Newsletter - May 5, 2023

We are hiring!

Please share our 4-H Youth Development and Animal Science position. This position is open to those with a completed bachelor’s degree (master’s preferred). Conferred degree may be in a variety of disciplines, including agriculture education, agriculture, animal sciences, equine sciences or a closely related field. Deadline is May 21. Full job description can be found by clicking on the image above.

Arapahoe County Dates and Deadlines Document Updated

In order to keep our 4-H families and volunteers informed on 4-H dates and deadlines, the 4-H team has created a document containing an updated list of county-wide dates and deadlines for the 4-H year. This document will be continuously updated and a link will be included in the newsletters and on the Arapahoe County 4-H Member Resources webpage. Click on the image to the left to view the document.

Trainings and Meetings

For the complete rules and guidelines for the 2023 Front Range Regional Cake Decorating Contest and/or to register, click on the image above. To pay for your entry, click here.

Please see the dates below for 2023 Arapahoe County 4-H Shooting Sports events. We are still requiring that members attending a practice use the following link to register for each date. All dates and times are on the signup genius. If a practice is cancelled, all members who signed up for that date will be notified. DO NOT REGISTER FOR A PRACTICE IF YOU DO NOT PLAN ON ATTENDING.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805044eada728a4f49-2023#/

Practice dates for all disciplines EXCEPT Skeet and Sporting Clays – Sorber’s Ranch, 1:00 – 3:00 PM

May 6^th

May 21^st

June 3^rd

June 11^th

Skeet – Golden Gun Club, 10:30 am

May 21^st

June 11^th

Sporting Clays – Kiowa Creek Sporting Club, 9:00 am

May 6^th

June 3^rd

2023 County Shoot – Time TBD

June 24^th – Shotgun Events at Golden Gun Club and Kiowa Creek Sporting Club

June 25^th – All other disciplines at Sorber’s Ranch

HUNTERS SAFETY AND PRACTICE CARDS:

Please make sure that you complete the Hunters Safety Course that is offered by Colorado Parks and Wildlife. You may go to https://cpw.state.co.us for more information. You will need to upload your card in 4Honline if you haven’t already.

When you attend your practices please make sure to take your practice cards to keep updated on your practice record. If you are new you can get those from the certified shooting sports volunteers.

Again, if you should have any questions please feel free to email Katy Vincent, katydidklv@hotmail.com

Horse

Please click on the image to the left for info on the Arapahoe County 4-H Horse Project and upcoming for events!

Douglas County Buckle Series Show

April 30, May 21, June 10

Douglas County Fairgrounds

Livestock

Livestock Superintendents

Rabbit – Roxie and Rod Brockelman

Beef – Kayla and Jonny Hess

Swine – DJ Jackson

Llama/Alpaca – Rosa-Lee Hartzell

Goat – Katy Vincent and Regina Hopping

Poultry – Julianna and Garrett Brockelman 

Arapahoe County 4-H MQA

The Meat Quality Assurance Program is a requirement for our county fair. All new livestock members and members that aged up as of 12/31/2022 (aged up youth are those in their first year as an intermediate, age 11, or first year as a senior, age 14) are required to attend a MQA training.

We have another MQA held with Adams County at Bennett High School on Thursday, May 11 between 4:30 – 6:30 PM. Email Shay sflorez@arapahoegov.com and Kenzie KKimmel@adcogov.org to RSVP.

2023 Arapahoe County Fair Information

2023 Arapahoe County Fairbooks

Hardcopies are being distributed to organizational leaders for 4-H families this month. The Fairbook can also be downloaded by clicking here.

FairEntry

FairEntry will open for online entries on June 1, 2023. June 15 is the deadline for fair entries, with a late deadline of June 16 - 22 with a $25.00 fee per 4-H Exhibitor.

NEW This Year!

Attention FCS & General project members and parents! This year you will have the ability to schedule your own interview times with the judges for Fair! This will be done in FairEntry after you have done your entries but BEFORE you hit the "submit" button. Jean has set this up in FairEntry and she will be putting together a tip sheet for you. She will send it out to you via email and it will be posted on our website when she gets it done.

(303) 730-1920

CSU-Extension@ArapahoeGov.com

6934 S. Lima St., Suite B

Centennial, CO 80112

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