UI Extension, Kootenai/Shoshone 4-H Program

05/26/2026

🍀Meeting Slate for May 27th!🍀
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Adults, Parents, and Leaders:
Small Animal Council
6:00pm-7:00pm
Kootenai County Fairgrounds – Building 20 (Food Court)

Volunteer Leaders Association
7:00pm-8:00pm
Kootenai County Fairgrounds – Building 20 (Food Court)
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Hope to see you there!

05/21/2026

🍀🌲Congratulations to all the incredible 4-H Forestry youth that recently participated in the 43rd annual Idaho State Forestry Contest! 🌲🍀

We are incredibly excited to announce that the Whistle Stop 4-H Club teams took 1st and 2nd place overall in the senior team division!

Whistle Stop 4-H Team 1 consisted of Samantha Gaudagnini, Maria Guadagnini, Caitlyn Cramer, and Danielle Wenstrom. Whistle Stop 4-H Team 2 consisted of Sam Wenstrom, CJ Wetzel, Ezra Kunkel-Cypher, and Chloe Anglen.

Team members, Samantha Guadagnini and Maria Guadagnini also took 1st and 3rd overall, respectively, in the senior individual division.

Also, in the junior division, Andrew Gaudagnini and Julietta Wetzel took 2nd and 3rd overall, respectively, for the individual category.

Congratulations, all! We always love to see such a strong showing from our 4-H youth. To place this well out of over 200 youth from across the state is incredible to see. If you're interested in participating through the 4-H program next year, please don't hesitate to reach out!

How tall is that tree? What is making that other tree sick? How the heck do you read a paper map? All these questions and more were explored Thursday as 225 fifth-through-12th grade students from across the Gem State participated in the 2026 Idaho State Forestry Contest at Farragut State Park.

05/20/2026

Looking for an awesome learning opportunity to grow your large livestock showmanship skills? Check out this incredible opportunity put on by the NISF Youth Stock Show and Sale!

05/20/2026

Hey there, returning and prospective buyers! It’s time to save the date for the next incredible Youth Stock Sale at the North Idaho State Fair! Follow the links below to sign up or update your information. We hope to see you there! Thank you for all your support! 💚🍀

🚨 Buyers — Save the Date! 🚨

Thank you for your incredible support in 2025! Because of you, 349 animals went through the ring and every one sold.👏

Let’s do it again this year:
🗓 August 29
🕗 8 AM Registration | 🕘 9 AM Sale

👉Up-to-date information on the sale and available processors here:
https://www.nisfair.fun/p/competitions/youthstocksale
👉 Update your buyer info here:
https://nifr.fairwire.com/buyerlogon.aspx

We can’t wait to see you back at the Sale!

05/20/2026

Interested in playing a big hand in choices pertaining to anything and everything having to do with livestock shows at the North Idaho State Fair? Check out this incredible opportunity! Applications are due by June 1st!

🚨 Attention Youth Stock Show & Sale Stakeholders 🚨

There is currently an opening on the YSSS Committee!

📋 Applications are open now and are due Monday, June 1.

👉 Committee Information:
https://www.nisfair.fun/p/competitions/ysss-committee

👉 Direct Application Link:
https://cdn.saffire.com/files.ashx?t=fg&rid=NorthIdahoStateFair&f=2026_YSSS_Committee_App.pdf&cb=4DBD8949

📩 Completed applications may be:
• Emailed to [email protected]
• Dropped off at the Fair Office (Monday–Friday, 9 AM–5 PM)

Help us continue growing and improving the Youth Stock Show & Sale program!

05/20/2026

Come join us at the North Idaho State Fair townhall event tonight! We’ll have a table set-up with fun games and giveaways alongside lots of other incredible Kootenai County Fairgrounds groups and community organizations. We hope to see you there! 💚🍀

Join us tomorrow for a fun and interactive community night hosted by Kootenai County Commissioner Marc Eberlein as we celebrate the past, present, and future of the Fairgrounds and Fair.

Explore booths featuring our Fair Board, Foundation, YSSS, Exhibits, 4-H, and FFA programs to learn about our mission, community impact, youth opportunities, agricultural roots, and future plans.
Discover how the Fairgrounds serve North Idaho
year-round and how you can get involved.

Wednesday, May 20th
6:00-7:30PM

Selfie station
Prizes
Fair Food
Animals
Special ticket hunt
Fair-style fun for the whole family!

05/20/2026

**2K GIVEAWAY RESULTS**

Sorry for the hiatus, all! We had some issues with some branding elements on our page, and while we're still dealing with those issues, we're happy to come back and announce the winners of our big giveaway! (Only one month late...😅).

With over 200 entries coming across our dash, we first want to thank everyone for liking, loving, sharing, and reposting! We're building our community one person at a time and your help with this post helped make that progress happen. Thank you also, again, to the North Idaho State Fair for sponsoring a major part of this giveaway! We love partnering with them and we especially love promoting and sharing opportunities to attend their incredible community event.

With that...here are our 2 big winners...drumroll, please...
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Sarah Stockton and Liv Love !!!
This account (and this account alone) will contact you with details on claiming your prizes. Congratulations!

Thank you to everyone, again, for entering! We'll hopefully do more of these in the future (without the month-long hiatus to follow 😉).

Thank you for supporting your local 4-H program! 🍀💚

***GIVEAWAY CLOSED***
**2K FOLLOWER GIVEAWAY 🍀💚**

To celebrate getting to 2000 followers on this page, we wanted to do a special giveaway to give back to our amazing community! To celebrate 2K, we are giving away 2 4-H x North Idaho State Fair Family Packs!

What’s included in each pack:
4 North Idaho State Fair admission tickets
1 North Idaho State Fair parking pass
1 4-H stadium cup
1 Kootenai/Shoshone 4-H t-shirt (multiple sizes available)
And various 4-H stickers, swag, and candy!

How to Enter (there are lots of ways):
Liking this post = 1 entry
Following the North Idaho State Fair page = 1 entry
Following the Kootenai County Fairgrounds page = 1 entry
Commenting with your favorite 4-H memory = 1 entry
Tagging people in the comments = 1 entry per tag (must be different people and individual comments)
Sharing to your story = 2 entries
Sharing to a public Facebook group = 5 entries
Reposting to your page = 10 entries

**MUST BE FOLLOWING THIS PAGE TO WIN**

**ANYONE CAN ENTER, YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A MEMBER OF KCSC 4-H**

Giveaway Ends April 24th!

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05/11/2026