Applications are due to OSU Extension by May 15th for the following department queens, fair queen or king. Ages requirements are also listed below.

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1 OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION April 23, 2015 Dear 4-H Members & Advisors: Weekly Update Topics: Radio Opportunity Queen Contest & Pork Industry Princess/Queen Camp QA/PQA Fair Entries Fair Shirt Orders Skillathon Topics 2015 Dates & Events Fair Entry Forms & Guidelines All 2015 fair entry forms have been posted on the county website at clinton.osu.edu. We also have forms available in the office. Please make sure to check with your club advisors for forms and more information. Rabbit and beef projects must be brought to check in/tag in. Market rabbit fryer forms are due May 1 or at check in on May 6. Please see dates under upcoming events. Hogs, dairy, breeding poultry, goats, sheep, dogs, and small animals all require fair entry forms due May 1. Horse I.D. and lease forms are also due May 1. (Horse PAS & fair entries are due June 1.) All department guidelines are posted at clinton.osu.edu under 4-H and junior fair requirements. Review each entry form for photo requirements. Queen Contest Deadlines Applications are due to OSU Extension by May 15th for the following department queens, fair queen or king. Ages requirements are also listed below. Beef (16-18yrs) Canine (14-18yrs) Dairy Princess (14-18yrs) Feline (14-18yrs) clinton.osu.edu CFAES provides research and related educational programs to clientele on a nondiscriminatory basis. For more information: go.osu.edu/cfaesdiversity.

2 Goat (14-18yrrs) Horse (14-18yrs) Poultry (14-18yrs) Rabbit (14-18yrs) Miss Annie Oakley (14-18yrs) FCS (15-18yrs) Jr. Fair Queen (16-18yrs) Jr. Fair King (16-18yrs) Here s the direct link for the species, king and queen application: **Pork Princess & Queen Application is also available at clinton.osu.edu and the deadline has been extended to April 30. Do you want to be on the RADIO??? (walhradio.com) The local online radio station located at 12 W Main Street would like to interview 4-H members and volunteers in the studio. Listen tomorrow, April 18 at 9:30 a.m. to hear from three of our teen leaders that represent camp counselors, Fashion & Nutrition Board and Junior Fair Board. All you have to do is go to walhradio.com and click on listen live. If you want to stop in and share about your 4-H projects and experiences please call me or send me an at montague.18@osu.edu. The station does pre-recordings on Thursday & Fridays at approximately 6 p.m.be prepared to answer some questions, but also share your name, 4-H activities & projects, how long you ve been in 4-H, what you like best about the program, why did you join and is anyone else in your family involved or were they! Over spring and summer we would like all clubs to participate. Please share this with other members and let me know if you plan to go. WE NEED NEW MEMBERS AND VOLUTNEERS EACH WEEK! Camp 2015 Junior camp forms are available in the Extension office. Camp forms are posted at clinton.osu.edu! The cost is $175. We couldn t provide a multiple camper discount due to budget. Camp forms are due May 8 OR until camp is full. Camperships are also available and the

3 forms are available at the OSU Extension office. CAMPERSHIPS for junior camp are due May 1. Junior 4-H Camp is June 1-5 at 4-H Camp Graham. Expect the Unexpected! Cloverbud camp is June 22 at 4-H Camp Graham. Forms coming soon! Wild About Animals! Quality Assurance (QA) 4-H/FFA members who want to show and/or sell market steers, market hogs, market lambs, market goats, market dairy steers, feeder calves, lactating dairy cattle, market poultry, market rabbits, and lactating dairy goats must attend a Quality Assurance Training at a designated time before the fair. In Clinton County many of the QA/PQA sessions are geared towards a specific department and held with a clinic. ALL county QA events will qualify a member for any market or lactating project including swine. We have two QA/PQA sessions left this season: May 16 at 10 a.m. at Blanchester High School & June 18 at 5:30 p.m. at the Fairground/Expo 2015 Skillathon Topics by Department Below you will find each department plus the main topic areas to help you prepare for skillathon. Members are also responsible to know information in the Clinton County Junior Fair Requirements Book. Use projects books, the Cl. Co. Junior Fair Requirements Book, resource books and the skillathon kits as study resources. Don t forget to check the Cl. Co. Junior Fair Requirements Book to see if you need a project book or insert for skillathon. Beef Feet & Legs Meat Cuts Medicine Insert Parts of Animal Swine Meat Cuts & Locations (Juniors Only) Ear Notches Feed Label

4 Feed Identification Rabbit Breed ID Faults & Disqualifications Conformation Housing & Sanitation Parts of Rabbit Sheep & Goat Sheep & Goat Rules Sheep & Goat Medical Wholesale & Retail Meat Cuts Feed & Equipment ID Skeletal, Body Parts & Structures Poultry Parts of the Rooster Fancy Bird Turkey Meat Cuts Feed Tag Hatch Dates/Show Dates Dairy Junior

5 Body Parts Feed Tag Medication Table Dairy Equipment/Supplies Senior Mammary Structure Mammary Anatomy Medication Table Feeds History of Dairy Horse Junior Feeds Weeds Parts of Hoof Conformation Parts of Horse Feed Tag Knots Senior Feed Label Medication Insert

6 Parts of Horse Parts of Hoof Colors Face & Leg Markings Weeds Knots Dog Junior Conformation Parasites & Vaccinations Diseases Training equipment First Aid kit Intermediate Conformation Agility Grooming equipment Emergency First Aid items Parts of the Dog Senior Anatomy & Physiology Parasites & Vaccinations Health First Aid Rally Agility Clinton County Jr. Fair T-Shirts The Fashion & Nutrition Board is selling fair shirts. Club advisors look for order forms in your mailbox! Short sleeve 50/50 shirts available:

7 $10 Youth X-Small Youth Large $12Adult Small-XL $152XL, 3XL, 4XL Order forms with payment in full must be turned in by June 1st to the Extension Office. Please make checks payable to CCFNB.The shirts will be gray, which is different than the order form. Orders will be ready by June H Club Volunteers Don t forget we have an advisor workshop just for you on April 28 at 6:30 p.m. at the Extension office/community room. The topics will be sales and skillathon. Office Hours Monday-Thursday, 8:00am to 4:30pm Closed Friday Deadlines If a deadline falls on the weekend or holiday we will accept it on the next business day. Upcoming Events: April 26 Counselor Training 2:00pm (Camp Graham, Clarksville) 28 4-H Advisor Workshop May 2 Beef Tag In 9-11am (Fair-Livestock Exposition Center) 3 Dairy Comm. 2pm (Quallen Farm) 4 SFB 7pm (Fair office) 6 Rabbit Check In/Tattoo 6-8pm (Fair-Rabbit Barn) Rabbit Comm. Mtg 8pm (Fair-Rabbit Barn)

8 16 Dairy & QA Clinic 10 at Blanchester High School 11 JFB 6pm & Horse Comm. 7pm 12 FCS Comm. 5:30pm & Dog Comm. 6:30pm 14 Carteens 6-8pm 17 Counselor Training 2:30pm 18 4-H Comm. 7pm 25 OSU Closed 30 Counselor Training 2:30pm Extra 2015 dates! June 1-5 Junior 4-H Camp June 22 Cloverbud Camp June 28-July 4 Citizenship Washington Focus July 5-9 State 4-H Leadership Camp at Camp Ohio July Leadership Washington Focus for Middle School Students July 29-August 9 Ohio State Fair Sincerely, Tracie Montague Extension Educator 4-H Youth Development montague.18@osu.edu

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