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May 2014

4-Hers Doing Great Things!

We know how amazing our Polk County 4-Hers are, and we want to share

with you what great things they are doing! Way to go and keep up the

good work!

Addison Hild made 2,000 puzzle piece autism ribbons for April National

Autism Week to spread the word about Autism. She took ribbons and

posters to Altoona Elementary, Centennial Elementary, Four Mile Elemen-

tary, Runnells Elementary and SE Polk Jr High for students to wear the

ribbons on their backpacks in support of Autism Awareness Month.

On the morning of April 19, hundreds of visitors walked past the rabbit

display tables of Sebastian and Simon Janelle (Ankeny 4-H Club) and Trin-

ity Lawry (We XL 4-H Club). This was all part of the Family Easter Party

sponsored by Living History Farms. Our Polk County youth answered

questions about their rabbit breeds, how to feed and care for rabbits and

talked about showing them at the County Fair.

The Callanan 4-H Club has been learning how to make fleece tie

blankets and dog toys over the past few months. On April 10

they were able to deliver 30 blankets and 70 dog toys to the

Animal Rescue League facility on 22nd Street. Students toured

the facility and learned about the animals from very helpful vol-

unteers. Some are looking forward to volunteering when they

are old enough to do so. The club is learning what it means to

be a good community member by serving others, including our

animal friends.

Polk County Fair: July 16-21

“All Creatures Great and Small—75th Year of the Polk County Fair” ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Congratulations Seniors!

Congratulations to all of our graduating 4-H members! It has been exciting to see all of you grow through the program and bittersweet that this is your last year. The Polk County Extension Staff is proud of your accomplishments. The 2014 graduates are: Brooke Armstrong, Mandy Brown, Caleb Burke, Matthew Burket, Abbi Colby, Jessica Cole, Sam Feldstein, Emily Freel, Grace Harper, Jenna Kasper, Elizabeth Macro, Andrea Nelson, Courtney Neuendorf, Kiki Paulsen, Lena Pinkley, Blake Printy, Michael Rimathe, Alexander Ritchie, Jayme Sickerson, Brandon Sjullie, Chandler Smith, Alyssa Sullivan, Jessica Sutton, Kelvey Vander Hart, Tayler Veldhuizen, Bekah Ward, and Ellen Westhoff . Best of luck to you in your future!

State Recognition

162 4-Hers participated in the State 4-H Recognition interview process with 262 interviews on Saturday, March 29. Those selected for State Awards will be recognized at the Iowa State Youth Conference closing ceremonies on Thursday, June 26.

4-H’ers selected for State Recognition from Polk County are as follows:

4-H State Council – Emma Thayer

State 4-H Project Award – Rebecca Osthus

New 4-H member? Have Questions?

Come join other 4-H members and their families in this series to learn about what it means to be a 4-H member. We’ll an-swer your questions about goal setting, projects, the Polk County Fair, conference judging and everything else about 4-H that you would like to know. Join us for the fun, the learning and the rewards that come with being a member of Polk County 4-H! Please RSVP to Carla at carlav@iastate.edu by the day before the event. All meetings will begin at 6:30 PM at the Polk County Extension Office in Altoona. · May 8 –Topic: Record Keeping · June 12 –Topic: County Fair Preview

New to Clover Kids, or just have questions?

Do you have questions about Clover Kids? Join other Clover Kid members and their families for a fun and informative night to learn about what it means to be a member of Polk County Clover Kids. We’ll answer your questions about projects, confer-ence judging and the Polk County Fair, and everything else about Clover Kids that you would like to know! Please RSVP to Carla at carlav@iastate.edu by the day before the event. All meetings will begin at 5:30 PM on June 12th at the Polk County Extension Office in Altoona.

4-H Night with the Iowa Cubs!

Join us on June 6th when the Iowa Cubs take on the Colorado Springs Sky Sox for a fun night of baseball

and fireworks. 4-Hers will sit together during the game and be recognized on the big screen. Tickets are

$6. Please contact Joy by May 30th to reserve tickets or with questions at 515-957-5760, email at ni-

klasen.iastate.edu. Go Cubs!

4-H Adventureland Day

Join us June 1st at Adventureland Park for a fun-filled day of amusement park rides and swimming at Adventure Bay waterpark. With a $17 savings, tickets come to just $25.00! This would be a great club or family outing to relieve some stress before county fair! Please contact Joy by May 23rd to reserve tickets or with questions at 515-957-5771, email at niklasen@iastate.edu.

4-H PLEDGE

I PLEDGE MY HEAD TO CLEARER THINKING, MY HEART TO GREATER LOYALTY, MY HANDS TO LARGER SERVICE,

AND MY HEALTH TO BETTER LIVING, FOR MY CLUB, MY COMMUNITY, MY COUNTRY, AND MY WORLD.

Babysitting Clinic

Polk County Extension and Outreach and the Grimes Community Center are partnering to hold a babysitting clinic on Saturday, May 17th, 9AM-3PM at the Grimes Community Center (410 SE Main Street in Grimes). The clinic is designed for kids completing 5th grade and above. The registration fee is $30.00, which includes the Babysitting Clinic workbook, snacks, lunch and other child care resources. Your registration will be complete when payment is made by Fri-day, May 16th. To register, call Marci at the Polk County Extension office at 515-957-5770. The fee can be paid over the phone via a debit or credit card OR can be mailed or dropped off to the Polk County Extension Office. Please make checks payable to ISU Extension.

Communication Event

The Communication Event will be Thursday, July 17 at the Polk County Fair. This event is for everyone planning on giving an educational presentation, demonstrating a working exhibit, or a senior 4-H member doing extemporaneous speaking. Communication Day entry forms can be found in the downloadable fair entry packet at www.polkcountyfairiowa.com on the same sheet as Share the Fun, and Clothing Event. The deadline to submit entry forms is July 1.

Consider adapting a presentation you have done for your club. This event is a great way to share your interests and knowledge with others. Judges can selected up to six educational presentations, four working exhibits and two extempora-neous speakers for State Fair, as well as one educational presentation and one working exhibit for Clay County Fair’s Dis-trict Competition.

In past years, Communication Posters have been judged on conference judging day, but THIS year they will be judged dur-ing the Communications Event. Please remind 4-H’ers that they will need to put Communication Poster entries on the Com-munications Event form, NOT the 4-H Exhibit Building entry form (the old blue sheet). The top two posters are eligible to go to the Iowa State Fair. This year’s poster themes are:

4-H is… (open to 4-H’ers interpretation) Join 4-H Ticket to Success (The 2014 State 4-H Conference theme) 4-H, Nothing Compares (The Iowa State Fair theme)

Copyright Form

As fair approaches, youth bringing building exhibits should be cautious and thinking about copyright/trademark issues. A sample letter for you to use to write to the copyright holder to get permission to use logos, trademarks, photographs, etc. can be found at: http://polkcountyfairiowa.com/forms.html. The safest course of action is: do not copy anything unless you have permission!!

Clothing Event

Judging for the Clothing Event is scheduled for the morning of Saturday, July 12 at the Extension Office. The Clothing Event consists of three divisions: Fashion Review, Clothing Selection, and the $15 Challenge. Fashion Revue is a competition for youth who are modeling clothing they have made themselves. Clothing Selection is a competition for youth who are modeling clothing they have purchased from a store. The $15 Challenge is a competition for youth to choose an outfit from a garage sale, consignment store, etc. with a total cost of under $15. Entry forms will be in the downloadable Polk County Fair Entry Packet; additional rules and regulations are in the fair book; both of these can be found at www.polkcountyfairiowa.com. Tips for modelling and filling out reports are also available from the Extension Office. New in 2014: 4-H Awardrobe Clothing Event partici-pants (State Fair) will be able to participate as many times as they are selected at the county level in Clothing Selection, Fashion Revue, and $15 Challenge categories. But all still participate in only one area each year at the state level. However, they can now participate more than once in the same category.

OUR VISION A WORLD IN WHICH YOUTH AND ADULTS LEARN, GROW, AND WORK TOGETHER AS CATALYSTS FOR POSTIVE CHANGE

Gift Basket Silent Auction

Again this year, the Polk County Advisory Board will be hosting a Gift Basket Silent Auction. Gift bas-kets will be on display during the fair. Proceeds will provide funds that the Advisory Board uses to pro-mote and grow our Polk County 4-H Program. Baskets can be provided by individuals, clubs or busi-nesses. Any one or group interested in providing a basket must pledge their participation by June 2 by contacting Kris Partridge at 515-491-9733 or kpar-tridge@mercydesmoines.org.

King Arthur Cupcake Contest King Arthur Flour will be sponsoring another Cupcake Contest at the county fair this year. First place in the adult category will receive a $75 gift certificate and the youth category will receive a $50 gift certificate. Rules are posted on the county fair website, www.polkcountyfairiowa.com.

County Fair Help Needed

We are looking for youth to help in the 4-H building on exhibit judging day. Jobs include helping with the bake sale, running projects, helping set up displays and other jobs on judging day and throughout the fair. Please contact Joy Niklasen at 515-957-5771 or niklasen@iastate.edu.

4-H Cook This!

The 4-H Cook This! Culinary Challenge will hold a preliminary competition on the ISU campus on Wednesday, June 18. The preliminary is for all youth participants in grades 5-12. The event will consist of a culinary, communication, and food and nutrition challenge to test participant’s food and nutrition knowledge and to see if they can Cook This! Top teams from each age division will then be selected to compete in the finale on Thursday, August 7 at the Iowa State Fair. Ap-plications will open for the event next week on the 4-H Cook This! webpage (www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/statefair/cookthis) and will close on Monday May 30. For more information, please contact: Cayla Taylor, cayla@iastate.edu

2014 Iowa 4-H’ers for 4-H Campaign Begins!

The 2013-14 State 4-H Council is putting the finishing touches on this year’s campaign. Their goal is to raise $26,513.14 for projects and programs that will benefit a number of 4-H’ers across the state. One campaign project is raising support to fin-ish building a tornado-safe room at the Iowa 4-H Center. Donations and contributions can be sent directly to the Iowa 4-H Foundation or delivered to the Polk County Extension Office by May 15. Why support this campaign? Approximately one-third of the funds support the State 4-H Council program, which in turn provides the Iowa 4-H Youth Conference experience for your 8-12th grade 4-H’ers. Almost half of the funds are distributed back to 4-H members in the counties in the form of scholarships for out-of-county 4-H experiences and financial assistance to help cover program development fee costs. In 2013, Polk County donated $1,123.50. With that amount we placed 3rd for the total amount donated. Let’s see how much we can get this year! Contact Joy Niklasen, niklasen@iastate.edu or 515-957-5771.

Little Hands on the Farm

The Iowa State Fair would like to invite your club or county to participate in a shift of volunteers at Little Hands on the Farm. As a participant, your club or county would commit to providing the volunteers for the exhibit for an entire shift. In return they will list the name of your club or county on the entrance and exit gates of Little Hands on the Farm, as well as on the Iowa State Fair website as a volunteer group. Shifts are filling up quickly so if you would like further information on what days and shifts are still available, please contact Emily Brewer; ebrewer@iowastatefair.org; Iowa State Fair; Agricul-ture Education Coordinator; 515/262-3111 ext. 244

The 2014 Polk County Fair is scheduled for July 16-21 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds.

Discover… The Twin Cities – Intermediate Trip (7th & 8th grade)

Make plans to join the fun on June 16-17 to discover some great places in Minneapolis & St. Paul. along with other 4-H’ers from Dallas, Jasper, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Polk, Poweshiek and Warren counties. This is a great opportunity to meet other Iowa 4-H’ers! The itinerary includes stops at Cabela’s, Mall of America, Target Field, Como Zoo and Valleyfair. The bus will leave Des Moines at 7:30 AM on June 16th and return home in the evening on the 17th. The price for the entire trip is $215. If you are interested in attending please contact Joy Niklasen at 515-957-5771 or niklasen@iastate.edu.

Taste of Camp

Polk, Madison, Dallas, and Warren counties will be hosting the 2nd Annual Taste of Camp at the Iowa 4-H Center near Madrid, Iowa on June 18-21, 2014. This is a great opportunity for 4-H’ers and Clover Kids to experience all the fun at camp! A 4-day 3-night experience is offered for Junior and Intermediate 4-Hers, and a shortened 2-day 1-night experience is offered for Clover Kids. Senior 4-Hers are offered a leadership opportunity as cabin leaders. To learn how to register, visit http://www.extension.iastate.edu/polk/news/taste-camp. Please contact Joy with any questions at 515-957-5771 or niklasen@iastate.edu.

2014 Iowa 4-H Youth Conference: Ticket to Success

The 2014 4-H Youth Conference will be held June 24-26, 2014 for a great three-day adventure on Iowa State’s beautiful campus! The registration cost is $175 per person. This is the same fee for both youth and adults, which covers 2 nights of lodging, 7 meals, 3 keynote speakers, transportation for workshops and community service, facility rental, 2 dances, and a t-shirt, among other supports, services and activities. When you look at your return on investment, it’s priceless! If you have any questions about the Iowa 4-H Youth Conference, check out the website for updates at http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/iowa4hyouthconference or contact Marci, 515-957-5770 or vinsand@iastate.edu.

Online Registration for 2014 State 4-H Camps

Registration for the four State 4-H Camps to be held this summer at the Iowa 4-H Center is now live. The camps are open to students in grades 5-8; 4-H membership is not required. Registration for the statewide camps can be made online at www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/camping. The fee for each session (five days/four nights) is $240. Additional information about the themed camps is available online as State Camp FAQs. Contact Bill Beckley at wbeckley@iastate.edu with ques-tions about registration and for more camp session information.

4-H Photo Camp

Youth in grades 7-12 in the 2013-14 school year have the opportunity to participate in PHO-TO CAMP at the Iowa 4-H Center near Madrid on June 16-18. Both 4-H’ers and non-4-H’ers are welcome. 4-H Photo camp is designed to give kids the opportunity to learn the basics and techniques of photography, while having a great time! Campers will learn from qualified pro-fessional photographers, and then get the chance to try out their new skills themselves.

The three-day event places emphasis on landscapes, close-ups, composition, and people pho-tography, as well as painting with light, and other special effects. Both point-&-shoot and ad-justable SLR camera operation are covered, as well as a complete section on computerized digital photographic enhancement. Field trips in the past have included the ISU campus, Ledges State Park, the Iowa Arbo-retum, Reiman Gardens, The Bonebright Memorial Armory, and much more! Cost for this camp is $180 prior to May 1st – Late FEE $200 after May 1st. Registration forms are posted on line at www.jholst.net/fourhphotocamp/. Contact Dave En-triken for more information (dfe1943@yahoo.com).

Sheep and Meat Goat Weigh-In Sheep and Meat Goats– Saturday, May 3rd from 8:00 – 11:00 at the State Fairgrounds in the Sheep Barn. Remember, the sheep department of the Polk County Fair Board requires that all female and intact male animals being weighed-in have scrapie tags at the time of the weigh-in. Please bring all breeding sheep to the weigh-ins to be ID’d. Commercial ewes for State Fair will also need a 4-H tag and to be retinal scanned this year.

National Scrapie Eradication Program for Sheep and Goats

The federal National Scrapie Eradication program to eliminate the disease scrapie from US sheep and goat flocks, began in November 2001. Because of the cost to the industry, the long time between exposure and symptoms, and the prevalence in the US, all sheep and goat producers, including 4-H’ers, must help to eradicate this disease.To register your flock for the scra-pie program and receive your free tags, call 1-866-USDA-TAG, or 1-866-873-2824. For more information about the nation-wide program, go to the USDA’s Scrapie information website at www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/animal_diseases/scrapie/

2014 Swine Show Changes

The following changes have been made for the 2014 Swine Show. Polk County will NOT hold a swine weigh-in. Instead, you will need to tag your pigs, and then register them in 4-H online

by May 15. You can pick up your tags (and a tagger if needed) from the extension office, along with the instructions to enter them into 4-H Online. If you have any questions about the entry process please contact Marci at vinsand@iastate.edu or 515-957-5770. Please call ahead to be sure we have a tagger available, in case they are all checked out.

Due to not having a swine weigh-in, there will not be a derby class at the county fair. This is because a beginning weight is required to do the calculations for a derby. This year there will be a carcass class, which will use the same ultrasound information.

Rabbit Workshop Series

Throughout this series, you will learn about the different rabbit breeds, tattooing of rabbits, and proper show-manship. All workshops are FREE and will be held at the Polk County Extension office in Altoona. To register, please contact the rabbit superintendent, Bill Wolfe at 515-556-5123.

Saturday, May 3rd, 1:00-3:00 PM Grooming, Tattoos, Showmanship, General questions Sunday, June 8th, 1:00-3:00 PM Carriers, Tattoos, Showmanship, General questions

Livestock ID’s

NOW is the time! ID your livestock today. ALL livestock ID’s will be done through 4-H Online (iowa.4honline.com). As al-ways, non-weigh-in species ID’s will be due by May15. Non-Weigh-In Species: Login to your 4-H Online family record and add the correct Animal ID’s to the correct member

record. Weigh-In Species: County extension staff will enter animal ID’s and information into 4-H Online. It will then be the re-

sponsibility of the members to login to 4-H Online within one week of the weigh-in date and verify that all information is correct. Information that is not verified by the members within the verification timeframe will be locked and will not be able to be changed after that date.

Have questions? Contact Marci at 957-5770 or vinsand@iastate.edu.

2014 4-H Livestock Rule Changes/Updates

The official Iowa 4-H Animal Identification, Weighing and Exhibiting Requirements for County, State and Interstate Shows (or sometimes referred to under its publication number 4-H 202) has been updated for 2014. You can view 4-H 202 at: www.extension.iastate.edu/4hfiles/agriculture/4H202_2014.pdf . You can review the changes and FAQ sheet here: www.extension.iastate.edu/4hfiles/agriculture/LivestockRuleChanges2014.pdf

FSQA (Food Safety & Quality Assurance) MAKE-UP Session

All food-producing livestock exhibitors currently in the 4th-6th grades are required to attend FSQA training. 4-H’ers currently in the 7th-9th grades will be eligible to take the intermediate test or attend a workshop, and those in 10th-12th grades will be eligible to take the senior test or attend a workshop. These include exhibitors in Beef, Dairy, Sheep, Swine, Goat, Poultry and Rabbit project areas. This also includes breeding divisions of those exhibits. Many Polk County 4-H’ers completed FSQA training last month, but there are still a few that need to complete this requirement to be allowed to exhibit food-producing animals at county and/or state fair

this year. If an exhibitor was a 4th, 5th, or 6th grader this year, they will be required to attend a training session. The final make-up session in Polk County will be, Tuesday, June 10th, 1:00 – 3:00 pm at the Polk County Extension Office. If you are in the 7th Grade or above you are eligible to test out. Exhibitors interested in certifying by exam, please make an appointment with Marci at 957-5770 or vinsand@iastate.edu. Exams need to be completed by June 23rd.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS: August 7-17

Iowa State Fair Entries

Iowa State Fair livestock and horticulture entries are due on July 1 in 4H Online. Any 4-H member that has completed 5th grade can enter. Entries are available beginning June 1st. The Iowa State Fair will be August 7-17, 2014.

Youth and Adult Iowa State Fair Applications

Youth and adult Iowa State Fair staff and volunteer applications are available on the web at: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/statefair/.

NEWS FOR HORSE EXHIBITORS From Horse Superintendent, Sondra Feldstein

The best way to stay in touch with communication about the fair is to join our Facebook page, Polk County 4-H and FFA Horse. The page has the current fair book including class list, sponsorship form, and clinic/show partici-pation form for 1st & 2nd year exhibitors. You may have to scroll down a bit to find everything but it’s all there to view and download. We also post information about clinics and horse shows that Polk County horse exhibitors might be interested in.

Show Updates- In the interest of keeping our horses safe, I've arranged with the Iowa State Fair to disinfect the horse barn prior to our arrival at the fairgrounds in July. However, since there's a national Shetland Pony show there the week before and those animals don't leave until Sunday, it is likely that in order to have time to properly clean and disinfect the barn, we won't be able to move anything in until Wednesday morning. This means no bringing in tack & feed on Tuesday as we've done in the past. A small price to pay, in my opinion. I’m also very pleased to announce that tpcreations photography will be taking pictures during entire the horse show. Check out their work at tpcreationsphotography.com ALL FIRST- AND SECOND-YEAR EXHIBITORS will be required to attend a clinic on show ring etiquette and horse handling at 10 a.m. Thursday, August 17 in the show arena UNLESS you attend at least one horse show or clinic before the fair, and turn in the proper form signed by show or clinic officials. The form is available on the Facebook page and at the Extension office.

HIGH POINT AWARDS will be given for English performance, Western performance, and timed games.

GET YOUR HORSES ID’D! May 15 is the deadline as always. If you’re using an animal you’ve ID’d in the past, that information is retained in 4-H Online and all you have to do is click “activate.” If it’s a new horse or pony, enter the information in 4-H Online by May 15. FFA members, turn in the forms to your advisor no later than May 15. If you’re leasing a horse, please get that form uploaded into 4-H Online as well.

WE NEED SPONSORS! All those wonderful door prizes and awards have to be paid for; the fair itself pays for rib-bons and premiums but nothing else. We’d like to be able to offer all exhibitors a gift at check-in, door prizes for all exhibitors, and give high point winners the choice of a jacket or chair, but it has to be paid for. Our show is growing steadily and that means it costs more to buy those nice gifts. Sponsors will be recognized in the show bill and during announcements at the show. Sponsorship forms and class lists are available on the Facebook page. The Polk County Fair is a 501c3 nonprofit organization, so donations are generally tax-deductible.

CLINICS: We would love to offer more clinics. Some of you have expressed interest in hosting clinics for 4-Hers. They could be clinics with or without horses; on any topic (showmanship, show ring etiquette, fitting hors-es, pleasure classes, trail, games, etc) and for any specified number of participants. This is a good community ser-vice or leadership project for senior members. We can charge a minimal amount to cover costs but for insurance purposes you do have to go through the Extension Office in order to offer a 4-H clinic. Please contact Sondra Feld-stein, sondraf@uchicago.edu or 515-250-2330 or Marci Vinsand at the Extension Office if you have an interest in hosting a clinic.

Spring 4-H Horse Clinic Sunrise Stables which is just 6 miles south of the Des Moines Airport (8926 Fulton St, Indi-anola, IA) will be hosting a horse clinic directed by Howdle Performance Horses on May 10th. Morning Session: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm: The morning session will be for our 1st and 2nd year 4H students who are required to have a clinic before fair. This session will cover basics from clipping, grooming and prepping for the ring as well as showmanship. It will also cover safety and riding etiquette. Afternoon Session: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm: The after-noon session will be a more advanced session. It will cover horsemanship, trail point sys-tem and how to properly maneuver a pattern. It will also touch up on ranch horse pleasure and western pleasure. It will end with showmanship as a nice cool down for the horses. The fee is $25.00 per rider per session with a max of 10 riders. $5.00 to audit all day. (If riding in either session, free to audit the other session) arena will be open to ride after clinic until 9:00pm. Please register by May 9th by calling 515-664-0668 or emailing Stephanie@Rohlfsen.com

Leaders Corner

ATTENTION Leaders

Volunteer Opportunities Spring Plant Sale at The Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden May 8-11 “Plant runners” will help customers carry and load plants into their car during the Spring

Plant Sale

Contact Susan Cory at 515-323-6293 or scory@dmbotanicalgarden.com

Little Hands on the Farm at The Iowa State Fair

August 7-17

Your club would commit to providing the volunteers for the exhibit for an entire shift. In re-turn they will list the name of your club on the entrance and exit gates of the exhibit, as well as on the Iowa State Fair website as a volunteer group

Contact Emily Brewer at 515-262-3111 ext. 244 or ebrewer@iowastatefair.org

What is your club doing?

Is your club participating in a fun community service opportunity? If so, we would love to hear about it! Please share with us your happenings, and we will place it in next month’s Clover Power.

Volunteer Training “Makeup”

If you were unable to attend the training on February 11th, the webinar and materials are located

at https://learn.extension.org/events/1261. Following the presentation, you must go to https://

www.surveymonkey.com/s/793H7BX and fill out the online evaluation via Survey Monkey. This

survey collects anonymous data and will not verify that the volunteer participated in the training.

To verify your participation to county office, you must send an email to niklasen@iastate.edu with

the following information to get credit: volunteer name, title of webinar, date viewed, and three

things I learned or will use. Please complete this by May 15th.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or fami-ly status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Many materials can be made available in alternative formats for ADA cli-ents. To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 14th and Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call 202-720-5964.

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Phone Numbers, E-Mail and Website Addresses

Joy Niklasen – 957-5771 Polk County 4-H Club Page

niklasen@iastate.edu http://www.extension.iastate.edu/polk/4h

4-H County Youth Coordinator

Marci Vinsand– 957-5770

vinsand@iastate.edu

4-H County Youth Coordinator

Carla Vanderheiden– 957-5763

carlav@iastate.edu

Youth & Nutrition Internal Program Coordinator

Andrea Nelson – 957-5775

nelsonar@iastate.edu

Executive Director

Jeff Macomber – 993-4281

jmacombe@iastate.edu

Youth Development Specialist

FIND US AT: EXTENSION.IASTATE.EDU/4H/POLK 222

DATES TO REMEMBER

August

July MAY

JUNE

3 Sheep Weigh-In

3 Rabbit Workshop 1:00- 3:00 pm

6 4-H Program Advisory Board 7-8:30 pm

7 County Council Meeting 7:00 pm

8 New Families Series 6:30 pm

15 Livestock ID’s Due

15 Last Day to Enroll in 4-H

15 Polk County Fair King and Queen Applications

Due

17 Babysitting Clinic 9AM-3PM

21 Fair Board Meeting 7:30 pm

26 Office Closed

1 4-H Day at Adventureland

3 4-H Program Advisory Board 7-8:30 pm

4 County Council Meeting 7:00 pm

6 4-H Day at the Iowa Cubs Game

7 King/Queen Candidate Interviews

8 Rabbit Workshop 1:00- 3:00 pm

12 4-H & Clover Kids County Fair Preview

16-17 Intermediate Trips to the Twin Cities

18 Fair Board Meeting 7:30 pm

18-21 Taste of Camp

24-26 State 4-H Conference

1 Polk County & Iowa State Fair Entries Due to

Extension Office

4 Office Closed

8 4-H Program Advisory board 7-8:30 pm

9 County Council Meeting 7:00 pm

9 Fair Board Meeting 7:30 pm

12 Clothing Event

16-21 Polk County Fair

7-17 Iowa State Fair