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4-H News & Notes

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ISSUE:

• A New 4-H year Begins

• Calendar dates

• 4-H Leaders Council meet-ing reminder

• Financial Audits Due Nov. 1st

• 4-H Enroll-ment Open House Event

• Pick Up Items from FAIR

• Enrollment Deadline News for Returning Families

• Leader Service Anniversary dates

• Horse News on Page 4

• Market Animal and Livestock News - Page 5

• List of 2019 Top Award Winners

• Back Page: 4-H Enrollment Reminder

• Fee Increase for County 4-H dues

Get Ready for a New 4-H Year

The new 4-H year begins on October 1, 2019. The

4-H Online website may be closed for updates for the

first few days in October, but should allow for new

and returning member enrollment by October 5th.

Invite a friend, neighbor or relative to join Bonner

County 4-H. Remember to update addresses, email

information and phone numbers, when re-enrolling

for the new year. Please also pay 4-H dues early to

allow us to order new materials for the start of the

new year.

IMPORTANT— Enrollment deadline for

returning families to participate in Fair will be

December 31, 2019. New families have until Feb-

ruary 1, 2020 to enroll. However, new members

may join a 4-H Club at any time of the year, without

enrolling in a project—provided that club has space

and is not closed. Please remember the following

deadlines:

December 31, 2019: Deadline to complete en-

rollment & pay 4-H dues for returning fami-

lies.

February 1, 2020: Enrollment and payment

deadline for new families

April 1, 2020: Last day to add a project

June 1, 2020: Last day to drop a project

4-H dues will increase this year and are:

$25 for up to three projects

$27 for up to three projects with Horse and

or Motorbike/ATV

Additional $3 per project, if over three

Enroll at: id.4honline.com

Calendar

September

2nd– Labor Day Holiday, Exten-

sion Office Closed

9th—Fair Board Mtg. 5:30 PM

10th—HLC Mtg. 5:30 PM

16th—MALC Mtg. 6:00 PM

14th-15th—Thank Goodness It’s

The Last Horse Show of the Sea-

son, Bonner County Fair-

grounds

October

1st– Online enrollment for 2019

-2020 4-H program year begins

1st—HLC Mtg. 5:30 PM

14th – Columbus Day Holiday,

Extension Office Closed

9th—Market Animal Livestock

Committee Meeting, 6:30PM,

Extension Office

15th—4-H Leaders Council

Mtg. and Election of Officers

@ 6:30 PM

19th—4-H Enrollment Open

House, 1:30-4:30pm

Nov. 1st—Financial Audits due

to Extension

The October 15th meeting of

the 4-H Leaders Council will

include elections of new Of-

ficers. More participation

with this Council is needed.

Please send one leader from

each Club to the meeting.

THANK YOU!

September &

October 2019

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4-H CLUB/COUNCIL FINANCIAL AUDITS Due Nov. 1st!

It’s that time of year again when the Financial Accountability forms need to be turned in to the Bonner County Extension Office. As is stated in the 4-H Youth Development Policies and Procedures 2018-2020, “Under the federal legislation governing the use of the 4-H name and emblem, IRS reporting requirements for groups oper-ating as tax-exempt nonprofits are required to keep track of all transactions pertaining to financial management practices of their UI Extension sponsored groups (including 4-H clubs and affiliates)”. Because of this legislation and the resulting UI Extension policy, it is extremely important that all 4-H clubs be able to document the source of money raised and how it was distributed.” These Financial Audit forms can be emailed to you by request or can be picked up at the Extension Office.

The annual financial requirements set forth by University of Idaho Extension, 4-H include:

1) All 4-H clubs, councils and committees that handle money, in any capacity, must have an EIN (Employee Iden-tification Number) filed with the IRS.

2) Have club/committee/Council financial records audited by a committee comprised of adult volunteers and youth.

3) Submit their Annual Summary Financial Report and a copy of the last month’s bank statement to the county Extension office by November 1st.

4-H Enrollment Open House Event

October 19th * 1:30—4:30 PM at the Extension Office

This year, we will hold a couple of Open House events at the Extension Office to encourage new fami-

lies to join the 4-H Program. Please invite a friend, neighbor or relative to join Bonner County 4-H

and invite them to attend an Open House Event to learn more about the 4-H Program. The first En-

rollment Open House event is scheduled for Saturday, October 19th, 2019 from 1:30-4:30 PM. Cur-

rent Leaders are welcome to attend and talk about their clubs. 4-H Youth are also invited to partici-

pate and talk about their projects or bring a small animal to share. New families will have access to a

laptop computer and may enroll at the event and also pay dues. The Enrollment Open House

events will continue to replace Family Fun Night, as attendance at Family Fun Night has been

very low in past years and feedback from leaders was that the event was not worth the effort made.

A second Enrollment Open House will be held in January of 2020. Date to be determined.

2019-2020 4-H Enrollment Cost Increase

Every year, our office pays dues to the University of Idaho 4-H Youth Development based on the num-

ber of members enrolled in our county. For years, these participation fees have remained the same

and allowed us to keep our enrollment dues low for all of our members. This year, the state has had to

increase the yearly dues which means we have had to increase our enrollment costs for the new year.

These increases are simply to make sure we can continue to operate on the same budget for meeting

the needs of our members each year.

4-H Dues for the 2018/19 Year: $25 for up to three projects

$27 for up to three projects with Horse and/or Motorbike/ATV

$3 for each additional project

Leader dues will remain $3 for the year (Horse, ATV, Motorbike pay $4)

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Congratulations 4-H Volunteer Leaders

5 Years of 4-H Service

Robin Gray of Hoodoo Hustlers

Tess Hahn of Careywood Eager Beavers

10 years of 4-H Service

Angela Rogers of Panhandle Pride Livestock

15 Years of 4-H Service

Jody Russell of Gold ‘n Grouse

Jennice Swank of Beaver Creek Kritters

Thank you to the following 1st Year 4-H Leaders: Adam Ackerman, Dorothy Ackerman, Jessica Harris

and Debra Lloyd of Hoodoo Hustlers. Jessica Bard of Careywood Eager Beavers. Gretta Benson of Panhandle

Pride Livestock. Jamie Davis and Ingrid Herrick of Whispering Pines. Angela Goins of Grouse Mountain. Victo-

ria Kelling for County-wide Gardening. Kirsten LeBlanc of Beaver Creek Kritters. Anita Palmer of Sagle Saddle

Tramps. Elizabeth Smith of Sagle Mountain Whistlers.

20 Years of 4-H Service

Brenda Haase of Whispering Pines

Cathy Hunsaker of Gold ‘n Grouse

30 Years of 4-H Service!

Tim Cary of West Branch Pack

Market Animal Livestock Committee Meeting Change!!!

The date for the next Market Animal Livestock Committee

meeting has been changed. The new meeting date will be held on

September 16th at 6:00 pm at the Extension Office.

For questions, call our office at 208-263-8511

Please Pick Up Fair Items

After the fair, there are always remaining items that need

to be claimed. These items are brought to the Extension

Office and grouped together by club. If you are missing a

project, record book, ribbon or award, chances are it’s still

in the office. Please be sure to come by and collect your

items. Thanks Everyone.

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CALENDAR:

September

• 10th– Horse Leader’s Council

Meeting 5:30 PM/Extension

• 14th –15th – Last Horse Show

of the Season, Bonner County

Fairgrounds

October

• 1st—Horse Leader’s Council

Meeting, 5:30 PM/Extension

Office

• 15th - 4-H Leaders Council

Mtg. 6:30 PM/Extension

HORSE LEADER & MEMBER NEWS

The Last Horse Show of the Season will be held at the Fairgrounds on

September 14-15th, 2019. This is an open horse show that offers a

variety of classes and something for everyone from youth to adults. If

you are in the 4-H Horse Project and did not show your horse at the

4-H Horse Show, this is your last chance to complete your 4-H Horse

project by entering a Western Showmanship class at the Last Horse

Show. Programs and entry forms are available at the Extension Of-

fice or can be emailed to you by request.

Last Horse Show of the Season

2019 Versatility Award Winners

The following Horse Project members complet-

ed all 5 County Horse events in 2019 and earned

a custom made jacket. Congratulations to:

Congratulations State Horse Contest Teams

Bonner County was well represented at the 2019 State Horse

Contests in Rigby, Idaho and we could not be more proud of

everyone!

Our Senior Horse Bowl team took 1st place and will be heading to

the National Contest in Kentucky this November. Members of the

team include Bethany Badoux, Mattye Johnson, Missy Holbrook

and Madison Gunter.

Our Junior Horse Bowl team took 2nd place with members Carly

Rodriguez, Emily Otis, CayliJo Giard and Rylie Hancock.

Our Junior Hippology Team also took 1st place with members

Carly Rodriguez, Etta Francis, Betti Travers and Rylie Hancock.

Congratulations and wonderful job to all of our Horse Teams!

The October 1, 2019 Horse Leaders Council meeting will include an election of Horse Council Officers.

Please plan to attend if you want to have the chance to vote for Council Officers.

It’s the Last

Horse Show

of the Season

Careywood Eager Beavers is the

winner of the 2019 Ray Davis

Horse Herdsmanship Award.

Lena Cates

Mandy Lake

Colter Cates

Emily Otis

Paige Rief

Clara Travers

Mercedes Etz-

wiler

Bettilyn Travers

Isadora Gilchrist

Rylie Hancock

Wyatt Lake

Paula Favorite

Ari Walker

Maria Etzwiler

Madison Gunter

Missy Holbrook

Carmen Needs

Haylie Pierson

Winston Wade

Carly Rodriguez

Grace Balch

Lincoln Balch

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Thank you to everyone who helped make the Livestock Auction a

success this year. We worked with Mitch Royer as our

Auctioneer again and prices were good. We had several new

buyers this year and also saw a lot of returning buyers. Please

remind your market animal 4-H members to send in their buyer

thank you cards. Checks will not be mailed out to 4-H

members until thank you cards have been received by

the Extension office. Buyer Appreciation Plaques will be sent

out by end of September.

LIVESTOCK LEADER & MEMBER NEWS

SUCCESSFUL MARKET ANIMAL SALE Calendar of Events

September

2nd – Labor Day Holiday, Ex-

tension Office Closed

9th – Fair Board Meeting, 6PM,

Fair Office

16th– Market Animal Live-

stock Committee Meeting

6:00 PM, Extension Office

October

5th – 4-H Online Enrollment

Opens

14th– Columbus Day Holiday,

Extension Office Closed

9th– Market Animal Livestock

Committee Meeting, 6:30PM,

Extension Office/Elections

15th— 4-H Leaders Council Mtg.

and election of Officers 6:30 PM

at the Extension Office

2019 Herdsmanship Club Awards

This year the barns were visited by members of the Bonner Coun-

ty Farm Bureau. They used an evaluation form modeled after a

form used by Oregon State Extension to score each barn according

to three main categories: Health and care of the animals (40

points), cleanliness and maintenance of the barns (40 points), and

on the 4-H members themselves (20 points). The 2019 4-H Club

Awards are listed as follows:

Beef : Gold N Grouse Goats: Hoodoo Hustlers

Swine: Gold N Grouse Rabbit: Yodeling Coyotes

Sheep: Hoodoo Hustlers* Poultry: Careywood Eager Beavers

*An error was noticed with announced club winner. We are sorry for

the confusion and the correct winner is listed above.

The Herdsmanship Award plaques were made out of sheet metal and

then powder coated by students in the Metal Shop class at Sandpoint

High School. The cost of Herdsmanship Plaques were sponsored as

follows:

Beef /Wood’s Meat Processing and Todd & Jody Russell

Swine/Sagle Saddle Tramps 4-H Club

Sheep/Dalton Suffolks

Goat/Bonner 4-H Leaders’ Council

Rabbit/Bonner 4-H Leader’s Council

Poultry/Bonner 4-H Leader’s Council

The 2019 winning clubs will have a smaller plaque made with the year

and the name of the winning club. Big thank you to the Bonner Farm

Bureau and to our award sponsors.

The 4-H Program wants

to extend a huge

to all Barn Superinten-

dents who worked long,

hard & hot hours during

the 2019 Bonner County

Fair.

Reminder: The October 9th

Market Animal Livestock Com-

mittee meeting will include elec-

tions of new Officers. Please

plan to attend. The meeting is at

6:30 PM @ the Extension Office.

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2019 4-H Fair Recognition of TOP AWARDS

Top Beef Showman/Megan Parnell Agility On-leash/Race Barrett Top Gardening/Taylor Maltby

Top Market Steer/Moriah Barnhart Agility Off-leash/Terra Bode Top Archery Project/Nic Peacock

Beef Rate of Gain/Coby Rogers Top Rally Dog/Race Barrett Rifle & Pistol Marksmanship/Andrew Kaul

Top Red Angus/Levi Wood Top Spayed Dog/Owen Howard Top Pistol Project/Andrew Kaul

Top Black Angus/Megan Parnell Top Rabbit Meat Pen/Nic Peacock Top Rifle Project/Henley Bloom

Top Cow-Calf Pair/Nic Peacock Top Rabbit Showman/Kendal McBrayer Archery Recurve/Terra Bode

Top Simmental Project/Larissa Lippert Top Rabbit Quality/CayliJo Giard Archery Compound/Nic Peacock

Superior Beef Award/Taylor Riley Rabbit Sportsmanship/Bret McBrayer Top Photography/Madyson Sutliff

Top Swine Showman/Trevan Adam Top Poultry Project/Shane Gamber Top Scrapbooking/Calie Bailey

Top Market Swine/Dylan Peck Poultry Showman/Boston Bode Top JR Horsemanship/Emily Otis

Top Swine Breeding/Gage Ramsey Top Market Broilers/Hailey Taylor Top INT Horsemanship/Shawn Russell

Swine Rate of Gain/Cody Warwick Top Family Flock/Boston Bode Top SR Horsemanship/Carmen Needs

Top Sheep Showman/Abigail Shockey Top Large Livestock Judge/Taylor Riley Top Horse Showman/Paula Favorite

Top Market Lamb/Colton Swank Top Small Animal Judge/Terra & Boston Top Bareback Equitation/Taylor Sadewic

Sheep Breeding/Abigail Shockey Agriculture Achievement Award/Nic Peacock Jean Offermann Trail/Shawn Russell

Dairy Goat Showman/Cole Ducken Cross Country Skiing/Willow Betz Top Dressage/Taylor Sadewic

Top Meat Goat Showman/Magdelena Top Motorbike/ATV Project/Paige Rief Top Stock Seat/Taylor Ailport

Top Meat Goat/Magdelena Harris Top Motorbike/ATV Contest/Walker Rief Top Hunt Seat/Taylor Sadewic

Top Meat Goat Rate of Gain/Ainslee Nordby Top Survival Project/Trax Nordby Top Hunt Seat Over Jump/Taylor Sadewic

Top Pack Goat/Melissa Holbrook Overall Sewing Project/Codi O’Connell Top Overall Horse Gaming/Colton Swank

Top Trail Ride Buckles/Spurs:

1st Year: Josie Wood

Junior: Emily Otis

Intermediate: Shawn Russell

Senior: Hailey Pierson

Top Dairy Goat/Mayle Ducken Top Overall Model/Kaden Hance

Best Udder Dairy Goat/Mayle Ducken Top Cooking Project/Larissa Lippert

Top Cake Decorating/Brandon Beck

Top Cat Showman/Liam Davis Heritage Handwork/Emma Warner

Top Dog Showman/Jaycee Forrell Top Leathercraft/Henley Bloom

Dogs For Family Living/Fletcher Barrett Top Forestry/Emma Warner THANK YOU AWARD SPONSORS!

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2019 Fair Highlight Photos

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Don’t Forget—Returning 4-H Families must re-enroll every year and pay 4-H dues for the new

year. The new 4-H Year begins on October 1, 2019. Returning Families must be en-

rolled with dues paid by December 31, 2019 in order to participate in Fair.