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Hip, Hip Hooray!

County Awards

Club Officer Books

Record Books

Thank You List

Be A Young Leader!

Join County Council!

Dates to Remember

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JACKSON COUNTY EXTENSION FEBRUARY 2012

Amber Matthiesen Heather Moore

4-H Youth Development Program Specialist 4-H County Youth Coordinator

And Program Coordinator hamoore@iastate.edu

amber@iastate.edu

Carolyn Clark

Jeannett Kruse Program Assistant

Office Manager clark05@iastate.edu

jlkruse@iastate.edu

Calendar of Events

September 1 Intermediate Fun Night @ Fairgrounds 7 pm 3 CEO Closed for Holiday 9 YLC @ CEO 3:00 pm 9 County Council @ CEO 4:00 pm 11 National Night Out– Maquoketa 16 Leader’s Training @ CEO 5:00 pm 17 Endowment Committee Meeting @ CEO 6:00 pm 17 Youth Committee Meeting @ CEO 7:00 pm

October 7-13 National 4-H Week 21 Recognition Banquet @ Pearson

September 2012

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September Due Dates: √15: Re-Enrollment Begins– www.4honline.com √17: County Project Awards Due to CEO √17: Officer Books Due to CEO √17: Club Awards due to CEO

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

Hip, Hip Hooray! Congratulations to these 4-Hers who are going above and beyond!

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! The Miles Mavericks would like to thank all the 4H clubs and individuals who donated books or money to our Book Drive for Henryville

Elementary. Our club was able to surpass our goal of 1400 books and send over 2900 books to Henryville. The generous support of Jackson County 4-H clubs was overwhelming. What a great way to represent Iowa 4H! Thanks again!!!

Good Luck! Good Luck! Good Luck! Good Luck! To all of the Senior 4-Hers!

Thank you for all of your contributions to the Jackson Co 4-H Program. We’ll miss you!

Alissa Root Auston Spain

Bailey Miller Brittany Kloft

Carly Ward Chance Deppe

Chelsey Kloft Clair Fahey

Cody Schveiger Eric Weirup

Erin Weirup Grant Lapke

Jacob House Jannell Huebbe

John Jacobs Joe Kilburg

Josh Blake Katie Hotvedt

Kyle Flatness Leslie Marvin

Meagan Fields Morgan Budde

Morgan Meier Paige Gradert

Ronald Schroeder Seirra Rauch

Way to Go! Way to Go! Way to Go! Way to Go! Marta Grant and Sophia Lindstrom represented Jackson County at

the Regional Intermediate Clothing Event.

Club Officer Books and Record Books

Club officer books are due to the CEO by September 17. These are the treasurer, secretary, and historian books. It is mandatory for all club

treasurer books to be turned in for audit. Member record books are due to the club leaders, check with them when they are due. Record book

forms are available at the CEO and the web page.

County Awards

All Jackson County 4-H’ers are eligible to receive county awards. 4-H’ers in grades 4-6 are eligible for the Junior Record Keeping Award, Out-

standing First Year Member, and Junior Merit. Intermediate and Senior 4-H’ers may receive Merit awards, submitted by club leaders.

*** 4-H’ers in grades 7-12 may apply for county project awards. Applications are available at the CEO or on the Jackson County webpage and

need to have support material attached to the application. Deadline for submitting county project award is September 17 to the CEO. Support

material may be:

Written—a story, resume, record, or portion of a record, photo, etc. Format: 8 1/2” x 11”, one sided, five page maximum. The application form

is not counted towards pages of the support material. Videotape—not more than five minutes. Audiotape—not more than five minutes.

Incentive Awards will be offered for the County Project Awards winners valued at $25 each. Check with your club leader for the date your record

book is due. Awards will be presented at the Annual 4-H Recognition Banquet.

Congratulations State Fair Participants! Congratulations State Fair Participants! Congratulations State Fair Participants! Congratulations State Fair Participants!

KacKenzie Intelkofer, Dustin Lippens, Sabrina Lippens, Savanna

Lippens, Alaina Martensen, Brett Schoenherr, Eli Schultz, Auston

Spain, Sydney Stender, Alex Martens, Taylor Banowetz*, Anna Dunne, Kelsey Feller,

Cale Gent, Kaylyn Gent, Joy Gnade, Kara Gnade, Marta Grant, Dylan Gruhn, Jacob

House, Allison Kilburg, Cody Kirby, Sydney Kucera, Kaitlyn Lane, Marlee Lindstrom,

Dylan Lippens, Sarah Lyon, Gabi Martens, Avery Martensen, Jocelyn Martin, Leslie

Marvin, Aaliyah Maze, Morgan Meier, Bailey Miller*, Drake Rueter*, Jack Roling,

Abby Smithson, Grace Trenkamp, Erin Weirup, Tyler Moothart*, Mathias Peters*,

Sam Peters, Austin Deppe&, Chance Deppe*, Michael Peters, Halie Gruenwald*,

Thomas Crossland, Kendall Steines*, Sierra Rauch*, Alex Martens, Janell Huebbe,

Madison Lapke, Garret Moeller, Ashley Kruse, Brad Holdgrafer, Todd Holdgrafer

* denotes winners of additional awards at the State Fair

4-H IS BASED ON RESEARCH

Updates

Thank you to all the volunteers who helped at the 2012 Jackson County

Fair. The fair was a huge success and we owe it to the volunteers and

parents. Your help is greatly appreciated not only during fair, but through-

out the year as well! Please be sure to send thank you cards!Please be sure to send thank you cards!Please be sure to send thank you cards!Please be sure to send thank you cards!

4-H’ers, make sure to send a thank you letter to the sponsors of your award and the

supporters of the ribbon and animal auctions. If you need help finding an address of

your buyer, please contact the CEO. Other individuals and organizations to send

thank you notes to are listed below. Additional thank you notes can be sent to Fair T

-Shirt Sponsors, 4-H Leaders, Parents, and anyone else who helped in anyway to make your fair experience a success.

Livestock Committee Members Farm Credit Services of America (meal ticket) Maquoketa Sentinel-Press Food Stand Committee 1621 11th Street 102 West Quarry Street Extension Council DeWitt, IA 52742 Maquoketa, IA 52060 Youth Committee Send these to: Maquoketa State Bank (Pancake Breakfast) Jackson County Fair Board Jackson County Extension 203 North Main P O Box 859 201 West Platt Maquoketa, IA 52060 Maquoketa, IA 52060 Maquoketa, IA 52060 Jackson County Cattlemen Jackson County Pork Producers Clinton/Jackson Dairy Board Brandon Moore Skott Gent Allan Till 22654 92nd Street 1616 Bunker Hill Road 7707 Hwy 62 Maquoketa, IA 52060 Monmouth, IA 52309 Maquoketa, IA 52060 Jackson County Veterinarians Association Bellevue Veterinary Clinic Jackson County Poultry Association US Bank ($1 meal ticket) Khristian Becker Lorin Deppe 120 South Main 1121 East Platt Street 8128 168th Avenue Maquoketa, IA 52060 Maquoketa, IA 52060 Maquoketa, IA 52060

Be a Young Leader!

Sunday, September 9, 2012 3:00 pm @ the CEO 4-H members in 7th through 9th grades can be a member of the Young Leader’s Council! Young Leaders plan events for

Intermediate 4-Hers, plan and implement Service Learning Projects (like the Corn Box at the Jackson County Fair) and have lots of

fun! Come to our first meeting and see what it’s all about!

Join County Council!

Sunday, September 9, 2012 4:00 pm @ the CEO County Council members are in 10th, 11th or 12th grade and are the leaders of the Jackson County 4-H program. Being involved in

County Council is your opportunity to plan events, make decisions and meet new friends! Come on in and check it out!

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4-H Dates to Remember October 21: Recognition Banquet November 11: Officer Training November 11: New Member Meeting December 27-28: Winter Adventure Camp February 10: Sweetheart Ball June 17: FSQA Training July 8: Pre-Entry Day July 13: Clothing Event

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Intermediate Fun Night

Intermediate 4-Hers (7th, 8th and 9th graders) are invited to Intermediate Fun Night on

Saturday, September 1st from 7:00 to 10:00 pm. The night will be hosted by the Young Leaders.

To register, call the CEO or visit the website.