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Woodbury County Fair county fair next year . This is a violation of the Code of Ethics and applies to all the
4-H member ’ s entries .
20 . 4-H Clover Kids – A booth will be provided for 4-H Clover Kids in the 4-H Exhibit Building or if the member is with a 4-H club the member may have their exhibits in the club booth . 4-H Clover Kids who want to have their exhibits evaluated will be conference judged on Monday , August 1 , 2016 . Clover Kids will receive participation ribbons . No premium money is given to Clover Kids exhibits .
21 . State Fair Information : A limited number of exhibits may be chosen by the judges to advance to the State Fair . Members must have completed 5 th grade through 12 th grade ( or the equivalent ) to exhibit at State Fair . 4 th graders are not eligible to exhibit at State Fair . Extemporaneous Speaking , Fashion Revue , Clothing Selection , entrants and $ 15 Challenge entrants must be in grades 9-12 ( or that equivalent ). Exhibits that do not comply with size guidelines , copyright , and safety procedures will not be accepted for entry , evaluation , or display at the Iowa State Fair . Premiums : The 4-H Pie Fund pays the entry fees for 4-H ’ ers who are selected in State Fair 4-H communications and the clothing events , those 4-H ’ ers do not receive premium money . 4-H ’ ers selected and then decide not attend those events will need to pay the county back the entry fee . Premiums are not paid for 4-H static exhibits selected for the Iowa State Fair , that money is used for transportation costs of exhibits to the Iowa State Fair and back . Mandatory State Fair Meeting 4-H ’ ers who receives a Grand Champion or Reserve Champion Ribbons on their exhibits in the 4-H Building will be required to attend a mandatory State Fair meeting or send a parent / guardian / 4-H leader . Parents and guardians are strongly encouraged to attend along with the youth . 4-H ’ ers must indicate by 9 p . m . on Wednesday of fair if they want their exhibit ( s ) to go on to the State Fair , otherwise an alternate will have the opportunity for their exhibit to go to State Fair . The mandatory meeting will take place at 4:30 p . m . on Wednesday of the fair in Flathers Hall . Photos will also be taken at this time . Please Note : Most 4-H county fair forms can be found on the Woodbury County Extension website . The web address is : http :// www . extension . iastate . edu / woodbury / 4h . That will bring up the webpage with 4-H information ; for fair information click on Woodbury County Fair Forms . As forms are updated they will have the current year in the title ( some forms do
not have a year ). Information on state fair and some forms are also available on the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach 4-H website . That web address is http :// www . extension . iastate . edu / 4H /. Forms are also available from your 4-H leader , some
forms are included in the 4-H newsletter and forms are available at the Woodbury County Extension office . Hang tags and 4-H forms will not be available on judging day . 4-H ’ ers must have the forms filled out and ready for conference judging before the 4-H
members comes to the fair .
Booth Contest : The purpose of the booth contest is to encourage cleanliness , maintenance , and public appeal to the 4-H exhibits in the building . Booths will be judged on neatness , cleanliness , correct use of the clover , attractiveness of display , visibility of club name and appeal to the public . It is not required to have a theme . Clubs are encouraged to think of the booth as a store front window to attract the public to 4-H . Booths will be judged throughout each day of the fair by department superintendents . Placings will be posted each day . The top three 4-H clubs will be awarded prizes on Sunday of the fair at the 4-H Recognition .
4-H Fair Building , Clothing Events , Communications Events and Pie Contest Superintendents General 4-H Building Superintendent Jane Parkhill 712-898-8304 Assistant 4-H Building Superintendents Kevin Grieme 712-944-4817 and Debbie Wilcox 712-375-5988 Food & Nutrition Janet Ralston 712-873-3916 , Rachael Gardner 712-266-0143 Sewing & Needle Arts and Clothing & Fashion Sherry Mastbergen 712-333-7061 and Melissa Nelson 402-669-5126 Animal Science , Veterinary Science , Crop Production , Environment & Sustainability ,