4-H Bits & Bytes
Warren County 4-H Newsletter: March 23, 2022
Upcoming Dates:
March 31: Quality Assurance, Event Center, 7pm
April 1: 4-H Enrollment Deadline, 4:30pm
April 4: 1st Year Dog Training
April 19: Senior Reception, Event Center, 6:30pm
4-H Enrollment
- Make sure you double-check all your projects! Incorrect project enrollments now will result in no fair entries later.
- Cloverbuds, Age 5 & in kindergarten to age 8 & in 3rd grade, can only enroll in project #715 My Cloverbud Year. No other projects!
- You can add projects yourself after your enrollment is approved!
New Member Orientation
Lottery Lamb
Cost: $275 per lamb with a maximum of two lambs per exhibitor. Lambs are limited. It will be first-come, first-served. Some of the lambs will again come from Achor Club Lambs. We are not sure how many lambs we have available yet, so register early to improve your odds of getting a lamb.
Deadline: The deadline to reserve lambs is March 31, 2022, at 4:30 p.m. Checks should be made out to “Nahrup Club Lambs” and must be brought into the Extension office. There will not be a show-up bonus this year to keep the initial price as low as possible.
Lottery Date: Thursday, April 7th at 6:30 p.m. in Building E. Lambs will be available to view starting at 6:00 p.m.
If you have any questions, email Greg Meyer at meyer.213@osu.edu.
Quality Assurance
Every 4-H member who plans on exhibiting market livestock or lactating dairy animals is required to attend one session of Quality Assurance each year. One parent is required to attend with exhibitors. All QAs will be in person at the Event Center and starting at 7 pm. Pre-registration is not necessary.
4-H Clover Crusaders
The 4H Clover Crusaders had an election meeting on February 27, 2022. Their former president, Jacob Goldschmidt passed the presidential torch to Andrew Bowser. The other three that sit up at the officer table are Lilliana Carlisle, Vice President, Kaylene Gale, secretary, and Jarren Gale, treasurer. Kenzley Gale was re-elected as a news reporter. Aubrey Carlisle and Andrew Walls are the health and safety officers. And lastly, the recreation officers are Jett Gale, Rebecca Bowser, Brooklyn Goldschmidt, and Hannah Brown. The new officers are looking forward to leading a successful 2022 4H year.
Department Royalty
After your application has been submitted and the application is closed, you will receive a text message from Sr. Superintendent Dana Bullock to schedule your mandatory in-person interview on Tuesday, May 10th.
This application will close on Friday, April 29th at 5:00 PM. No late applications will be accepted.
Applications can be found at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe-ipV9wTCCpDbNxeGlHp6PxQzOZ3BlbInPNkAIOJO8di2eMg/viewform?usp=sf_link
Dairy Project Update
Spring Dairy Expo: For those of you who can, we will meet at the PBS Animal Health display at 11:30 prior to the sale at noon on Tuesday, March 29. The Expo is held at the Ohio State Fairgrounds. Hope you can come!
Just to make those of you aware who are new to the dairy program, we do not have a Dairy Cattle Club. You don’t leave the club you are in to take a dairy project. You stay with your club and take the dairy projects like you would take any other projects that are not club-specific. I know there are specific horse, dog, livestock, and general projects clubs but dairy is not that way. You get to have dairy experience and receive the support from the dairy advisors as you need it along with attending optional clinics, meetings, and field trips.
Natasha Neal attended a project update meeting for dairy. She says the dairy book is completely different this year and has suggested we have a meeting to discuss the changes. We will schedule a zoom meeting sometime after April 1 signup deadline when we know who will be taking the projects. Project books won’t be available until after April 1. There is an additional online quality assurance you take online and print off a certificate. More to come.
OSU Extension, Warren County
Email: stevens.1068@osu.edu
Website: warren.osu.edu
Location: 320 E Silver St, Lebanon, OH, USA
Phone: 513-695-1311
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WarrenCounty4HProgram