Meade County 4-H Connections February 2017

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1 Meade County 4-H Connections February H Families What s Inside? Weigh In Mandatory Club Day Schedule Blue & Gold Fundraiser Club Day is next week! What a turn out we have for this year. We encourage you to prepare your presentations a few times at home, and maybe for a neighbor to help get you more comfortable with your presentation before the event comes. Practice make perfect! Please take note of all of the events occurring in this month s newsletter. Again, this month we have included a calendar to help give you a monthly visual of the 4-H Program. Livestock members should be aware that there are important changes regarding Livestock Spring Weigh-ins for all species! We promise that the changes will likely be of high importance to you. 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 Ways to Contact Us Extension Office: (620) Fax Machine: (620) Christine: cmcphete@ksu.edu Elly: sneath@ksu.edu Colleen: bcwills@ksu.edu Important Dates to Note: February 6 Plains Cloverbuds (RSVP Required) February 9 Fowler Cloverbuds (RSVP Required) February 13 Meade Cloverbuds (RSVP Required) March 6 Plains Cloverbuds (RSVP Required) March 9 Fowler Cloverbuds (RSVP Required) March 7 Meade Cloverbuds (RSVP Required)

2 Local Project Meetings & Events If you would like to host a project meeting, please contact the office. All project leaders must have completed the 4-H Volunteer Screening, or have a Screened Volunteer present at each meeting. Becoming a screened volunteer is all completed online. Please contact Christine or Elly about becoming screened 4-H Club Day February 8 th Also enclosed in this newsletter is the Club Day schedule. Please notify the Office if you have any scratches prior to Club Day. Following Club Day, the top individuals in each eligible area can compete at Regional Club Day on February 18 th at Dodge City Middle School. The top individuals will be notified as soon as possible after Club Day to see if they would like to participate. If one of the top individuals declines an alternate will be pulled up. Alternate s will be notified as necessary. Blue and Gold Fundraiser The Meade County 4-H program is selling Blue & Gold till February 20 th. 4-H Youth can pick up order forms at their Club meetings or the Extension Office. If you are not familiar with Blue & Gold products, they offer 2.5 pound sausage roll, 3.5 pounds packages of Bacon, and 5 pound Chicken Tenderloin Fritters. This product sells itself and is also an optional requirement for those wishing to sell any item at the Fair. Foods and Livestock Project Member Update 4-H members enrolled in Foods or Livestock should have received a letter from the Extension Office updating them of their eligibility status for the auction s at the County Fair. Please let us know if you did not receive this letter and felt you should have. An updated letter will be sent out again in May to track your progress. 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! February Plains February 6 th 4-5 p.m. at Plains Community Center Fowler February 9 th 4-5 p.m. at Fowler Grade School Meade February 13 th 3:45 4:45 p.m. at Meade Extension Office March Plains March 6 th 4-5 p.m. at Plains Community Center Fowler March 9 th 4-5 p.m. at Fowler Grade School Meade March 7 th 3:45 4:45 p.m. Meade Extension Office

3 NEW IMPORTANT Livestock Weigh-In Requirements ALL BREEDING & MARKET animals are required to attend their respective weigh in date to be eligible to show at the Meade County Fair. This goes for all species including, large beef, swine, sheep and goats. Bucket calves still have the June 1 st deadline but should be at small animal weigh-in if you have them in your possession. March 24, from 4:00 6:00 PM, is Beef/Dairy Weigh-in. This is for all market steers and heifers, breeding heifers, dairy cow/heifers, and any second year bucket calf (bucket calves that were shown at the 2016 County Fair). April 23, from 2:00 4:00 PM, is Small Animal Weigh-in. Small animals include all (breeding and market) swine, sheep, and goats. If you are concerned about biosecurity, animals can be left on trailers and we will hand the taggers into the trailer for you to tag your own animal. Please plan to tag your own animal, as Scott or Elly will likely be contaminated from other animals. We suggest you also bring your own pig boards and small army to corner hogs in the trailer. The mandatory weigh-in is so the Fair Board can make preparations as necessary prior to the county fair. In previous years, it was optional to weigh-in breeding animals, but this year breeding will be treated as any market animal in the past. Also new for 2017 State EID tags used for KSF/KJLS will cost $5 per tag. Please be prepared pay for these tags the day of weigh-in. Meade County 4-H tags will still be free of charge. State EID tags are only needed for animals being exhibited at the Kansas State Fair or Kansas Junior Livestock Show. Again, all animals wishing to show at the county fair, will be tagged at the County Wide weigh-in date, no exceptions. Please clear your calendars for these dates. Please contact Elly office if you have any questions regarding this topic. Dog Project Meetings Horse Project Meetings February 14 th 5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Pole Bending February 20 th 2:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Pattern Work/Horsemanship Pat Painter and other Dog project helpers are currently holding meetings on most Monday nights at the Fairgrounds. If you are not receiving s from the Extension Office or Pat and would like to please let us know. Sewing Project Meetings Entomology Meetings Entomology meetings will be held at the Extension Office at 2:00 p.m. on the following dates. March 5 th April 2 nd May 7 th Gen Smith will be holding beginner sewing meetings on February 2 nd and 16 th at the Extension Office from 3:45 4:45 p.m. Space is very limited, please call the office to sign up.

4 Area KAP Winners Announced Walker and Gatlin Clawson submitted KAP s to area judging on January 18, 2017 in Cimarron. Their KAP s competed against other 4-H youth in the Southwest Area. The following KAP s were selected for State Judging. State KAP s should be submitted no later than March 1, 2017 to the State Office in Manhattan. Walker Clawson Communications Gatlin Clawson Citizenship, Leadership, Performing Arts Thank you from Payton Payton would like to thank everyone who helped and supported her throughout her year as Miss Teen Rodeo Kansas. It has been a chance of a lifetime and experience that she will cherish the rest of her life. Congratulations Walker Clawson Recently the Kansas 4-H Youth Leadership Council met and elected officers. Walker Clawson was elected as the new President Kansas Youth Leadership Council Walker attended the 2016 National 4-H Congress as the Kansas record book winner in the Leadership project. Walker submitted an application and was selected to serve on the eleven member National 4-H Leadership Team while at National 4-H Congress. Walker's duties there included emceeing at three banquets, where he also had the opportunity to introduce Miss America. After attending the National 4-H Congress in Atlanta, Walker was given the opportunity to apply to be on the National 4-H Design Team to plan the 2017 National 4-H Congress. Walker submitted a written application, video application, and essay. He was selected as one of eight 4-Hers across the nation to serve on the Design Team. He was excited that his theme was chosen to be used for the 2017 and 2018 National 4-H Congress. Congratulations Walker on your achievement.

5 Payton and Cloverbuds Payton Welsh joined the Meade County Cloverbuds to do a cookie project. She brought everyone an apron that said "IT'S COOKIE TIME!!!!!" with Miss Teen Rodeo Kansas Payton Welsh. The interesting part of this event---was some of the girls looked up to Payton, knew her from other events and also had her picture in their room. Payton, her mother Beth, and sister Katie helped the youth get the aprons tied and ready to decorate Snow Man Cookies. Dallas Sherman and Lydia Wheeler were our 4-H helpers for the program. Cloverbuds present were Chloe Wheeler, Cadence Sherman, Jaylee Eckhoff, and Teghan Rosendahl. Payton and Katie even joined in on the decorating fun. Payton told the youth that from her 4-H projects she was enrolled in she felt she gained a lot of experience that helped her win this contest. Payton was in Clothing and Textiles. She was in the Buymanship part of that project where she learned to purchase, put together and model her clothing. She was also able to give presentations at the Revue that helped her prepare for speaking in front of the Rodeo judges. She was in foods and who doesn't like to share those experiences and lastly the Horse project where she was very involved. So all of these projects have molded her into the person she is today. The Cloverbuds want to Thank Payton and her family for sharing and giving their time to Meade Cloverbuds. Thanks again to Payton for her efforts and involvement in the Meade County 4-H program and best wishes for continued success.

6 Trainings & Camps Discovery Days Make a Splash is the theme for Discovery Days this year. Discovery Days will be held May 30 th June 2 nd. Early registration is encouraged to select your class preferences. Registration is not yet open, but typically opens in early March. Contact the Extension Office if you would like to know when registration goes live. Summer Camps Summer will be here before we know it. 4-H camping offers youth a chance to experience new environments, acquire new life skills and make new friends. The Extension Office recommends youth attend Wild Horse 2 to 3 years before moving on to Heart of Kansas and Campference. Wild Horse offers a more intimate camp setting for beginner campers to adapt to being away from family and friends. Wild Horse registration is now available at the Extension Office. Camp Dates for 2017: Wild Horse Counselor Training, June 4 Counselors no cost Camp Dates, June 5 7 Campers $95.00 Heart of Kansas Counselor Training, June 6 Counselors no cost Camp Dates, June 7 10 Campers $ Campference June 26 th 30 th Cost TBD 4-H Unmanned Aerial Systems Experience Registration Open 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 second program will feature Unmanned Aerial Systems. The experience will begin Friday, March 31, at 4 p.m., and will end on Saturday, April 1, 4 p.m. Cost will be $110 for youth between years old and 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 UAS flying challenge inside the Cosmosphere, an outside UAS demonstration (weather permitting), FAA regulations and compliance of registering private and commercial UAS s, guest speakers, UAS applications in agriculture, military and commercial uses, fixed and rotor wings UAS s, remote control basics, plus much more. This Cosmosphere 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 Cosmosphere 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. Registration is now open at Registration will close March 16, 2017, 11:59 p.m. For more information, contact Deryl Waldren, dwaldren@ksu.edu, or call

7 Kansas Junior Swine Producer Day March 11th 4-H Swine project members are encouraged to attend this educational event in Manhattan. The event runs from 9 a.m. 2 p.m. and costs $15.00 per person if registered by February 22, Participants registered by the 22 nd will receive a T-Shirt, lunch and a show pig guide. Registration after February 22 nd will cost $20.00 and cannot be guaranteed a T-Shirt. Participants will learn about selection, nutrition, grooming and clipping, VFD implications for show feed, ear notching, swine pork cuts and also Kansas State Fair/Kansas Jr Livestock Show nomination process and update. Contact the Extension Office for a registration form or register online at Kansas Junior Meat Goat Producer Day March 25th 4-H Meat Goat project members are encouraged to attend this educational event in Manhattan. The event runs from 9 a.m. 2 p.m. and costs $15.00 per person if registered by March 3, Participants registered by the 3 rd will receive a T-Shirt, lunch and a meat show guide. Registration after March 3 rd will cost $20.00 and cannot be guaranteed a T-Shirt. Participants will learn about market and breeding selection, nutrition, health and wellness, fitting and showing, and also Kansas State Fair/Kansas Jr Livestock Show nomination process and update. Contact the Extension Office for a registration form or register online at Animal Science Leadership Academy Leadership skills are essential for young people interested in advancing the animal science industry. The intensive four day educational experience will focus on increasing the participant s knowledge of a dynamic and sustainable livestock industry and its importance to a global food system. Students will learn valuable leadership skills and enhance their personal development. Selection is limited to 20 students per session ensuring ample personalized instruction and interaction with counselors, professors and livestock industry leaders. The Leadership Academy is June 14 17, Applications are available on the website and due April 1, 2017: 4-H Shooting Sports Coordinator/Instructor Training - April 7-9, 2017 The next 4-H Shooting Sports Training is scheduled, Friday - Sunday, April 7-9, 2017 at Rock Springs 4-H Center. Plans are to offer all disciplines within 4-H Shooting Sports provided interests from volunteers across the state matches the disciplines. Disciplines offered: Coordinator, Rifle, Shotgun, Archery, Muzzle loading, Pistol, Hunting Skills and Western Heritage/Cowboy Action. Please remember, that for Meade County to have ANY ACTIVE discipline, we must have a Certified Instructor present at each meeting! If we do not have instructors, we won t have the discipline PERIOD! Adult volunteers are essential to this project, please consider attending the training if you are interested in ANY AREA, even if there are already covered in Meade County. Help us continue the tradition of 4-H Shooting Sports by becoming a certified instructor!

8 Midwest Invitational Meat Judging Contest K-State will be offering a meat judging competition on Sunday, April 9 th at Weber Hall on campus. This competition is being held on a Sunday because there is a collegiate contest on Saturday. The Meat Science Department wanted to extend this opportunity to 4-H and FFA members. The 4-H division will include 30 ID, six classes and three sets of reasons. The FFA contest will include six classes, 30 retail ID, two sets of questions, and six head of carcasses for yield and quality grading. Note a total of 18 beef carcasses, 18 pork carcasses, 14 lamb carcasses, and extra hams, loins and retail ID cuts will be available for teams to stay and practice following the contest. Registration is due April 1. Send entry fee of $15.00 per student plus names and team contact to Dr. Travis O Quinn, 247 Weber Hall, Kansas State University, 1424 Claflin Road, Manhattan, KS Please make checks payable to KSU ASI. For questions, contact O Quinn directly at travisoquinn@ksu.edu. National 4-H Congress Opportunity Contests & Shows Other Opportunities Did you know Meade County can send an Excellence and Centennial Delegate. If you are interested in attending National 4-H Congress held November 2017 in Atlanta, please contact us at the Extension Office. Discovery Days Floor Counselors Needed Kansas 4-H is seeking Floor Counselors for 2017 Discovery Days, May 30 June 2. Floor Counselors are responsible for leading floor meetings, doing room checks, and making sure youth stay in their rooms after lights out! This pay $100 PLUS free room and board for 5 days and 4 nights (you must come on May 29 th ). To fill out an application, visit If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Sarah Keatley, at the State 4-H Office (785) Club Day Details As you participate in Club Day, please remember to be respectful of the school and the teachers classroom s. We are guest in the school and need to clean up and return it to the way we found it. Room Monitor Responsibilities: Please keep classroom doors open when presentations are not being held. Once a 4-H member is ready to give their talk, you should state the 4-Her s name and Club to the judge and spectators in the room and then close the classroom door so no interruptions are made. Once the presentation is finished, a room monitor should open the door and help as needed for clean or set up for the next presentation as necessary. One should note ribbon placings (as the judge tells you), scratches, check off presenters on the door list to let the others know if the room is running ahead or behind schedule.

9 Club Day Schedule Room #1 Readings, One Act Plays, Skits, Sr. Demonstrations & Illustrated Talks Time Category Member(s)/Club Club Placing Room Monitor: 3:00 Sr. One Act Play Town & Country 3:20 Jr. One Act Play Degnan, Makenna, & 4 Leaf Clover Josie Boggs 3:30 Sr. Illustration Ashley Harp 4 Leaf Clover 3:40 Sr. Demonstration Tori Carpenter Town & Country Room Monitor: Zach Volden 3:50 Sr. Demonstration Braden Howard Town & Country 4:05 Jr. Reading Lilly Ritter Town & Country 4:10 Jr. Reading Samuel & Laura Lynn 4 Leaf Clover 4:15 Jr. Reading Vincent Lynn 4 Leaf Clover 4:20 Jr. Reading Titus Ritter Town & Country 4:25 Jr. Reading Taylor Stapleton Town & Country 4:30 Jr. Reading Taylor Stapleton Town & Country Room Monitor: Korben Clawson 4:35 Jr. Reading James, Charlie & 3C s Lillian Littlewood 4:45 Jr. Skit Town & Country 5:00 Sr. Reading Monica Gleason Town & Country 5:30 Jr. Reading Ryker Vieux Town & Country 5:45 Jr. Extemp. Skit Ryker Vieux Town & Country

10 Club Day Schedule Room #2 Junior Project Talks, Junior Demonstration & Illustrated Talks Time Category Member(s)/Club Title Placing Room Monitor: 3:00 Jr. Project Talk (7-8) Natalie Ingram 4 Leaf Clover 3:10 Jr. Project Talk (9-11) Savannah Ingram 4 Leaf Clover 3:20 Jr. Project Talk (9-11) Vincent & Samuel Lynn 4 Leaf Clover Room Monitor: Walker Clawson 3:30 Jr. Demonstration Ashley Carpenter Town & Country 3:40 Jr. Illustration Zach Volden 4 Leaf Clover 3:50 Jr. Illustration Walker Koons 4 Leaf Clover 4:00 Jr. Illustration Addison Tacha Town & Country 4:10 Jr. Demonstration Emmett Woods Plains Livewires 4:20 Jr. Illustration Adeline Woods Plains Livewires 4:30 Jr. Illustration Micah McDowell Town & Country 4:40 Jr. Demonstration Kaylen Langhofer Plains Livewires 4:50 Jr. Project Talk (7-8) Cole Langhofer Plains Livewires Room Monitor: Taylor Stapleton 5:00 Jr. Project Talk (7-8) Hannah Fieser Plains Livewires 5:10 Jr. Project Talk (7-8) Emmett Woods Plains Livewires 5:20 Jr. Illustration Lily Ritter Town & Country 5:30 Jr. Digital Liz Hawley Town & Country 5:40 Jr. Illustration Dallas Sherman Town & Country

11 Club Day Schedule Room #3 Music, Gavel Games, Model Meeting, Digital Presentations, Extemp. Speaking Time Category Member(s)/Club Club Placing Room Monitor: Braden Howard 3:10 Jr. Vocal Solo Lily Ritter Town & Country 3:15 Sr. Vocal Solo Ashley Harp 4 Leaf Clover 3:20 Jr. Vocal Solo Ashley Carpenter Town & Country 3:25 Sr. Vocal Perf. Gatlin Clawson Town & Country 3:30 Jr. Instrumental Solo Korben Clawson Town & Country 3:35 Jr. Instrumental Solo Lily Ritter Town & Country Room Monitor: Ashley Harp 3:40 Jr. Instrumental Solo Vincent Lynn 4 Leaf Clover 3:45 Sr. Instrumental Solo Megan Sims Town & Country 3:55 Sr. Instrumental Solo Leah Sims Town & Country 4:05 Jr. Instrumental Solo Timothy Sims Town & Country 4:20 Jr. Instrumental Solo Kaylen Langhofer Plains Livewires 4:25 Jr. Instrumental Solo Cole Langhofer Plains Livewires 4:30 Jr. Instrumental Solo Hannah Fieser Plains Livewires 4:35 Jr. Instrumental Solo Zach Volden 4 Leaf Clover 4:50 Jr. Instrumental Solo Adeline Woods Plains Livewires 4:55 Jr. Instrumental Solo Emmett Woods Plains Livewires Room Monitor: Walker Clawson 5:05 Jr. Instrumental Solo Micah McDowell Town & Country 5:10 Jr. Vocal Perf. Ashley Martin Town & Country 5:15 Gavel Game Kaylen & Cole Langhofer Plains Livewires Johanna & Benny Schupman 5:35 Gavel Game Adeline & Emmett Woods Plains Livewires Grace Roberts & Hannah Fieser 6:00 Model Meeting Town & Country (Draw at 5:30) 6:40 Sr. Digital Presentation Walker & Gatlin Clawson Town & Country 6:55 Jr. Digital Presentation Korben Clawson Town & Country 7:10 Extemp, Walker Clawson 6:55) 7:15 Extemp Gatlin Clawson 7:00)

12 Club Day Schedule Room #4 Cloverbud & 4-H Show and Tell Time Category Member(s)/Club Club Placing 5:00 Show & Tell Laura Lynn Cloverbud 5:05 Show & Tell Cadence Sherman Town & Country 5:10 Show & Tell Kiera Ingram 4 Leaf Clover 5:15 Show & Tell Bryce McDowell Cloverbud 5:20 Show & Tell Titus Ritter Town & Country 5:25 Show & Tell Jaylee Eckhoff Cloverbud 5:30 Show & Tell Jace Shrewsbury 4 Leaf Clover 5:50 Show & Tell Audy Woods Cloverbud 6:00 Show & Tell Josie Fieser Cloverbud

13 Club Meetings. FEBRUARY 2017 Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat State 4-H Scholarship Due to State Office Sewing 3:45 4: Plains RSVP REQUIRED 4 Leaf Clovers Club Meeting Town & Country Club Meeting Club Day at Meade Grade School Fowler RSVP REQUIRED C s Club Meeting Meade RSVP REQUIRED Plains Livewires Club Meeting 4-H Horse Project Meeting Indoor Pole Bending Sewing 3:45 4: CIA CIA 4-H Horse Project Meeting Indoor Horsemanship Jr Swine Producer Day Registration DEADLINE Regional Club Day Dodge City Monthly Club Meetings Date Time Location 3 C s 22 nd 6:00 PM Fowler Grade School Cafeteria 4 Leaf Clover 6 th 6:00 PM Meade City Library Plains Livewires 13 th 6:15 PM Plains United Methodist Church Town & Country 7 th 7:00 PM Meade Co. Fairgrounds, 4-H Building