Harney County 4-H Newsletter
August 2009
4-H Record Books
4-H Record Books were due
Tuesday, August 4th.
177 4-H Record Books were
read and scored. Ribbons will
be displayed at the Harney
County Fair.
“No 4-H Exhibit of any kind will be
accepted without a completed
4-H Record Book turned into the 4-H
office by the August deadline.” Rule
#3, page 45 Harney County Fair
Premium Book.
Thanks to all the 4-H members
who completed their books and
turned them in by the deadline.
Record Book Judging!
Thanks to each Club who sent adults
and the older youth who read all of the
177 4-H Record Books. 4-H Record
Books continue to improve in quality.
Gold Medal Applications
Completed Gold Medal
Applications were due with
your 4-H Record Books.
They will be accepted
until the first day of school.
Letters of Recommendation
are due the first day of school or during
Fair. Interviews will be Sunday, Sept.
27th. Intermediate & Senior 4-H
Members with “Blue Ribbon” Record
Books are eligible.
OSU Summer Conference
27 youth and 5 adults
attended OSU 4-H Summer
Conference in June. 4-H
members took classes on
everything from bread &
jam to vet science. The
Oregon Coast class was a big hit. 4-H
Summer Conference is for 7th through
12 graders. The tour bus ride over and
back was enjoyed by all. Ask any of the
following for their recommendation.
Alex Sell
Anna Reid
Brandi Carlon
Chrissy Moon
Courtney Carlon
Heather Ketscher
Julee Withee
Kathleen Dickenson
Keily Banton
Kylee Fisher
Maria Obradovich Megan Kawagoye
Rebecca Gibbon
Sarah Kling
Shasta Kling
Steffany Yarbor
Victoria Cross
Beau Blackburn
Jacob Steinbeck
Mark Ruggles
Nick Withee
Tanner Titus
Tony Mims
Ty Higgins
Victor Kegley
Zach Bailey
Zachary Moore
Chaperones:
LaNaya Gibbon
Angie Ketscher
Tony Withee
Jim & Shana Withee
Japanese Exchange
Justin & Gage Cook, Hailey
Sanders, Alyssa Stionnett,
Sam Williams, Tyler Thomas,
Keily Banton, Austin Feist,
Mike & Lani Ribeiro family
hosted Japanese students this month.
Everyone had a good time.
Stall Requests
Please turn in stall request NOW. List
4-H members name and number of
stalls needed. Note all animals that
should be stalled together.
Market Steer Paper Work
Change of Ownership Brand Inspection
Form and transportation slips must be
turned into the Clerk at the time the
animal is weighed. (i.e., when the
animal walks across the scale.) The
Brand Inspector will be at the scales
form
COOL FORMS
Country of Origin Forms need to be
completed and turned into the Extension
Office now.
Stall FEES
A fee per animal will be assessed for
each 4-H member and FFA member
exhibiting an animal at the 2009 Harney
County Fair. This fee will cover the cost
of bedding during fair. Fees are DUE
AUGUST 1st with 4-H Record Books.
Fees must be paid before Fair.
•
$2 Buyer BBQ fee per Market
Animal
PLUS a BEDDING FEE OF:
•
$16 fee per BEEF Project
•
$8 fee per SWINE project
•
$5 fee per SHEEP project
•
$5 fee per GOAT project
Fair Theme:
“Country Fun for
Everyone”
County Wide Insurance
Has your club
paid their $1
per person Club
Insurance fee?
Every
registered 4-H
member and leader is covered under
Harney County’s 4-H policy. This is the
accident insurance policy through
American Income Life Insurance.
Fair Decorations
Please decorate the barn areas and your
stalls using the fair theme of
“Country Fun for Everyone”
Fair Buildings Decoration
Award
Pizza Party (sponsored by Jim Withee)
for the best decorations
using the Fair theme.
All livestock clubs
are encouraged
to participate.
Fair Premium Books
Premium Books will come out the last
week of July. If you didn’t get one in
the Burns Times Herald, one can be
picked up at the Extension Office and a
variety of locations. Please read then
carefully. They contain valuable
information.
4-H Responsibility
Remember the 4-H member is
responsible for their 4-H project
and is to do all the work
themselves.
Fair Buttons
A Fair button is
required for entry
to the Fair. If you
turn in your Record
Book in by August
4th , you will
receive a Fair
button, sponsored by the Harney County
CattleWomen, the Stockgrowers, and in
memory of Linda J. Custer. Please send
a thank you to CattleWomen, the
Stockgrowers, and Carole Webster.
Keep a copy for your record book.
Remember gate prices have increased
and there will be a new entry system at
Fair. Fair Buttons can be picked up at
the Extension Office.
Interview
Judging
This is an excellent
opportunity to visit
with the judge. It can
mean the difference
between a blue ribbon
and a red or white ribbon if the judge
has a question on your project and you
can explain why you did it that way. It is
also a great chance to learn what a
judge is looking for and how you can
make your project even better. Come
visit with the judge any time between
8:30 a.m. and noon on Thursday,
September 7th. It is first come, first
serve, so be there early.
Ensemble Boards
4-H members display a favorite outfit
along with appropriate accessories on a
4 X 4 board (provided at fair). Register
at the Extension Office. Forms and
more information is available at the
office.
Table Setting Contest
4-H members
may display a
complete
table setting
and menu.
Table
Settings are to be completed by 8 pm
Wednesday, September 9th. More
information is available at the Extension
Office.
Shriner Tickets
Remember to sell those Shriner Tickets.
Each livestock 4-H member needs to
sell 2 books of tickets, leaders need to
keep the paperwork on the ticket
distribution, so turn your ticket stubs
and money into your leaders. The
Shriners are big supporters of the 4-H
livestock Auction. The more tickets we
sell the more animals they can buy. A
clerk will check to make sure you sold
your tickets at weigh in on Wed.,
September 9th. Tickets may be turned
into the Extension Office before the
week of fair.
Market Animal Weights
Animals under or over the following
weights will not be eligible to participate
in the 4-H Livestock Auction. New
weights this year!
Beef - Under 1000 lbs. or over 1500 lbs.
Sheep - Under 100 lbs. or over 150 lbs.
Swine - Under 200 lbs. or over 290 lbs
Rabbits (3)- Under 3 lbs. or over 5.5 lbs
Chickens (3) 4-5 lbs. or over 5 lbs.
First Weight is Official and
Final!!
Under
weight and
over weight
animals
may be
exhibited in
Showmanship classes only - May not be
exhibited in Breeding classes, see (Rule
# 7 page 45 in the Fair Premium Book).
Check Weights NOW!!!
With the extreme heat we have been
having, market animals are not gaining
like they should. Please weigh your
animals often and check to make sure
they will make fair weight requirements.
Fair Numbers
Market Animals
Steers -40
Hogs - 56
Sheep - 22
Mkt Goats - 2
14 FFA Steers
12 FFA Hogs
Breeding Animals
Beef - 16
Swine - 2
Sheep - 10
Goats - 16
4-H Livestock Auction
Please contact your last
year’s buyer and anyone else
you would like to see attend
and invite them to the 4-H
Livestock Auction on
Saturday, September 12th.
Auction will begin at 7 p.m.
Thanks to the Harney Herdsman 4-H
club for volunteering to serve coffee
and lemonade during the auction.
4-H Barn Superintendents
Beef - Angie Ketscher
Swine – Karen Moon
Sheep/Goat - Tiny &
Sue Pedersen
Llama - Anne
Sheeter & Becky
Cunningham
Rabbit -Gena Harvey
Barn Superintendents provide first line
responsibility and authority to assure
that livestock exhibits are suitably
displayed and properly cared for so that
the Fair can be an enjoyable, safe and
educational experience for everyone
involved. Superintendents are
responsible to the Extension Agent and
to the Fair Board member assigned to
the livestock area
Appreciation Barbeque
The meal we look forward to all year!
The Buyer Appreciation BBQ will be held
before the Auction.
Harney County
Credit Union has provided beef to be
barbecued along with the lambs, hogs &
goats. Tickets have been mailed to past
buyers. 4-H members are needed for
serving and cleanup.
See the
assignment chart below.
Time: 4:30- 6:30 p.m.
Place:
4-H
Arena
Grandstand & Parking
Sponsors: C&B
Sanitary, HC Credit
Union, & 4-H
Members
4-H/FFA Buyer Appreciation Barbecue
Saturday, September 12, 2009
To help with the work to put on a successful Buyer Appreciation Barbecue,
we have assigned clubs to different jobs. The time frame is an estimate of when the
work needs to be done. If your club is not assigned a specific task, please volunteer.
Please contact Sue Pedersen or SHANA if you have any questions.
Activity
Time
Club Name & Contact
Comple
te
Wrap Silverware & Napkins
Set up chairs & Tables
August
8:00 -9:00 am
X
Corn Huskers
9:00 – 10:00 am
Vegetable Slicers
(Tomato, cucumber, pepper)
Coleslaw Cutters & Mixers
Peach Slicers
Melon Cutters
Put out Salt & Pepper, Jam &
Margarine, then sour cream
Mix Lemonade & Ice Tea
Last Minute Stuff
Serve Dinner – 1st Shift
10:00 -11:00 am
Serve Dinner – 2nd Shift
5:30 – 7:00 pm
Wash Dishes – help kitchen
Take Down Tables & Chairs
6:00 – 8:00 pm
7:00 – 8:00 pm
Clean Kitchen
9:00 – 10:00 pm
Sweep & Mop Kitchen Floor
10:00 pm
Pigskin Paradise – Bailey
Burns FFA & Crane FFA –
Zamora & Frank
Happy Hummers 4-H Llama Club –
Sheeter & Cunningham
Prime & Pork Ribbers 4-H Club Dadey
Southend Rough Riders - Ugalde
Weisgrams & Snyders
Lisa Moody & Friends
Crane Sheep & Swine Club –
Valentine, Dorroh, Robertson, etc.
Busy Bunnies - Harvey
Beef Handlers – Fisher
Diamond Leatherbusters –
Harney Herdsmen – Tummonds
Superior Beef & Pork 4-H Club
Crane Sheep & Swine Club –VDR
Catlow Country Kids – Davies
Premium Livestock Club – Ketcher
& Moon & McConnell
Busy Bunnies - Harvey
Burns FFA & Crane FFA –
Zamora & Frank
Superior Beef & Pork 4-H Club –
Dunten
Burns FFA & Crane FFA –
Zamora & Frank
Buyer Thank You’s
11-12:00 noon
Noon – 2:00 pm
1:00 -2:00 pm
2:00- 3:00 pm
2:00 – 3:00 pm
3:00 – 4:00 pm
4:00 – 5:30 pm
A copy of the thank you note send to your buyer must be on file in the Extension Office
to receive your check at 4-H AWARDS NIGHT. (Make a copy for your record book.)
Fair Use Numbers
Please report the number of people and
volunteer hours of use to the Fair
Caretaker and Don Sloan, Fair Manager.
Fair use numbers are important for
future funding. Please keep track and
report numbers.
Big R & Anderson Valley Feed
Feed & Tack Store
All of our local feed suppliers offer 4-H
discounts. Ask for your 4-H discount
the next time you get 4-H supplies.
Fair
Direct
or
Rob Fisher and family will be moving this
fall. We will be looking for a 4H Fair
Director. Anne Clark, Janice Dunten,
Reta Herrera
Connie Cox -clerks
NAPA & WIX Box Tops
Filter boxtops must be turned in before
the start of Fair. Boxtops can be
collected all year, but are to be turned in
between June 1 and the first day of Fair.
NAPA & WIX contribute 25¢ per boxtop.
4-H Herdsmanship
Remember that Herdsmanship - making
a presentable, safe,
livestock exhibit - is
mandatory.
Participation in the
Herdsmanship
Contest is a choice.
A clean stall is
required to receive
premiums. A $35
fine for unclean stalls will be assessed.
Safeway & Record Book
Bonds
Safeway continues to sponsor the
Savings Bonds for the Champion 4-H
Record Books. Each year Safeway, Inc.
and the Burns Safeway Store donate 12
Saving Bonds to the 4-H members with
Champion Record Books. We appreciate
their continued support of the 4-H
program.
2009 Fair Judges
Dogs Horses
Beef
Sheep/Swine
Jeremy Green
Tracy George
John Demick
Ann Marie
Chamberlain
Rabbits/Chicken
Ken Patterson
Foods
Reta Rae Weisgram
Clothing, Fiber
Paty Jager
Arts, Scrapbook
Suezi Conlee
Leather, Photo, Art Ashley Mund
Volunteers Needed
Does your club need a community
service project? We need volunteers to
clean the 4-H Building before the Fair.
Please call the Extension office if you
can help. Fair clerks and volunteers are
always needed. Call 573-2506 and
volunteer today!
Working Ranch Horse Show
The working Ranch Horse Show will be
held August 29th at 9 am at the
Fairgrounds. Roping, Riding and
Herding will performed. Registration
materials are at the Extension Office.
4-H Achievement Night
We will hold 4-H Achievement Night on
Wednesday,
October 7th.
Gold Medals,
Year Pins,
Auction
Checks, will
be the
distribution.
Re-enrollment
will also take
place
4-H members are encouraged to bring a
canned food item for the Harney County
Food Bank.
REMINDER!
We need your Social Security number on
file for Fair Awards. Thanks to those of
you who have already brought in your
number.
Awards Ceremony
The Fair Awards Ceremony will be
Sunday, September 13th, at 3:00 p.m. in
the Show Arena. Encourage all to
attend.
Thoughts for Competition
* Have a performance goal - never to
beat
someone else goal.
* Respect and learn from competitors
more skilled than yourself.
* Don’t criticize other competitors,
officials,
or judges.
* Do your best. And Have fun!
* Be relaxed, it is one day in a lifetime of
experiences.
Parents, be sure to support your child in
doing their best and accept that we all
make mistakes. It’s OK for a 4-Her to
make a mistake because each one is a
learning experience from which he or
she can grow. Don’t turn it into a
negative that handicaps the 4-Her in the
future. Perfection and winning are not
the most important things about a 4-H
project.
Award
s
Brian &
Bev LaFollette have donated $100 cash
awards to Grand Champion Market Beef,
Sheep, & Swine; $50 cash award to
Reserve Grand Champion Market Beef,
Sheep & Swine. Sterling Bank has
provided cash awards to
Cash awards will be presented on
Sunday, September 130h during the 4-H
Award Ceremony.
Carcass Viewing
Carcass of Merit results will be available
in the office the week following fair.
There will be no viewing of carcasses.
Flag Raising & Lowering
Please have the flags up by 7:30 a.m.
and down by 7:30 p.m. The flags need
to be folded and returned to the 4-H
Exhibit Building. The flag raising on
Wednesday will be held at the beginning
of the Dog Show. On Thursday and
Friday the flag raising will be public with
the pledges recited during the livestock
exhibitors meeting. Please encourage
your 4-Hers to record this on their
permanent record sheet
Premiums & Record Book
Return
We will hand out premium monies and
Record Books by levels of 4-H. The
following will help.
Juniors -Crystal & Georgia
Intermediates- Joanna C. & Connie Cox
Seniors- Karen Morgan & Reta Rae
4-H members may pick up premiums
and Record books by last names: Fred
Pelroy will serve as gate keeper.
G-M
N-T
U-Z
A-F
4:15 pm.
4:30 pm.
4:45 pm
5:00 pm
Building Monitors
Flag Raising & Lowering
Schedule
Wednesday
9/9
Thursday
9/10
Friday
9/11
Flag Raising Flag Lowering
Frisky Fleas
Premium
Livestock
Harney
Herdsman
Superior Beef
Prime/Pork
Ribbers
Beef Handlers
Saturday
9/12
Crane
Sunday
9/13
Pigskin Paradise
Catlow Kids
Clubs have been assigned a block of
time to monitor the 4-H Exhibit
Building. More 4-Hers are needed to
monitor the 4-H building during the Fair.
This is a great and easy community
service.
Check the sign up sheet at the 4-H
Office.
Friday 11th
10:00 -12:30 Crazy Cookers
12:30 - 3:30
Knitting & Crochet
3:30 pm - 6:30 pm Iron Chefs
Saturday 12th
Noon- 3:00 pm
Shutterbugs
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Bits & Pieces
Sunday 13th
Noon - 3:00 pm Click-its
4-H Camp
Campers and Counselors
had a great time at 4-H
Camp – Hippie Days.
Attending from Harney
County were:
Beau Carlon
Bjorn Peterson
Corey Jenkins
Dallon Higgins
Gage Cook
Hunter Freitag
Jack Bentz
James Obradovich
Justin Cook
Kalib LaChapelle
Mitchel Steinbeck
Samuel Williams
Scott Davies
Taylor Klus
Tyler Thomas
Woodrow McConnell
Abby Nonnenmacher
Alexis Mace
Ashley Mallonee
Bryanna Dunn
Carli Feist
Cassidy Reid
Cassie Paterson
Claire Hammond
Elina Jenks
Gaby Gibbon
Glenice Milburn
Halle Robertson
Isobel Bradach
Jourdyne Parry
Katy Calkins
Kayla Mims
Korina Cate
Layle Bennett
Mackenzie Basey
State Fair SHOWS
At the 4-H Dog Show, Kathleen
Dickenson, Megan Kawagoye and Julee
Withee qualified to represent Harney
County at the State Fair 4-H Dog Show.
Emily Reynolds, Kim Jones, Julee
Withee & Candace Hatley will show
their rabbits.
Chrissy Moon, Brandi Carlon, Kayleen
Macomber, Carolann Tracy & Heather
Read were selected to represent Harney
County at State Fair 4-H Horse Show.
Kathleen Dickenson qualified to give her
presentation at State Fair.
Casey Herringshaw & Carolann Tracy
will model their garments at the 4-H
Fashion Revue during 2009 State Fair.
Mackenzie Moulton
Madison Carson
Madison Hoke
Maria Thompson
Mariah Ribeiro
Megan Curtis
Morgan Cooley
Summer Anderson
A Big THANKS to 4-H Camp
Counselors:
Kenny Withee
Brandon Klawitter
Tanner Titus
Emily Reynolds
Rebecca Gibbon
Julee Withee
Cassidy Corrigan
Heather Ketscher
Courtney carlon
Camp Nurse: Mel Thomas
Photographer – Kelley Basey
& Nancy
4-H Agent - Shana Withee
Good Luck to them!
Save the Date
for Volunteer
Training
Event
The Eastern
Oregon Leaders’
Forum will be held this fall in La Grande
on Saturday, October 17, 2009. The
workshops will be designed to add new
excitement to club meetings, plus
speciific ideas for Animal Science,
Clothing and Foods/Nutrition area. There
will also be workshops to guide you in
the basics of Parliamentary Procedure,
an update on Photography and
Expressive Arts, hands-on fiber arts and
working with people. Leaders, teens,
parents, judges and staff are welcome to
attend any and all of the forums.
Harney County Extension Office
450 N Buena Vista
Burns, OR 97720
1302-08-19-300
Non-Profit Organization
CALENDAR of EVENTS
August
4-H RECORD BOOKS
DUE Stall Request
Due
27- Sept. 7 State Fair
25
Gold Medal
Applications
Letters of
Recommendations
Due
19
Stall Fees are due
BBQ Fees are due
October
7th
4
September
7th -13th
Fair
h
12
Buyer Appreciation
BBQ
Auction
th
13
Fair Awards
Ceremony
th
27
Gold Medal
Interviews
14th
4-H Achievement
Night
Awards & auction
checks
Fair Evaluation
Meeting