Dear 4-H members, parents, and advisors / volunteers, Thank you to everyone that attended one of our recent Required Advisor / Volunteer Training events. We really enjoyed getting to see you and hope that you gained some useful information to help you be successful as a 4-H advisor and volunteer this year. Don’t forget 4-H enrollments, forms, and activity fee payments are due to the Extension Office by April 1

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4:30 p.m. and thanks for all you do to make the best better. Best wishes,

Douglas S. Foxx Extension Educator, 4-H Youth Development

4-H Calendar

March 2016 03 Jr Camp Counselor Training 06-12 Ohio 4-H Week 07 Jr Leaders meeting 12 Ohio 4-H Conference 14 Cloverbud Counselor Training 14 Food & Fashion Board 15 4-H Activity Fee Scholarship Applications Due 17 Junior Camp Counselor Training 18-20 Ohio Beef Expo 19 Ohio 4-H Youth Poultry Clinic 21 Senior Fair Board 28 CARTEENS 29 Jr Camp & Cloverbud Counselor Training 30-Apr 3 Buckeye Leadership Workshop April 2016 01 4-H Enrollment & Activity Fee Deadline 01 New Advisor / Volunteer Applications Due 04 Jr Leaders Meeting 05 Club Officers Training 11 4-H Advisory Committee 12 Jr Fair Board 14 Jr Camp & Cloverbud Counselor Training 16 Beef Clinic 18 Building 10 Committee 18 Senior Fair Board 19 New Volunteer Training 19 Food & Fashion Board 20 Clothing Project Pattern Selections Night 22-23 Camp Counselor Training at Camp Ohio 25 CARTEENS 26 New Volunteer Training 26 Jr Camp Counselor Training 28 Clothing Project Pattern Selections Night

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Awareness teams are out spreading the word about 4-H. As of 3/1/16 They have visited 14 elementary and 2 middle schools; ~1700 Wayne County Youth.

Cloverbud Resources Available The State 4-H Office publishes a quarterly newsletter called Cloverbud Connections that is full of resources, ideas, and activities that 4-H advisors can do with cloverbud members in grades K-2. Cloverbud Connections is now available on-line at http://go.osu.edu/CloverbudConnections.

Check Out the Ohio 4-H Project Central Website Have you or any of the youth in your club ever wanted to preview a project book before deciding if it would be a good project to take. Well now you can do just that! The 4-H Project Central website just launched. Anyone can preview the 4-H project books offered by Ohio 4-H. You can also rate projects you’ve taken in the past to let other youth and advisors know how well you liked the project and to provide feedback to Ohio State University Extension professionals who will consider your feedback in future revisions and updates to project books. Project Central allows users to browse projects by skill level, topic area, and to search by keyword. To access Ohio 4-H Project Central simply scan the QR code to the left of this story or enter the following URL: projectcentral.ohio4h.org. Project Central also allows you to share your project ratings and comments with your friends on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest!

4-H Enrollment and Activity Fee Deadline Enrollment forms must be signed by the youth, a parent/guardian, and a club advisor. Enrollment forms and activity fee pay-ments must be turned in to the Wayne County Extension Office no later than April 1, 2016 at 4:30 pm. Youth enrolled after this date will not be eligible for exhibition at the 2016 Wayne County Junior Fair!

Project Guidelines and Updates Remember, project updates and guidelines are included in the member project books, in the organizational advisor’s club

packet, and on our website: http://wayne.osu.edu/projectinfo.

New this year — ALL FCS and still project guidelines will only be available online.

For All Potential New 4-H Advisors / Volunteers All new 4-H advisors / volunteers will need to complete the volunteer screening process. A potential 2016 volunteer is defined as “new” if he or she was not enrolled as an advisor / volunteer in the 4-H program for 2015. A checklist for completing this process is listed below:

Receive or pick up a position description / application packet from the Extension Office

Complete the new volunteer application and return it to the Extension Office

Submit two reference forms from non-family members to the Extension Office

Successfully pass the criminal history fingerprint background check

Complete a new volunteer training session and interview with 4-H Educator Doug Foxx. These are scheduled for

April 19th

, April 26st

, and May 9th

- all at 7:00 p.m. at the Extension Office.

Agree to and sign the Volunteer Standards of Behavior form.

Receive a letter from 4-H Educator Doug Foxx indicating that they are approved to serve as an Ohio State University

Extension 4-H volunteer. Due to the need to complete the process (which takes approximately 6 weeks) before a volunteer begins working with the 4-H program, new volunteers will only be accepted from November 1st through April 1st each year. If you have or are recruiting new volunteers for your club, please have them come to the Extension Office to pick up a packet which contains all of this information. A packet must be picked up by April 1st by any potential new volunteer. Please note: New volunteers are welcome to attend the February Advisor Trainings, but must still attend one of the new volunteer trainings in April or May.

Calling all 4-H Teens: Join Junior Leaders Today

County-wide Junior Leadership club meetings are held the first Monday of each month January to May, and October through December (no meetings during the summer). All meetings begin at 7:00 pm, most in the County Administration Building, although some locations are different, depending on the program. Forty-five minutes to an hour is spent on learning a leadership skill that can be taken back to the 4-H club and taught to other members. Members also have a short business meeting, refreshments, hear from guest speakers, and learn leadership games and other team-building activities. Average attendance is 30. Please make sure your JL’s (aged 13 and over) are signed up to receive the JL meeting notices and email update.

Our March Junior Leaders Meeting will take place Monday March 7

th at Cleveland Road Animal Hospital in Wooster.

We will be learning more about careers in veterinary medicine, having a short business meeting, and having lots of fun with our recreation activities.

Celebrate 4-H Week March 6-12, 2016

March 6-12 has been designated as Ohio and Wayne County 4-H Week. 4-H Junior Leaders will be visiting local schools to recruit new members and doing radio spots.

I hope your club will take leadership in your community to promote 4-H. Please have your members make posters for local store windows, invite a new person to club meetings or talk to a community service

Interested in Dairy Quiz Bowl or Dairy Judging Team? Dairy Quiz Bowl practices are starting. If you would like more information, contact Dairy Committee mem-ber Lisa Gress at 330-567-3417. If you are interested in being a coach and organizing a Dairy Judging Team please contact 4-H Educator Doug Foxx at the extension office.

Kelleys Island 4-H Teen Retreat Registration Now Open

Attention 4-H Teens – looking for a fun way to kick off the summer? Join us at the 2016 Kelleys Island 4-H Teen Retreat. This one night two day retreat is generously sponsored by the Ohio 4-H Foundation and will offer several great leadership and personal development sessions as well as opportunities for fun activities such as island exploration, swimming and beach activities, line dancing, a fancy dinner, and so

much more! Download the registration form and more information at go.osu.edu/kitr16. Registrations are due May 16, 2016.

Dairy Palooza Bus Trip Registration Deadline is April 1st The Wayne County 4-H and FFA Dairy Committee invites all Dairy youth to participate in the Dairy Palooza Bus Trip to the Ohio 4-H Dairy Palooza East event on Saturday April 30

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The bus trip will allow Wayne County youth to travel together from Wooster to the Trumbull County Fairgrounds where Dairy Palooza 2016 is being held and will include their Dairy Palooza registration, meals, and snacks. More details including registration forms, health forms, and other important information is available on-line at: http://go.osu.edu/2016dairybustrip. Be sure to download the registration forms and turn them into the Extension Office by April 1

st.

New Volunteer Orientation / Interviews and Required Advisor Training

Nearly 300 4-H Advisors / Volunteers completed Recognizing the Signs and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect sessions our office offered in January and February! To assist those who were unable to attend we are offering three more opportunities to complete this state-required training.

Anyone who did not attend one of the January and February required trainings, should attend Part 1 of the New Volunteer Orientation which will cover the training on Recognizing and Reporting the Signs of Child Abuse and Neglect. Part 1 will be offered from 6-7 pm on the evenings of April 19

th, April 26

th, and May 9

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Wayne County Extension Office. Please call the Extension Office to pre-register. All individuals that are

in the process of completing the 2016 New Advisor / Volunteer application process should plan to attend Part 2 of the New Volunteer Orientation / Interviews which will be held from 7-8:30 pm on the evenings of April 19

th, April 26

th, and May 9

th. Again, please call the Extension Office to pre-register.

Square and Line Dancing

Saturday, March 19, 2016 8:00 PM –11:00 PM

Location: Smithville United Methodist Church 243 N. Milton St., Smithville (1 block north of the square)

Stocksdale Band playing with Jim Silver calling No experience necessary; free lessons at 7:30 Public is invited; all ages welcome FREE—No admission charged More information: waynecountyruralyouth.org or call 330-669-2786 Sponsored by Wayne County Rural Youth

16th Annual Wooster Spring Spectacular Steer and Heifer Show

Hosted by Wrangler Kids 4-H Club Sunday, April 10th, 2016

Wayne County Fairgrounds, Wooster, OH

Check in: 8:00 a.m. till 10:00 a.m. Show starts at 12:00 Noon Heifers will show first, immediately followed by Steers Wayne County members are encouraged to show! There is also a County Bred/Born/Raised Steer Class held after the open show. For more information contact Don Castella at (330-317-5668).

Skillathon Study Materials Available! Ready to start preparing for Skill-a-thon? There are study guides available to borrow from the Extension Office, as well as, new resources on the web at: http://wayne.osu.edu/skillathon-study-materials.

2016 Junior Fair Rule Changes

Beef:

If an exhibitor has a steer/heifer that dies and they receive a payout of the dead steer/heifer fund, that member is in-eligible to show any other beef project within that same class in Section 510.

All steers/heifers will have a DNA sample taken at tag in. The samples will be overseen by and kept at the Extension Office. These sample will not be used unless a protest is filed. A protest must adhere to all proceedings as outlined in general rule 27. Once the protest is made, a current DNA sample will be taken and submitted along with the sample taken at tag-in to a DNA testing facility at the choice of the Liaison Committee or Sr. Fair board.

Market and Dairy Beef will no longer have divisions that go for Grand and Reserve. They will have an overall top 10 for beef steers and a top 5 for Dairy steers.

Dairy: Modified Jr. Fair rule number 1 to state that all Dairy classes shall be placed 1 through 10. Ayrshire &

Guernseys were previously only placed 1 through 5.

Check-in time will now be Friday 5:00 – 10:00 pm. Previously check-in went until 11 pm, this makes it consistent with open class check-in time.

Dog: Added “general unsoundness” to Jr. Fair Dog Show rules 3 and 11 as a reason for which dogs can be

dismissed from the show and fairgrounds.

Added “boots” to the list of inappropriate clothing for the show ring.

Permission to Participate form will be due August 1st with all other Dog forms. However, if a youth chooses to participate in any of the summer clinics, the form will be due at the beginning of the clinic before they’re allowed to participate.

Horse: Opening Ceremony is scheduled to start at 1 pm instead of 2 pm on Saturday September 10th

Added a new rule that says “no person shall alter, in any way change, or attempt to hide the natural markings of a horse by surgery, dye, or in any other manner. The horse entered, stalled and shown at the Wayne County Fair must match, identically in appearance, the horse pictured and described on the horse ID paperwork turned into the Extension Office June 1st of that year. The use of hoof dressing, including dressings that change the color of the feet, is optional and not considered in judging.”

Removed rule 27 that required a veterinarian or doctor’s excuse for those who scratch more than 3 classes.

Added a new rule that says “Any horse left unattended, stall door must be closed.”

Replaced Hunter Hack and Western Horsemanship events in the Versatility Class with English Equitation and Reining events.

Changed eligibility for championship classes from top 3 of each class vying for that particular championship to top 2 and judges discretion to add additional.

Moved Breakaway Dummy Roping classes back to Monday and Tuesday from Saturday.

Committee will again hold 2 informational meetings for all Horse Youth, Parents, and Advisors. One will be May 16th to go over reminders and help people prepare for Summer Fun Shows and paperwork due June 1st. The second meeting will be August 29th to go over reminders and preparations for Fair.

Horse Special Requests will be Due May 2nd this year.

Goat: Modified Jr. Fair rule number 9 to add an upper weight limit of 120 pounds on market goats eligible to

show and sell. To be eligible for Jr. Fair show and sale, Meat Goats must weigh between 50 and 120 pounds.

Market Goats will now be sold by the head instead of pound.

Clarified that section 558 Mother & Daughter classes includes all breeds except Pygmy. Also clarified that in the Mother & Daughter class 19 – both animals must be shown in another class (excluding showmanship) by the same exhibitor.

Clarified that in Pack classes – the goat must complete the course within 5 minutes – not just start the course within 5 minutes.

Does can now be exhibited, showed, and sold as a market goat.

Poultry: ODA has lifted the ban on poultry exhibitions so we are planning to be back to normal for poultry

shows and sale. However, ODA has advised that if an outbreak of Avian Influenza occurs there is a possibility the ban would be reinstated. All youth that choose to take a poultry project are advised to also take another livestock project.

NEW for 2016: ABSOLUTELY NO decorations or tack are to be torn down or removed from the barn before 9:30 p.m. Thursday.

Chickens in the meat pen should be of the same sex and as close as possible to identical weight, but not under 3 pounds or over 8 pounds per bird.

Rabbits: ABSOLUTELY NO decorations or tack are to be torn down or removed from the barn before 9:30 p.m.

Thursday

All Rabbits, excluding market, must have an identification tattoo in their left ear before the time of check in at the fair. All market rabbits will receive a tattoo at check in at the fair. The committee will provide tattooing at the clinics. If you are unable to be at a clinic, the Extension office will give you contacts to get your rabbits tattooed

Five or more entries are required to have a rabbit breeding section. If there are not five entries after combining junior and senior, rabbit will be shown in the fancy or commercial other classes

Meat rabbits under 3.5 lbs. will be sent home. Rabbits over 5.5 pounds may show, but are not eligible for Champion or Reserve Champion.

Sheep: Both Monday and Tuesday Sheep Shows will start no earlier than 3pm and immediately following the

Swine Shows.

Registration papers on purebred breeding sheep must be available during the fair. (Change being the committee will not check unless there are questions!)

Swine: Monday & Tuesday Swine Shows will start at 8am in the morning! The Sheep show will follow the

swine show both days!

ABSOLUTELY NO decorations or tack are to be torn down or removed from the barn before 6:00 p.m. Thursday. If tack or decorations are removed before the 6:00 p.m. Thursday release-time the entire club/chapter will lose their premiums for their swine projects.

Stoller Fundraising is a family owned company that is located in Wayne County. Stoller offers a full line of frozen products: Butter Braid Pastries (Stoller exclusive), Dutch Delights, Baker Jo’s Cookie Dough, Auntie Anne’s Pretzel products and Zap A Snack Pizzas. We have a variety of brochures so groups can decide which products they want to sell. Your group will earn 40% profit on each item sold and we also offer several incentive programs for our groups to choose. If you are looking for a fundraising opportunity for your 4-H Club, please contact Nancy Bauman at (330) 465-4724.

Looking for a new fundraiser this year? Consider selling Pearl Valley Cheese, made right here in Ohio. They have a great fundraising program that is easy to use. Call Sally at 740-545-6002 for a free packet of fundraiser information and cheese samples! Check out the website for more information: http://pearlvalleycheese.com/pages/fundraisers

Fundraising Opportunities

State 4-H Activities

2016 Ohio 4-H Cloverbot Challenge

What did you have for lunch today? Do you know where food came from? Did your fruits and vegetables travel thousands of miles by truck to end up in your kitchen or did it come from a stand in your neighborhood? Today, food comes from the grocery, a local farmers’ market or even your own backyard. Food gives our bodies the energy we need to survive and it’s important for everyone to have access to safe, affordable food.

Cloverbuds will focus on food production, food safety, and/or food security. Consider the ways in which food comes to us: the food supply, farming, distribution and consumption. How is food kept safe for consumption? How do we ensure access to food? The challenge is to examine one or more of these questions and create a solution. For example: The Bouncing Brutus 4-H Club realizes the nearest grocery store is 30 minutes away. The 4-Hers find an empty lot and work together to create a community garden, where people can grow, trade and sell their harvest.

For more information: http://www.ohio4h.org/events/4-h-cloverbot-challenge

2016 Bi-State Youth Poultry Clinic When: April 2, 2016 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Where: Fisher Auditorium OSU/OARDC 1680 Madison Ave. Wooster OH 44691 Cost: $18.00 per person (youth and adults) and includes lunch Deadline: Registration and payment postmarked by Monday, March 21, 2016. Space is limited! Contact: Jarrod Snell, snell.41@osu.edu Topics: Avian Anatomy Showmanship Poultry Health Quality Assurance Breed Selection Skillathon How to Make an Egg Q & A Café Registration Form: http://go.osu.edu/16PC