4-H and Leaders Council Year Round 4-H Program. Can make suggestions on Fair Rules.

Fair Board One Week Event wherein Exhibitors (4-H and others)

exhibit finished projects Market Sale

• Fair Board Stand Alone Commercial Event

Rules are developed by Building Superintendent's who are appointed by Fair Board

Responsibilities

Two Leaders Council Examples

Back in the 90’s there was an ongoing debate about horse riders wearing helmets. It was a strenuous debate and for several months a group of leaders would show up and vote to require helmets followed the next month by a group of leaders voting to overrule the previous vote. It was finally resolved by State 4-H and the County insurance people

Last months Leaders Council with 15 people present voted to follow 4-H State Show Dress Code allowing livestock kids to wear colored shirts and not requiring the mandatory white show shirt.

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The Leaders Council Suggestion (vote) was taken to Fair Board where there was not agreement. I was asked by the board to send out a survey to Leaders.

I sent out a Survey Monkey and received 57 responses of which 30 said stay with white and 27 said change.

I will report this to the Fair Board for a final determination.

The most important concern is that Leaders Council does not have structure and there is no way to know who may attend on any given month or even what may be discussed.

4-H State Show Dress Code.

4-H STATE FAIR Vs COUNTY FAIR

In County Livestock Barn we had 184 kids. In the Horse Barn we had 51 Kids

40 Skamania County Kids attended 4-H State

Fair (which is the most in many years)

Website www.SkamaniaCountyFair.Com/Livestock

Forms • 2017 Livestock Rules Packet (includes)

• Prefair Livestock Schedule • Livestock Report Rules • Livestock Rules • Market Rules • National Show Ring Code of Ethics • Fair Schedule

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www.SkamaniaCountyFair.Com/Livestock

Cont… Forms

• Market Record • Breeding Livestock Record • Breeding Poultry Record • Breeding Rabbit Record

• Poultry & Rabbit Health Record • Beef Health Record • Goat Health Record • Lamb Health Record • Swine Health Record

Early Haul In • Superintendents • Fair Assistants • Market Sale Assistants

Haul In • Swine 9am (East Side)

• All Others 2pm (West Side)

• Every Exhibitor must turn in Mandatory Record

before Vet Check – We will be set up at the Vet station

• There will be a signup list at check in station for

adult volunteers to cover jobs during fair.

MARKET SALE

The Market Sale is not a place to experiment. Animals are judged based on the current National market. We do not have exotic or niche animal types. An example is a request to start selling Alpaca’s for consumption. There is no conforming National market and therefor the answer was no. Exhibitors are hereby on notice that if you decided to show a breed that does not produce the yield types expected by a national standard then they will be judged with a white ribbon and not sell.