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Steph Erpelding
I hope everyone had a great Christmas spent with lots of family, great food and full of laughter! Happy New Year to all of you! Beef Weigh-In is right around the corner with it being this Saturday, January 6th! This month’s newsletter has very important information about YQCA! Please read carefully as this is all new information to everyone, myself included! There is also information about the upcoming Junior 4-H Lock-in which all of the junior 4-H members love attending! We also have a ski trip planned and a rabbit carrier workshop planned for February. If you have not enrolled in 4honline please do so ASAP! Thank you for all that you do to make this a very successful program! 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
FEBRUARY
2—Ski Trip Deadline 3—Nemaha 4-H Mtg 2pm 3—Ice Fishing Clinic 9am 4—County Council Mtg 7pm 4—Schaller Shamrocks Mtg 2pm 5—Sac Clover Kids 5—4-H Endowment Mtg 7pm 6—Wall Lake Clover Kids 7—Rabbit Cage $$ Due 10—Sac Green Team Mtg 11—WLB/VV Mtg 11—OA Richland Robins Mtg 4pm 11—Valentine’s Dinner 13—OA Clover Kids 16-17—Ski Trip 18—Sac Co Horseshoes Mtg 18—Jacksons Mtg 5pm 18—Early Achievers Mtg 4pm 20—Schaller Clover Kids 23-24—Junior Lock—In 25—Rabbit Carrier Workshop 26—Leader Training
JANUARY
6—Beef Weigh-In 1-3pm 6—County Council Meeting 7pm 7—Schaller Shamrocks Mtg 4pm 8—Sac City Clover Kids 9—Wall Lake Clover Kids 13—Nemaha 4-H Mtg 2pm 13—Sac Green Team Mtg 9am 14—WLB/VV Mtg 6pm 14—OA Richland Robins Mtg 4pm 15—Innovative Pioneers Mtg 6:30pm 16—OA Clover Kids 16—DuPont Pioneer Grant Due 21—Jacksons Mtg 5pm 21—Early Achievers Mtg 4pm 23—Schaller Clover Kids
Sac County Extension Upcoming Programs: Commercial Manure Applicator Training—January 4—9am-noon Crop Advantage—January 9—9:30am—4pm—BV County Private Pesticide Training—January 24—6:30pm—8:30pm @ East Sac Middle School Private Pesticide Training—February 2—9:30am—11:30am—Wall Lake Comm Center To sign up or find out more information please call the Sac County Extension at
4-H IS HANDS-ON LEARNING
DuPont Pioneer Seed Grants Available
COUNTY 4-H NEWS
NEW Coop Scholarship
NEW Cooperative Foundation is once again awarding five $2,000 scholarships for the 2018-19 academic school year. To qualify, students must be a dependent of a NEW Coop member or full-time employee. They must be enrolling in an ag major at a 4-year university or a 2-year college with an ag transfer program. This scholarship is available to graduating high school seniors, college freshman, sophomores and juniors. Applica-tions are available online at www.newcoop.com under the About Us tab, NEW Coop Foundation. Applications are due by March 9, 2018. For more information or questions please contact Gary Moritz at 515-955-2040 or email [email protected].
The objective of these grants is to stimulate local 4-H clubs in Iowa to plan and carry out community improve-ment activities by providing “seed money” needed to make the projects successful. Funding has been secured to offer DuPont Pioneer Seed Grants for the 2017-18 4-H year. Applications are due to the Sac County Exten-sion and Outreach Office by Jan. 16, 2018. Decision letters should be sent by mid-April. If awarded, checks from the Iowa 4-H Foundation will be enclosed with the letter. Award letters will explain needed Report de-tails. Reports for 2017-18 awarded grants are due to the Sac County Extension office no later than Oct 2, 2018. For more information visit Pioneer Seed Grants https://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/pioneergrants
The County Council has been busy planning for the junior lock-in that is scheduled for February 23-24 at the Sac Community Rec Center in Sac City. A registration flyer is in this month’s newsletter. This lock-in is for all 3rd-6th graders! Mark your calendars and get your registration turned in!
Your Passport to Adventure Junior 4-H Lock-In
Still Need to Enroll in 4h Online
Caden Arbegast Dawsyn Arbegast Emily Corbin Ayden Huisenga Nick Gerdes Chance Wheeler Wyatt Wheeler Dawson Blum Klint Blum Kolton Blum Colin Cuthrell Juliana De La O Xavier De La O Yesenia De La O JD Frazier Chase Hurd Nick Hurd Sydney Hurd Will Hurd Keegan McCleary Beth Mentzer Ian Shepherd Noah Shepherd Tatum Shepherd Tatum Sorensen Ally Lundell Jonathan Lundell Aleisha Thayer Brett Thayer Sage Stout Ella Bullock Mazee Henningson Mya Henningson Kenzee Wunschel Kyler Wunschel Ben Carico Emma Carico Calvin Chedester Collin Chedester Lauren Chedester Lola Chedester Jaci Gansemer Emily Hensel Julia King Tristan Ludwig Emerson Ludwig Emma Meredith Jaron Schroeder Carly Tegels Connor Tegels Aden Vondrak Kate Vondrak Reed Vondrak Josh Wernimont **and any 3rd graders or new members that have never enrolled
Ice Fishing Clinic
Sac County Extension Office and Sac County Conservation are teaming up to host an Ice Fishing Clinic on February 3rd. The clinic will begin at the Lake View Library at 9am and will end at Blackhawk Lake and fish near shotgun hill until noon. A parent needs to accompany the participant. Hot chocolate and cookies will be provided. Call the Sac County Extension Office at 712/662-7131 to register.
4-H IS HANDS-ON LEARNING
COUNTY 4-H NEWS
4-H Endowment
For the 2018 year there are 5-$50 individual grants and 4-$250 club grants available. The applications are available on the Sac County Extension website. For the 2017-18 4-H year the Endowment will be paying $10 per member towards their program development fee. Please remember that the Endowment will give out $250 scholarships to those 4-H seniors that graduate high school. This year the 4-H member must have completed three years of record books to be eligible for the scholarship! The applications are also on the Sac County Extension website.
CWF
CWF is a 4-H leadership program for high school youth, grades 9-12. Registration is now open for the June 15-23, 2018 trip. Teens from around the country gather at the National 4-H Conference Center to learn more about civic engagement and how they can be a strong leader in their community, country, and world. Check out the 4-H CWF webpage https://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/cwf for more details.
State Recognition
The State 4-H Recognition help sheets, evaluations and online application links are now posted and ready to be accessed at State 4-H Recognition. Each of the 6 possible application areas has a separate online applica-tion—National 4-H Conference, National 4-H Congress, State 4-H Council, Shooting Sports Ambassador Pro-gram and State 4-H Projects. Deadline for all submissions is 11:59pm, Monday, February 1, 2018!
Landus Cooperative Scholarship
High school seniors pursuing a career in agriculture, life sciences, or ag-related fields are invited to apply for the Landus Cooperative 2017-2018 Excellence in Agriculture scholarship. Landus will award five $2,000 scholarships for any accredited post-secondary program. Applications are available online at www.landuscooperative.com/about/resources or at any Landus Cooperative location. Applications must be returned by January 26, 2018. Any questions contact 515-817-2168 or [email protected]
Market Beef Weigh-In
The market beef weigh-in will be held Saturday, January 6, 2018 from 1-3pm at the Harold Peyton farm near Lytton. All market beef to be shown by 4-H and FFA members at the Sac County Fair must be weighed-in and identified. New this year, for both the State Fair and Ak-Sar-Ben we will be using the retinal imaging machine, which will only cost $5. Please listen to KAYL 101.7 for any changes due to the weather. We will again be having the Beef Pen of 3 again this year. They must be weighed-in on January 6th! To be eligible to show at the Sac County Fair you must be in 4th grade or have completed 4th grade and to be eligible to show at the Iowa State Fair & Ak-Sar-Ben you must be in 5th grade or have completed 5th grade. Cost: County Only - Free County & State Fair - $5.00 County & Ak-Sar-Ben - $5.00 County, State Fair & Ak-Sar-Ben - $5.00
4-H IS HANDS-ON LEARNING
COUNTY 4-H NEWS
Rabbit Carrier Workshop
For rabbit enthusiasts—there will be a rabbit carrier workshop on Sunday, February 25th from 3pm-5pm at the Sac County Extension and Outreach Office. You can choose the size of carrier you would like to make. Single carriers are $18; Double carriers are $30; Four slot carriers are $36 but are only recommended for small rab-bits. The money must be received at the Extension Office by Wednesday February 7th to hold your spot! Call the Sac County Extension and Outreach Office at 712/662-7131 or email [email protected] to get signed up! Information will also be shared about getting your rabbit ready for the fair!
Sac County 4-H App
I am thinking about creating an app for our Sac County 4-H program. A few other counties have already creat-ed one. This would consist of the 4-H newsletter, the Fairbook, events coming up, links to our Facebook page and our website. The Fairbook and the 4-H newsletter would be a direct pdf not a link to those files. This app would be for both iPhone and Android users. Please help me make the decision! Email Steph Erpelding at [email protected].
4-H Building Stage Ideas
I am currently taking ideas for a backdrop for the stage in the 4-H building. The stage is 19 feet in length. This backdrop would only be up during the fair. If you have an idea please share the idea with Steph Erpelding at [email protected].
Early Achievers Valentines Day Dinner
4-H IS HANDS-ON LEARNING
COUNTY 4-H NEWS
YQCA Information
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 in 2019 (Intermediate) 15-18 year olds—must complete training this year—test out option available in 2019 (Senior) 19-21 year olds—must complete training this year—test out option available in 2019 (Young Adult) ***Contact Steph to get your coupon code before taking the 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 successfully 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 account.
Select the Web-Based Training for the age group that you need. Select purchase the course.
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 Er-pelding [email protected] or via screen shot to 712/790-3350.
Equine Extravaganza
We all know that having horses requires more than riding and jumping! The 2018 Equine Extravaganza will be held March 23-25, 2018 at Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls. Get motivated to learn amore about the science behind horses at Equine Extravaganza! It isn't too soon to start gathering a team! Information from previ-ous years is available on the Equine Extravaganza Website https://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/equineextravaganza Check back for 2018 information and registration. If you have never participated before, consider attending this year and observing or jump right in!
Iowa 4-H Foundation Scholarships for 2018
The Iowa 4-H Foundation has announced applications are available for the 4-H Scholarship program with over 90 scholarship opportunities to be awarded valued at over $100,000. A complete list of scholarships, eligibility, helpful hints, instructions and applications are available on the Iowa 4-H Foundation Website. Online deadline is 11:50 PM, February 1, 2018. The website is—https://www.iowa4hfoundation.org/en/funding_for_4hers/scholarships/
CLOVER CONNECTION
SAC COUNTY EXTENSION AND OUTREACH
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