- National 4-H Camping Institute (NCI IV)
- State Fair Livestock Activities
- Inbound IFYE's Assigned to Virginia
- 4-H/Japanese Exchange Program
- August is Beef Month in Virginia
- 1997 State 4-H Congress Presentation Winners
- 1997 State 4-H Congress State 4-H Judging Winners
- Animal Sciences State Level Competitions
National 4-H Camping Institute (NCI IV)
Believe it or not, as Ripley always said, the next NCI is just around the corner. Minnesota is hosting this fourth event, designed to bring the best and brightest ideas on camping to one central location. National 4-H Camping Institute IV is scheduled to be held September 25-28, 1997, at the Concordia Language Villages in Bemidji, Minnesota, for salaried and volunteer adults. The Virginia delegation is working to secure funding to support a Camping Study Tour to travel to and from this great learning experience. If you are planning to attend, or want further information on this event, please get in touch with me right away.
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State Fair Livestock Activities
The State Fair is fast approaching. The dates are September 25 through October 5. By now all Extension offices should have received at least one copy of the Youth Competition Guide for the 1997 State Fair. This document contains all program details for the youth portion of the fair and information about entering and tickets. In a companion book, called the Competition Guide, is information about the open competitions. Although all portions of the book can be photocopied, if you need additional books or additional entry forms then contact Lil Reynolds at the Fair at 804/228-3237.
Livestock Shows - Entries for livestock are due by August 15. The form is 8 1/2 X 14 on yellow paper and found in the Youth Competition Guide between pages 68 and 69. Photocopies of this form are acceptable. Extension Agents must sign the entry form for 4-Hers from their county. Your signature indicates that you have verified the age of the exhibitor, the fact that they are enrolled 4-H'ers in your county, and that the information about the animals is correct.
Entries for each junior show are mailed to different places, as follows:
Beef Dr. Mark Wahlberg, An Sci. Dept, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0306
Sheep Dr. Steve Umberger, An Sci. Dept, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0306
Swine State Fair of VA, Dept D-2, PO Box 26805, Richmond, VA 23261-6805
Any assistance you can provide to your 4-H'ers about the State Fair will be greatly appreciated by those of us who are working with shows held there.
Stockmen's Contest - A thorough test of knowledge in all aspects of livestock is the Junior Stockmen's Contest. This contest is for youth who are members of either the 4-H or FFA organizations. It is held at the State Fair, this year on Friday, October 3. Information on the contest is found in the 1997 Youth Competition Guide on pages 24-25.
Entries are due into my office by September 12. This entry needs to include only the number of contestants in each age division (junior or senior) and a name and address for the coach. In response to this information, passes to the fair will mailed along with a detailed entry form which the teams will bring with them to the contest. There is a limit of 2 senior teams and 2 junior teams from each county or FFA chapter. A team is a maximum of 4 members, thus each group may enter a maximum of 8 contestants in each age division.
Please work with the coaches of stockmen's teams in your unit to ensure they do not miss this entry deadline.
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Four inbound IFYE's have been assigned to Virginia this year, including Ian John Woollard of Australia (age 25), Alberto Acuna Marban of costa Rick (age 18), Sharol Hui-Hsien Kuo of Taiwan (age 30), and Karl Heggelund of Norway (age 19). These exchangees will be hosted in the counties of Alleghany, Bedford, Bland, Floyd, Giles, Henrico, Madison, Montgomery, Shenandoah, Suffolk and Wythe. Their schedules are attached, and they can be contacted to give programs to local 4-H and civic clubs. Those arrangements should be made directly with the exchangees and their host families.
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4-H Families in the counties of Bland, Clarke, Chesterfield, Culpeper, Cumberland, Fairfax, Madison, Rockingham, Wythe and Virginia Beach will be hosting the 27 Japanese youth who will arrive in Virginia on July 22. After overnight and orientation at a Richmond hotel, the visitors will travel to their host family homes on July 23 for their stay until August 19. Bland county, with four host families, boasts the highest number this year. Host family orientations are being held across the state, and are being conducted by: Dottie Nelson, Brenda Briggs, Frances Morris, Judy Ann Fray, Tom Baker, Carol and Rory Nansel and Richard Funkhouser. Robert Sexton, former LABO Intern in Japan, and Daniel Graves, a former 4-H delegate to Japan with the LABO Program, will assist members of the Virginia 4-H/Japanese Exchange committee with orientation of the Japanese youth. Richard Funkhouser and six 4-H members from Shenandoah county will depart on July 14 for their month-long stay in Japan. This group has been extremely busy with their fund-raising this past year, and earned almost all of the $2,460 necessary for each 4-H'er. Those interested in more information about the 4-H/Japanese Exchange Program and the proposed 4-H project, "Learning About Japan", should contact any one of the 4-H/Japanese Committee members or Judy Ann Fray at (540)948-4220.
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August is Beef Month in Virginia
August is Beef Month in Virginia In recognition of Beef Month, the Virginia Cattle Industry Board would like to offer free beef recipe brochures and consumer information to 4-H clubs for distribution at county fairs or other events. To request the free beef materials, 4-H agents and/or leaders should contact Cindy Boggs, Virginia Cattle Industry Board, P.O. Box 176, Daleville, VA 24083, (540)992-1992, or fax your request to (540)992-4632. Please allow at least two weeks for processing your order.
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