August

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

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

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

10-20 Iowa State Fair

21 County Council Meeting 6:30 at Extension Office

September

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

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

October

1 Record Books & Award Applications are due to the

Extension Office

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

16 County Council Mtg., 6:30pm at Extension Office

Marion County Extension Staff

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

August 2017 DATES TO REMEMBER

2018 Marion County Fair Theme

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THANK YOU!

Thank you to everyone that participated in the 2017

Marion County Fair. We appreciate all of the

Members, Volunteers, Families, and Friends that

helped make the fair a success!

Summer Intern Farewell

First off, I want to thank all of you for making this

such a great summer. It was so much fun being able

to still be a part of the Marion County Fair even

though I wasn’t showing. I have enjoyed seeing

familiar faces and catching up with friends, while

meeting new families along the way. I have made

connections that will hopefully last a lifetime. You

all did a terrific job this year at the fair and will

continue to do so at the State fair. Even though the

summer has flown by I have had a blast. Once

again I have found out that working with our youth

is priceless. From the workshops to the show ring it

has been quite the experience and I wouldn’t trade a

minute of it. This has truly been an awesome sum-

mer that I will never forget. Again, I would like to

thank you all for everything you have done and I

hope to see you at next year’s fair!

- Levi Collins

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Exhibitors Selected for Iowa State Fair

Front Row: Coledon Vroegh, White Breast Beavers, Nate Finarty, Friendly Guys and Gals, James Van Gorp, Lake Prairie, Kenson Fuller

Lake Prairie, Dillon Hall, Friendly Guys and Gals, Dane Gullion, Friendly Guys and Gals, Hunter Shives, County Crusaders

Row Two: Lauren Phillips, White Breast Beavers, Kayla Beyer, Prairie Pride, Camryn Norton, Lake Prairie, Grace Stephens, Just Us, Taylor

Clark, Our Union, Trinity Vos, County Line, Olivia Millar, Lake Prairie, Erin Duenwald, Lake Prairie, Roselaure Fuller, Lake Prairie, Megan

Moore, Hop N Hurry, Caleb Book, County Crusaders, Grace Overgaard, Saint Pride, AJ Bull, Our Union

Row Three: Cooper VandeVoort, County Line, Courtney Paxton, Prairie Pride, Ross Cooper, Saint Pride, Tristen Carton, Prairie Pioneers,

Jaylen Cooper, Saint Pride, Afton West, Just Us, Courtney Fleming, Just Us, Madelyn Eldredge, Hex-A-Poppin, Emily Sytsma, County Line

Row Four: Caleb Hall, Friendly Guys and Gals, Gave Seuferer, Just Us, Kodis Rawlings, Friendly Guys and Gals, Braidy Friday, Out Union, Hannah Book, County Crusaders, Cael Roberts, Lake Prairie, Ben VandeKamp, 3L’s, Mickayla McGill, Friendly Guys and Gals, Kaitlyn Ander-

son, Friendly Guys and Gals, Brady Vanderhart, Friendly Giuys and Gals, Rebekah Brown, Friendly Guys and Gals, Carter Bailey, Parker Elder, Our Union

Iowa state fair livestock Exhibitors Good luck to all Marion County Exhibitors

TR Putz

Bailey Johnson

Haley Schneider

Kenzie Gibson

Jayce Hughes

Taryn Peffers

Taylor Decious

Chandler Jahner

Ella Jahner

Cade VanVliet

Chloe VanVliet

Paige Busick

Madyson Thill

Riley Thill

Emma Thoreson

Reece Thoreson

Tanner Clark

Taylor Clark

Sean Collins

Lane Vanderlinden

Shaelyn VanderHart

Faith VanderHart

Caleb Book

Brook Moore

Taylar Lovell

Spencer VerPloeg

Jonah Schumacher

Shianne Votava

AJ Bull

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Club Booth Winners

1st - Just Us

2nd - Prairie Pioneers

3rd - Lake Prairie

Decorate-A-Hay Bale Winners

1st - Hex-A-Poppin

2nd - White Breast Beavers

3rd - Hop-N-Hurry

HERDSMANSHIP CHAMPIONS

SHEEP: Prairie Pioneers SWINE: Our Union

BEEF: Saint Pride GOATS: Saint Pride

RABBITS: Lake Prairie HORSES: Saint Pride

POULTRY: Prairie Pioneers

OVERALL 1st: Saint Pride

2nd: Prairie Pioneers 3rd: Our Union

Bucket of Flowers

Congratulations and Thank You to all mem-

bers who participated in the Bucket of

Flowers class! This year we had 29 buckets

at the fair. It is a great fundraiser for the

County Council and they really appreciate it.

Nice Job! The total amount raised for 2017

was $270.

AK-SAR-BEN Entries

AK-SAR-BEN Entries are due to the Marion County Extension Office by Thursday, August 10th.

LATE ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Entry forms and rules are available at the Marion County Extension office or online at: www.aksarben.org

FIRST Robotics It is time to be thinking about FIRST robotics for the fall. Marion

County 4-H is offering Junior FIRST LEGO League (jr.FLL, K-

3rd), Each year, the programs release a challenge toward the end

of August with some teasers throughout the summer.

Junior FIRST LEGO League

Over the course of about 8 –10 weekly meetings, kids will learn

about a topic and simple machines then design a poster and

LEGO model about what they learned. The model and poster are

displayed at an Expo. jrFLL meetings will be starting mid-fall.

Coaches/Mentors Needed

FIRST teams can only exist when they have volunteers to coach

them. Coaches do not need to be engineers or computer program-

mers, they just need to be interested in learning along with the

kids. If you are interested in coaching, please contact the Exten-

sion Office or email xmarion@iastate.edu.

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THANK YOU NOTES Don’t forget to write Thank you notes to anyone that supported you at the fair as well as throughout the 4-H year. Make sure you include your trophy spon-sors if you won a trophy at the fair and also make sure you get one out to those who purchased your livestock at the fair. I encourage you to handwrite all thank you notes and make sure you explain what trophy you received from them or what specific animal they purchased or let them know what they have done for you this year that you have appreciated. A simple handwritten thank you note means a great deal to the people who have supported you!

Intermediate 4-H Campout

It is time to start thinking about the Intermediate 4-H Campout. You must be a

7th or 8th grade student to attend. The date will be

announced soon. This year we will be return-

ing to the 4-H Center in Madrid for the camp!

Iowa State Fair Exhibits

All exhibits except baked items

are due to the Marion County

Extension Office by July 31st.

All Baked items are due to the

Marion County Extension Of-

fice between 5-6, Sunday Au-

gust 6th, and 7:30-8am August

7th.

All exhibits will be ready for

pick-up on August 22nd at

8:00a.m.

Record Keeping

It is time to start the Record Keeping process if you haven't already. Record Keeping/Awards Information packets are available at the Extension Office or on the web at: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/marion/info/recordkeeping.htm. Start it as soon as possible! If you have any questions contact your Club Leader or the Marion County Ex-tension Office. Completion Awards will be the same as last year. Marion County 4-H is going to move to giving an award to “Outstanding 4-Her”. A member will need to attend 6 regular 4-H meetings, participate in a service project (individual or club) and turn in a completed record book to receive the award. Anyone re-ceiving an “Outstanding 4-Her” award will re-ceive an “Outstanding 4-Her” t-shirt. All first year members will continue to receive the first year pin and third year members will still receive a yard sign. This change will not affect project awards.

**All record books will be brought to the Marion County Extension Office by October 1st.

This was the fifth year for the Marion

County 4-H Bucket of Junk Contest and it was

a huge success. We had 8 five gallon buckets of

“junk” donated by Vermeer in Pella and Weiler

in Knoxville. Each bucket was filled with a vari-

ety of scrap metal from these corporations. The

first 8 4-Hers into the Extension Office received

the buckets of “junk.” This years participants

were Patrick Wood, Raegan Decious, Coledon

Vroegh, Dane Gullion, Dalton Lovell, Dillon

Hall, Gavin Millner, and Spencer Ver Ploeg. A

special congratulations to Spencer Ver Ploeg on

being the overall winner. This year we raised

2,605 dollars, which will be used to help fund 4-

H programming. We are looking forward to do-

ing this contest again next year. We will have 8

buckets and it is still a first come first serve ba-

ses. Be looking in your January or February

newsletter if you wish to participate.

Thank You to

Larry Cummings

for auctioning them

off at the

2017

Marion County Fair!

Thank You to

Vermeer &

Weiler

for donating

the “Junk.”

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2017 Marion County Fair Livestock Sale Results

Thank you to the buyers and supporters listed below:

Beef Number sold

21 Total Premium

$11,700

Sheep Number sold

56 Total Premium

$8.840

Swine Number sold

99 Total Premium

$26.620

Goat Number sold

39 Total Premium

$6,775

Auctioneer Larry Cummings

THANK YOU to all who helped make the sale successful!

Sale Committee Leslie Miller, Larry Cummings,

Craig Kaisand, Jason Reed, Ca-sey Gerhardt

Sale Help Leslie Miller, Diana Danner, Iowa State Savings Bank; Sandy Renard, Wells Fargo; Angie Vos, Randall Nelson, Farm Service Agency; Tiffany

Johnston, Knoxville FFA Advisor; Missy Poffenbarger Marion County

Motor Inn of Knoxville

Duane Harken

Steve Renfrow

Harken Livestock

Knoxville Farm and Home

Stubb Propane

Pierscbacher Funeral Home

Linda Miller

Bill Miller

Ervin Van Wyk

Brent and Mary Hanna

Jason Reed

Ver Plog Farms

Tri County Vet Clinic

April and Aaron Hicks

Sutter Farms

Ross Williams

Knoxville Hospital and Clinics

Petersen Family Farms

Midwest Sanitation

Marion County Auto Body

Dave and Angel Vander

Mike and Lindsay Metcalf

Glen and Fern Vander Hart

Haris and Marge Kuiper

Wallace Tire

Pella Feed Service Inc.

Janet Bacon

Ulrich Ford Lincoln

Marion County Farm Bu-

Thunder Creek Eq/LDJ

Pleasantville Chamber

Knoxville and Pella Hyvee

Fareway Stores

Kearney Family

Dan Dennison

John Enfield

Ozinga Feed

Calvin Groenendyk

John Freney

Community 1st Credit Un-

Jim and Kelly Mitchell

Mike DaMon

Midwest One Bank

People’s Bank

Wiechman Pig Co.

Burgett BBQ

Craig Green

Arla Rietveld

State Bank Bussey

Ryan & Renae Schumacher

Marty VanVliet

Pella Fareway

Mark Worthington

Miller Hybrids

Schneider Construction

Russell Livestock Market

ABS Sanitation

Sue Phillips

Smith Fertilizer and Grain

Barn Builders Inc.

Southern Iowa Bin

Marion County Tribune

Jenkins Garden Market and

Frank & Anita Schumacher

Iowa State Savings Bank

Jesse Benge

LeRoy & Darlene Schumacher

Sandy Show Cattle

McGill Family Cattle

SCI Rentals

Mark and Deb Core

Marion County 210 North Iowa St. PO Box 409 Knoxville, IA 50138

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County 4-H & Youth Coordinator.

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