June

Hi Everyone,
Yeah! School’s out for summer! We hope you have fun activities ahead. For those planning to attend the fair, it should be more normal than last year. If you haven’t picked up your fair packet yet, please stop by the office and pick yours up. Don’t forget the deadline to register is June 15^th.  

Congratulations to Mitch Wanken. Mitch has been a member of the Tiber 4-H Club for 10 years. He has been an asset to the Liberty County 4-H program. We wish Mitch all the best in his future adventures!

Liberty County Cloverbud Day Camp

The Liberty County 4-H Ambassador team will be hosting a Cloverbud day camp on Friday, July 9^th from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Chester City Park.  There is no cost to participate.  Cloverbuds will be able to make a simple leatherwork craft and learn about other fun 4-H projects that are available to them in the future!  Please register with the Liberty County Extension office at 759-5625 or jlf@montana.edu by July 2^nd. 

Glacier County Cloverbud Day Camp

There will be a Cloverbud day camp on Monday, June 21 at Cut Bank Community Bible Church (102 North Central Ave.) from 10:45 a.m. – 3 p.m. There is no cost to participate, and any enrolled Cloverbuds are welcome. Snacks and lunch will be provided, and Cloverbuds will be making several exhibits for fair. Please register with the Glacier County Extension office at 873-2239 or glacier@montana.edu by June 4^th.

4-H State Horse Show T-Shirt Design Contest

Would you like to design the T-Shirt for the 2021 State 4-H Horse Show? Send your design or photo by July 1st to Ben Hauptman at ben.hauptman@montana.edu and Karen Palmer atkpalmer@co.granite.mt.us. Resolution preferred is 300 PPI in a JPEG format. Winning design may be altered to fit T-shirt.

Campground Clean-Up

Please lend a hand cleaning the 4-H Campground by Whitlash, this Saturday, June 5^th at 9:00. Don’t forget to bring yard tools/equipment like mowers, weed trimmers, chainsaw for downed trees, pruning tools, rakes, gloves……

The Council will provide hotdogs, beverage, plates and utensils. Salads, chips, and dessert are potluck.

Livestock Showmanship

4-H Livestock project members, mark your calendars for Saturday, June 26^th at 9:00 a.m. There will be a livestock showmanship clinic at the Liberty County Stockyards, organized by the Liberty County Ambassadors.  Beef, pigs and lamb showmanship skills will include how to show, what to bring to the fair, and will try to help out with any questions you might have.  This is open to all participants in our Marias 4-County Fair.

Marias Fair Updates:

The 2021 Marias Fair starts on Wednesday, July 21, 2021.

Register online atmariasfair.fairentry.com. Deadline: Tuesday, June 15. Please register as soon as possible in case you have any questions. You will need to create a new account this year since we are no longer using 4honline.

Fair Website:

The fair book and calendar can be found on the Fair entry sign in page at mariasfair.fairentry.com or on the Marias Fair Extension website at mariasfair.msuextension.orgThe fair book has detailed information about entry requirements.

Marias Fair Silent Auction

As in past years, we hope the 4-H Clubs or individuals will consider donating a gift basket or other cool items to the Silent Auction in the Exhibit Building. Donations may be brought to the Exhibit Building on July 17 during Fair Clean up or dropped off at the Pondera County Extension office.  The 2021 Silent Auction will benefit the Exhibit Building. 

Livestock Rules:

Complete information on livestock rules can be found online: http://mariasfair.msuextension.org/

Marias Fair Goat Barn

There is $500 available that was donated from Reta Rae Weisgram that was earmarked for improvements to the Marias Fair goat barn.  If any teen leaders or parents/leaders are interested in taking the lead on making some upgrades to the barn, please contact Kim Woodring at the Toole County Extension office for more details.  Anyone interested should come to the June 23 Livestock Committee meeting (6 p.m. at the Seewald barn) to share their ideas.

Food Safety Training

Food safety training is required every 2 years to be eligible to work in the food booth. All Marias Fair participants must work a food booth shift. All Liberty County members need to attend a food safety training. The club leaders are going to see if it will work to have a food safety training at their next meeting. We encourage clubs to share the time and date that they are holding food safety training so that other clubs might attend if possible. Contact the Extension office to set up a training.

Tiber 4-H Club Community Service

Tiber 4-H Club served soup to the Sweetgrass Lodge residents and had a little fun too!

Liberty County 4-H Highway Cleaning

Thanks to everyone who helped with this community service project!

Upcoming Events:

4-H Congress: Montana 4-H is moving ahead with Congress on the MSU campus July 13-16, with some modifications. The focus this year will be on all the things that make 4-H camp great, like outdoors, friendship, meeting new people, fun food and spending time with other 4-H members. 4-H Congress will not look too different this year, but we are making some adjustments just to make sure everyone stays safe. You can expect sleeping in your own room in the Yellowstone dorm, spending a little more time outside than we have in the past, a more casual environment with less sitting at tables and in chairs in a ballroom, working together in small groups and wearing a mask and social distancing. What is important is we will be together and be able to learn, compete and build lasting relationships.

Registration for 4-H Congress will be done through ZSuite this year.

There will be a carnival at the fair this year. Check out the Marias Fair Facebook page and website for more details.

Event passes for 4-H families must be purchased by the June 15 fair registration deadline.  See your fair packet for details!

Thank you to Janet Hawks for serving as Liberty County’s Marias Fairboard representative.