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Steph Erpelding
Well, the same words speak true for this month as they did last month. We are adapting very well to change because we have to but it has been hard to put out a newsletter because of that ever changing world! No Extension/4-H events or face to face events can happen until May 31st accord-ing to Iowa State University’s policy. All 4-H meetings should be moved to virtual. Livestock ID’s are still due June 1st in 4hOnline! This has been a good time to get your YQCA completed for many! Don’t put it off, let’s get it done! You can always contact me at the Sac County Extension and Outreach Office at 712/662-7131 or my cell 712/790-3350 or email [email protected].
From the Desk of Steph Erpelding
STEPH ERPELDING
SAC COUNTY EXTENSION AND OUTREACH
County Youth Coordinator
712-662-7131
CLOVER CONNECTION
SAC COUNTY EXTENSION AND OUTREACH
JUNE
1—Livestock ID’s due in 4hOnline/FFA due to the office on paper 1—ISF Market Broiler deadline 7—County Council Mtg 7pm 14—Jacksons Mtg 5pm 14—OA Richland Robins Mtg 4pm 14—Early Achievers Mtg 4pm 14—Sac Green Team Mtg 5pm 15—4-H’ers for 4-H Due 15—Quilt Blocks Due to Office 18—Spa Day Camp 20—Schaller Shamrocks Achieve-ment Day 21—Sac County Horseshoes Mtg 22—Innovative Pioneers Mtg 23—Minecraft Day Camp 28—Early Achievers Achievement Day 28—WLB/VV Mtg 6pm 29—Spa Day Camp
MAY
25—Office Closed for Holiday 31—Bucket of Junk Form Due
JULY
1—ISF Entries Due 6—Sac County Fair Entries Due 7—Clover Cookie Day Camp 10—Grossology Day Camp 12—OA Richland Robins Mtg 3pm 13—Take Science to the eXtreme Day Camp 14—Clover Kid Dino Day Camp 15—Communications Judging Day 19—Sac County Horseshoes Mtg 21—Beef Pen of 3 Judging 22—Fair Clean Up Day 27—Static Judging 28—August 1—Sac County Fair 29—Animals Arrive on Fairgrounds
Congrats to our 11 Sac County 4-H’ers that graduated from high school! You all sure made us proud and can’t wait to see where life takes you!
Connor Pickhinke, Chase Hurd, Cole Kleespies, Collin Hoffard, Justin Weber, Alex Movall, Dawson Blum, Kenzee Wunschel, Morgan Schulz, Josh Wernimont and Connor Tegels!
4-H IS HANDS-ON LEARNING
4-H Endowment
COUNTY 4-H NEWS
There are 3-$250 club grants available from the 4-H Endowment. For the 2019-20 4-H year the Endowment will be paying $10 per member towards their program development fee. Please remember that the Endowment has started to give out $250 scholarships to those 4-H seniors that graduate high school. The 4-H member must have completed three years of record books to be eligible for the scholarship! Scholarship applications were emailed to the senior members! Congrats to Chase Hurd for receiving the 4-H Endowment Scholarship!
Feeding Iowa Assistance Needed Iowa has seen a 65% increase in demand at food banks, food pantries and congregate meal sites. One third of their volunteers are over age 55. Since they are at higher risk from COVID-19, there are fewer volunteers available to help. If you can volunteer, visit COVID-19 Food Distribution Opportunities and search by zip code. Please review guidelines for volunteering.
ISU College of Engineering Offers Resources
Iowa 4-H Camera Corps
Submissions for April’s theme “Home” are due by Sunday, May 31 via the online form. Iowa 4-H youth can join Iowa 4-H Camera Corps at any time and participate in the monthly photo submission contests. Please share the following link with youth interested in joining the Iowa 4-H Camera Corps: https://form.jotform.com/92485606720965
Engineering Community Outreach is offering activities designed for families, with a daily theme for a hands-on activity at home. New activities will be offered daily, with a LEGO challenge, where students can be recog-nized each Wednesday. Subscribe to Fun from Home Updates. Questions? Contact Camille Schroeder.
Virtual Design Dimensions Camp June 21-26, 2020 Iowa 4-H in collaboration with the ISU College of Design, will offer its immersive design educational experi-ence through the virtual 2020 Design Dimensions Camp. Students entering grades 9-12 and 2020 high school graduates can explore college majors and career opportunities in architecture, studio/fine arts, community and regional planning, graphic design, interior design, and landscape architecture. Event and registration infor-mation is posted on the College's website. Questions? Contact Clark Colby, Communication and Design Spe-cialist.
Mindful Teen Registration Open for Grades 7-12 The new 4-H Mindful Teen: From Surviving to Thriving in a Busy World program will be offered for youth in grades 7-12 starting the week of June 1. This workshop series will be one hour, once a week for 6 weeks for 75 youth. They will receive The Mindful Teen book and journal. Deadline to register is May 24. Questions? Contact Tiffany Berkenes, Youth Program Specialist.
4-H IS HANDS-ON LEARNING
4-H ONLINE NEWS
CWF Presidential Inauguration 2021 Iowa 4-H is excited to announce a special session of Citizenship Washington Focus held during the Presiden-tial Inauguration January 17-21, 2021. Iowa youth, ages 14-19, are encouraged to participate. For more infor-mation, visit the National 4-H Presidential Inauguration webpage. The January Citizenship Washington Focus Presidential Inauguration will be the only state-coordinated Citizenship Washington Focus trip in 2021. If you are interested in attending or have additional questions, contact Cayla Taylor (515-294-1877), 4-H Education-al Opportunities Program Manager, before June 1, 2020. Available spots for this trip are limited so act quick-ly! Cost: Lodging approx. $1,000/person. Bus Transportation TBD based on delegation size.
4-H Club Highlight Opportunity Available
We are looking to feature different 4-H clubs across Iowa on our Iowa 4-H social media platforms. We want to see the great things clubs have done and hear what makes each one unique. Promote this opportunity with your club leaders and have them complete this simple JotForm. It includes an option to upload 1-4 photos of the club in action.
4HOnline Animal ID Family Help Sheet has been updated for 2020 with the recent changes. The 2020 State Fair Market Broiler Entry is June 1. The entry is now in FairEntry. Help sheets are on the 4-H Poultry page and the 4-H Livestock State Fair webpage. The 2020 State Fair 4-H Premium Book is now posted under "Premium Book and Exhibitor Info" section.
Livestock Updates Now Posted
The time has come to start thinking about county nominees for the 2020 Hall of Fame. It’s a great way to rec-ognize volunteers and staff who have exhibited outstanding service to the 4-H program. The deadline for names, accompanying biographies, contact information, and photos is Sunday, May 31. Please dis-cuss this in your 4-H club and let Steph know of ideas you may have for nominations!
2020 Hall of Fame
There are so many learning opportunities for our youth and families! Check them out here! https://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/4h-at-home-learning-resources
4-H INFORMATION
All sheep and goats to be shown at the 2020 Sac County Fair will need to be tagged. As of right now there will NOT be a sheep and goat weigh-in. There is a possibility that we might have to complete retinal imaging for State Fair goats and sheep but waiting to hear back from the State 4-H Office. Please pick up your tags at the Sac County Extension Office, please notify Steph the number of ear tags and the date for pick-up.
Sheep/Goat
Livestock ID Deadline – the deadline to ID livestock has been bumped back to June 1st
this year. This applies to ALL livestock that are usually identified by May 15 including: Breeding Beef, Dairy Cattle, Dairy Goat, Dog, Horse, Meat Goat, Poultry, Sheep and Swine. Rabbits will remain at the July 1 deadline. Please do not wait until last minute to complete this task! Ear Tags & Taggers – if you need to get ear tags please let me know how many and what type of ear tag and we will set up a time to come to the Sac County Extension Office to pick them up. Our office is locked to the public so it is im-portant to set up a pick-up time! Swine – We will be using a new USDA tag this year for all swine . We WILL have to have ear notches this year (disregard previously stated information that we wouldn’t). For state fair swine we will be using a NEW DNA punch col-lector. The same process as in the past, pick up ear tags, tagger and State Fair punch collectors and envelope for State Fair. Return the envelope on or before June 1
st. I only have one State Fair punch collector so it will be important that the
punch collector gets used and returned within the same day or the next day. I also have an ear notcher and a guide if needed. There is no weigh-in so all supplies will need to be picked up from the Extension Office. State Fair DNA punch collectors are still $8/tag. Breeding Beef & Bottle Calves – don’t forget you also need to pick up ear tags and ID them in 4hOnline. Breeding Beef – ALL breeding beef will need to have a tattoo just like last year! We have a tattooer, ink and numbers. Please let me know when you would like it as we will set up a time to come to the Sac County Extension Office to pick it up and I only have one so it will need to be returned the same day or the following day! All other animals are the same and need to be ID’d in 4hOnline by June 1
st! I have attached the helpsheet for Identifying
Livestock in 4hOnline! FFA Members – you will still need to complete a paper ID form by June 1
st and return to the Sac County Extension Of-
fice! Sac County Fair entries will still be due July 6
th!
ID Information
Again this year - we are asking 4-H exhibitors to identify their animals in 4HOnline. Remember that only animals identified can be shown at fair. Animals that need to be entered in 4HOnline include swine, cow/calf pairs, breeding beef (unless you already identified animal at Jan. weigh-in), sheep, horse, dairy cattle, bottle lambs, bucket/bottle calves, poultry, rabbits, pets, meat goats (breeding only), or dogs. What to do to enter animals in 4HOnline: 1. Go to https://iowa.4honline.com and login like you did when you enrolled in 4-H. 2. Once you are in the program, find your name and click "Edit". That will take you to your Personal Information Screen. On that screen near the top of the page you will see a tab titled “Animals/Livestock”. Click on the tab. 3. There you will see a drop down box and any previously entered animals listed. Select the animal type you want to en-ter and click the “Add Animal” button. 4. Enter the information requested and click the “Save” button. All animal IDs must be submitted no later than June 1st at 11:59 PM. At midnight the program will shut down and the only animals you will be able to add after that are rabbits and poultry. Rabbits and poultry can be added until 11:59 PM on July 1st. Make sure that any animal that you plan to exhibit (with the exception of rabbits and poultry) is on the list before you close out!
For Iowa State Fair market swine: You will need to come to the office and get your ear tags ($8 each) first and then complete the entry online. State Fair is now requiring ear notches along with the DNA punch tag.
Horse Exhibitors: You will need to upload 4 photos (front view, rear view, left side view, and right side view) to com-plete your entry. If you have problems with this, please contact the Extension Office.
For Dairy Exhibitors: — Must have 2 of 3 identifiers—tattoo/ear tag # or registration # or photos (2 total left and right side)
4-H INFORMATION
The State Council invites 4-H’ers from across the state to “Count Your Clovers” and help provide support for 4-H members across the state. Funds raised from this campaign provide financial aid support for young people, helps to keeps costs low for the State 4-H Conference and supports the State Council’s efforts. Clubs should complete the Count your Clovers pledge form and return the bottom portion to the Sac County Extension Of-fice by Monday, June 15th. Learn more about the 4-H’ers for 4-H Campaign on the Iowa 4-H Foundation webpage.
4-H’ers for 4-H Campaign
Two new opportunities are available for teams signed up for the Crop Scouting Competition. Teams registered by July 1 receive a package of study materials for each member. Any interested youth in grades 7-12 can join "Office Hours with an Agronomist" on Mondays at 3 p.m. starting June 15. For more information visit the Crop Scouting website.
Crop Scouting Opportunities
Below are steps to help you get your YQCA training or testing for those that are showing livestock at the fair—beef, sheep, swine, poultry, rabbit and goats. * Youth Age January 1st of the Current Year 8-11 year olds—must complete training (Junior) 12-14 year olds—must complete training this year—test out option available (Intermediate) 15-18 year olds—must complete training this year—test out option available (Senior) 19-21 year olds—must complete training this year—test out option available (Young Adult) ***Contact Steph to get your coupon code before taking the training. If you are testing out you will need to have 3 coupon codes so let me know if you are testing or training.
•Go to https://yqca.learngrow.io — if you have an account in 4-H Online select to sign in with 4Honline. You will be prompted to select a state, then enter your login information for your 4-H online account. After suc-cessfully logging in, you will be given a list of Active family members. Select a family member and start the account creation process. Do not sign in on the FFA sign in side. FFA members will need to contact Steph Erpelding.
•Go ahead and fill in the information for the person whose name will appear on the certificate when you are on the create account. A parent or guardian must create the account for a member that is 12 or younger. Email entered for a member that is 12 or younger, must be that of a parent or guardian.
•Check to make sure in the upper right corner of the screen under my account that you are in the correct ac-count.
•Select the Web-Based Training for the age group (as of January 1, 2020) that you need. Select purchase the course.
•NOTE — if you are 13 years old as of January 1, 2020 you CANNOT test out you must take the train-ing, only those that are 12, 15 and 19 as of January 1, 2020 have the test out option.
•Each web-based training will cost $12
•Enter the coupon code in the gift card section and select Apply
•Select Purchase Course and then select Go to Course
•You must pass 3 quizzes to pass the certification
•Select a knowledge builder and skills to gain knowledge and test your skill.—Your status will show throughout to track your progress.
•Return to course menu screen to print certification after all quizzes have been passed.
•You can download as a PDF to save locally and this is also the time to email the certificate to Steph Erpeld-ing via screen shot to 712/790-3350 or email [email protected].
YQCA Information
4-H IS HANDS-ON LEARNING
4-H INFORMATION
Bucket of Junk
4-H IS HANDS-ON LEARNING
We are again having the Bucket of Junk in our list of static projects! Below are the rules and a place for you to sign and send in to sign up for the project! This is not a “special” project so it will be allowed to go on to the State Fair if chosen. If you have any questions feel free to contact Steph at the Extension Office or email [email protected].
Bucket of Junk Contest Rules 1. Registration for the Bucket of Junk Project will run from April 15– May 31, 2020
2. Registered participants will be notified of the Bucket of Junk pick-up date and location.
3. There will be a limit of 1 bucket per 4-H family.
4. Each participant will receive 5 steel pieces that are uniform among all participants.
5. 75% of the items in the bucket of junk must be used to make the sculpture. No extra
pieces may be added to the sculpture.
6. All items of junk may be cleaned, sanded, welded, cut, bolted, fastened, bent, shaped,
or finished in any manner the sculptor desires.
7. The sculpture may be welded by a parent. If a parent welds the sculpture the project
will be judged as a Visual Arts project (Class 10304).
8. If the 4-H’er welds the sculpture the project may be judged as Science, Engineering
and Technology (Welding - Class 10601) and Visual Arts (Class 10304).
9. If you choose to enter the sculpture as a project, don’t forget to fill out a goal card.
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, Sac County Extension and the providers
of the junk are not responsible for any accidents. I, ________________________, assume all responsibility for the Bucket of Junk project
when ISU Extension and Outreach, Sac County releases the Bucket of Junk to my possession.
___________________________________ _______________________ Signature (must be over 18) Date ______________________________________________________________________ Address __________________________________ ______________________________ Email Phone #
4-H INFORMATION
4-H IS HANDS-ON LEARNING
CLOVER CONNECTION
SAC COUNTY EXTENSION AND OUTREACH
WWW.EXTENSION.IASTATE.EDU/4H/SAC
SAC COUNTY EXTENSION
620 Park Ave
Sac City, IA 50583
