State & District 4-H News

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1 May 2018 Beloit Office 115 S. Hersey Beloit, KS Lincoln Office 216 E. Lincoln P.O. Box 8 Lincoln, KS Mankato Office 307 N. Commercial Mankato, KS Osborne Office 113 N. 1st Street Osborne, KS Smith Center Office Courthouse, 218 S. Grant P.O. Box 287 Smith Center, KS State & District 4-H News REMINDERS 4-H Campference is for youth ages and will be held June at Rock Springs 4-H Center. Register online by May 15 (or earlier; it will close when it is full) and payment must be in the local Extension Offices by May 15. Backpacking and white water rafting are two of the highlights for this High Adventure Trip to the Colorado Rockies on July 6-9. Any 4-H youth ages are welcome to go. The cost is $130 and includes transportation, tent & equipment rental, and most meals. For more information and to register, see the flyer at: h p:// pdf. PLEASE, If you haven t done so already, RAISE YOUR HAND!!!! The three states with the most hands raised will win $20,000, $10,000 and $5,000! Kansas came in 4th place last time, so we are more than determined to win some money and gain as many 4-H alumni and friends as possible! Please vote and show your support of Kansas 4-H, Please also reach out and share this link to your 4-Hers, volunteers and even businesses (such as those that support your county fair and livestock auctions) in your community to vote for Kansas 4-H. It will take our entire village across the state to make this campaign a success. At last count, Kansas was in 3 rd place behind Ohio (1 st ) and Nebraska (2 nd ), with 2516 votes. We can do better! Texas is hot on our trail with 2107 votes, so we can t let up now. The contest ends May 15, so Raise Your Hand now at and select KANSAS. SHUTTERBUGS AT THE GARDEN CITY ZOO This event will be Saturday, May 5th at Lee Richardson Zoo, Garden City, KS. Photography workshops are offered at sites around the zoo with topics such as: Costumes and Props, Frames, and Making Photos Unique. For questions contact Pansy Fryman at or pbeef@wbsnet.org To view the flyer, please go to: STATE GEOLOGY FIELD TRIP This trip is closer this year Northern Smoky Hills, Belleville, KS, June More information can be found at: conferences-events/geology-field-trip/. To order a 4-H Geology Exhibit Box, go to: geology.html. Scroll down to Events and Activities.

2 State & District News Continued POST ROCK DISTRICT SPRING HORSE SHOWS Everyone is invited to attend the 2018 Osborne County Spring Horse Show which will be held at the Osborne County Fairgrounds Arena. The date is June 3 with rain date of June 10. Registration opens at 8:00 with show promptly starting at 9:00 a.m. Ranch Horse Rail, Ranch Horse Trail and Ranch Horse Pattern classes have been added. Hi-point awards for the two 4-H age groups will be awarded. The Jewell County Open Horse Show is Saturday, June 2nd at the Jewell County Fairgrounds Arena, Mankato. Registration is at 7:30 a.m. and the show starts at 9:15 a.m. New pony classes added. See the flyer attached to this newsletter. FCS JUDGING AT KANSAS STATE FAIR New in If you would like to participate in FCS Judging at the Kansas State Fair, you ve got to do some homework first! I hope you do though, because you could win $250 for your county! Any youth interested should gather in teams of 2-4 and create a video addressing a community health issue in order to be eligible to participate at the Kansas State Fair. What kind of community health issue? A few examples include tobacco use, no access to health care, no walking/biking trails, no pharmacy. For more ideas, look at countyhealthrankings.org or publichealth.org. The specifics: Intermediates, age 9-13 and Seniors, age Videos should be 2-4 minutes long, and should avoid using popular music, due to copyright issues. Videos are due May 15 th to Andrea Feldkamp in the state office via . For more information, visit the 4-H Page on our website and then click on Statewide Events. This just includes a snapshot of the information! Please be sure to go online and look at the resources to be sure you don t miss any of the guidelines! KANSAS RANGE YOUTH CAMP Kansas Range Youth Camp is for next year s Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors. It is June at Camp Mennoscah, Murdock, KS. If you are interested in plants, livestock, or wildlife, this is the camp for you. Cost is $250 with possible financial assistance from your local Conservation District. Registration deadline is May 15. Contact James Ungerer for more information at: or james.ungerer@ks.usda.gov. KANSAS 4-H STATE WHEAT EXPO The Kansas 4-H State Wheat Expo is a fun day showcasing all things wheat on Wednesday, August 2nd from 9:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. at the Community Center, 101 W. Avenue C, South Hutchinson, KS It is open to all 4-H family members and leaders. There will be eight contests open to youth members with cash prizes and ribbons awarded. There will be tours. There is a $6.00 per person registration cost. Registration will go live about June 15. Visit: Pre-registration will be required by Monday, July 23rd to ensure an accurate meal count and tour divisions. For more information about the wheat expo, visit: or contact Deryl Waldren at or him at: dwaldren@ksu.edu. LIVESTOCK NOMINATIONS Nominations for Kansas State Fair and Kansas Junior Livestock Show are due to the State 4-H Office on June 15th for these animals: Commercial Heifers, Market Hogs, Commercial Breeding Gilts, Meat Goats, Market Lambs and Commercial Ewes. 2

3 State & District News Continued YOUTH PQA PLUS TO BE DISCONTINUED The National Pork Board will be discontinuing the Youth PQA Plus program on May 31, After this date, Youth PQA Plus will no longer be available as an option for young people seeking quality assurance training. This means that youth will not be able to certify or re-certify through Youth PQA Plus after May 31, and the National Pork Board will cease to issue youth certification numbers. However, the National Pork Board will honor Youth PQA certifications until they expire, including youth who earn multi-year certification by "testing out." So, youth who plan to nominate swine for the Kansas State Fair or KJLS are HIGHLY encouraged to complete their Youth PQA training by the end of May. Youth who need quality assurance certification after the end of May will need to use the Youth for the Quality Care of Animals (YQCA) program. This is the new, national, multi-species youth quality assurance program the National Pork Board will be transitioning their youth participants to in the future. Face-to-face sessions may be taken for $3/child with a certified instructor, or the online version is available for $12/child. More information may be obtained from the YQCA website at or by contacting the Youth Livestock Coordinator, Lexie Hayes, at adhayes@ksu.edu or POST ROCK DISTRICT DOG PROJECT PRACTICES All Post Rock District 4-H Dog Project members are encouraged to attend the Dog Practices held at the Osborne County Fairgrounds in Osborne. Kelli Burrus, Kansas 4-H Alumni and certified Kansas 4-H Dog Show judge, provides the instruction at these practices. We have started working on Agility Obstacles as well as continuing to work on Obedience. Upcoming Dog Practices dates are as follows: May 6th - 4:00 p.m.; May 20th - 4:00 p.m., June 10th - 4:00 p.m., June 24th - 4:00 p.m., July 12th - 7:00 p.m. A Mock Show complete with a judge will be held on July 22nd at 4:00 p.m. For questions or more information, contact Kelli at mrsbmusic1@hotmail.com. COPPERTONE AND 4-H We all love spending time outside. And the best way to enjoy our time in the sun and protect our skin is by wearing sunscreen. Yet skin cancer rates continue to rise in the United States. That s where Coppertone and 4-H come in. We re teaming up to inspire kids and families to adopt healthy, sun-safe behaviors rain or shine for a lifetime of healthy fun in the sun. We need your help to make sun safety a daily habit. 4-H and Coppertone want you to share your fun, creative ideas to remind yourself and others to stay safe in the sun with daily sunscreen use! Enter the Sun Smarts Challenge through May 11 for a chance to win $1,000 cash! Use your imagination to come up with ideas and inventions that make sunscreen easier to use or reapply the sky is the limit! For more information, visit: NW DISTRICT HORSE SHOW will be July 3 rd in Norton, KS. Entry deadline is June 18 th. To register, go to: Post Rock District 4-H members who are attending Discovery Days or Great NW Camp should be checking both and snail mail for important information regarding these two events. 3

4 State & District News Continued Post Rock District Shooting Sports Corner Happy Spring to you all! Hope some of the recent rain made it your way this past week! Sure helps to put a little Spring back in our steps! Well, there is much to get to in this newsletter, so I won t delay! #1 We have 2 District members headed out to Garden City this Saturday, April 28 th for the State BB Gun Match! Please join me in a District cheer for Kimberlyn Nichols, and Xander Elam as they head west to represent Post Rock! They both hail from Mitchell County, and we are sure excited for them as they leave to compete with approximately 250 contestants! Good Luck! #2 We finished up our beginning shotgun project with a chilly day on the 15 th, and our 5 district kids will now move on to more advanced trap and skeet training at the Osborne shooting park with instructor Dean Heise. We sure had a fun time at Ringneck ranch! The setup, and equipment made available to 4-H by Keith Houghton is just outstanding! So thankful for his time and talents! Although May is a busy time for everyone, we would like to begin at Osborne on Sunday, May 20 th, 2-4pm. We will set dates for June and July as we go along. You are welcome to join us if you have prior experience with a shotgun, and might be interested in being on our Post Rock team for State! #3 I have some preliminary dates for Archery kids to keep in mind. On Saturday, July 7 th at 9am, we will meet at instructor Tommie Bergers house in Sylvan to practice for the upcoming qualifier. ***Important! If you did not attend the archery project in October of 2017, you need to be at this practice!! Even though in times past, we have not required shooters to be enrolled in and attend a project each year, it is a guideline that we will start to follow closely for the H year. You cannot decide on your own to attend a qualifying match without being enrolled in the corresponding project, even if you are an advanced shooter. This year, Tommie Berger has agreed to this one day practice for those that didn t attend the project, but still want to register for the qualifier. Saturday, August 4 is the preliminary date for the qualifier that will be held at Sylvan. This still needs to be set in stone, so please check FB when you can as this is the quickest way to reach all of you with information. Send me a request to join so I can add you on! #4 Drop/Add Please help me by adding or removing your name from the shooting sports projects on 4-H online, based on whether or not you attended that project. I have the actual sign-up sheets from the instructors, and am working toward making it match. If you plan on attending the one-day archery practice, but did not attend the project, then please Add. Goodness! I think that s about all I have for now! Thank you all for your support of our shooting sports projects in the time, talent, and miles! Iva Maier gotangus@ruraltel.net

5 Lincoln / Mitchell County News Jewell County News FAIR BOOSTER MEMBERSHIPS Everyone s involvement in selling Fair Boosters will help defray costs for the upcoming Jewell County Fair July Watch for the packets with booster sales campaign information and materials coming soon to all 4-H families. JULY 1st DUE DATE ITEMS All fashion revue scripts, cost sheets and entry cards are due to the extension office by July 1st. Plus all dogs, pets, and poultry numbers registered at the extension office by July 1st. Barrett helped the 3rd graders make human feed rations" after explaining about cow rations, while these youth gave project talks about 4-H and the county fair. A 4-H themed painting party was held as a county-wide project meeting for Visual Arts. Several youth enjoyed the activity. The next 4-H Council meeting will be June 4 th. SENIOR GRADUATES Brice Kussman Emma Reinert Jacob Spiegel 5

6 Lincoln / Mitchell County News CONGRATULATIONS SENIORS! Congratulations to the following seniors on their upcoming high school graduation: Kerstin Decker Caden Emmot Kaleb Jones Maruby McQueen Cheyenne Meyer Jeddrek Rowden Broderick Schofield Shelby Senger Aleah Wehrman Thanks for your great work, dedication and involvement in the 4-H program. Good luck as you pursue your dreams and aspirations! MITCHELL COUNTY 4-H BUILDING WORK DAY The 4-H Building Committee has organized a work day on Saturday, May 5 th at 9:00 a.m. There is some painting and clean-up work that needs to be completed. Three volunteers are requested from each club. If you have any paint brushes or rollers, please bring them. 4-H JUNIOR LEADER TRIP Make sure you have your calendar marked for our trip to Colorado Springs June 5-7. You will be getting more information shortly with all the trip details. MITCHELL COUNTY 4-H COUNCIL - CANCELLED The meeting that was scheduled for Monday, May 21 st has been cancelled. FAIR SUPERINTENDENTS Club leaders please remember to return your fair superintendent sign-up list that you received at the last Council Meeting. Please return your list to the office once completed. FAIR INFORMATION ON WEBSITE The fairbook, schedule, entry forms, etc. will be posted on our website as they become available. Please bookmark this KINDNESS APPRECIATED Thank you for all the cards, texts, prayers and well wishes since I was injured in a farm accident on April 15 th. I am so thankful for my 4-H family and your support has been so much appreciated. I hope to be back to work soon! - Aliesa 6

7 Osborne County News CONGRATULATIONS 2018 HIGH SCHOOL AND EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATES We would like to recognize the 2018 graduates for their contributions, commitment and work in the Osborne County 4- H Program. Best of luck on your future endeavors! Keep living the 4-H motto to Make the Best Better! High School Trenton Brummer Sunflower 4-H Club, 11 years Kaelan Cameron Sunflower 4-H Club, 11 years Spencer Heise Sunflower 4-H Club, 11 years Olivia Engler Solomon Valley 4-H Club, 7 years Eighth Grade Emilie Becker Solomon Valley 4-H Club, 8 years Chloe Behrens, Sumner 4-H Club, 8 years Eighth Grade continued Allison Brummer, Sunflower 4-H Club, 7 years Derek George, Eager Beaver 4-H Club, 7 years Chance Jacobs, Sunflower 4-H Club, 6 years Avery Nichols, Sumner 4-H Club, 7 years Reilly Stremel-Smith, Solomon Valley 4-H Club, 2 years Ava Stull, Eager Beaver 4-H Club, 8 years Tyler Trecek, Sumner 4-H Club, 7 years Carter Walsh, Solomon Valley 4-H Club, 6 years OSBORNE COUNTY DAY CAMPS Osborne County 4-H Council will be sponsoring two Day Camps this year. Day camp is open to all youth completing kindergarten through 4 th grade during the school year. On Tuesday, May 29 th, the Natoma Day Camp will take place at the Natoma Elementary Playground from 8 a.m. to noon. On Tuesday, June 5 th, the Osborne Day Camp will take place at the Osborne Roadside Park located at the Highway 24/281 intersection on the north side of Osborne from 8 a.m. to noon. Registration forms were distributed to the Natoma, Osborne and Lakeside Elementary schools. If your child did not make it home with a form, we can you one. Registration is necessary to ensure that we have enough supplies to accommodate all day campers. A $5 registration fee to cover programming costs should accompany the registration form. Registrations are due in the Osborne Extension Office by May 8 th OSBORNE COUNTY FAIRBOOK 4-H/FFA DEPARTMENT The 4-H/FFA Department section of the Fairbook will be posted on-line on the Post Rock District 4-H webpage after May 8 th to review classes and rules. Watch your for notification of the date it is posted. 4-H COUNCIL JUNE MEETING The next 4-H Council meeting will be Monday, June 4, 2018, 7:30 p.m. at the Extension Office. Premium Auction and Buyer s Appreciation Dinner committees will meet at 6:30 p.m. Premium Auction committee members Gasper, Thornton, and Murphy. Buyer s Appreciation Dinner members: Betzold, Sprick, LeiVan, Nichols, and Maier Families. NOTES FROM APRIL 4-H COUNCIL MEETING Osborne County 4-H Council members met following the Small Animal Tagging & Verification on April 21. Many items regarding upcoming Day Camps, ideas for Community Service projects, and providing a welcoming environment and attractive curb appeal in the 4-H Exhibit Hall and livestock barns at the 2018 Osborne County Fair were discussed. 4-H Council voted to move forward with rotating responsibilities for some specific fair related activities between the four clubs. Clubs will, on a rotating basis each year, be responsible for one of the following assignments: provide workers for the Bake Sale following Foods and Nutrition judging; set up of the County wide 4-H Foods and Nutrition Exhibit Booth; set up, tear down and decorating for the Public Fashion Revue and planning and set-up of a photo booth area in the 4-H building as well as an outside photo booth/ backdrop for livestock photos. 4-H Council passed a motion to pay for materials and supplies necessary for the inside photo booth and outside backdrop for livestock photos. VOTE FOR SUNFLOWER 4-H CLUB S VIDEO IN LANG DIESEL CONTEST The Sunflower 4-H Club has submitted a video in the 2018 Lang Diesel Fourth Annual 4-H Video Contest. Please vote for the Sunflower Club as the project they choose for the $1, donation the winner will receive is improvements for the Osborne County Fairgrounds in the Petting Zoo/East Beef Barn. This improvement would include installing a sidewalk in the Petting Zoo Barn for better access for strollers and wheelchairs. You can support the Sunflower Club and vote for their video by liking and visiting the Lang Diesel Inc. Facebook page and voting once per day for the Sunflower Club video. Make sure to share the Sunflower Club s video with Facebook family and friends. Voting begins on May 1 and the contest ends on May 7, Vote daily!!!! Thanks for your help! 7

8 Smith County News SMITH COUNTY 4-H COUNCIL Saturday, May 19 th Home on the Range 10 a.m. SAVE THE DATE T-Shirt sizes due to Club leaders or the office by May 1st. Everyone will get a new show shirt this year and will use it for 3 years. If you out grow it bring it to the office for a new size. If you have the old shirt from 2 years ago you may wear it or if in good shape bring into the office for others to wear. If you need an extra shirt you can buy them this year for $5. Cowabunga Smith County Day Camp May 24th. Registration due May 9th K-3rd grade June 2nd at 9:15 pm Drive in Movie at football field. Smith County Free Fair Cowabunga - July July 13th Foods Judging July 16th Clothing, Buymanship and Fashion Review Judging. Watch for an about summer barn quilt class coming in June, and a record book page work day. MAY 31st - Deadline for renewing your PQA to attend the State Fair, KJLS It will then become YQCA and you will have to go to to become qualified. It will also cost $12 to do so online. 8

9 Dates to Remember May 1: May 5: May 15: May 29-June 1: June 19-22: June 22-23: June 26-29: July 6-9: Camp registration deadline Shutterbugs at the Garden City Zoo Campference registration deadline FCS Judging Contest video submissions due Raise Your Hand Contest ends Discovery Days, Manhattan Great Northwest Camp, Rock Springs Kansas 4-H Insect Spectacular, Wichita Campference, Rock Springs Northwest High Adventure Trip, Colorado This is the last Post Rock District 4-H newsletter until fall. Have a great summer!! Post Rock District 4-H Program Coordinators Risa Overmiller P.O. Box 287 Smith Center, KS overmiller@ksu.edu Daphne Manning 307 N. Commercial St. Mankato, KS dmannin@ksu.edu Kim Naber 113 North 1st St. Osborne, KS kimn@ksu.edu