4-H Newsletter June 2025

On the Horizon

June 15

• Application Deadline for Congress

June 30

• Camp registration deadline

It's Fair Time-Check it Out!

June 25

• Strut Your Stuff:  Static Exhibit Interview Judging 1-5 p.m.

June 27

• Livestock and Small Animal Shows; Concessions by Spring Creek and Tin Can Treats
• The Dirty Wiener Food Truck available at 5:30 p.m.
• 4-H Dance 7-9 p.m.

June 28

• Livestock Shows, Meat & Greet, Silent Auction and Livestock Auction 
• See full schedule below

2025 4-H Fair Schedule (Print & Carry)

Interview Judging

• Wednesday, June 25, 1-5 p.m.
• Choteau Pavilion at 201 1st St NE

• Club Arrival Times

           Please plan to arrive 15 minutes before your club's interview time for check in.

• • 1 p.m.  Challenging Champs
  • 2 p.m.  Old Agency
  • 3 p.m.  Prairie Stars & Eager Eagles
  • 4 p.m.  Spring Creek
    • Spring Creek will arrange static exhibits beginning at 6 p.m.

Check In

At the check in table you will be given entry cards for all entries.Attach your entry cards to your item.If you did not bring an item, return the cards to the registration desk.You will be given a green judging sheet with all of your entries listed.

The Interview

Remain in the interview area until all of your interviews are complete and your judges have marked the ribbon-award color for each entry you brought on the green sheet .

Check Out

Place your exhibit items on the tables in the interview area.Take your green sheet to the check out desk.You will complete ‘Thank You’ cards and then go to the premium table for your cash awards and ribbons.Top awards will be determined at the end of interview judging.Make sure to visit the Pavilion on Thursday or Friday to find out if you received a top award.

Ag Agent Corner featuring Spring Creek Club!

"Oh the things you will taste at the Fair"

Homemade by Spring Creek 4-H Club

Friday and Saturday

• Coffee, full meals, snacks while you enjoy the livestock and small animal shows!
• Grab acup of hot coffeeto start the morning, thensend the kids over for anItalian soda!
• Breakfast anyone?  Itdoesn’t get better than pancakes and sausage!
• Got Lunch?  Be looking for your favorite kind of 4-H meat at concessions, with afull meal option and/or homemade treats!

Calling All Bakers to the Meat & Greet!

Supporters love to see our 4-H kids in action because they haveSKILLS!

Bakers- you’re the stars of the Meat and Greet reception!

• Bring your favorite “easy to eat” baked good to the Weatherbeater kitchen on Saturday, June 28
• Get Personal Sign and Double the Fun!
• Send your recipe and a few words about yourself with a phototo the Extension officebyMonday, June 16!

Club Commotion:  Eager Eagles Fly High!

Eager Eagles host the "Soup Supper" at the United Church of Christ in Fairfield on Tuesday, April 22. They provided five tasty soups and a variety of rolls and bread. This is a free community service that is hosted by different organizations on the last Tuesday of each month throughout the year. Pictured: Cru and Quincee Davis, Laney Wied, and Knox Pearson. Not pictured is Ronnie Pearson, but she helped out too.

Eager Eagles Club members thank Montana Farmers Union for the receipt of one of their $100 sentence grants again this year.The Eager Eagles sentence was: " The Eager Eagles 4-H Club wants to give back to the community of Fairfield. We would like to split the $100.00 into two $50.00 donations. One donation of $50.00 will go towards paying for a live band at our 4-H Fair dance in June. The remaining $50.00 will be donated to the New Life Church in Fairfield as a gift for generously allowing our club to use their facility for our monthly club meetings."

Be at the Fair or Be Square!

Set-up Team (Tuesday, June 24, 5 p.m. until done)

Bender, Caleb

Bender, Kamber

Bender, Keira

Bender, Kinsey

Bradley, Bryden

DeBruycker, Ayden

DeBruycker, Nolan

Jacobsen, Elias

Jacobsen, Tessa

Jordre, Colton

Jordre, Kailey

Kelley, Dani

Lobdell, Kolman

Lobdell, Audrey

Long, Charlie

Long, Claire

Long, Laudi

Lytle, Boaz

Lytle, Polly

Lytle, Theodore

Martin, Ledger

Morris, Owen

Morris, Sage

Redland, Mesa

Taylor, Trent

Tschida, Tana

Toeckes, Grace

Toeckes, Isaac

Toeckes, Jackson

Toeckes, Mikayla

Yeager, Casen

Yeager, Justyce

Yeager, Rusch

Clean-Up Team (Sunday, June 29, 9 a.m. until done)

Banner, Ariana

Banner, Billy

Carlson, Lily

Carlson, Iris

Cherry, Keaton

Crabb, Tate

Davis, Cru

Davis, Quincee

DeBruycker, Kinsley

DeBruycker, Natalie

Donnelly, MaClay

Drumm, Liam

Gagne, Tucker

Greyn, Trent

Grubb, Aliya

Harrell, Charley

Hodgskiss, Grant

Hodgskiss, Hayden

Little, Waylon

Miller, Nick

Morris, Katy

Neal, Seeley

O'Haire, Zane

Paulson, Anna

Paulson, Leah

Pearson, Korbin

Pearson, Ronnie

Scott, Addy

Scott, Dawson

Elianna Sweetman

Ulsh, Dylan

Weekes, Tensli

Williams, Luci

2025 Teton County Club Rotations

Old Agency:  Pavilion set up and clean up

Challenging Champs: Weatherbeater Facility & Maintenance During Fair

Spring Creek: Arrange Exhibits & Manage Greeters/Judges' Snacks

Eager Eagles: Buyers' Appreciation Meal: Meat & Greet

Prairie Stars: Camp Facility Prep

Rock Your Record Books

It’s Fair Time! If you have entered your Project Journal Pages in the Fair, make a nice copy (we are happy to help print a copy at the Extension office) to leave on the project display tables in the Pavilion. Hang on to your originals!!

Remember, if you are selling a market animal, you must bring your nearly complete project journal pages (on paper) to the Fair as the basis of your interview.Make them complete, neat and tidy and you could even win a premium!

Record Books are due to your club leaders in August, after review at the club level, each club can put forward their best books for quality judging at the county level. More information in the July newsletter.

A complete Record Book must be submitted (electronically via Zsuite or on paper) each year in order for 4-H members to exhibit, show or sell at next year's Fair.

Join Teton County for the Wildest Westest Summer Camp-July 22-24

Register on ZSuite.

Registration ends Monday, June 30.

Camp will be located in choteau at the Teton Antique Steam & GasAssociation (TASGA) grounds.

We really need at least three more adult chaperones, including one adult male!

Call the Extension office to volunteer!

Montana 4-H Congress

4-H for LIFE isn’t just a theme—it’s a call to adventure! It’s all about the journey of growth, leadership, and endless possibilities that 4-H gives you, now and into the future. LIFE stands for Leadership In Future Endeavors, and that’s exactly what 4-H helps you build—skills and experiences that will set you up for success long after you’ve left the  4-H community.

WHAT PARTICPANTS CAN EXPECT FROM 4-H CONGRESS:

• Make connections with peers, both youth and adult from across Montana.
• Learn by doing - Get practical experience through hands-on activities and competitions.
• Discover fresh ideas from workshops and national speakers that will fuel your future success.
• Build your network of mentors and friends who will cheer you on.
• Set yourself up for success— Participate in workshops that open doors to new careers

This event is the cornerstone of Montana 4-H’s Beyond Ready initiative which prepares young people for the challenges and opportunities of the future by helping them build the skills needed to be healthy, productive, and engaged.

WHO CAN ATTEND?

• Any Teton County 4-Her age 13 - 19

Teton County Requirements

• First year attending, not required to participate in a competition
• Second year attending, required to participate in a competition
  • All competitions are open to anyone, competing at the county level is not required
• Find out more about State Competitions

An adult chaperone (certified 4-H volunteer) is needed to transport and attend with participants.A Teton County Extension Agent will not be attending Congress this year.Please contact the office if you are interested in chaperoning.

Application will open in ZSuite May 1 and will close June 15.

Teton County 4-H Council will cover half of the cost of attendance.

MSU Extension Teton County

• Mailing Address:  PO Box 130, Choteau, MT 59422
• Phone:  466-2491/2492 (phone/voicemail)
• Email:  [email protected] (send club minutes, most questions/issues)
• Text only:  406-530-5373 (checked M-F, 8-5)
• https://teton.msuextension.org/
• https://www.facebook.com/TetonCoExt
• http://montana4h.org/

Fair Dates

The Teton County Fair is scheduled for the last full weekend in June that includes a Sunday.
2025    June 24-29
2026    June 22-28

Camp Dates

2025   July 22-24

4-H Congress Dates, Bozeman

2025   July 8-11
2026   July 7-10

MSU Extension Teton County
P.O. Box 130
Choteau, MT 59422
406-466-2491

Agents:

Shelby Jones-Dozier [email protected]
Jenn Swanson  [email protected]

Assistants:

JoAnn McDowell & Jamie Smith  [email protected]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Montana State University and the Montana State University Extension Service prohibit discrimination in all of their programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital and family status. Issued in furtherance of cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics, acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cody Stone, Director, Extension Service, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717