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Note from our Office
Dear Calumet County,
Happy July! This means it is officially time to fill out your fair entries for the 2023 Calumet County Fair, if you have not done so already. Fair entries are due no later than Wednesday, July 31st. As a reminder, Fair Entry is connected to your 4HOnline Account, so you won't need to create a new account AND it should automatically fill in a lot of your information for you.
I am planning to hold an information meeting on Wednesday, July 10th at 6-7pm at the Calumet County Courthouse in room #025. This will be a great opportunity for all new families to come and learn more about exhibiting at the Calumet County Fair and get a start at filling out their entry forms. If you are unable to attend, but would like to talk through some questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to our office. Please know this is dependant on if I am on maternity leave or not. More details will be emailed out to all families the week of the orientation.
As always, we are always available to answer any questions or concerns you have related to Calumet County 4-H. Please call the Extension Office at 920-849-1450 or email me at carlea.liermann@wisc.edu
Sincerely,
Carlea Liermann
Calumet County 4-H Educator
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Thursday, July 4 - Friday, July 5 - 4-H Office Closed
Monday, July 8 - Horse Project - Barrels Discipline - Calumet County Fairgrounds
Sunday, July 14- Friday, July 19th - Teen Travel Experience to Tennessee
Thursday, July 18th - 7 pm - Lamb Meeting - Calumet County Fairgrounds @ Harder-Goeldi Building
Monday, July 22nd - Horse Project - Poles Discipline - Calumet County Fairgrounds
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Leaders Council Highlight
The Calumet County 4-H Leaders Council Exec Board is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, June 12th at 7pm in room #025 at the Calumet County Courthouse. This was the last meeting for the current exec board before the newly elected board takes over this month.
During the meeting, they will start discussing things for the Calumet County Fair such as the Food Stand, the Foods Auction, and other tasks that will fast approach. Troy Jansen and Debbi Calaway are taking the lead of the Foods Auction, as Carlea will be out on maternity leave during this time. The group also discussed the changes in the newsletter, as it is now a different format and will not be mailed out to families. The Food Stand Committee decided to meet the last week in June. Lastly, the group discussed briefly the teen travel experience as that will be taking place in July.
At the next meeting, the newly elected board will take place with board officer elections. They will also decide when their monthly meetings will take place moving forward as they have been on the 2nd Wednesday of the month. They will continue to plan accordingly for the 2024 Calumet County Fair.
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4-H Window Display or School Exhibits
Make plans to put up a display this year for National 4-H Week, October 6-12. In fact, you should be able to use your booth from the County Fair for props for the display. Contact the 4-H Office by October 3rd with the location and hours your display is available to the public.
Be sure to include flyers or signs about who to contact for more information about your club. Include an invitation to join you for a meeting! First place $25; second place $20; all other participants $15!
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Clubs can Request Marketing Materials
Did you know your club can request marketing materials for events suchs as local parades or events that your club signs up for to market your club or Calumet County 4-H? This can include any of our brochures, WI 4-H activity books, and sometimes other materials such as stickers, pencils, notepads, etc., depending what we have in the office. If you'd like to request materials, all you need to do is reach out to the 4-H Office at least 2 weeks in advance to ensure enough time to get materials printed as we may not have extra on hand.
Way to go Charlesburg Stars 4-H Club for representing Calumet County 4-H this past weekend in their local parade!
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Registration for County Fair Opens July 1st!
The Calumet County Fair Association has registration for the fair entries set to open on Tuesday, July 1st. Registration should be pretty easy and straight forward as Fair Entry uses the system through 4HOnline. Most fields should automatically fill as you are completing registration for your fair entries. You can complete this here: https://fairentry.com/Fair/SignIn/20739
We are planning to host an in-person Fair Orientation and Information Session to help answer any questions that new or returning families may have. Please keep an eye out for more informatoin on this! To view step by step instructions, you can visit our website here.
Any questions regarding Fair Entry or the Calumet County Fair can be directed to Clara Hedrich at hedrichc5@gmail.com.
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Summer 4-H Opportunities
We're only a month into Summer, but our members are already taking advantage of the oppourtunities 4-H has to offer!
Emma Wagner just got back over the weekend after spending one week at the nation's capital for Citizenship Washington Focus! Participants learn about the roles of our representatives in the government. Youth get to see and experience government in action by meeting with their state's members of congress and watching a House of Representatives meeting.
Abby Meyer and Allison Peer also just got back after traveling 10 days with the American Spirit Educational Experience! Youth experience history and heritage of America by immersing in a 10-day bus journey to the East Coast and Canada. You can see a picture of Abby & Allision above from when they went whale watching!
This week is Summer Academy, and we have 2 youth, Isaac Nagel and Josie Mertens, who are helping support the statewide program, and we have 2 other youth who will be program participants. We can't wait to hear more about their awesome experiences and how they are able to dive deeper into careers related to their SPARKS!
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Opportunity for Connection!
Are you looking for a connection or ice breaker activity for your club? Here are some community builder cards that are a great resource for you to use with Cloverbuds all the way to high school and beyond! These are great for a quick way to build a sense of belonging, while getting to know others better.
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Area Animal Science Days - Horse Judging
We had great representation this year at the Area Animal Science Days (AASD) that took place in Shawano County this year. We had a Junior Team and Senior Individual who participated in Horse Judging and all placed individually!
Hope Geiger - 2nd Place Junior Division
Keira Unke - 4th Place Junior Division
Gracie Diedrichs - 5th Place Junior Division
Temperance Zahringer - 6th Place Junior Division
Allysa Schneider - 7th Place Senior Division
Nicole & Keira Unke, Temperance Zahringer and Alyssa Schneider all also submitted photography as part of AASD as well. Thank you to Andrea Diedrichs and Cheryl Unke for coaching and helping to prepare the team! You all did well representing Calumet County!
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Avian Influenza in Dairy CattleThis press release is from WI DATCP. In an effort to prevent the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)(H5N1) in dairy cattle, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is requiring Influenza A testing prior to movement of lactating dairy cattle to fairs or exhibitions effective beginning June 19, 2024. The release has more information about the directive.
This requirement will be in effect for local fairs, district and state breed shows, state fair, etc. In addition, please keep this in mind if you are hosting any upcoming 4-H dairy clinics, meeting, shows, etc. where lactating dairy cattle are planned to be present – these events would be included with this order. As always, 4-H families should connect with their local veterinarian for more information and best practices working with their animals.
More information about Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) in Dairy Cattle can be found on the DATCP site: https://datcp.wi.gov/Pages/Programs_Services/AvianInfluenzaCattle.aspx
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