Meade County 4-H Connections March 2018

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1 What s Inside? *Club Days Results *Things to remember about Fair and Projects *CIA photos *Looking ahead Meade County 4-H Connections March H Families 4-H Families Spring is almost here and many of you are already thinking about your busy 4-H summer ahead! There are many opportunities to get started on your projects during the spring months, so don t delay! (Yes, don t we all say, I m going to start earlier this year on my projects ) Just remember, that week before the fair isn t fun at all when you are scrambling to finish a project. Remember to set short and long term goals to help you achieve success. My goal for you, is to have one exhibit finished by the end of April, that s over 50 days! Christine McPheter Elly Sneath County Extension Director & Agent County Extension Agent Family & Consumer Science Agriculture & Natural Resources 4-H Youth Development 4-H Youth Development BLUE AND GOLD FUNDRAISER IS HERE!!!! We need everyone s help to sell Blue and Gold for the annual 4-H County-wide Fundraiser. These products are delicious! There are only three items, bacon, sausage, and breaded chicken strips. These products sell themselves. Most of the communities are familiar with these products and look for either 4-H members, FFA members or OK Kids to sell these products! Included in the newsletter is this year s form for selling. Please have orders, WITH PAYMENT, to the Extension Office by March 30 by 4 p.m. Orders will be delivered the 2nd week in April. Selling Blue and Gold is one of the optional requirements for selling and animal at the Meade County Fair. CloverBuds Please remember to R.S.V.P. for EACH meeting! Please do not forget to call the office and let us know you plan to be there! March Meade March 6th Meade Extension Office Fowler- March 26th 4-5 Fowler Grade School April Meade April 17 3:45-4:45 Meade Extension Office Fowler April Fowler Grade School

2 4-H Club Day RESULTS Demo- Walker Koons, Vincent and Samuel Lynn 4 Leaf - Purple Demo- Karay Henson 4 Leaf- Red Demo- Degnan Boggs 4 Leaf -Blue Digital Presentation- Benn Schnelle T&C -Purple Demo Talk- Kaylen Langhofer Plains- Blue Illustrated Talk- Henry Tacha T&C- Blue Demo- Cole Langhofer Plains -Blue Digital- Liz Hawley T&C- Purple Dance- Josie & Makenna Boggs and Laura Lynn 4 Leaf - Purple Instrumental Ensemble- Karsen and Konner Jones 4 Leaf -Purple Instrumental Solo- Karsen Jones 4 Leaf- Purple Instrumental Solo- Vincent Lynn 4 Leaf- Purple Instrumental Solo- Konner Jones 4 Leaf- Purple Instrumental Solo- Adeline Woods Plains- Purple Instrumental Solo- Adeline Woods Plains -Purple Instrumental Solo- Emmett Woods Plains- Purple Instrumental Solo- Audy Woods Plains- Purple Instrumental Solo- Hannah Fieser Plains- Purple Instrumental Solo -Benn Schnelle T&C- Purple Instrumental Solo -Micah McDowell 3 C s- Purple Instrumental Solo- Kaylen Langhofer Plains- Purple Novelty- Ashley Martin T&C -Purple Novelty- Laura Lynn 4 Leaf- Blue Novelty -Josie Boggs 4 Leaf -Purple Reading -Laura Lynn 4 Leaf- Blue Reading- Samuel Lynn 4 Leaf -Purple Reading- Vincent Lynn 4 Leaf- Purple Reading- Karay Henson 4 Leaf -Blue Reading- Littlewood Family 3 C s -Blue Reading- Micah and Bryce McDowell 3 C s- Purple Gavel Games- Kaylen, Cole, Adeline, and Reece Plains- Purple Gavel Games- Emmett, Audy, Grace, Hannah, Josie Plains- Purple Show and Tell- Josie Fieser Plains- Purple Show and Tell- Chase McDowell 3 C s- Blue Show and Tell- Regan Roberts- Cloverbud Participation Show and Tell- Grace Roberts Plains- Purple Show and Tell- Bobby Littlewood 3 C s- Purple Show and Tell- Trevor Ingram- Cloverbud Participation Demo Team- Jamie Turner and Ryan Urquidez 4 Leaf- Red Digital- Kaylen Langhofer Plains -Blue Demo- Ace Rickard 4 Leaf- Red Demo- Adeline Woods Plains -Purple Demo- Emmett Woods Plains- Blue Digital Team Presentation- Gatlin and Korben Clawson T&C- Purple Instrumental Solo- Cole Langhofer Plains -Purple Vocal Solo- Taylor Stapleton T&C- Purple Vocal Performance- Ashley Martin T&C- Purple Skit -INGRAM 4 Leaf -Purple Skit -TOWN AND COUNTRY CLUB T&C- Purple Model Meeting- TOWN AND COUNTRY CLUB T&C- Purple Jr. Project Talk- Laura Lynn 4 Leaf- Purple Jr. Project Talk- Audy Woods Plains- Purple Jr. Project Talk- Bryce McDowell 3 C s- Blue Jr. Project Talk- Cole Langhofer Plains- Red Jr. Project Talk- Hannah Fieser Plains- Blue Jr. Project Talk -Jamie Turner 4 Leaf- Red Jr. Project Talk- Savannah Ingram 4 Leaf -Red Jr. Project Talk -Natalie Ingram 4 Leaf- Red CONGRATS TO ALL! Show and Tell -Kiara Ingram 4 Leaf -Blue Extemp. Speaking -Korben Calawson T&C- Purple Extemp. Speaking- Gatlin Clawson T&C -Purple

3 2018 Meade County Bred Class to be offered at Fair Youth raising or purchasing locally grown animals need to be aware of the following opportunity. Animals will need to be recognized at spring weigh-ins as Meade County Bred, or they will not eligible at the county fair. Listed below is how the Class will read in the fairbook. Meade County Bred: A Meade County Bred class is being offered in both breeding and market divisions in the following species: Beef, Sheep, Swine, and Goats. Animals shown in this class MUST be born and bred in Meade County and specified of this at the respective spring weigh in*. Animals raised by a 4-Her/Family or purchased from a Meade County Producer are eligible for the competition. All animals in the specie division class will be shown together at the beginning of the breeding or market show. *Breeding Heifers will need to note this on the Beef - Breeding ID sheet. Beef Weigh In-March 23 from 4-6PM Market steers/heifers are required to attend Beef Weigh-In on March 23 eligible to show at the Meade County Fair. Weigh in is a MANDATORY event for any market steer or market heifer to be shown at the county fair. Meade County Tags will be provided at no cost to 4-H Youth. (Youth will need an EID tag if they plan to show at the KSF/KJLS.) If you cannot make the 23rd, please contact the office and soon as possible to schedule another date. Animals can only be weighed prior to weigh-in, but NOT AFTER. Only cattle weighed on the 23rd are eligible for the Rate of Gain award at the fair, donated by Meade Co-op. Please let us know if you calf was born in Meade County so we can get you entered in the Meade County Bred Class at the county fair! Breeding Heifers - NEW for 2018, breeding Heifers DO NOT need to come to weigh in. Breeding Heifers will need to turn in a Beef Breeding ID Sheet ( h/documents/county_fair_files/breeding%20id%20sheet_beef.pdf) by June 15th. Commercial Breeding Heifers for KSF/KJLS will need an EID tag. Registered Heifers will have to follow additional rules set forth by those show committees. KSF/KJLS Electronic Tags - If you wanting to nominate animals for Kansas State Fair or the Kansas Junior Livestock Show, you will need an EID Tag. These tags will cost a 4-Her $5 per tag to be tagged. Please bring the exact amount if you want to pay. The Extension Office can also bill you for these tags if you choose. Please contact Elly office if you have any questions regarding weigh-ins. Small Animal Weigh-In May 7 from 4 to 6:30 PM 4-H families planning to exhibit Bucket Calves, Goats, Sheep and Swine at the Meade County Fair will need to mark May 7th on their calendars for Small Animal Weigh-In. This event is mandatory for ANY small animal! Small animals are: Bucket Calves, Meat Goats, Breeding Does, Market Lambs, Breeding Ewes Market Swine, and Breeding Gilts.

4 Dairy Project Information Youth planning to exhibit any Dairy animal at the Meade County Fair will need to turn in a Dairy ID sheet for EACH animal to the Extension Office no later than June 15th. These ID papers are very similar to the horse ID papers. The Dairy ID sheet can be found on our county website under the Fair page ( h/documents/county_fair_files/dairy%20id%20sheet_dairy18.pdf). Classes at the fair include Heifer Calves, Second Year Dairy Heifer Bucket Calf, Yearling Heifer and Dairy Cow. For the 2018 Meade County Fair, a milking DAIRY cow, which is in production, will not need to be stalled during the duration of the fair. Wet cows are eligible to come in for the Dairy Show only and return home so 4-H youth do not have to milk cows at the fair. Again, this is only for cows currently in production of milk. Please ask questions to Elly if you further explanation so we can keep this exception to the rule of all animals must be stalled at the fair! Horse Practice starting in March Horse meetings will start in March on Sunday afternoons. We will meet at the Indoor Arena at the Fairgrounds in Meade on March 4th and March 18th from 2:30 4:00 PM riders will be working on events for the upcoming Spring Fling Horse Show. If Sunday afternoons are successful, we will hopefully continue to meet. We hope to have a guest speaker/helper at each meeting to give you a different and new perspective! Please do not forget that Horse ID Papers are due to the Extension Office by May 1. Please remember to ID every horse you have it s a good insurance policy if your good horse gets hurt! Horse ID Papers can be downloaded from Spring Fling Horse Show Meade County 4-H Horse will be hosting a Spring Fling Horse Show on April 7th at the fairgrounds. Classes are $5 each. Click the following link or call the office to receive more information about the show. District and State Fair Horse Show Changes A new Kansas 4-H Horse Show Rule book is under revision and should be out very soon. The 2 year old snaffle bit project will be canceled after the 2019 State Fair! For 2018 and 2019, the 2 year olds will only have two phases of rail work and an interview at the show. The 3 year old snaffle bit project has expanded to a phase of rail, pattern and an interview for Also in the Working Ranch Horse Class has been split out into two separate classes, a rail work class and a pattern class. In addition to these classes they have also added a Ranch Trail Class! Finally, Western Please has been split into a Junior and Senior horse category. Meaning Junior Horses are considered 5 and under, while horses age 6 and over will show in the Senior Western Pleasure class. The Jr and Senior Western Pleasure classes are offered IN ADDTION to 9-13 Western Pleasure and Western Pleasure. More details to come on these classes soon.

5 Show Pig & Goat Clinic Sublette, March 22nd Haskell County Extension will be offering a pig and goat clinic on selection and feed nutrition to 4-H and FFA exhibitors at no cost on March 22nd and the Haskell County Commercial Building at the Fairgrounds in Sublette (600 S. Fairgrounds Rd). At 6:00 PM, Cory Clark will talk about Goats. Cory and his family recently moved to the Copeland area from NE Colorado where he and his family raised show goats. They continue to raise show goats and share their knowledge with others. Cory also has three kids involved in Haskell County 4-H. At 7:00 PM, Kade Hummel from Olsburg, Kansas will talk about swine. Kade has spent over 26 years in the show pig industry. His experience has included showing pigs, judging both small and large scales shows, serving as a field man, raising pigs, shelling show pig feed and helping families get ready for the show ring. If you have any questions about this event, please call Lacey at (620) Dog Project Update The State 4-H Office has recently updated the 4-H Dog Show and Immunization Record as of October Your immunizations will need to be on the NEW updated from for the 2018 calendar year. Please remember that all rabies vaccinations must be administered by a licensed veterinarian. For all of the experienced dog members, the color of the record is no longer necessary as long as it is the 2017 form! If you are looking for dogs shows, check out under the Dog Project. Livestock Judging Opportunities Livestock Judging is something youth can participate as an individual or a team. In the past there has been some interest in creating teams. If you are interested judging, please notify Elly at the Office, and we will put you in contact with others interested in judging. Southwest Livestock Judging Contest Saturday, March 3rd at Seward County Community College Call office for flyer Hodgeman County Invitational 4-H & FFA Contest, Wednesday April 4th at Jetmore, KS KANSAS YOUTH RANGE CAMP>>>>>>>> Are you interested in plants, livestock, or wildlife then this camp is FOR YOU! KANSAS YOUTH RANGE CAMP June Participants: Upcoming High School Sophomores, Juniors, & Seniors Location: Camp Mennoscah, Murdock, KS (in Kingman County) Learning: Range Plant Identification, Plant Growth, Stocking Rate Determinations, Livestock Nutrition, Rangeland Wildlife Management, and much more! Registration May 15, 2018 Tuition: $250 per participant*if interested contact Elly or Carrie at the office

6 Tractor Safety The Kansas Hazardous Occupation Training (H.O.T) is conducted to provide compliance with three pieces of federal legislation governing children in occupational settings. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Hazardous Occupation Orders for Agriculture (HOOA), and Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) were established to provide protection for children in occupational settings. In order for youth ages 14 and 15 to work for hire, they must pass a 4- H (or similar) safe tractor and machinery operation program or complete a similar course conducted as part of a high school agriculture program. The Kansas Hazardous Occupation Training (H.O.T.) program, offered through county offices of K-State Research and Extension, may fulfill the training requirements of the HOOA law. Youth who are under age 14 may take the course with the instructor's permission, however they must be 14 to receive a Certificate of Training. Dates and Locations (Most require preregistration at least one week in advance) Syracuse March 10th contact Bill at haney@ksu.edu Wichita March 17th contact Shannon at luckiksu@ksu.edu Beliot March 17th contact Sandra at swick@ksu.edu Anthony April 7th contact Jennifer at jlcarr@ksu.edu Hill City April 22nd contact Stacy at scampbel@ksu.edu Dodge City-May 5 contact Elly at sneath@ksu.edu Discovery Days Discovery Days Registration is OPEN 2018 Discovery Days, held May 29 June 1 at Kansas State University. This year s theme is Tell Your Story. Discovery Days offers classes and tours about 4-H projects, careers, hobbies, community service and more! These conference is available for youth who have graduated from 8th Grade in Meade County. This event used to have our highest rate of participation. Can you believe we used to take a 12 passenger van and the suburban! Youth are able to experience what it s like to attend college at Kansas State University. Staying in the dorms, eating dorm food (which is one of the highest rated in the country) and taking classes is just part of the experience at Discovery Days. You can also share your talents in the Talent Show. Are you ready to dance? Are you ready for some Call Hall ice cream? Are you ready for some great speakers and Discovery Days Night Live and all the other possibilities in your future? The base cost of registration for Discovery Days is $235. This includes all meals! Some classes during the day have additional classes to help cover the costs and supplies for that class. Check out the class catalog and pick out your classes NOW. A few classes fill within the first few hours and days so don t wait! The class catalog can be found online at Register online at Please note that once you are registered for this event, you will owe the amount due!

7 The COSMO-SPHERE The Kansas 4-H Space-Tech Program and the Kansas Cosmo-sphere located in Hutchinson are again teaming up to provide fun, hands-on and science-based programming for Kansas 4-H Youth Development. This third program will feature The Alien Adventure. The experience will begin Friday, April 6, at 4 p.m., and will end on Saturday, April 7, 4 p.m. Cost will be $110 for youth between 9-18-years old and $110 for all adult participants. All youth must have a designated chaperone to attend. Parents, grandparents, other relatives, and guardians may chaperone their own children/relatives. They may not chaperone other non-family members. Registered KSRE 4-H Leaders or KSRE staff may also chaperone 4-H members. Adult chaperones will be responsible for their children overnight. Registration includes three meals, two breaks, and an overnight stay. Program topics include: a tour of the Cosmo-sphere, doing experiments and microscope examinations to learn about what makes something alive, finding out how scientists are searching for life in our solar system, learning about the search for extra-solar plants, decoding alien messages, and developing an alien species with its own unique planet and culture, plus much more. This Cosmo-sphere collaboration is designed to be an adult-child experience, where 4-H members and adults can interact and learn from these fun and educational experiences. The program will include overnight indoor camping at the Cosmo-sphere located in Hutchinson, KS, (bring your own sleeping bag, air mattress, pillow, towel and toiletry items). The experience is open to 4-H members, parents, grandparents, volunteer 4-H leaders, and KSRE staff. The C-Vent registration system will be used, visit: after February 1, Registration will close March 22, 2018, 11:59 p.m. There will be a minimum number required or the experience will be cancelled. The program is limited to the first 60 who register on a first-come, first-serve basis. For more information, contact Deryl Waldren, dwaldren@ksu.edu, or call H TAKES FLIGHT Christine is taking a vehicle to this event! If you would like to go with Christine, please call the office and talk with Christine about the itinerary. We will visit the Spencer Flight and Education Center. The day will also include lunch at the William Carpenter 4-H Building followed by a hands on workshop about 4-H Aerospace/Rocketry. Register by calling the Scott County Extension Office at no later than Friday, April 6th. To cover the cost of lunch and activity supplies, youth will pay a registration fee of $10.00 and adults will be charged $5 (lunch only). Registration fees will be collected on-site. Please bring exact cash and a completed 4-H participation form with you to the event. Registration is limited to the first 25 youth-sign up early! SEE ENCLOSED FLYER Be sure to remember that May 1 st is the ADD/DROP Project Deadline. You must be enrolled in the project in order to exhibit in that area at the County Fair. Please check your projects in your online profile. If you need assistance, please call the office and we will gladly walk you through!

8 4-H Youth Learn about Citizenship Meade County 4-Hers recently attended Citizenship In Action (CIA) in Topeka, February 18 th -19th. Youth attending from Meade are Gatlin Clawson, Korben Clawson, and Zachary Hawley. Gatlin serves on the Kansas 4-H Youth Leadership Council. Gatlin is also the Vice President. Here are some photos of these youth from the event. Gatlin, Rep. Boyd Orr, Korben Clawson, and Zachary Hawley

9 2018 Meade County and 4-H Fair Premium Auction Eligibility Requirements Name: Club: Item Selling: Beef Sheep Goat Swine Food To be eligible to sell an item, livestock or foods, at the Meade County Fair Premium Auction, members must complete a minimum of three (3) items listed below in addition to attending at least five (5) club meetings from August-July. This will not prevent the participant from entering items in the fair. It is the member s responsibility to complete the items and clearly mark them with an X and date of event on this form and have the 4-H club secretary and leader verify the meeting dates attended by July 15 the year of the upcoming fair. Please return this form complete with dates and signatures at the same time fair entries are due for upcoming fair. Dates of Meetings attended: DATE: DATE: August September October November December January February March April May June July ***EXHBITORS MUST COMPLETE THREE (3) ITEMS ON ANY LIST BELOW IN ADDITION TO ATTENDING FIVE (5) CLUB MEETINGS FROM AUGUST-JULY*** PLEASE MARK ACTIVITY PARTICIPATED IN WITH AN X County Level Regional Level State Level SWYLF -SW Youth Leadership Forum Regional 4-H Day Tractor Safety WildHorse 4-H Camp Heart of Kansas 4-H Camp Regional Multi-County Event -Foods Day, Judging Comp., Sewing, Other Competitions County 4-H Day Achievement Banquet Officer Training County Wide Fundraiser Record Books + 1 KAP Enrollment Due Dec. 1 County-wide Educational event -Agent programs DATE: 48 Hours Of 4H Club Service Project Crooked Creek Classic -Set up -Tear Down -Volunteer at show -Exhibition does not count KYLF -KS Youth Leadership Forum Discovery Days CIA -Citizenship In Action Ambassador Training Kansas State Fair Kansas Jr. Livestock Show State Project Camp Opportunity (Examples: Dog, Sewing, Geology, Photography, Horse Panorama) State Competition not already listed (Examples: Horse Judging, Livestock Sweepstakes, Horticulture Judging, FCS Judging, Shooting Match) 4-H member Signature: Date: Parent/Guardian Signature: Date: 4-H Club Leader Signature: Date: **THIS FORM IS DUE NO LATER THAN JULY 15 TH NO EXCEPTIONS FAILURE TO COMPLETE THIS FORM WILL FOREFIET ANY RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN EITHER AUCTION, EVEN IF REQUIREMENTS ARE MET** Please Call Our Office With Questions (620) *Disclosure: These suggestions are only for those that would be participating in the Meade County Fair s Premium Auction selling either foods or livestock. These requirements would have no effect on the exhibitors PIN applications for the end of the year record books. While the events could be counted towards both the record book and Auction eligibility, they are in no way tied to the PIN application requirements. *

10 Dates of Events County Level County 4-H Day Feb 21, 2018 Achievement Banquet Dec 3, 2017 Officer Training Oct 3, 2017 County Wide Fundraiser Spring 2018 Record Books + 1 KAP Sept 30, 2017 Enrollment Due Dec. 1 Dec 1, 2017 County-wide Educational event TBD -Agent LED programs or approved by the Extension Office DATE: 48 Hours Of 4H Oct 2017 Club Service Project TBD Crooked Creek Classic (Contact Office to help) May 26-27, 201 -Set up -Tear Down -Volunteer at show -Exhibition does not count County Level SWYLF Jan 27, SW Youth Leadership Forum Regional 4-H Day March 3, 2018 Tractor Safety April or May 2018 WildHorse 4-H Camp June 4-6, 2018 Heart of Kansas 4-H Camp June 9-12, 2018 Regional Multi-County Event TBD -Foods Day, Judging Comp., Sewing, Other Competitions County Level KYLF Nov KS Youth Leadership Forum Discovery Days May 29 1, 2018 CIA -Citizenship In Action Feb 18-19, 2018 Ambassador Training Nov 2017 Kansas State Fair Sept 2017 Kansas Jr. Livestock Show Sept 2017 State Project Camp Opportunity TBD (Examples: Dog, Sewing, Geology, Photography, Horse Panorama) State Competition not already listed TBD (Examples: Horse Judging, Livestock Sweepstakes, Horticulture Judging, FCS Judging, Shooting Match)

11 . CONTACT US: Phone: MARCH 2018 Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat Discovery Days Registration Open Regional Club Day at Dodge City Horse Practice at 2:30 pm Goat Ext Office 6:30 Meade Cloverbuds 4 pm Crochet 5: Horse Practice at 2 pm T&C Club Meeting Plains Livewires Fowler Cloverbuds 4 pm Bue and Gold Payments due by 4 pm Club Meetings Monthly Club Meetings Date Time Location 3 C TBA WATCH FACEBOOK 6:00 PM Fowler Grade School Cafeteria 4 Leaf Clover TBA 6:00 PM Meade City Library Plains Livewires March 19 6:00 PM Plains United Methodist Church T&C March 19 7:00 PM Meade Co. Fairgrounds, 4-H Building

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