Inside This Issue. 30 Days of Doing

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1 30 Days of Doing We believe in empowering kids with the skills they need to succeed. In 4-H mentors inspire kids to be true leaders through hands-on-doing ---- empowering them to pursue their passions and chart their own course. Be an inspiration and join 30 days of doing. e Inside This Issue PG. 2 Calendar of Events : Thank You : Enrollment Information PG. 3 4-H Officer Training : Achievement Banquet : Leadership Weekend : Space Tech PG. 4 Project Leaders : National 4-H week : PG. 5 State Fair Results :

2 Calendar of Events October H Online Enrollment OPEN 8 State Dog Conference Registration Deadline 8-12 National 4-H Week 12 Make It with Wool Kansas Entry Deadline Hours of 4-H Service Challenge 15 Kansas Youth Leadership Forum Registration due to Extension Office State Dog Conference-Rock Springs 25 Wildcat Extension District 4-H Officer Training, November 1 4-H Re-Enrollment Deadline 3 4-H Achievement Banquet 6:30 pm, Fredonia High School, Fredonia 4 4-H Officer Training and Council Meeting 2:00 pm, Courthouse Basement 4 Space Tech Robotics Registration deadline 4 Make It With Wool Contest- KSU 12 Courthouse Closed - Veterans Day Space Tech Robotics Kansas Youth Leadership Forum, Rock Springs Courthouse Closed - Thanksgiving Thank you Thank you to all of the volunteers who assist with the county fair. It means a great deal to the fair board, to the community and to the staff in the extension office. If you wish to volunteer to help next year. Let the fair board or us know, they always need good help. --The Extension Staff Have you sent out a Thank-you note to those people responsible for the trophy you won or the livestock buyer, the Fair Board member or any other person who might have helped you before or during the Fair? The importance of Thank-you's is vital to the support of the County Fair and 4-H Program. If you received an award, be it financial or a trophy or just some help from someone, please let them know that they are appreciated. Volunteers are just that - VOLUNTEERS and some will feel let down if not acknowledged in some way. A simple Thank-you note goes a long way to obtain support in future years. Enrollment Information It is time to enroll in 4-H for Enrollment opens October 1 st To enroll or for re-enrollment go to: We have sent s to families with instructions. If you need help please contact the Extension Office. 2

3 Opportunities to Attend 4-H Officer Training Wildcat Extension District 4-H Club Officers training will be held Thursday, October 25 th. Wilson County will be hosting this year! More information will be provided at a later date. All 4-H Club Officers are welcome to attend. Wilson County 4-H Officer Training will be held on Sunday afternoon, November 4th, 2:00 pm in the Courthouse Basement. All 4-H Club Officers should attend officer training. The regular meeting of 4-H Council will be held following Officer Training. Achievement Banquet Home Builders 4-H Club is in charge of the Achievement Banquet this year. This year s Banquet will be held Saturday, November 3rd at 6:30 pm at Fredonia High School in Fredonia. Each family is asked to bring one cold dish and one hot dish enough to serve their family, any guests they invite and table service for themselves and guests. 4-H clubs are welcome to invite relatives, prospective members, donors, etc. Beverages will be provided. 4-H Space Tech The Kansas 4-H SpaceTech Program and the Kansas Cosmosphere located in Hutchinson are again teaming up to provide fun, hands-on and science-based programming for Kansas 4-H Youth Development. This fourth program will feature Robotics. The experience will begin Friday, November 16, at 4 p.m., and will end on Saturday, November 17, 4 p.m. Kansas 4-H Leadership Weekend We are pleased that the Leadership weekend and the Volunteer forum will again be held simultaneously November 17-18, 2018 at Rock Springs 4-H Center. In addition to each group having a great program planned, there will also a joint opportunity for both groups to learn together. Registrations for both events should be completed online by October 15 for the early bird price. Reminder: State fair exhibits are back in the extension office. Come by and pick them up! Click HERE for more information. 3

4 County Wide Project Leaders Our list of county wide project leaders is growing! Listed below are project leaders that have volunteered to be county wide leaders. As they set up meetings for the new 4-H year we will send out postcards to announce the first `meetings to those enrolled in that project. If you receive a notice for a meeting and cannot attend, please be courteous and give them a call. Remember, they are taking time out of their busy schedules to plan meetings and help you with your project. Fiber Arts - Connie Vail Dog - Ginger & Tammy Fairbanks Jr. Leaders - Jaylene Chaplin & Janice Reese Livestock Club - Cheri Nelsen National 4-H Week Help celebrate this year s National 4-H Week, Oct 7-13, by joining the movement to INSPIRE KIDS TO DO! Since 1968, National 4-H Week has been held the first full week of October. National 4-H Week is a chance to raise awareness of 4-H, enroll more young people, and recruit more volunteers. Now is the time for clubs and 4-H councils to discuss and make plans for local efforts to promote and celebrate National 4-H week as well as National Youth Science Day and 48 Hours of 4-H (Oct 13 & 14). Tuesday, October 9 will be Spirit Day. We know that a lot of you already encourage your 4-H'ers to wear a clover to school and that's what this day will be...an opportunity for members, parents, and volunteers to show their clover pride by wearing a 4-H t-shirt to school/work. Shooting Sports Mike Adams - Muzzle Loading Belinda Adams - Hunting Skills Jacob Smith Air Rifle If you would like to volunteer to be a county project leader, please call the Extension Office. Attention Club Leaders: Please bring in your leader file boxes so we can replenish them if you haven t done so already. 4

5 Wilson County 4-H members did very well at the 2018 state fair this year. Here are the results: Color Photography: Jill Delong-Blue Tayler Ghramm-White Cooper Springer-Blue Jacob Sandbothe-Blue Braxton Chaplin-Red Piper Essington-Blue Kelly Newton-Red Mason Springer-Blue Anita Staker-Red Cashton Wheeler-Blue Baily Chaplin-Purple Erin Drybread-Blue Jordan Signer-Blue Cadence Wheeler-Blue Black & White Photography: Jerin Cobb-Red Clothing Construction: Marisa Ghramm-Purple Ellen Meseraull-Red Jenna Meseraull-Blue Brooklyn Newland-Blue Kaelyn Frankenbery-Blue Shelby Smith-Red Abigale Reaves-Purple Recycled Clothing: Marisa Ghramm-Purple Tayler Ghramm-Blue Ellen Meseraull-Blue Jenna Meseraull-Purple Brooklyn Newland-Red Shelby Smith-Red AC Electrical: Mason Springer-Purple Cashton Wheeler-Red Knitting: Julieona Erbe-Purple Non-Perishable Food Product: Brooklyn Newland-Blue Cooper Springer-Red Jenna Mesuraull-Red Shelby Smith-Blue Abigale Reaves-Red Food Preservation: Cashton Wheeler-Blue Cadence Wheeler-White Annual Garden: Jacob Sandbothe-Red Perennial Garden Flower: Jacob Sandbothe-Red Demonstration Talk: Shelby Smith-Purple Fashion Review: Horticulture Vegetables: Jenna Messaull-Blue Jenna Messuall-Blue Jenna Messeraull-Blue Visual Arts: Jerin Cobb-Multicolor Abigale Reaves-Multicolor Jacob Sandbothe-Multicolor Woodworking: Adam McCarter-White Joseph Couch-White Piper Essington-Red Forestry: Jacob Sandbothe-Blue Geology: Jacob Sandbothe-Purple Home Environment Notebook: Jenna Meseraull-Blue Shooting Sports Educational Display: Shelby Smith-Purple Robotics: Cohen Frankenbery-Red Rocketry: Mason Springer-Blue Cooper Springer-Blue Horse:2 year old Snaffle Bit: Kaylee Couch-10 th Crops Judging: Mason Springer-6 th Photography Judging: Wildcat Sr. team-19 th Cadence Wheeler-47 th Wildcat Intermediate Team- 11 th Cooper Springer-83 rd Cashton Wheeler-56 th Mason Springer-26 th Poultry Judging: Cashton Wheeler-31 st Rabbit Judging: Dog Show: Showmanship: Thomas Erbe-Purple Julieona Erbe-Blue Erick Sherrod-Blue Anita Staker-Blue Kaylee Couch-Blue Brett Dick-Wolfe-Purple Dog Show: Agility: Brett Dick-Wolfe-Blue Poultry: Large Fowl: Cadence Wheeler-Blue Poultry: Bantams: Cashton Wheeler-White Cashton Wheeler-White Rabbits showmanship: Cadence Wheeler-Red Goat Showmanship: Jerin Cobb-Grand Champ Sheep Showmandship: Jerin Cobb-Grand Champ Market Meat Goat: Jerin Cobb-4th Bred & owned Duroc: Baily Chaplin-Reserve Champ Duroc Market Hog: Baily Chaplin-10 th Tucker Leck-Reserve Champ Breeding Duroc: Braxton Chaplin-4 th Baily Chaplin-7 th Braxton Chaplin-6 th AOB Hog: Tucker Leck- Reserve Champ Braxton Chaplin-6 th Breeding Gilt: Tucker Leck-4 th Hampshire Market Hog: Crossbred Market hog: Whether Dam: Jerin Cobb-8 th Market Lamb: 5