August 15, 2009 E-News

Hello Everyone,
Just wanted to be sure you receive the information about entering still life exhibits, not animals, online for the Sanpete county Fair 2009 – see below.Help is available today through Friday, Aug 21, with registering 4-H exhibits online, at the Extension office 325 W 100 N, Ephraim. Call 283-7597 for an appt. see complete info below. You can register online until Monday, Aug 24, at noon; help is only available until Friday Aug 21. come learn how and finish at home.Fair is too fun to miss! see below.
Anita RaddatzDirectorFamily & Consumer Sciences/4-H AgentUSU Extension Sanpete County325 W 100 NEphraim UT 84627435 283 7596http://4hsanpete.usu.edu
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https://owa.usu.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=66267326f6e149658fcf8625975fe673&URL=http%3a%2f%2fextension.usu.edu%2fsanpeteanita.raddatz@usu.eduSanpete County Fair – 4-H ExhibitsNEW THIS YEAR:· All entries must be registered online at https://owa.usu.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=66267326f6e149658fcf8625975fe673&URL=https%3a%2f%2futah4hreg.usu.edu%2fcf%2f -· By enrolled 4-H volunteer leaders using the email address they provided when they completed the 4-H application.· DEADLINE FOR REGISTERING 4-H exhibits for Sanpete County Fair is Sunday, August 23 at midnight.· Print out the entry tags and attach to entries prior to Check In day August 24; print out list of items and also bring.WORKSHOPS TO HELP YOU REGISTER THE 4-H Fair EXHIBITS:· July 28, Tuesday, 1:00-6:00 pm· Aug 4 Tues 1-7:00 pm· Aug 8, Saturday, 9:00-noon· Aug 11 Tues 1-7 pm Aug 17 - 21, with an appt· Contact Cheryl Bartholomew to schedule an appointment ( limited number of computers) at 4hsanpete@gmail.com or 283-7599.· Workshops held at the USU Sanpete County Extension office, 325 W 100 N, EphraimNEW OPPORTUNITIES AT THE FAIR· Public Speaking: Aug 27, 28, 4:00-6:00 pm or Saturday Aug 29, 2-5:00 pm. 4-H’ers who participated at the Talent Expo 2009 or who were videotaped for Tech Chef project can repeat their speech or demonstration and will receive a $5 award. Contact Cheryl Bartholomew to schedule a time: 4hsanpete@gmail.com or 283 7599.· Fashion Revue – the modeling portion – will occur at 1:00 pm on Aug 29; participants must enter their garment in the fair as an exhibit to participate. when checking in on Monday, Aug 24, let us know the garment will be used for Fashion Revue. Fashion Revue participants will need to arrive no later than 12:00 Noon pm on August 29 to pick up their garment and change and meet as a group. A $2 blue ribbon award will be given to all participants. The commentary form must be completed and brought for the Fashion Review: https://owa.usu.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=66267326f6e149658fcf8625975fe673&URL=http%3a%2f%2futah4h.org%2ffiles%2fuploads%2fEvents%2520and%2520Registration%2fState%2520Contests%2fFashion%2520Revue%2520Guidelines%25202008.pdf· Performance – The youth who performed at the Talent Expo 2009 in April, can perform at the fair on Aug 27/28 from 4:00-6:00 pm or Saturday Aug 29 between 2 and 5 pm. Contact Cheryl to schedule a time – 4hsanpete@gmail.com or 283 7599. A $2 blue ribbon award will be given to all participants.NEEDED – Contact Cheryl Bartholomew, 4hsanpete@gmail.com or 283-7599 if you can help· Adults from Sanpete County to help judge Juab County Fair in Nephi, on Wednesday, August 5. Juab County and Sanpete County are providing judges for each other’s fair. Judging may sound stern and scary – but it is fun! We carpool to Nephi so you don’t have to drive. After a “welcome” and a brief overview of where exhibits are, we select or are assigned a category to judge. A scoresheet exists for every category so you know what to look for. If you have an area of expertise, every effort is made to have you judge that area. Lunch is provided. The time commitment is 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 (or earlier). People who judge fairs are so fun to be with. Juab County Fair provides an assistant for the section where you judge – and they are wonderful.· Adult 4-H Volunteers to take a turn in the 4-H Exhibit space providing “security” for the items during the time that the building is open to the public. A 2-hour commitment is requested.· Adult 4-H Volunteers to assist judges on August 25, 8:00 a.m. to Noon with lunch provided. We will ask that you not assist a judge that is judging your 4-H’ers’ exhibit category.· Adult 4-H Volunteers to help display the 4-H exhibits after judging: 2:00 – 6:00 pm on Aug 25.Sanpete County 4-H Exhibit Building Schedule· Aug 24 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Entries, except gardening, checked in at 4-H Exhibit Building· Aug 25 9:00 -10:00 gardening check in. Building closed for judging.· Aug 26 4-H Exhibit Space open 2:00 to 7:00 p.m.· Aug 27-29 4-H Exhibit Space open 11:00 – 7:00· Aug 27-29 Public Speaking ($5 award); see above.· Aug 29 4-H Fashion Revue 1:00 pm; see above.· Aug 29 Volunteer Recognition 3:00 pm· Aug 31 MONDAY Pick up entries, prizes, and awards 3-7:00 pm4-H Exhibition Space· The 4-H Exhibition Space provides the opportunity for enrolled 4-H youth members to show their “blue ribbon” quality projects created since last year’s fair.· NEW THIS YEAR: All entries must be registered online no later than midnight of August 23. Only those entries registered online will be the entries for this year’s fair. No Exceptions! Be sure to print out the tags for each of the entries and attach to the entries – that way the items are ready for check in. See schedule.· All entries must be stable enough to be handled and moved. If items can be hung, a hanger must be attached. Food items must not need refrigeration and will not be returned without arrangements when checked in.· 4-H members are allowed an unlimited number of total entries but with no more than one exhibit per lot within a class. If the class does not have lots listed, they are considered to only have one lot. Exceptions: Food Preservation (3 bottles of different fruit and 3 bottles of different vegetables) and Gardening (unlimited in each lot). The Utah State 4-H Fair Book is used for classes and lots for all entries: https://owa.usu.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=66267326f6e149658fcf8625975fe673&URL=http%3a%2f%2futah4h.org%2ffiles%2fuploads%2fEvents%2520and%2520Registration%2fState%2520Fair%2f2009%2520Fair%2520Book.pdf· Participants are responsible to pick up their items, their prize money ($5 rosettes, $2 blue ribbons, $1 reds), and awards in the 4-H Exhibit Space on Monday, August 31, between 3:00 and 7:00 p.m.· Entries with blue ribbons qualify for entry in Utah State Fair; let 4-H staff know if you will be sending items to state fair when the items are picked up.Every 4-H’er can enter the Fair in the 4-H Exhibit BuildingTo help those youth create items to enter in the fair,The Sanpete County 4-H presents its annual “Prepare for Fair” workshopSaturday, August 8, 2009, 9 am to 12 noon325 W 100 N, Ephraim, UTFor more information contact Cheryl Bartholomew 283.7599To register: email us at 4hsanpete@gmail.com or Call 283.7583There will be 6 project workshops to choose from: needlepoint, watercolor painting, drawing beading, paper cutting and collage. Participants will choose their projects and work at their own pace and start a new project when one is complete and ready for the fair.With the new Fair Board leadership and the active involvement of the board members and the involvement of Commissioner Frischknecht, this year promises to be a very fun fair! If you have any questions contact us.Anita Raddatz, 4-H non-animal projects, 435.610-1147Matt Palmer, 4-H Horse & Livestock, 435.283-7582Cheryl Bartholomew, 4-H Assistant, 435.283-7599Anita RaddatzDirectorFamily & Consumer Sciences/4-H AgentUSU Extension Sanpete County325 W 100 NEphraim UT 84627435 610 1147 cell435 283 7596435 610 1147 cellhttp://4hsanpete.usu.edu>https://owa.usu.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=66267326f6e149658fcf8625975fe673&URL=http%3a%2f%2fextension.usu.edu%2fsanpeteanita.raddatz@usu.edu