March

7 Project Day 9:00 am Fairgrounds

7 Knitting Class 9:00 am Extension Office

7 Green Tie Affair Village Hall—Union

14 Knitting Class 9:00 am Extension Office

14 Dog Clinic 1:00 pm Fairgrounds

14 Reg. Horse Judging 9:00 am Fox Valley Saddle Club

14&15 NILC Rockford

16 Ambassadors 7:00 pm Extension Office

21 Knitting Class 9:00 am Extension Office

23 Creative Quilters 6:30 pm Extension Office

24 Horse Committee 7:00 pm Extension Office

26 Master Cook 6:30 pm Extension Office

26 Dog Committee 7:00 pm Extension Office

28 Regional Horse Bowl 9:00 am Lake County

28 MYCTT 9:00 am Extension Office

31 ADD/DROPS due to Extension office by 4:30 pm

April

14 Sewing Clinic 6:30 pm Extension Office

19 Ambassadors 7:00 pm Extension Office

21 Sewing Clinic 6:30 pm Extension Office

23 Dog Committee 7:00 pm Extension Office

23 Master Cook 6:30 pm Extension Office

25 MYCTT 9:00 am Extension Office

27 Creative Quilters 6:30 pm Extension Office

28 Horse Committee 7:00 pm Extension Office

28 Parent Meeting 7:00 pm Extension Office

29 Leader Meeting 7:00 pm Extension Office

Important Dates to Remember

All adds or drops must be turned in to the Extension Office by March 31, 2009 in order to show at this year's McHenry County Fair.

· Fair entries are due to the Extension Office by club by June 5.

· Horse green sheets for county and state fair due by May 1 along with permission to participate for each.

· Extension Office hours are 8 am-4:30 pm Monday thru Friday

McHenry County Fair Dates

July 11 Dog Fun Match

July 18 Dog 4-H Show

July 19 Cat Show

July 22 Clothing Judging

July 30 Fair Set Up

August 3 General Project Judging-AM

August 3 Visual Art Judging-PM

August 4 Foods, Horticulture, Floriculture, Crop Judging AM

August 4 Animals Arrive

August 5 Fair Opens

August 6 4-H Night

August 7 4-H Horse show

August 8 4-H Auction

August 9 Last Day of Fair