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Teens

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Adult Volunteers / Parents

4-H Leaders 4-H Council

4-H Association Volunteer Enrollment

4-H License Plates

Animal News

ID Days Premise ID

Lease Forms Horse Vaccination

Born & Raised Rabbit / Poultry Forms

State Fair—Swine Spring Fest

Workshops

Goat Rabbit Poultry YQCA

Electric

4-H NEWS Wells County

April 2019 Roger Sherer, Extension Educator/CED, 4-H & Youth Development

Purdue University, Indiana Counties and U.S. Department of Agriculture Cooperating An Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Institution

This newsletter is an educational service of the Wells County Cooperative Extension Service. Additional copies are available from the Wells County Extension Service.

EDITOR: Roger Sherer, 4-H/Youth Ed.

DESIGN: Linda Bushee, Support Staff

Roger Sherer

Extension Educator/CED 4-H/Youth Development PURDUE UNIVERSITY

Cooperative Extension Service Wells County Office 1240 4-H Park Rd.

Bluffton, IN 46714 260-824-6412

2019 FAIR DATES

July 13—18 Wells County 4-H Fair

Rodeo July 19

August 2—18

Indiana State Fair

September 17—21 Bluffton Free Street Fair

4-H License Plates

Renewing your license plates soon? Consider switching to an Indiana 4-H license plate. Plates can be ordered at the time of registra-tion at www.in.gov/bmv or at the local BMV. Not only is a 4-H plate a great tool for pro-moting 4-H during your travels, but it also generates revenue for state and county 4-H programs. Thanks for your support!

Newsletter Deadline

Please submit information you would like placed in the next

newsletter by April 24.

Master Gardener Plant Sale

Youth entering high school through your final year in 4-H may participate. The dates are June 22—24 at Purdue Univer-sity with a public performance at Loeb Playhouse at 4-H Round-Up, June 24 at 6:30 PM.

To sign up for the workshop, log into 4-H Online and register in the event section. Wells County 4-H will pay a portion of your fee. Members pay $65. Contact the Extension Office after you have enrolled. Registration is due April 15th. Visit the Indiana 4-H web page for more details.

4-H Band Workshop

Saturday, May 18 8 AM—2 PM

4-H Park, Bluffton

4-H Fair Camping forms are now available at the Extension Office and on the web page.

4-H Fair Camping Reservation

The Purdue Office of the Wells County Extension Service is located in the Wells County Community Center at the 4-H Park. Hours are Monday—Friday, 8 AM—4:30 PM. Phone: 260-824-6412.

Volunteer Enrollment

Thank you to all of the volunteers that have signed up in the 4-H Online system. If you have not done this yet, please go to http://in.4honline.com

There is now a new way to view the volunteer training video that must be watched. Go to http://purdue.ag/VolCert

Questions, call the Extension Office at 824-6412.

Visit our Web Page:

www.extension.purdue.edu/wells

Keeping Updated

The best way to keep updated is to make sure your email, address and phone numbers are correct in your family profile in 4-H Online.

4-H Association

4-H Council

The 4-H Council will meet June 17, 7 PM in a joint meeting with the 4-H Association.

Future meetings include:

April 15, 7 PM, 4-H Park

May 20, 7 PM, 4-H Park

Plans are continuing for the 2019 4-H Fair and the Rodeo.

Interested in volunteering, contact the Exten-sion Office, 824-6412.

4-H Camp

All county-wide meetings will be canceled any time Norwell, Bluffton, and / or Southern Wells School Corporations close due to weather. If schools are closed due to fog in the morning but it burns off during the day, you should check with your leader and find out the status of your meeting. You may also check K105.1 FM or well-scountyvoice.com or the Wells County 4-H Face-book page. You may also call the Extension Of-fice, 260-824-6412.

Weather Cancellation Policy

Rule Book

The 2019 Wells County 4-H Rule Book is available at the Extension Office for $7.00. Inserts, no notebook or dividers, are available for $3.00. It is also on the web page at: www.extension.purdue.edu/wells

The date to drop projects or add projects is Wednesday, May 15th. You will need to go in-to your family profile in 4-H Online and add or drop the projects you wish to take. If you add a project, stop by the Extension Office to pick up any manuals or record sheets you will need. NOTE: The 4-H Online system does not notify the Extension Office if you drop or add.

Drop / Add Date

4-H Camp will be held June 4—6 at Camp Ep-worth Forest. Youth in grades 3—6 may at-tend the event. Details were mailed to you in March. Camp registration is due May 1 and can be done in 4-H Online or just drop the forms off at the Extension Office.

Visit our Facebook page at: Wells County 4-H

Feel free to comment, post or like at any time!

Orientation will be held April 24, 7—8 PM at the Wells County Community Center, 4-H Park.

Safety Meeting & Archery Skills Beginners April 30, 6:30—8:30 PM Advanced May 1, 6:30—8:30 PM Plans are to divide the members into two

groups. Beginners would meet on Monday nights and Advanced will meet Tuesday nights. We will be flexible for families with youth that might be in both. Meetings will continue through May and June and finish with the awards night, June 19th.

Supply fee for arrows, safety guards, etc. is $20 for the first member and $10 for the 2nd family member..

Scholarships are available for supply fees and membership. Talk to one of the 4-H Leaders.

Leaders are certified and teach important safety skills.

For more information, contact Cassy Fox, 260-273-3165.

See club flyer at www.extension.purdue.edu/wells

Shot Gun Club

Purdue Spring Fest April 6—7

Topics:

Hands on demonstration

Soldering Workshop—try it

Project specifications

Question / Answer Workshop will be taught by staff from Heartland REMC. A workshop will also be held April 29, 5:30—7:30 PM at First Merchants Bank Heritage Hall, Fairgrounds, Huntington.

Archery Club

х Safety Orientation meeting on Saturday, April 27, 9—11 AM at the Wells County Gun Club, 2555 E. 400 N., Ossian.

х Meetings will continue on May 4, 11, 18, 25 and June 1, 8 & 15.

х Supplies fee—This project uses many clay targets and shot gun shells. This fee is $25.

х Scholarships are available for membership fees and supply fees. Talk to one of the leaders or the Extension Office, 824-6412.

х All equipment and ammo will be provided. If you have a gun, it must pass a safety inspection.

х Forms to have your gun inspected can be picked up at the Extension Office or at the first meeting.

х Leaders are certified to teach important safety skills.

х Questions—call Kevin Springer, 260-273-3162 for details.

х See club flyer at www.extension.purdue.edu/wells

Check out all of the activities that are planned at https://ag.purdue.edu/springfest or just Google: Purdue Spring Fest. There will be numerous hands on activities, the popular Bug Bowl, Horticulture and the Veteri-nary Medicine Open House. Events 10 AM—4 PM each day.

4-H Electric Workshop April 15

5:30—7:30 PM Community Center, 4-H Park,

Bluffton

Jr. Leader Happenings

April 9 & 10 Volunteers needed to help at 1st grade Kids Health & Safety Fair. Morning and afternoon shifts.

April 16, 4 PM at 4-H Park Community Cen-ter. Fill 400 4th graders Ag Tour bags. It will take about an hour.

April 22, 6:30—8 PM. Club will meet at Busted Haft (Hatchet Throwing). We will learn about this new sport to Wells County. More details will be sent.

April 27, 10 AM—2 PM. Help staff a 4-H Summer Events display at the YMCA Open House.

* Call 824-6412 or email rsherer@purdue.edu if you can help.

4-H Project Supplies

We have the following items for sale in the Extension Office: Foam Core Boards (22” x 28”) $ 3.25 Poster Sleeves (plastic covers) $ 1 Salon Print Sleeves $ 1 Electric Kits Troublelight $ 30 Shake lights $ 15 Extension Cord $ 13

4-H Academy @ Purdue

The popular 4-H Academy at Purdue will be held June 12—14 for youth in grades 9—12. Topics include: Citizenship in 4-H Natural Resource Food Science & Nutrition Plant Science $how Me the Money Spread the News! Exploring Health Careers Intro to EMS Animal Bio-Science Animal Health Food Animal 1 Food Animal 2 Horse & Companion Animal Computer Science Sustainable Agriculture Engineering The Science of Flight Robotics Entrepreneurship Wells County youth pay $65 towards the cost of the trip. The remainder is sponsored by Wells County 4-H. Contact the Extension Of-fice, 824-6412 if interested. Details and link for more information is located at: www.extension.purdue.edu/wells

2019 Youth Choral Music Workshop is a four day workshop which concludes with a performance at 4-H Youth Round-Up, Loeb Center Purdue University campus.

This year’s event will be held June 22– 25 at Purdue and the group will also meet in August at the Indiana State Fair for a performance.

Wells County youth interested in participating should pay $75. The remainder of the registra-tion will be sponsored. To sign up, log into 4-H Online and register in the event section. Contact the Extension Office after you have enrolled. Registration is due April 15. Visit the Indiana 4-H Web page for more details.

Youth Choral Workshop

Consumer Clothing & Sewing Judging and Fashion Revue will be Sunday, July 7, 2019 from 3—6 PM. Registration will begin at 2:30 PM.

Consumer Clothing & Sewing Judging

To exhibit at the county and State Fair, 4-H members showing beef, dairy, dairy beef, dairy feeder calf, goats, poultry, rabbits, sheep and swine (so, basically everything ex-cept horses, dogs, cats and Llama/Alpaca) must be certified through “Youth for the Quality Care of Animals”. The goals of having 4-H members complete the YQCA training session include:

Youth will be more prepared to be ambassadors for animal agriculture in their role as youth livestock exhibitors.

Animals from youth livestock programs are treated with utmost care.

4-H members are contributing to a safe, wholesome food supply. Sign up & Options

YQCA Workshop dates will be added as an event at yqca.org. You will be required to log-in at yqca.org using your 4-H Online email and password to sign up for the workshop of your choice from a list of workshops and pay online.

In person workshops require online registration of $3, and online workshops require online registration of $12. Either way, you need to go online to pay. There are no free coupons this year. If you do not wish to use your credit card for the $3 registration, stop by the Extension Office for a $3 ticket so that you can register with the ticket number for the workshop option.

New this year is a multiple online certification available for youth who are age 12 and age 15 by January 1. You can take a multiple year “test out”. You will still pay $12.00 for each year you test out of. You only pay if you pass the test. You only have one (1) opportunity to take the test. Cost for age 12 is $36.00 (3 years). Cost for age 15 is $48.00 (4 years). Test out is ONLY available online. This would save you time to do the yearly workshop or the yearly online test.

Please understand that the fee is paid to YQCA for the curriculum and development. These fees were not set by the Indiana 4-H program, and 4-H does not receive any of these funds.

If you are unable to take the training in Wells County and do not wish to take the training online, you may register and attend a workshop at any of the locations listed. Dates for train-ings outside of the county will be released as they become available. Local Workshops: April 11 6:30 PM Community Center, 4-H Park, Bluffton April 16 6:30 PM Huntington County Fairgrounds, Heritage Hall April 17 6:00 PM Blackford Courthouse Annex, Hartford City April 30 6:30 PM Huntington County Fairgrounds, Heritage Hall May 1 6:30 PM Huntington County Fairgrounds, Heritage Hall May 4 9 AM & 11:45 AM Adams County Fairgrounds Dining Hall, Monroe May 9 6:30 PM Community Center, 4-H Park, Bluffton May 11 10:00 AM Blackford Courthouse Annex, Hartford City May 14 6:00 PM Allen County Extension Office, Purdue Fort Wayne campus June 7 1:30 PM Community Center, 4-H Park, Bluffton June 11 10:00 AM Allen County Extension Office, Purdue Fort Wayne campus

Youth for Quality Care of Animals (YQCA)

Animal Project News

Animal lease forms are allowed in Horse & Pony, Dairy, Alpaca & Llama. These forms should be turned in at the County Extension Office by May 15th. Lease forms are available at the Extension Office or on the web page at www.extension.purdue.edu/wells

Animal Lease Forms

YQCA Update

Sheep and Goat ID Day

Rabbit Workshop

Livestock Premise ID Number

Animal Project News

May 11 8—10 AM

Multi-Purpose Building 4-H Park, Bluffton

Animals will be weighed, ear tagged, and

retinal eye scanned if going to the State Fair.

Details about the next 4-H Rabbit Workshop will be sent to each member.

Thank you to the 74 members who attended the Youth for the Quality Care of Animals (YQCA) Training during Spring Break! Also thanks to the 20+ youth that have com-pleted the online training. To register for a workshop go to yqca.org

Animal Resource Books

If you are enrolled in Beef, Dairy, Sheep, Swine, Goat, Rabbit, or Horse & Pony, you will want to purchase one of these books.

Each member in your family does NOT need a book. We suggest one book per family. Local libraries also have these for loan or a resource at the library.

Answers to the questions on your project sheet will come from the book.

Cost of the books are: Alpaca / Llama $ 17 Beef: $ 14 Cat $ 16 Dairy $ 11 Dog $ 20 Goat: $ 17 Horse & Pony $ 20 Rabbit $ 12 Sheep: $ 15 Swine: $ 14 Stop by the Extension Office Monday through Friday from 8 AM—4:30 PM to purchase your copy. We will also have them for sale at the ID Day and workshops.

Horse & Pony Members

Remember to identify your animals in the 4-H Online system. You will need to include a digital photo. If you have questions, contact your leaders.

Are you new to 4-H? If so, you will need to check out this information on Premise ID.

4-H Livestock mem-bers with cattle, swine, sheep and goats need to have a Premise ID.

This number is assigned to a farm location almost like an address. If your farm does not have an ID you can get the number from the Indiana Board of Animal Health at 317-544-2381 or by email at www.in.gov/boah

If you house your animals at another loca-tion, check with the property owner for the Premise ID number. The numbers are only needed for cattle, swine, sheep & goats.

Your Premise ID will be needed for: * To obtain a Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) which is like a prescription feed. * Your 4-H Online Animal Enrollment * If you exhibit at the State Fair.

Wells County will again offer classes or recognition at shows of livestock that are born and raised in Wells County. These projects include: Beef, Goat, Sheep, and Swine. When you enter your animal ID information into the 4-H Online system, be sure to mark “born and raised”. If you do not have internet access, stop by the Extension Office by the May 15th deadline and bring all your animal information.

Born & Raised in Wells County

Wells County 4-H Horse & Pony will hold a Vaccination & Workday, Sunday, April 7, 3—5 PM at the 4-H Park in Bluffton. The vaccination will meet all of the exhibition requirements for 4-H in Indiana. Reservations are required and can be reserved by contacting Ann Elmore, 260-414-5397. Additional vaccines can be purchased but you need to indicate what additional shots you need. Prices are listed on the Horse & Pony Web Page. If you are having your vaccinations done by another vet, make sure that you complete the 4-H Horse & Pony Vaccination Form (4-H 1031w). Vaccinations and the vaccination form are needed before you can bring your animal to the 4-H Park for your first meeting.

Horse & Pony Vaccination & Workday

Poultry Workshop

Thursday, April 11 6 PM

Community Center, 4-H Park, Bluffton

Feel free to attend the YQCA Workshop that will be at 6:30 PM.

Future dates: Workshop, May 9, 6 PM; Blood Testing, June 6, 5—7:30 PM and June 22, 3—5:30 PM at the 4-H Park.

Animal Enrollment

Animal Project News

May 15 Deadline for Swine, Sheep, Llamas, Alpacas, Dairy, Dairy Feeder Calf, Horse & Pony, and Beef Breeding Heifers to complete Animal ID in 4-H Online.

Rabbit and Poultry will complete a paper form. Forms will be mailed to members in early April. Forms are due Ma y 15h.

Dairy Feeder ID Day— Date Change!!!!!!

April 6 8—10:30 AM

Cattle Barn 4-H Park, Bluffton

х Calves can weigh up to 250 lbs. at the ID Day. Due to a 4-H Park scheduling issue, we have had to change the date from April 13 to April 6. Please plan to bring your animals to the 4-H Park on Saturday, April 6th!

Support the 4-H Horse & Pony Club at this event on Saturday, April 20, 11 AM—until out at Bluffton Wal-Mart parking lot. Contact any club member for tickets.

Port-A-Pit Chicken BBQ Fund Raiser

Meat Processing

Swine Exhibitors for State Fair

Animal Project News

State Fair 4-H swine exhibitors are once again required to collect hair (DNA) samples from their animals and turn them into the Extension Office by May 15th in the special envelope that will be provided. Part of this process is that you must also record the animal’s RFID tag on the envelope. The Extension Office now has the envelopes and tags for you to pick up. Online entry for the State Fair is open and swine are due June 1st.

If you are planning to take an animal to Lengerich’s or Manley’s for processing after the 4-H Fair, please give them a call to schedule a time. With all the area fairs happening at approximately the same time, they need to plan accordingly.

Wells County is using ear notches and RFID Tag #’s as the form of identifying swine. Both are needed. RFID tags are available at the County Exten-sion Office. Each member can receive up to six (6) tags. Each tag after that are $3 each. You will need the tag number when you enter your animals into the 4-H Online system. If you choose to assign a tag to an animal and tag it later, make sure you keep a record so that the correct tag is used for that animal. These will need to match at fair weigh in.

The Swine Boosters / Committee will meet Monday, April 29, 7 PM at the Wells County Community Center, 4-H Park. Fair plans for the BBQ supper will be discussed along with the June Workshop and Weigh Day. All 4-H Swine families are invited.

Swine Boosters / Committee

Swine Members State Fair Cattle Exhibitors

Cattle Scales

All Beef Cattle, Dairy Beef and Dairy Feeder Steers that will be exhibited at the Indiana State Fair must turn in a DNA hair sample by April 1 (beef and dairy beef market steers) and May 15 (commercial heifers, registered heifers, and dairy feeder steers). Special envelopes are available at the Exten-sion Office. The envelope with the DNA hair sample must be turned into the county Exten-sion Office, envelope number recorded and forwarded to the State 4-H Office. Remember, this is only if you plan to exhibit at the State Fair.

The 4-H Association has ordered the new scale and it should arrive in May or June. Thank you to all of the clubs, families, and businesses that donated. Donations are still being accepted and they can be dropped off at the Extension Office.

CLUB MEETING INFORMATION

CHESTER CHARGERS April 18, 7-8 pm @ Prible Ag

HURRYIN’ HARRISONS April 18; May 23; June 13; June 27 (Book Signing), 6:30 –7:30 PM, Community Center, 4-H Park

JACKSON JAGUARS April 22 ; May 6; May 20; June 3; June 24, record book signing and finalizing the year meeting All meetings from 6:30-8:00 p.m. at the McNatt Church

JEFFERSON KNIGHTRIDERS April 9; May 7; June 14. 6 PM, Bethlehem Lutheran Church; Book Signing June 19, Meeting 5:30 PM, Signing starts at 6 PM, Bethlehem Lutheran Church

LANCASTER ACHIEVERS April 8, June 3, 7—8 PM, Community Center; June 27 Book Signing, 6—8 PM, Community Center

LIBERTY HAPPY GO LUCKY April 25, May 23, June 28 (Book Signing), 6:30 PM, Liberty Center Methodist Church

NOTTINGHAM NOBLES April 13, 9 AM, Petroleum United Methodist Church

ROCKCREEK ROLLERS April 8, 7—8 PM, Bolinger-Bushee Home, 9374 N Marzane Rd, Markle

ALPACA / LLAMA April 7—Indoor Meetings, 4-H Park, 4—5 PM. Outdoor meetings, Zook Home, 4—5 PM: May 4, 5, 12, 19, 26; June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; July 11

HORSE & PONY April 7, Expo Hall, 6 PM. Vaccination Day and Workday, April 13, H & P Barn, 9—11 AM; Outdoor meetings start April 28, Multi Purpose Building.

ROBOTICS April 4 & 18, 6:30—8 PM. Meetings at Community Center, 4-H Park, Bluffton.

ARCHERY April 24, 7—8 PM, Orientation, Community Center, 4-H Park; April 30, Beginners, 6:30—8:30 PM, 4-H Quonset; May 1, Advanced, 6:30—8:30 PM, 4-H Quonset; Regular Meetings are 6:30—8:30 PM, 4-H Park Quonset. Dates are on website. Awards Night: June 19

BB & RIFLE April 2 Awards Night. Meetings are from 6:30—8:30 PM, Community Center, 4-H Park.

SHOT GUN April 20, 27 ; May 4, 11, 18 & 25 ; and June 1 & 8. Meetings are from 9—11 AM, 2555 E. 400 N., Ossian OUTDOOR PURSUITS Call Mark Durham, 260-273-6508 JR LEADERS April 22, 6:30—8 PM, Meet at Busted Haft Throwing, 202 W. Market St., Bluffton

CALENDAR OF EVENTS www.extension.purdue.edu/wells

See 4-H Club Schedule for County, Township, and Community Club Meeting Dates

APRIL 6 Dairy Feeder ID Day, 4-H Park Cattle Barn, 8—10:30 AM 6—7 Spring Fest, Purdue College of Ag, 10 AM—4 PM 7 4-H Horse & Pony Vaccination Day, 4-H Park, 9—11 AM

9-10 Wells County Kids Health Fair, Bluffton Elementary School, 9 AM—2:30 PM 11 4-H Poultry Workshop, Community Center, 4-H Park, 6 PM

11 YQCA Workshop, Community Center, 4-H Park, 6:30 PM 15 4-H Band & Chorus Registrations Due 15 4-H Association, Community Center, 4-H Park, 7 PM

15 4-H Electric Workshop, Community Center, 5:30—7:30 PM 16 Jr. Leaders help pack bags for Ag Day, 4-H Park, 4—5 PM

18 Area 4-H & FFA Dairy & Livestock Judging Contest, Steuben County, Angola 19 Good Friday—County Offices Closed 20 4-H Horse & Pony sponsored Port A Pit Chicken BBQ, Wal-Mart Parking Lot,

11 AM—until gone 22 Junior Leaders Meeting, 6:30—8 PM, Busted Haft, 202 W. Market St.

24 Archery Club Orientation, Community Center, 4-H Park, 7—8 PM 27 4-H Shot Gun Club Orientation, Wells County Gun Club, 9—11 AM 27 4-H at the YMCA Open House, 10 AM—2 PM

29 Swine Boosters / Committee, Community Center, 4-H Park, 7 PM 30 Archery Club, 4-H Park Quonset Building, 6:30—8:30 PM

MAY

1 Archery Club, 4-H Park Quonset Building, 6:30 PM 2 Senior Expo, Community Center, 4-H Park, 9 AM—3 PM

7 Election Day—County Offices Closed 9 4-H Poultry Workshop, Community Center, 4-H Park, 6 PM 9 YQCA Workshop, Community Center, 4-H Park, 6:30 PM

11 4-H Sheep & Goat ID Day, Multi-Purpose Building, 4-H Park, 8—10 AM 15 Last Day to Drop / Add 4-H Projects

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4-H & JOANN Stores

4-H Partners with JOANN for “Clovers for Kids” Campaign JOANN stores are helping 4-H bring more hands-on programs to local communi-ties across the nation to inspire kids to lead lives with their head, hands, and hearts, Between march 1—April 30, 2019 visit your local JOANN store and purchase a clover tear away at the register for either $1 or $4. $4 purchases come with a $4 off coupon for a later purchase. 100% of the funds donated go back to 4-H with 70% going back to the local states’ 4-H program. In addition, JOANN wants to support individual 4-H’ers involvement by providing a rewards card for 4-H members, leaders, staff, and parents,. The rewards card give holders 15% off their purchase every day. Sign up: https://www.joann.com/4-H/