Butte County 4-H

2008 Idaho Cattle Association Heifer of the Year Contest. The contest consists of an exam to test general knowledge of the cattle industry, ranching and agri-business areas. Participants must be in grades 7-12. Application must be sent to the ICA office by May 1st. Tests must be postmarked by May 15 and returned to the ICA office. Entry forms can be found at www.idahocattle.org under Heifer of the Year Contest Link, or by emailling tony@idahocattle.org. For more information contact the ICA office at (208) 343-1615.

June 4-7 Butte County Alpine 4-H Camp. Contact the Butte County Extension Office at 527-8587 or email butte@uidaho.edu.

June 16 4-H lamb project weigh-in. The weigh-in will start at 4 pm at the Butte County Fair Grounds. All lambs will be sheared at this time. The cost for the lamb shearing is $7 for each lamb.

June 20-21 4-H Horse Boot Camp at the Fair Grounds. Be sure to register before the June 16.

Western Regional Leader's Forum

A great opportunity for 4-H leaders, members, and families to go and gather new ideas for 4-H is what the Western Regional Leaders forum has to offer. This great opportunity takes place in Boise the first weekend in March 2008. There is some scholarship money available through Butte County Leaders Council.

For more information visit the 4-H website or contact the Butte County Extension Office.

4-H Members Basics

4-H members must be 8 years old before January before January 1, 2008. The registration for 4-H is $6.25 unless you are participating in the horse program, and then the fee is $9.00 for each member and there is not a limit on how many projects that they participate in.

Each project that the 4-H participates in will have a record book of some sort, they will need to do a demonstration for each project, and then the project must be put on public display, such as the Butte County Fair or a library or a school.

Fee Break down:

$5.00 goes to 4-H council to support events and purchase materials

$1 insurance for non-horse project youth

$2 for youth participating in the horse program.

$1.75 for horse youth member dues for district and

state horse council.

$.25 for each member to participate in the 4h for me

program provided by the State 4-H Office.

4-H Clubs

There have been some questions on what constitutes a 4-H club. 4-H clubs can be a project club, this a club that focuses on one specific project. There are community clubs where members complete multiply project and not all members are doing the same project. There also can be a family club where a parent is the leader and this can be either a project club or a community club. The important part is that the leaders are properly trained and informed so that the 4-H members have a good experience and are given a chance to complete the project.

4-H Insurance

This fee has been added to the registration fee this year as a standard fee to protect the 4-H member. This is for omething that might happen while the 4-H member is participating in a 4-H meeting or event. This insurance has always been optional, but the University of Idaho is highly recommending it and will soon be required. Due to the higher risk with the horse project, the fee for this is higher

This year Teen Conference will be June 9'h through 13'h in Moscow on the campus of the University of Idaho. This is an outstanding conference for youth that have completed the 8,h grade through seniors in High School. There are opportunities to meet other teens from other parts of the state along with chances to develop leadership skills and participate in other hands on learning experiences. Registration will start the first part of March, so be watching.

Cloverbud Basics

Cloverbuds are between the ages of 5 and 8 years old. They are able to participate in 4-H meetings, but they are not allowed to take horses, beef, lamb or swine. if a 4-H member wishes to take an animal as a 4-H project, the animal must be able to set in the cloverbuds, lap. There are special Cloverbud record books and they can still display their work at the county fair, but they will not be judged competively. Last year we had cloverbuds that participated in the rabbit project and they did wonderful!

Alpine 4-H Camp

Butte County Fair

Tentative dates for the Butte County Fair have been set. Livestock books will be judged August 11 and the Market Animal Sale will end the fair on August 16th. If you have and suggestions for activities or events to take place at the fair, let the office know so that it can be taken to the Fair Board. email: butte@uidaho.edu, or phone the extension office at (208) 527-8587. The Fair is always in need of volunteers to help watch the building or help with different events that might happen throughout the week.

The University of Idaho does not discriminate against an individual with a disability in regard to job application procedures, the hiring or discharging of employees, employee compensation, advancement, job training, and other items conditions, and privileges of employment. Based on this commitment, various job duties on the job description have been analyzed to be essential to this position. Employers can continue to require all applicants and employees, including those with disabilities to be able to perform the essential, non-marginal functions of the position. Reasonable accommodations may be provided to employees with disabilities to enable them to perform the essential elements of this position. Marginal job functions are ones that the employer may transfer to other individuals with a disability to inform the Human Resource employment program coordinator that an accommodation is needed either to complete application procedures or o perform the duties of the position. Anyone attending this program that requires auxilliayr aids or services should contact Marcia Burt at PO Box 832 Arco, ID 83213, butte@uidaho.edu at least two weeks prior to the event.