Now that the Wayne County Fair is over, it's time to get ready for State Fair. Wayne County's day at Illinois State Fair is Tuesday, August 12. Any 4-H'er who will be participating in conference judging or an action presentation, with the exception of bicycle, will compete on this day. A complete list of all 4-H'ers along with their State Fair awards will be printed in next month's newsletter.

A Hunter Safety Course is being offered on August 15 & 16 at the Fairfield Gun Club. Friday evening's class session will last from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Saturday session will be all day from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Don't forget to bring a sack lunch! Remember, you must attend class on both days for certification. This class is limited to 40 participants, so call the Extension office to register ASAP.

Remember that your Wayne County 4-H records are due to the Extension Office by Friday, August 29. If you haven't received your records to fill out yet, you may get those from your club leader. As a way to make records grading a little easier, please remember to put your name and your 4-H age on every page (your age as of September 1, 2007).

The Wayne County 4-H Fair continues to be a success thanks to all of you!

• 4-H members for all their great projects
• 4-H leaders for all of their assistance
• 4-H parents
• 4-H judges: Dixie Woods, Teresa Maguire, Laura Miller, Kimberly Miller, Rosalee Pearce, Carrie Dagg, Brianne Davis, Bethany Simpson, Dwight Esarey, Royce Carter, Don Witter, Dennis Manahan, J.R. Hodges, John Roy Hodges, Danna Patrick, Dodie Dickey, Max Weaver, Nancy Spillman, Randa Rowland, Chris Harbison, Steve Terrell, Aaron Williams, Mike Wilson, Tom Saxe, and Curt Robbins.
• 4-H Superintendents for making sure everything ran smoothly
• Everyone who helped out at clean-up day
• All local businesses that sponsored trophies
• Witter Studio for printing pictures
• Wayne County Press and WFIW for their continued support
• Auctioneers, Mark & Barkley Barnard and staff
• Wabash Valley Service Company for their generous donation
• All Livestock Auction buyers
• McLean Imp. for providing a tractor for the Tractor Driving Contest
• The City of Fairfield for lights & gravel
• Stan Garner for providing a PA system for 4-H fair week
• All 4-H Committee, Livestock Committee and Foundation members
• Wayne Co. 4-H Foundation and Wayne Co. Farm Bureau for their monetary contribution that enabled the construction of our fabulous new General Projects Building.

Again, thanks to everyone for all of the time and effort you put in to assist with the Wayne County 4-H Fair. Your support is greatly appreciated!

Over $19,000 was generously bid on 4-H animal projects at the Wayne County 4-H Livestock Auction, Thursday evening, July 17. Fifty-four 4-H members sold their rabbit, poultry, sheep, goat, swine and beef projects to the highest bidder. Thirty-six different businesses and individuals successfully purchased animals.

They were:

Mt. Erie Feed & Grain
McLean Implement
LeMond Chevrolet
Peoples National Bank
Fairfield National Bank
Davis & Sons Oil Co.
Pine Ridge Farm
Wayne County Corn Growers
Citizens National Bank/Mt. Erie Banking Center
UAP
Bennett's Contract Nurseries
First Financial Bank
Bean Capital Banking Center
George Smith Ag Services
LeMond's Yamaha Honda Kawasaki Kubota
David Reis, IL State Representative
Mont Eagle Products
Consolidated Grain & Barge
4R Equipment
LeMond's Chrysler Center
Cropland Seeds
Wayne County Farm Bureau
Wabash Telephone Cooperative
Cattlemen's Livestock
Trust Bank
Automax of Fairfield
Gill Excavating
Butch's Custom Ag
Murphy Brown LLC
Pioneer Hi-Bred Seeds - Paul Fearn
Jordan Keyser - Crop Production Services
Greg Keyser Family
Keyser Farms - Sam, Teresa, Ryan & Michelle
State Farm Insurance - Phyllis Hilliard, Agent
Kent Reeves CPA
Papertown Ag Service

Additionally, one local business, Wabash Valley Service Company, made a donation to the Wayne County 4-H program.

Congratulations to Matthew Byars of the 4-H Country Club for winning the Chicken BBQ Cookoff Trophy. Thanks to Max Weaver for serving as our judge.

The Wayne County 4-H Foods Show was held at the Geff Ruritan Building on Thursday, July 10, with numerous foods projects entered. 4-Hers chosen as State Fair Winners were:

MiKayla Massie Cooking 101
Megan Byars International Foods
Jake Howell Outdoor Meals
Katie Liston Dairy Foods
Chelsie Walker Exp. Our Food Heritage
Andrea Nelson Breads & Cereals
Kayla Howell Food Preservation
Hayley Spicer Cooking 101
Katie Weaver Cooking 101
Billy Hatfield Food Demonstration
Katlyn Maloy Cooking 101, Alt.
Emilee Hatcher Breads & Cereals, Alt.

The Wayne County 4-H Clothing Show was held at the First Methodist Church on Tuesday, July 8^th. The following 4-Hers were chosen to advance to the Illinois State Fair in Springfield:

Johna Bailey
Shelby Johnson
Megan Byars
MiKayla Massie, Alternate
Chloe Byars, Alternate

Megan Byars, Hayley Spicer and Hannah Lowe were chosen to represent Wayne County at the Illinois State Fair Fashion Revue. Alternates selected were Whitney Johnson and Katlyn Maloy.

The following 4-H members were trophy winners:

Sami Matthews Clothing I Construction
Hayley Spicer Clothing II Construction
Megan Byars Clothing III Construction
Shelby Johnson Clothing Decisions – You Buy Clothing

Wayne County 4-H members exhibited their projects at the 4-H General Projects Show on Monday, July 14, at the 4-H Arena on the Wayne County Fairgrounds. The following 4-Hers had projects selected to advance to the Illinois State Fair.

Bryan Bailey -Sportfishing
Johna Bailey -Photography
Sara Buchanan -Visual Arts, Alt.
Chynna Byars -Forestry
Hayden Byars -Crops, Corn
Matthews Byars -Crops, Soybeans,Alt.; Visual Arts
Megan Byars -Visual Arts
Cheyenne Bruce -Journalism, Alt.
Hannah Etheridge -Computer, Alt.; Interior Design, Alt.; Visual Arts
Justin Gill -Visual Arts
David Harl -Photography; Vet Science; Visual Arts
Emilee Hatcher -Citizenship, Alt.; Interior Design, Alt.
Billy Hatfield -Aerospace; Citizenship; Geology; Health; Horticulture; Leadership, Alt.; Visual Arts, Alt.
Emily Hatfield -Horticulture
Kayla Howell -Child Care; Health, Alt.; Leadership, Alt.
Whitney Johnson -Horticulture, Alt.; Photography, Alt.; Visual Arts, Alt.
Collin Koker -Citizenship; Electricity; Woodworking
Nick Konopasek -Visual Arts
Katie Liston -Outdoor Adventures
Hannah Lowe -Horticulture, Alt.
MiKayla Massie -Child Care
Mikaela Matthews -Geology; Woodworking, Alt.
Mariah Matthews -Interior Design; Visual Arts; Vet Science; Woodworking
Tyler McKowen -Photography, Alt.; Vet Science
Lucretia Mills -Forestry, Alt.
Andrea Nelson -Citizenship, Alt.; Plant & Soils
Laurel Pennington -Floriculture
Jenna Richardson -Photography
Sara Rogers -Computer
Emily Scarbrough -Leadershipp; Theater Arts
Hillary Scarbrough -Health
Jentzi Schumm -Floriculture; Vet Science
Cody Simpson -Sportfishing; Bicycle
Megan Slover -Health, Alt.
Ethan Spicer -Crops, Small Grains; Crops, Corn, Alt.; Tractor; Visual Arts
Hayley Spicer -Heritage Arts
Lian States -Journalism; Intercultural; Leadership
MiKayla Stroughmatt -Heritage Arts, Alt.; Woodworking, Alt.
Chelsie Walker -Computer; Horticulture; Interior Design; Intercultural; Visual Arts, Alt.
Noah West -Natural Resources

The following 4-Hers had outstanding projects that are not State Fair eligible, therefore they were awarded Honorable Mention by the judges.

Madeline Stence -Outdoor Adventures, Honorable Mention
Carter Walker -Forestry, Honorable Mention
Christina Walker -Horticulture, Honorable Mention

The Wayne County 4-H Horse Show was held at the Wayne County Saddle Club on Saturday, July 12 and Monday, July 14. Trophy winners were selected as follows:

Tricia Wheeler --- High Point Senior - Performance
Ashlea Tucker --- High Point Senior - Speed
Tricia Wheeler --- High Point Senior - Overall
Carter Walker --- High Point Junior - Performance
Carter Walker --- High Point Junior - Speed
Carter Walker --- High Point Junior - Overall
Dylan Toombs --- High Point Pony - Performance
Jonny Piperakis --- High Point Pony - Speed
Jonny Piperakis --- High Point Pony - Overall

Showmanship winners were:

Ashlea Tucker --- Senior Showmanship
Dylan Toombs --- Junior Showmanship

The Wayne County 4-H Beef Show was held at the Wayne County Fairgrounds on Tuesday, July 15.

Jordan Kinney exhibited the Grand Champion Steer and the Reserve Champion Steer was shown by Katie Hatfield.

In the Angus classes, Ethan Keyser exhibited the Champion Female and Jordan Kinney the Reserve Champion Female.

In the Other Breeds classes, the Champion and Reserve Champion Female were shown by Katie Hatfield.

The Champion Female over all breeds was exhibited by Ethan Keyser with Katie Hatfield exhibiting the Reserve Champion Female over all breeds.

Billy Hatfield won the Rate of Gain contest. Eric Schumm was awarded the Bucket Calf Trophy. Selected as Senior Showman was Jentzi Schumm with Aaron Maloy, Alternate. Billy Hatfield won Junior Showman and Shelby Johnson, Alternate.

The 4-H Sheep Show was held Tuesday, July 15 at the Wayne County Fairgrounds. The winners were as follows:

Colby Worley

Champion Female
Res. Champion Female
Champion Market Lamb
Res. Ch. Market Lamb
Senior Showmanship
Rate of Gain

Jentzi Schumm

Senior Showmanship, Alternate

The 4-H Goat Show was also held Tuesday, July 15 at the Wayne County Fairgrounds. The winners were as follows:

Carter Walker -Champion Female Dairy
Dylan Toombs -Reserve Champion Female Dairy
Katie Weaver -Champion Female Meat
Jake Howell -Reserve Champion Female Meat

Rate of Gain

Justin Gill - Champion Wether Dairy/Meat
Nick Konopasek -Reserve Champion Wether Dairy/Meat; Senior Showmanship
Ashley Neikirk -Sr. Showmanship, Alt.
Abby Bailey -Junior Showmanship

The Wayne County 4-H Swine Show was held at the Fairgrounds on Wednesday, July 16. The winners were as follows:

Champion Female -Colby Worley
Reserve Champion Female -Ethan Keyser
Champion Barrow -Colby Worley
Reserve Champion Barrow -Colby Worley
Rate of Gain -Abby Bailey
1^st Place Swine Carcass -Joe Meagher
Senior Showmanship -Ethan Keyser
Senior Showmanship Alternate -Colby Worley
Junior Showmanship -Vanessa Schumm
Junior Showmanship Alternate -Eric Schumm

The 4-H Rabbit Show was held Wednesday, July 16 at the Wayne County Fairgrounds. The winners were as follows:

Fancy Breeds

Champion Doe -Hayley Spicer
Reserve Champion Doe -Hillary Young
Champion Buck -Dakota Young
Reserve Champion Buck -Hillary Young

Commercial Breeds

Champion Doe -Meg Sitzes
Reserve Champion Doe -Meg Sitzes
Champion Buck -Meg Sitzes
Reserve Champion Buck -Meg Sitzes

Trophy Winners

Best of Show -Meg Sitzes
Best Opposite -Dakota Young
Grand Champion Meat Pen -Dakota Young
Res. Champion Meat Pen -Hillary Young

The 4-H Poultry Show was held Wednesday, July 16^th at the Wayne County Fairgrounds. The winners were as follows:

Fancy Breeds

Champion Pullet -Kenlee Bramlet
Reserve Champion Pullet -Kayla Howell
Champion Cockerel -Tyler McKowen
Res. Champion Cockerel -Carter Walker

Commercial Breeds

Champion Pullet -MiKayla Stroughmatt
Reserve Champion Pullet -Russell Hilliard
Champion Cockerel -Carter Walker
Res. Champion Cockerel -Jentzi Schumm

Trophy Winners

Overall Champion Pullet -Kenlee Bramlet
Overall Champion Cockerel -Tyler McKowen
Grand Ch. Market Pen -Meg Sitzes
Res. Ch. Market Pen -MiKayla Stroughmatt

The 4-H Round Robin Showmanship Contest was held on July 17 at the Fairgrounds. Junior and senior species winners were judged on their ability to show goats, sheep, swine, beef and horses. The junior showmanship trophy was awarded to Dylan Toombs. The senior showmanship trophy went to Ethan Keyser.

The Wayne County 4-H Tractor Rodeo was held on Monday, August 14. Participants took a written exam and showed their driving skills through a prescribed course. The Top Tractor Driver Trophy winner was Matthew Byars.

The 4-H Dog Obedience Show was held Thursday, July 10 at the Wayne County Fairgrounds 4-H Arena with five participants. Trophy winners were as follows:

Sami Matthews -Dog Obedience, under 12
Hayley Spicer -Dog Obedience, 12 & over

Come enjoy the wonder of Southern Illinois while having fun, making new friends, and developing your leadership skills. The second annual Southern Illinois Leadership Convention is being planned for Columbus Day weekend. The site for the convention is Southern Illinois University Carbondale's Touch of Nature Environmental Center. Located seven miles south of Carbondale on Giant City Road, the outdoor learning site features state-of-the-art cabins and beautiful educational settings.

Along with great workshops, there are dances, trust walks, fun mixers and games, and a special Sunday night program. Come ready to show what you know during Trivia Night!

The convention starts with registration from 8-10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 11, and ends at 11 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 13. You have the chance during the weekend to help with one of four different community service projects.

Cost is $140 if registered by August 29 and $160 if by September 6, which includes lodging, meals, and all program activities. Fifteen scholarships are available. Scholarship applications must be sent to the local University of Illinois Extension Office for review and must be received by September 6.

Space is limited, so sign up early. Convention attendees do not have to be 4-H members, so bring a friend. Check out this website for more information and to access registration materials:

http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/regions/4h/silc

It's time for the annual Wayne County 4-H Foundation Pork Chop Dinner! It will be held on Saturday, August 16 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Geff Ruritan Building. Tickets have been distributed to each 4-H club. We ask that each 4-H family sell at least one pack of five tickets. If you need additional tickets, please stop by the Extension Office. The Wayne County 4-H Foundation will be awarding prizes to the top three ticket sellers. First place will receive $25, second will receive $15 and third will receive $10. Each club is also asked to send a few workers to the dinner. Please help support the 4-H Foundation Pork Chop Dinner. The Wayne County 4-H Foundation supports numerous 4-H events through the funding of scholarships, camp fees, and fairground improvements, just to name a few.

*Please turn in any tickets that have been pre-sold to the Extension Office by Wednesday, August 13. You may keep selling tickets up until the day of the dinner, but this will give us an idea of approximately how many to expect.

Each 4-H Club is asked to furnish two sheet cakes as well. Please bring them to the Geff Ruritan Building before 4:30 p.m. on August 16. In addition, volunteer workers are needed. We ask that each club provide at least three workers for the time they are scheduled for below. Workers should plan to arrive 15-20 minutes prior to their shift.

4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Wayne City 4-H
Happy Hustlers
Northside Quackers
Elm River
Mt. Erie Hilltoppers

6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Country Kids
Geff Chatters
4-H Country Club
Enterprisers
Wranglers

If you'll be in the fifth, sixth or seventh grade this September, join us for the Discover Chicago trip October 11-13.

Discover Chicago is three jam-packed days of fun learning in one of our nation's largest cities. You'll learn about geography, history and science as you explore famous attractions in Chicago.

Participants will visit the Museum of Science and Industry where they can build a robot, walk through a human heart, land an F-14, and explore a coal mine; dine on a medieval feast while watching brave knights show off their skills at Medieval Times; view Chicago from the John Hancock Center; experience nature, science and history at Chicago's elegant and exciting Field Museum; and eat at the popular Rain Forest Café.

Cost for the trip is $295 and that includes admission to all attractions, lodging at the Embassy Suites Hotel, charter bus transportation, meals, and insurance. The registration deadline is August 29, but space is limited. Your friends who are not 4-Hers can attend, too.

We're also taking applications for adult chaperones. The fee for chaperones is the same as for youth.

Vanessa Schumm, Collin Koker, Ethan Spicer, Michaela Smith and Eric Schumm were awarded $100 scholarship from the 4-H Foundation at Achievement Night last year.

For more details, contact the Extension office by phone at 842-3702, or e-mail: wayne_co@illinois.edu

Everyone likes recognition. Consider Wayne County 4-H Achievement night your opportunity to get recognized for all your hard work throughout the 4-H year.

Achievement Night is scheduled for Tuesday, October 7 at 6 p.m. at the Geff Ruritan Building. Several awards and scholarships will be presented. First year members, ten-year members, Cloverbuds, and state fair winners will also be recognized, as well as those who turned in end-of-the-year records. Premium money will be distributed.

Hope to see you there!

Youth Educator Renate Jobst has accepted a job with Extension in Indiana through Purdue University. Her last day in the office will be Aug. 10. Renate provided valuable help to all youth in Hamilton, Wayne and White counties. We wish her well in her new job!

August 8-17 --Illinois State Fair
August 12 --Wayne County's Day at Illinois State Fair
August 15-16 --Hunter Safety Course
August 16 --Wayne County 4-H Foundation Pork Chop Dinner, Geff Ruritan Building, 5 - 7 p.m.
August 29 --Wayne County 4-H Records Due
September 4 --Records Judging
October 7 --4-H Achievement Night
October 10-13 --Discover Chicago Trip