March 2018 KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION AND COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE

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1 March 2018 Crawford County Labette County Montgomery County Wilson County Crawford County 120 E. Buffalo St. Girard, KS Will Morris Labette County 524 Huston Street Altamont, KS Julie Traxson Montgomery County 410 Peter Pan Road Suite B Independence, KS Katie Townsend krohling@ksu.edu Wilson County Courthouse RM Madison Fredonia, KS Cheri Nelsen cnelsen@ksu.edu District Website: Extension District Extension District 4-H KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION AND COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE K-State Research and Extension is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

2 Wildcat District Calendar This calendar includes dates for all four counties. Youth are welcome to attend project programming held by any county in the Wildcat District, call ahead to reserve a spot. Dates shown here may or may not appear elsewhere in the newsletter. March 1 Discovery Days Registration opens - ends April 15 March 3 Regional 4-H Day for county qualifiers NCCC, Chanute, KS March 15 Volunteer Training Fredonia Courthouse March 17 Junior Sheep Producer Day Manhattan, KS March 24 Junior Beef Producer Day Manhattan, KS April H Alien Cosmosphere Hutchinson, KS April H Shooting Sports Training Rock Springs 4-H Center April 14 SEK Fitting and Showing Clinic Crawford Co. Fairgrounds May 1 New member deadline to exhibit at fair! District-wide May 1 Horse Identification Papers Due Local Extension Office May 29 Favorite Foods Contest Wilson Co. Courthouse May 29-June 1 Discovery Days 4-H Camp Manhattan, KS June 3-6 Sunny Hills 4-H Camp Rock Springs 4-H Center June 15 District Horse Show Entries DUE Local Extension Office June 15 Free Poultry Riverside Park 4-H animal barns Independence, KS June 21 Area Livestock, Meats, and Skill-a-thon Contest Yates Center, KS June H Campference Rock Springs 4-H Center July 9 Free Poultry Crawford County Fairgrounds Girard, KS July 10 District Horse Show Parsons State Hospital July Cherryvale Youth Fair (free fair open to any youth) Cherryvale, KS For more information and registration forms, please visit county specific web pages. Interested in helping with shooting sports? The next Kansas Shooting Sports Instructor Training is scheduled, Friday - Sunday, April 6-8, 2018 at Rock Springs 4-H Center. This training plus a becoming a certfied 4-H volunteer is needed to work with youth at shooting sports practices. We couldn t continue this program without our great volunteers! If you are interested in becoming an instructor please contact: Crawford County, Roz Mosier, roz.mosier@greenbush.org, Labette and Wilson County, JulieTraxson, jtraxson@ksu.edu, Montgomery County Contact Sharon Blaes, slbaes@hit.net,

3 Wildlife Contest A Wildlife Habitat Education Program Contest will be held April 25, 2018 at Claythorne Lodge in Columbus, KS. Jeri Geren, our wildlife agent, has put together some practice times for the Wildcat District. All sessions are being recorded and uploaded to our website for anyone to view at: Mondays from 4:00-5:00 Altamont Office March 5- Reptiles & Fish, Brian Traxon, Seth Lundgren March 19 - Trapping and Bow Hunting, David Geren April 2 - Habitat and Leaf Printing, Jacob Weber April 16th- Habitat Tour, Keith Jabben- MG County, April 23rd- Mock Contest April 25th- WHEP Contest (Claythorne Lodge) Fair Poultry Testing At each county fair, all poultry, except waterfowl, must show proof that they are pullorum-typhoid clean by presenting evidence that the entries were purchased from a U.S. Pullorum-Typhoid clean source and have been the only poultry on the premises (Presentation of a VS 9-3 Form received when poultry were purchased) OR presenting an official VS 9-2 Form, signed by an official testing agent showing the entries have had a negative pullorum-typhoid test within the proceeding 90 days. Official Testing Agents will be available to test poultry for FREE on the dates below. Youth are welcome to attend any county s testing but must bring the paperwork back to your local 4-H agent and fair superintendent. 4-H Camps Discovery Days May 29-June 1 on K-State s campus, Manhattan, KS. Come take classes on 4-H projects, careers, hobbies, community service and more! Don t forget about the dance and Call Hall Ice Cream! Camp is for year old youth. Base price is $235 + class costs. Registration is open now and closes April 16th. Find more details on the KS 4-H website under events! Greenbush 4-H Camp ONLY open to CR, LB, and WL counties. (Montgomery County will participate in Cedar Bluff camp, more details coming soon.) Greenbush will be June 19-20th for 7-8 year olds. This overnight camp is a great starter camp for young youth. Estimated cost is $75. Local agents will be sending out more details soon! Sunny Hills, Rock Springs 4-H Center June 3-6, 2018 for youth who have completed 3rd -7th grade. Cost is $200 dollars. Youth stay in cabins and participate in events ranging from canoing to building robots. Check with your local agent for registration! COUNSELORS go to camp for FREE! We are always in need of good sophomore complete and up counselors! This looks great on scholarships, resumes, and college applications! Contact your Extension office as soon as possible if you are interested so you can complete a volunteer application! June Labette Fairgrounds Poultry Barn 4-6 p.m. June Riverside Park, Independence, KS 4-6 p.m. July Crawford Fairgrounds Poultry Barn 4-6 p.m. Wilson County Testing Date TBA 4-H Alien Experience Kansas Cosmosphere is teaming up with 4-H to provide the Alien Experience April 6-7, 2018 in Hutchinson, KS. Cost will be $110 for youth and adults. This overnight experience includes meals and the stay. Program topics include: Is There Life Out There?, Black Holes planetarium program, Imaginary Martian/Mars Critters, plus much more. See a complete listing on the KS 4-H website! 3 Campference This is a great transitional camp for youth ages and will be held June at Rock Springs 4-H Center. Camp features workshops about opportunities in the 4-H program and how to better interact with others! Camp fills up fast! Registration will open in each March and will close when it is full or May 15th. Cost is $275 and includes lots of extras! Find more details on the Kansas 4-H website!

4 Crawford County News March 11 Junior Leaders Sausage and Pancake Feed 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Crawford Extension Office March 26 Junior Leaders 7 p.m. Crawford Extension Office April 7 Beef Weigh-in from 2:00-3:30 p.m. Mesa Animal Clinic April 14 SEK Fitting and Showing Clinic Crawford Co. Fairgrounds April 23 4-H Council Meeting Crawford Extension Office May 12 Small Animal Weigh-in, 8 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Crawford Co. Fairgrounds July 9 FREE Poultry Testing, 4-6 p.m. Crawford Co. Fairgrounds August 1-4 Crawford County Fair Crawford Co. Fairgrounds Junior Leaders Pancake and Sausage Feed This is and all you can eat free will donation that will go to support the Junior Leaders in Crawford County. Join us Sunday March 11 from 7 a.m. to 1p.m. at the Crawford County Extension Office in Girard, 120 E Buffalo St. Junior Leaders donate their time to make ice cream for 4-H council and clean the buildings before fair. Their community service project last year was building birdhouses for the courthouse lawn. Join us for breakfast and support Junior Leaders! Birdhouse Fundraising These would make a great mother s day gift! Thanks to a generous donation by Tractor Supply Company of Pittsburg, 4-H Council is selling a variety of bird feeders with a suggested donation, to raise money to help offset the 4-H participation fees. There are a wide variety of shapes, colors and sizes. We also have feeder scoops. Stop by the Extension Office and check them out! Pictures of the feeders can be found on our Wildcat Extension District 4-H page. Archery 2018 Crawford County 4 -H Archery will begin Sunday, April 15, 2018, 2:00 pm. Then we will meet every Sunday with the exception of holidays (Mother s Day, Memorial Day weekend, Father s Day, etc.). The first 3 Sundays (April 15, 22 & 29) will be for anyone new to the program and anyone who needs refreshing. Beginners MUST attend the range and safety orientation April 15th to participate in the program. Equipment will be provided for the beginners, please leave yours at home. The veterans will begin meeting on Sunday, May 6 at 4:00 pm. Meeting times may change as the season goes on. We will make those changes to practice times, when necessary, at practice. So, if you miss a practice, contact me to see if there are any changes. If you have questions or need more information, please call or text Dan Mosier II at Crawford County 4-H Website 4

5 Labette County News March 13 4-H Council (RSVP March 12) May 5 Nomination Day for small animals WEEC Building (Behind the Extension Office) Labette Co. High School Gym Parking Lot June 14 Free Poultry Testing 4-6 p.m. Labette Co. Fairgrounds 4-H Council The next 4-H Council meeting will be on March 13, 2018 at the WEEC building behind the Extension Office in Altamont. We will eat at 6:30 p.m. (RSVP by March 12) and the meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m. Nomination Day Nomination Day for small animals will be on May 5th at LCHS behind the gym. Once again you must have your animals tagged or pay $5.00 to have them tagged that day. Nomination papers are available on the website or in the Extension Office. Please make sure they are completely filled out and signed by youth AND parents/guardians. If you are showing in the Beef Division you may NOT participate in the Bucket Calf Division and vice versa. Greenbush Camp Dates have changed! June will be the only (one) night we have for the 7 & 8 year olds. Just save the date on your calendar and we will be sending out registration information in April. Sunny Hills Camp Camp will be June 3-6 at Rock Springs 4-H Center near Junction City, KS. You can attend this camp if you have completed 3rd grade 7th grade. Please save the dates if you are planning to attend as registration will be in your April newsletter. The cost of this camp is $200. Labette Co 4-H Council will pay $50 (after you return from camp), your club may help pay some of it and if you participated in Club Day and received a $25 coupon that can be used toward the cost of camp as well. We are always in need of good counselors high school sophomore complete and up. Please let the Extension office know if you are interested in being a counselor as you must complete the Volunteer Application process before you go to camp. Counselor training will start on June 2. Transportation will be provided for this camp and Counselor Training. Congratulations to everyone that particpated in Labette County 4-H Day! Good luck to our qualifiers at Regional 4-H Day! Labette County 4-H Website 5

6 Montgomery County News March 8 4-H 7:00 p.m. Montgomery County 4-H Website 6 Extension Office Meeting Room March Spring Break Sewing Camp Extension Office April 5 Montgmery County 4-H Fair Board 7 p.m. Extension Office June 15 Poultry Testing at Fairgrounds (Free) (see more on page 3) Riverside Park June 30 Montgomery County Horse Show Pippin Arena July Cherryvale Youth Fair Cherryvale, KS July 17 Clothing Judging TBA July 24 Style Revue, King & Queen Coronation, Dance Civic Center, Independence July Montgomery County 4-H Fair Riverside Park July 26 Montgomery County 4-H Food Sale Riverside Park July 30 Montgomery County Livestock Sale Riverside Park Spring Break Sewing Camp Camp will be from 8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. We invite any 4-H youth to join us! Youth may bring a snack to get them through the lunch hour. Information will be sent out to those that have signed up in the next week. We have a few spots left and I encourage any interested youth to sign up as soon as possible by calling the extension office. 4-H Club Day Thank you to all those who participated in club day activities! We appreciate you sharing your talents with us and we know the skills you learn presenting with excel you ahead of your peers in the future! Club Day results can be found on our webpage listed below. Dog Project Meetings Anyone interested in the dog project should reach out to Ginger Fairbanks at Ginger is from Wilson county but has volunteered to help our youth for years. She holds great practices and I encourage youth to consider attending! 4-H Council 4-H Council will meet March 8, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. at the Extension Office in the meeting room. We will be discussing fair activities, fair concession stand, camps, the Montgomery County 4-H Foundation and other educational activities! Anyone is welcome to attend 4-H council meetings. Each club has a representative to bring the discussion back to their club! Be sure to notify myself or your council representative if you would like to put something on the agenda

7 Wilson County News March 15 Volunteer Training 6:30 p.m. Fredonia Courthouse March 17 4-H Council Fundraiser and Auction Fredonia High School March 26 4-H Council Meeting 7:00 p.m. April 7 Wilson Co. Spring Beef Show Fredonia Fairgrounds May 4 Tag Day! market hogs, lambs, goats, and bucket calves` Fredonia Fairgrounds May 5 Wilson County Livestock Judging Contest 1:00 p.m. Fredonia Fairgrounds May 21 4-H Council Meeting 7:00 p.m. Fredonia Courthouse June 29 Favorite Foods Show 10 a.m. Fredonia Courthouse 4-H Council Fundraiser Dinner/Auction The 4-H Council Fundraiser Dinner and Auction has been scheduled for Saturday, March 17, 6:00 pm at the Fredonia High School. Busy Beavers is in charge of the event this year. We will have a baked potato bar. Clubs will be asked to provide a minimum of 2 auction items. 4-H members and families should be thinking about what they might be able to donate or collect for the auction. Please remember funds from the dinner and auction are used to purchase fair awards, help with 4-H trips and activities, and help with expenses for events including building rentals, Achievement Banquet, Club Day ribbons and program fees for enrollment, etc. All donations to help with this fundraiser are appreciated! Flyers have been sent out and tickets are available to be picked up from club leaders. Wilson Co. Spring Beef Show The Spring Beef Show will start at 8:00 am on Saturday, April 7th with weigh in and the show starting at 10:00 am. All members with steers or heifers are encouraged to participate. Show is at the fairgrounds in Fredonia. Wilson County Livestock Judging Contest The Wilson County Livestock Judging Contest will be held Saturday afternoon May 5th following tag day. Registration will begin at 1:00 p.m. I will be contacting members about bringing animals. Wilson County 4-H Website 7

8 Amber McCormick, Wilson County Office Professional Barbara Ames, Nutrition, Health, and Food Safety Cheri Nelsen, 4-H Youth Development Diana Quigley, Nutrition Assistant Heather Umlauf, Nutrition Assistant Jacob Weber, Horticulture Jeri Geren, Diversified Agriculture & Natural Resources Josh Coltrain, Crop Production & Local Foods Julie Traxson, 4-H Youth Development Katie Townsend, 4-H Youth Development Wildcat Extension District #14 Amanda Marney, Director & Community Development Keith Martin, Livestock & Forage Production Kylie Ludwig, Financial Management & Entrepreneurship Michelle Clevenger Tara Solomon, Adult Development and Aging Tina Oehme, Crawford County Office Professional Shari Saia, Financial Sherry Foister, Labette County Office Professional Stacey Gabrick, Nutrition Assistant Will Morris, 4-H Youth Development NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE PAID GIRARD, KS PERMIT NO. 120 Wildcat Extension District Office 120 E. Buffalo St. Girard, KS 66743