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Pg 2-3 County Fair News County Council

Pg 4 County News - Camps, Outreach, & Youth Conference

Pg 5 Citizenship Program & Clover Kids

Pg 6 Preservation 101 & Big 4 Fair news

Pg 7 Calendar of events

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CHICKASAW 4-H CONNECTION

CHICKASAW COUNTY EXTENSION

Thank you!

Thank you for making the 2015 Fair a great event! Hundreds of hours and helpful hands

made a new schedule possible and pleasurable, too. What a beautiful week with great

success stories for our youth. I am proud of all of the efforts put forth by our youth AND

our volunteers and staff to make this fair a learning experience. Special thanks to the

listed clubs who helped set-up and tear down: Devon Dreamers, Jolly Blue Bells, Bradford

Eager Beavers, County 4-H Council and the Nashua-Plainfield FFA… also to all the other

clubs, individuals and families who came to help make it a successful event.

Jane Juchems

JANE JUCHEMS

CHICKASAW COUNTY EXTENSION

County Youth Coordinator

jjuchems@iastate.edu

641-394-2174

4-H IS BASED ON RESEARCH

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Ackerman and Dietz 2015 Fair Royalty

Exhibitors to State Fair

County Council Gains New Members

Congratulations to the 2015

Chickasaw County Fair

Royalty!

Erika Ackerman was crowned

Queen. Erika is a member of the

Sumner-Fredericksburg FFA and

will be a senior in High School.

Kayla Dietz was named the 2015

Runner-up. Kayla is a member of

the Bradford Eager Beavers and

NP FFA and enjoys showing cattle.

Pictured at Left: Kayla Dietz, Erika

Ackerman, and 2014 Queen

Kristen Reno.

State Fair Qualifiers: (alphabetical order) Chloe Ashley, Holly Bailey, Nicole Ball, Lindsey Bouska, Kelsey Craun, Ashley

Geerts, Rachel Grober, Samuel Hake, Hannah Heit, Jordan Holthaus, Kyle Kuehn, Jessica Kuennen, Katelyn Laird, Ashton

Lamborn, Devin Orthaus, Abigail Poppe, Jeff Reicks, Katie Scott, Hailey Shekleton, Sumner Fredericksburg Lucky Clovers,

Katie Tupper, Sophia Weaver, Alexis Wertz, Cherith Winters, and William Winters.

State Fair Alternates: Brandi Bailey, Lindsey Bouska, Emarae Carey, Kelsey Craun, Greta Glaser, Olivia Hake, Samuel

Hake, Jordan Holthaus, Nadine Lenehan, Faith Moody, Sophie Phillips, Kelsey Poppe, Catherine Weaver, Sophia Weaver,

Allison Wehling, and Caleb Winters.

2015-16 County Council Members:

Holly Bailey*, Taylor Bearman*, Kelsey Craun*, Chelsi Bailey, Rachel Grober*, Allison Wehling*, Bailey Schinker, Katie Tupper, Joseph Jordan, Ben Bierschenk, Cody Schneider, Barbara Schwickerath, Kennady Nie. Not pictured: Taylor Kuehn, Uriah Williams.

*New Members for 2015-16

MISSION STATEMENT 4-H EMPOWERS YOUTH TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL WORKING

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Phillips to be Inducted to 4-H Hall of Fame

COUNTY NEWS

Patty Phillips contributed a great number of hours to the Chickasaw County 4-H program through her 8 years of 4-H involvement and 6 years of service on the Youth Development Committee. In 2007, Patty was integral in developing the County Fair food stand; coordinating food, scheduling workers, grilling hamburgers and brats, keeping the kitchen tidy and ensuring the food stand was a successful fundraiser for the Chickasaw County 4-H program. Patty also served as a record book judge and helped interview Senior 4-H’ers for yearly project awards.

Patty grew up in Northeast Iowa and enjoys quilting, photography, and traveling with her husband Lloyd. Their son, Mitchell, was also a Chickasaw County 4-H member who actively participated at the county fair and enjoyed participating in the beef project.

Thank you, for all of your 4-H support throughout the

years! Volunteers like you keep this program running

strong!

4-H IS BASED ON RESEARCH

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Pine Bluff Camping

4-H Outreach

Dare to Discover State 4-H Conference

17 youth and three counselors

attended Junior and

Intermediate camp at Pine

Bluff, near Decorah this past

June. Making new friends,

canoeing, and tubing on the

Upper Iowa River, making

rockets and wind chimes,

taking night hikes, helping with

KP duties and learning about

watersheds and compasses

were a just a few of the may

activities.

At left: campers from 2nd

week of Junior Camp

Attendees:

Alexus Ball, Emmeline Eike, Bailey Schinker, Barbara Schwickerath, Nicole Ball, Chelsi Bailey, Rachel Grober, Journey Howe, Nadine Lenehan, and Jeffrey Reicks.

Not Pictured: Susan Schwickerath

On June 28, 45 guests enjoyed a 4-H Find Out Event at St. Joe’s School & Runion Park. Lunch, rocket launching, bracelet making and enrollment information were shared by county council and extension council members, Chickasaw County and Regional Staff.

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PARENTS—Once school gets started, be checking your child’s backpack to see what 0pportunities are available to our k-3rd graders!

Who? Bailey Schinker, Tori Williams, Uriah Williams, Nadine Lenehan, Michaela Fitzgerald, Bridget Schaufenbuel, Lindsey Bouska, Allison Mcdonald, Madison Pleggenkuhle, Morgan Pleggenkuhle, Taylor Bearman, Barbara Schwickerath and adult chaperones willing to support positive youth development.

What?

Citizenship goes to a whole new level, learning about citizenship with friends and creating presentations about sites in our nation’s capitol. In year two year participants will focus on national government and end by touring Washington DC, Gettysburg and the Lincoln Museum from March 28– April 3, 2016.

Throughout the year there are learning sessions as a county AND as a region. Participants will meet many new people, travel, make friends and learn, all while having FUN!

Pictured below: Bailey Schinker and Barbara Schwickerath at the Iowa State Capitol in 2015 and 2014 trip attendees to Washington DC.

Citizenship Program—Year 2

MISSION STATEMENT 4-H EMPOWERS YOUTH TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL WORKING

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COUNTY NEWS

FOOD PRESERVATION 101: Introductory Course for Home Food

Preservation

Note Date Change:

Date: Monday, August 10

6:00 - 7:30pm

Location: Chickasaw County

Extension Office

Cost: $10/household

To Register: call 641-394-2174

Preserving foods at home is not difficult, but it does require

following research-based recipes. Even if you have been a

home food preserver for years, come and learn the latest

recommendations.

Each participant will receive a coupon from Schueth Ace Hardware

for $10 off a $20 purchase of canning supplies.

COUNTY NEWS

Big 4 Fair… September 3-7

The Big 4 Fair Board would like to invite all 4-H’ers,

parents, grandparents and friends to enter their

projects in the Big 4 Fair Open Show. Entry day will

be all day Thursday, September 3 until 6 PM. There is

no conference judging. Projects are judged simply on

what is presented. Entry fees can be found in the Big

4 Fair fairbook available from board members.

Categories you can enter in:

Grain & Vegetables (field corn, carrots, beans,

peppers, tomatoes, squash, etc.),

Fruits (apples, grapes, pears, plums), Culinary (cakes,

candy, breads, cookies, brownies, sweet rolls, fudge,

preserved fruits, jams, pies, etc.)

Household (kitchen or tea towels, quilting, pillow

cases, doilies, centerpieces, hot pan holders, girl's &

women's garment, children's garment, boy's & men's

garments, knitted or crochet garments, miscellaneous

needlecraft, wall hangings, etc.)

Plants & Flowers (cut flowers, horticulture

specimens, artistic arrangements, house or potted

plants, etc.)

Arts & Crafts, Drawings (painting in acrylic, painting in

oil, pastel & water color, ceramics, ceramic stains,

porcelain, miscellaneous art & crafts, woodworking,

etc.)

Photography (amateur photography, action, animals,

weddings, buildings, sunrise or sunset, wildlife, farm

scene, fishing, Christmas, Halloween, Easter, babies,

chuck wagon races, etc.)

Junior/Youth Department (garden vegetables,

jack-o-lantern decorating contest, fruit, cooking,

canning, junior sewing, flowers, hobbies, painting,

miscellaneous art, photography)

Everything is released on Monday, September 7th,

between 4:30pm-5:30pm.

OUR VISION A WORLD IN WHICH YOUTH AND ADULTS LEARN, GROW, AND WORK TOGETHER AS CATALYSTS FOR POSTIVE CHANGE

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LOST & FOUND We have a few items in the lost

and found from fair (and camp)

this year. If you are missing

items, please contact the office

to claim them. If no owner is

found by Sept. 15 they will be

donated to Treasure Chest of

New Hampton.

3 State Fair Static Exhibits

Due to the Extension Office

6 Beef Scan & Carcass Meeting, 1pm @Extension Office

10 Food Preservation 101 workshop, 6-730pm @Extension Office

10 State Fair Food and Nutrition Exhibits Due to the Extension Office

13-23 Iowa State Fair—Des Moines, Iowa

23 SF Hall of Fame Ceremony– Patty Phillips

30 County Council Regional Retreat @Postville

SEPTEMBER OCTOBER AUGUST

1 4hOnline re-enrollment and new member enrollment may begin

4-7 Big 4 Fair@ Nashua

8 State Fair Projects Available for Pick Up at Extension Office

11 CyDay Friday

17 4-H Leader Meeting, 6pm @Extension Office

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Record Books Due to Extension Office by 4:30 PM (Secretary, Treasurer, Historian, Member & Club Volunteer...if applicable)

27 Regional Citizenship meeting @West Union

4-10 National 4-H Week

Congratulations to Club Booth Winners!

1.) Sumner Fredericksburg Lucky Clovers

2.) Jolly Blue Bells

3.) Lawler Lassies and Lads

CHICKASAW 4-H CONNECTION

August 2015

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