Reminder: Are you officially enrolled?
Lincoln-Adams 4-H members should check with your leaders and or Karen at the Extension Office (659-3209 or e-mail) to be sure you are officially enrolled for 4-H project exhibits you plan to enter in Fairs.  We will not retro-actively enroll youth in a project this fall just so they can send an entry to State Fair.

4-H Group (head) leaders should review the last club report from the Extension Office to make sure member information is correct. Updates can be requested at any time.

Volunteers can check HERE and/or contact Karen to be sure you are officially enrolled. Fairs MAY determine entry or 4-H fair pass eligibility based on enrollment lists requested from Extension Office.

Adams County Fair   (Othello)
September 12 - 15, 2012 ? (Based on last year's date)
Fair Office 488-2871
Web page
Grant-Adams Extension 4-H   (509) 754-2011, Ext. 413

Grant County Fair ( Moses Lake)
August 14 - 18, 2012 ? (Based on last year's date)
Fair Office 509-765-3581
Website

An exhibitor must be a resident or owner of property in GRANT COUNTY or that portion of Adams County receiving irrigation water under the Columbia Basin Project. Open exhibits from outside of the area are only by the invitation of the Building Superintendent and Fair Board.

North Central WA District Fair
August 22 - 26, 2012 ? (Based on last year's date)

Waterville, WA    509-745-8480
Website

Spokane Interstate Fair
September 7 - 16, 2012

Web Site

Wheat Land Communities Fair

http://fair.goritzville.com/fair.php

Market Livestock Health (QA) Forms

WLCF. Livestock Entry Form
Due by August 15, 2010

WLCF Demo/Activities Entry Form PDF  Word
Due by August 15, 2010

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Danish System of Fair Exhibit Judging

Fair Entry Reminders According to:
WA STATE 4-H Policy

Print Version - PDF

Reminder:
The “Grade” for 4-H Fair Entries is the grade the 4-H member was in on January 1st. of the
4-H year.

Remember:
4-H Members must be in the 3rd grade or higher (Oct. `09 – June `10 for this year) AND have reached their 8th birthday by January 1 (2010) to be eligible for:

•  Competitive situations, including livestock shows or sales

•  Enrollment in large animal projects including beef, dairy, goat, equine, sheep

• llama, and swine

  • Primary members may enroll in pygmy goat and participate
    in non-competitive situations. (i.e. participation ribbon only at Fair)
  • Primary members may enroll in the “Horseless Horse Project” & can
      participate in non-competitive situations but they can not handle live horses
      at 4-H events.
• Enrollment in food preservation projects using hot water bath or pressure canning.
  

What this means:
Primary youth may enter 4-H class/division exhibits for their enrolled 4-H projects.

Primary 4-H exhibits can NOT receive Danish System Awards (Blue, Red, White) or
Best of Show Awards.

Primary 4-H youth may receive participation recognition.

Refer to EM0758 “Washington State 4-H Youth Development Program Policy”
For more information on 4-H membership, animal ownership deadlines, showing horned animals, showing unaltered male animals, volunteer policies and more!

Questions?
Contact Bridget Rohner at 725-4171 or Karen Robertson at 659-3209

Biosecurity Checklist for Livestock Exhibitors (from WSDA)

BioSecurity Signs for Fairs (PDF)

On-Line Disease Prevention Module: “Ensuring the health of people and livestock by implementation of bio-security practices." This training module teaches bio-security practices and how they can be used to reduce the risk of contracting and spreading diseases while raising & exhibiting 4-H livestock.

Hand Washing

Misc. Flyers:
    Fair Hand Washing & Herdsmanship Flyer

    Critter Area: Important Information Poster

Lincoln-Adams, WA organizations can contact Karen at 659-3209 or robertk@wsu.edu
for samples of DOH & WSU Hand Washing flyers/posters and order form.

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From DOH:
Fair season...While visiting the petting barn can be a great experience, it is important that parents take steps to protect their family. Along with other farm animals, chicks and ducklings can spread Salmonella bacteria and cause serious illness, especially in young children.

Help educate parents and poultry owners about the risk of salmonella from handling poultry. Now available in Spanish are free educational materials, After you touch a duck or chick, Wash Your Hands, so you don’t get sick that highlight preventive actions that can stop the spread of salmonella.

To order your supply, fill out the publication request form, available from http://www.doh.wa.gov/ehp/ts/zoo/salmonellachick.html and fax it to the Washington State Department of Health-Publications Warehouse at (360) 664-2929. Phone orders will not be accepted. The order does not involve a payment. Publications available are Salmonella/Chick-Wash Your Hands flyer English/Spanish (334-072), poster English only (334-070), duck sticker English/Spanish (334-069), and chick sticker English/Spanish (334-071).

Lincoln-Adams, WA organizations can contact Karen at 659-3209 or robertk@wsu.edu for samples of Hand Washing flyers/posters and order form.