February 2007 Newsletter

July 2007 Newsletter
Dear Dawson County 4-H Members, Leaders and Parents, 
DAY CAMP, JULY 24, 9:30 am-4:00
Day Camp has been set for Tuesday, July 24 at 9:30 am with registration at the 4-H building at the fairgrounds. We will have some fun craft activities and play games. Lunch will be served at noon. The day will conclude about 4:00 pm. Please have someone pick you up at the fairgrounds. No leaders will be there after 4:00 p.m.

Here is a rundown of the projects. You will be making a modge podge bottle. You will need a big glass bottle for this. If you have one you can bring, like a wine bottle, please do so. You also need to bring your favorite material if you have some to modge podge with, or you can use our supply. You need to bring a colored t-shirt for our iron on flip flop or football t-shirt project. We will be making a hypertufa planter bowl with cement and peat moss. The final project will be a flower pot scarecrow.

Day Camp is open to all Dawson County 4-H'ers and Cloverbuds. We could use junior leaders for helpers. We need the junior leaders to be in charge of games for the last hour.

If you sold three credits of fruit you get to go FREE. If you did not sell that many or have used up all your credits, the cost is $5. Lunch is included in this.

YOU NEED TO REGISTER BY July 20 so we know how many are coming for lunch & craft plans. No late registrations accepted. Call now! 377-4277. Please bring l dozen cookies per family for snacks, bring your pre-washed t-shirt, wine bottle and favorite material.

FAIRGROUNDS CLEAN-UP DAY, July 29
Our annual clean-up day at the fairgrounds has been set for Sunday, July 29 at 1:00 p.m. Bring your weed trimmers, rakes, shovels, wheel barrows, cordless drill, hammers, nails & paint brushes to do some fix up work where needed. Pizza and pop will be provided for workers afterward. Call if you have any questions. Bring along your buckets and rags as the foodstand needs to be cleaned also.

PICTURES FOR THE PAPER- July 31
Every year the Ranger Review has a full page ad about 4-H clubs, projects and members. We need pictures representing different activities, projects, etc. Will your club be represented? We hope so. Bring your pictures into the Extension office By July 31. You may also want to put together a club picture collage for the fair.

DRESS REVUE, Aug 2, 1:30 pm
The dress revue has been set for Thursday, Aug 2 at the Courthouse Community Room. Practice will start at 1:30 p.m., judging will take place at 3:00 p.m. and the public revue at 7:00 p.m.

By Monday July 30 you need to bring or send in your script typed or neatly written on a large recipe card along. If you do your own script it saves the committee time in doing them. Let us know how many outfits you'll be modeling also. Please pre-register, 377-4277.

The day of the revue bring your outfits and accessories (shoes to match, jewelry, etc.) Bring along a dozen cookies for the revue that evening. The 4-H Council will furnish punch, coffee and decorations. Invite your parents, grandparents and friends to the public revue.

JUDGING, Mon Aug 6, Call for a time
If you are enrolled in clothing, exploring (discovery) or cloverbuds, your projects will be judged Monday, August 6 from 9:00 - 10:00, 10:00 -11:00, or 11:00 - noon. Call now and schedule a time you would like to get judged--377-4277. THE ANIMAL SERIES BOOKS WILL BE JUDGED ON MONDAY MORNING ALSO. WE WILL TAKE KIDS FROM 8:00 UNTIL NOON. CALL FOR A TIME PLEASE.

SMALL ANIMALS:
Anyone with poultry, rabbits, cats and dogs are invited to a Regional Small Animal Judging Day on Wednesday, August 1 starting at 9:30 am in Miles City. More info and signup sheets were mailed earlier this month to kids enrolled in those projects. Registration is due to this office by Monday July 16th. No late registrations accepted.

ALL SMALL ANIMALS must have their series or activity books judged Monday, Aug 6 before the fair or on Thursday Aug 9 in order for you to exhibit at the fair.
DOG CLASSES: Mondays at the fairgrounds at 6:00 pm–July 9, 16 23,and 30. You should have received a letter on this.
There will be a cat clinic on Aug 5th at the fairgrounds at 2:00 pm Cats will be judged Monday, Aug 6 at 1:30 pm.

SMALL ANIMAL ROUND ROBIN SHOWMANSHIP WILL BE THURSDAY, Aug 9 at 6:00 pm.(Dogs, cats, chickens, rabbits)

FAIR ENTRY BLANKS - Due July 27
Enclosed are your entry blanks–do not misplace them as this is the only one you will receive. If you are planning on entering your 4-H projects in the fair you need to pre-register by Friday July 27. We are doing things like last year and will have everyone entered on a computer program and therefore need advance entries earlier to get all of you on the computer. If you are not pre-registered, you will not have an entry blank at the fair, you won't be on the computer sheet for the judges and you will not get a premium check at the fair as the computer will do all of that for us this year. REMEMBER THEY ARE DUE BACK TO THE OFFICE BY JULY 27!

The 4-H fair book is printed and available for you to pick up here at the Extension Office. We encourage every new family to get a book. Most of the other families have one from the past couple years. If you are in vet science, range, poultry, cowboy poetry and photography; these items have changed in the past couple years and you may want to stop by the office and get a new 4-H fair book. If you cannot find your 4-H fair book, you can stop by and pick up a new one. They are a little bulky to mail, so stop by and pick yours up. We would like for you to put it in your blue or red 4-H binder that you should have around the house putting all of your 4-H letters into. Save the fair book as we do not print them each year to save money. Pick up your entry tags and stall cards at the office also. You can also pay your stall fees.

Clip & post on your bulletin board or frig so you know what’s going on during the upcoming weeks:
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FAIR WEEK -AUG 8-12
Mark your calendar now for these important 4-H dates July 24 Day Camp, 9:30 am, fairgrounds–Have you registered? Call 377-4277
July 29 - Cleanup day at fairgrounds. 1:00 pm
July 31 - Pictures due for the paper
Aug 1 - Small Animal Day in Miles City
Aug 2 - Dress Revue, CH Community Room 1:30 pm,public revue 7:00 pm
Aug 6 - 8:00 am animal series books, 9:00 am- Clothing, Discovery, Cloverbuds,1:00 pm Cats, pets & dogs judged.
Aug 9- 4-H Horses judged a.m., indoor projects -afternoon,
poultry and rabbits-2:00 pm,
small animal round robin showmanship- 6:00 pm
Aug 10 - All other animals judged
Aug 11 - Large animals round robin showmanship, 10:00 am.
4-H Livestock sale 5:30 pm

Sincerely,


Sherry Corneliusen Bruce Smith
4-H Assistant County Agent

Montana State University, US Department of Agriculture and Montana Counties Cooperating
MSU is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution.

2007 4-H Calendar

Feb 9-10 GATE

Feb 14 Fruit Sales Start, Jr ldr aps due for Camp Needmore
Oreo applications due for ski trip

March 3 Fruit Sale ends

March 10 Craft Day

March 4-6 MT 4-H Citizenship Seminar, Helena

March 9-11 Oreo Ski Trip, Red Lodge

March 15 Health Fair

March 30 Fruit Delivery

April ? Spring Council Meeting

June ? Demo & Public Speaking Day, Stir Ups
June 12 Miss MT Luncheon

June 12-14 4-H Camp, Camp Needmore

July ? 4-H Showmanship Day

July 10-13 4-H Congress
July 29 Fairgrounds cleanup day

August 2 Dress Revue

August 8-12 Dawson County Fair,

September 25 Record Books Due