August
4 Extension Council Mtg., 7:30p.m. at Extension Office
6 Iowa State Fair Food Exhibits due to the Extension Office, drop
off between 5-6pm, or between 7:30-8am August 7th
10-20 Iowa State Fair
21 County Council Meeting 6:30 at Extension Office
September
7 Extension Council Mtg., 7:30p.m. at Extension Office
18 County Council Mtg., 6:30p.m. at Extension Office
October
1 Record Books & Award Applications are due to the
Extension Office
5 Extension Council Mtg., 7:30 p.m. at Extension Office
16 County Council Mtg., 6:30pm at Extension Office
Marion County Extension Staff
County Extension Program Director: Dale Miller, [email protected] County Youth Coordinator: Mindy Kephart, [email protected] Ag. Program Assistant: Lauren Petersen, [email protected] 4-H Summer Intern: Levi Collins; [email protected] Region 14 Extension Education Director Nathan Crane, [email protected]
August 2017 DATES TO REMEMBER
2018 Marion County Fair Theme
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THANK YOU!
Thank you to everyone that participated in the 2017
Marion County Fair. We appreciate all of the
Members, Volunteers, Families, and Friends that
helped make the fair a success!
Summer Intern Farewell
First off, I want to thank all of you for making this
such a great summer. It was so much fun being able
to still be a part of the Marion County Fair even
though I wasn’t showing. I have enjoyed seeing
familiar faces and catching up with friends, while
meeting new families along the way. I have made
connections that will hopefully last a lifetime. You
all did a terrific job this year at the fair and will
continue to do so at the State fair. Even though the
summer has flown by I have had a blast. Once
again I have found out that working with our youth
is priceless. From the workshops to the show ring it
has been quite the experience and I wouldn’t trade a
minute of it. This has truly been an awesome sum-
mer that I will never forget. Again, I would like to
thank you all for everything you have done and I
hope to see you at next year’s fair!
- Levi Collins
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Exhibitors Selected for Iowa State Fair
Front Row: Coledon Vroegh, White Breast Beavers, Nate Finarty, Friendly Guys and Gals, James Van Gorp, Lake Prairie, Kenson Fuller
Lake Prairie, Dillon Hall, Friendly Guys and Gals, Dane Gullion, Friendly Guys and Gals, Hunter Shives, County Crusaders
Row Two: Lauren Phillips, White Breast Beavers, Kayla Beyer, Prairie Pride, Camryn Norton, Lake Prairie, Grace Stephens, Just Us, Taylor
Clark, Our Union, Trinity Vos, County Line, Olivia Millar, Lake Prairie, Erin Duenwald, Lake Prairie, Roselaure Fuller, Lake Prairie, Megan
Moore, Hop N Hurry, Caleb Book, County Crusaders, Grace Overgaard, Saint Pride, AJ Bull, Our Union
Row Three: Cooper VandeVoort, County Line, Courtney Paxton, Prairie Pride, Ross Cooper, Saint Pride, Tristen Carton, Prairie Pioneers,
Jaylen Cooper, Saint Pride, Afton West, Just Us, Courtney Fleming, Just Us, Madelyn Eldredge, Hex-A-Poppin, Emily Sytsma, County Line
Row Four: Caleb Hall, Friendly Guys and Gals, Gave Seuferer, Just Us, Kodis Rawlings, Friendly Guys and Gals, Braidy Friday, Out Union, Hannah Book, County Crusaders, Cael Roberts, Lake Prairie, Ben VandeKamp, 3L’s, Mickayla McGill, Friendly Guys and Gals, Kaitlyn Ander-
son, Friendly Guys and Gals, Brady Vanderhart, Friendly Giuys and Gals, Rebekah Brown, Friendly Guys and Gals, Carter Bailey, Parker Elder, Our Union
Iowa state fair livestock Exhibitors Good luck to all Marion County Exhibitors
TR Putz
Bailey Johnson
Haley Schneider
Kenzie Gibson
Jayce Hughes
Taryn Peffers
Taylor Decious
Chandler Jahner
Ella Jahner
Cade VanVliet
Chloe VanVliet
Paige Busick
Madyson Thill
Riley Thill
Emma Thoreson
Reece Thoreson
Tanner Clark
Taylor Clark
Sean Collins
Lane Vanderlinden
Shaelyn VanderHart
Faith VanderHart
Caleb Book
Brook Moore
Taylar Lovell
Spencer VerPloeg
Jonah Schumacher
Shianne Votava
AJ Bull
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Club Booth Winners
1st - Just Us
2nd - Prairie Pioneers
3rd - Lake Prairie
Decorate-A-Hay Bale Winners
1st - Hex-A-Poppin
2nd - White Breast Beavers
3rd - Hop-N-Hurry
HERDSMANSHIP CHAMPIONS
SHEEP: Prairie Pioneers SWINE: Our Union
BEEF: Saint Pride GOATS: Saint Pride
RABBITS: Lake Prairie HORSES: Saint Pride
POULTRY: Prairie Pioneers
OVERALL 1st: Saint Pride
2nd: Prairie Pioneers 3rd: Our Union
Bucket of Flowers
Congratulations and Thank You to all mem-
bers who participated in the Bucket of
Flowers class! This year we had 29 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 2017
was $270.
AK-SAR-BEN Entries
AK-SAR-BEN Entries are due to the Marion County Extension Office by Thursday, August 10th.
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 [email protected].
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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 6th, and 7:30-8am August
7th.
All exhibits will be ready for
pick-up on August 22nd 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.
This was the fifth 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 Patrick Wood, Raegan Decious, Coledon
Vroegh, Dane Gullion, Dalton Lovell, Dillon
Hall, Gavin Millner, and Spencer Ver Ploeg. A
special congratulations to Spencer Ver Ploeg on
being the overall winner. This year we raised
2,605 dollars, which will be used to help fund 4-
H programming. We are looking forward to do-
ing this contest again next year. We will have 8
buckets and it is still a first come first serve ba-
ses. Be looking in your January or February
newsletter if you wish to participate.
Thank You to
Larry Cummings
for auctioning them
off at the
2017
Marion County Fair!
Thank You to
Vermeer &
Weiler
for donating
the “Junk.”
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2017 Marion County Fair Livestock Sale Results
Thank you to the buyers and supporters listed below:
Beef Number sold
21 Total Premium
$11,700
Sheep Number sold
56 Total Premium
$8.840
Swine Number sold
99 Total Premium
$26.620
Goat Number sold
39 Total Premium
$6,775
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
Motor Inn of Knoxville
Duane Harken
Steve Renfrow
Harken Livestock
Knoxville Farm and Home
Stubb Propane
Pierscbacher Funeral Home
Linda Miller
Bill Miller
Ervin Van Wyk
Brent and Mary Hanna
Jason Reed
Ver Plog Farms
Tri County Vet Clinic
April and Aaron Hicks
Sutter Farms
Ross Williams
Knoxville Hospital and Clinics
Petersen Family Farms
Midwest Sanitation
Marion County Auto Body
Dave and Angel Vander
Mike and Lindsay Metcalf
Glen and Fern Vander Hart
Haris and Marge Kuiper
Wallace Tire
Pella Feed Service Inc.
Janet Bacon
Ulrich Ford Lincoln
Marion County Farm Bu-
Thunder Creek Eq/LDJ
Pleasantville Chamber
Knoxville and Pella Hyvee
Fareway Stores
Kearney Family
Dan Dennison
John Enfield
Ozinga Feed
Calvin Groenendyk
John Freney
Community 1st Credit Un-
Jim and Kelly Mitchell
Mike DaMon
Midwest One Bank
People’s Bank
Wiechman Pig Co.
Burgett BBQ
Craig Green
Arla Rietveld
State Bank Bussey
Ryan & Renae Schumacher
Marty VanVliet
Pella Fareway
Mark Worthington
Miller Hybrids
Schneider Construction
Russell Livestock Market
ABS Sanitation
Sue Phillips
Smith Fertilizer and Grain
Barn Builders Inc.
Southern Iowa Bin
Marion County Tribune
Jenkins Garden Market and
Frank & Anita Schumacher
Iowa State Savings Bank
Jesse Benge
LeRoy & Darlene Schumacher
Sandy Show Cattle
McGill Family Cattle
SCI Rentals
Mark and Deb Core
Marion County 210 North Iowa St. PO Box 409 Knoxville, IA 50138
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