August 5 Iowa State Fair Food Exhibits due to the Extension Office, drop

off between 5-6pm, or between 8-9am August 6th

9-19 Iowa State Fair

September

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

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

October

1  Record Books & Award Applica ons are due to the  

  Extension Office 

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

28  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:   Lydia Dingeman; dingeman2@iastate.edu  Region 14 Extension Educa on Director   Nathan Crane, ncrane@iastate.edu 

August 2018 DATES TO REMEMBER

2019 Marion County Fair Theme

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THANK YOU!

Thank you to everyone that participated in the 2018 Marion County Fair. We appreciate all of the

Members, Volunteers, Families, and Friends that helped make the fair a success!

Summer Intern Farewell Dear 4-hers and Families of Marion County, This truly has been a summer to remember and I would like to thank all of you for making it so spe-cial. I was beyond happy to get to be a part of the Marion County Fair once again. I have enjoyed seeing familiar faces and friends of Marion County 4-H. While, I also have enjoyed meeting the new families and making new friends. The connections I have made over the summer will be something I hold onto and cherish forever. I loved seeing every-one find some sort of success at the fair and I look forward to seeing the mark Marion County makes at the state fair! This summer has flown by but I wouldn't trade even a minute of it. From workshops to the show ring, it has been an amazing experi-ence. Working with our youth is a priceless experi-ence and one I will never forget. Once again I’d like to thank each and everyone for making this a summer to remember! -Lydia Dingeman

Christmas in July

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Exhibitors Selected for Iowa State Fair

Front Row: Tess Paulsen, County Line, Emily Sytsma, County Line, Hallie McRoberts, 3-L’s, Erika Sytsma, County Line, Hannah Book, County Crusaders, Kayla Beyer, Prairie Pride, Erin Duenwald, Lake Prairie, Addison Wall, Just Us, James Lackamp, Prairie Pioneers, and Abby Votava, Lake Prairie. Row Two: Carly Cox, Our Union, Gavin Norton, Lake Prairie, Ross Stephens, Just Us, Camryn Norton, Lake Prairie, Cael Roberts, Lake Prairie, AJ Bull, Our Union, Jonah Schumacher, Our Union, Caleb Cook, Our Union, Silas Koenig, Our Union, Gage Lyon, Just Us, Dean Jolly, Just Us, Jury Ellis, Our Union, and Tristen Carter, Prairie Pioneers. Row Three: Ben VandeKamp, 3-L’s, Cameron Dykstra, Prairie Pride, Jordan Brandon, 3-L’s, Brady VanderHart, Friendly Guys & Gals, Kait-lyn Anderson, Friendly Guys & Gals, Alexis Crozier, Hop N Hurry, Trinity Vos, County Line, Morgan McKay, Hex-A-Poppin, Lucas Schakel, Lake Prairie, Emma Carlson, County Crusaders, Grace Stephens, Just Us, Ali Mockenhaupt, Hop N Hurry, and Paige Busick, Our Union. Row Four: Gabby Overgaard, Saint Pride, Nicholas Martin, Just Us, Megan Moore, Hop N Hurry, Aiden Zoutte, 3-L’s, Bailey VandeKamp, 3-L’s, Caleb Book, County Crusaders, and Jaron Sedlock, White Breast Beavers.

Iowa state fair livestock Exhibitors

Taylor Clark Silas Koenig Cody Metcalf Colton Metcalf Lauren Phillips T.R. Putz Riley Thill Reece Thoreson Simon Thoreson Cade Van Vliet Chloe Van Vliet Coledon Vroegh Max Hinners

Lainey Peffers Taryn Peffers Raegan Decious Katie West Ella Jahner Dillon Hall Bailey Johnson Taylar Lovell Brook Moore Megan Moore Jayden Weldon Jordyn Weldon Carter Metcalf Addison Wall

Madison DeBruin Anthony Schneider Haley Schneider Jonah Schumacher Jaron Sedlock Parker Sheets Spencer Ver Ploeg Caleb Cook Ross Cooper Iasbelle Maconaghy Natalie Collins Sean Collins Lane Vander Linden

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Club Booth Winners

1st - Prairie Pride 2nd - Just Us

3rd - Prairie Pioneers

Decorate-A-Hay Bale Winners

1st - Saint Pride 2nd - Hop N’ Hurry

3rd - White Breast Beavers

HERDSMANSHIP CHAMPIONS

SHEEP: Our Union SWINE: Our Union BEEF: Our Union

GOATS: Lake Prairie RABBITS: Bullets & Bows

HORSES: Prairie Pride POULTRY: Just Us

OVERALL 1st: Our Union

2nd: Just Us 3rd: Prairie Pride

Bucket of Flowers

Congratulations and Thank You to all mem-bers who participated in the Bucket of Flowers class! This year we had 49 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 2018 was $767.

AK‐SAR‐BEN Entries  

AK‐SAR‐BEN Entries are due to the Marion County Extension Office by Thursday, August 15th. 

 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 5th, and 8am-9am August 6th. All exhibits will be ready for pick-up on August 21nd 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.

Created by: Dillen Ammons

WINDMILL

This was the sixth 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 Morgan McKay, Dillen Ammons, Gabe Seuferer, Dane Gullion, TR Putz, Emma Carl-son, Eligah Carlson, and Treyton Van Wyk. A special congratulations to Treyton Van Wyk on being the overall winner. This year we raised $2,170 dollars, which will be used to help fund 4-H programming. We are looking forward to doing this contest again next year. We will have 8 buckets and it is still a first come first serve bases. Be looking in your January or February newsletter if you wish to participate.

Thank You to Larry Cummings

for auctioning them off at the

2018 Marion County Fair!

Thank You to Vermeer &

Weiler for donating the “Junk.”

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Created by: Morgan McKay

SWINE SHOW

Created by: Gabe Seuferer

BUCKET OF FLOWERS

Created by: Dane Gullion

TOP HAT TIM

Created by: TR Putz

4-H Scene

Created by: Emma Carlson

Knoxville Shooting Team

Created by: Treyton Van Wyk

TRACTOR PULL

Created by: Elijah Carlson TABLE FOR TWO

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2018 Marion County Fair Livestock Sale Results

Thank you to the buyers and supporters listed below:

Beef Number sold

25 Total Premium

$9125.00

Sheep Number sold

66 Total Premium

$8405.00

Swine Number sold

105 Total Premium

$35585.00

Goat Number sold

61 Total Premium

$8698.00

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

HyVee LDJ Manufacturing of Pella Ulrich Motors Iowa State Savings Bank McGill Family Cattle Marion Co. Bank People’s Bank Marion Co. Raceway Motor Inn of Knoxville Blue Print Cattle Company Kaisand Cattle Mark and Deb Core Dan D Farm Ed Putz Steve Putz Rodney and Sandy Johnson Don Long Russell Livestock

Theisan’s of Pella Brent and Mary Hanna Midtown Tire Jacob and Lauren Petersen Knoxville Raceway Ozinga Feed Marion Co. Autobody Pella Feed Service Stubbs Propane Fareway of Pella & Knox-ville Metz Machining Ryan and Renee Schumaker Thomas Thill Mike Damon John and Martha Reed Sue Phillips Smith Feed and Grain VanderHart Club Lambs

Midwest Sanitation of Pella Schneider Construction Gary Crozier Linda Miller

Knoxville Hospital

Central Iowa Insurance Jason Reed Deb Core and Leanne Sutter Marion County Tribune

Community 1st Credit Un-

Tri County Vet Heimstra Trucking Smith Fertilizer and Grain J & C Bullozing Thorsen Family State Bank of Bussey Barn Builders Piersbacher Funeral Home

Jr Noftsger Harris Kuiper

Friends and Family of Friday

Dr. Clint Hudson LeRoy & Darlene Schumacher Wickman Pig Company Burgett BBQ McMorkele Seed Chemical Peterson Tiling Knoxville Journal Express Jenkins Garden… Heimstra Farms Conner Family Cody Reynolds Red Rock Show Pigs Bunker Hill Brain Thomas Pella Chronicle

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

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This material has been prepared by Mindy Kephart, Marion County 4-H & Youth Coordinator.

If you have questions, please contact the office at 842-2014.

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