHEEP DAY

Spooner Agricultural Research Station of the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Spooner Wisconsin

Saturday August 27 2016

Attendance at the educational sessions of the Spooner Sheep Day is free

There is a charge for the lamb barbecue lunch

Spooner Sheep Day is sponsored by the Agricultural Research Stations and Department of

Animal Sciences College of Agricultural and Life Sciences University of Wisconsin-Madison and

Cooperative Extension University of Wisconsin-Extension For more information contact

Lorraine Toman at the Spooner Agricultural Research Station (phone 715635-3735 email

lltomanwiscedu) or web site httpspoonerarswiscedu

ART

2016 4-H Arts Camp

The annual statewide Arts Camp for middle school 4-Hrsquoers will

be held on October 1mdash2 2016 at Upham Woods in Wisconsin

Dells THE 6-8th graders will experience six hours of explora-

tory sessions in communication music photography theater

arts culinary arts and art in nature Space is limited so send an

application in promptlymdashdeadline is August 22 For registration information

httpfyiuwexeduwi4hartsarts-camp-applications

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Lima Lads amp Lassies at the Fair

Its the end of July so that means its time for the Pepin County Fair which was held on July 22 - 24 As

always Friday morning was a flurry of activity with animal exhibits being brought to the barn decorating

our club booth and last minute projects being put into place to be judged Outside in the arena Hannah

Ava and Brett were exhibiting their horse riding skills as the horse competition and judging got under

way The weather was quite uncomfortable but the riders and horses persevered and the end result was

that Brett Tomlinson earned the Sportsman Award Rachel Seifert earned the High Point Gymkhana

Award and Hannah Bauer earned the High Point Pleasure Award

Inside the school judging was getting started with projects in categories such as cultural arts flowers

and houseplants plant and soil science home environment foods and nutrition and photography Work-

ing as judge supervisors and helpers were Wendy Ripsi Brendin Mary and Marsha New this year was

members from the Senior Youth Council doing the judging for the Cloverbuds and Exploring projects

Stephanie volunteered to do the judging for the morning session which was supervised by Marie Katie

was the only 4-H member to do a singing and guitar playing project She did a very nice job It takes a lot

of courage to do a solo performance in front of a judge and spectators In the afternoon Stephanie

Brendin and Demi had judging with their cats chickens and rabbits This was Stephanie and Demis first

year with these projects and Kelli Hurlburt the judge gave them very good information and directions on

how to improve their presentation of their animals for next year Following the small animal judging was

the clothing revue Stephanie had 3 outfits entered in this category The judge Connie Anderson asks

several questions about the care and use of the clothing how you can accessorize the outfit and the cost of

the outfit When the judging was complete several of our club members had received Award of Merits or

trophies Lauren had earned 5 Award of Merits and 2 trophies Stephanie had 4 Award of Merits and 2

trophies Matt had 2 Award of Merits and 1 trophy Blake had 3 Award of Merits Brendin had 1 trophy

Abby received 2 Award of Merits Marsha Ripsi and Tessa each had 1 Award of Merit

On Saturday Brendin entertained the crowd with his dog in the kiddie and pet parade Stephanie and

Wendy had their hair done by Jen from Shear Madness Fritter the clown was entertaining kids and adults

with her balloon creations Tessa had a frog hat made and Elizabeth had a dog on a leash In the evening

Lauren and Brendin helped out in the Live Auction by showing off items that were available for bidding

Throughout the weekend Andrea Lauren Wendy and Stephanie worked several shifts in the dairy wagon

selling ice cream water cheese curds and pop for the Senior Youth Council

Sunday the final day of the fair the three 4-H clubs participated in an ag game competition We had a

corn relay race bale twine knot untying race hot egg passing and tug-of-war The Lima Lads and Lassies

won the corn relay and knot untying The Chippewa Club won the hot egg passing game and the tug-of-

war was a bust The rope ripped in two pieces on the second pulling contest but the Chippewa club was in

the lead for this game In the horse arena the Pepin Trailblazers held an Open Horse show Brett Hannah

Ava and Demi participated on those activities Our club had 9 baskets in the Silent Auction that was held

throughout the weekend We would to thank Tricia Minturn Shirley Merker and Julie Seidlitz who

donated their services to 4 of the baskets that we had We greatly appreciated everyone that put in a bid

on our baskets We hope you enjoy the treasures that you bought

The weather was hot and muggy for Friday and Sunday and on Saturday a storm blew through so those

2 things put a bit of a tamper on things but we want to thank everyone that came out to the fair to watch

the horse competition and look at all of the projects that the club members had made

See you next year at the fair

Submitted by Wendy Brantner

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2016 FAIR TOP WINNERS

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET BEEF - DREW SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET SWINE - MORGAN MOLINE

GRAND CHAMPION GYMKHANA HORSEMEN - RACHEL SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION PLEASURE HORSEMEN - HANNAH BAUER

GRAND CHAMPION SPORTSMANSHIP HORSEMEN - BRETT TOMLINSON

CHAMPION POULTRY - BILLY THETFORD III

ANIMAL amp VET SCIENCE - SHAYLEE NOEL

CHAMPION CAT - MORGAN MOLINE

PLANT amp SOIL SCIENCE - MATTHEW SAM

FLOWERS AND HOUSEPLANTS - MARSHA HECK

NATURAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

COMMUNICATION amp CULTURAL ARTS ndash ALEX MCMAHON

PHOTOGRAPHY - LAUREN HENDEL

WOODWORKING - MARSHA HECK

ELECTRICITY - ANTHONY EBENSPERGER

MECHANICAL SCIENCE - IAN AFDAHL

FOODS amp NUTRITION - BRENDIN LARSON

CLOTHING - SYDNEY SEIFERT

HOME ENVIRONMENT - LAUREN HENDEL

FAMILY LIVINGCHILD DEVELOPMENT - KAYLEE AUTH

HEALTH SOCIAL amp POLITICAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

BEST SHOW QUILT ndash OPEN CLASS - KAY SEIVWRIGHT

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL

FAIR

Page 22 Pepin Pacer

MEMORIES OF THE 2016 FAIR

FRITTERS THE CLOWN

MUSTANG TRAINING DEMO

ldquoFAIR FOODrdquo VENDOR

CARNIVAL GAMES

ROASTED CORN

POPCORN VENDOR

PIE BAKING CONTEST

4-H TEEN LEADERS AS JUDGES

KIDrsquoS BIKE GIVE AWAY RAFLLES

WINE JUDGING

TRAIL RIDE

COLORING CONTEST

Past Fairs

- Pierce Pepin Electric Demonstration

-Cover Crop Display

- Baby Chicks Hatching

-Musical Entertainment

-Dog Herding Demonstration

-Antique Tractor DisplayCorn Demonstration

-Corn Cob Doll Making

-Car Cruise

-Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast

-Face Painting

-Guess the Gadget

-Circus- Thanks to Optimist Club

-Ultrasound Carcass Show

-Talent Showcase

-Exhibit Auction

- School Exhibits

-2010 Weekend Fair

-2010 Hot air balloon rides

-Truth Be 4 TreasonmdashTeen Band

Past Fairs

-3 on 3 Basketball Tourney

-New menu items and chicken dinner

-Sold pies at the auction

-Golf carts

-Barn improvements

-Horse show

-Bingo

-Inflatable gamesrides

-Music in Motionmdashfamily dance

-2009 year for 4-H Olympicsmdash

-2009 year for 4-H Camp fire in the horse ring

-Most exotic animal at the fairmdashSNAKE

-Mr Quinton participated in the 4-H games

-Sold pizza at auction

-Nancy Iverson wore a dress

-Dairy Futurity contest with Pierce Co Judging Team

-Clay Peterson looked handsome in a suit amp tie

-Farm Service Agency helped with livestock

Page 23 Pepin Pacer

THANK YOU

Becky Josh Jordin and Alex McMahon

ldquoVolunteering and providing the equipment needed to move the fair

display cases from the fair barn to the school In addition they also plan

and organize the Annual Splash Dash rdquo

Wendy Brantner

~Volunteering to plan and organize the 4-H Games ndash many 4--H members

participatedrdquo

Thank you to the volunteers who came Monday evening to move display

cases - this is a BIG job and lots of heavy lifting

Thank you to the volunteers who came Wednesday morning to help set up

Thank you to the volunteers who stayed late on Sunday to help put fair

equipment back and clean up the school building

Thank you to Jordin McMahon the only one who can Monday morning to

help clean up the fairgrounds

Thank you those who volunteers to be Superintendents and Helpers for

our Fair Judges This is a very important responsibility at the fair

Thank you to Dale and Debbie Bauer who have been working with the

horse families to build the horse program

BIG THANK YOU to the Fair Association who has worked all year to plan

and organize the community events at the fair ndash Dave Klein Christina

Lindstrom Val Cataract Dale amp Debbie Bauer and Sean Scallon

Thank you to everyone who helped out at the fair There are many more

thank yous and we would like to list everyone but that would get lengthy

and we do not want to miss anyone

Page 24 Pepin Pacer

Once Upon a Time at 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa

Nature storytelling mindfulness and tons of creative arts activities marked the ldquoOnce Upon A Timerdquo theme of the 2016 Pepin Buffalo Trempealeau and Pierce Countiesrsquo 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa in Marine on the St Croix River Minnesota from June 28-30 2016 Over 150 youth ages 9 ndash 14 attended this yearrsquos camp with 35 youth leaders contributing their leadership talents and time to serve as camp counselors

Over the three days of base camp campers in grades three through six took part in a variety of activities designed to help develop leadership communication creative thinking nature awareness and outdoor skills These activities included drama nature archery arts and crafts teamwork games and much more Base camp also included activities that the youth have always enjoyed including an obstacle course group games swimming campfires and a climbing wall One cabin earned the Leaky Canoe Award for their cabin skit while another group of campers earned an award for their creative communication skills by creating their own version of a fairy tale

At the three day 4-H Outpost Adventure youth in grades seven and eight participated in a more traditional outdoor camping experience Youth stayed in tents swam hiked at a state park competed in a teambuilding scavenger hunt learned about waters sources and built their own campfire to cook their meals over daily Youth expanded their teambuilding problem solving and resiliency skills in a collaborative environment

Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) programming that promotes critical thinking and problem solving is a central component of 4-H Camp 4-H campers designed and engineered their own marshmallow catapult and then compete against each other Pepin County Teen Leader Jordan McMahon taught this session and emphasized how the skills they used to design the catapult could be used in real life situations

4-H Camp Kinnissippewa is made possible by its counselors who plan teach and implement the learning experiences for their younger campers Counselors engage in three days of training that prepare them for working effectively with and caring for youth as well as teaching younger members to be leaders themselves

Pepin County 4-H campers and counselors included Outpost Adult Chaperone Josh and Becky McMahon Nurse April Loeffler STEM Program Teen Leader and Counselor Jordin McMahon Outpost Camper Hunter Hass Maya Jungwirth Alex McMahon and Morgan Moline Base Camp Counselor Brianna Hass Base Camp Campers Addison and Tessa Auth Katie Bignell Elizabeth Menting Isabel-la Wayne and Elena Weber

Page 25 Pepin Pacer

Activity Page

Pepin County Extension

740 7th Ave W

PO Box 39

Durand WI 54736

University of Wisconsin-Extension Provides

Equal Opportunities in Employment and Programming

Including Title IX Requirements

PEPIN COUNTY

4-H FAMILY

NEWSLETTER

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2016 4-H American Spirit West Experience

4-H teen leaders Lauren Hendel and Stephanie Brantner from Pepin County were selected to travel on the 4-H Ameri-

can Spirit West Experience From June 22 through July 2 they traveled west to visit seven National Parks The purpose

of this educational experience is for youth to learn about the foundation and background of national parks gain an ap-

preciation of natural resources gain outdoor skills and leadership skills and to create citizens who are educated about

and advocates for conservation preservation and the environment

Stephanie and Lauren started in Wisconsin at the St Croix National Scenic Riverway to camp on the shores of the

Croix Falls and Namekagon Rivers Their next stop was Mitchell South Dakota to see the worldrsquos only Corn Palace

Three days into the trip their next stop was the Badlands National Park where they hiked a trails and took in the beauti-

ful scenery From there they stopped at the famous Wall Drug for some shopping

Mount Rushmore National Memorial and Wildlife Loop in Custer State Park were the next on their trip Four days into

the trip they stopped in Custer Wyoming where they spent the afternoon swimming canoeing hiking and taking pic-

tures at the Sylvan Lake Park

The highlight of the trip was the Yellowstone National Park Once there they went to see Upper Geyser Basin and Old

Faithful they hiked on trails visited Mystic Falls and more The next stop and sights to see were at Grand Teton Nation-

al Park One of the sites was the Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center another was Taggart Lake

Stephanie and Lauren learned a great deal about our Nationrsquos National Parks they had many memorable experiences

including making new friends Both of the girls said ldquoBeing selected to represent Pepin County on this trip was a privi-

lege for both of us We expanded our knowledge on nature related subjects and had a great time while doing sordquo

A Big Welcome to

KAEDE ONO

from Japan

who is being hosted by the

McMahon family this month

Page 5 Pepin Pacer

Pepin County 4-H SYC Meeting Minutes for July 6 2016 Roll Call Stephanie Lauren Alex Erin and Claire are in attendance

Secretaries Report Lauren read off last meetings minutes

Treasurerrsquos Report As of June 1st the balance was $514361

Fair Monday 4 pm move display cases-Becky and Josh need more helpers

Wednesday fair Setup 9am

Thursday drop off exhibits 4-7 pm

Friday Exhibits in by 930 am

Sunday exhibit pickup and cleanup 2-6pm

Monday Fair cleanup 9am

CloverbudExplorer Judging Friday 10am-Stephanie 5pm-Claire and Jordin

Dairy Wagon Work schedules and bags for sale

Kiddie amp Pet Parade Stephanie volunteered to help with it

Judge Helpers Bring sheets to clubs to see if people are willing to help

Silent Auction Claire and Morgan-Ice Cream

Erin and Rachel-Coffee and Hot Chocolate

Maya and Alex-

Auction Those who go on trips must bring one pie or baked goods and it would be helpful if they were there to

show them in the ring

Hide and Seek 4-H Rocks McMahons and Marie are working on them

Splash Dash The health department has decided to partner with us McMahons will order more shirts

Other Business Coloring contest sheets

Trip Reports Erin went on the American Spirt East Trip American Spirit West ndash Lauren and

Stephanie

Next meeting Aug 3 6 pm

On the 4th of July the Lima Lads and Lassies 4-H Club participated in the annual parade that marches through Rock Falls We had Hannah her dad Chester Ella and Ava on horseback Angie Demi Tavyn Tatum Wendy Stephanie and Stephanies cousins Logan and Lindsey that were visiting for the day walking and throwing out tootsie rolls Next in our procession was Debbie Barb and Stephanies Aunt Shirley who was visiting from Sun Prairie riding in the Kabota doing manure clean up Bringing up the rear in our entou-rage was Tim and Katie driving the truck with our signage advertising about the Lima Lads and Lassies 4-H club Everyone had a a good time and it was great to see such a huge turnout from people in our community coming out to see the parade

Logan Lindsey Stephanie Katie Tim Barb and Wendy waiting for the parade to start Chester Ella Ava and Hannah carrying the 4-H flag riding horseback with the walking crew Becky is leading Ellas horse while she carries the 4-H flag

MEMBERSHIP

Waubeek Corners 4-H Club Secretary Report Submitted by Ian Afdahl

Date July 5th 2016 Attendees Kevin and Val Cataract Lori and Dave Klein Donna Emily and Jacob Kern Pledges Secretary Report read Treasurers Report $266433 balance as of July 5th

Approved by Emily 2nd by Jacob

Old Business We cleared $22454 when we worked at Music in the Park a few weeks ago Good job

everyone for helping out New Business

Started working on the booth for the fair Val will bring all of the supplies day of the fair set up

Next meeting in August will be determined We will do it at a park have fun and bring a dish to pass

Meeting was closed and we had snacks

Lima Lads and Lassies 4-H Club Update

The Lima Lads and Lassies 4-H club held their monthly meeting on Sunday July 17 at the Durand City Hall The Pepin County Fair is Friday - Sunday July 22 - 24 so this is fair week and there is a lot to do to get ready On Monday and Wednesday club members are asked to help with moving display cases cleaning them and laying out of tag labels Thursday evening projects can be brought to the school and set out for display Everyone is still busy at home working to get all of their projects completed and ready to be put on display Each club member brought at least 2 completed projects to this meeting to show to everyone else what they have been working on The project for this meeting was to design and make our display for our fair booth Once we got our idea worked out the members got busy making the banner and drawing out the props In other business we were asked to serve ice cream at the Brunners Seed Customer Appreciation Supper again so members signed up to work at that We set the date for our next meeting for Sunday August 14 at Club 10 for a bowling party and turning in Record Books After all of the work was done we enjoyed a snack that was provided by Vicky Weissinger

Emma Wayne is showing a string art project of Wisconsin that she made Elizabeth Menting is showing a butterfly house that is she is working on Several Club members are working on the banner for our booth at the fair Submitted by Wendy Brantner

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RECORD BOOKS

ARE DUE TO CLUB LEADERS BY AUGUST 15

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF 4-H RECORDS IS TO HELP YOUTH LEARN

a) To establish good habits of organizing and planning

b) Evaluation of economic worth

c) Evaluation and motivation by self and others

d) To improve written communication skills

e) To establish positive direction and identification of goals

f) The use of records to evaluate youths performance for recognition is only

ONE function of 4-H

Building Citizenship amp Leadership Skills by Exploring Americas Heritage

The American Spirit Leadership Program is a wonderful opportunity for youth to develop knowledge of Americas

heritage citizenship and leadership

The experience had the following objectives for its participants Increase knowledge and understanding of Americarsquos heritage

Build awareness of the many steps taken to gain US independence and freedom Further develop skills in leadership and personal expression of values Increase awareness of self in relationship to others Share what was learned with others

Featured sites include

New York ndash Harbor Tour 911 Memorial Night Tour of New York

Valley Forge

Philadelphia ndash Independence Hall Liberty Bell

Mayflower IIPlymouth Rock

BostonFreedom TrailChina TownAtlantic Ocean

Whale WatchingLobster Dinner

Niagara Falls

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Some Thoughts on Completing

Record Books

ldquoThis we believe about Wisconsin Recordsrdquo

(Developed by the WI 4-H Adult amp Leaders Council)

1) 4-H is aimed at teaching youth how to organize goals resources and accomplishments

2) THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF 4-H RECORDS IS TO HELP YOUTH LEARN

a) To establish good habits of organizing and planning

b) Evaluation of economic worth

c) Evaluation and motivation by self and others

d) To improve written communication skills

e) To establish positive direction and identification of goals

f) The use of records to evaluate youths performance for recognition is only ONE function of 4-H

3) The highest value and use of 4-H records should be

at the local club level ie

a) Evidence of accomplishments (for employment family awareness goal setting etc)

b) As a tool for helping leaders and other youth to know young people better

c) As a tool for family involvement in and awareness

When writing and reviewing their own record book

4-H members should be able to answer ldquoYESrdquo to the

following questions

1) Is there evidence of goal setting Did the writer comment on progress toward their goal

2) Is there evidence of sharing found in the record (demonstrations exhibits etc)

3) Has the member shown motivation by participating in club activities workshops etc)

4) Is the record well organized and planned

5) Do the records truly represent a planning amp evaluation process

6) Did the writer tell what they learned in the project story

7) Are the required records used (including financial records where applicable) Did the writer follow

directions

8) Are the records complete realistic and meaningful

9) Has the member included pictures and clippings where appropriate

10) Is the record neat in appearance (use one color of ink)

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Chippewa 4-H Club July Meeting Minutes

We started our meeting when our President Jordin McMahon called the meeting to order After

doing pledges attendance was taken by Morgan Moline Lacy Quinton gave the treasurers report We had

a check made out to Tracy Seifert for $1518 for providing supplies for previous meetings ending our

balance at $471777 We had no old business so we moved on to new business

Our booth theme this year for the fair is Brighten Your Life With 4-H The leading family for the

booth is the Hass family Then for our barn theme we are doing an Olympic theme since this summer is

an Olympic year We announced that fair tags would be coming soon and would be available for pick up

at the Durand extension office or from Jan Quinton We then asked 4-H adults for help at this yearrsquos fair

They would be helping with judging and placing ribbons on projects and asked that they check the Pacer

for info on supervisors needed for the 22nd Officers then announced important dates coming up next

week These dates were the 18th 20th and 25th You may also check the pacer for more information on

these dates and the pie baking contest on the 23rd We then passed out scholarship forms for recent trip

takers Our next meeting families are the Brevicks N Moline and WallThetford Next meetings activity

is most likely going to be an Express game We discussed the option of letting the members bringing a

friend which will be determined later depending on funds The August meeting is either going to be on

the 7th or 14th this will be determined at a later date September families are going to be Reisgraft T

Moline and WallThetford Our meeting activity is having trip camp takers talking about their trip and

experience We will also have ice cream and watermelon Bryce Quinton made a motion to adjourn the

meeting and Brianna Hass second it

AUGUST MEETING

DATE Sunday August 14

PLACE Carson Park Eau Claire

TIME Meet at entrance at 400 PM - Game time 505 PM

ACTIVITY Eau Claire Express Game

FOOD $ 2 provided to purchase concession stand ($1 hot dogs $1 ice cream available)

RSVP Contact one of the host families to confirm attendance so tickets can be purchased

AUGUST HOST FAMILIES (Nicki) Moline Brevick and WallThetford Brevicks

August meeting that we will attend an Eau Claire Express Game The game will be on Sunday August 14th in Eau Claire at Carson Park Game time is 505 pm amp we will meet at the park entrance at 4pm The club will purchase the tickets for the club members parents and siblings Each club member is allowed to bring one friend with that will need to pay $5friend There is no charge for children 5 and under The club will also give each person $2 for a hot dog and ice cream as it is $1 hot dog and $1 ice cream night I need to know how many people are attending from your family that are ages 6 amp up Please let one of the host families know by Tuesday August 9th so that I can get the tickets ordered in time

SEPTEMBER MEETING HOST FAMILIES (Tracy) Moline WallThetford Riesgraf

DATE Sunday September 11

TIME 100 Parade (meet at line up spot at 1230)

LOCATION Pepin Parade

MEETING After parade

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4-H Members Discover Diversity in Iowa Eight 4-H members from Buffalo Pepin and Pierce Counties spent three days in Dubuque and Davenport Iowa discovering diversity and learning more about themselves as part of the Finding Interesting Varieties in Everyone (FIVE) trip for sixth seventh and eighth graders The purpose of the program is to enable youth to recognize and discuss how individuals are ethically racially and culturally different than themselves and to provide youth the opportunity to develop critical life skills including communication independence empathy and decision making The youth gained practice in accepting differences worked in groups contributing to their cooperation skills and through discussion built critical thinking skills in multicultural awareness

4-H members who participated from the three counties were Austin George Morgan Guenther Morgan Moline Hunter Hass Ally Arens Riley Schumaker and Hannah Noll While on the travel experience youth visited the Fenelon Elevator and Shot Towed and stayed downtown Dubuque on the Historic Riverwalk Youth also identified elements of diversity in both humans and animals at the National Mississippi River Museum learned how individuals are genetically and culturally similar and different at the Putnam Science Museum while viewing the King Tut exhibit enjoyed a citywide jazz festival which allowed members the opportunity to step out of the comfort zone and try dancing in the street and learned about how culture has shaped river history on a swat rubber river boat tour On of the many highlights of the trip was meeting Don Wildman host of the Travel Channel Mysteries of The Museum he also talked about how we are the same as ancient Egypt and yet different

Marie Ritscher Pepin County 4-H Youth Development Agent conducted a post evaluation with youth All eight youth delegates indicated the experience was one they would recommend to a friend One youth wrote ldquoI learned [on this travel experience] that everyonersquos a little different but they can still be good friendsrdquo Another wrote ldquoI learned [on this travel experience] that people from all different backgrounds can still find similaritiesrdquo You learned as much about themselves as they did about others Each indicated on their evaluations at least one way they challenged themselves with the intent to develop and grow as individuals The challenges ranged from trying a new cultural food to being confident in meeting new people in professional settings

Annie Lisowski Buffalo County 4-H Youth Development Educator stated ldquoThe youth developed and practiced new life skills by experiencing new environments and engaging in diverse ideas and opinions with their fellow delegates In addition the youth were able to discuss cultural identities consider stereotypes and develop empathy for others It was an exciting opportunity for youth to grow and develop outside of their social normrdquo 4-H Leaders Associations in each of the three counties helps pay a portion of the 4-H membersrsquo expenses All young people are selected to travel by completing a 4-H Resume and interview process

FIVE TRIP

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2016-2017 4-H Enrollment

Re-enrollment and new enrollment will again be processed throu 4-H Online beginning in

September At that time all active members will be set to ldquoInactiverdquo Then you will have

login to re-enroll reviewchange your contact info and confirm the expectation and

behavior agreements You can add or delete your projects too Then click submit Please

make sure to complete this task as soon as possible AFTER the 2nd of September

ANIMAL SCIENCE

64rd ANNUAL SPOONER SHEEP DAY

Spooner Agricultural Research Station of the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Spooner Wisconsin

Saturday August 27 2016

Attendance at the educational sessions of the Spooner Sheep Day is free

There is a charge for the lamb barbecue lunch

Spooner Sheep Day is sponsored by the Agricultural Research Stations and Department of

Animal Sciences College of Agricultural and Life Sciences University of Wisconsin-Madison and

Cooperative Extension University of Wisconsin-Extension For more information contact

Lorraine Toman at the Spooner Agricultural Research Station (phone 715635-3735 email

lltomanwiscedu) or web site httpspoonerarswiscedu

ART

2016 4-H Arts Camp

The annual statewide Arts Camp for middle school 4-Hrsquoers will

be held on October 1mdash2 2016 at Upham Woods in Wisconsin

Dells THE 6-8th graders will experience six hours of explora-

tory sessions in communication music photography theater

arts culinary arts and art in nature Space is limited so send an

application in promptlymdashdeadline is August 22 For registration information

httpfyiuwexeduwi4hartsarts-camp-applications

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Lima Lads amp Lassies at the Fair

Its the end of July so that means its time for the Pepin County Fair which was held on July 22 - 24 As

always Friday morning was a flurry of activity with animal exhibits being brought to the barn decorating

our club booth and last minute projects being put into place to be judged Outside in the arena Hannah

Ava and Brett were exhibiting their horse riding skills as the horse competition and judging got under

way The weather was quite uncomfortable but the riders and horses persevered and the end result was

that Brett Tomlinson earned the Sportsman Award Rachel Seifert earned the High Point Gymkhana

Award and Hannah Bauer earned the High Point Pleasure Award

Inside the school judging was getting started with projects in categories such as cultural arts flowers

and houseplants plant and soil science home environment foods and nutrition and photography Work-

ing as judge supervisors and helpers were Wendy Ripsi Brendin Mary and Marsha New this year was

members from the Senior Youth Council doing the judging for the Cloverbuds and Exploring projects

Stephanie volunteered to do the judging for the morning session which was supervised by Marie Katie

was the only 4-H member to do a singing and guitar playing project She did a very nice job It takes a lot

of courage to do a solo performance in front of a judge and spectators In the afternoon Stephanie

Brendin and Demi had judging with their cats chickens and rabbits This was Stephanie and Demis first

year with these projects and Kelli Hurlburt the judge gave them very good information and directions on

how to improve their presentation of their animals for next year Following the small animal judging was

the clothing revue Stephanie had 3 outfits entered in this category The judge Connie Anderson asks

several questions about the care and use of the clothing how you can accessorize the outfit and the cost of

the outfit When the judging was complete several of our club members had received Award of Merits or

trophies Lauren had earned 5 Award of Merits and 2 trophies Stephanie had 4 Award of Merits and 2

trophies Matt had 2 Award of Merits and 1 trophy Blake had 3 Award of Merits Brendin had 1 trophy

Abby received 2 Award of Merits Marsha Ripsi and Tessa each had 1 Award of Merit

On Saturday Brendin entertained the crowd with his dog in the kiddie and pet parade Stephanie and

Wendy had their hair done by Jen from Shear Madness Fritter the clown was entertaining kids and adults

with her balloon creations Tessa had a frog hat made and Elizabeth had a dog on a leash In the evening

Lauren and Brendin helped out in the Live Auction by showing off items that were available for bidding

Throughout the weekend Andrea Lauren Wendy and Stephanie worked several shifts in the dairy wagon

selling ice cream water cheese curds and pop for the Senior Youth Council

Sunday the final day of the fair the three 4-H clubs participated in an ag game competition We had a

corn relay race bale twine knot untying race hot egg passing and tug-of-war The Lima Lads and Lassies

won the corn relay and knot untying The Chippewa Club won the hot egg passing game and the tug-of-

war was a bust The rope ripped in two pieces on the second pulling contest but the Chippewa club was in

the lead for this game In the horse arena the Pepin Trailblazers held an Open Horse show Brett Hannah

Ava and Demi participated on those activities Our club had 9 baskets in the Silent Auction that was held

throughout the weekend We would to thank Tricia Minturn Shirley Merker and Julie Seidlitz who

donated their services to 4 of the baskets that we had We greatly appreciated everyone that put in a bid

on our baskets We hope you enjoy the treasures that you bought

The weather was hot and muggy for Friday and Sunday and on Saturday a storm blew through so those

2 things put a bit of a tamper on things but we want to thank everyone that came out to the fair to watch

the horse competition and look at all of the projects that the club members had made

See you next year at the fair

Submitted by Wendy Brantner

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2016 FAIR TOP WINNERS

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET BEEF - DREW SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET SWINE - MORGAN MOLINE

GRAND CHAMPION GYMKHANA HORSEMEN - RACHEL SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION PLEASURE HORSEMEN - HANNAH BAUER

GRAND CHAMPION SPORTSMANSHIP HORSEMEN - BRETT TOMLINSON

CHAMPION POULTRY - BILLY THETFORD III

ANIMAL amp VET SCIENCE - SHAYLEE NOEL

CHAMPION CAT - MORGAN MOLINE

PLANT amp SOIL SCIENCE - MATTHEW SAM

FLOWERS AND HOUSEPLANTS - MARSHA HECK

NATURAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

COMMUNICATION amp CULTURAL ARTS ndash ALEX MCMAHON

PHOTOGRAPHY - LAUREN HENDEL

WOODWORKING - MARSHA HECK

ELECTRICITY - ANTHONY EBENSPERGER

MECHANICAL SCIENCE - IAN AFDAHL

FOODS amp NUTRITION - BRENDIN LARSON

CLOTHING - SYDNEY SEIFERT

HOME ENVIRONMENT - LAUREN HENDEL

FAMILY LIVINGCHILD DEVELOPMENT - KAYLEE AUTH

HEALTH SOCIAL amp POLITICAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

BEST SHOW QUILT ndash OPEN CLASS - KAY SEIVWRIGHT

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL

FAIR

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MEMORIES OF THE 2016 FAIR

FRITTERS THE CLOWN

MUSTANG TRAINING DEMO

ldquoFAIR FOODrdquo VENDOR

CARNIVAL GAMES

ROASTED CORN

POPCORN VENDOR

PIE BAKING CONTEST

4-H TEEN LEADERS AS JUDGES

KIDrsquoS BIKE GIVE AWAY RAFLLES

WINE JUDGING

TRAIL RIDE

COLORING CONTEST

Past Fairs

- Pierce Pepin Electric Demonstration

-Cover Crop Display

- Baby Chicks Hatching

-Musical Entertainment

-Dog Herding Demonstration

-Antique Tractor DisplayCorn Demonstration

-Corn Cob Doll Making

-Car Cruise

-Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast

-Face Painting

-Guess the Gadget

-Circus- Thanks to Optimist Club

-Ultrasound Carcass Show

-Talent Showcase

-Exhibit Auction

- School Exhibits

-2010 Weekend Fair

-2010 Hot air balloon rides

-Truth Be 4 TreasonmdashTeen Band

Past Fairs

-3 on 3 Basketball Tourney

-New menu items and chicken dinner

-Sold pies at the auction

-Golf carts

-Barn improvements

-Horse show

-Bingo

-Inflatable gamesrides

-Music in Motionmdashfamily dance

-2009 year for 4-H Olympicsmdash

-2009 year for 4-H Camp fire in the horse ring

-Most exotic animal at the fairmdashSNAKE

-Mr Quinton participated in the 4-H games

-Sold pizza at auction

-Nancy Iverson wore a dress

-Dairy Futurity contest with Pierce Co Judging Team

-Clay Peterson looked handsome in a suit amp tie

-Farm Service Agency helped with livestock

Page 23 Pepin Pacer

THANK YOU

Becky Josh Jordin and Alex McMahon

ldquoVolunteering and providing the equipment needed to move the fair

display cases from the fair barn to the school In addition they also plan

and organize the Annual Splash Dash rdquo

Wendy Brantner

~Volunteering to plan and organize the 4-H Games ndash many 4--H members

participatedrdquo

Thank you to the volunteers who came Monday evening to move display

cases - this is a BIG job and lots of heavy lifting

Thank you to the volunteers who came Wednesday morning to help set up

Thank you to the volunteers who stayed late on Sunday to help put fair

equipment back and clean up the school building

Thank you to Jordin McMahon the only one who can Monday morning to

help clean up the fairgrounds

Thank you those who volunteers to be Superintendents and Helpers for

our Fair Judges This is a very important responsibility at the fair

Thank you to Dale and Debbie Bauer who have been working with the

horse families to build the horse program

BIG THANK YOU to the Fair Association who has worked all year to plan

and organize the community events at the fair ndash Dave Klein Christina

Lindstrom Val Cataract Dale amp Debbie Bauer and Sean Scallon

Thank you to everyone who helped out at the fair There are many more

thank yous and we would like to list everyone but that would get lengthy

and we do not want to miss anyone

Page 24 Pepin Pacer

Once Upon a Time at 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa

Nature storytelling mindfulness and tons of creative arts activities marked the ldquoOnce Upon A Timerdquo theme of the 2016 Pepin Buffalo Trempealeau and Pierce Countiesrsquo 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa in Marine on the St Croix River Minnesota from June 28-30 2016 Over 150 youth ages 9 ndash 14 attended this yearrsquos camp with 35 youth leaders contributing their leadership talents and time to serve as camp counselors

Over the three days of base camp campers in grades three through six took part in a variety of activities designed to help develop leadership communication creative thinking nature awareness and outdoor skills These activities included drama nature archery arts and crafts teamwork games and much more Base camp also included activities that the youth have always enjoyed including an obstacle course group games swimming campfires and a climbing wall One cabin earned the Leaky Canoe Award for their cabin skit while another group of campers earned an award for their creative communication skills by creating their own version of a fairy tale

At the three day 4-H Outpost Adventure youth in grades seven and eight participated in a more traditional outdoor camping experience Youth stayed in tents swam hiked at a state park competed in a teambuilding scavenger hunt learned about waters sources and built their own campfire to cook their meals over daily Youth expanded their teambuilding problem solving and resiliency skills in a collaborative environment

Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) programming that promotes critical thinking and problem solving is a central component of 4-H Camp 4-H campers designed and engineered their own marshmallow catapult and then compete against each other Pepin County Teen Leader Jordan McMahon taught this session and emphasized how the skills they used to design the catapult could be used in real life situations

4-H Camp Kinnissippewa is made possible by its counselors who plan teach and implement the learning experiences for their younger campers Counselors engage in three days of training that prepare them for working effectively with and caring for youth as well as teaching younger members to be leaders themselves

Pepin County 4-H campers and counselors included Outpost Adult Chaperone Josh and Becky McMahon Nurse April Loeffler STEM Program Teen Leader and Counselor Jordin McMahon Outpost Camper Hunter Hass Maya Jungwirth Alex McMahon and Morgan Moline Base Camp Counselor Brianna Hass Base Camp Campers Addison and Tessa Auth Katie Bignell Elizabeth Menting Isabel-la Wayne and Elena Weber

Page 25 Pepin Pacer

Activity Page

Pepin County Extension

740 7th Ave W

PO Box 39

Durand WI 54736

University of Wisconsin-Extension Provides

Equal Opportunities in Employment and Programming

Including Title IX Requirements

PEPIN COUNTY

4-H FAMILY

NEWSLETTER

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Pepin County 4-H SYC Meeting Minutes for July 6 2016 Roll Call Stephanie Lauren Alex Erin and Claire are in attendance

Secretaries Report Lauren read off last meetings minutes

Treasurerrsquos Report As of June 1st the balance was $514361

Fair Monday 4 pm move display cases-Becky and Josh need more helpers

Wednesday fair Setup 9am

Thursday drop off exhibits 4-7 pm

Friday Exhibits in by 930 am

Sunday exhibit pickup and cleanup 2-6pm

Monday Fair cleanup 9am

CloverbudExplorer Judging Friday 10am-Stephanie 5pm-Claire and Jordin

Dairy Wagon Work schedules and bags for sale

Kiddie amp Pet Parade Stephanie volunteered to help with it

Judge Helpers Bring sheets to clubs to see if people are willing to help

Silent Auction Claire and Morgan-Ice Cream

Erin and Rachel-Coffee and Hot Chocolate

Maya and Alex-

Auction Those who go on trips must bring one pie or baked goods and it would be helpful if they were there to

show them in the ring

Hide and Seek 4-H Rocks McMahons and Marie are working on them

Splash Dash The health department has decided to partner with us McMahons will order more shirts

Other Business Coloring contest sheets

Trip Reports Erin went on the American Spirt East Trip American Spirit West ndash Lauren and

Stephanie

Next meeting Aug 3 6 pm

On the 4th of July the Lima Lads and Lassies 4-H Club participated in the annual parade that marches through Rock Falls We had Hannah her dad Chester Ella and Ava on horseback Angie Demi Tavyn Tatum Wendy Stephanie and Stephanies cousins Logan and Lindsey that were visiting for the day walking and throwing out tootsie rolls Next in our procession was Debbie Barb and Stephanies Aunt Shirley who was visiting from Sun Prairie riding in the Kabota doing manure clean up Bringing up the rear in our entou-rage was Tim and Katie driving the truck with our signage advertising about the Lima Lads and Lassies 4-H club Everyone had a a good time and it was great to see such a huge turnout from people in our community coming out to see the parade

Logan Lindsey Stephanie Katie Tim Barb and Wendy waiting for the parade to start Chester Ella Ava and Hannah carrying the 4-H flag riding horseback with the walking crew Becky is leading Ellas horse while she carries the 4-H flag

MEMBERSHIP

Waubeek Corners 4-H Club Secretary Report Submitted by Ian Afdahl

Date July 5th 2016 Attendees Kevin and Val Cataract Lori and Dave Klein Donna Emily and Jacob Kern Pledges Secretary Report read Treasurers Report $266433 balance as of July 5th

Approved by Emily 2nd by Jacob

Old Business We cleared $22454 when we worked at Music in the Park a few weeks ago Good job

everyone for helping out New Business

Started working on the booth for the fair Val will bring all of the supplies day of the fair set up

Next meeting in August will be determined We will do it at a park have fun and bring a dish to pass

Meeting was closed and we had snacks

Lima Lads and Lassies 4-H Club Update

The Lima Lads and Lassies 4-H club held their monthly meeting on Sunday July 17 at the Durand City Hall The Pepin County Fair is Friday - Sunday July 22 - 24 so this is fair week and there is a lot to do to get ready On Monday and Wednesday club members are asked to help with moving display cases cleaning them and laying out of tag labels Thursday evening projects can be brought to the school and set out for display Everyone is still busy at home working to get all of their projects completed and ready to be put on display Each club member brought at least 2 completed projects to this meeting to show to everyone else what they have been working on The project for this meeting was to design and make our display for our fair booth Once we got our idea worked out the members got busy making the banner and drawing out the props In other business we were asked to serve ice cream at the Brunners Seed Customer Appreciation Supper again so members signed up to work at that We set the date for our next meeting for Sunday August 14 at Club 10 for a bowling party and turning in Record Books After all of the work was done we enjoyed a snack that was provided by Vicky Weissinger

Emma Wayne is showing a string art project of Wisconsin that she made Elizabeth Menting is showing a butterfly house that is she is working on Several Club members are working on the banner for our booth at the fair Submitted by Wendy Brantner

Page 6 Pepin Pacer

Page 7 Pepin Pacer

RECORD BOOKS

ARE DUE TO CLUB LEADERS BY AUGUST 15

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF 4-H RECORDS IS TO HELP YOUTH LEARN

a) To establish good habits of organizing and planning

b) Evaluation of economic worth

c) Evaluation and motivation by self and others

d) To improve written communication skills

e) To establish positive direction and identification of goals

f) The use of records to evaluate youths performance for recognition is only

ONE function of 4-H

Building Citizenship amp Leadership Skills by Exploring Americas Heritage

The American Spirit Leadership Program is a wonderful opportunity for youth to develop knowledge of Americas

heritage citizenship and leadership

The experience had the following objectives for its participants Increase knowledge and understanding of Americarsquos heritage

Build awareness of the many steps taken to gain US independence and freedom Further develop skills in leadership and personal expression of values Increase awareness of self in relationship to others Share what was learned with others

Featured sites include

New York ndash Harbor Tour 911 Memorial Night Tour of New York

Valley Forge

Philadelphia ndash Independence Hall Liberty Bell

Mayflower IIPlymouth Rock

BostonFreedom TrailChina TownAtlantic Ocean

Whale WatchingLobster Dinner

Niagara Falls

Page 8 Pepin Pacer

Some Thoughts on Completing

Record Books

ldquoThis we believe about Wisconsin Recordsrdquo

(Developed by the WI 4-H Adult amp Leaders Council)

1) 4-H is aimed at teaching youth how to organize goals resources and accomplishments

2) THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF 4-H RECORDS IS TO HELP YOUTH LEARN

a) To establish good habits of organizing and planning

b) Evaluation of economic worth

c) Evaluation and motivation by self and others

d) To improve written communication skills

e) To establish positive direction and identification of goals

f) The use of records to evaluate youths performance for recognition is only ONE function of 4-H

3) The highest value and use of 4-H records should be

at the local club level ie

a) Evidence of accomplishments (for employment family awareness goal setting etc)

b) As a tool for helping leaders and other youth to know young people better

c) As a tool for family involvement in and awareness

When writing and reviewing their own record book

4-H members should be able to answer ldquoYESrdquo to the

following questions

1) Is there evidence of goal setting Did the writer comment on progress toward their goal

2) Is there evidence of sharing found in the record (demonstrations exhibits etc)

3) Has the member shown motivation by participating in club activities workshops etc)

4) Is the record well organized and planned

5) Do the records truly represent a planning amp evaluation process

6) Did the writer tell what they learned in the project story

7) Are the required records used (including financial records where applicable) Did the writer follow

directions

8) Are the records complete realistic and meaningful

9) Has the member included pictures and clippings where appropriate

10) Is the record neat in appearance (use one color of ink)

Page 9 Pepin Pacer

Chippewa 4-H Club July Meeting Minutes

We started our meeting when our President Jordin McMahon called the meeting to order After

doing pledges attendance was taken by Morgan Moline Lacy Quinton gave the treasurers report We had

a check made out to Tracy Seifert for $1518 for providing supplies for previous meetings ending our

balance at $471777 We had no old business so we moved on to new business

Our booth theme this year for the fair is Brighten Your Life With 4-H The leading family for the

booth is the Hass family Then for our barn theme we are doing an Olympic theme since this summer is

an Olympic year We announced that fair tags would be coming soon and would be available for pick up

at the Durand extension office or from Jan Quinton We then asked 4-H adults for help at this yearrsquos fair

They would be helping with judging and placing ribbons on projects and asked that they check the Pacer

for info on supervisors needed for the 22nd Officers then announced important dates coming up next

week These dates were the 18th 20th and 25th You may also check the pacer for more information on

these dates and the pie baking contest on the 23rd We then passed out scholarship forms for recent trip

takers Our next meeting families are the Brevicks N Moline and WallThetford Next meetings activity

is most likely going to be an Express game We discussed the option of letting the members bringing a

friend which will be determined later depending on funds The August meeting is either going to be on

the 7th or 14th this will be determined at a later date September families are going to be Reisgraft T

Moline and WallThetford Our meeting activity is having trip camp takers talking about their trip and

experience We will also have ice cream and watermelon Bryce Quinton made a motion to adjourn the

meeting and Brianna Hass second it

AUGUST MEETING

DATE Sunday August 14

PLACE Carson Park Eau Claire

TIME Meet at entrance at 400 PM - Game time 505 PM

ACTIVITY Eau Claire Express Game

FOOD $ 2 provided to purchase concession stand ($1 hot dogs $1 ice cream available)

RSVP Contact one of the host families to confirm attendance so tickets can be purchased

AUGUST HOST FAMILIES (Nicki) Moline Brevick and WallThetford Brevicks

August meeting that we will attend an Eau Claire Express Game The game will be on Sunday August 14th in Eau Claire at Carson Park Game time is 505 pm amp we will meet at the park entrance at 4pm The club will purchase the tickets for the club members parents and siblings Each club member is allowed to bring one friend with that will need to pay $5friend There is no charge for children 5 and under The club will also give each person $2 for a hot dog and ice cream as it is $1 hot dog and $1 ice cream night I need to know how many people are attending from your family that are ages 6 amp up Please let one of the host families know by Tuesday August 9th so that I can get the tickets ordered in time

SEPTEMBER MEETING HOST FAMILIES (Tracy) Moline WallThetford Riesgraf

DATE Sunday September 11

TIME 100 Parade (meet at line up spot at 1230)

LOCATION Pepin Parade

MEETING After parade

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4-H Members Discover Diversity in Iowa Eight 4-H members from Buffalo Pepin and Pierce Counties spent three days in Dubuque and Davenport Iowa discovering diversity and learning more about themselves as part of the Finding Interesting Varieties in Everyone (FIVE) trip for sixth seventh and eighth graders The purpose of the program is to enable youth to recognize and discuss how individuals are ethically racially and culturally different than themselves and to provide youth the opportunity to develop critical life skills including communication independence empathy and decision making The youth gained practice in accepting differences worked in groups contributing to their cooperation skills and through discussion built critical thinking skills in multicultural awareness

4-H members who participated from the three counties were Austin George Morgan Guenther Morgan Moline Hunter Hass Ally Arens Riley Schumaker and Hannah Noll While on the travel experience youth visited the Fenelon Elevator and Shot Towed and stayed downtown Dubuque on the Historic Riverwalk Youth also identified elements of diversity in both humans and animals at the National Mississippi River Museum learned how individuals are genetically and culturally similar and different at the Putnam Science Museum while viewing the King Tut exhibit enjoyed a citywide jazz festival which allowed members the opportunity to step out of the comfort zone and try dancing in the street and learned about how culture has shaped river history on a swat rubber river boat tour On of the many highlights of the trip was meeting Don Wildman host of the Travel Channel Mysteries of The Museum he also talked about how we are the same as ancient Egypt and yet different

Marie Ritscher Pepin County 4-H Youth Development Agent conducted a post evaluation with youth All eight youth delegates indicated the experience was one they would recommend to a friend One youth wrote ldquoI learned [on this travel experience] that everyonersquos a little different but they can still be good friendsrdquo Another wrote ldquoI learned [on this travel experience] that people from all different backgrounds can still find similaritiesrdquo You learned as much about themselves as they did about others Each indicated on their evaluations at least one way they challenged themselves with the intent to develop and grow as individuals The challenges ranged from trying a new cultural food to being confident in meeting new people in professional settings

Annie Lisowski Buffalo County 4-H Youth Development Educator stated ldquoThe youth developed and practiced new life skills by experiencing new environments and engaging in diverse ideas and opinions with their fellow delegates In addition the youth were able to discuss cultural identities consider stereotypes and develop empathy for others It was an exciting opportunity for youth to grow and develop outside of their social normrdquo 4-H Leaders Associations in each of the three counties helps pay a portion of the 4-H membersrsquo expenses All young people are selected to travel by completing a 4-H Resume and interview process

FIVE TRIP

Page 11 Pepin Pacer

2016-2017 4-H Enrollment

Re-enrollment and new enrollment will again be processed throu 4-H Online beginning in

September At that time all active members will be set to ldquoInactiverdquo Then you will have

login to re-enroll reviewchange your contact info and confirm the expectation and

behavior agreements You can add or delete your projects too Then click submit Please

make sure to complete this task as soon as possible AFTER the 2nd of September

ANIMAL SCIENCE

64rd ANNUAL SPOONER SHEEP DAY

Spooner Agricultural Research Station of the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Spooner Wisconsin

Saturday August 27 2016

Attendance at the educational sessions of the Spooner Sheep Day is free

There is a charge for the lamb barbecue lunch

Spooner Sheep Day is sponsored by the Agricultural Research Stations and Department of

Animal Sciences College of Agricultural and Life Sciences University of Wisconsin-Madison and

Cooperative Extension University of Wisconsin-Extension For more information contact

Lorraine Toman at the Spooner Agricultural Research Station (phone 715635-3735 email

lltomanwiscedu) or web site httpspoonerarswiscedu

ART

2016 4-H Arts Camp

The annual statewide Arts Camp for middle school 4-Hrsquoers will

be held on October 1mdash2 2016 at Upham Woods in Wisconsin

Dells THE 6-8th graders will experience six hours of explora-

tory sessions in communication music photography theater

arts culinary arts and art in nature Space is limited so send an

application in promptlymdashdeadline is August 22 For registration information

httpfyiuwexeduwi4hartsarts-camp-applications

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Lima Lads amp Lassies at the Fair

Its the end of July so that means its time for the Pepin County Fair which was held on July 22 - 24 As

always Friday morning was a flurry of activity with animal exhibits being brought to the barn decorating

our club booth and last minute projects being put into place to be judged Outside in the arena Hannah

Ava and Brett were exhibiting their horse riding skills as the horse competition and judging got under

way The weather was quite uncomfortable but the riders and horses persevered and the end result was

that Brett Tomlinson earned the Sportsman Award Rachel Seifert earned the High Point Gymkhana

Award and Hannah Bauer earned the High Point Pleasure Award

Inside the school judging was getting started with projects in categories such as cultural arts flowers

and houseplants plant and soil science home environment foods and nutrition and photography Work-

ing as judge supervisors and helpers were Wendy Ripsi Brendin Mary and Marsha New this year was

members from the Senior Youth Council doing the judging for the Cloverbuds and Exploring projects

Stephanie volunteered to do the judging for the morning session which was supervised by Marie Katie

was the only 4-H member to do a singing and guitar playing project She did a very nice job It takes a lot

of courage to do a solo performance in front of a judge and spectators In the afternoon Stephanie

Brendin and Demi had judging with their cats chickens and rabbits This was Stephanie and Demis first

year with these projects and Kelli Hurlburt the judge gave them very good information and directions on

how to improve their presentation of their animals for next year Following the small animal judging was

the clothing revue Stephanie had 3 outfits entered in this category The judge Connie Anderson asks

several questions about the care and use of the clothing how you can accessorize the outfit and the cost of

the outfit When the judging was complete several of our club members had received Award of Merits or

trophies Lauren had earned 5 Award of Merits and 2 trophies Stephanie had 4 Award of Merits and 2

trophies Matt had 2 Award of Merits and 1 trophy Blake had 3 Award of Merits Brendin had 1 trophy

Abby received 2 Award of Merits Marsha Ripsi and Tessa each had 1 Award of Merit

On Saturday Brendin entertained the crowd with his dog in the kiddie and pet parade Stephanie and

Wendy had their hair done by Jen from Shear Madness Fritter the clown was entertaining kids and adults

with her balloon creations Tessa had a frog hat made and Elizabeth had a dog on a leash In the evening

Lauren and Brendin helped out in the Live Auction by showing off items that were available for bidding

Throughout the weekend Andrea Lauren Wendy and Stephanie worked several shifts in the dairy wagon

selling ice cream water cheese curds and pop for the Senior Youth Council

Sunday the final day of the fair the three 4-H clubs participated in an ag game competition We had a

corn relay race bale twine knot untying race hot egg passing and tug-of-war The Lima Lads and Lassies

won the corn relay and knot untying The Chippewa Club won the hot egg passing game and the tug-of-

war was a bust The rope ripped in two pieces on the second pulling contest but the Chippewa club was in

the lead for this game In the horse arena the Pepin Trailblazers held an Open Horse show Brett Hannah

Ava and Demi participated on those activities Our club had 9 baskets in the Silent Auction that was held

throughout the weekend We would to thank Tricia Minturn Shirley Merker and Julie Seidlitz who

donated their services to 4 of the baskets that we had We greatly appreciated everyone that put in a bid

on our baskets We hope you enjoy the treasures that you bought

The weather was hot and muggy for Friday and Sunday and on Saturday a storm blew through so those

2 things put a bit of a tamper on things but we want to thank everyone that came out to the fair to watch

the horse competition and look at all of the projects that the club members had made

See you next year at the fair

Submitted by Wendy Brantner

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2016 FAIR TOP WINNERS

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET BEEF - DREW SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET SWINE - MORGAN MOLINE

GRAND CHAMPION GYMKHANA HORSEMEN - RACHEL SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION PLEASURE HORSEMEN - HANNAH BAUER

GRAND CHAMPION SPORTSMANSHIP HORSEMEN - BRETT TOMLINSON

CHAMPION POULTRY - BILLY THETFORD III

ANIMAL amp VET SCIENCE - SHAYLEE NOEL

CHAMPION CAT - MORGAN MOLINE

PLANT amp SOIL SCIENCE - MATTHEW SAM

FLOWERS AND HOUSEPLANTS - MARSHA HECK

NATURAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

COMMUNICATION amp CULTURAL ARTS ndash ALEX MCMAHON

PHOTOGRAPHY - LAUREN HENDEL

WOODWORKING - MARSHA HECK

ELECTRICITY - ANTHONY EBENSPERGER

MECHANICAL SCIENCE - IAN AFDAHL

FOODS amp NUTRITION - BRENDIN LARSON

CLOTHING - SYDNEY SEIFERT

HOME ENVIRONMENT - LAUREN HENDEL

FAMILY LIVINGCHILD DEVELOPMENT - KAYLEE AUTH

HEALTH SOCIAL amp POLITICAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

BEST SHOW QUILT ndash OPEN CLASS - KAY SEIVWRIGHT

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL

FAIR

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MEMORIES OF THE 2016 FAIR

FRITTERS THE CLOWN

MUSTANG TRAINING DEMO

ldquoFAIR FOODrdquo VENDOR

CARNIVAL GAMES

ROASTED CORN

POPCORN VENDOR

PIE BAKING CONTEST

4-H TEEN LEADERS AS JUDGES

KIDrsquoS BIKE GIVE AWAY RAFLLES

WINE JUDGING

TRAIL RIDE

COLORING CONTEST

Past Fairs

- Pierce Pepin Electric Demonstration

-Cover Crop Display

- Baby Chicks Hatching

-Musical Entertainment

-Dog Herding Demonstration

-Antique Tractor DisplayCorn Demonstration

-Corn Cob Doll Making

-Car Cruise

-Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast

-Face Painting

-Guess the Gadget

-Circus- Thanks to Optimist Club

-Ultrasound Carcass Show

-Talent Showcase

-Exhibit Auction

- School Exhibits

-2010 Weekend Fair

-2010 Hot air balloon rides

-Truth Be 4 TreasonmdashTeen Band

Past Fairs

-3 on 3 Basketball Tourney

-New menu items and chicken dinner

-Sold pies at the auction

-Golf carts

-Barn improvements

-Horse show

-Bingo

-Inflatable gamesrides

-Music in Motionmdashfamily dance

-2009 year for 4-H Olympicsmdash

-2009 year for 4-H Camp fire in the horse ring

-Most exotic animal at the fairmdashSNAKE

-Mr Quinton participated in the 4-H games

-Sold pizza at auction

-Nancy Iverson wore a dress

-Dairy Futurity contest with Pierce Co Judging Team

-Clay Peterson looked handsome in a suit amp tie

-Farm Service Agency helped with livestock

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THANK YOU

Becky Josh Jordin and Alex McMahon

ldquoVolunteering and providing the equipment needed to move the fair

display cases from the fair barn to the school In addition they also plan

and organize the Annual Splash Dash rdquo

Wendy Brantner

~Volunteering to plan and organize the 4-H Games ndash many 4--H members

participatedrdquo

Thank you to the volunteers who came Monday evening to move display

cases - this is a BIG job and lots of heavy lifting

Thank you to the volunteers who came Wednesday morning to help set up

Thank you to the volunteers who stayed late on Sunday to help put fair

equipment back and clean up the school building

Thank you to Jordin McMahon the only one who can Monday morning to

help clean up the fairgrounds

Thank you those who volunteers to be Superintendents and Helpers for

our Fair Judges This is a very important responsibility at the fair

Thank you to Dale and Debbie Bauer who have been working with the

horse families to build the horse program

BIG THANK YOU to the Fair Association who has worked all year to plan

and organize the community events at the fair ndash Dave Klein Christina

Lindstrom Val Cataract Dale amp Debbie Bauer and Sean Scallon

Thank you to everyone who helped out at the fair There are many more

thank yous and we would like to list everyone but that would get lengthy

and we do not want to miss anyone

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Once Upon a Time at 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa

Nature storytelling mindfulness and tons of creative arts activities marked the ldquoOnce Upon A Timerdquo theme of the 2016 Pepin Buffalo Trempealeau and Pierce Countiesrsquo 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa in Marine on the St Croix River Minnesota from June 28-30 2016 Over 150 youth ages 9 ndash 14 attended this yearrsquos camp with 35 youth leaders contributing their leadership talents and time to serve as camp counselors

Over the three days of base camp campers in grades three through six took part in a variety of activities designed to help develop leadership communication creative thinking nature awareness and outdoor skills These activities included drama nature archery arts and crafts teamwork games and much more Base camp also included activities that the youth have always enjoyed including an obstacle course group games swimming campfires and a climbing wall One cabin earned the Leaky Canoe Award for their cabin skit while another group of campers earned an award for their creative communication skills by creating their own version of a fairy tale

At the three day 4-H Outpost Adventure youth in grades seven and eight participated in a more traditional outdoor camping experience Youth stayed in tents swam hiked at a state park competed in a teambuilding scavenger hunt learned about waters sources and built their own campfire to cook their meals over daily Youth expanded their teambuilding problem solving and resiliency skills in a collaborative environment

Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) programming that promotes critical thinking and problem solving is a central component of 4-H Camp 4-H campers designed and engineered their own marshmallow catapult and then compete against each other Pepin County Teen Leader Jordan McMahon taught this session and emphasized how the skills they used to design the catapult could be used in real life situations

4-H Camp Kinnissippewa is made possible by its counselors who plan teach and implement the learning experiences for their younger campers Counselors engage in three days of training that prepare them for working effectively with and caring for youth as well as teaching younger members to be leaders themselves

Pepin County 4-H campers and counselors included Outpost Adult Chaperone Josh and Becky McMahon Nurse April Loeffler STEM Program Teen Leader and Counselor Jordin McMahon Outpost Camper Hunter Hass Maya Jungwirth Alex McMahon and Morgan Moline Base Camp Counselor Brianna Hass Base Camp Campers Addison and Tessa Auth Katie Bignell Elizabeth Menting Isabel-la Wayne and Elena Weber

Page 25 Pepin Pacer

Activity Page

Pepin County Extension

740 7th Ave W

PO Box 39

Durand WI 54736

University of Wisconsin-Extension Provides

Equal Opportunities in Employment and Programming

Including Title IX Requirements

PEPIN COUNTY

4-H FAMILY

NEWSLETTER

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MEMBERSHIP

Waubeek Corners 4-H Club Secretary Report Submitted by Ian Afdahl

Date July 5th 2016 Attendees Kevin and Val Cataract Lori and Dave Klein Donna Emily and Jacob Kern Pledges Secretary Report read Treasurers Report $266433 balance as of July 5th

Approved by Emily 2nd by Jacob

Old Business We cleared $22454 when we worked at Music in the Park a few weeks ago Good job

everyone for helping out New Business

Started working on the booth for the fair Val will bring all of the supplies day of the fair set up

Next meeting in August will be determined We will do it at a park have fun and bring a dish to pass

Meeting was closed and we had snacks

Lima Lads and Lassies 4-H Club Update

The Lima Lads and Lassies 4-H club held their monthly meeting on Sunday July 17 at the Durand City Hall The Pepin County Fair is Friday - Sunday July 22 - 24 so this is fair week and there is a lot to do to get ready On Monday and Wednesday club members are asked to help with moving display cases cleaning them and laying out of tag labels Thursday evening projects can be brought to the school and set out for display Everyone is still busy at home working to get all of their projects completed and ready to be put on display Each club member brought at least 2 completed projects to this meeting to show to everyone else what they have been working on The project for this meeting was to design and make our display for our fair booth Once we got our idea worked out the members got busy making the banner and drawing out the props In other business we were asked to serve ice cream at the Brunners Seed Customer Appreciation Supper again so members signed up to work at that We set the date for our next meeting for Sunday August 14 at Club 10 for a bowling party and turning in Record Books After all of the work was done we enjoyed a snack that was provided by Vicky Weissinger

Emma Wayne is showing a string art project of Wisconsin that she made Elizabeth Menting is showing a butterfly house that is she is working on Several Club members are working on the banner for our booth at the fair Submitted by Wendy Brantner

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RECORD BOOKS

ARE DUE TO CLUB LEADERS BY AUGUST 15

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF 4-H RECORDS IS TO HELP YOUTH LEARN

a) To establish good habits of organizing and planning

b) Evaluation of economic worth

c) Evaluation and motivation by self and others

d) To improve written communication skills

e) To establish positive direction and identification of goals

f) The use of records to evaluate youths performance for recognition is only

ONE function of 4-H

Building Citizenship amp Leadership Skills by Exploring Americas Heritage

The American Spirit Leadership Program is a wonderful opportunity for youth to develop knowledge of Americas

heritage citizenship and leadership

The experience had the following objectives for its participants Increase knowledge and understanding of Americarsquos heritage

Build awareness of the many steps taken to gain US independence and freedom Further develop skills in leadership and personal expression of values Increase awareness of self in relationship to others Share what was learned with others

Featured sites include

New York ndash Harbor Tour 911 Memorial Night Tour of New York

Valley Forge

Philadelphia ndash Independence Hall Liberty Bell

Mayflower IIPlymouth Rock

BostonFreedom TrailChina TownAtlantic Ocean

Whale WatchingLobster Dinner

Niagara Falls

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Some Thoughts on Completing

Record Books

ldquoThis we believe about Wisconsin Recordsrdquo

(Developed by the WI 4-H Adult amp Leaders Council)

1) 4-H is aimed at teaching youth how to organize goals resources and accomplishments

2) THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF 4-H RECORDS IS TO HELP YOUTH LEARN

a) To establish good habits of organizing and planning

b) Evaluation of economic worth

c) Evaluation and motivation by self and others

d) To improve written communication skills

e) To establish positive direction and identification of goals

f) The use of records to evaluate youths performance for recognition is only ONE function of 4-H

3) The highest value and use of 4-H records should be

at the local club level ie

a) Evidence of accomplishments (for employment family awareness goal setting etc)

b) As a tool for helping leaders and other youth to know young people better

c) As a tool for family involvement in and awareness

When writing and reviewing their own record book

4-H members should be able to answer ldquoYESrdquo to the

following questions

1) Is there evidence of goal setting Did the writer comment on progress toward their goal

2) Is there evidence of sharing found in the record (demonstrations exhibits etc)

3) Has the member shown motivation by participating in club activities workshops etc)

4) Is the record well organized and planned

5) Do the records truly represent a planning amp evaluation process

6) Did the writer tell what they learned in the project story

7) Are the required records used (including financial records where applicable) Did the writer follow

directions

8) Are the records complete realistic and meaningful

9) Has the member included pictures and clippings where appropriate

10) Is the record neat in appearance (use one color of ink)

Page 9 Pepin Pacer

Chippewa 4-H Club July Meeting Minutes

We started our meeting when our President Jordin McMahon called the meeting to order After

doing pledges attendance was taken by Morgan Moline Lacy Quinton gave the treasurers report We had

a check made out to Tracy Seifert for $1518 for providing supplies for previous meetings ending our

balance at $471777 We had no old business so we moved on to new business

Our booth theme this year for the fair is Brighten Your Life With 4-H The leading family for the

booth is the Hass family Then for our barn theme we are doing an Olympic theme since this summer is

an Olympic year We announced that fair tags would be coming soon and would be available for pick up

at the Durand extension office or from Jan Quinton We then asked 4-H adults for help at this yearrsquos fair

They would be helping with judging and placing ribbons on projects and asked that they check the Pacer

for info on supervisors needed for the 22nd Officers then announced important dates coming up next

week These dates were the 18th 20th and 25th You may also check the pacer for more information on

these dates and the pie baking contest on the 23rd We then passed out scholarship forms for recent trip

takers Our next meeting families are the Brevicks N Moline and WallThetford Next meetings activity

is most likely going to be an Express game We discussed the option of letting the members bringing a

friend which will be determined later depending on funds The August meeting is either going to be on

the 7th or 14th this will be determined at a later date September families are going to be Reisgraft T

Moline and WallThetford Our meeting activity is having trip camp takers talking about their trip and

experience We will also have ice cream and watermelon Bryce Quinton made a motion to adjourn the

meeting and Brianna Hass second it

AUGUST MEETING

DATE Sunday August 14

PLACE Carson Park Eau Claire

TIME Meet at entrance at 400 PM - Game time 505 PM

ACTIVITY Eau Claire Express Game

FOOD $ 2 provided to purchase concession stand ($1 hot dogs $1 ice cream available)

RSVP Contact one of the host families to confirm attendance so tickets can be purchased

AUGUST HOST FAMILIES (Nicki) Moline Brevick and WallThetford Brevicks

August meeting that we will attend an Eau Claire Express Game The game will be on Sunday August 14th in Eau Claire at Carson Park Game time is 505 pm amp we will meet at the park entrance at 4pm The club will purchase the tickets for the club members parents and siblings Each club member is allowed to bring one friend with that will need to pay $5friend There is no charge for children 5 and under The club will also give each person $2 for a hot dog and ice cream as it is $1 hot dog and $1 ice cream night I need to know how many people are attending from your family that are ages 6 amp up Please let one of the host families know by Tuesday August 9th so that I can get the tickets ordered in time

SEPTEMBER MEETING HOST FAMILIES (Tracy) Moline WallThetford Riesgraf

DATE Sunday September 11

TIME 100 Parade (meet at line up spot at 1230)

LOCATION Pepin Parade

MEETING After parade

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4-H Members Discover Diversity in Iowa Eight 4-H members from Buffalo Pepin and Pierce Counties spent three days in Dubuque and Davenport Iowa discovering diversity and learning more about themselves as part of the Finding Interesting Varieties in Everyone (FIVE) trip for sixth seventh and eighth graders The purpose of the program is to enable youth to recognize and discuss how individuals are ethically racially and culturally different than themselves and to provide youth the opportunity to develop critical life skills including communication independence empathy and decision making The youth gained practice in accepting differences worked in groups contributing to their cooperation skills and through discussion built critical thinking skills in multicultural awareness

4-H members who participated from the three counties were Austin George Morgan Guenther Morgan Moline Hunter Hass Ally Arens Riley Schumaker and Hannah Noll While on the travel experience youth visited the Fenelon Elevator and Shot Towed and stayed downtown Dubuque on the Historic Riverwalk Youth also identified elements of diversity in both humans and animals at the National Mississippi River Museum learned how individuals are genetically and culturally similar and different at the Putnam Science Museum while viewing the King Tut exhibit enjoyed a citywide jazz festival which allowed members the opportunity to step out of the comfort zone and try dancing in the street and learned about how culture has shaped river history on a swat rubber river boat tour On of the many highlights of the trip was meeting Don Wildman host of the Travel Channel Mysteries of The Museum he also talked about how we are the same as ancient Egypt and yet different

Marie Ritscher Pepin County 4-H Youth Development Agent conducted a post evaluation with youth All eight youth delegates indicated the experience was one they would recommend to a friend One youth wrote ldquoI learned [on this travel experience] that everyonersquos a little different but they can still be good friendsrdquo Another wrote ldquoI learned [on this travel experience] that people from all different backgrounds can still find similaritiesrdquo You learned as much about themselves as they did about others Each indicated on their evaluations at least one way they challenged themselves with the intent to develop and grow as individuals The challenges ranged from trying a new cultural food to being confident in meeting new people in professional settings

Annie Lisowski Buffalo County 4-H Youth Development Educator stated ldquoThe youth developed and practiced new life skills by experiencing new environments and engaging in diverse ideas and opinions with their fellow delegates In addition the youth were able to discuss cultural identities consider stereotypes and develop empathy for others It was an exciting opportunity for youth to grow and develop outside of their social normrdquo 4-H Leaders Associations in each of the three counties helps pay a portion of the 4-H membersrsquo expenses All young people are selected to travel by completing a 4-H Resume and interview process

FIVE TRIP

Page 11 Pepin Pacer

2016-2017 4-H Enrollment

Re-enrollment and new enrollment will again be processed throu 4-H Online beginning in

September At that time all active members will be set to ldquoInactiverdquo Then you will have

login to re-enroll reviewchange your contact info and confirm the expectation and

behavior agreements You can add or delete your projects too Then click submit Please

make sure to complete this task as soon as possible AFTER the 2nd of September

ANIMAL SCIENCE

64rd ANNUAL SPOONER SHEEP DAY

Spooner Agricultural Research Station of the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Spooner Wisconsin

Saturday August 27 2016

Attendance at the educational sessions of the Spooner Sheep Day is free

There is a charge for the lamb barbecue lunch

Spooner Sheep Day is sponsored by the Agricultural Research Stations and Department of

Animal Sciences College of Agricultural and Life Sciences University of Wisconsin-Madison and

Cooperative Extension University of Wisconsin-Extension For more information contact

Lorraine Toman at the Spooner Agricultural Research Station (phone 715635-3735 email

lltomanwiscedu) or web site httpspoonerarswiscedu

ART

2016 4-H Arts Camp

The annual statewide Arts Camp for middle school 4-Hrsquoers will

be held on October 1mdash2 2016 at Upham Woods in Wisconsin

Dells THE 6-8th graders will experience six hours of explora-

tory sessions in communication music photography theater

arts culinary arts and art in nature Space is limited so send an

application in promptlymdashdeadline is August 22 For registration information

httpfyiuwexeduwi4hartsarts-camp-applications

Page 12 Pepin Pacer

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Lima Lads amp Lassies at the Fair

Its the end of July so that means its time for the Pepin County Fair which was held on July 22 - 24 As

always Friday morning was a flurry of activity with animal exhibits being brought to the barn decorating

our club booth and last minute projects being put into place to be judged Outside in the arena Hannah

Ava and Brett were exhibiting their horse riding skills as the horse competition and judging got under

way The weather was quite uncomfortable but the riders and horses persevered and the end result was

that Brett Tomlinson earned the Sportsman Award Rachel Seifert earned the High Point Gymkhana

Award and Hannah Bauer earned the High Point Pleasure Award

Inside the school judging was getting started with projects in categories such as cultural arts flowers

and houseplants plant and soil science home environment foods and nutrition and photography Work-

ing as judge supervisors and helpers were Wendy Ripsi Brendin Mary and Marsha New this year was

members from the Senior Youth Council doing the judging for the Cloverbuds and Exploring projects

Stephanie volunteered to do the judging for the morning session which was supervised by Marie Katie

was the only 4-H member to do a singing and guitar playing project She did a very nice job It takes a lot

of courage to do a solo performance in front of a judge and spectators In the afternoon Stephanie

Brendin and Demi had judging with their cats chickens and rabbits This was Stephanie and Demis first

year with these projects and Kelli Hurlburt the judge gave them very good information and directions on

how to improve their presentation of their animals for next year Following the small animal judging was

the clothing revue Stephanie had 3 outfits entered in this category The judge Connie Anderson asks

several questions about the care and use of the clothing how you can accessorize the outfit and the cost of

the outfit When the judging was complete several of our club members had received Award of Merits or

trophies Lauren had earned 5 Award of Merits and 2 trophies Stephanie had 4 Award of Merits and 2

trophies Matt had 2 Award of Merits and 1 trophy Blake had 3 Award of Merits Brendin had 1 trophy

Abby received 2 Award of Merits Marsha Ripsi and Tessa each had 1 Award of Merit

On Saturday Brendin entertained the crowd with his dog in the kiddie and pet parade Stephanie and

Wendy had their hair done by Jen from Shear Madness Fritter the clown was entertaining kids and adults

with her balloon creations Tessa had a frog hat made and Elizabeth had a dog on a leash In the evening

Lauren and Brendin helped out in the Live Auction by showing off items that were available for bidding

Throughout the weekend Andrea Lauren Wendy and Stephanie worked several shifts in the dairy wagon

selling ice cream water cheese curds and pop for the Senior Youth Council

Sunday the final day of the fair the three 4-H clubs participated in an ag game competition We had a

corn relay race bale twine knot untying race hot egg passing and tug-of-war The Lima Lads and Lassies

won the corn relay and knot untying The Chippewa Club won the hot egg passing game and the tug-of-

war was a bust The rope ripped in two pieces on the second pulling contest but the Chippewa club was in

the lead for this game In the horse arena the Pepin Trailblazers held an Open Horse show Brett Hannah

Ava and Demi participated on those activities Our club had 9 baskets in the Silent Auction that was held

throughout the weekend We would to thank Tricia Minturn Shirley Merker and Julie Seidlitz who

donated their services to 4 of the baskets that we had We greatly appreciated everyone that put in a bid

on our baskets We hope you enjoy the treasures that you bought

The weather was hot and muggy for Friday and Sunday and on Saturday a storm blew through so those

2 things put a bit of a tamper on things but we want to thank everyone that came out to the fair to watch

the horse competition and look at all of the projects that the club members had made

See you next year at the fair

Submitted by Wendy Brantner

Page 18 Pepin Pacer

Page 19 Pepin Pacer

Page 20 Pepin Pacer

Page 21 Pepin Pacer

2016 FAIR TOP WINNERS

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET BEEF - DREW SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET SWINE - MORGAN MOLINE

GRAND CHAMPION GYMKHANA HORSEMEN - RACHEL SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION PLEASURE HORSEMEN - HANNAH BAUER

GRAND CHAMPION SPORTSMANSHIP HORSEMEN - BRETT TOMLINSON

CHAMPION POULTRY - BILLY THETFORD III

ANIMAL amp VET SCIENCE - SHAYLEE NOEL

CHAMPION CAT - MORGAN MOLINE

PLANT amp SOIL SCIENCE - MATTHEW SAM

FLOWERS AND HOUSEPLANTS - MARSHA HECK

NATURAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

COMMUNICATION amp CULTURAL ARTS ndash ALEX MCMAHON

PHOTOGRAPHY - LAUREN HENDEL

WOODWORKING - MARSHA HECK

ELECTRICITY - ANTHONY EBENSPERGER

MECHANICAL SCIENCE - IAN AFDAHL

FOODS amp NUTRITION - BRENDIN LARSON

CLOTHING - SYDNEY SEIFERT

HOME ENVIRONMENT - LAUREN HENDEL

FAMILY LIVINGCHILD DEVELOPMENT - KAYLEE AUTH

HEALTH SOCIAL amp POLITICAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

BEST SHOW QUILT ndash OPEN CLASS - KAY SEIVWRIGHT

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL

FAIR

Page 22 Pepin Pacer

MEMORIES OF THE 2016 FAIR

FRITTERS THE CLOWN

MUSTANG TRAINING DEMO

ldquoFAIR FOODrdquo VENDOR

CARNIVAL GAMES

ROASTED CORN

POPCORN VENDOR

PIE BAKING CONTEST

4-H TEEN LEADERS AS JUDGES

KIDrsquoS BIKE GIVE AWAY RAFLLES

WINE JUDGING

TRAIL RIDE

COLORING CONTEST

Past Fairs

- Pierce Pepin Electric Demonstration

-Cover Crop Display

- Baby Chicks Hatching

-Musical Entertainment

-Dog Herding Demonstration

-Antique Tractor DisplayCorn Demonstration

-Corn Cob Doll Making

-Car Cruise

-Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast

-Face Painting

-Guess the Gadget

-Circus- Thanks to Optimist Club

-Ultrasound Carcass Show

-Talent Showcase

-Exhibit Auction

- School Exhibits

-2010 Weekend Fair

-2010 Hot air balloon rides

-Truth Be 4 TreasonmdashTeen Band

Past Fairs

-3 on 3 Basketball Tourney

-New menu items and chicken dinner

-Sold pies at the auction

-Golf carts

-Barn improvements

-Horse show

-Bingo

-Inflatable gamesrides

-Music in Motionmdashfamily dance

-2009 year for 4-H Olympicsmdash

-2009 year for 4-H Camp fire in the horse ring

-Most exotic animal at the fairmdashSNAKE

-Mr Quinton participated in the 4-H games

-Sold pizza at auction

-Nancy Iverson wore a dress

-Dairy Futurity contest with Pierce Co Judging Team

-Clay Peterson looked handsome in a suit amp tie

-Farm Service Agency helped with livestock

Page 23 Pepin Pacer

THANK YOU

Becky Josh Jordin and Alex McMahon

ldquoVolunteering and providing the equipment needed to move the fair

display cases from the fair barn to the school In addition they also plan

and organize the Annual Splash Dash rdquo

Wendy Brantner

~Volunteering to plan and organize the 4-H Games ndash many 4--H members

participatedrdquo

Thank you to the volunteers who came Monday evening to move display

cases - this is a BIG job and lots of heavy lifting

Thank you to the volunteers who came Wednesday morning to help set up

Thank you to the volunteers who stayed late on Sunday to help put fair

equipment back and clean up the school building

Thank you to Jordin McMahon the only one who can Monday morning to

help clean up the fairgrounds

Thank you those who volunteers to be Superintendents and Helpers for

our Fair Judges This is a very important responsibility at the fair

Thank you to Dale and Debbie Bauer who have been working with the

horse families to build the horse program

BIG THANK YOU to the Fair Association who has worked all year to plan

and organize the community events at the fair ndash Dave Klein Christina

Lindstrom Val Cataract Dale amp Debbie Bauer and Sean Scallon

Thank you to everyone who helped out at the fair There are many more

thank yous and we would like to list everyone but that would get lengthy

and we do not want to miss anyone

Page 24 Pepin Pacer

Once Upon a Time at 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa

Nature storytelling mindfulness and tons of creative arts activities marked the ldquoOnce Upon A Timerdquo theme of the 2016 Pepin Buffalo Trempealeau and Pierce Countiesrsquo 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa in Marine on the St Croix River Minnesota from June 28-30 2016 Over 150 youth ages 9 ndash 14 attended this yearrsquos camp with 35 youth leaders contributing their leadership talents and time to serve as camp counselors

Over the three days of base camp campers in grades three through six took part in a variety of activities designed to help develop leadership communication creative thinking nature awareness and outdoor skills These activities included drama nature archery arts and crafts teamwork games and much more Base camp also included activities that the youth have always enjoyed including an obstacle course group games swimming campfires and a climbing wall One cabin earned the Leaky Canoe Award for their cabin skit while another group of campers earned an award for their creative communication skills by creating their own version of a fairy tale

At the three day 4-H Outpost Adventure youth in grades seven and eight participated in a more traditional outdoor camping experience Youth stayed in tents swam hiked at a state park competed in a teambuilding scavenger hunt learned about waters sources and built their own campfire to cook their meals over daily Youth expanded their teambuilding problem solving and resiliency skills in a collaborative environment

Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) programming that promotes critical thinking and problem solving is a central component of 4-H Camp 4-H campers designed and engineered their own marshmallow catapult and then compete against each other Pepin County Teen Leader Jordan McMahon taught this session and emphasized how the skills they used to design the catapult could be used in real life situations

4-H Camp Kinnissippewa is made possible by its counselors who plan teach and implement the learning experiences for their younger campers Counselors engage in three days of training that prepare them for working effectively with and caring for youth as well as teaching younger members to be leaders themselves

Pepin County 4-H campers and counselors included Outpost Adult Chaperone Josh and Becky McMahon Nurse April Loeffler STEM Program Teen Leader and Counselor Jordin McMahon Outpost Camper Hunter Hass Maya Jungwirth Alex McMahon and Morgan Moline Base Camp Counselor Brianna Hass Base Camp Campers Addison and Tessa Auth Katie Bignell Elizabeth Menting Isabel-la Wayne and Elena Weber

Page 25 Pepin Pacer

Activity Page

Pepin County Extension

740 7th Ave W

PO Box 39

Durand WI 54736

University of Wisconsin-Extension Provides

Equal Opportunities in Employment and Programming

Including Title IX Requirements

PEPIN COUNTY

4-H FAMILY

NEWSLETTER

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RECORD BOOKS

ARE DUE TO CLUB LEADERS BY AUGUST 15

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF 4-H RECORDS IS TO HELP YOUTH LEARN

a) To establish good habits of organizing and planning

b) Evaluation of economic worth

c) Evaluation and motivation by self and others

d) To improve written communication skills

e) To establish positive direction and identification of goals

f) The use of records to evaluate youths performance for recognition is only

ONE function of 4-H

Building Citizenship amp Leadership Skills by Exploring Americas Heritage

The American Spirit Leadership Program is a wonderful opportunity for youth to develop knowledge of Americas

heritage citizenship and leadership

The experience had the following objectives for its participants Increase knowledge and understanding of Americarsquos heritage

Build awareness of the many steps taken to gain US independence and freedom Further develop skills in leadership and personal expression of values Increase awareness of self in relationship to others Share what was learned with others

Featured sites include

New York ndash Harbor Tour 911 Memorial Night Tour of New York

Valley Forge

Philadelphia ndash Independence Hall Liberty Bell

Mayflower IIPlymouth Rock

BostonFreedom TrailChina TownAtlantic Ocean

Whale WatchingLobster Dinner

Niagara Falls

Page 8 Pepin Pacer

Some Thoughts on Completing

Record Books

ldquoThis we believe about Wisconsin Recordsrdquo

(Developed by the WI 4-H Adult amp Leaders Council)

1) 4-H is aimed at teaching youth how to organize goals resources and accomplishments

2) THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF 4-H RECORDS IS TO HELP YOUTH LEARN

a) To establish good habits of organizing and planning

b) Evaluation of economic worth

c) Evaluation and motivation by self and others

d) To improve written communication skills

e) To establish positive direction and identification of goals

f) The use of records to evaluate youths performance for recognition is only ONE function of 4-H

3) The highest value and use of 4-H records should be

at the local club level ie

a) Evidence of accomplishments (for employment family awareness goal setting etc)

b) As a tool for helping leaders and other youth to know young people better

c) As a tool for family involvement in and awareness

When writing and reviewing their own record book

4-H members should be able to answer ldquoYESrdquo to the

following questions

1) Is there evidence of goal setting Did the writer comment on progress toward their goal

2) Is there evidence of sharing found in the record (demonstrations exhibits etc)

3) Has the member shown motivation by participating in club activities workshops etc)

4) Is the record well organized and planned

5) Do the records truly represent a planning amp evaluation process

6) Did the writer tell what they learned in the project story

7) Are the required records used (including financial records where applicable) Did the writer follow

directions

8) Are the records complete realistic and meaningful

9) Has the member included pictures and clippings where appropriate

10) Is the record neat in appearance (use one color of ink)

Page 9 Pepin Pacer

Chippewa 4-H Club July Meeting Minutes

We started our meeting when our President Jordin McMahon called the meeting to order After

doing pledges attendance was taken by Morgan Moline Lacy Quinton gave the treasurers report We had

a check made out to Tracy Seifert for $1518 for providing supplies for previous meetings ending our

balance at $471777 We had no old business so we moved on to new business

Our booth theme this year for the fair is Brighten Your Life With 4-H The leading family for the

booth is the Hass family Then for our barn theme we are doing an Olympic theme since this summer is

an Olympic year We announced that fair tags would be coming soon and would be available for pick up

at the Durand extension office or from Jan Quinton We then asked 4-H adults for help at this yearrsquos fair

They would be helping with judging and placing ribbons on projects and asked that they check the Pacer

for info on supervisors needed for the 22nd Officers then announced important dates coming up next

week These dates were the 18th 20th and 25th You may also check the pacer for more information on

these dates and the pie baking contest on the 23rd We then passed out scholarship forms for recent trip

takers Our next meeting families are the Brevicks N Moline and WallThetford Next meetings activity

is most likely going to be an Express game We discussed the option of letting the members bringing a

friend which will be determined later depending on funds The August meeting is either going to be on

the 7th or 14th this will be determined at a later date September families are going to be Reisgraft T

Moline and WallThetford Our meeting activity is having trip camp takers talking about their trip and

experience We will also have ice cream and watermelon Bryce Quinton made a motion to adjourn the

meeting and Brianna Hass second it

AUGUST MEETING

DATE Sunday August 14

PLACE Carson Park Eau Claire

TIME Meet at entrance at 400 PM - Game time 505 PM

ACTIVITY Eau Claire Express Game

FOOD $ 2 provided to purchase concession stand ($1 hot dogs $1 ice cream available)

RSVP Contact one of the host families to confirm attendance so tickets can be purchased

AUGUST HOST FAMILIES (Nicki) Moline Brevick and WallThetford Brevicks

August meeting that we will attend an Eau Claire Express Game The game will be on Sunday August 14th in Eau Claire at Carson Park Game time is 505 pm amp we will meet at the park entrance at 4pm The club will purchase the tickets for the club members parents and siblings Each club member is allowed to bring one friend with that will need to pay $5friend There is no charge for children 5 and under The club will also give each person $2 for a hot dog and ice cream as it is $1 hot dog and $1 ice cream night I need to know how many people are attending from your family that are ages 6 amp up Please let one of the host families know by Tuesday August 9th so that I can get the tickets ordered in time

SEPTEMBER MEETING HOST FAMILIES (Tracy) Moline WallThetford Riesgraf

DATE Sunday September 11

TIME 100 Parade (meet at line up spot at 1230)

LOCATION Pepin Parade

MEETING After parade

Page 10 Pepin Pacer

4-H Members Discover Diversity in Iowa Eight 4-H members from Buffalo Pepin and Pierce Counties spent three days in Dubuque and Davenport Iowa discovering diversity and learning more about themselves as part of the Finding Interesting Varieties in Everyone (FIVE) trip for sixth seventh and eighth graders The purpose of the program is to enable youth to recognize and discuss how individuals are ethically racially and culturally different than themselves and to provide youth the opportunity to develop critical life skills including communication independence empathy and decision making The youth gained practice in accepting differences worked in groups contributing to their cooperation skills and through discussion built critical thinking skills in multicultural awareness

4-H members who participated from the three counties were Austin George Morgan Guenther Morgan Moline Hunter Hass Ally Arens Riley Schumaker and Hannah Noll While on the travel experience youth visited the Fenelon Elevator and Shot Towed and stayed downtown Dubuque on the Historic Riverwalk Youth also identified elements of diversity in both humans and animals at the National Mississippi River Museum learned how individuals are genetically and culturally similar and different at the Putnam Science Museum while viewing the King Tut exhibit enjoyed a citywide jazz festival which allowed members the opportunity to step out of the comfort zone and try dancing in the street and learned about how culture has shaped river history on a swat rubber river boat tour On of the many highlights of the trip was meeting Don Wildman host of the Travel Channel Mysteries of The Museum he also talked about how we are the same as ancient Egypt and yet different

Marie Ritscher Pepin County 4-H Youth Development Agent conducted a post evaluation with youth All eight youth delegates indicated the experience was one they would recommend to a friend One youth wrote ldquoI learned [on this travel experience] that everyonersquos a little different but they can still be good friendsrdquo Another wrote ldquoI learned [on this travel experience] that people from all different backgrounds can still find similaritiesrdquo You learned as much about themselves as they did about others Each indicated on their evaluations at least one way they challenged themselves with the intent to develop and grow as individuals The challenges ranged from trying a new cultural food to being confident in meeting new people in professional settings

Annie Lisowski Buffalo County 4-H Youth Development Educator stated ldquoThe youth developed and practiced new life skills by experiencing new environments and engaging in diverse ideas and opinions with their fellow delegates In addition the youth were able to discuss cultural identities consider stereotypes and develop empathy for others It was an exciting opportunity for youth to grow and develop outside of their social normrdquo 4-H Leaders Associations in each of the three counties helps pay a portion of the 4-H membersrsquo expenses All young people are selected to travel by completing a 4-H Resume and interview process

FIVE TRIP

Page 11 Pepin Pacer

2016-2017 4-H Enrollment

Re-enrollment and new enrollment will again be processed throu 4-H Online beginning in

September At that time all active members will be set to ldquoInactiverdquo Then you will have

login to re-enroll reviewchange your contact info and confirm the expectation and

behavior agreements You can add or delete your projects too Then click submit Please

make sure to complete this task as soon as possible AFTER the 2nd of September

ANIMAL SCIENCE

64rd ANNUAL SPOONER SHEEP DAY

Spooner Agricultural Research Station of the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Spooner Wisconsin

Saturday August 27 2016

Attendance at the educational sessions of the Spooner Sheep Day is free

There is a charge for the lamb barbecue lunch

Spooner Sheep Day is sponsored by the Agricultural Research Stations and Department of

Animal Sciences College of Agricultural and Life Sciences University of Wisconsin-Madison and

Cooperative Extension University of Wisconsin-Extension For more information contact

Lorraine Toman at the Spooner Agricultural Research Station (phone 715635-3735 email

lltomanwiscedu) or web site httpspoonerarswiscedu

ART

2016 4-H Arts Camp

The annual statewide Arts Camp for middle school 4-Hrsquoers will

be held on October 1mdash2 2016 at Upham Woods in Wisconsin

Dells THE 6-8th graders will experience six hours of explora-

tory sessions in communication music photography theater

arts culinary arts and art in nature Space is limited so send an

application in promptlymdashdeadline is August 22 For registration information

httpfyiuwexeduwi4hartsarts-camp-applications

Page 12 Pepin Pacer

Page 13 Pepin Pacer

Page 14 Pepin Pacer

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Page 16 Pepin Pacer

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Lima Lads amp Lassies at the Fair

Its the end of July so that means its time for the Pepin County Fair which was held on July 22 - 24 As

always Friday morning was a flurry of activity with animal exhibits being brought to the barn decorating

our club booth and last minute projects being put into place to be judged Outside in the arena Hannah

Ava and Brett were exhibiting their horse riding skills as the horse competition and judging got under

way The weather was quite uncomfortable but the riders and horses persevered and the end result was

that Brett Tomlinson earned the Sportsman Award Rachel Seifert earned the High Point Gymkhana

Award and Hannah Bauer earned the High Point Pleasure Award

Inside the school judging was getting started with projects in categories such as cultural arts flowers

and houseplants plant and soil science home environment foods and nutrition and photography Work-

ing as judge supervisors and helpers were Wendy Ripsi Brendin Mary and Marsha New this year was

members from the Senior Youth Council doing the judging for the Cloverbuds and Exploring projects

Stephanie volunteered to do the judging for the morning session which was supervised by Marie Katie

was the only 4-H member to do a singing and guitar playing project She did a very nice job It takes a lot

of courage to do a solo performance in front of a judge and spectators In the afternoon Stephanie

Brendin and Demi had judging with their cats chickens and rabbits This was Stephanie and Demis first

year with these projects and Kelli Hurlburt the judge gave them very good information and directions on

how to improve their presentation of their animals for next year Following the small animal judging was

the clothing revue Stephanie had 3 outfits entered in this category The judge Connie Anderson asks

several questions about the care and use of the clothing how you can accessorize the outfit and the cost of

the outfit When the judging was complete several of our club members had received Award of Merits or

trophies Lauren had earned 5 Award of Merits and 2 trophies Stephanie had 4 Award of Merits and 2

trophies Matt had 2 Award of Merits and 1 trophy Blake had 3 Award of Merits Brendin had 1 trophy

Abby received 2 Award of Merits Marsha Ripsi and Tessa each had 1 Award of Merit

On Saturday Brendin entertained the crowd with his dog in the kiddie and pet parade Stephanie and

Wendy had their hair done by Jen from Shear Madness Fritter the clown was entertaining kids and adults

with her balloon creations Tessa had a frog hat made and Elizabeth had a dog on a leash In the evening

Lauren and Brendin helped out in the Live Auction by showing off items that were available for bidding

Throughout the weekend Andrea Lauren Wendy and Stephanie worked several shifts in the dairy wagon

selling ice cream water cheese curds and pop for the Senior Youth Council

Sunday the final day of the fair the three 4-H clubs participated in an ag game competition We had a

corn relay race bale twine knot untying race hot egg passing and tug-of-war The Lima Lads and Lassies

won the corn relay and knot untying The Chippewa Club won the hot egg passing game and the tug-of-

war was a bust The rope ripped in two pieces on the second pulling contest but the Chippewa club was in

the lead for this game In the horse arena the Pepin Trailblazers held an Open Horse show Brett Hannah

Ava and Demi participated on those activities Our club had 9 baskets in the Silent Auction that was held

throughout the weekend We would to thank Tricia Minturn Shirley Merker and Julie Seidlitz who

donated their services to 4 of the baskets that we had We greatly appreciated everyone that put in a bid

on our baskets We hope you enjoy the treasures that you bought

The weather was hot and muggy for Friday and Sunday and on Saturday a storm blew through so those

2 things put a bit of a tamper on things but we want to thank everyone that came out to the fair to watch

the horse competition and look at all of the projects that the club members had made

See you next year at the fair

Submitted by Wendy Brantner

Page 18 Pepin Pacer

Page 19 Pepin Pacer

Page 20 Pepin Pacer

Page 21 Pepin Pacer

2016 FAIR TOP WINNERS

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET BEEF - DREW SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET SWINE - MORGAN MOLINE

GRAND CHAMPION GYMKHANA HORSEMEN - RACHEL SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION PLEASURE HORSEMEN - HANNAH BAUER

GRAND CHAMPION SPORTSMANSHIP HORSEMEN - BRETT TOMLINSON

CHAMPION POULTRY - BILLY THETFORD III

ANIMAL amp VET SCIENCE - SHAYLEE NOEL

CHAMPION CAT - MORGAN MOLINE

PLANT amp SOIL SCIENCE - MATTHEW SAM

FLOWERS AND HOUSEPLANTS - MARSHA HECK

NATURAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

COMMUNICATION amp CULTURAL ARTS ndash ALEX MCMAHON

PHOTOGRAPHY - LAUREN HENDEL

WOODWORKING - MARSHA HECK

ELECTRICITY - ANTHONY EBENSPERGER

MECHANICAL SCIENCE - IAN AFDAHL

FOODS amp NUTRITION - BRENDIN LARSON

CLOTHING - SYDNEY SEIFERT

HOME ENVIRONMENT - LAUREN HENDEL

FAMILY LIVINGCHILD DEVELOPMENT - KAYLEE AUTH

HEALTH SOCIAL amp POLITICAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

BEST SHOW QUILT ndash OPEN CLASS - KAY SEIVWRIGHT

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL

FAIR

Page 22 Pepin Pacer

MEMORIES OF THE 2016 FAIR

FRITTERS THE CLOWN

MUSTANG TRAINING DEMO

ldquoFAIR FOODrdquo VENDOR

CARNIVAL GAMES

ROASTED CORN

POPCORN VENDOR

PIE BAKING CONTEST

4-H TEEN LEADERS AS JUDGES

KIDrsquoS BIKE GIVE AWAY RAFLLES

WINE JUDGING

TRAIL RIDE

COLORING CONTEST

Past Fairs

- Pierce Pepin Electric Demonstration

-Cover Crop Display

- Baby Chicks Hatching

-Musical Entertainment

-Dog Herding Demonstration

-Antique Tractor DisplayCorn Demonstration

-Corn Cob Doll Making

-Car Cruise

-Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast

-Face Painting

-Guess the Gadget

-Circus- Thanks to Optimist Club

-Ultrasound Carcass Show

-Talent Showcase

-Exhibit Auction

- School Exhibits

-2010 Weekend Fair

-2010 Hot air balloon rides

-Truth Be 4 TreasonmdashTeen Band

Past Fairs

-3 on 3 Basketball Tourney

-New menu items and chicken dinner

-Sold pies at the auction

-Golf carts

-Barn improvements

-Horse show

-Bingo

-Inflatable gamesrides

-Music in Motionmdashfamily dance

-2009 year for 4-H Olympicsmdash

-2009 year for 4-H Camp fire in the horse ring

-Most exotic animal at the fairmdashSNAKE

-Mr Quinton participated in the 4-H games

-Sold pizza at auction

-Nancy Iverson wore a dress

-Dairy Futurity contest with Pierce Co Judging Team

-Clay Peterson looked handsome in a suit amp tie

-Farm Service Agency helped with livestock

Page 23 Pepin Pacer

THANK YOU

Becky Josh Jordin and Alex McMahon

ldquoVolunteering and providing the equipment needed to move the fair

display cases from the fair barn to the school In addition they also plan

and organize the Annual Splash Dash rdquo

Wendy Brantner

~Volunteering to plan and organize the 4-H Games ndash many 4--H members

participatedrdquo

Thank you to the volunteers who came Monday evening to move display

cases - this is a BIG job and lots of heavy lifting

Thank you to the volunteers who came Wednesday morning to help set up

Thank you to the volunteers who stayed late on Sunday to help put fair

equipment back and clean up the school building

Thank you to Jordin McMahon the only one who can Monday morning to

help clean up the fairgrounds

Thank you those who volunteers to be Superintendents and Helpers for

our Fair Judges This is a very important responsibility at the fair

Thank you to Dale and Debbie Bauer who have been working with the

horse families to build the horse program

BIG THANK YOU to the Fair Association who has worked all year to plan

and organize the community events at the fair ndash Dave Klein Christina

Lindstrom Val Cataract Dale amp Debbie Bauer and Sean Scallon

Thank you to everyone who helped out at the fair There are many more

thank yous and we would like to list everyone but that would get lengthy

and we do not want to miss anyone

Page 24 Pepin Pacer

Once Upon a Time at 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa

Nature storytelling mindfulness and tons of creative arts activities marked the ldquoOnce Upon A Timerdquo theme of the 2016 Pepin Buffalo Trempealeau and Pierce Countiesrsquo 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa in Marine on the St Croix River Minnesota from June 28-30 2016 Over 150 youth ages 9 ndash 14 attended this yearrsquos camp with 35 youth leaders contributing their leadership talents and time to serve as camp counselors

Over the three days of base camp campers in grades three through six took part in a variety of activities designed to help develop leadership communication creative thinking nature awareness and outdoor skills These activities included drama nature archery arts and crafts teamwork games and much more Base camp also included activities that the youth have always enjoyed including an obstacle course group games swimming campfires and a climbing wall One cabin earned the Leaky Canoe Award for their cabin skit while another group of campers earned an award for their creative communication skills by creating their own version of a fairy tale

At the three day 4-H Outpost Adventure youth in grades seven and eight participated in a more traditional outdoor camping experience Youth stayed in tents swam hiked at a state park competed in a teambuilding scavenger hunt learned about waters sources and built their own campfire to cook their meals over daily Youth expanded their teambuilding problem solving and resiliency skills in a collaborative environment

Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) programming that promotes critical thinking and problem solving is a central component of 4-H Camp 4-H campers designed and engineered their own marshmallow catapult and then compete against each other Pepin County Teen Leader Jordan McMahon taught this session and emphasized how the skills they used to design the catapult could be used in real life situations

4-H Camp Kinnissippewa is made possible by its counselors who plan teach and implement the learning experiences for their younger campers Counselors engage in three days of training that prepare them for working effectively with and caring for youth as well as teaching younger members to be leaders themselves

Pepin County 4-H campers and counselors included Outpost Adult Chaperone Josh and Becky McMahon Nurse April Loeffler STEM Program Teen Leader and Counselor Jordin McMahon Outpost Camper Hunter Hass Maya Jungwirth Alex McMahon and Morgan Moline Base Camp Counselor Brianna Hass Base Camp Campers Addison and Tessa Auth Katie Bignell Elizabeth Menting Isabel-la Wayne and Elena Weber

Page 25 Pepin Pacer

Activity Page

Pepin County Extension

740 7th Ave W

PO Box 39

Durand WI 54736

University of Wisconsin-Extension Provides

Equal Opportunities in Employment and Programming

Including Title IX Requirements

PEPIN COUNTY

4-H FAMILY

NEWSLETTER

Page 8: Pepin Pacer

Page 8 Pepin Pacer

Some Thoughts on Completing

Record Books

ldquoThis we believe about Wisconsin Recordsrdquo

(Developed by the WI 4-H Adult amp Leaders Council)

1) 4-H is aimed at teaching youth how to organize goals resources and accomplishments

2) THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF 4-H RECORDS IS TO HELP YOUTH LEARN

a) To establish good habits of organizing and planning

b) Evaluation of economic worth

c) Evaluation and motivation by self and others

d) To improve written communication skills

e) To establish positive direction and identification of goals

f) The use of records to evaluate youths performance for recognition is only ONE function of 4-H

3) The highest value and use of 4-H records should be

at the local club level ie

a) Evidence of accomplishments (for employment family awareness goal setting etc)

b) As a tool for helping leaders and other youth to know young people better

c) As a tool for family involvement in and awareness

When writing and reviewing their own record book

4-H members should be able to answer ldquoYESrdquo to the

following questions

1) Is there evidence of goal setting Did the writer comment on progress toward their goal

2) Is there evidence of sharing found in the record (demonstrations exhibits etc)

3) Has the member shown motivation by participating in club activities workshops etc)

4) Is the record well organized and planned

5) Do the records truly represent a planning amp evaluation process

6) Did the writer tell what they learned in the project story

7) Are the required records used (including financial records where applicable) Did the writer follow

directions

8) Are the records complete realistic and meaningful

9) Has the member included pictures and clippings where appropriate

10) Is the record neat in appearance (use one color of ink)

Page 9 Pepin Pacer

Chippewa 4-H Club July Meeting Minutes

We started our meeting when our President Jordin McMahon called the meeting to order After

doing pledges attendance was taken by Morgan Moline Lacy Quinton gave the treasurers report We had

a check made out to Tracy Seifert for $1518 for providing supplies for previous meetings ending our

balance at $471777 We had no old business so we moved on to new business

Our booth theme this year for the fair is Brighten Your Life With 4-H The leading family for the

booth is the Hass family Then for our barn theme we are doing an Olympic theme since this summer is

an Olympic year We announced that fair tags would be coming soon and would be available for pick up

at the Durand extension office or from Jan Quinton We then asked 4-H adults for help at this yearrsquos fair

They would be helping with judging and placing ribbons on projects and asked that they check the Pacer

for info on supervisors needed for the 22nd Officers then announced important dates coming up next

week These dates were the 18th 20th and 25th You may also check the pacer for more information on

these dates and the pie baking contest on the 23rd We then passed out scholarship forms for recent trip

takers Our next meeting families are the Brevicks N Moline and WallThetford Next meetings activity

is most likely going to be an Express game We discussed the option of letting the members bringing a

friend which will be determined later depending on funds The August meeting is either going to be on

the 7th or 14th this will be determined at a later date September families are going to be Reisgraft T

Moline and WallThetford Our meeting activity is having trip camp takers talking about their trip and

experience We will also have ice cream and watermelon Bryce Quinton made a motion to adjourn the

meeting and Brianna Hass second it

AUGUST MEETING

DATE Sunday August 14

PLACE Carson Park Eau Claire

TIME Meet at entrance at 400 PM - Game time 505 PM

ACTIVITY Eau Claire Express Game

FOOD $ 2 provided to purchase concession stand ($1 hot dogs $1 ice cream available)

RSVP Contact one of the host families to confirm attendance so tickets can be purchased

AUGUST HOST FAMILIES (Nicki) Moline Brevick and WallThetford Brevicks

August meeting that we will attend an Eau Claire Express Game The game will be on Sunday August 14th in Eau Claire at Carson Park Game time is 505 pm amp we will meet at the park entrance at 4pm The club will purchase the tickets for the club members parents and siblings Each club member is allowed to bring one friend with that will need to pay $5friend There is no charge for children 5 and under The club will also give each person $2 for a hot dog and ice cream as it is $1 hot dog and $1 ice cream night I need to know how many people are attending from your family that are ages 6 amp up Please let one of the host families know by Tuesday August 9th so that I can get the tickets ordered in time

SEPTEMBER MEETING HOST FAMILIES (Tracy) Moline WallThetford Riesgraf

DATE Sunday September 11

TIME 100 Parade (meet at line up spot at 1230)

LOCATION Pepin Parade

MEETING After parade

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4-H Members Discover Diversity in Iowa Eight 4-H members from Buffalo Pepin and Pierce Counties spent three days in Dubuque and Davenport Iowa discovering diversity and learning more about themselves as part of the Finding Interesting Varieties in Everyone (FIVE) trip for sixth seventh and eighth graders The purpose of the program is to enable youth to recognize and discuss how individuals are ethically racially and culturally different than themselves and to provide youth the opportunity to develop critical life skills including communication independence empathy and decision making The youth gained practice in accepting differences worked in groups contributing to their cooperation skills and through discussion built critical thinking skills in multicultural awareness

4-H members who participated from the three counties were Austin George Morgan Guenther Morgan Moline Hunter Hass Ally Arens Riley Schumaker and Hannah Noll While on the travel experience youth visited the Fenelon Elevator and Shot Towed and stayed downtown Dubuque on the Historic Riverwalk Youth also identified elements of diversity in both humans and animals at the National Mississippi River Museum learned how individuals are genetically and culturally similar and different at the Putnam Science Museum while viewing the King Tut exhibit enjoyed a citywide jazz festival which allowed members the opportunity to step out of the comfort zone and try dancing in the street and learned about how culture has shaped river history on a swat rubber river boat tour On of the many highlights of the trip was meeting Don Wildman host of the Travel Channel Mysteries of The Museum he also talked about how we are the same as ancient Egypt and yet different

Marie Ritscher Pepin County 4-H Youth Development Agent conducted a post evaluation with youth All eight youth delegates indicated the experience was one they would recommend to a friend One youth wrote ldquoI learned [on this travel experience] that everyonersquos a little different but they can still be good friendsrdquo Another wrote ldquoI learned [on this travel experience] that people from all different backgrounds can still find similaritiesrdquo You learned as much about themselves as they did about others Each indicated on their evaluations at least one way they challenged themselves with the intent to develop and grow as individuals The challenges ranged from trying a new cultural food to being confident in meeting new people in professional settings

Annie Lisowski Buffalo County 4-H Youth Development Educator stated ldquoThe youth developed and practiced new life skills by experiencing new environments and engaging in diverse ideas and opinions with their fellow delegates In addition the youth were able to discuss cultural identities consider stereotypes and develop empathy for others It was an exciting opportunity for youth to grow and develop outside of their social normrdquo 4-H Leaders Associations in each of the three counties helps pay a portion of the 4-H membersrsquo expenses All young people are selected to travel by completing a 4-H Resume and interview process

FIVE TRIP

Page 11 Pepin Pacer

2016-2017 4-H Enrollment

Re-enrollment and new enrollment will again be processed throu 4-H Online beginning in

September At that time all active members will be set to ldquoInactiverdquo Then you will have

login to re-enroll reviewchange your contact info and confirm the expectation and

behavior agreements You can add or delete your projects too Then click submit Please

make sure to complete this task as soon as possible AFTER the 2nd of September

ANIMAL SCIENCE

64rd ANNUAL SPOONER SHEEP DAY

Spooner Agricultural Research Station of the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Spooner Wisconsin

Saturday August 27 2016

Attendance at the educational sessions of the Spooner Sheep Day is free

There is a charge for the lamb barbecue lunch

Spooner Sheep Day is sponsored by the Agricultural Research Stations and Department of

Animal Sciences College of Agricultural and Life Sciences University of Wisconsin-Madison and

Cooperative Extension University of Wisconsin-Extension For more information contact

Lorraine Toman at the Spooner Agricultural Research Station (phone 715635-3735 email

lltomanwiscedu) or web site httpspoonerarswiscedu

ART

2016 4-H Arts Camp

The annual statewide Arts Camp for middle school 4-Hrsquoers will

be held on October 1mdash2 2016 at Upham Woods in Wisconsin

Dells THE 6-8th graders will experience six hours of explora-

tory sessions in communication music photography theater

arts culinary arts and art in nature Space is limited so send an

application in promptlymdashdeadline is August 22 For registration information

httpfyiuwexeduwi4hartsarts-camp-applications

Page 12 Pepin Pacer

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Page 14 Pepin Pacer

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Lima Lads amp Lassies at the Fair

Its the end of July so that means its time for the Pepin County Fair which was held on July 22 - 24 As

always Friday morning was a flurry of activity with animal exhibits being brought to the barn decorating

our club booth and last minute projects being put into place to be judged Outside in the arena Hannah

Ava and Brett were exhibiting their horse riding skills as the horse competition and judging got under

way The weather was quite uncomfortable but the riders and horses persevered and the end result was

that Brett Tomlinson earned the Sportsman Award Rachel Seifert earned the High Point Gymkhana

Award and Hannah Bauer earned the High Point Pleasure Award

Inside the school judging was getting started with projects in categories such as cultural arts flowers

and houseplants plant and soil science home environment foods and nutrition and photography Work-

ing as judge supervisors and helpers were Wendy Ripsi Brendin Mary and Marsha New this year was

members from the Senior Youth Council doing the judging for the Cloverbuds and Exploring projects

Stephanie volunteered to do the judging for the morning session which was supervised by Marie Katie

was the only 4-H member to do a singing and guitar playing project She did a very nice job It takes a lot

of courage to do a solo performance in front of a judge and spectators In the afternoon Stephanie

Brendin and Demi had judging with their cats chickens and rabbits This was Stephanie and Demis first

year with these projects and Kelli Hurlburt the judge gave them very good information and directions on

how to improve their presentation of their animals for next year Following the small animal judging was

the clothing revue Stephanie had 3 outfits entered in this category The judge Connie Anderson asks

several questions about the care and use of the clothing how you can accessorize the outfit and the cost of

the outfit When the judging was complete several of our club members had received Award of Merits or

trophies Lauren had earned 5 Award of Merits and 2 trophies Stephanie had 4 Award of Merits and 2

trophies Matt had 2 Award of Merits and 1 trophy Blake had 3 Award of Merits Brendin had 1 trophy

Abby received 2 Award of Merits Marsha Ripsi and Tessa each had 1 Award of Merit

On Saturday Brendin entertained the crowd with his dog in the kiddie and pet parade Stephanie and

Wendy had their hair done by Jen from Shear Madness Fritter the clown was entertaining kids and adults

with her balloon creations Tessa had a frog hat made and Elizabeth had a dog on a leash In the evening

Lauren and Brendin helped out in the Live Auction by showing off items that were available for bidding

Throughout the weekend Andrea Lauren Wendy and Stephanie worked several shifts in the dairy wagon

selling ice cream water cheese curds and pop for the Senior Youth Council

Sunday the final day of the fair the three 4-H clubs participated in an ag game competition We had a

corn relay race bale twine knot untying race hot egg passing and tug-of-war The Lima Lads and Lassies

won the corn relay and knot untying The Chippewa Club won the hot egg passing game and the tug-of-

war was a bust The rope ripped in two pieces on the second pulling contest but the Chippewa club was in

the lead for this game In the horse arena the Pepin Trailblazers held an Open Horse show Brett Hannah

Ava and Demi participated on those activities Our club had 9 baskets in the Silent Auction that was held

throughout the weekend We would to thank Tricia Minturn Shirley Merker and Julie Seidlitz who

donated their services to 4 of the baskets that we had We greatly appreciated everyone that put in a bid

on our baskets We hope you enjoy the treasures that you bought

The weather was hot and muggy for Friday and Sunday and on Saturday a storm blew through so those

2 things put a bit of a tamper on things but we want to thank everyone that came out to the fair to watch

the horse competition and look at all of the projects that the club members had made

See you next year at the fair

Submitted by Wendy Brantner

Page 18 Pepin Pacer

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Page 21 Pepin Pacer

2016 FAIR TOP WINNERS

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET BEEF - DREW SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET SWINE - MORGAN MOLINE

GRAND CHAMPION GYMKHANA HORSEMEN - RACHEL SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION PLEASURE HORSEMEN - HANNAH BAUER

GRAND CHAMPION SPORTSMANSHIP HORSEMEN - BRETT TOMLINSON

CHAMPION POULTRY - BILLY THETFORD III

ANIMAL amp VET SCIENCE - SHAYLEE NOEL

CHAMPION CAT - MORGAN MOLINE

PLANT amp SOIL SCIENCE - MATTHEW SAM

FLOWERS AND HOUSEPLANTS - MARSHA HECK

NATURAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

COMMUNICATION amp CULTURAL ARTS ndash ALEX MCMAHON

PHOTOGRAPHY - LAUREN HENDEL

WOODWORKING - MARSHA HECK

ELECTRICITY - ANTHONY EBENSPERGER

MECHANICAL SCIENCE - IAN AFDAHL

FOODS amp NUTRITION - BRENDIN LARSON

CLOTHING - SYDNEY SEIFERT

HOME ENVIRONMENT - LAUREN HENDEL

FAMILY LIVINGCHILD DEVELOPMENT - KAYLEE AUTH

HEALTH SOCIAL amp POLITICAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

BEST SHOW QUILT ndash OPEN CLASS - KAY SEIVWRIGHT

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL

FAIR

Page 22 Pepin Pacer

MEMORIES OF THE 2016 FAIR

FRITTERS THE CLOWN

MUSTANG TRAINING DEMO

ldquoFAIR FOODrdquo VENDOR

CARNIVAL GAMES

ROASTED CORN

POPCORN VENDOR

PIE BAKING CONTEST

4-H TEEN LEADERS AS JUDGES

KIDrsquoS BIKE GIVE AWAY RAFLLES

WINE JUDGING

TRAIL RIDE

COLORING CONTEST

Past Fairs

- Pierce Pepin Electric Demonstration

-Cover Crop Display

- Baby Chicks Hatching

-Musical Entertainment

-Dog Herding Demonstration

-Antique Tractor DisplayCorn Demonstration

-Corn Cob Doll Making

-Car Cruise

-Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast

-Face Painting

-Guess the Gadget

-Circus- Thanks to Optimist Club

-Ultrasound Carcass Show

-Talent Showcase

-Exhibit Auction

- School Exhibits

-2010 Weekend Fair

-2010 Hot air balloon rides

-Truth Be 4 TreasonmdashTeen Band

Past Fairs

-3 on 3 Basketball Tourney

-New menu items and chicken dinner

-Sold pies at the auction

-Golf carts

-Barn improvements

-Horse show

-Bingo

-Inflatable gamesrides

-Music in Motionmdashfamily dance

-2009 year for 4-H Olympicsmdash

-2009 year for 4-H Camp fire in the horse ring

-Most exotic animal at the fairmdashSNAKE

-Mr Quinton participated in the 4-H games

-Sold pizza at auction

-Nancy Iverson wore a dress

-Dairy Futurity contest with Pierce Co Judging Team

-Clay Peterson looked handsome in a suit amp tie

-Farm Service Agency helped with livestock

Page 23 Pepin Pacer

THANK YOU

Becky Josh Jordin and Alex McMahon

ldquoVolunteering and providing the equipment needed to move the fair

display cases from the fair barn to the school In addition they also plan

and organize the Annual Splash Dash rdquo

Wendy Brantner

~Volunteering to plan and organize the 4-H Games ndash many 4--H members

participatedrdquo

Thank you to the volunteers who came Monday evening to move display

cases - this is a BIG job and lots of heavy lifting

Thank you to the volunteers who came Wednesday morning to help set up

Thank you to the volunteers who stayed late on Sunday to help put fair

equipment back and clean up the school building

Thank you to Jordin McMahon the only one who can Monday morning to

help clean up the fairgrounds

Thank you those who volunteers to be Superintendents and Helpers for

our Fair Judges This is a very important responsibility at the fair

Thank you to Dale and Debbie Bauer who have been working with the

horse families to build the horse program

BIG THANK YOU to the Fair Association who has worked all year to plan

and organize the community events at the fair ndash Dave Klein Christina

Lindstrom Val Cataract Dale amp Debbie Bauer and Sean Scallon

Thank you to everyone who helped out at the fair There are many more

thank yous and we would like to list everyone but that would get lengthy

and we do not want to miss anyone

Page 24 Pepin Pacer

Once Upon a Time at 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa

Nature storytelling mindfulness and tons of creative arts activities marked the ldquoOnce Upon A Timerdquo theme of the 2016 Pepin Buffalo Trempealeau and Pierce Countiesrsquo 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa in Marine on the St Croix River Minnesota from June 28-30 2016 Over 150 youth ages 9 ndash 14 attended this yearrsquos camp with 35 youth leaders contributing their leadership talents and time to serve as camp counselors

Over the three days of base camp campers in grades three through six took part in a variety of activities designed to help develop leadership communication creative thinking nature awareness and outdoor skills These activities included drama nature archery arts and crafts teamwork games and much more Base camp also included activities that the youth have always enjoyed including an obstacle course group games swimming campfires and a climbing wall One cabin earned the Leaky Canoe Award for their cabin skit while another group of campers earned an award for their creative communication skills by creating their own version of a fairy tale

At the three day 4-H Outpost Adventure youth in grades seven and eight participated in a more traditional outdoor camping experience Youth stayed in tents swam hiked at a state park competed in a teambuilding scavenger hunt learned about waters sources and built their own campfire to cook their meals over daily Youth expanded their teambuilding problem solving and resiliency skills in a collaborative environment

Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) programming that promotes critical thinking and problem solving is a central component of 4-H Camp 4-H campers designed and engineered their own marshmallow catapult and then compete against each other Pepin County Teen Leader Jordan McMahon taught this session and emphasized how the skills they used to design the catapult could be used in real life situations

4-H Camp Kinnissippewa is made possible by its counselors who plan teach and implement the learning experiences for their younger campers Counselors engage in three days of training that prepare them for working effectively with and caring for youth as well as teaching younger members to be leaders themselves

Pepin County 4-H campers and counselors included Outpost Adult Chaperone Josh and Becky McMahon Nurse April Loeffler STEM Program Teen Leader and Counselor Jordin McMahon Outpost Camper Hunter Hass Maya Jungwirth Alex McMahon and Morgan Moline Base Camp Counselor Brianna Hass Base Camp Campers Addison and Tessa Auth Katie Bignell Elizabeth Menting Isabel-la Wayne and Elena Weber

Page 25 Pepin Pacer

Activity Page

Pepin County Extension

740 7th Ave W

PO Box 39

Durand WI 54736

University of Wisconsin-Extension Provides

Equal Opportunities in Employment and Programming

Including Title IX Requirements

PEPIN COUNTY

4-H FAMILY

NEWSLETTER

Page 9: Pepin Pacer

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Chippewa 4-H Club July Meeting Minutes

We started our meeting when our President Jordin McMahon called the meeting to order After

doing pledges attendance was taken by Morgan Moline Lacy Quinton gave the treasurers report We had

a check made out to Tracy Seifert for $1518 for providing supplies for previous meetings ending our

balance at $471777 We had no old business so we moved on to new business

Our booth theme this year for the fair is Brighten Your Life With 4-H The leading family for the

booth is the Hass family Then for our barn theme we are doing an Olympic theme since this summer is

an Olympic year We announced that fair tags would be coming soon and would be available for pick up

at the Durand extension office or from Jan Quinton We then asked 4-H adults for help at this yearrsquos fair

They would be helping with judging and placing ribbons on projects and asked that they check the Pacer

for info on supervisors needed for the 22nd Officers then announced important dates coming up next

week These dates were the 18th 20th and 25th You may also check the pacer for more information on

these dates and the pie baking contest on the 23rd We then passed out scholarship forms for recent trip

takers Our next meeting families are the Brevicks N Moline and WallThetford Next meetings activity

is most likely going to be an Express game We discussed the option of letting the members bringing a

friend which will be determined later depending on funds The August meeting is either going to be on

the 7th or 14th this will be determined at a later date September families are going to be Reisgraft T

Moline and WallThetford Our meeting activity is having trip camp takers talking about their trip and

experience We will also have ice cream and watermelon Bryce Quinton made a motion to adjourn the

meeting and Brianna Hass second it

AUGUST MEETING

DATE Sunday August 14

PLACE Carson Park Eau Claire

TIME Meet at entrance at 400 PM - Game time 505 PM

ACTIVITY Eau Claire Express Game

FOOD $ 2 provided to purchase concession stand ($1 hot dogs $1 ice cream available)

RSVP Contact one of the host families to confirm attendance so tickets can be purchased

AUGUST HOST FAMILIES (Nicki) Moline Brevick and WallThetford Brevicks

August meeting that we will attend an Eau Claire Express Game The game will be on Sunday August 14th in Eau Claire at Carson Park Game time is 505 pm amp we will meet at the park entrance at 4pm The club will purchase the tickets for the club members parents and siblings Each club member is allowed to bring one friend with that will need to pay $5friend There is no charge for children 5 and under The club will also give each person $2 for a hot dog and ice cream as it is $1 hot dog and $1 ice cream night I need to know how many people are attending from your family that are ages 6 amp up Please let one of the host families know by Tuesday August 9th so that I can get the tickets ordered in time

SEPTEMBER MEETING HOST FAMILIES (Tracy) Moline WallThetford Riesgraf

DATE Sunday September 11

TIME 100 Parade (meet at line up spot at 1230)

LOCATION Pepin Parade

MEETING After parade

Page 10 Pepin Pacer

4-H Members Discover Diversity in Iowa Eight 4-H members from Buffalo Pepin and Pierce Counties spent three days in Dubuque and Davenport Iowa discovering diversity and learning more about themselves as part of the Finding Interesting Varieties in Everyone (FIVE) trip for sixth seventh and eighth graders The purpose of the program is to enable youth to recognize and discuss how individuals are ethically racially and culturally different than themselves and to provide youth the opportunity to develop critical life skills including communication independence empathy and decision making The youth gained practice in accepting differences worked in groups contributing to their cooperation skills and through discussion built critical thinking skills in multicultural awareness

4-H members who participated from the three counties were Austin George Morgan Guenther Morgan Moline Hunter Hass Ally Arens Riley Schumaker and Hannah Noll While on the travel experience youth visited the Fenelon Elevator and Shot Towed and stayed downtown Dubuque on the Historic Riverwalk Youth also identified elements of diversity in both humans and animals at the National Mississippi River Museum learned how individuals are genetically and culturally similar and different at the Putnam Science Museum while viewing the King Tut exhibit enjoyed a citywide jazz festival which allowed members the opportunity to step out of the comfort zone and try dancing in the street and learned about how culture has shaped river history on a swat rubber river boat tour On of the many highlights of the trip was meeting Don Wildman host of the Travel Channel Mysteries of The Museum he also talked about how we are the same as ancient Egypt and yet different

Marie Ritscher Pepin County 4-H Youth Development Agent conducted a post evaluation with youth All eight youth delegates indicated the experience was one they would recommend to a friend One youth wrote ldquoI learned [on this travel experience] that everyonersquos a little different but they can still be good friendsrdquo Another wrote ldquoI learned [on this travel experience] that people from all different backgrounds can still find similaritiesrdquo You learned as much about themselves as they did about others Each indicated on their evaluations at least one way they challenged themselves with the intent to develop and grow as individuals The challenges ranged from trying a new cultural food to being confident in meeting new people in professional settings

Annie Lisowski Buffalo County 4-H Youth Development Educator stated ldquoThe youth developed and practiced new life skills by experiencing new environments and engaging in diverse ideas and opinions with their fellow delegates In addition the youth were able to discuss cultural identities consider stereotypes and develop empathy for others It was an exciting opportunity for youth to grow and develop outside of their social normrdquo 4-H Leaders Associations in each of the three counties helps pay a portion of the 4-H membersrsquo expenses All young people are selected to travel by completing a 4-H Resume and interview process

FIVE TRIP

Page 11 Pepin Pacer

2016-2017 4-H Enrollment

Re-enrollment and new enrollment will again be processed throu 4-H Online beginning in

September At that time all active members will be set to ldquoInactiverdquo Then you will have

login to re-enroll reviewchange your contact info and confirm the expectation and

behavior agreements You can add or delete your projects too Then click submit Please

make sure to complete this task as soon as possible AFTER the 2nd of September

ANIMAL SCIENCE

64rd ANNUAL SPOONER SHEEP DAY

Spooner Agricultural Research Station of the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Spooner Wisconsin

Saturday August 27 2016

Attendance at the educational sessions of the Spooner Sheep Day is free

There is a charge for the lamb barbecue lunch

Spooner Sheep Day is sponsored by the Agricultural Research Stations and Department of

Animal Sciences College of Agricultural and Life Sciences University of Wisconsin-Madison and

Cooperative Extension University of Wisconsin-Extension For more information contact

Lorraine Toman at the Spooner Agricultural Research Station (phone 715635-3735 email

lltomanwiscedu) or web site httpspoonerarswiscedu

ART

2016 4-H Arts Camp

The annual statewide Arts Camp for middle school 4-Hrsquoers will

be held on October 1mdash2 2016 at Upham Woods in Wisconsin

Dells THE 6-8th graders will experience six hours of explora-

tory sessions in communication music photography theater

arts culinary arts and art in nature Space is limited so send an

application in promptlymdashdeadline is August 22 For registration information

httpfyiuwexeduwi4hartsarts-camp-applications

Page 12 Pepin Pacer

Page 13 Pepin Pacer

Page 14 Pepin Pacer

Page 15 Pepin Pacer

Page 16 Pepin Pacer

Page 17 Pepin Pacer

Lima Lads amp Lassies at the Fair

Its the end of July so that means its time for the Pepin County Fair which was held on July 22 - 24 As

always Friday morning was a flurry of activity with animal exhibits being brought to the barn decorating

our club booth and last minute projects being put into place to be judged Outside in the arena Hannah

Ava and Brett were exhibiting their horse riding skills as the horse competition and judging got under

way The weather was quite uncomfortable but the riders and horses persevered and the end result was

that Brett Tomlinson earned the Sportsman Award Rachel Seifert earned the High Point Gymkhana

Award and Hannah Bauer earned the High Point Pleasure Award

Inside the school judging was getting started with projects in categories such as cultural arts flowers

and houseplants plant and soil science home environment foods and nutrition and photography Work-

ing as judge supervisors and helpers were Wendy Ripsi Brendin Mary and Marsha New this year was

members from the Senior Youth Council doing the judging for the Cloverbuds and Exploring projects

Stephanie volunteered to do the judging for the morning session which was supervised by Marie Katie

was the only 4-H member to do a singing and guitar playing project She did a very nice job It takes a lot

of courage to do a solo performance in front of a judge and spectators In the afternoon Stephanie

Brendin and Demi had judging with their cats chickens and rabbits This was Stephanie and Demis first

year with these projects and Kelli Hurlburt the judge gave them very good information and directions on

how to improve their presentation of their animals for next year Following the small animal judging was

the clothing revue Stephanie had 3 outfits entered in this category The judge Connie Anderson asks

several questions about the care and use of the clothing how you can accessorize the outfit and the cost of

the outfit When the judging was complete several of our club members had received Award of Merits or

trophies Lauren had earned 5 Award of Merits and 2 trophies Stephanie had 4 Award of Merits and 2

trophies Matt had 2 Award of Merits and 1 trophy Blake had 3 Award of Merits Brendin had 1 trophy

Abby received 2 Award of Merits Marsha Ripsi and Tessa each had 1 Award of Merit

On Saturday Brendin entertained the crowd with his dog in the kiddie and pet parade Stephanie and

Wendy had their hair done by Jen from Shear Madness Fritter the clown was entertaining kids and adults

with her balloon creations Tessa had a frog hat made and Elizabeth had a dog on a leash In the evening

Lauren and Brendin helped out in the Live Auction by showing off items that were available for bidding

Throughout the weekend Andrea Lauren Wendy and Stephanie worked several shifts in the dairy wagon

selling ice cream water cheese curds and pop for the Senior Youth Council

Sunday the final day of the fair the three 4-H clubs participated in an ag game competition We had a

corn relay race bale twine knot untying race hot egg passing and tug-of-war The Lima Lads and Lassies

won the corn relay and knot untying The Chippewa Club won the hot egg passing game and the tug-of-

war was a bust The rope ripped in two pieces on the second pulling contest but the Chippewa club was in

the lead for this game In the horse arena the Pepin Trailblazers held an Open Horse show Brett Hannah

Ava and Demi participated on those activities Our club had 9 baskets in the Silent Auction that was held

throughout the weekend We would to thank Tricia Minturn Shirley Merker and Julie Seidlitz who

donated their services to 4 of the baskets that we had We greatly appreciated everyone that put in a bid

on our baskets We hope you enjoy the treasures that you bought

The weather was hot and muggy for Friday and Sunday and on Saturday a storm blew through so those

2 things put a bit of a tamper on things but we want to thank everyone that came out to the fair to watch

the horse competition and look at all of the projects that the club members had made

See you next year at the fair

Submitted by Wendy Brantner

Page 18 Pepin Pacer

Page 19 Pepin Pacer

Page 20 Pepin Pacer

Page 21 Pepin Pacer

2016 FAIR TOP WINNERS

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET BEEF - DREW SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET SWINE - MORGAN MOLINE

GRAND CHAMPION GYMKHANA HORSEMEN - RACHEL SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION PLEASURE HORSEMEN - HANNAH BAUER

GRAND CHAMPION SPORTSMANSHIP HORSEMEN - BRETT TOMLINSON

CHAMPION POULTRY - BILLY THETFORD III

ANIMAL amp VET SCIENCE - SHAYLEE NOEL

CHAMPION CAT - MORGAN MOLINE

PLANT amp SOIL SCIENCE - MATTHEW SAM

FLOWERS AND HOUSEPLANTS - MARSHA HECK

NATURAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

COMMUNICATION amp CULTURAL ARTS ndash ALEX MCMAHON

PHOTOGRAPHY - LAUREN HENDEL

WOODWORKING - MARSHA HECK

ELECTRICITY - ANTHONY EBENSPERGER

MECHANICAL SCIENCE - IAN AFDAHL

FOODS amp NUTRITION - BRENDIN LARSON

CLOTHING - SYDNEY SEIFERT

HOME ENVIRONMENT - LAUREN HENDEL

FAMILY LIVINGCHILD DEVELOPMENT - KAYLEE AUTH

HEALTH SOCIAL amp POLITICAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

BEST SHOW QUILT ndash OPEN CLASS - KAY SEIVWRIGHT

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL

FAIR

Page 22 Pepin Pacer

MEMORIES OF THE 2016 FAIR

FRITTERS THE CLOWN

MUSTANG TRAINING DEMO

ldquoFAIR FOODrdquo VENDOR

CARNIVAL GAMES

ROASTED CORN

POPCORN VENDOR

PIE BAKING CONTEST

4-H TEEN LEADERS AS JUDGES

KIDrsquoS BIKE GIVE AWAY RAFLLES

WINE JUDGING

TRAIL RIDE

COLORING CONTEST

Past Fairs

- Pierce Pepin Electric Demonstration

-Cover Crop Display

- Baby Chicks Hatching

-Musical Entertainment

-Dog Herding Demonstration

-Antique Tractor DisplayCorn Demonstration

-Corn Cob Doll Making

-Car Cruise

-Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast

-Face Painting

-Guess the Gadget

-Circus- Thanks to Optimist Club

-Ultrasound Carcass Show

-Talent Showcase

-Exhibit Auction

- School Exhibits

-2010 Weekend Fair

-2010 Hot air balloon rides

-Truth Be 4 TreasonmdashTeen Band

Past Fairs

-3 on 3 Basketball Tourney

-New menu items and chicken dinner

-Sold pies at the auction

-Golf carts

-Barn improvements

-Horse show

-Bingo

-Inflatable gamesrides

-Music in Motionmdashfamily dance

-2009 year for 4-H Olympicsmdash

-2009 year for 4-H Camp fire in the horse ring

-Most exotic animal at the fairmdashSNAKE

-Mr Quinton participated in the 4-H games

-Sold pizza at auction

-Nancy Iverson wore a dress

-Dairy Futurity contest with Pierce Co Judging Team

-Clay Peterson looked handsome in a suit amp tie

-Farm Service Agency helped with livestock

Page 23 Pepin Pacer

THANK YOU

Becky Josh Jordin and Alex McMahon

ldquoVolunteering and providing the equipment needed to move the fair

display cases from the fair barn to the school In addition they also plan

and organize the Annual Splash Dash rdquo

Wendy Brantner

~Volunteering to plan and organize the 4-H Games ndash many 4--H members

participatedrdquo

Thank you to the volunteers who came Monday evening to move display

cases - this is a BIG job and lots of heavy lifting

Thank you to the volunteers who came Wednesday morning to help set up

Thank you to the volunteers who stayed late on Sunday to help put fair

equipment back and clean up the school building

Thank you to Jordin McMahon the only one who can Monday morning to

help clean up the fairgrounds

Thank you those who volunteers to be Superintendents and Helpers for

our Fair Judges This is a very important responsibility at the fair

Thank you to Dale and Debbie Bauer who have been working with the

horse families to build the horse program

BIG THANK YOU to the Fair Association who has worked all year to plan

and organize the community events at the fair ndash Dave Klein Christina

Lindstrom Val Cataract Dale amp Debbie Bauer and Sean Scallon

Thank you to everyone who helped out at the fair There are many more

thank yous and we would like to list everyone but that would get lengthy

and we do not want to miss anyone

Page 24 Pepin Pacer

Once Upon a Time at 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa

Nature storytelling mindfulness and tons of creative arts activities marked the ldquoOnce Upon A Timerdquo theme of the 2016 Pepin Buffalo Trempealeau and Pierce Countiesrsquo 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa in Marine on the St Croix River Minnesota from June 28-30 2016 Over 150 youth ages 9 ndash 14 attended this yearrsquos camp with 35 youth leaders contributing their leadership talents and time to serve as camp counselors

Over the three days of base camp campers in grades three through six took part in a variety of activities designed to help develop leadership communication creative thinking nature awareness and outdoor skills These activities included drama nature archery arts and crafts teamwork games and much more Base camp also included activities that the youth have always enjoyed including an obstacle course group games swimming campfires and a climbing wall One cabin earned the Leaky Canoe Award for their cabin skit while another group of campers earned an award for their creative communication skills by creating their own version of a fairy tale

At the three day 4-H Outpost Adventure youth in grades seven and eight participated in a more traditional outdoor camping experience Youth stayed in tents swam hiked at a state park competed in a teambuilding scavenger hunt learned about waters sources and built their own campfire to cook their meals over daily Youth expanded their teambuilding problem solving and resiliency skills in a collaborative environment

Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) programming that promotes critical thinking and problem solving is a central component of 4-H Camp 4-H campers designed and engineered their own marshmallow catapult and then compete against each other Pepin County Teen Leader Jordan McMahon taught this session and emphasized how the skills they used to design the catapult could be used in real life situations

4-H Camp Kinnissippewa is made possible by its counselors who plan teach and implement the learning experiences for their younger campers Counselors engage in three days of training that prepare them for working effectively with and caring for youth as well as teaching younger members to be leaders themselves

Pepin County 4-H campers and counselors included Outpost Adult Chaperone Josh and Becky McMahon Nurse April Loeffler STEM Program Teen Leader and Counselor Jordin McMahon Outpost Camper Hunter Hass Maya Jungwirth Alex McMahon and Morgan Moline Base Camp Counselor Brianna Hass Base Camp Campers Addison and Tessa Auth Katie Bignell Elizabeth Menting Isabel-la Wayne and Elena Weber

Page 25 Pepin Pacer

Activity Page

Pepin County Extension

740 7th Ave W

PO Box 39

Durand WI 54736

University of Wisconsin-Extension Provides

Equal Opportunities in Employment and Programming

Including Title IX Requirements

PEPIN COUNTY

4-H FAMILY

NEWSLETTER

Page 10: Pepin Pacer

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4-H Members Discover Diversity in Iowa Eight 4-H members from Buffalo Pepin and Pierce Counties spent three days in Dubuque and Davenport Iowa discovering diversity and learning more about themselves as part of the Finding Interesting Varieties in Everyone (FIVE) trip for sixth seventh and eighth graders The purpose of the program is to enable youth to recognize and discuss how individuals are ethically racially and culturally different than themselves and to provide youth the opportunity to develop critical life skills including communication independence empathy and decision making The youth gained practice in accepting differences worked in groups contributing to their cooperation skills and through discussion built critical thinking skills in multicultural awareness

4-H members who participated from the three counties were Austin George Morgan Guenther Morgan Moline Hunter Hass Ally Arens Riley Schumaker and Hannah Noll While on the travel experience youth visited the Fenelon Elevator and Shot Towed and stayed downtown Dubuque on the Historic Riverwalk Youth also identified elements of diversity in both humans and animals at the National Mississippi River Museum learned how individuals are genetically and culturally similar and different at the Putnam Science Museum while viewing the King Tut exhibit enjoyed a citywide jazz festival which allowed members the opportunity to step out of the comfort zone and try dancing in the street and learned about how culture has shaped river history on a swat rubber river boat tour On of the many highlights of the trip was meeting Don Wildman host of the Travel Channel Mysteries of The Museum he also talked about how we are the same as ancient Egypt and yet different

Marie Ritscher Pepin County 4-H Youth Development Agent conducted a post evaluation with youth All eight youth delegates indicated the experience was one they would recommend to a friend One youth wrote ldquoI learned [on this travel experience] that everyonersquos a little different but they can still be good friendsrdquo Another wrote ldquoI learned [on this travel experience] that people from all different backgrounds can still find similaritiesrdquo You learned as much about themselves as they did about others Each indicated on their evaluations at least one way they challenged themselves with the intent to develop and grow as individuals The challenges ranged from trying a new cultural food to being confident in meeting new people in professional settings

Annie Lisowski Buffalo County 4-H Youth Development Educator stated ldquoThe youth developed and practiced new life skills by experiencing new environments and engaging in diverse ideas and opinions with their fellow delegates In addition the youth were able to discuss cultural identities consider stereotypes and develop empathy for others It was an exciting opportunity for youth to grow and develop outside of their social normrdquo 4-H Leaders Associations in each of the three counties helps pay a portion of the 4-H membersrsquo expenses All young people are selected to travel by completing a 4-H Resume and interview process

FIVE TRIP

Page 11 Pepin Pacer

2016-2017 4-H Enrollment

Re-enrollment and new enrollment will again be processed throu 4-H Online beginning in

September At that time all active members will be set to ldquoInactiverdquo Then you will have

login to re-enroll reviewchange your contact info and confirm the expectation and

behavior agreements You can add or delete your projects too Then click submit Please

make sure to complete this task as soon as possible AFTER the 2nd of September

ANIMAL SCIENCE

64rd ANNUAL SPOONER SHEEP DAY

Spooner Agricultural Research Station of the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Spooner Wisconsin

Saturday August 27 2016

Attendance at the educational sessions of the Spooner Sheep Day is free

There is a charge for the lamb barbecue lunch

Spooner Sheep Day is sponsored by the Agricultural Research Stations and Department of

Animal Sciences College of Agricultural and Life Sciences University of Wisconsin-Madison and

Cooperative Extension University of Wisconsin-Extension For more information contact

Lorraine Toman at the Spooner Agricultural Research Station (phone 715635-3735 email

lltomanwiscedu) or web site httpspoonerarswiscedu

ART

2016 4-H Arts Camp

The annual statewide Arts Camp for middle school 4-Hrsquoers will

be held on October 1mdash2 2016 at Upham Woods in Wisconsin

Dells THE 6-8th graders will experience six hours of explora-

tory sessions in communication music photography theater

arts culinary arts and art in nature Space is limited so send an

application in promptlymdashdeadline is August 22 For registration information

httpfyiuwexeduwi4hartsarts-camp-applications

Page 12 Pepin Pacer

Page 13 Pepin Pacer

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Lima Lads amp Lassies at the Fair

Its the end of July so that means its time for the Pepin County Fair which was held on July 22 - 24 As

always Friday morning was a flurry of activity with animal exhibits being brought to the barn decorating

our club booth and last minute projects being put into place to be judged Outside in the arena Hannah

Ava and Brett were exhibiting their horse riding skills as the horse competition and judging got under

way The weather was quite uncomfortable but the riders and horses persevered and the end result was

that Brett Tomlinson earned the Sportsman Award Rachel Seifert earned the High Point Gymkhana

Award and Hannah Bauer earned the High Point Pleasure Award

Inside the school judging was getting started with projects in categories such as cultural arts flowers

and houseplants plant and soil science home environment foods and nutrition and photography Work-

ing as judge supervisors and helpers were Wendy Ripsi Brendin Mary and Marsha New this year was

members from the Senior Youth Council doing the judging for the Cloverbuds and Exploring projects

Stephanie volunteered to do the judging for the morning session which was supervised by Marie Katie

was the only 4-H member to do a singing and guitar playing project She did a very nice job It takes a lot

of courage to do a solo performance in front of a judge and spectators In the afternoon Stephanie

Brendin and Demi had judging with their cats chickens and rabbits This was Stephanie and Demis first

year with these projects and Kelli Hurlburt the judge gave them very good information and directions on

how to improve their presentation of their animals for next year Following the small animal judging was

the clothing revue Stephanie had 3 outfits entered in this category The judge Connie Anderson asks

several questions about the care and use of the clothing how you can accessorize the outfit and the cost of

the outfit When the judging was complete several of our club members had received Award of Merits or

trophies Lauren had earned 5 Award of Merits and 2 trophies Stephanie had 4 Award of Merits and 2

trophies Matt had 2 Award of Merits and 1 trophy Blake had 3 Award of Merits Brendin had 1 trophy

Abby received 2 Award of Merits Marsha Ripsi and Tessa each had 1 Award of Merit

On Saturday Brendin entertained the crowd with his dog in the kiddie and pet parade Stephanie and

Wendy had their hair done by Jen from Shear Madness Fritter the clown was entertaining kids and adults

with her balloon creations Tessa had a frog hat made and Elizabeth had a dog on a leash In the evening

Lauren and Brendin helped out in the Live Auction by showing off items that were available for bidding

Throughout the weekend Andrea Lauren Wendy and Stephanie worked several shifts in the dairy wagon

selling ice cream water cheese curds and pop for the Senior Youth Council

Sunday the final day of the fair the three 4-H clubs participated in an ag game competition We had a

corn relay race bale twine knot untying race hot egg passing and tug-of-war The Lima Lads and Lassies

won the corn relay and knot untying The Chippewa Club won the hot egg passing game and the tug-of-

war was a bust The rope ripped in two pieces on the second pulling contest but the Chippewa club was in

the lead for this game In the horse arena the Pepin Trailblazers held an Open Horse show Brett Hannah

Ava and Demi participated on those activities Our club had 9 baskets in the Silent Auction that was held

throughout the weekend We would to thank Tricia Minturn Shirley Merker and Julie Seidlitz who

donated their services to 4 of the baskets that we had We greatly appreciated everyone that put in a bid

on our baskets We hope you enjoy the treasures that you bought

The weather was hot and muggy for Friday and Sunday and on Saturday a storm blew through so those

2 things put a bit of a tamper on things but we want to thank everyone that came out to the fair to watch

the horse competition and look at all of the projects that the club members had made

See you next year at the fair

Submitted by Wendy Brantner

Page 18 Pepin Pacer

Page 19 Pepin Pacer

Page 20 Pepin Pacer

Page 21 Pepin Pacer

2016 FAIR TOP WINNERS

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET BEEF - DREW SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET SWINE - MORGAN MOLINE

GRAND CHAMPION GYMKHANA HORSEMEN - RACHEL SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION PLEASURE HORSEMEN - HANNAH BAUER

GRAND CHAMPION SPORTSMANSHIP HORSEMEN - BRETT TOMLINSON

CHAMPION POULTRY - BILLY THETFORD III

ANIMAL amp VET SCIENCE - SHAYLEE NOEL

CHAMPION CAT - MORGAN MOLINE

PLANT amp SOIL SCIENCE - MATTHEW SAM

FLOWERS AND HOUSEPLANTS - MARSHA HECK

NATURAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

COMMUNICATION amp CULTURAL ARTS ndash ALEX MCMAHON

PHOTOGRAPHY - LAUREN HENDEL

WOODWORKING - MARSHA HECK

ELECTRICITY - ANTHONY EBENSPERGER

MECHANICAL SCIENCE - IAN AFDAHL

FOODS amp NUTRITION - BRENDIN LARSON

CLOTHING - SYDNEY SEIFERT

HOME ENVIRONMENT - LAUREN HENDEL

FAMILY LIVINGCHILD DEVELOPMENT - KAYLEE AUTH

HEALTH SOCIAL amp POLITICAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

BEST SHOW QUILT ndash OPEN CLASS - KAY SEIVWRIGHT

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL

FAIR

Page 22 Pepin Pacer

MEMORIES OF THE 2016 FAIR

FRITTERS THE CLOWN

MUSTANG TRAINING DEMO

ldquoFAIR FOODrdquo VENDOR

CARNIVAL GAMES

ROASTED CORN

POPCORN VENDOR

PIE BAKING CONTEST

4-H TEEN LEADERS AS JUDGES

KIDrsquoS BIKE GIVE AWAY RAFLLES

WINE JUDGING

TRAIL RIDE

COLORING CONTEST

Past Fairs

- Pierce Pepin Electric Demonstration

-Cover Crop Display

- Baby Chicks Hatching

-Musical Entertainment

-Dog Herding Demonstration

-Antique Tractor DisplayCorn Demonstration

-Corn Cob Doll Making

-Car Cruise

-Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast

-Face Painting

-Guess the Gadget

-Circus- Thanks to Optimist Club

-Ultrasound Carcass Show

-Talent Showcase

-Exhibit Auction

- School Exhibits

-2010 Weekend Fair

-2010 Hot air balloon rides

-Truth Be 4 TreasonmdashTeen Band

Past Fairs

-3 on 3 Basketball Tourney

-New menu items and chicken dinner

-Sold pies at the auction

-Golf carts

-Barn improvements

-Horse show

-Bingo

-Inflatable gamesrides

-Music in Motionmdashfamily dance

-2009 year for 4-H Olympicsmdash

-2009 year for 4-H Camp fire in the horse ring

-Most exotic animal at the fairmdashSNAKE

-Mr Quinton participated in the 4-H games

-Sold pizza at auction

-Nancy Iverson wore a dress

-Dairy Futurity contest with Pierce Co Judging Team

-Clay Peterson looked handsome in a suit amp tie

-Farm Service Agency helped with livestock

Page 23 Pepin Pacer

THANK YOU

Becky Josh Jordin and Alex McMahon

ldquoVolunteering and providing the equipment needed to move the fair

display cases from the fair barn to the school In addition they also plan

and organize the Annual Splash Dash rdquo

Wendy Brantner

~Volunteering to plan and organize the 4-H Games ndash many 4--H members

participatedrdquo

Thank you to the volunteers who came Monday evening to move display

cases - this is a BIG job and lots of heavy lifting

Thank you to the volunteers who came Wednesday morning to help set up

Thank you to the volunteers who stayed late on Sunday to help put fair

equipment back and clean up the school building

Thank you to Jordin McMahon the only one who can Monday morning to

help clean up the fairgrounds

Thank you those who volunteers to be Superintendents and Helpers for

our Fair Judges This is a very important responsibility at the fair

Thank you to Dale and Debbie Bauer who have been working with the

horse families to build the horse program

BIG THANK YOU to the Fair Association who has worked all year to plan

and organize the community events at the fair ndash Dave Klein Christina

Lindstrom Val Cataract Dale amp Debbie Bauer and Sean Scallon

Thank you to everyone who helped out at the fair There are many more

thank yous and we would like to list everyone but that would get lengthy

and we do not want to miss anyone

Page 24 Pepin Pacer

Once Upon a Time at 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa

Nature storytelling mindfulness and tons of creative arts activities marked the ldquoOnce Upon A Timerdquo theme of the 2016 Pepin Buffalo Trempealeau and Pierce Countiesrsquo 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa in Marine on the St Croix River Minnesota from June 28-30 2016 Over 150 youth ages 9 ndash 14 attended this yearrsquos camp with 35 youth leaders contributing their leadership talents and time to serve as camp counselors

Over the three days of base camp campers in grades three through six took part in a variety of activities designed to help develop leadership communication creative thinking nature awareness and outdoor skills These activities included drama nature archery arts and crafts teamwork games and much more Base camp also included activities that the youth have always enjoyed including an obstacle course group games swimming campfires and a climbing wall One cabin earned the Leaky Canoe Award for their cabin skit while another group of campers earned an award for their creative communication skills by creating their own version of a fairy tale

At the three day 4-H Outpost Adventure youth in grades seven and eight participated in a more traditional outdoor camping experience Youth stayed in tents swam hiked at a state park competed in a teambuilding scavenger hunt learned about waters sources and built their own campfire to cook their meals over daily Youth expanded their teambuilding problem solving and resiliency skills in a collaborative environment

Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) programming that promotes critical thinking and problem solving is a central component of 4-H Camp 4-H campers designed and engineered their own marshmallow catapult and then compete against each other Pepin County Teen Leader Jordan McMahon taught this session and emphasized how the skills they used to design the catapult could be used in real life situations

4-H Camp Kinnissippewa is made possible by its counselors who plan teach and implement the learning experiences for their younger campers Counselors engage in three days of training that prepare them for working effectively with and caring for youth as well as teaching younger members to be leaders themselves

Pepin County 4-H campers and counselors included Outpost Adult Chaperone Josh and Becky McMahon Nurse April Loeffler STEM Program Teen Leader and Counselor Jordin McMahon Outpost Camper Hunter Hass Maya Jungwirth Alex McMahon and Morgan Moline Base Camp Counselor Brianna Hass Base Camp Campers Addison and Tessa Auth Katie Bignell Elizabeth Menting Isabel-la Wayne and Elena Weber

Page 25 Pepin Pacer

Activity Page

Pepin County Extension

740 7th Ave W

PO Box 39

Durand WI 54736

University of Wisconsin-Extension Provides

Equal Opportunities in Employment and Programming

Including Title IX Requirements

PEPIN COUNTY

4-H FAMILY

NEWSLETTER

Page 11: Pepin Pacer

Page 11 Pepin Pacer

2016-2017 4-H Enrollment

Re-enrollment and new enrollment will again be processed throu 4-H Online beginning in

September At that time all active members will be set to ldquoInactiverdquo Then you will have

login to re-enroll reviewchange your contact info and confirm the expectation and

behavior agreements You can add or delete your projects too Then click submit Please

make sure to complete this task as soon as possible AFTER the 2nd of September

ANIMAL SCIENCE

64rd ANNUAL SPOONER SHEEP DAY

Spooner Agricultural Research Station of the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Spooner Wisconsin

Saturday August 27 2016

Attendance at the educational sessions of the Spooner Sheep Day is free

There is a charge for the lamb barbecue lunch

Spooner Sheep Day is sponsored by the Agricultural Research Stations and Department of

Animal Sciences College of Agricultural and Life Sciences University of Wisconsin-Madison and

Cooperative Extension University of Wisconsin-Extension For more information contact

Lorraine Toman at the Spooner Agricultural Research Station (phone 715635-3735 email

lltomanwiscedu) or web site httpspoonerarswiscedu

ART

2016 4-H Arts Camp

The annual statewide Arts Camp for middle school 4-Hrsquoers will

be held on October 1mdash2 2016 at Upham Woods in Wisconsin

Dells THE 6-8th graders will experience six hours of explora-

tory sessions in communication music photography theater

arts culinary arts and art in nature Space is limited so send an

application in promptlymdashdeadline is August 22 For registration information

httpfyiuwexeduwi4hartsarts-camp-applications

Page 12 Pepin Pacer

Page 13 Pepin Pacer

Page 14 Pepin Pacer

Page 15 Pepin Pacer

Page 16 Pepin Pacer

Page 17 Pepin Pacer

Lima Lads amp Lassies at the Fair

Its the end of July so that means its time for the Pepin County Fair which was held on July 22 - 24 As

always Friday morning was a flurry of activity with animal exhibits being brought to the barn decorating

our club booth and last minute projects being put into place to be judged Outside in the arena Hannah

Ava and Brett were exhibiting their horse riding skills as the horse competition and judging got under

way The weather was quite uncomfortable but the riders and horses persevered and the end result was

that Brett Tomlinson earned the Sportsman Award Rachel Seifert earned the High Point Gymkhana

Award and Hannah Bauer earned the High Point Pleasure Award

Inside the school judging was getting started with projects in categories such as cultural arts flowers

and houseplants plant and soil science home environment foods and nutrition and photography Work-

ing as judge supervisors and helpers were Wendy Ripsi Brendin Mary and Marsha New this year was

members from the Senior Youth Council doing the judging for the Cloverbuds and Exploring projects

Stephanie volunteered to do the judging for the morning session which was supervised by Marie Katie

was the only 4-H member to do a singing and guitar playing project She did a very nice job It takes a lot

of courage to do a solo performance in front of a judge and spectators In the afternoon Stephanie

Brendin and Demi had judging with their cats chickens and rabbits This was Stephanie and Demis first

year with these projects and Kelli Hurlburt the judge gave them very good information and directions on

how to improve their presentation of their animals for next year Following the small animal judging was

the clothing revue Stephanie had 3 outfits entered in this category The judge Connie Anderson asks

several questions about the care and use of the clothing how you can accessorize the outfit and the cost of

the outfit When the judging was complete several of our club members had received Award of Merits or

trophies Lauren had earned 5 Award of Merits and 2 trophies Stephanie had 4 Award of Merits and 2

trophies Matt had 2 Award of Merits and 1 trophy Blake had 3 Award of Merits Brendin had 1 trophy

Abby received 2 Award of Merits Marsha Ripsi and Tessa each had 1 Award of Merit

On Saturday Brendin entertained the crowd with his dog in the kiddie and pet parade Stephanie and

Wendy had their hair done by Jen from Shear Madness Fritter the clown was entertaining kids and adults

with her balloon creations Tessa had a frog hat made and Elizabeth had a dog on a leash In the evening

Lauren and Brendin helped out in the Live Auction by showing off items that were available for bidding

Throughout the weekend Andrea Lauren Wendy and Stephanie worked several shifts in the dairy wagon

selling ice cream water cheese curds and pop for the Senior Youth Council

Sunday the final day of the fair the three 4-H clubs participated in an ag game competition We had a

corn relay race bale twine knot untying race hot egg passing and tug-of-war The Lima Lads and Lassies

won the corn relay and knot untying The Chippewa Club won the hot egg passing game and the tug-of-

war was a bust The rope ripped in two pieces on the second pulling contest but the Chippewa club was in

the lead for this game In the horse arena the Pepin Trailblazers held an Open Horse show Brett Hannah

Ava and Demi participated on those activities Our club had 9 baskets in the Silent Auction that was held

throughout the weekend We would to thank Tricia Minturn Shirley Merker and Julie Seidlitz who

donated their services to 4 of the baskets that we had We greatly appreciated everyone that put in a bid

on our baskets We hope you enjoy the treasures that you bought

The weather was hot and muggy for Friday and Sunday and on Saturday a storm blew through so those

2 things put a bit of a tamper on things but we want to thank everyone that came out to the fair to watch

the horse competition and look at all of the projects that the club members had made

See you next year at the fair

Submitted by Wendy Brantner

Page 18 Pepin Pacer

Page 19 Pepin Pacer

Page 20 Pepin Pacer

Page 21 Pepin Pacer

2016 FAIR TOP WINNERS

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET BEEF - DREW SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET SWINE - MORGAN MOLINE

GRAND CHAMPION GYMKHANA HORSEMEN - RACHEL SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION PLEASURE HORSEMEN - HANNAH BAUER

GRAND CHAMPION SPORTSMANSHIP HORSEMEN - BRETT TOMLINSON

CHAMPION POULTRY - BILLY THETFORD III

ANIMAL amp VET SCIENCE - SHAYLEE NOEL

CHAMPION CAT - MORGAN MOLINE

PLANT amp SOIL SCIENCE - MATTHEW SAM

FLOWERS AND HOUSEPLANTS - MARSHA HECK

NATURAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

COMMUNICATION amp CULTURAL ARTS ndash ALEX MCMAHON

PHOTOGRAPHY - LAUREN HENDEL

WOODWORKING - MARSHA HECK

ELECTRICITY - ANTHONY EBENSPERGER

MECHANICAL SCIENCE - IAN AFDAHL

FOODS amp NUTRITION - BRENDIN LARSON

CLOTHING - SYDNEY SEIFERT

HOME ENVIRONMENT - LAUREN HENDEL

FAMILY LIVINGCHILD DEVELOPMENT - KAYLEE AUTH

HEALTH SOCIAL amp POLITICAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

BEST SHOW QUILT ndash OPEN CLASS - KAY SEIVWRIGHT

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL

FAIR

Page 22 Pepin Pacer

MEMORIES OF THE 2016 FAIR

FRITTERS THE CLOWN

MUSTANG TRAINING DEMO

ldquoFAIR FOODrdquo VENDOR

CARNIVAL GAMES

ROASTED CORN

POPCORN VENDOR

PIE BAKING CONTEST

4-H TEEN LEADERS AS JUDGES

KIDrsquoS BIKE GIVE AWAY RAFLLES

WINE JUDGING

TRAIL RIDE

COLORING CONTEST

Past Fairs

- Pierce Pepin Electric Demonstration

-Cover Crop Display

- Baby Chicks Hatching

-Musical Entertainment

-Dog Herding Demonstration

-Antique Tractor DisplayCorn Demonstration

-Corn Cob Doll Making

-Car Cruise

-Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast

-Face Painting

-Guess the Gadget

-Circus- Thanks to Optimist Club

-Ultrasound Carcass Show

-Talent Showcase

-Exhibit Auction

- School Exhibits

-2010 Weekend Fair

-2010 Hot air balloon rides

-Truth Be 4 TreasonmdashTeen Band

Past Fairs

-3 on 3 Basketball Tourney

-New menu items and chicken dinner

-Sold pies at the auction

-Golf carts

-Barn improvements

-Horse show

-Bingo

-Inflatable gamesrides

-Music in Motionmdashfamily dance

-2009 year for 4-H Olympicsmdash

-2009 year for 4-H Camp fire in the horse ring

-Most exotic animal at the fairmdashSNAKE

-Mr Quinton participated in the 4-H games

-Sold pizza at auction

-Nancy Iverson wore a dress

-Dairy Futurity contest with Pierce Co Judging Team

-Clay Peterson looked handsome in a suit amp tie

-Farm Service Agency helped with livestock

Page 23 Pepin Pacer

THANK YOU

Becky Josh Jordin and Alex McMahon

ldquoVolunteering and providing the equipment needed to move the fair

display cases from the fair barn to the school In addition they also plan

and organize the Annual Splash Dash rdquo

Wendy Brantner

~Volunteering to plan and organize the 4-H Games ndash many 4--H members

participatedrdquo

Thank you to the volunteers who came Monday evening to move display

cases - this is a BIG job and lots of heavy lifting

Thank you to the volunteers who came Wednesday morning to help set up

Thank you to the volunteers who stayed late on Sunday to help put fair

equipment back and clean up the school building

Thank you to Jordin McMahon the only one who can Monday morning to

help clean up the fairgrounds

Thank you those who volunteers to be Superintendents and Helpers for

our Fair Judges This is a very important responsibility at the fair

Thank you to Dale and Debbie Bauer who have been working with the

horse families to build the horse program

BIG THANK YOU to the Fair Association who has worked all year to plan

and organize the community events at the fair ndash Dave Klein Christina

Lindstrom Val Cataract Dale amp Debbie Bauer and Sean Scallon

Thank you to everyone who helped out at the fair There are many more

thank yous and we would like to list everyone but that would get lengthy

and we do not want to miss anyone

Page 24 Pepin Pacer

Once Upon a Time at 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa

Nature storytelling mindfulness and tons of creative arts activities marked the ldquoOnce Upon A Timerdquo theme of the 2016 Pepin Buffalo Trempealeau and Pierce Countiesrsquo 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa in Marine on the St Croix River Minnesota from June 28-30 2016 Over 150 youth ages 9 ndash 14 attended this yearrsquos camp with 35 youth leaders contributing their leadership talents and time to serve as camp counselors

Over the three days of base camp campers in grades three through six took part in a variety of activities designed to help develop leadership communication creative thinking nature awareness and outdoor skills These activities included drama nature archery arts and crafts teamwork games and much more Base camp also included activities that the youth have always enjoyed including an obstacle course group games swimming campfires and a climbing wall One cabin earned the Leaky Canoe Award for their cabin skit while another group of campers earned an award for their creative communication skills by creating their own version of a fairy tale

At the three day 4-H Outpost Adventure youth in grades seven and eight participated in a more traditional outdoor camping experience Youth stayed in tents swam hiked at a state park competed in a teambuilding scavenger hunt learned about waters sources and built their own campfire to cook their meals over daily Youth expanded their teambuilding problem solving and resiliency skills in a collaborative environment

Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) programming that promotes critical thinking and problem solving is a central component of 4-H Camp 4-H campers designed and engineered their own marshmallow catapult and then compete against each other Pepin County Teen Leader Jordan McMahon taught this session and emphasized how the skills they used to design the catapult could be used in real life situations

4-H Camp Kinnissippewa is made possible by its counselors who plan teach and implement the learning experiences for their younger campers Counselors engage in three days of training that prepare them for working effectively with and caring for youth as well as teaching younger members to be leaders themselves

Pepin County 4-H campers and counselors included Outpost Adult Chaperone Josh and Becky McMahon Nurse April Loeffler STEM Program Teen Leader and Counselor Jordin McMahon Outpost Camper Hunter Hass Maya Jungwirth Alex McMahon and Morgan Moline Base Camp Counselor Brianna Hass Base Camp Campers Addison and Tessa Auth Katie Bignell Elizabeth Menting Isabel-la Wayne and Elena Weber

Page 25 Pepin Pacer

Activity Page

Pepin County Extension

740 7th Ave W

PO Box 39

Durand WI 54736

University of Wisconsin-Extension Provides

Equal Opportunities in Employment and Programming

Including Title IX Requirements

PEPIN COUNTY

4-H FAMILY

NEWSLETTER

Page 12: Pepin Pacer

Page 12 Pepin Pacer

Page 13 Pepin Pacer

Page 14 Pepin Pacer

Page 15 Pepin Pacer

Page 16 Pepin Pacer

Page 17 Pepin Pacer

Lima Lads amp Lassies at the Fair

Its the end of July so that means its time for the Pepin County Fair which was held on July 22 - 24 As

always Friday morning was a flurry of activity with animal exhibits being brought to the barn decorating

our club booth and last minute projects being put into place to be judged Outside in the arena Hannah

Ava and Brett were exhibiting their horse riding skills as the horse competition and judging got under

way The weather was quite uncomfortable but the riders and horses persevered and the end result was

that Brett Tomlinson earned the Sportsman Award Rachel Seifert earned the High Point Gymkhana

Award and Hannah Bauer earned the High Point Pleasure Award

Inside the school judging was getting started with projects in categories such as cultural arts flowers

and houseplants plant and soil science home environment foods and nutrition and photography Work-

ing as judge supervisors and helpers were Wendy Ripsi Brendin Mary and Marsha New this year was

members from the Senior Youth Council doing the judging for the Cloverbuds and Exploring projects

Stephanie volunteered to do the judging for the morning session which was supervised by Marie Katie

was the only 4-H member to do a singing and guitar playing project She did a very nice job It takes a lot

of courage to do a solo performance in front of a judge and spectators In the afternoon Stephanie

Brendin and Demi had judging with their cats chickens and rabbits This was Stephanie and Demis first

year with these projects and Kelli Hurlburt the judge gave them very good information and directions on

how to improve their presentation of their animals for next year Following the small animal judging was

the clothing revue Stephanie had 3 outfits entered in this category The judge Connie Anderson asks

several questions about the care and use of the clothing how you can accessorize the outfit and the cost of

the outfit When the judging was complete several of our club members had received Award of Merits or

trophies Lauren had earned 5 Award of Merits and 2 trophies Stephanie had 4 Award of Merits and 2

trophies Matt had 2 Award of Merits and 1 trophy Blake had 3 Award of Merits Brendin had 1 trophy

Abby received 2 Award of Merits Marsha Ripsi and Tessa each had 1 Award of Merit

On Saturday Brendin entertained the crowd with his dog in the kiddie and pet parade Stephanie and

Wendy had their hair done by Jen from Shear Madness Fritter the clown was entertaining kids and adults

with her balloon creations Tessa had a frog hat made and Elizabeth had a dog on a leash In the evening

Lauren and Brendin helped out in the Live Auction by showing off items that were available for bidding

Throughout the weekend Andrea Lauren Wendy and Stephanie worked several shifts in the dairy wagon

selling ice cream water cheese curds and pop for the Senior Youth Council

Sunday the final day of the fair the three 4-H clubs participated in an ag game competition We had a

corn relay race bale twine knot untying race hot egg passing and tug-of-war The Lima Lads and Lassies

won the corn relay and knot untying The Chippewa Club won the hot egg passing game and the tug-of-

war was a bust The rope ripped in two pieces on the second pulling contest but the Chippewa club was in

the lead for this game In the horse arena the Pepin Trailblazers held an Open Horse show Brett Hannah

Ava and Demi participated on those activities Our club had 9 baskets in the Silent Auction that was held

throughout the weekend We would to thank Tricia Minturn Shirley Merker and Julie Seidlitz who

donated their services to 4 of the baskets that we had We greatly appreciated everyone that put in a bid

on our baskets We hope you enjoy the treasures that you bought

The weather was hot and muggy for Friday and Sunday and on Saturday a storm blew through so those

2 things put a bit of a tamper on things but we want to thank everyone that came out to the fair to watch

the horse competition and look at all of the projects that the club members had made

See you next year at the fair

Submitted by Wendy Brantner

Page 18 Pepin Pacer

Page 19 Pepin Pacer

Page 20 Pepin Pacer

Page 21 Pepin Pacer

2016 FAIR TOP WINNERS

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET BEEF - DREW SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET SWINE - MORGAN MOLINE

GRAND CHAMPION GYMKHANA HORSEMEN - RACHEL SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION PLEASURE HORSEMEN - HANNAH BAUER

GRAND CHAMPION SPORTSMANSHIP HORSEMEN - BRETT TOMLINSON

CHAMPION POULTRY - BILLY THETFORD III

ANIMAL amp VET SCIENCE - SHAYLEE NOEL

CHAMPION CAT - MORGAN MOLINE

PLANT amp SOIL SCIENCE - MATTHEW SAM

FLOWERS AND HOUSEPLANTS - MARSHA HECK

NATURAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

COMMUNICATION amp CULTURAL ARTS ndash ALEX MCMAHON

PHOTOGRAPHY - LAUREN HENDEL

WOODWORKING - MARSHA HECK

ELECTRICITY - ANTHONY EBENSPERGER

MECHANICAL SCIENCE - IAN AFDAHL

FOODS amp NUTRITION - BRENDIN LARSON

CLOTHING - SYDNEY SEIFERT

HOME ENVIRONMENT - LAUREN HENDEL

FAMILY LIVINGCHILD DEVELOPMENT - KAYLEE AUTH

HEALTH SOCIAL amp POLITICAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

BEST SHOW QUILT ndash OPEN CLASS - KAY SEIVWRIGHT

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL

FAIR

Page 22 Pepin Pacer

MEMORIES OF THE 2016 FAIR

FRITTERS THE CLOWN

MUSTANG TRAINING DEMO

ldquoFAIR FOODrdquo VENDOR

CARNIVAL GAMES

ROASTED CORN

POPCORN VENDOR

PIE BAKING CONTEST

4-H TEEN LEADERS AS JUDGES

KIDrsquoS BIKE GIVE AWAY RAFLLES

WINE JUDGING

TRAIL RIDE

COLORING CONTEST

Past Fairs

- Pierce Pepin Electric Demonstration

-Cover Crop Display

- Baby Chicks Hatching

-Musical Entertainment

-Dog Herding Demonstration

-Antique Tractor DisplayCorn Demonstration

-Corn Cob Doll Making

-Car Cruise

-Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast

-Face Painting

-Guess the Gadget

-Circus- Thanks to Optimist Club

-Ultrasound Carcass Show

-Talent Showcase

-Exhibit Auction

- School Exhibits

-2010 Weekend Fair

-2010 Hot air balloon rides

-Truth Be 4 TreasonmdashTeen Band

Past Fairs

-3 on 3 Basketball Tourney

-New menu items and chicken dinner

-Sold pies at the auction

-Golf carts

-Barn improvements

-Horse show

-Bingo

-Inflatable gamesrides

-Music in Motionmdashfamily dance

-2009 year for 4-H Olympicsmdash

-2009 year for 4-H Camp fire in the horse ring

-Most exotic animal at the fairmdashSNAKE

-Mr Quinton participated in the 4-H games

-Sold pizza at auction

-Nancy Iverson wore a dress

-Dairy Futurity contest with Pierce Co Judging Team

-Clay Peterson looked handsome in a suit amp tie

-Farm Service Agency helped with livestock

Page 23 Pepin Pacer

THANK YOU

Becky Josh Jordin and Alex McMahon

ldquoVolunteering and providing the equipment needed to move the fair

display cases from the fair barn to the school In addition they also plan

and organize the Annual Splash Dash rdquo

Wendy Brantner

~Volunteering to plan and organize the 4-H Games ndash many 4--H members

participatedrdquo

Thank you to the volunteers who came Monday evening to move display

cases - this is a BIG job and lots of heavy lifting

Thank you to the volunteers who came Wednesday morning to help set up

Thank you to the volunteers who stayed late on Sunday to help put fair

equipment back and clean up the school building

Thank you to Jordin McMahon the only one who can Monday morning to

help clean up the fairgrounds

Thank you those who volunteers to be Superintendents and Helpers for

our Fair Judges This is a very important responsibility at the fair

Thank you to Dale and Debbie Bauer who have been working with the

horse families to build the horse program

BIG THANK YOU to the Fair Association who has worked all year to plan

and organize the community events at the fair ndash Dave Klein Christina

Lindstrom Val Cataract Dale amp Debbie Bauer and Sean Scallon

Thank you to everyone who helped out at the fair There are many more

thank yous and we would like to list everyone but that would get lengthy

and we do not want to miss anyone

Page 24 Pepin Pacer

Once Upon a Time at 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa

Nature storytelling mindfulness and tons of creative arts activities marked the ldquoOnce Upon A Timerdquo theme of the 2016 Pepin Buffalo Trempealeau and Pierce Countiesrsquo 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa in Marine on the St Croix River Minnesota from June 28-30 2016 Over 150 youth ages 9 ndash 14 attended this yearrsquos camp with 35 youth leaders contributing their leadership talents and time to serve as camp counselors

Over the three days of base camp campers in grades three through six took part in a variety of activities designed to help develop leadership communication creative thinking nature awareness and outdoor skills These activities included drama nature archery arts and crafts teamwork games and much more Base camp also included activities that the youth have always enjoyed including an obstacle course group games swimming campfires and a climbing wall One cabin earned the Leaky Canoe Award for their cabin skit while another group of campers earned an award for their creative communication skills by creating their own version of a fairy tale

At the three day 4-H Outpost Adventure youth in grades seven and eight participated in a more traditional outdoor camping experience Youth stayed in tents swam hiked at a state park competed in a teambuilding scavenger hunt learned about waters sources and built their own campfire to cook their meals over daily Youth expanded their teambuilding problem solving and resiliency skills in a collaborative environment

Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) programming that promotes critical thinking and problem solving is a central component of 4-H Camp 4-H campers designed and engineered their own marshmallow catapult and then compete against each other Pepin County Teen Leader Jordan McMahon taught this session and emphasized how the skills they used to design the catapult could be used in real life situations

4-H Camp Kinnissippewa is made possible by its counselors who plan teach and implement the learning experiences for their younger campers Counselors engage in three days of training that prepare them for working effectively with and caring for youth as well as teaching younger members to be leaders themselves

Pepin County 4-H campers and counselors included Outpost Adult Chaperone Josh and Becky McMahon Nurse April Loeffler STEM Program Teen Leader and Counselor Jordin McMahon Outpost Camper Hunter Hass Maya Jungwirth Alex McMahon and Morgan Moline Base Camp Counselor Brianna Hass Base Camp Campers Addison and Tessa Auth Katie Bignell Elizabeth Menting Isabel-la Wayne and Elena Weber

Page 25 Pepin Pacer

Activity Page

Pepin County Extension

740 7th Ave W

PO Box 39

Durand WI 54736

University of Wisconsin-Extension Provides

Equal Opportunities in Employment and Programming

Including Title IX Requirements

PEPIN COUNTY

4-H FAMILY

NEWSLETTER

Page 13: Pepin Pacer

Page 13 Pepin Pacer

Page 14 Pepin Pacer

Page 15 Pepin Pacer

Page 16 Pepin Pacer

Page 17 Pepin Pacer

Lima Lads amp Lassies at the Fair

Its the end of July so that means its time for the Pepin County Fair which was held on July 22 - 24 As

always Friday morning was a flurry of activity with animal exhibits being brought to the barn decorating

our club booth and last minute projects being put into place to be judged Outside in the arena Hannah

Ava and Brett were exhibiting their horse riding skills as the horse competition and judging got under

way The weather was quite uncomfortable but the riders and horses persevered and the end result was

that Brett Tomlinson earned the Sportsman Award Rachel Seifert earned the High Point Gymkhana

Award and Hannah Bauer earned the High Point Pleasure Award

Inside the school judging was getting started with projects in categories such as cultural arts flowers

and houseplants plant and soil science home environment foods and nutrition and photography Work-

ing as judge supervisors and helpers were Wendy Ripsi Brendin Mary and Marsha New this year was

members from the Senior Youth Council doing the judging for the Cloverbuds and Exploring projects

Stephanie volunteered to do the judging for the morning session which was supervised by Marie Katie

was the only 4-H member to do a singing and guitar playing project She did a very nice job It takes a lot

of courage to do a solo performance in front of a judge and spectators In the afternoon Stephanie

Brendin and Demi had judging with their cats chickens and rabbits This was Stephanie and Demis first

year with these projects and Kelli Hurlburt the judge gave them very good information and directions on

how to improve their presentation of their animals for next year Following the small animal judging was

the clothing revue Stephanie had 3 outfits entered in this category The judge Connie Anderson asks

several questions about the care and use of the clothing how you can accessorize the outfit and the cost of

the outfit When the judging was complete several of our club members had received Award of Merits or

trophies Lauren had earned 5 Award of Merits and 2 trophies Stephanie had 4 Award of Merits and 2

trophies Matt had 2 Award of Merits and 1 trophy Blake had 3 Award of Merits Brendin had 1 trophy

Abby received 2 Award of Merits Marsha Ripsi and Tessa each had 1 Award of Merit

On Saturday Brendin entertained the crowd with his dog in the kiddie and pet parade Stephanie and

Wendy had their hair done by Jen from Shear Madness Fritter the clown was entertaining kids and adults

with her balloon creations Tessa had a frog hat made and Elizabeth had a dog on a leash In the evening

Lauren and Brendin helped out in the Live Auction by showing off items that were available for bidding

Throughout the weekend Andrea Lauren Wendy and Stephanie worked several shifts in the dairy wagon

selling ice cream water cheese curds and pop for the Senior Youth Council

Sunday the final day of the fair the three 4-H clubs participated in an ag game competition We had a

corn relay race bale twine knot untying race hot egg passing and tug-of-war The Lima Lads and Lassies

won the corn relay and knot untying The Chippewa Club won the hot egg passing game and the tug-of-

war was a bust The rope ripped in two pieces on the second pulling contest but the Chippewa club was in

the lead for this game In the horse arena the Pepin Trailblazers held an Open Horse show Brett Hannah

Ava and Demi participated on those activities Our club had 9 baskets in the Silent Auction that was held

throughout the weekend We would to thank Tricia Minturn Shirley Merker and Julie Seidlitz who

donated their services to 4 of the baskets that we had We greatly appreciated everyone that put in a bid

on our baskets We hope you enjoy the treasures that you bought

The weather was hot and muggy for Friday and Sunday and on Saturday a storm blew through so those

2 things put a bit of a tamper on things but we want to thank everyone that came out to the fair to watch

the horse competition and look at all of the projects that the club members had made

See you next year at the fair

Submitted by Wendy Brantner

Page 18 Pepin Pacer

Page 19 Pepin Pacer

Page 20 Pepin Pacer

Page 21 Pepin Pacer

2016 FAIR TOP WINNERS

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET BEEF - DREW SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET SWINE - MORGAN MOLINE

GRAND CHAMPION GYMKHANA HORSEMEN - RACHEL SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION PLEASURE HORSEMEN - HANNAH BAUER

GRAND CHAMPION SPORTSMANSHIP HORSEMEN - BRETT TOMLINSON

CHAMPION POULTRY - BILLY THETFORD III

ANIMAL amp VET SCIENCE - SHAYLEE NOEL

CHAMPION CAT - MORGAN MOLINE

PLANT amp SOIL SCIENCE - MATTHEW SAM

FLOWERS AND HOUSEPLANTS - MARSHA HECK

NATURAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

COMMUNICATION amp CULTURAL ARTS ndash ALEX MCMAHON

PHOTOGRAPHY - LAUREN HENDEL

WOODWORKING - MARSHA HECK

ELECTRICITY - ANTHONY EBENSPERGER

MECHANICAL SCIENCE - IAN AFDAHL

FOODS amp NUTRITION - BRENDIN LARSON

CLOTHING - SYDNEY SEIFERT

HOME ENVIRONMENT - LAUREN HENDEL

FAMILY LIVINGCHILD DEVELOPMENT - KAYLEE AUTH

HEALTH SOCIAL amp POLITICAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

BEST SHOW QUILT ndash OPEN CLASS - KAY SEIVWRIGHT

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL

FAIR

Page 22 Pepin Pacer

MEMORIES OF THE 2016 FAIR

FRITTERS THE CLOWN

MUSTANG TRAINING DEMO

ldquoFAIR FOODrdquo VENDOR

CARNIVAL GAMES

ROASTED CORN

POPCORN VENDOR

PIE BAKING CONTEST

4-H TEEN LEADERS AS JUDGES

KIDrsquoS BIKE GIVE AWAY RAFLLES

WINE JUDGING

TRAIL RIDE

COLORING CONTEST

Past Fairs

- Pierce Pepin Electric Demonstration

-Cover Crop Display

- Baby Chicks Hatching

-Musical Entertainment

-Dog Herding Demonstration

-Antique Tractor DisplayCorn Demonstration

-Corn Cob Doll Making

-Car Cruise

-Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast

-Face Painting

-Guess the Gadget

-Circus- Thanks to Optimist Club

-Ultrasound Carcass Show

-Talent Showcase

-Exhibit Auction

- School Exhibits

-2010 Weekend Fair

-2010 Hot air balloon rides

-Truth Be 4 TreasonmdashTeen Band

Past Fairs

-3 on 3 Basketball Tourney

-New menu items and chicken dinner

-Sold pies at the auction

-Golf carts

-Barn improvements

-Horse show

-Bingo

-Inflatable gamesrides

-Music in Motionmdashfamily dance

-2009 year for 4-H Olympicsmdash

-2009 year for 4-H Camp fire in the horse ring

-Most exotic animal at the fairmdashSNAKE

-Mr Quinton participated in the 4-H games

-Sold pizza at auction

-Nancy Iverson wore a dress

-Dairy Futurity contest with Pierce Co Judging Team

-Clay Peterson looked handsome in a suit amp tie

-Farm Service Agency helped with livestock

Page 23 Pepin Pacer

THANK YOU

Becky Josh Jordin and Alex McMahon

ldquoVolunteering and providing the equipment needed to move the fair

display cases from the fair barn to the school In addition they also plan

and organize the Annual Splash Dash rdquo

Wendy Brantner

~Volunteering to plan and organize the 4-H Games ndash many 4--H members

participatedrdquo

Thank you to the volunteers who came Monday evening to move display

cases - this is a BIG job and lots of heavy lifting

Thank you to the volunteers who came Wednesday morning to help set up

Thank you to the volunteers who stayed late on Sunday to help put fair

equipment back and clean up the school building

Thank you to Jordin McMahon the only one who can Monday morning to

help clean up the fairgrounds

Thank you those who volunteers to be Superintendents and Helpers for

our Fair Judges This is a very important responsibility at the fair

Thank you to Dale and Debbie Bauer who have been working with the

horse families to build the horse program

BIG THANK YOU to the Fair Association who has worked all year to plan

and organize the community events at the fair ndash Dave Klein Christina

Lindstrom Val Cataract Dale amp Debbie Bauer and Sean Scallon

Thank you to everyone who helped out at the fair There are many more

thank yous and we would like to list everyone but that would get lengthy

and we do not want to miss anyone

Page 24 Pepin Pacer

Once Upon a Time at 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa

Nature storytelling mindfulness and tons of creative arts activities marked the ldquoOnce Upon A Timerdquo theme of the 2016 Pepin Buffalo Trempealeau and Pierce Countiesrsquo 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa in Marine on the St Croix River Minnesota from June 28-30 2016 Over 150 youth ages 9 ndash 14 attended this yearrsquos camp with 35 youth leaders contributing their leadership talents and time to serve as camp counselors

Over the three days of base camp campers in grades three through six took part in a variety of activities designed to help develop leadership communication creative thinking nature awareness and outdoor skills These activities included drama nature archery arts and crafts teamwork games and much more Base camp also included activities that the youth have always enjoyed including an obstacle course group games swimming campfires and a climbing wall One cabin earned the Leaky Canoe Award for their cabin skit while another group of campers earned an award for their creative communication skills by creating their own version of a fairy tale

At the three day 4-H Outpost Adventure youth in grades seven and eight participated in a more traditional outdoor camping experience Youth stayed in tents swam hiked at a state park competed in a teambuilding scavenger hunt learned about waters sources and built their own campfire to cook their meals over daily Youth expanded their teambuilding problem solving and resiliency skills in a collaborative environment

Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) programming that promotes critical thinking and problem solving is a central component of 4-H Camp 4-H campers designed and engineered their own marshmallow catapult and then compete against each other Pepin County Teen Leader Jordan McMahon taught this session and emphasized how the skills they used to design the catapult could be used in real life situations

4-H Camp Kinnissippewa is made possible by its counselors who plan teach and implement the learning experiences for their younger campers Counselors engage in three days of training that prepare them for working effectively with and caring for youth as well as teaching younger members to be leaders themselves

Pepin County 4-H campers and counselors included Outpost Adult Chaperone Josh and Becky McMahon Nurse April Loeffler STEM Program Teen Leader and Counselor Jordin McMahon Outpost Camper Hunter Hass Maya Jungwirth Alex McMahon and Morgan Moline Base Camp Counselor Brianna Hass Base Camp Campers Addison and Tessa Auth Katie Bignell Elizabeth Menting Isabel-la Wayne and Elena Weber

Page 25 Pepin Pacer

Activity Page

Pepin County Extension

740 7th Ave W

PO Box 39

Durand WI 54736

University of Wisconsin-Extension Provides

Equal Opportunities in Employment and Programming

Including Title IX Requirements

PEPIN COUNTY

4-H FAMILY

NEWSLETTER

Page 14: Pepin Pacer

Page 14 Pepin Pacer

Page 15 Pepin Pacer

Page 16 Pepin Pacer

Page 17 Pepin Pacer

Lima Lads amp Lassies at the Fair

Its the end of July so that means its time for the Pepin County Fair which was held on July 22 - 24 As

always Friday morning was a flurry of activity with animal exhibits being brought to the barn decorating

our club booth and last minute projects being put into place to be judged Outside in the arena Hannah

Ava and Brett were exhibiting their horse riding skills as the horse competition and judging got under

way The weather was quite uncomfortable but the riders and horses persevered and the end result was

that Brett Tomlinson earned the Sportsman Award Rachel Seifert earned the High Point Gymkhana

Award and Hannah Bauer earned the High Point Pleasure Award

Inside the school judging was getting started with projects in categories such as cultural arts flowers

and houseplants plant and soil science home environment foods and nutrition and photography Work-

ing as judge supervisors and helpers were Wendy Ripsi Brendin Mary and Marsha New this year was

members from the Senior Youth Council doing the judging for the Cloverbuds and Exploring projects

Stephanie volunteered to do the judging for the morning session which was supervised by Marie Katie

was the only 4-H member to do a singing and guitar playing project She did a very nice job It takes a lot

of courage to do a solo performance in front of a judge and spectators In the afternoon Stephanie

Brendin and Demi had judging with their cats chickens and rabbits This was Stephanie and Demis first

year with these projects and Kelli Hurlburt the judge gave them very good information and directions on

how to improve their presentation of their animals for next year Following the small animal judging was

the clothing revue Stephanie had 3 outfits entered in this category The judge Connie Anderson asks

several questions about the care and use of the clothing how you can accessorize the outfit and the cost of

the outfit When the judging was complete several of our club members had received Award of Merits or

trophies Lauren had earned 5 Award of Merits and 2 trophies Stephanie had 4 Award of Merits and 2

trophies Matt had 2 Award of Merits and 1 trophy Blake had 3 Award of Merits Brendin had 1 trophy

Abby received 2 Award of Merits Marsha Ripsi and Tessa each had 1 Award of Merit

On Saturday Brendin entertained the crowd with his dog in the kiddie and pet parade Stephanie and

Wendy had their hair done by Jen from Shear Madness Fritter the clown was entertaining kids and adults

with her balloon creations Tessa had a frog hat made and Elizabeth had a dog on a leash In the evening

Lauren and Brendin helped out in the Live Auction by showing off items that were available for bidding

Throughout the weekend Andrea Lauren Wendy and Stephanie worked several shifts in the dairy wagon

selling ice cream water cheese curds and pop for the Senior Youth Council

Sunday the final day of the fair the three 4-H clubs participated in an ag game competition We had a

corn relay race bale twine knot untying race hot egg passing and tug-of-war The Lima Lads and Lassies

won the corn relay and knot untying The Chippewa Club won the hot egg passing game and the tug-of-

war was a bust The rope ripped in two pieces on the second pulling contest but the Chippewa club was in

the lead for this game In the horse arena the Pepin Trailblazers held an Open Horse show Brett Hannah

Ava and Demi participated on those activities Our club had 9 baskets in the Silent Auction that was held

throughout the weekend We would to thank Tricia Minturn Shirley Merker and Julie Seidlitz who

donated their services to 4 of the baskets that we had We greatly appreciated everyone that put in a bid

on our baskets We hope you enjoy the treasures that you bought

The weather was hot and muggy for Friday and Sunday and on Saturday a storm blew through so those

2 things put a bit of a tamper on things but we want to thank everyone that came out to the fair to watch

the horse competition and look at all of the projects that the club members had made

See you next year at the fair

Submitted by Wendy Brantner

Page 18 Pepin Pacer

Page 19 Pepin Pacer

Page 20 Pepin Pacer

Page 21 Pepin Pacer

2016 FAIR TOP WINNERS

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET BEEF - DREW SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET SWINE - MORGAN MOLINE

GRAND CHAMPION GYMKHANA HORSEMEN - RACHEL SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION PLEASURE HORSEMEN - HANNAH BAUER

GRAND CHAMPION SPORTSMANSHIP HORSEMEN - BRETT TOMLINSON

CHAMPION POULTRY - BILLY THETFORD III

ANIMAL amp VET SCIENCE - SHAYLEE NOEL

CHAMPION CAT - MORGAN MOLINE

PLANT amp SOIL SCIENCE - MATTHEW SAM

FLOWERS AND HOUSEPLANTS - MARSHA HECK

NATURAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

COMMUNICATION amp CULTURAL ARTS ndash ALEX MCMAHON

PHOTOGRAPHY - LAUREN HENDEL

WOODWORKING - MARSHA HECK

ELECTRICITY - ANTHONY EBENSPERGER

MECHANICAL SCIENCE - IAN AFDAHL

FOODS amp NUTRITION - BRENDIN LARSON

CLOTHING - SYDNEY SEIFERT

HOME ENVIRONMENT - LAUREN HENDEL

FAMILY LIVINGCHILD DEVELOPMENT - KAYLEE AUTH

HEALTH SOCIAL amp POLITICAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

BEST SHOW QUILT ndash OPEN CLASS - KAY SEIVWRIGHT

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL

FAIR

Page 22 Pepin Pacer

MEMORIES OF THE 2016 FAIR

FRITTERS THE CLOWN

MUSTANG TRAINING DEMO

ldquoFAIR FOODrdquo VENDOR

CARNIVAL GAMES

ROASTED CORN

POPCORN VENDOR

PIE BAKING CONTEST

4-H TEEN LEADERS AS JUDGES

KIDrsquoS BIKE GIVE AWAY RAFLLES

WINE JUDGING

TRAIL RIDE

COLORING CONTEST

Past Fairs

- Pierce Pepin Electric Demonstration

-Cover Crop Display

- Baby Chicks Hatching

-Musical Entertainment

-Dog Herding Demonstration

-Antique Tractor DisplayCorn Demonstration

-Corn Cob Doll Making

-Car Cruise

-Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast

-Face Painting

-Guess the Gadget

-Circus- Thanks to Optimist Club

-Ultrasound Carcass Show

-Talent Showcase

-Exhibit Auction

- School Exhibits

-2010 Weekend Fair

-2010 Hot air balloon rides

-Truth Be 4 TreasonmdashTeen Band

Past Fairs

-3 on 3 Basketball Tourney

-New menu items and chicken dinner

-Sold pies at the auction

-Golf carts

-Barn improvements

-Horse show

-Bingo

-Inflatable gamesrides

-Music in Motionmdashfamily dance

-2009 year for 4-H Olympicsmdash

-2009 year for 4-H Camp fire in the horse ring

-Most exotic animal at the fairmdashSNAKE

-Mr Quinton participated in the 4-H games

-Sold pizza at auction

-Nancy Iverson wore a dress

-Dairy Futurity contest with Pierce Co Judging Team

-Clay Peterson looked handsome in a suit amp tie

-Farm Service Agency helped with livestock

Page 23 Pepin Pacer

THANK YOU

Becky Josh Jordin and Alex McMahon

ldquoVolunteering and providing the equipment needed to move the fair

display cases from the fair barn to the school In addition they also plan

and organize the Annual Splash Dash rdquo

Wendy Brantner

~Volunteering to plan and organize the 4-H Games ndash many 4--H members

participatedrdquo

Thank you to the volunteers who came Monday evening to move display

cases - this is a BIG job and lots of heavy lifting

Thank you to the volunteers who came Wednesday morning to help set up

Thank you to the volunteers who stayed late on Sunday to help put fair

equipment back and clean up the school building

Thank you to Jordin McMahon the only one who can Monday morning to

help clean up the fairgrounds

Thank you those who volunteers to be Superintendents and Helpers for

our Fair Judges This is a very important responsibility at the fair

Thank you to Dale and Debbie Bauer who have been working with the

horse families to build the horse program

BIG THANK YOU to the Fair Association who has worked all year to plan

and organize the community events at the fair ndash Dave Klein Christina

Lindstrom Val Cataract Dale amp Debbie Bauer and Sean Scallon

Thank you to everyone who helped out at the fair There are many more

thank yous and we would like to list everyone but that would get lengthy

and we do not want to miss anyone

Page 24 Pepin Pacer

Once Upon a Time at 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa

Nature storytelling mindfulness and tons of creative arts activities marked the ldquoOnce Upon A Timerdquo theme of the 2016 Pepin Buffalo Trempealeau and Pierce Countiesrsquo 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa in Marine on the St Croix River Minnesota from June 28-30 2016 Over 150 youth ages 9 ndash 14 attended this yearrsquos camp with 35 youth leaders contributing their leadership talents and time to serve as camp counselors

Over the three days of base camp campers in grades three through six took part in a variety of activities designed to help develop leadership communication creative thinking nature awareness and outdoor skills These activities included drama nature archery arts and crafts teamwork games and much more Base camp also included activities that the youth have always enjoyed including an obstacle course group games swimming campfires and a climbing wall One cabin earned the Leaky Canoe Award for their cabin skit while another group of campers earned an award for their creative communication skills by creating their own version of a fairy tale

At the three day 4-H Outpost Adventure youth in grades seven and eight participated in a more traditional outdoor camping experience Youth stayed in tents swam hiked at a state park competed in a teambuilding scavenger hunt learned about waters sources and built their own campfire to cook their meals over daily Youth expanded their teambuilding problem solving and resiliency skills in a collaborative environment

Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) programming that promotes critical thinking and problem solving is a central component of 4-H Camp 4-H campers designed and engineered their own marshmallow catapult and then compete against each other Pepin County Teen Leader Jordan McMahon taught this session and emphasized how the skills they used to design the catapult could be used in real life situations

4-H Camp Kinnissippewa is made possible by its counselors who plan teach and implement the learning experiences for their younger campers Counselors engage in three days of training that prepare them for working effectively with and caring for youth as well as teaching younger members to be leaders themselves

Pepin County 4-H campers and counselors included Outpost Adult Chaperone Josh and Becky McMahon Nurse April Loeffler STEM Program Teen Leader and Counselor Jordin McMahon Outpost Camper Hunter Hass Maya Jungwirth Alex McMahon and Morgan Moline Base Camp Counselor Brianna Hass Base Camp Campers Addison and Tessa Auth Katie Bignell Elizabeth Menting Isabel-la Wayne and Elena Weber

Page 25 Pepin Pacer

Activity Page

Pepin County Extension

740 7th Ave W

PO Box 39

Durand WI 54736

University of Wisconsin-Extension Provides

Equal Opportunities in Employment and Programming

Including Title IX Requirements

PEPIN COUNTY

4-H FAMILY

NEWSLETTER

Page 15: Pepin Pacer

Page 15 Pepin Pacer

Page 16 Pepin Pacer

Page 17 Pepin Pacer

Lima Lads amp Lassies at the Fair

Its the end of July so that means its time for the Pepin County Fair which was held on July 22 - 24 As

always Friday morning was a flurry of activity with animal exhibits being brought to the barn decorating

our club booth and last minute projects being put into place to be judged Outside in the arena Hannah

Ava and Brett were exhibiting their horse riding skills as the horse competition and judging got under

way The weather was quite uncomfortable but the riders and horses persevered and the end result was

that Brett Tomlinson earned the Sportsman Award Rachel Seifert earned the High Point Gymkhana

Award and Hannah Bauer earned the High Point Pleasure Award

Inside the school judging was getting started with projects in categories such as cultural arts flowers

and houseplants plant and soil science home environment foods and nutrition and photography Work-

ing as judge supervisors and helpers were Wendy Ripsi Brendin Mary and Marsha New this year was

members from the Senior Youth Council doing the judging for the Cloverbuds and Exploring projects

Stephanie volunteered to do the judging for the morning session which was supervised by Marie Katie

was the only 4-H member to do a singing and guitar playing project She did a very nice job It takes a lot

of courage to do a solo performance in front of a judge and spectators In the afternoon Stephanie

Brendin and Demi had judging with their cats chickens and rabbits This was Stephanie and Demis first

year with these projects and Kelli Hurlburt the judge gave them very good information and directions on

how to improve their presentation of their animals for next year Following the small animal judging was

the clothing revue Stephanie had 3 outfits entered in this category The judge Connie Anderson asks

several questions about the care and use of the clothing how you can accessorize the outfit and the cost of

the outfit When the judging was complete several of our club members had received Award of Merits or

trophies Lauren had earned 5 Award of Merits and 2 trophies Stephanie had 4 Award of Merits and 2

trophies Matt had 2 Award of Merits and 1 trophy Blake had 3 Award of Merits Brendin had 1 trophy

Abby received 2 Award of Merits Marsha Ripsi and Tessa each had 1 Award of Merit

On Saturday Brendin entertained the crowd with his dog in the kiddie and pet parade Stephanie and

Wendy had their hair done by Jen from Shear Madness Fritter the clown was entertaining kids and adults

with her balloon creations Tessa had a frog hat made and Elizabeth had a dog on a leash In the evening

Lauren and Brendin helped out in the Live Auction by showing off items that were available for bidding

Throughout the weekend Andrea Lauren Wendy and Stephanie worked several shifts in the dairy wagon

selling ice cream water cheese curds and pop for the Senior Youth Council

Sunday the final day of the fair the three 4-H clubs participated in an ag game competition We had a

corn relay race bale twine knot untying race hot egg passing and tug-of-war The Lima Lads and Lassies

won the corn relay and knot untying The Chippewa Club won the hot egg passing game and the tug-of-

war was a bust The rope ripped in two pieces on the second pulling contest but the Chippewa club was in

the lead for this game In the horse arena the Pepin Trailblazers held an Open Horse show Brett Hannah

Ava and Demi participated on those activities Our club had 9 baskets in the Silent Auction that was held

throughout the weekend We would to thank Tricia Minturn Shirley Merker and Julie Seidlitz who

donated their services to 4 of the baskets that we had We greatly appreciated everyone that put in a bid

on our baskets We hope you enjoy the treasures that you bought

The weather was hot and muggy for Friday and Sunday and on Saturday a storm blew through so those

2 things put a bit of a tamper on things but we want to thank everyone that came out to the fair to watch

the horse competition and look at all of the projects that the club members had made

See you next year at the fair

Submitted by Wendy Brantner

Page 18 Pepin Pacer

Page 19 Pepin Pacer

Page 20 Pepin Pacer

Page 21 Pepin Pacer

2016 FAIR TOP WINNERS

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET BEEF - DREW SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET SWINE - MORGAN MOLINE

GRAND CHAMPION GYMKHANA HORSEMEN - RACHEL SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION PLEASURE HORSEMEN - HANNAH BAUER

GRAND CHAMPION SPORTSMANSHIP HORSEMEN - BRETT TOMLINSON

CHAMPION POULTRY - BILLY THETFORD III

ANIMAL amp VET SCIENCE - SHAYLEE NOEL

CHAMPION CAT - MORGAN MOLINE

PLANT amp SOIL SCIENCE - MATTHEW SAM

FLOWERS AND HOUSEPLANTS - MARSHA HECK

NATURAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

COMMUNICATION amp CULTURAL ARTS ndash ALEX MCMAHON

PHOTOGRAPHY - LAUREN HENDEL

WOODWORKING - MARSHA HECK

ELECTRICITY - ANTHONY EBENSPERGER

MECHANICAL SCIENCE - IAN AFDAHL

FOODS amp NUTRITION - BRENDIN LARSON

CLOTHING - SYDNEY SEIFERT

HOME ENVIRONMENT - LAUREN HENDEL

FAMILY LIVINGCHILD DEVELOPMENT - KAYLEE AUTH

HEALTH SOCIAL amp POLITICAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

BEST SHOW QUILT ndash OPEN CLASS - KAY SEIVWRIGHT

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL

FAIR

Page 22 Pepin Pacer

MEMORIES OF THE 2016 FAIR

FRITTERS THE CLOWN

MUSTANG TRAINING DEMO

ldquoFAIR FOODrdquo VENDOR

CARNIVAL GAMES

ROASTED CORN

POPCORN VENDOR

PIE BAKING CONTEST

4-H TEEN LEADERS AS JUDGES

KIDrsquoS BIKE GIVE AWAY RAFLLES

WINE JUDGING

TRAIL RIDE

COLORING CONTEST

Past Fairs

- Pierce Pepin Electric Demonstration

-Cover Crop Display

- Baby Chicks Hatching

-Musical Entertainment

-Dog Herding Demonstration

-Antique Tractor DisplayCorn Demonstration

-Corn Cob Doll Making

-Car Cruise

-Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast

-Face Painting

-Guess the Gadget

-Circus- Thanks to Optimist Club

-Ultrasound Carcass Show

-Talent Showcase

-Exhibit Auction

- School Exhibits

-2010 Weekend Fair

-2010 Hot air balloon rides

-Truth Be 4 TreasonmdashTeen Band

Past Fairs

-3 on 3 Basketball Tourney

-New menu items and chicken dinner

-Sold pies at the auction

-Golf carts

-Barn improvements

-Horse show

-Bingo

-Inflatable gamesrides

-Music in Motionmdashfamily dance

-2009 year for 4-H Olympicsmdash

-2009 year for 4-H Camp fire in the horse ring

-Most exotic animal at the fairmdashSNAKE

-Mr Quinton participated in the 4-H games

-Sold pizza at auction

-Nancy Iverson wore a dress

-Dairy Futurity contest with Pierce Co Judging Team

-Clay Peterson looked handsome in a suit amp tie

-Farm Service Agency helped with livestock

Page 23 Pepin Pacer

THANK YOU

Becky Josh Jordin and Alex McMahon

ldquoVolunteering and providing the equipment needed to move the fair

display cases from the fair barn to the school In addition they also plan

and organize the Annual Splash Dash rdquo

Wendy Brantner

~Volunteering to plan and organize the 4-H Games ndash many 4--H members

participatedrdquo

Thank you to the volunteers who came Monday evening to move display

cases - this is a BIG job and lots of heavy lifting

Thank you to the volunteers who came Wednesday morning to help set up

Thank you to the volunteers who stayed late on Sunday to help put fair

equipment back and clean up the school building

Thank you to Jordin McMahon the only one who can Monday morning to

help clean up the fairgrounds

Thank you those who volunteers to be Superintendents and Helpers for

our Fair Judges This is a very important responsibility at the fair

Thank you to Dale and Debbie Bauer who have been working with the

horse families to build the horse program

BIG THANK YOU to the Fair Association who has worked all year to plan

and organize the community events at the fair ndash Dave Klein Christina

Lindstrom Val Cataract Dale amp Debbie Bauer and Sean Scallon

Thank you to everyone who helped out at the fair There are many more

thank yous and we would like to list everyone but that would get lengthy

and we do not want to miss anyone

Page 24 Pepin Pacer

Once Upon a Time at 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa

Nature storytelling mindfulness and tons of creative arts activities marked the ldquoOnce Upon A Timerdquo theme of the 2016 Pepin Buffalo Trempealeau and Pierce Countiesrsquo 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa in Marine on the St Croix River Minnesota from June 28-30 2016 Over 150 youth ages 9 ndash 14 attended this yearrsquos camp with 35 youth leaders contributing their leadership talents and time to serve as camp counselors

Over the three days of base camp campers in grades three through six took part in a variety of activities designed to help develop leadership communication creative thinking nature awareness and outdoor skills These activities included drama nature archery arts and crafts teamwork games and much more Base camp also included activities that the youth have always enjoyed including an obstacle course group games swimming campfires and a climbing wall One cabin earned the Leaky Canoe Award for their cabin skit while another group of campers earned an award for their creative communication skills by creating their own version of a fairy tale

At the three day 4-H Outpost Adventure youth in grades seven and eight participated in a more traditional outdoor camping experience Youth stayed in tents swam hiked at a state park competed in a teambuilding scavenger hunt learned about waters sources and built their own campfire to cook their meals over daily Youth expanded their teambuilding problem solving and resiliency skills in a collaborative environment

Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) programming that promotes critical thinking and problem solving is a central component of 4-H Camp 4-H campers designed and engineered their own marshmallow catapult and then compete against each other Pepin County Teen Leader Jordan McMahon taught this session and emphasized how the skills they used to design the catapult could be used in real life situations

4-H Camp Kinnissippewa is made possible by its counselors who plan teach and implement the learning experiences for their younger campers Counselors engage in three days of training that prepare them for working effectively with and caring for youth as well as teaching younger members to be leaders themselves

Pepin County 4-H campers and counselors included Outpost Adult Chaperone Josh and Becky McMahon Nurse April Loeffler STEM Program Teen Leader and Counselor Jordin McMahon Outpost Camper Hunter Hass Maya Jungwirth Alex McMahon and Morgan Moline Base Camp Counselor Brianna Hass Base Camp Campers Addison and Tessa Auth Katie Bignell Elizabeth Menting Isabel-la Wayne and Elena Weber

Page 25 Pepin Pacer

Activity Page

Pepin County Extension

740 7th Ave W

PO Box 39

Durand WI 54736

University of Wisconsin-Extension Provides

Equal Opportunities in Employment and Programming

Including Title IX Requirements

PEPIN COUNTY

4-H FAMILY

NEWSLETTER

Page 16: Pepin Pacer

Page 16 Pepin Pacer

Page 17 Pepin Pacer

Lima Lads amp Lassies at the Fair

Its the end of July so that means its time for the Pepin County Fair which was held on July 22 - 24 As

always Friday morning was a flurry of activity with animal exhibits being brought to the barn decorating

our club booth and last minute projects being put into place to be judged Outside in the arena Hannah

Ava and Brett were exhibiting their horse riding skills as the horse competition and judging got under

way The weather was quite uncomfortable but the riders and horses persevered and the end result was

that Brett Tomlinson earned the Sportsman Award Rachel Seifert earned the High Point Gymkhana

Award and Hannah Bauer earned the High Point Pleasure Award

Inside the school judging was getting started with projects in categories such as cultural arts flowers

and houseplants plant and soil science home environment foods and nutrition and photography Work-

ing as judge supervisors and helpers were Wendy Ripsi Brendin Mary and Marsha New this year was

members from the Senior Youth Council doing the judging for the Cloverbuds and Exploring projects

Stephanie volunteered to do the judging for the morning session which was supervised by Marie Katie

was the only 4-H member to do a singing and guitar playing project She did a very nice job It takes a lot

of courage to do a solo performance in front of a judge and spectators In the afternoon Stephanie

Brendin and Demi had judging with their cats chickens and rabbits This was Stephanie and Demis first

year with these projects and Kelli Hurlburt the judge gave them very good information and directions on

how to improve their presentation of their animals for next year Following the small animal judging was

the clothing revue Stephanie had 3 outfits entered in this category The judge Connie Anderson asks

several questions about the care and use of the clothing how you can accessorize the outfit and the cost of

the outfit When the judging was complete several of our club members had received Award of Merits or

trophies Lauren had earned 5 Award of Merits and 2 trophies Stephanie had 4 Award of Merits and 2

trophies Matt had 2 Award of Merits and 1 trophy Blake had 3 Award of Merits Brendin had 1 trophy

Abby received 2 Award of Merits Marsha Ripsi and Tessa each had 1 Award of Merit

On Saturday Brendin entertained the crowd with his dog in the kiddie and pet parade Stephanie and

Wendy had their hair done by Jen from Shear Madness Fritter the clown was entertaining kids and adults

with her balloon creations Tessa had a frog hat made and Elizabeth had a dog on a leash In the evening

Lauren and Brendin helped out in the Live Auction by showing off items that were available for bidding

Throughout the weekend Andrea Lauren Wendy and Stephanie worked several shifts in the dairy wagon

selling ice cream water cheese curds and pop for the Senior Youth Council

Sunday the final day of the fair the three 4-H clubs participated in an ag game competition We had a

corn relay race bale twine knot untying race hot egg passing and tug-of-war The Lima Lads and Lassies

won the corn relay and knot untying The Chippewa Club won the hot egg passing game and the tug-of-

war was a bust The rope ripped in two pieces on the second pulling contest but the Chippewa club was in

the lead for this game In the horse arena the Pepin Trailblazers held an Open Horse show Brett Hannah

Ava and Demi participated on those activities Our club had 9 baskets in the Silent Auction that was held

throughout the weekend We would to thank Tricia Minturn Shirley Merker and Julie Seidlitz who

donated their services to 4 of the baskets that we had We greatly appreciated everyone that put in a bid

on our baskets We hope you enjoy the treasures that you bought

The weather was hot and muggy for Friday and Sunday and on Saturday a storm blew through so those

2 things put a bit of a tamper on things but we want to thank everyone that came out to the fair to watch

the horse competition and look at all of the projects that the club members had made

See you next year at the fair

Submitted by Wendy Brantner

Page 18 Pepin Pacer

Page 19 Pepin Pacer

Page 20 Pepin Pacer

Page 21 Pepin Pacer

2016 FAIR TOP WINNERS

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET BEEF - DREW SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET SWINE - MORGAN MOLINE

GRAND CHAMPION GYMKHANA HORSEMEN - RACHEL SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION PLEASURE HORSEMEN - HANNAH BAUER

GRAND CHAMPION SPORTSMANSHIP HORSEMEN - BRETT TOMLINSON

CHAMPION POULTRY - BILLY THETFORD III

ANIMAL amp VET SCIENCE - SHAYLEE NOEL

CHAMPION CAT - MORGAN MOLINE

PLANT amp SOIL SCIENCE - MATTHEW SAM

FLOWERS AND HOUSEPLANTS - MARSHA HECK

NATURAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

COMMUNICATION amp CULTURAL ARTS ndash ALEX MCMAHON

PHOTOGRAPHY - LAUREN HENDEL

WOODWORKING - MARSHA HECK

ELECTRICITY - ANTHONY EBENSPERGER

MECHANICAL SCIENCE - IAN AFDAHL

FOODS amp NUTRITION - BRENDIN LARSON

CLOTHING - SYDNEY SEIFERT

HOME ENVIRONMENT - LAUREN HENDEL

FAMILY LIVINGCHILD DEVELOPMENT - KAYLEE AUTH

HEALTH SOCIAL amp POLITICAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

BEST SHOW QUILT ndash OPEN CLASS - KAY SEIVWRIGHT

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL

FAIR

Page 22 Pepin Pacer

MEMORIES OF THE 2016 FAIR

FRITTERS THE CLOWN

MUSTANG TRAINING DEMO

ldquoFAIR FOODrdquo VENDOR

CARNIVAL GAMES

ROASTED CORN

POPCORN VENDOR

PIE BAKING CONTEST

4-H TEEN LEADERS AS JUDGES

KIDrsquoS BIKE GIVE AWAY RAFLLES

WINE JUDGING

TRAIL RIDE

COLORING CONTEST

Past Fairs

- Pierce Pepin Electric Demonstration

-Cover Crop Display

- Baby Chicks Hatching

-Musical Entertainment

-Dog Herding Demonstration

-Antique Tractor DisplayCorn Demonstration

-Corn Cob Doll Making

-Car Cruise

-Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast

-Face Painting

-Guess the Gadget

-Circus- Thanks to Optimist Club

-Ultrasound Carcass Show

-Talent Showcase

-Exhibit Auction

- School Exhibits

-2010 Weekend Fair

-2010 Hot air balloon rides

-Truth Be 4 TreasonmdashTeen Band

Past Fairs

-3 on 3 Basketball Tourney

-New menu items and chicken dinner

-Sold pies at the auction

-Golf carts

-Barn improvements

-Horse show

-Bingo

-Inflatable gamesrides

-Music in Motionmdashfamily dance

-2009 year for 4-H Olympicsmdash

-2009 year for 4-H Camp fire in the horse ring

-Most exotic animal at the fairmdashSNAKE

-Mr Quinton participated in the 4-H games

-Sold pizza at auction

-Nancy Iverson wore a dress

-Dairy Futurity contest with Pierce Co Judging Team

-Clay Peterson looked handsome in a suit amp tie

-Farm Service Agency helped with livestock

Page 23 Pepin Pacer

THANK YOU

Becky Josh Jordin and Alex McMahon

ldquoVolunteering and providing the equipment needed to move the fair

display cases from the fair barn to the school In addition they also plan

and organize the Annual Splash Dash rdquo

Wendy Brantner

~Volunteering to plan and organize the 4-H Games ndash many 4--H members

participatedrdquo

Thank you to the volunteers who came Monday evening to move display

cases - this is a BIG job and lots of heavy lifting

Thank you to the volunteers who came Wednesday morning to help set up

Thank you to the volunteers who stayed late on Sunday to help put fair

equipment back and clean up the school building

Thank you to Jordin McMahon the only one who can Monday morning to

help clean up the fairgrounds

Thank you those who volunteers to be Superintendents and Helpers for

our Fair Judges This is a very important responsibility at the fair

Thank you to Dale and Debbie Bauer who have been working with the

horse families to build the horse program

BIG THANK YOU to the Fair Association who has worked all year to plan

and organize the community events at the fair ndash Dave Klein Christina

Lindstrom Val Cataract Dale amp Debbie Bauer and Sean Scallon

Thank you to everyone who helped out at the fair There are many more

thank yous and we would like to list everyone but that would get lengthy

and we do not want to miss anyone

Page 24 Pepin Pacer

Once Upon a Time at 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa

Nature storytelling mindfulness and tons of creative arts activities marked the ldquoOnce Upon A Timerdquo theme of the 2016 Pepin Buffalo Trempealeau and Pierce Countiesrsquo 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa in Marine on the St Croix River Minnesota from June 28-30 2016 Over 150 youth ages 9 ndash 14 attended this yearrsquos camp with 35 youth leaders contributing their leadership talents and time to serve as camp counselors

Over the three days of base camp campers in grades three through six took part in a variety of activities designed to help develop leadership communication creative thinking nature awareness and outdoor skills These activities included drama nature archery arts and crafts teamwork games and much more Base camp also included activities that the youth have always enjoyed including an obstacle course group games swimming campfires and a climbing wall One cabin earned the Leaky Canoe Award for their cabin skit while another group of campers earned an award for their creative communication skills by creating their own version of a fairy tale

At the three day 4-H Outpost Adventure youth in grades seven and eight participated in a more traditional outdoor camping experience Youth stayed in tents swam hiked at a state park competed in a teambuilding scavenger hunt learned about waters sources and built their own campfire to cook their meals over daily Youth expanded their teambuilding problem solving and resiliency skills in a collaborative environment

Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) programming that promotes critical thinking and problem solving is a central component of 4-H Camp 4-H campers designed and engineered their own marshmallow catapult and then compete against each other Pepin County Teen Leader Jordan McMahon taught this session and emphasized how the skills they used to design the catapult could be used in real life situations

4-H Camp Kinnissippewa is made possible by its counselors who plan teach and implement the learning experiences for their younger campers Counselors engage in three days of training that prepare them for working effectively with and caring for youth as well as teaching younger members to be leaders themselves

Pepin County 4-H campers and counselors included Outpost Adult Chaperone Josh and Becky McMahon Nurse April Loeffler STEM Program Teen Leader and Counselor Jordin McMahon Outpost Camper Hunter Hass Maya Jungwirth Alex McMahon and Morgan Moline Base Camp Counselor Brianna Hass Base Camp Campers Addison and Tessa Auth Katie Bignell Elizabeth Menting Isabel-la Wayne and Elena Weber

Page 25 Pepin Pacer

Activity Page

Pepin County Extension

740 7th Ave W

PO Box 39

Durand WI 54736

University of Wisconsin-Extension Provides

Equal Opportunities in Employment and Programming

Including Title IX Requirements

PEPIN COUNTY

4-H FAMILY

NEWSLETTER

Page 17: Pepin Pacer

Page 17 Pepin Pacer

Lima Lads amp Lassies at the Fair

Its the end of July so that means its time for the Pepin County Fair which was held on July 22 - 24 As

always Friday morning was a flurry of activity with animal exhibits being brought to the barn decorating

our club booth and last minute projects being put into place to be judged Outside in the arena Hannah

Ava and Brett were exhibiting their horse riding skills as the horse competition and judging got under

way The weather was quite uncomfortable but the riders and horses persevered and the end result was

that Brett Tomlinson earned the Sportsman Award Rachel Seifert earned the High Point Gymkhana

Award and Hannah Bauer earned the High Point Pleasure Award

Inside the school judging was getting started with projects in categories such as cultural arts flowers

and houseplants plant and soil science home environment foods and nutrition and photography Work-

ing as judge supervisors and helpers were Wendy Ripsi Brendin Mary and Marsha New this year was

members from the Senior Youth Council doing the judging for the Cloverbuds and Exploring projects

Stephanie volunteered to do the judging for the morning session which was supervised by Marie Katie

was the only 4-H member to do a singing and guitar playing project She did a very nice job It takes a lot

of courage to do a solo performance in front of a judge and spectators In the afternoon Stephanie

Brendin and Demi had judging with their cats chickens and rabbits This was Stephanie and Demis first

year with these projects and Kelli Hurlburt the judge gave them very good information and directions on

how to improve their presentation of their animals for next year Following the small animal judging was

the clothing revue Stephanie had 3 outfits entered in this category The judge Connie Anderson asks

several questions about the care and use of the clothing how you can accessorize the outfit and the cost of

the outfit When the judging was complete several of our club members had received Award of Merits or

trophies Lauren had earned 5 Award of Merits and 2 trophies Stephanie had 4 Award of Merits and 2

trophies Matt had 2 Award of Merits and 1 trophy Blake had 3 Award of Merits Brendin had 1 trophy

Abby received 2 Award of Merits Marsha Ripsi and Tessa each had 1 Award of Merit

On Saturday Brendin entertained the crowd with his dog in the kiddie and pet parade Stephanie and

Wendy had their hair done by Jen from Shear Madness Fritter the clown was entertaining kids and adults

with her balloon creations Tessa had a frog hat made and Elizabeth had a dog on a leash In the evening

Lauren and Brendin helped out in the Live Auction by showing off items that were available for bidding

Throughout the weekend Andrea Lauren Wendy and Stephanie worked several shifts in the dairy wagon

selling ice cream water cheese curds and pop for the Senior Youth Council

Sunday the final day of the fair the three 4-H clubs participated in an ag game competition We had a

corn relay race bale twine knot untying race hot egg passing and tug-of-war The Lima Lads and Lassies

won the corn relay and knot untying The Chippewa Club won the hot egg passing game and the tug-of-

war was a bust The rope ripped in two pieces on the second pulling contest but the Chippewa club was in

the lead for this game In the horse arena the Pepin Trailblazers held an Open Horse show Brett Hannah

Ava and Demi participated on those activities Our club had 9 baskets in the Silent Auction that was held

throughout the weekend We would to thank Tricia Minturn Shirley Merker and Julie Seidlitz who

donated their services to 4 of the baskets that we had We greatly appreciated everyone that put in a bid

on our baskets We hope you enjoy the treasures that you bought

The weather was hot and muggy for Friday and Sunday and on Saturday a storm blew through so those

2 things put a bit of a tamper on things but we want to thank everyone that came out to the fair to watch

the horse competition and look at all of the projects that the club members had made

See you next year at the fair

Submitted by Wendy Brantner

Page 18 Pepin Pacer

Page 19 Pepin Pacer

Page 20 Pepin Pacer

Page 21 Pepin Pacer

2016 FAIR TOP WINNERS

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET BEEF - DREW SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET SWINE - MORGAN MOLINE

GRAND CHAMPION GYMKHANA HORSEMEN - RACHEL SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION PLEASURE HORSEMEN - HANNAH BAUER

GRAND CHAMPION SPORTSMANSHIP HORSEMEN - BRETT TOMLINSON

CHAMPION POULTRY - BILLY THETFORD III

ANIMAL amp VET SCIENCE - SHAYLEE NOEL

CHAMPION CAT - MORGAN MOLINE

PLANT amp SOIL SCIENCE - MATTHEW SAM

FLOWERS AND HOUSEPLANTS - MARSHA HECK

NATURAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

COMMUNICATION amp CULTURAL ARTS ndash ALEX MCMAHON

PHOTOGRAPHY - LAUREN HENDEL

WOODWORKING - MARSHA HECK

ELECTRICITY - ANTHONY EBENSPERGER

MECHANICAL SCIENCE - IAN AFDAHL

FOODS amp NUTRITION - BRENDIN LARSON

CLOTHING - SYDNEY SEIFERT

HOME ENVIRONMENT - LAUREN HENDEL

FAMILY LIVINGCHILD DEVELOPMENT - KAYLEE AUTH

HEALTH SOCIAL amp POLITICAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

BEST SHOW QUILT ndash OPEN CLASS - KAY SEIVWRIGHT

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL

FAIR

Page 22 Pepin Pacer

MEMORIES OF THE 2016 FAIR

FRITTERS THE CLOWN

MUSTANG TRAINING DEMO

ldquoFAIR FOODrdquo VENDOR

CARNIVAL GAMES

ROASTED CORN

POPCORN VENDOR

PIE BAKING CONTEST

4-H TEEN LEADERS AS JUDGES

KIDrsquoS BIKE GIVE AWAY RAFLLES

WINE JUDGING

TRAIL RIDE

COLORING CONTEST

Past Fairs

- Pierce Pepin Electric Demonstration

-Cover Crop Display

- Baby Chicks Hatching

-Musical Entertainment

-Dog Herding Demonstration

-Antique Tractor DisplayCorn Demonstration

-Corn Cob Doll Making

-Car Cruise

-Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast

-Face Painting

-Guess the Gadget

-Circus- Thanks to Optimist Club

-Ultrasound Carcass Show

-Talent Showcase

-Exhibit Auction

- School Exhibits

-2010 Weekend Fair

-2010 Hot air balloon rides

-Truth Be 4 TreasonmdashTeen Band

Past Fairs

-3 on 3 Basketball Tourney

-New menu items and chicken dinner

-Sold pies at the auction

-Golf carts

-Barn improvements

-Horse show

-Bingo

-Inflatable gamesrides

-Music in Motionmdashfamily dance

-2009 year for 4-H Olympicsmdash

-2009 year for 4-H Camp fire in the horse ring

-Most exotic animal at the fairmdashSNAKE

-Mr Quinton participated in the 4-H games

-Sold pizza at auction

-Nancy Iverson wore a dress

-Dairy Futurity contest with Pierce Co Judging Team

-Clay Peterson looked handsome in a suit amp tie

-Farm Service Agency helped with livestock

Page 23 Pepin Pacer

THANK YOU

Becky Josh Jordin and Alex McMahon

ldquoVolunteering and providing the equipment needed to move the fair

display cases from the fair barn to the school In addition they also plan

and organize the Annual Splash Dash rdquo

Wendy Brantner

~Volunteering to plan and organize the 4-H Games ndash many 4--H members

participatedrdquo

Thank you to the volunteers who came Monday evening to move display

cases - this is a BIG job and lots of heavy lifting

Thank you to the volunteers who came Wednesday morning to help set up

Thank you to the volunteers who stayed late on Sunday to help put fair

equipment back and clean up the school building

Thank you to Jordin McMahon the only one who can Monday morning to

help clean up the fairgrounds

Thank you those who volunteers to be Superintendents and Helpers for

our Fair Judges This is a very important responsibility at the fair

Thank you to Dale and Debbie Bauer who have been working with the

horse families to build the horse program

BIG THANK YOU to the Fair Association who has worked all year to plan

and organize the community events at the fair ndash Dave Klein Christina

Lindstrom Val Cataract Dale amp Debbie Bauer and Sean Scallon

Thank you to everyone who helped out at the fair There are many more

thank yous and we would like to list everyone but that would get lengthy

and we do not want to miss anyone

Page 24 Pepin Pacer

Once Upon a Time at 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa

Nature storytelling mindfulness and tons of creative arts activities marked the ldquoOnce Upon A Timerdquo theme of the 2016 Pepin Buffalo Trempealeau and Pierce Countiesrsquo 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa in Marine on the St Croix River Minnesota from June 28-30 2016 Over 150 youth ages 9 ndash 14 attended this yearrsquos camp with 35 youth leaders contributing their leadership talents and time to serve as camp counselors

Over the three days of base camp campers in grades three through six took part in a variety of activities designed to help develop leadership communication creative thinking nature awareness and outdoor skills These activities included drama nature archery arts and crafts teamwork games and much more Base camp also included activities that the youth have always enjoyed including an obstacle course group games swimming campfires and a climbing wall One cabin earned the Leaky Canoe Award for their cabin skit while another group of campers earned an award for their creative communication skills by creating their own version of a fairy tale

At the three day 4-H Outpost Adventure youth in grades seven and eight participated in a more traditional outdoor camping experience Youth stayed in tents swam hiked at a state park competed in a teambuilding scavenger hunt learned about waters sources and built their own campfire to cook their meals over daily Youth expanded their teambuilding problem solving and resiliency skills in a collaborative environment

Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) programming that promotes critical thinking and problem solving is a central component of 4-H Camp 4-H campers designed and engineered their own marshmallow catapult and then compete against each other Pepin County Teen Leader Jordan McMahon taught this session and emphasized how the skills they used to design the catapult could be used in real life situations

4-H Camp Kinnissippewa is made possible by its counselors who plan teach and implement the learning experiences for their younger campers Counselors engage in three days of training that prepare them for working effectively with and caring for youth as well as teaching younger members to be leaders themselves

Pepin County 4-H campers and counselors included Outpost Adult Chaperone Josh and Becky McMahon Nurse April Loeffler STEM Program Teen Leader and Counselor Jordin McMahon Outpost Camper Hunter Hass Maya Jungwirth Alex McMahon and Morgan Moline Base Camp Counselor Brianna Hass Base Camp Campers Addison and Tessa Auth Katie Bignell Elizabeth Menting Isabel-la Wayne and Elena Weber

Page 25 Pepin Pacer

Activity Page

Pepin County Extension

740 7th Ave W

PO Box 39

Durand WI 54736

University of Wisconsin-Extension Provides

Equal Opportunities in Employment and Programming

Including Title IX Requirements

PEPIN COUNTY

4-H FAMILY

NEWSLETTER

Page 18: Pepin Pacer

Page 18 Pepin Pacer

Page 19 Pepin Pacer

Page 20 Pepin Pacer

Page 21 Pepin Pacer

2016 FAIR TOP WINNERS

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET BEEF - DREW SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET SWINE - MORGAN MOLINE

GRAND CHAMPION GYMKHANA HORSEMEN - RACHEL SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION PLEASURE HORSEMEN - HANNAH BAUER

GRAND CHAMPION SPORTSMANSHIP HORSEMEN - BRETT TOMLINSON

CHAMPION POULTRY - BILLY THETFORD III

ANIMAL amp VET SCIENCE - SHAYLEE NOEL

CHAMPION CAT - MORGAN MOLINE

PLANT amp SOIL SCIENCE - MATTHEW SAM

FLOWERS AND HOUSEPLANTS - MARSHA HECK

NATURAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

COMMUNICATION amp CULTURAL ARTS ndash ALEX MCMAHON

PHOTOGRAPHY - LAUREN HENDEL

WOODWORKING - MARSHA HECK

ELECTRICITY - ANTHONY EBENSPERGER

MECHANICAL SCIENCE - IAN AFDAHL

FOODS amp NUTRITION - BRENDIN LARSON

CLOTHING - SYDNEY SEIFERT

HOME ENVIRONMENT - LAUREN HENDEL

FAMILY LIVINGCHILD DEVELOPMENT - KAYLEE AUTH

HEALTH SOCIAL amp POLITICAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

BEST SHOW QUILT ndash OPEN CLASS - KAY SEIVWRIGHT

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL

FAIR

Page 22 Pepin Pacer

MEMORIES OF THE 2016 FAIR

FRITTERS THE CLOWN

MUSTANG TRAINING DEMO

ldquoFAIR FOODrdquo VENDOR

CARNIVAL GAMES

ROASTED CORN

POPCORN VENDOR

PIE BAKING CONTEST

4-H TEEN LEADERS AS JUDGES

KIDrsquoS BIKE GIVE AWAY RAFLLES

WINE JUDGING

TRAIL RIDE

COLORING CONTEST

Past Fairs

- Pierce Pepin Electric Demonstration

-Cover Crop Display

- Baby Chicks Hatching

-Musical Entertainment

-Dog Herding Demonstration

-Antique Tractor DisplayCorn Demonstration

-Corn Cob Doll Making

-Car Cruise

-Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast

-Face Painting

-Guess the Gadget

-Circus- Thanks to Optimist Club

-Ultrasound Carcass Show

-Talent Showcase

-Exhibit Auction

- School Exhibits

-2010 Weekend Fair

-2010 Hot air balloon rides

-Truth Be 4 TreasonmdashTeen Band

Past Fairs

-3 on 3 Basketball Tourney

-New menu items and chicken dinner

-Sold pies at the auction

-Golf carts

-Barn improvements

-Horse show

-Bingo

-Inflatable gamesrides

-Music in Motionmdashfamily dance

-2009 year for 4-H Olympicsmdash

-2009 year for 4-H Camp fire in the horse ring

-Most exotic animal at the fairmdashSNAKE

-Mr Quinton participated in the 4-H games

-Sold pizza at auction

-Nancy Iverson wore a dress

-Dairy Futurity contest with Pierce Co Judging Team

-Clay Peterson looked handsome in a suit amp tie

-Farm Service Agency helped with livestock

Page 23 Pepin Pacer

THANK YOU

Becky Josh Jordin and Alex McMahon

ldquoVolunteering and providing the equipment needed to move the fair

display cases from the fair barn to the school In addition they also plan

and organize the Annual Splash Dash rdquo

Wendy Brantner

~Volunteering to plan and organize the 4-H Games ndash many 4--H members

participatedrdquo

Thank you to the volunteers who came Monday evening to move display

cases - this is a BIG job and lots of heavy lifting

Thank you to the volunteers who came Wednesday morning to help set up

Thank you to the volunteers who stayed late on Sunday to help put fair

equipment back and clean up the school building

Thank you to Jordin McMahon the only one who can Monday morning to

help clean up the fairgrounds

Thank you those who volunteers to be Superintendents and Helpers for

our Fair Judges This is a very important responsibility at the fair

Thank you to Dale and Debbie Bauer who have been working with the

horse families to build the horse program

BIG THANK YOU to the Fair Association who has worked all year to plan

and organize the community events at the fair ndash Dave Klein Christina

Lindstrom Val Cataract Dale amp Debbie Bauer and Sean Scallon

Thank you to everyone who helped out at the fair There are many more

thank yous and we would like to list everyone but that would get lengthy

and we do not want to miss anyone

Page 24 Pepin Pacer

Once Upon a Time at 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa

Nature storytelling mindfulness and tons of creative arts activities marked the ldquoOnce Upon A Timerdquo theme of the 2016 Pepin Buffalo Trempealeau and Pierce Countiesrsquo 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa in Marine on the St Croix River Minnesota from June 28-30 2016 Over 150 youth ages 9 ndash 14 attended this yearrsquos camp with 35 youth leaders contributing their leadership talents and time to serve as camp counselors

Over the three days of base camp campers in grades three through six took part in a variety of activities designed to help develop leadership communication creative thinking nature awareness and outdoor skills These activities included drama nature archery arts and crafts teamwork games and much more Base camp also included activities that the youth have always enjoyed including an obstacle course group games swimming campfires and a climbing wall One cabin earned the Leaky Canoe Award for their cabin skit while another group of campers earned an award for their creative communication skills by creating their own version of a fairy tale

At the three day 4-H Outpost Adventure youth in grades seven and eight participated in a more traditional outdoor camping experience Youth stayed in tents swam hiked at a state park competed in a teambuilding scavenger hunt learned about waters sources and built their own campfire to cook their meals over daily Youth expanded their teambuilding problem solving and resiliency skills in a collaborative environment

Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) programming that promotes critical thinking and problem solving is a central component of 4-H Camp 4-H campers designed and engineered their own marshmallow catapult and then compete against each other Pepin County Teen Leader Jordan McMahon taught this session and emphasized how the skills they used to design the catapult could be used in real life situations

4-H Camp Kinnissippewa is made possible by its counselors who plan teach and implement the learning experiences for their younger campers Counselors engage in three days of training that prepare them for working effectively with and caring for youth as well as teaching younger members to be leaders themselves

Pepin County 4-H campers and counselors included Outpost Adult Chaperone Josh and Becky McMahon Nurse April Loeffler STEM Program Teen Leader and Counselor Jordin McMahon Outpost Camper Hunter Hass Maya Jungwirth Alex McMahon and Morgan Moline Base Camp Counselor Brianna Hass Base Camp Campers Addison and Tessa Auth Katie Bignell Elizabeth Menting Isabel-la Wayne and Elena Weber

Page 25 Pepin Pacer

Activity Page

Pepin County Extension

740 7th Ave W

PO Box 39

Durand WI 54736

University of Wisconsin-Extension Provides

Equal Opportunities in Employment and Programming

Including Title IX Requirements

PEPIN COUNTY

4-H FAMILY

NEWSLETTER

Page 19: Pepin Pacer

Page 19 Pepin Pacer

Page 20 Pepin Pacer

Page 21 Pepin Pacer

2016 FAIR TOP WINNERS

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET BEEF - DREW SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET SWINE - MORGAN MOLINE

GRAND CHAMPION GYMKHANA HORSEMEN - RACHEL SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION PLEASURE HORSEMEN - HANNAH BAUER

GRAND CHAMPION SPORTSMANSHIP HORSEMEN - BRETT TOMLINSON

CHAMPION POULTRY - BILLY THETFORD III

ANIMAL amp VET SCIENCE - SHAYLEE NOEL

CHAMPION CAT - MORGAN MOLINE

PLANT amp SOIL SCIENCE - MATTHEW SAM

FLOWERS AND HOUSEPLANTS - MARSHA HECK

NATURAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

COMMUNICATION amp CULTURAL ARTS ndash ALEX MCMAHON

PHOTOGRAPHY - LAUREN HENDEL

WOODWORKING - MARSHA HECK

ELECTRICITY - ANTHONY EBENSPERGER

MECHANICAL SCIENCE - IAN AFDAHL

FOODS amp NUTRITION - BRENDIN LARSON

CLOTHING - SYDNEY SEIFERT

HOME ENVIRONMENT - LAUREN HENDEL

FAMILY LIVINGCHILD DEVELOPMENT - KAYLEE AUTH

HEALTH SOCIAL amp POLITICAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

BEST SHOW QUILT ndash OPEN CLASS - KAY SEIVWRIGHT

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL

FAIR

Page 22 Pepin Pacer

MEMORIES OF THE 2016 FAIR

FRITTERS THE CLOWN

MUSTANG TRAINING DEMO

ldquoFAIR FOODrdquo VENDOR

CARNIVAL GAMES

ROASTED CORN

POPCORN VENDOR

PIE BAKING CONTEST

4-H TEEN LEADERS AS JUDGES

KIDrsquoS BIKE GIVE AWAY RAFLLES

WINE JUDGING

TRAIL RIDE

COLORING CONTEST

Past Fairs

- Pierce Pepin Electric Demonstration

-Cover Crop Display

- Baby Chicks Hatching

-Musical Entertainment

-Dog Herding Demonstration

-Antique Tractor DisplayCorn Demonstration

-Corn Cob Doll Making

-Car Cruise

-Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast

-Face Painting

-Guess the Gadget

-Circus- Thanks to Optimist Club

-Ultrasound Carcass Show

-Talent Showcase

-Exhibit Auction

- School Exhibits

-2010 Weekend Fair

-2010 Hot air balloon rides

-Truth Be 4 TreasonmdashTeen Band

Past Fairs

-3 on 3 Basketball Tourney

-New menu items and chicken dinner

-Sold pies at the auction

-Golf carts

-Barn improvements

-Horse show

-Bingo

-Inflatable gamesrides

-Music in Motionmdashfamily dance

-2009 year for 4-H Olympicsmdash

-2009 year for 4-H Camp fire in the horse ring

-Most exotic animal at the fairmdashSNAKE

-Mr Quinton participated in the 4-H games

-Sold pizza at auction

-Nancy Iverson wore a dress

-Dairy Futurity contest with Pierce Co Judging Team

-Clay Peterson looked handsome in a suit amp tie

-Farm Service Agency helped with livestock

Page 23 Pepin Pacer

THANK YOU

Becky Josh Jordin and Alex McMahon

ldquoVolunteering and providing the equipment needed to move the fair

display cases from the fair barn to the school In addition they also plan

and organize the Annual Splash Dash rdquo

Wendy Brantner

~Volunteering to plan and organize the 4-H Games ndash many 4--H members

participatedrdquo

Thank you to the volunteers who came Monday evening to move display

cases - this is a BIG job and lots of heavy lifting

Thank you to the volunteers who came Wednesday morning to help set up

Thank you to the volunteers who stayed late on Sunday to help put fair

equipment back and clean up the school building

Thank you to Jordin McMahon the only one who can Monday morning to

help clean up the fairgrounds

Thank you those who volunteers to be Superintendents and Helpers for

our Fair Judges This is a very important responsibility at the fair

Thank you to Dale and Debbie Bauer who have been working with the

horse families to build the horse program

BIG THANK YOU to the Fair Association who has worked all year to plan

and organize the community events at the fair ndash Dave Klein Christina

Lindstrom Val Cataract Dale amp Debbie Bauer and Sean Scallon

Thank you to everyone who helped out at the fair There are many more

thank yous and we would like to list everyone but that would get lengthy

and we do not want to miss anyone

Page 24 Pepin Pacer

Once Upon a Time at 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa

Nature storytelling mindfulness and tons of creative arts activities marked the ldquoOnce Upon A Timerdquo theme of the 2016 Pepin Buffalo Trempealeau and Pierce Countiesrsquo 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa in Marine on the St Croix River Minnesota from June 28-30 2016 Over 150 youth ages 9 ndash 14 attended this yearrsquos camp with 35 youth leaders contributing their leadership talents and time to serve as camp counselors

Over the three days of base camp campers in grades three through six took part in a variety of activities designed to help develop leadership communication creative thinking nature awareness and outdoor skills These activities included drama nature archery arts and crafts teamwork games and much more Base camp also included activities that the youth have always enjoyed including an obstacle course group games swimming campfires and a climbing wall One cabin earned the Leaky Canoe Award for their cabin skit while another group of campers earned an award for their creative communication skills by creating their own version of a fairy tale

At the three day 4-H Outpost Adventure youth in grades seven and eight participated in a more traditional outdoor camping experience Youth stayed in tents swam hiked at a state park competed in a teambuilding scavenger hunt learned about waters sources and built their own campfire to cook their meals over daily Youth expanded their teambuilding problem solving and resiliency skills in a collaborative environment

Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) programming that promotes critical thinking and problem solving is a central component of 4-H Camp 4-H campers designed and engineered their own marshmallow catapult and then compete against each other Pepin County Teen Leader Jordan McMahon taught this session and emphasized how the skills they used to design the catapult could be used in real life situations

4-H Camp Kinnissippewa is made possible by its counselors who plan teach and implement the learning experiences for their younger campers Counselors engage in three days of training that prepare them for working effectively with and caring for youth as well as teaching younger members to be leaders themselves

Pepin County 4-H campers and counselors included Outpost Adult Chaperone Josh and Becky McMahon Nurse April Loeffler STEM Program Teen Leader and Counselor Jordin McMahon Outpost Camper Hunter Hass Maya Jungwirth Alex McMahon and Morgan Moline Base Camp Counselor Brianna Hass Base Camp Campers Addison and Tessa Auth Katie Bignell Elizabeth Menting Isabel-la Wayne and Elena Weber

Page 25 Pepin Pacer

Activity Page

Pepin County Extension

740 7th Ave W

PO Box 39

Durand WI 54736

University of Wisconsin-Extension Provides

Equal Opportunities in Employment and Programming

Including Title IX Requirements

PEPIN COUNTY

4-H FAMILY

NEWSLETTER

Page 20: Pepin Pacer

Page 20 Pepin Pacer

Page 21 Pepin Pacer

2016 FAIR TOP WINNERS

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET BEEF - DREW SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET SWINE - MORGAN MOLINE

GRAND CHAMPION GYMKHANA HORSEMEN - RACHEL SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION PLEASURE HORSEMEN - HANNAH BAUER

GRAND CHAMPION SPORTSMANSHIP HORSEMEN - BRETT TOMLINSON

CHAMPION POULTRY - BILLY THETFORD III

ANIMAL amp VET SCIENCE - SHAYLEE NOEL

CHAMPION CAT - MORGAN MOLINE

PLANT amp SOIL SCIENCE - MATTHEW SAM

FLOWERS AND HOUSEPLANTS - MARSHA HECK

NATURAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

COMMUNICATION amp CULTURAL ARTS ndash ALEX MCMAHON

PHOTOGRAPHY - LAUREN HENDEL

WOODWORKING - MARSHA HECK

ELECTRICITY - ANTHONY EBENSPERGER

MECHANICAL SCIENCE - IAN AFDAHL

FOODS amp NUTRITION - BRENDIN LARSON

CLOTHING - SYDNEY SEIFERT

HOME ENVIRONMENT - LAUREN HENDEL

FAMILY LIVINGCHILD DEVELOPMENT - KAYLEE AUTH

HEALTH SOCIAL amp POLITICAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

BEST SHOW QUILT ndash OPEN CLASS - KAY SEIVWRIGHT

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL

FAIR

Page 22 Pepin Pacer

MEMORIES OF THE 2016 FAIR

FRITTERS THE CLOWN

MUSTANG TRAINING DEMO

ldquoFAIR FOODrdquo VENDOR

CARNIVAL GAMES

ROASTED CORN

POPCORN VENDOR

PIE BAKING CONTEST

4-H TEEN LEADERS AS JUDGES

KIDrsquoS BIKE GIVE AWAY RAFLLES

WINE JUDGING

TRAIL RIDE

COLORING CONTEST

Past Fairs

- Pierce Pepin Electric Demonstration

-Cover Crop Display

- Baby Chicks Hatching

-Musical Entertainment

-Dog Herding Demonstration

-Antique Tractor DisplayCorn Demonstration

-Corn Cob Doll Making

-Car Cruise

-Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast

-Face Painting

-Guess the Gadget

-Circus- Thanks to Optimist Club

-Ultrasound Carcass Show

-Talent Showcase

-Exhibit Auction

- School Exhibits

-2010 Weekend Fair

-2010 Hot air balloon rides

-Truth Be 4 TreasonmdashTeen Band

Past Fairs

-3 on 3 Basketball Tourney

-New menu items and chicken dinner

-Sold pies at the auction

-Golf carts

-Barn improvements

-Horse show

-Bingo

-Inflatable gamesrides

-Music in Motionmdashfamily dance

-2009 year for 4-H Olympicsmdash

-2009 year for 4-H Camp fire in the horse ring

-Most exotic animal at the fairmdashSNAKE

-Mr Quinton participated in the 4-H games

-Sold pizza at auction

-Nancy Iverson wore a dress

-Dairy Futurity contest with Pierce Co Judging Team

-Clay Peterson looked handsome in a suit amp tie

-Farm Service Agency helped with livestock

Page 23 Pepin Pacer

THANK YOU

Becky Josh Jordin and Alex McMahon

ldquoVolunteering and providing the equipment needed to move the fair

display cases from the fair barn to the school In addition they also plan

and organize the Annual Splash Dash rdquo

Wendy Brantner

~Volunteering to plan and organize the 4-H Games ndash many 4--H members

participatedrdquo

Thank you to the volunteers who came Monday evening to move display

cases - this is a BIG job and lots of heavy lifting

Thank you to the volunteers who came Wednesday morning to help set up

Thank you to the volunteers who stayed late on Sunday to help put fair

equipment back and clean up the school building

Thank you to Jordin McMahon the only one who can Monday morning to

help clean up the fairgrounds

Thank you those who volunteers to be Superintendents and Helpers for

our Fair Judges This is a very important responsibility at the fair

Thank you to Dale and Debbie Bauer who have been working with the

horse families to build the horse program

BIG THANK YOU to the Fair Association who has worked all year to plan

and organize the community events at the fair ndash Dave Klein Christina

Lindstrom Val Cataract Dale amp Debbie Bauer and Sean Scallon

Thank you to everyone who helped out at the fair There are many more

thank yous and we would like to list everyone but that would get lengthy

and we do not want to miss anyone

Page 24 Pepin Pacer

Once Upon a Time at 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa

Nature storytelling mindfulness and tons of creative arts activities marked the ldquoOnce Upon A Timerdquo theme of the 2016 Pepin Buffalo Trempealeau and Pierce Countiesrsquo 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa in Marine on the St Croix River Minnesota from June 28-30 2016 Over 150 youth ages 9 ndash 14 attended this yearrsquos camp with 35 youth leaders contributing their leadership talents and time to serve as camp counselors

Over the three days of base camp campers in grades three through six took part in a variety of activities designed to help develop leadership communication creative thinking nature awareness and outdoor skills These activities included drama nature archery arts and crafts teamwork games and much more Base camp also included activities that the youth have always enjoyed including an obstacle course group games swimming campfires and a climbing wall One cabin earned the Leaky Canoe Award for their cabin skit while another group of campers earned an award for their creative communication skills by creating their own version of a fairy tale

At the three day 4-H Outpost Adventure youth in grades seven and eight participated in a more traditional outdoor camping experience Youth stayed in tents swam hiked at a state park competed in a teambuilding scavenger hunt learned about waters sources and built their own campfire to cook their meals over daily Youth expanded their teambuilding problem solving and resiliency skills in a collaborative environment

Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) programming that promotes critical thinking and problem solving is a central component of 4-H Camp 4-H campers designed and engineered their own marshmallow catapult and then compete against each other Pepin County Teen Leader Jordan McMahon taught this session and emphasized how the skills they used to design the catapult could be used in real life situations

4-H Camp Kinnissippewa is made possible by its counselors who plan teach and implement the learning experiences for their younger campers Counselors engage in three days of training that prepare them for working effectively with and caring for youth as well as teaching younger members to be leaders themselves

Pepin County 4-H campers and counselors included Outpost Adult Chaperone Josh and Becky McMahon Nurse April Loeffler STEM Program Teen Leader and Counselor Jordin McMahon Outpost Camper Hunter Hass Maya Jungwirth Alex McMahon and Morgan Moline Base Camp Counselor Brianna Hass Base Camp Campers Addison and Tessa Auth Katie Bignell Elizabeth Menting Isabel-la Wayne and Elena Weber

Page 25 Pepin Pacer

Activity Page

Pepin County Extension

740 7th Ave W

PO Box 39

Durand WI 54736

University of Wisconsin-Extension Provides

Equal Opportunities in Employment and Programming

Including Title IX Requirements

PEPIN COUNTY

4-H FAMILY

NEWSLETTER

Page 21: Pepin Pacer

Page 21 Pepin Pacer

2016 FAIR TOP WINNERS

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET BEEF - DREW SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION MARKET SWINE - MORGAN MOLINE

GRAND CHAMPION GYMKHANA HORSEMEN - RACHEL SEIFERT

GRAND CHAMPION PLEASURE HORSEMEN - HANNAH BAUER

GRAND CHAMPION SPORTSMANSHIP HORSEMEN - BRETT TOMLINSON

CHAMPION POULTRY - BILLY THETFORD III

ANIMAL amp VET SCIENCE - SHAYLEE NOEL

CHAMPION CAT - MORGAN MOLINE

PLANT amp SOIL SCIENCE - MATTHEW SAM

FLOWERS AND HOUSEPLANTS - MARSHA HECK

NATURAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

COMMUNICATION amp CULTURAL ARTS ndash ALEX MCMAHON

PHOTOGRAPHY - LAUREN HENDEL

WOODWORKING - MARSHA HECK

ELECTRICITY - ANTHONY EBENSPERGER

MECHANICAL SCIENCE - IAN AFDAHL

FOODS amp NUTRITION - BRENDIN LARSON

CLOTHING - SYDNEY SEIFERT

HOME ENVIRONMENT - LAUREN HENDEL

FAMILY LIVINGCHILD DEVELOPMENT - KAYLEE AUTH

HEALTH SOCIAL amp POLITICAL SCIENCE - STEPHANIE BRANTNER

BEST SHOW QUILT ndash OPEN CLASS - KAY SEIVWRIGHT

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL

FAIR

Page 22 Pepin Pacer

MEMORIES OF THE 2016 FAIR

FRITTERS THE CLOWN

MUSTANG TRAINING DEMO

ldquoFAIR FOODrdquo VENDOR

CARNIVAL GAMES

ROASTED CORN

POPCORN VENDOR

PIE BAKING CONTEST

4-H TEEN LEADERS AS JUDGES

KIDrsquoS BIKE GIVE AWAY RAFLLES

WINE JUDGING

TRAIL RIDE

COLORING CONTEST

Past Fairs

- Pierce Pepin Electric Demonstration

-Cover Crop Display

- Baby Chicks Hatching

-Musical Entertainment

-Dog Herding Demonstration

-Antique Tractor DisplayCorn Demonstration

-Corn Cob Doll Making

-Car Cruise

-Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast

-Face Painting

-Guess the Gadget

-Circus- Thanks to Optimist Club

-Ultrasound Carcass Show

-Talent Showcase

-Exhibit Auction

- School Exhibits

-2010 Weekend Fair

-2010 Hot air balloon rides

-Truth Be 4 TreasonmdashTeen Band

Past Fairs

-3 on 3 Basketball Tourney

-New menu items and chicken dinner

-Sold pies at the auction

-Golf carts

-Barn improvements

-Horse show

-Bingo

-Inflatable gamesrides

-Music in Motionmdashfamily dance

-2009 year for 4-H Olympicsmdash

-2009 year for 4-H Camp fire in the horse ring

-Most exotic animal at the fairmdashSNAKE

-Mr Quinton participated in the 4-H games

-Sold pizza at auction

-Nancy Iverson wore a dress

-Dairy Futurity contest with Pierce Co Judging Team

-Clay Peterson looked handsome in a suit amp tie

-Farm Service Agency helped with livestock

Page 23 Pepin Pacer

THANK YOU

Becky Josh Jordin and Alex McMahon

ldquoVolunteering and providing the equipment needed to move the fair

display cases from the fair barn to the school In addition they also plan

and organize the Annual Splash Dash rdquo

Wendy Brantner

~Volunteering to plan and organize the 4-H Games ndash many 4--H members

participatedrdquo

Thank you to the volunteers who came Monday evening to move display

cases - this is a BIG job and lots of heavy lifting

Thank you to the volunteers who came Wednesday morning to help set up

Thank you to the volunteers who stayed late on Sunday to help put fair

equipment back and clean up the school building

Thank you to Jordin McMahon the only one who can Monday morning to

help clean up the fairgrounds

Thank you those who volunteers to be Superintendents and Helpers for

our Fair Judges This is a very important responsibility at the fair

Thank you to Dale and Debbie Bauer who have been working with the

horse families to build the horse program

BIG THANK YOU to the Fair Association who has worked all year to plan

and organize the community events at the fair ndash Dave Klein Christina

Lindstrom Val Cataract Dale amp Debbie Bauer and Sean Scallon

Thank you to everyone who helped out at the fair There are many more

thank yous and we would like to list everyone but that would get lengthy

and we do not want to miss anyone

Page 24 Pepin Pacer

Once Upon a Time at 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa

Nature storytelling mindfulness and tons of creative arts activities marked the ldquoOnce Upon A Timerdquo theme of the 2016 Pepin Buffalo Trempealeau and Pierce Countiesrsquo 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa in Marine on the St Croix River Minnesota from June 28-30 2016 Over 150 youth ages 9 ndash 14 attended this yearrsquos camp with 35 youth leaders contributing their leadership talents and time to serve as camp counselors

Over the three days of base camp campers in grades three through six took part in a variety of activities designed to help develop leadership communication creative thinking nature awareness and outdoor skills These activities included drama nature archery arts and crafts teamwork games and much more Base camp also included activities that the youth have always enjoyed including an obstacle course group games swimming campfires and a climbing wall One cabin earned the Leaky Canoe Award for their cabin skit while another group of campers earned an award for their creative communication skills by creating their own version of a fairy tale

At the three day 4-H Outpost Adventure youth in grades seven and eight participated in a more traditional outdoor camping experience Youth stayed in tents swam hiked at a state park competed in a teambuilding scavenger hunt learned about waters sources and built their own campfire to cook their meals over daily Youth expanded their teambuilding problem solving and resiliency skills in a collaborative environment

Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) programming that promotes critical thinking and problem solving is a central component of 4-H Camp 4-H campers designed and engineered their own marshmallow catapult and then compete against each other Pepin County Teen Leader Jordan McMahon taught this session and emphasized how the skills they used to design the catapult could be used in real life situations

4-H Camp Kinnissippewa is made possible by its counselors who plan teach and implement the learning experiences for their younger campers Counselors engage in three days of training that prepare them for working effectively with and caring for youth as well as teaching younger members to be leaders themselves

Pepin County 4-H campers and counselors included Outpost Adult Chaperone Josh and Becky McMahon Nurse April Loeffler STEM Program Teen Leader and Counselor Jordin McMahon Outpost Camper Hunter Hass Maya Jungwirth Alex McMahon and Morgan Moline Base Camp Counselor Brianna Hass Base Camp Campers Addison and Tessa Auth Katie Bignell Elizabeth Menting Isabel-la Wayne and Elena Weber

Page 25 Pepin Pacer

Activity Page

Pepin County Extension

740 7th Ave W

PO Box 39

Durand WI 54736

University of Wisconsin-Extension Provides

Equal Opportunities in Employment and Programming

Including Title IX Requirements

PEPIN COUNTY

4-H FAMILY

NEWSLETTER

Page 22: Pepin Pacer

Page 22 Pepin Pacer

MEMORIES OF THE 2016 FAIR

FRITTERS THE CLOWN

MUSTANG TRAINING DEMO

ldquoFAIR FOODrdquo VENDOR

CARNIVAL GAMES

ROASTED CORN

POPCORN VENDOR

PIE BAKING CONTEST

4-H TEEN LEADERS AS JUDGES

KIDrsquoS BIKE GIVE AWAY RAFLLES

WINE JUDGING

TRAIL RIDE

COLORING CONTEST

Past Fairs

- Pierce Pepin Electric Demonstration

-Cover Crop Display

- Baby Chicks Hatching

-Musical Entertainment

-Dog Herding Demonstration

-Antique Tractor DisplayCorn Demonstration

-Corn Cob Doll Making

-Car Cruise

-Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast

-Face Painting

-Guess the Gadget

-Circus- Thanks to Optimist Club

-Ultrasound Carcass Show

-Talent Showcase

-Exhibit Auction

- School Exhibits

-2010 Weekend Fair

-2010 Hot air balloon rides

-Truth Be 4 TreasonmdashTeen Band

Past Fairs

-3 on 3 Basketball Tourney

-New menu items and chicken dinner

-Sold pies at the auction

-Golf carts

-Barn improvements

-Horse show

-Bingo

-Inflatable gamesrides

-Music in Motionmdashfamily dance

-2009 year for 4-H Olympicsmdash

-2009 year for 4-H Camp fire in the horse ring

-Most exotic animal at the fairmdashSNAKE

-Mr Quinton participated in the 4-H games

-Sold pizza at auction

-Nancy Iverson wore a dress

-Dairy Futurity contest with Pierce Co Judging Team

-Clay Peterson looked handsome in a suit amp tie

-Farm Service Agency helped with livestock

Page 23 Pepin Pacer

THANK YOU

Becky Josh Jordin and Alex McMahon

ldquoVolunteering and providing the equipment needed to move the fair

display cases from the fair barn to the school In addition they also plan

and organize the Annual Splash Dash rdquo

Wendy Brantner

~Volunteering to plan and organize the 4-H Games ndash many 4--H members

participatedrdquo

Thank you to the volunteers who came Monday evening to move display

cases - this is a BIG job and lots of heavy lifting

Thank you to the volunteers who came Wednesday morning to help set up

Thank you to the volunteers who stayed late on Sunday to help put fair

equipment back and clean up the school building

Thank you to Jordin McMahon the only one who can Monday morning to

help clean up the fairgrounds

Thank you those who volunteers to be Superintendents and Helpers for

our Fair Judges This is a very important responsibility at the fair

Thank you to Dale and Debbie Bauer who have been working with the

horse families to build the horse program

BIG THANK YOU to the Fair Association who has worked all year to plan

and organize the community events at the fair ndash Dave Klein Christina

Lindstrom Val Cataract Dale amp Debbie Bauer and Sean Scallon

Thank you to everyone who helped out at the fair There are many more

thank yous and we would like to list everyone but that would get lengthy

and we do not want to miss anyone

Page 24 Pepin Pacer

Once Upon a Time at 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa

Nature storytelling mindfulness and tons of creative arts activities marked the ldquoOnce Upon A Timerdquo theme of the 2016 Pepin Buffalo Trempealeau and Pierce Countiesrsquo 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa in Marine on the St Croix River Minnesota from June 28-30 2016 Over 150 youth ages 9 ndash 14 attended this yearrsquos camp with 35 youth leaders contributing their leadership talents and time to serve as camp counselors

Over the three days of base camp campers in grades three through six took part in a variety of activities designed to help develop leadership communication creative thinking nature awareness and outdoor skills These activities included drama nature archery arts and crafts teamwork games and much more Base camp also included activities that the youth have always enjoyed including an obstacle course group games swimming campfires and a climbing wall One cabin earned the Leaky Canoe Award for their cabin skit while another group of campers earned an award for their creative communication skills by creating their own version of a fairy tale

At the three day 4-H Outpost Adventure youth in grades seven and eight participated in a more traditional outdoor camping experience Youth stayed in tents swam hiked at a state park competed in a teambuilding scavenger hunt learned about waters sources and built their own campfire to cook their meals over daily Youth expanded their teambuilding problem solving and resiliency skills in a collaborative environment

Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) programming that promotes critical thinking and problem solving is a central component of 4-H Camp 4-H campers designed and engineered their own marshmallow catapult and then compete against each other Pepin County Teen Leader Jordan McMahon taught this session and emphasized how the skills they used to design the catapult could be used in real life situations

4-H Camp Kinnissippewa is made possible by its counselors who plan teach and implement the learning experiences for their younger campers Counselors engage in three days of training that prepare them for working effectively with and caring for youth as well as teaching younger members to be leaders themselves

Pepin County 4-H campers and counselors included Outpost Adult Chaperone Josh and Becky McMahon Nurse April Loeffler STEM Program Teen Leader and Counselor Jordin McMahon Outpost Camper Hunter Hass Maya Jungwirth Alex McMahon and Morgan Moline Base Camp Counselor Brianna Hass Base Camp Campers Addison and Tessa Auth Katie Bignell Elizabeth Menting Isabel-la Wayne and Elena Weber

Page 25 Pepin Pacer

Activity Page

Pepin County Extension

740 7th Ave W

PO Box 39

Durand WI 54736

University of Wisconsin-Extension Provides

Equal Opportunities in Employment and Programming

Including Title IX Requirements

PEPIN COUNTY

4-H FAMILY

NEWSLETTER

Page 23: Pepin Pacer

Page 23 Pepin Pacer

THANK YOU

Becky Josh Jordin and Alex McMahon

ldquoVolunteering and providing the equipment needed to move the fair

display cases from the fair barn to the school In addition they also plan

and organize the Annual Splash Dash rdquo

Wendy Brantner

~Volunteering to plan and organize the 4-H Games ndash many 4--H members

participatedrdquo

Thank you to the volunteers who came Monday evening to move display

cases - this is a BIG job and lots of heavy lifting

Thank you to the volunteers who came Wednesday morning to help set up

Thank you to the volunteers who stayed late on Sunday to help put fair

equipment back and clean up the school building

Thank you to Jordin McMahon the only one who can Monday morning to

help clean up the fairgrounds

Thank you those who volunteers to be Superintendents and Helpers for

our Fair Judges This is a very important responsibility at the fair

Thank you to Dale and Debbie Bauer who have been working with the

horse families to build the horse program

BIG THANK YOU to the Fair Association who has worked all year to plan

and organize the community events at the fair ndash Dave Klein Christina

Lindstrom Val Cataract Dale amp Debbie Bauer and Sean Scallon

Thank you to everyone who helped out at the fair There are many more

thank yous and we would like to list everyone but that would get lengthy

and we do not want to miss anyone

Page 24 Pepin Pacer

Once Upon a Time at 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa

Nature storytelling mindfulness and tons of creative arts activities marked the ldquoOnce Upon A Timerdquo theme of the 2016 Pepin Buffalo Trempealeau and Pierce Countiesrsquo 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa in Marine on the St Croix River Minnesota from June 28-30 2016 Over 150 youth ages 9 ndash 14 attended this yearrsquos camp with 35 youth leaders contributing their leadership talents and time to serve as camp counselors

Over the three days of base camp campers in grades three through six took part in a variety of activities designed to help develop leadership communication creative thinking nature awareness and outdoor skills These activities included drama nature archery arts and crafts teamwork games and much more Base camp also included activities that the youth have always enjoyed including an obstacle course group games swimming campfires and a climbing wall One cabin earned the Leaky Canoe Award for their cabin skit while another group of campers earned an award for their creative communication skills by creating their own version of a fairy tale

At the three day 4-H Outpost Adventure youth in grades seven and eight participated in a more traditional outdoor camping experience Youth stayed in tents swam hiked at a state park competed in a teambuilding scavenger hunt learned about waters sources and built their own campfire to cook their meals over daily Youth expanded their teambuilding problem solving and resiliency skills in a collaborative environment

Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) programming that promotes critical thinking and problem solving is a central component of 4-H Camp 4-H campers designed and engineered their own marshmallow catapult and then compete against each other Pepin County Teen Leader Jordan McMahon taught this session and emphasized how the skills they used to design the catapult could be used in real life situations

4-H Camp Kinnissippewa is made possible by its counselors who plan teach and implement the learning experiences for their younger campers Counselors engage in three days of training that prepare them for working effectively with and caring for youth as well as teaching younger members to be leaders themselves

Pepin County 4-H campers and counselors included Outpost Adult Chaperone Josh and Becky McMahon Nurse April Loeffler STEM Program Teen Leader and Counselor Jordin McMahon Outpost Camper Hunter Hass Maya Jungwirth Alex McMahon and Morgan Moline Base Camp Counselor Brianna Hass Base Camp Campers Addison and Tessa Auth Katie Bignell Elizabeth Menting Isabel-la Wayne and Elena Weber

Page 25 Pepin Pacer

Activity Page

Pepin County Extension

740 7th Ave W

PO Box 39

Durand WI 54736

University of Wisconsin-Extension Provides

Equal Opportunities in Employment and Programming

Including Title IX Requirements

PEPIN COUNTY

4-H FAMILY

NEWSLETTER

Page 24: Pepin Pacer

Page 24 Pepin Pacer

Once Upon a Time at 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa

Nature storytelling mindfulness and tons of creative arts activities marked the ldquoOnce Upon A Timerdquo theme of the 2016 Pepin Buffalo Trempealeau and Pierce Countiesrsquo 4-H Camp Kinnissippewa in Marine on the St Croix River Minnesota from June 28-30 2016 Over 150 youth ages 9 ndash 14 attended this yearrsquos camp with 35 youth leaders contributing their leadership talents and time to serve as camp counselors

Over the three days of base camp campers in grades three through six took part in a variety of activities designed to help develop leadership communication creative thinking nature awareness and outdoor skills These activities included drama nature archery arts and crafts teamwork games and much more Base camp also included activities that the youth have always enjoyed including an obstacle course group games swimming campfires and a climbing wall One cabin earned the Leaky Canoe Award for their cabin skit while another group of campers earned an award for their creative communication skills by creating their own version of a fairy tale

At the three day 4-H Outpost Adventure youth in grades seven and eight participated in a more traditional outdoor camping experience Youth stayed in tents swam hiked at a state park competed in a teambuilding scavenger hunt learned about waters sources and built their own campfire to cook their meals over daily Youth expanded their teambuilding problem solving and resiliency skills in a collaborative environment

Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) programming that promotes critical thinking and problem solving is a central component of 4-H Camp 4-H campers designed and engineered their own marshmallow catapult and then compete against each other Pepin County Teen Leader Jordan McMahon taught this session and emphasized how the skills they used to design the catapult could be used in real life situations

4-H Camp Kinnissippewa is made possible by its counselors who plan teach and implement the learning experiences for their younger campers Counselors engage in three days of training that prepare them for working effectively with and caring for youth as well as teaching younger members to be leaders themselves

Pepin County 4-H campers and counselors included Outpost Adult Chaperone Josh and Becky McMahon Nurse April Loeffler STEM Program Teen Leader and Counselor Jordin McMahon Outpost Camper Hunter Hass Maya Jungwirth Alex McMahon and Morgan Moline Base Camp Counselor Brianna Hass Base Camp Campers Addison and Tessa Auth Katie Bignell Elizabeth Menting Isabel-la Wayne and Elena Weber

Page 25 Pepin Pacer

Activity Page

Pepin County Extension

740 7th Ave W

PO Box 39

Durand WI 54736

University of Wisconsin-Extension Provides

Equal Opportunities in Employment and Programming

Including Title IX Requirements

PEPIN COUNTY

4-H FAMILY

NEWSLETTER

Page 25: Pepin Pacer

Page 25 Pepin Pacer

Activity Page

Pepin County Extension

740 7th Ave W

PO Box 39

Durand WI 54736

University of Wisconsin-Extension Provides

Equal Opportunities in Employment and Programming

Including Title IX Requirements

PEPIN COUNTY

4-H FAMILY

NEWSLETTER

Page 26: Pepin Pacer

Pepin County Extension

740 7th Ave W

PO Box 39

Durand WI 54736

University of Wisconsin-Extension Provides

Equal Opportunities in Employment and Programming

Including Title IX Requirements

PEPIN COUNTY

4-H FAMILY

NEWSLETTER