Polk County Arkansas 4-H

Webinar series "All about goats" organized by the Ohio State University. 6-7pm (Central time)
September 23rd- Fencing and Pastures
October 7th- Dairy Products
October 21st- Custom Browsing and Grazing
November 4th- Kidding
November 18th- Herd Synchronization & Artificial Insemination
December 2nd- Legality of Selling Goat By-Products
December 16th- Introducing Dairy into a Meat Herd
No cost. Registration: https://go.osu.edu/allaboutgoatsfall

We had the best time today! Thanks for having us, Mena High School!

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Enrollment is from September 1st - January 1st, 2025. Enrolled last year? It takes 5 minutes to re-enroll!

Just a reminder this year.

Posting again - you need to get signed up! It’s the best way, and soon to the one of the only ways, to get information about all things 4-H!

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Check this out!

Can you believe it’s already August? Neither can we! Time flies when you’re having fun in 4-H. This year, re-enrollment for Arkansas 4-H members and volunteers will begin on September 1st. When you log in to ZSuite on or after September 1st, you will see that your accounts have been switched to inactive. However, if you were enrolled in the 2023-2024 year, your accounts have been rolled over for the new year. You’ve already done the hard work when you enrolled for the first time! There will be a couple fields and waivers that you must complete again, but most of the other information will be pre-filled with your answers from this past year. You will still be able to edit that information as you see fit, so we encourage you to read through your enrollments and make any changes. Thank you for enrolling so we can continue to make the best better!

Curriculum and Idea sharing is just one great part of the conference. Not only will you find these ideas in workshops, but we have an evening of just that --- Thursday night, you'll visit lots of stations and learn about what other 4-H clubs are doing. And virtual attendees -- you'll have a session, too!

Don't miss out -- head to www.4hvcoss.weebly.com and register today.

If you are a member, 4-H leader, parent, or volunteer please sign up for Band with the link below. This is how we will be primarily communicating. Let Claire know if you have any issues!

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Polk County Fairground Clean up at 8am this Saturday! If you're showing livestock of any kind you must be there to help!

Our three Food Challenge teams competed in the State Food Challenge contest on Friday at Pulaski County Tech. 🍀

Our Banana Bunch took home the Best Costume Award!
Our teams were
The Cheddar Challengers! 🧀Austin Fields, Bella Horton, and Ruby Hopper
The Red Hot Chili Peppers 🌶️ Tempy Bell, Kyelee Horn, and Brydon Cearley
The Banana Bunch 🍌 Summer Elliot, Layla Horton, and Jacee Hoobler

They’ve learned so much about cooking on a budget, healthy choices, and teamwork in the few months we have been practicing. Lots of work put in by these kiddos! They are so much fun and we had a blast! 💥

Finished up Day 2 of State O’Rama last night with the Donor Dinner and Awards Ceremony.
Claire Walston received a college scholarship.

Kohlea Carmack received an award for being an Advanced Recordbook winner in Beef Cattle and has the chance to attend a conference in Atlanta for winning.

Ryan and Claire Walston also received their state championship jackets for winning the state Livestock Judging Contest. Their livestock judging team will compete on the national level in November.

Proud is an understatement!

Day 2 of State O’Rama underway! Claire is presenting with The Call and Ruby is competing giving a talk over Caprine arthritis encephalitis (CAE) in Vet Science.

There is much more to come today!

2024 AYE ENTRIES ARE OPEN!💥

Enter at: https://aye.fairwire.com

Here is a complete list of everything that must be entered July 16th-31st:
All Barrows and All Commercial Gilts
All Market Wether Lambs and Commercial Ewes
All Market Wether Goats and All Does
All Market Steers and Commercial Heifers
Registered Ewes
Registered Gilts
Registered Breeding Heifers
Registered Bulls
Agricultral Mechanics Project

We hope you will join us at the fifth Arkansas Youth Expo!

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We have another Lego play day THIS WEEK! Come have a blast Wednesday the 17th. 9:30 am - 11:30 am. All ages welcome!

*You must be registered through ZSuite to attend this event.*

https://4h.zsuite.org/external-event-registration/31072

Heads up, 4-H kiddos! This is a very important clinic for you to attend if you’re showing rabbits or chickens!

The pool party/awards ceremony is FRIDAY!

Members and Parents: if you are registered please email me your kiddos accomplishments for the 2023 year to [email protected] by WEDNESDAY!

If I’m not sent a list for each kid, I’ll only put together what I currently have (which is not much). Can’t wait to see you all there!

It's time to celebrate! It's a little unconventional this year, but it will be a BLAST!

Supper will be provided. Come ready to mingle, get recognized for all your hard work, and have fun! Volunteers and members are invited. Please register through ZSuite and let Miss Claire know how many people will come from your household.

Hey hey! 2024 AYE Validations are open today!

Find them at this link 🔗ayenom.fairwire.com

A few reminders! ‼️
- Validations are open from TODAY, July 1- Monday, July 15th
- This validation is only applicable for the Arkansas Youth Expo. Also, a validation with another show does not count as a validation for the Arkansas Youth Expo

⚪️Animals that must be validated AND entered: ⚪️
All Barrows and All Commercial Gilts
All Market Wether Lambs and Commercial Ewes
All Market Wether Goats and All Does
All Market Steers and Commercial Heifers

⚪️Animals that do not have to be validated (Enter Only):⚪️
Registered Ewes
Registered Gilts
Registered Breeding Heifers
Registered Bulls
Ag Mechanics

The Skillathon, Showmanship, Cook Off, and Fitting Contests will all be google forms that you will sign up for at AYE or the week before!

Congratulations to our very own, Ava Ruth! 🍀💚

We're doing it again! Come join us for a few hours of some Lego fun! We will use some STEM-based models and regular Lego's to create a project based on a prompt!

It is free to attend!

Sign up is in the Zsuite link: https://4h.zsuite.org/external-event-registration/30887

We had the best time today with Legos! Thanks to all who came and built some amazing things!

If you missed this round there will be another event next Wednesday! Be on the lookout for the ZSuite link!

We have several things coming up! Depending on attendance, we will definitely have more Lego days! Sign up using the links below - it's worth coming!

June 26th - LEGO CHALLENGE! https://4h.zsuite.org/external-event-registration/30802

July 2nd- TEEN LEADERSHIP CAMP! https://4h.zsuite.org/external-event-registration/30570

Polk Co. took it to the Ouachita District O'Rama yesterday, where they showed off some serious skill! These members!! WOW! To say we're proud is an understatement!

In no particular order -
Kyelee Horn – 1st Place Entomology Talk, Beginner Record Book Winner Community Service

Brydon Cearley - 1st Place Ornamental Horticulture, 1st Place Record Book Winner for Horticulture and Animals

Layla Horton – 1st place Food Fair

Anzlie Strother – Participant in Animal Science Talk

Cash Morgan – 5th place Bait casting

Re*****on Hopper – 6th place Bait casting

Savannah Christian – 5th place Animal Science Talk, 1st place in Intermediate Record Book in Dairy Goat Animal Science

Caleb Christian – Winner for Beginner Record Book in Poultry

Jake Huff – 2nd place in Instrumental Piano

Summer Elliott – 4th place Public Speaking

Ruby Hopper – 3rd place Vet Science Talk

Not all members are pictured.

TEEN LEADERSHIP CAMP!!! Sign up with the link below! If you already have a ZSuite account sign up through the Events tab. Must be 13 +

https://4h.zsuite.org/external-event-registration/30570