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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010Stark County Quality Assurance RESCHEDULED!
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
Please note the date change for the upcoming Stark County Quality Assurance Program-
March 10, 2010
Stark County Quality Assurance Program
March 10, 2010
RG Drage School
6:30pm
Please note that Tuesday, March 2, 2010 QA Program has been
RESCHEDULED to Wednesday, March 10, 2010.
Stark County Quality Assurance Program
March 10, 2010
at RG Drage School
at 6:30pm
16th Annual Stark County 4-H Advisory Committee Swiss Steak Dinner
Thursday, January 28th, 2010Plans are underway for the 16th Annual 4-H Advisory Committee Swiss Steak fundraiser dinner. The dinner will be held on Saturday, April 24th from 4:30-7:00 p.m. at the Nimishillen Grange, Easton Street, Louisville.
Help is needed from all clubs with the following:
- Advance ticket sales, tickets are now available. Contact Carol or Nancy to get tickets to sell! Return money, unsold tickets and number of tickets sold by Wednesday, April 21.
- Advertising by placing posters in various locations to help advertise the dinner.
- Raffle donation/ideas: gift certificates; theme baskets, any store donated items or homemade items. Everyone loves the raffle!
- To help brown steak 8:00 a.m., April 24.
- Set tables.
- Pie and cake donations – to be delivered to the grange between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
- Workers for the dinner: to serve dinners, dishwashers and kitchen help. Two shifts are available 4:15 to 6:00 p.m. and 5:45 to 7:30 p.m.
- Clean-up 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Items needed for the dinner:
Amounts needed each year vary!
1 bottle dishwasher liquid
1 gallon vegetable oil
1 box salt
3# coffee
10# sugar
30# flour
1 jar beef bouillon cubes
1 gal vinegar
25 gallon green beans
9 cans 48 oz. of beef broth
2 64-ounce bottles orange drink concentrate
Money donations
Raffle Baskets
Workers
Pies and Cakes
Contact: Nancy Biller 330-875-3437 or Carol Kralik 330-875-8714
Call Nancy or Carol to help with any of the above.
Cash/check donations also welcome!!
Jenna McNeil & NAAF Fundraiser
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Jenna McNeil, a Beech Creek 4-H Member, has been diagnosed with Alopecia Areata. You can help by selling wrist bands (bracelets) in her honor. If you are interested in helping to sell bracelets, please call 330-823-6830. We would also be available to visit your club meeting to present a short video about Alopecia Areata. It could be a great health report!
The Beech Creek 4-H Club will be hosting a square dance at the Stark County Fairgrounds on September 25. All proceeds will go to the National Alopecia Areata Foundation (NAAF). For more details about Jenna and Alopecia Areata please read the attached flyer.
Jenna McNeil Stark Co 4-H Member Fundraiser for Alopecia Areata Fondation
2010 Stark County Jr. Fair Deadline
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010The 2010 Stark County Fair will be here sooner than we know!
ENTRY DEADLINE is July 23, 2010.
Please make sure all entries are in the J. Fair Office by that date!
NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED!
2010 Stark County Quality Assurance Dates
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010Just a reminder that every Stark County Jr. Fair Member taking a market animal or a lactating animal MUST attend a Quality Assurance Program in 2010. Here are the following dates for Stark County:
Tuesday, March 2, 2010, at 6:30 p.m. at RG Drage
Wednesday, March 24, 2010, at 6:30 p.m. at RG Drage
2010 CHUCK BLACKWOOD MEMORIAL ESSAY CONTEST
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010The winner will be awarded an NPGA Registered Pygmy Goat kid to be taken as a project and shown in Stark County for 2010! Pygmy goat kid will be donated by the Pygmy Goat Committee and will ready for the child in the spring, usually around April or May.
Any 4-H member may participate if they will be enrolled with a club for 2010 and did NOT take a pygmy goat project in 2009.
To enter the contest the child must write an essay outlining why they would like to take a pygmy goat project, as well as what housing arrangements you will have. Include in your essay your name, age, phone number, number of years you have been involved in 4-H, previous projects taken, and any other information they feel is important and/or interesting! Be creative! Think about what may make your essay stand out from the crowd. The essay may be hand-written or typed and often have included art work!
Parents/Guardian MUST sign at the bottom of the essay confirming that they would be able to receive the pygmy kid, take care of the kid properly as far as housing requirements, ect. and that they agree to finish the project out by showing it in Stark Co. this year.
Our committee is looking for an individual who shows enthusiasm and interest in owning and raising a new project and who is able to provide proper care and adequate housing for a pygmy goat project. (When planning for housing and fencing needs, remember that your pygmy kid will be small when you receive it, probably around 15 inches at the withers).
Essays are due by Feb. 28, 2010. The committee will be meeting the first week of March and the winner will be notified by phone. All others will be sent a letter by mail. If you win, be sure you sign up for the project with your club by March 15, 2010. All names will be withheld from committee members that are judging the essays.
This has been a great program that we have implemented the past several years! The winners have enjoyed their pygmy kids so much! Tell your friends and spread the word! Good luck to all! Questions? Call Kirstin Cheyney @ 330-854-2496.
Send Essays to:
Kirstin Cheyney, Chairman
Stark Co. Jr. Fair Pygmy Goat Committee
7833 Bricker Road NW
Massillon, OH 44646
2010 Dairy/Market Goat Info
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010There will be a clinic on Saturday, June 26, 2010, at 10 am at the Old Coliseum on the fairgrounds. Clinic will cover showmanship, hoof trimming, clipping, feeding and nutrition, and the scrapie program.
All dairy/market goats must be in the possession and care of the junior fair member by May 31, 2010.
Tag in for market wethers is Saturday, June 5, 2010 from 9 am – 11 am.
12th Annual Lil International Showmanship Contest
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010Wilmington College would like to invite members of your county to particpate in the 12th annual Lil International Showmanship Contest. It is Saturday, March 27th. registration is limited so please register early.
Wilmington College Collegiate 4-H will help members improve their showmanship skills. There will be two age divisions: Junior 9-14 years old and Senior 15-21 years old. Six species will be shown: horse, dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep, goats, and swine. All animals and show equipment are provided. Hope to see you there!
Collegiate 4-H Flyer
4-H Pre-registration
Ohio 2010 District Sheep and Goat Programs
Friday, January 8th, 2010By Roger High
rhigh@ofbf.org or 614-246-8299
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State University Extension and the Ohio Sheep Improvement Association will offer 12 district sheep and goat programs throughout Ohio this winter.
The program series was launched in 2001 to provide educational programming on a wide variety of sheep and goat management topics for Ohio livestock producers.
The series will be offered at the following locations:
•Jan. 13, Mt. Victory — Top of Ohio Region Sheep and Goat Program, Mt. Victory Plaza Inn, 7 p.m. Topic: “Feeding Sheep and Goats for Maximum Production.” Contact Wesley Haun at 937-599-4227 or Gene McClure at 419-674-2297.
•Jan. 26, Mt. Gilead — Heart of Ohio Region Sheep and Goat Program, Morrow County Community Center, 619 West Marion Road, 7 p.m. Topic: “Handling Foot Rot and Parasites in Sheep and Goat Operations.” Contact Jeff McCutcheon at 740-947-1070.
•Jan. 28, Springfield – Top of Ohio Region Sheep and Goat Program, Clark County Extension office, 4400 Gateway Blvd., Ste. 104, 7 p.m. Topic: “Lamb and Goat Carcass Evaluation.” Contact Jonah Johnson at 937-328-4607.
•Jan. 28, Barnesville – Buckeye Hills Region Sheep and Goat Program, Belmont County Farm Bureau office, 100 Colonel Drive, 7 p.m. Topic: “Ecology and Management of Coyotes and Other Predators.” Contact Steve Schumacher at 740-695-1455 or Mark Landefeld at 740-472-0810.
•Jan. 30, Marion – Heart of Ohio Region Sheep and Goat Program, Ag Credit Building, 100 East Center, 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., $5 registration for lunch. Topic: “Pasture Management for Sheep and Goat Operations.” Contact Connie Thomas at 740-223-4040.
•Feb. 3, Mt. Vernon – Heart of Ohio Region Sheep and Goat Program, Knox County Extension office, 1025 Harcourt Road, 7 p.m. Topics: “Ultrasound Technology and Utilizing CIDRS to Synchronize Lambing” and “Utilizing Artificial Insemination to Incorporate Genetics into Your Sheep Flock,” $20 registration fee due by Jan. 29. Contact Troy Cooper at 740-397-0401.
•Feb. 10, Burton – Western Reserve Region Sheep and Goat Program, Geauga County Extension office, Patterson Center, 14269 Claridon-Troy Road, 7 p.m. Topic: “Ohio Sheep, Lamb, and Goat Marketing Opportunities.” Contact Les Ober at 440-834-4656.
•Feb. 11, Piketon – Ohio Valley Region Sheep and Goat Program, OSU South Centers, Endeavor Center, 1862 Shyville Road, 7 p.m. Topic: “Marketing Sheep and Goats to the Ethnic Population.” Contact Jeff Fisher at 740-947-2121.
•Feb. 18, Wilmington – Miami Valley Region Sheep and Goat Program, Clinton County Extension office, 111 S. Nelson Ave., Ste. 2, 7 p.m. Topic: “Marketing Sheep and Goats to the Ethnic Population.” Contact Tony Nye at 937-382-0901.
•Feb. 24, Mt. Hope – Crossroads Region Sheep and Goat Program, Mrs. Yoder’s Kitchen, 8101 State Route 241, 6 p.m. with a 5:30 p.m. buffet dinner. $14 fee required for meal with reservations made by Feb. 19. Topic: “Ohio Sheep, Lamb, and Goat Marketing Opportunities.” Contact Dianne Shoemaker at 330-264-8722.
•March 8, Fostoria – Maumee Valley/Erie Basin Region Sheep and Goat Program, Ag Credit Services Corporate office, 610 West Lytle St., 7 p.m. Topic: “Practical Health Management Practices and Open Health Forum.” Contact Ed Lentz at 419-447-9722 or Gary Wilson at 419-422-3851.
•March 15, Zanesville – Heart of Ohio/Crossroads Region Sheep and Goat Program, Muskingum County Extension office, 225 Underwood St., 7 p.m. Topic: “Pastures, Parasites, and Sheep Production: Lessons Learned from Three Years of On-Farm Research.” Contact Mark Mechling at 740-454-0144 or Howard Siegrist at 740-349-6900.
In addition to the District Sheep and Goat Program series, OSU Extension and the Ohio Sheep Improvement Association will also offer a Buckeye Hills Region Sheep and Goat Production School in Athens. The series will take place Jan. 19 and 26 and Feb. 2, 9, and 16 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the Athens County Extension office, 280 West Union St. Registration is $35 per person or couple if they share materials. For more information, contact Rory Lewandowski at 740-593-8555.
For more information about the programs, contact Roger High at 614-246-8299 or rhigh@ofbf.org, or log on to http://www.ohiosheep.org.