THE CLOVER NEWS IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION AND OUTREACH DUBUQUE COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE. Heather Roesch

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1 DUBUQUE COUNTY EXTENSION THE CLOVER NEWS For 4-H Families, Leaders, and Friends IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION AND OUTREACH DUBUQUE COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE JULY 2014 Heather Roesch County Youth Coordinator Kelsey Adams Admin/Youth Assistant WHAT S INSIDE: Building Judging Schedule 2 Horticulture Judging Schedule....2 Building Host Schedule..2 FSQA Training Dates Important Date Reminders....3 Copyright Permissions...3 Clothing Event July Working in the 4-H Food Stand...4 Blue 4-H Livestock Sheet Livestock Loading Information....7 Dubuque County Fair Checklist...7 Friendly Reminders Office Hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday West Ridge Lane, Suite 2 Dubuque, Iowa Phone: (563) Fax: (563) Congrats to all our Communications participants on a job well done! Scholarship Congratulations! We would like to congratulate two outstanding 4-H members that recently graduated from Western Dubuque High School and are recipients of 4-H Educational Scholarships. Rachel Demmer received the Mable Hilton Memorial Scholarship and Andy Dougherty received the Fran Gansen Memorial Scholarship. The two were recognized at the Western Dubuque Senior Awards Ceremony on May 13th. Congratulations Rachel and Andy! We wish you all the best! Iowa State University Extension programs are available to all without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, or disability.

2 2014 Fair Schedule- Important Date Reminders H Building Judging Schedule Saturday, July 19 in the 4-H Building 8:45 Fillmore Achievers 9:00 New Vienna Future Leaders 9:15 Art Explorers 9:30 Placid Pepper Uppers 9:45 Asbury Juliens 10:00 Holy Cross Home Helpers 10:15 Riverside Achievers 10:30 Table Mound Express 10:45 Peosta 4-H Pals 11:00 Rickardsville Jr. Farmers/Dubuque County Shooting Sports 12:00-12:30 LUNCH 12:45 Bankston 4-H Friends 1:15 Sherrill Community 1:30 Washington Senators 1:45 Balltown Future Farmers 2:00 Worthington Jr. Farmers 2:15 Farley Wranglers 2:30 Dubuque County Trailblazers/FFA 2014 Horticulture Judging Schedule Friday, July 25 at 4-H Building Stage Area 12:30 Asbury Juliens Art Explorers Farley Wranglers 12:45 Peosta 4-H Pals Washington Senators Holy Cross Home Helpers 1:00 Table Mound Express Riverside Achievers Rickardsville Jr. Farmers/FFA 1:15 Dubuque County Trailblazers Worthington Jr. Helpers Balltown Future Farmers 1:30 Placid Pepper Uppers Sherrill Community 1:45 New Vienna Future Leaders Bankston 4-H Friends Fillmore Achievers *Note: Please come 15 minutes before your scheduled time so you can be checked in. 4-H Building Host or Hostess Schedule for 2014 Tuesday July am 1:15 pm: DBQ Co. Trailblazers 1:15 pm 4:30 pm: Asbury Juliens 4:30 pm 8 pm: Washington Senators Wednesday July am 1:15 pm: Placid Pepper Uppers 1:15 pm 4:30 pm: Holy Cross Home Helpers 4:30 pm 8 pm: Worthington Jr. Helpers Thursday July am 1:15 pm: Rickardsville Jr. Farmers & Balltown Future Farmers 1:15 pm 4:30 pm: Sherrill Community 4:30 pm 8 pm: Peosta 4-H Pals Friday July am 1:15 pm: Fillmore Achievers 1:15 pm 4:30 pm: Riverside Achievers 4:00 pm 7 pm: Art Explorers Saturday July am 1:15 pm: Bankston 4-H Friends 1:15 pm 4:30 pm: Farley Wranglers 4:00 pm 7:00 pm: Extension/Youth Leaders Sunday July 27 12:00 pm 2:30 pm: Table Mound Express 2:45 pm 5 pm: Extension/Youth Leaders 5:00 pm 7 pm: New Vienna Future Leaders MAKE SURE YOUR CLUB ARRIVES 15 MINUTES AHEAD OF TIME FOR CHECK-IN It is strongly suggested that all 4-H members take their turn at being a 4-H Building host or hostess with their club. Please divide the time as your club sees fit Required Numbers : 6 TOTAL 4-H Members, including at least 2 Senior Members + 2 Adults = 8 Club representatives total

3 FSQA TRAINING DATES All Beef, Sheep, Swine, Dairy, Goat, Bucket/Bottle, Rabbit, & Poultry exhibitors MUST be FSQA certified to show livestock. Upcoming training dates include: June 12. Jones County. 6:30 p.m. Contact Monica Gray, , June 23. Jackson County. 1 to 3 p.m. There is a $5 cost for out-of-jackson-county youth. Contact Amber Luckstead, or amberlea@iastate.edu IMPORTANT DATE REMINDERS June 13 Clothing Event entries due to Extension Office 25 6:30pm Swine Committee Meeting at Extension Office 26 Youth Leaders Meeting, 6:30pm Sweet Dreams in Durango 30 6:00pm Beef Committee Meeting at Extension Office 30 7:00pm Auction Committee Meeting at Extension Office July 1 Blue 4-H & FFA Animal/Livestock Entry Form due to Extension Office (please indicate how many Dairy cows you will be bringing on this form) 1 State Fair Livestock entries due in 4hOnline 1 Bucket/Bottle Calf Written Report is due to Extension Office 1 4-H Building Judging Helpers Form is due 8 Clothing Event, Dubuque County Extension Office, 5pm 19 Bring Exhibit Entry Form with you on Judging day 19 Pet Binders are due at Conference Judging 25 Bring Horticulture Entry Form with you on Judging day Copyright Permission for Fair Projects As you work on your exhibits for the fair, keep in mind that if you use items that are copyrighted sports team names, the John Deere logo, Disney Characters, etc. you need to get permission for that. Take a look at SFDocuments/SF1UseofCopyrightVI pdf to get more information on how to ask for permission. Getting permission can take a long time, so it s best to write your letters now instead of panicking before the fair. Companies/ corporations do not have to grant you permission, but if you explain fully how you plan to use their work, they are more likely to grant you permission to use their product. Clothing Event July 8 Show off your best outfit at the 2014 Dubuque County Clothing Event July 8 at 5pm at the Extension Office. Participate in Fashion Revue (created garments), Clothing Selection (purchased garments), or the $15 Challenge. Entries are due June 13. Forms can be found at: or by contacting the Dubuque County Extension Office. More information can be found in your county Fairbook. MISSION STATEMENT 4-H EMPOWERS YOUTH TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL WORKING AND LEARNING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CARING ADULTS

4 Instructions for Working in the 4-H Food Stand Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your shift time to get instructions and ease the transition. NO flip flops or sandals. CLOSED TOED footwear only for safety reasons. Long hair must be pulled back and restrained. CLEAN caps are acceptable. Do not play with or touch your hair during your shift. Wear the 4-H uniform. Jeans are okay if they are clean and not torn. Footwear must also be clean. There s nothing worse than ordering food and smelling the barn. Bring your smile! Upon arrival, fill out your name tag and sign into the log book. Wash your hands with soap and dry them with paper towels. If you leave the stand, wash your hands again when you return. Each club will provide a window person to work the kitchen window. All front workers will call or give the customer orders to this person only. He or she will in turn tell the kitchen staff the order. This person needs to speak clearly and loudly with some politeness. This person must be organized and able to handle up to 4 orders at one time and have them complete and passed to the person who presented the order. Four front workers, the order people, will take and present orders to the window person. After the food order is placed, they will wait for the completed order and present it back to the customer. They will work in a rotation fashion to keep the orders flowing smoothly. One person will be the drink person. After the food order is placed, the drink person will step up and ask, What would you like to drink? This moves the customer a little farther down the line towards the cashier so additional orders can be taken. The drink person will provide what they have asked for. By that time, the order person will hopefully have the completed order to them and then they are ready for the cashier. Keep the line moving! When we have a large amount of people waiting, that s the most important thing. Some items take a little longer to prepare, but others can be presented quickly. Keeping the line moving also allows more 4-H ers to help the customers. The last area that needs coverage for one or more people is the condiment and clean-up area. These people are in charge of refilling all containers: ketchup, pickles, onions, napkins, etc. They also wash the trays, counters, and picnic tables. When a container is almost empty, it can be added to another container (warm to warm). The empty container is washed out in the kitchen with soap & water, then filled with fresh ingredients. Ketchup containers are always filled full. All other containers are filled half full. Refill pop machines around 3pm and again at 9pm. Pop can be moved from the back pop machines to the front. When moving pop out of the walk-in cooler, it should be placed in the back pop machine area leaving the bottom left hand corner of the Coke machine empty for condiment containers. At the end of the evening, the walk-in cooler can be filled with warm pop but check with the kitchen staff before doing so. At the end of the night, clean up. All containers are cleaned and refilled fresh. Wash tablecloths and remove when dry. Place clips in the ice cream bucket. Refill pop machines. Bring in the sandwich board. Sweep the floor. Tie and take out garbage bags and replace with new. Take off seats and bring inside. Sometimes the kitchen workers can use help washing dishes check with them. THANK YOU for working hard during your shift! NOTICE for the Dairy Barn! There is absolutely NO CLIPPING of cattle in the milking area. If anyone is found clipping their dairy cattle or any clipping tools are found in the milking area at any time during the three days they are at the fairgrounds, the 4-Her s responsible will be forfeiting their premium money. If this is seen again by the milk inspector, we will be in jeopardy of losing our permit to milk your dairy cattle and holding the milk.

5 WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO SHOW Read fair book rules and regulations carefully for each division. Each exhibitor (except horse, dog and pet exhibitors) MUST attend FSQA or have a current test on file. **Any questions should be directed to the Extension Office at ** Livestock Check In on Monday of the Fair *All trucks/trailers will be staged in the West Parking Lot by the designated signs (Swine/Dairy/Beef) *EVERYONE is to enter off Seippel Road by horse arena & stage in the proper lines to be let up to the barns to unload animals via the Livestock Committee/Fairboard *NO TACK/FEED/SHOW BOXES WILL BE UNLOADED until 12:00pm, but can be brought in on Saturday/Sunday before during designated times *NO ANIMALS WILL BE ALLOWED TO BE UNLOADED BEFORE 8am ON MONDAY AS GATES WILL BE LOCKED. *Trucks/Trailers will enter through the Lower Livestock Gate when released from West Lot *You will follow the arrows mapped out for maneuvering in the livestock parking lot to the designated unloading areas Dairy Unload at the Dairy Barn- exit down the hill and out the lower livestock gate and up towards Old Highway Rd Beef Unload at the Show Barn DUBUQUE COUNTY FAIR CHECKLIST DUE: Friday, June 13 Clothing Event entries due to Extension Office DUE: Tuesday, July 1 Blue 4-H & FFA Animal/Livestock Entry Form due to Extension Office State Fair Livestock entries due in 4hOnline Bucket/Bottle Calf Written Report is due to Extension Office DUE: Saturday, July 19 Bring Exhibit Entry Form with you on Judging day Pet Binders are due to Extension Staff at Building Judging day **Any questions should be directed to the Extension Office at **

6 Friendly Reminders! State Fair Entry Deadline is July 1. REMEMBER to go onto Click on the pdf file as that has a worksheet at the end. We encourage you to fill it out as it will make entering your animals for state fair in 4hOnline easier! Livestock Parking Passes 4-H & FFA Livestock Parking Passes will go on sale beginning Saturday, July 12th. They will be available to purchase from the Dubuque County Fair Office Saturday's 8am until noon, and weekdays from 8am - 4:30pm from that date until Saturday July 20th. Passes must picked up by Saturday, July 20th. The cost per pass is $10. 4-H Club Trip Requirements Reminder: If your club is planning to attend a day or overnight trip, you must contact the Extension Office to notify them of the trip details and members attending. We ask that we are notified no less than a week before your trip to allow us enough time to prepare the required documents and insurance that is necessary for your 4-H trip. Certain activities including swimming require special permission forms to be signed by parents. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our office at NO EARLY LIVESTOCK REMOVAL All livestock exhibits must be on the grounds and may not be removed from the grounds according to the times stated in their respective species (as outlined in the Fairbook). Consequence of breaking this rule will be loss of premium and one year of ineligibility to show at the Dubuque County Fair. Please refer to the Dubuque County Fairbook for additional rules and regulations. NONPROFIT ORG US POSTAGE PAID DUBUQUE, IA PERMIT NO 41 Dubuque County Extension West Ridge Lane, Suite 2 Dubuque, IA ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED