Rowan 4-H July Newsletter

From the 4-H Agent,

Laura Allen:

Happy Summer! Hope you are enjoying this fun time of year!

As a reminder, we will NOT be having our normal 4-H Summer Fun program this summer. We apologize for the inconvenience, but this was necessary as we continue to settle into our new facility.

This newsletter includes 4-H opportunities, save the dates, and upcoming deadlines, including (but not limited to):

-Reminders about how to access our new office.

-Animal related (horse, dairy, livestock, poultry) judging & quiz bowl practice & contest info.

-2025 Egg-cellent Egg Project registration is open. Due by August 1.

-Rowan County Fair entry registration is OPEN! Due by September 2.

-Shout outs to LOTS of 4-H'ers who have had big achievements!

-BIG NEWS for Rowan County 4-H!

-2025 Rowan 4-H Save the Dates

-Save the Dates for 2025 4-H Volunteer Trainings

***Find all details about the above items & more in THIS NEWSLETTER!

Make sure to click "view entire message" at the end because there's more opportunities to see!

Click here for Rowan 4-H page on Facebook

Click here for Rowan 4-H page on Instagram

Making the Best Better,
Laura

Accessing our NEW office:

Below is a picture showing our main building entrance to access our office. Once inside the interior of the Rowan Community Center (they are calling the interior the "concourse"), then you'll go straight, then take a right, and our ag. suite is on the left. Once inside the ag. suite lobby, we are the first door on the right.

Contact info: 704-216-8970 (same number; it didn't change)

Rowan County Cooperative Extension
1959 Jake Alexander Blvd. West
Suite 1400
Salisbury, NC 28147

Upcoming Meetings

County Council: for youth ages 12-18 years old as of January 1

**If your child is 12-18 as of Jan 1 and they are interested in County Council, please email Laura to get on the County Council email list for all reminders and updates for this group!

-Next County Council meetings:
-We will NOT meet in July.
-Next meeting will be August 16 from 6-7:30 at the office.

PALS: These meetings are for any parent, alumni, leader or supporter of Rowan County
4-H. If you are interested in 4-H or new to 4-H, you are invited to attend these meetings as well! Please come share your ideas for 4-H and help us find ways to support Rowan County 4-H.

Next meetings:
-August 19 at 6:15 pm (will be an in-person meal & training for ALL official 4-H volunteers)

HORSE: If you want to stay up-to-date on all things related to the NC 4-H Horse Program, click here to sign up to receive their newsletter. Click here to access the main page for the NC 4-H Horse Program to learn more.

If interested in participation in 4-H Horse Bowl, Hippology, or Horse Judging, please look into joining the Happy Trails 4-H Club led by 4-H volunteer club leader, Maggie Boreman.

LIVESTOCK: Rowan County 4-H will be having a 2025 Livestock Judging team and a 4-H Livestock Quiz Bowl team. Practices are happening now. The NC 4-H livestock contests will be in late July/early August. This opportunity is led by 4-H volunteer Eric Deal.

DAIRY CATTLE: 4-H Dairy Quizbowl & Dairy Judging contests are complete for 2025. If interested in participating in 2026, contact the 4-H Agent.

POULTRY: The 4-H Poultry Judging team is already practicing for their upcoming contest, which is July 9.This is led by the Rowan 4-H Agent & Rowan Livestock Agent.

If you are interested in participating in or learning more about ANY of these opportunities, please contact the Rowan County 4-H Agent at laura_allen@ncsu.edu.

2025 4-H Egg-Cellent Egg Contest

This contest is open to 4-H'ers across NC
(all details on flyer below).

You must pre-register by August 1 to participate.
CLICK HERE to learn more & register.

Please note that it costs $15 to participate in this project. Payment must be made and received before the deadline - either check or money order ONLY.
No cash will be accepted through the mail.

Payment is due to:
Hoke County 4-H
Attn: Cathy James
645 East Palmer Street
Raeford, NC 28376

If you have questions about this opportunity, please email laura_allen@ncsu.edu.

Do you have artwork, crafts, photography, eggs, fruits & vegetables, flowers or other items that you want to enter in the Rowan County Fair?

If so, register your entries NOW to compete in the Rowan County Fair!

Registration opened on June 30, 2025 at http://rowancounty.fairentry.com. The deadline to enter will be September 2, 2025.

All registered entries must be brought to the fairgrounds on Sunday, September 14 from 2-4 pm. Exhibits MUST be tagged and in place by 4 pm.

All exhibits must be picked up on Sunday, September 21 from 2-4 pm.

**Please note that you MUST receive a confirmation of your entry submissions or you are not actually entered. No tags will be handmade at the door this year, so please ensure your that you have your confirmation!

The Rowan County Fair will be held September 15-20, 2025.

Lots of BIG THINGS are happening in Rowan County 4-H!

We are excited to finally have our own 4-H van! This (new to us) 12-passenger van has recently been picked up & detailed and will soon be branded with our name & logos. This has been a goal for many years and we are excited about new opportunities this van will bring!

A huge THANK YOU to the Richard Wainwright Barber Farm Preservation Trust for their recent donation of $17,500 for the Rowan County 4-H program! We are excited to use this money to benefit our program and its 4-H'ers!

We have organized our storage room at the new office! We have shelving (thanks to 4-H'er Ollie Fortune's Eagle Scout Project) and all of our supplies are in new totes that are labeled and organized (thanks to 4-H volunteer Lauren Householder and her help & expertise).

4-H Shout Outs

Congratulations to Callie Yates, a Rowan County 4-H'er who is a member of the Lead Drivers 4-H Club. She was a part of the NC 4-H Small Bore Pistol team that competed nationally this past week in Grand Island, Nebraska in the National 4-H Shooting Sports competition.The Team, was 1ST PLACE IN THE NATION in Small Bore Pistol and placed 1st in all three disciplines: Slow Fire, Silhouettes, Camp Perry (rapid fire).
Individually, Callie was the 3rd place Overall Individual for the week in Small Bore Pistol. In each discipline she was:
-Slow Fire: 2nd Place
-Silhouettes: 9th Place
-Camp Perry: 4th Place

Congratulations also to Mason Gabosch, a 4-H'er who is a member of the Hot Shots 4-H Club, who also competed nationally in 4-H shooting sports as a member of the NC Small Bore Rifle team. The team placed 8th overall and Mason was 33rd individually.

Thanks to both of the above 4-H'ers for representing Rowan County 4-H so well at nationals!

Congratulations to Rowan County 4-H'er and Happy Trails 4-H Club member, Kyann Race. She recently tried out for the opportunity to compete nationally with NC 4-H in horse judging and was selected! She will be a part of the NC 4-H Junior National Horse Judging team representing the state of NC in Oklahoma City for the AQHYA world show. This competition will be held in August. Best wishes to Kyann!

Rowan County 4-H'ers competed today at District Activity Day. 8 youth gave 4-H Presentations and 2 also participated in 4-H Entertains. Congratulations to:
-Cloverbud participants: Sadie Allen, Jake Ramage, Kurt Thompson
-Gold winners (qualifying for State Presentation Finals in July): Luke Allen, Nathan Croyle, John Tucker, Ada Waller
-Bronze winner: David Croyle
-4-H Entertains: David Croyle, Nathan Croyle
All Gold winners will be competing at State Presentation Finals on July 21 and David Croyle was selected for the State 4-H Entertains talent show on July 23.

Thanks to the Rowan 4-H County Council for volunteering their time at Rowan Helping Ministries on June 10.

4-H'er Carson Halpin spoke about his 4-H experience at the Rowan County Commissioners meeting on June 16. He will be representing Rowan County 4-H at the NC Association of County Commissioners YouthVoice event in late August.

We had several 4-H'ers who recently received district awards for their Project Record Books, based on their 2024 project work. Congratulations to:
Ada Waller, 3rd place, 8-10 years old, Communication Arts
Luke Allen, 1st place, 8-10 years old, Plant Science
Ada Waller, 1st place, 8-10 years old, Science & Technology
John Tucker, 3rd place, 8-10 years old, Science & Technology
Kyann Race, 1st place, 11-12 years old, Animal Science
Henry Waller, 1st place, 11-12 years old, Personal Development
Nathan Croyle, 1st place, 16-18 years old, Family & Consumer Sciences; 3rd place in Personal Development
Lucas Weeder, 2nd place 16-18 years old, Science & Technology

Rowan County 4-H went to Millstone 4-H Camp on June 22-27. A total of 19 youth attended. It was a fun and hot week full of outdoor learning and friendships! Thanks to our donors who helped several of our youth attend: NC 4-H Campership program, Rowan County Extension Master Gardeners, Bill & Sue Davis, TMS Development, Inc.

Best wishes to 4-H'ers who will soon be competing in or participating in the following 4-H events coming up in July:
-NC 4-H Poultry Judging competition
-NC 4-H Horse Show
-NC 4-H Horse Artistic Expression competitions
-NC 4-H Electric Congress
-NC 4-H Fur, Fish & Game camp at Millstone 4-H Camp
-NC 4-H State Presentation Finals)
-NC 4-H Congress (AIRE, 4-H Entertains, Nathan Croyle leading this event as NC 4-H President before he retires from his year of service)
-NC 4-H Livestock Judging & Quizbowl (early August)

Rowan 4-H Volunteer Reporting for 2025

If you are registered as a 4-H Volunteer in 4-HOnline it is super important that you report your hours and contacts! This greatly assists Laura with her Extension reports every year, since your hours and contacts must be reported!

Please go to go.ncsu.edu/2025rowan4hvolunteercontacts and complete your reports. Reports are due 10 days after the end of each month (January contacts due by Feb. 10). Email reminders will be sent to those who should be completing reports. It should only take about 5 minutes!