Meade County 4-H Connections July 2017

What s Inside? County Fair 4-1-1 Wheat Expo Details KS State Fair Tickets Raise Your Hand Meade County 4-H Connections July 2017 4-H Families At the Extension Office, we would really appreciate families taking the time to CAREFULLY read each newsletter. Many times we hear you say I didn t read the newsletter or there just isn t time. Is this an acceptable way to teach our children how to do their homework? This is our primary way of getting information to you. It is your duty as a 4-H member and parent to stay informed. Section headings and titles will give you an idea if the information in that section is pertinent to you. Please take the time to read the newsletter each month you would be surprised how much information, important dates and deadlines are published! The county fair is approaching quickly. Please see the 4-1-1 section on all things county fair. We hope this will answer any questions you might have. Please feel free to ask your community leaders or the Extension Office with any questions that are not addressed or arise. For those of you calling into the office, Amilia McAtee is filling in for the Office Professional position until we can hire a new OP. Colleens last day was June 13 th. 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 Important Dates to Note: Extension Office: (620) 873-8790 Fax Machine: (620) 873-2013 e-mail: Christine: cmcphete@ksu.edu Elly: sneath@ksu.edu July 4 Office Closed Happy 4 th of July! July 14 Pre-entries Due: Clothing Buymanship, Clothing Construction, Fashion Revue, Talent Show, Horse Show, and Livestock Stall Reservations July 21 - Fair Set-up & Swim Party August 1 Kansas State Fair Horse Show Entries DUE

4-1-1 on County Fair The 4-1-1 is a number that used to be dialed on phones to call information (before google). Hopefully we are not sharing too much of our age on using this term! Get the 4-1-1 on all things with the County Fair by visiting the fair webpage on Meade County Extension s Website at www.meade.ksu.edu. Click on 4-H Youth Development, then on Meade County Fair. Pre-entries Due Friday, July 14 th at 5:00 PM For Style Revue, Talent Show, Horse Show and Stall Reservations Auction Eligibilty Form Due Style Revue Forms have been updated and can be picked up at the Extension Office or downloaded online under Clothing and Textiles section. Look for Style Revue Form http://www.meade.kstate.edu/4-h/fair.html Links to any of the pre-entries and various 4-H Forms can also be found on the 4-H fair webpage at: http://www.meade.k-state.edu/4-h/fair.html. New to 4-H? Anxious about fair? Those of us who have been in 4-H forever (or what seems like forever) understand there are lots of questions, apprehension, and uncertainties about your first 4-H year including fair time! Please do not hesitate to visit with your community club leaders or fellow 4-H parents. We are willing to help! You can always call the Extension Office or check out the website listed above. Fair Set-up: Friday, July 21 at 4:30 PM It is a requirement for all 4-H youth to participate in Fair Set-up or Clean-up. Please see the section Fair Assigned Areas for your family s duties. Talent Show pre-entries can be submitted online at https://goo.gl/forms/r45fj2i5hevuubss2. Horse Show pre-entries can be submitted online at https://goo.gl/forms/4dxfjjmz2ry3jb0a3. Livestock Stall Reservations & Insurance can be submitted online. Insurance payments are due to the office by Friday, July 14 th at 5:00 PM. Submit all information at https://goo.gl/forms/pvevzp2fyrgwy8k52. Entering exhibits at the County Fair Exhibits that do not have to be pre-entered by July 14 th can be brought to the fair on Monday from 7:00 8:45 AM. ALL Entries must have an exhibit card attached to them. Exhibit cards can be picked up at the Extension Office. We strongly suggest you have all of the cards filled out and attached BEFORE arrival at the fair. Entries will need to be checked in with superintendents during the designated time. Please ask someone if you need help to find the right location. Again this year, there will be a help desk located by the entry door.

Photo Mount Boards & Protective Sleeves Those planning to enter photography at the fair can stop by the Extension Office and pick up mounting boards and protective sleeves for each photo. Please remember there are specific rules on how your photos are mounted. Those rules can be found in the fair book, or on a supplemental sheet provided at the Extension Office (also on website). Photo boards cost $1.00 each and sleeves are 10 each. Livestock and Foods Member Sale Packets Sale Packets are ready for 4-Her s to pick up. Youth who plan to sell any item at the fair are asked to pick up a packet each year and visit with a minimum of one assigned business to promote the county fair and 4-H Auctions. Bucket Calf Project Members New for 2017, the bucket calf show at the county fair will consist of three portions. A record, to be filled out beforehand, a casual interview with the judge, and then the showmanship portion. Copies of the records will be sent to each exhibitor who is enrolled in the project, and can be found on-line at http://www.meade.k-state.edu/4-h/fair.html Quality Counts Youth who plan to show livestock at the county fair should have attended quality counts in June. If you accidently missed one of these meetings, please contact Elly as soon as possible! Livestock Lost a Tag? Please notify Elly if any of your animals have lost their tags from weigh-in. Those animals will need to be re-tagged prior to the fair. Poultry Testing for Fair All poultry exhibited at the county fair must be tested for pullorum a minimum of 10 days prior to exhibit. If you plan to show birds at the county fair, it is your responsibility to get them tested and provide the proper paperwork. Community Club Fair Responsibilities Each year we ask that community club s be responsible for Building B supervision. We ask that you have someone present in the building monition the safety of exhibits from 4-9 pm each night you are assigned. At the end of the evening around 8:45 pm, it is requested that you clean the bathrooms (toilets, sinks & take out trash, re-stock any supplies from the shelf or fair office), sweep floors and make sure all large trash cans are emptied in a large dumpster outside. Clubs should organize and schedule their own families to these duties. Monday, July 24 3 C s Tuesday, July 25 Plains Livewires Wednesday, July 26 Town & Country Thursday, July 27 4 Leaf Clover Friday, July 28 4-H Alumni (each club should try to find one volunteer this is the typically the largest night of the fair!) Community Appreciation Breakfast All 4-H Families are asked to help with the community appreciation breakfast to give back to the community. Again this year we will be doing pancakes and sausage links cooked fresh. Please contact the Extension Office to sign up to cook or donate to this event.

Fair Cleanup Assigned Areas Bachman Sheep/Goat Barn Bain Sheep/Goat Barn Bartel Building B Boggs Build Bucket Calf Pens Boley Swine Barn Bowen Building B Carpenter Building B Clawson Building B Clerk Grounds (cleanup trash) Cupp Building B Dewell Building A Dierking Building B Fieser Building B Gipson Building B Gleason 4-H Building (open class) bathrooms Hageman Sheep/Goat Barn Hawley Building A Henson Harris Arena Bathrooms Howard Outdoor Arena & Bathrooms Ingram Outdoor Arena & Bathrooms Jones Swine Barn Kane Swine Barn Koons Build Bucket Calf Pens Langhofer Building B Bathrooms Littlewood Building A Lynn 4-H Building (open class) McAtee Building B McCulloch Swine Barn McNemer Poultry/Wash Rack areas Meairs Harris Arena Bathrooms Mousel Build Bucket Calf Pens Papay Harris Arena Bathrooms Pippett Building B Powell Building B Rickard Build Bucket Calf Pens Ritter 4-H Building (open class) Roberts Building B Rodarmel Grounds (cleanup trash) Schlochtermeier Harris Arena Bathrooms Schenelle Grounds (cleanup trash) Schupman - Outdoor Arena Trash Cleanup Sherman Building B Shrewsbury Grounds (cleanup trash) Sims Building B Stapleton Outdoor Arena & Bathrooms Stockton 4-H Building (open class) Tacha 4-H Building (open class) Trujillo Building B Bathrooms Urquidez Swine Barn Vieux Outdoor Arena Trash Cleanup Viney Grounds (cleanup trash) Volden Building A Welsh Outdoor Arena & Bathrooms Wheeler Outdoor Arena Trash Cleanup Woods Grounds (cleanup trash) Zimmerman Building B 4-H Building (open class) Help set up building and clean Open Class Superintendents will be present to guide. Please bring rags, buckets, and any cleaning supplies. Build Bucket Calf Pens Set up pens as described on provided map that night. Please bring hammer to pound posts & pliers. Scrap wire can be found to wire pens to fence Building A Sweep floors, set up tables and chairs. Please bring cleaning supplies to clean tables Building B Sweep floors, set up exhibit areas Please bring cleaning supplies to dust and shine glass Harris Arena Bathrooms Sweep & wash floors, includes cement floor outside. Clean toilets, showers, sink and glass. Grounds (Clean up trash) Pick up any trash from the south fence to north of the blacktop road. Bring Trash bags to carry with you Outdoor Arena & Carry trail equipment over for horse show and clean bathrooms. Bring any cleaning Bathrooms supplies necessary Outdoor Arena Trash Any mowed area around the arena, walk for trash. Bring Trash bags to carry with you Cleanup Poultry/Wash Rack Areas Make sure all cages are in working condition with proper equipment and make sure wash racks have hoses. Sheep/Goat Barn Make sure all pens have latches and are weed free. Bring rakes to rake out pens. Also around the barn, make sure trash is picked up. Swine Barn Make sure all pens have latches and are debris free. Clean drains out, also make sure drains at the south end of barns are cleaned out to prevent clogs. Hoses hung.

2017 Meade County Fair Schedule Blue Jeans & Country Dreams

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. Day Camp (Meade & Seward County) This year Day Camp will be held July 6 th from 9:00 a.m. 2:30 p.m. at Seward County. This camp is for youth ages 7 through 11. Currently we are looking for older 4-H members to be counselors for day camp. We currently don t require a minimum age for counselors at Day Camp, however older youth will be given first preference. Please contact Christine if you would like to be a counselor. Cost is $10.00. Spaces are limited. To register call (620) 873-8790, e-mail cmcphete@ksu.edu or go by Extension Office, 407 E Rainbelt. 4-H Council Meeting 4-H Council will meet before fair clean-up on July 21, 2017 at the Meade County Fairgrounds in the Fair Office at 4:00 PM. We will plan for this meeting to take about 15 minutes. Archery Meetings Aerial Archery, Golf and more! A HUGE shout out to Rockie Hawley for becoming a certified instructor in April. He has been holding meetings out at the fairgrounds. The meetings for July will be: Saturday, July 8 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM Sunday, July 9 5:00 8:00 PM. Saturday, July 15 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM Sunday, July 16 5:00 8:00 PM. If you have been to at least two practices, you can bring you compound bows so leave the compounds at home, unless you have attended at least two meetings already. Crochet Meetings Crochet meetings will run each time from 5:30 to 7:00 PM. Jeanne Clawson is our crochet leader, she comes to crochet right after work, so if you are early, please wait for her to come. July 3 rd Horse Meetings July 10 th The Practice Show has been moved from July 6 th to July 5 th at 9:00 AM. We will practice all classes for the show, in show order! We hope to move along quickly and plan to eat lunch together as a group at Pizza Hut afterwards if time allows. This will be the last practice before the county fair show on July 22 nd. Horse members who did not participate in a quality counts meeting June, will be required to attend the Horse Safety Meeting on July 19 th at 8:00 PM in order to show at the fair. This is a requirement that all you showing livestock, including horses, attend a Quality Counts Meetings. The safety meeting will count towards this required meeting! If you have conflicts with this meeting, please contact the office by July 10 th to make other arrangements. KS Leadership Weekend Save the Date It s is hard to imagine that it is already time to be thinking about attending KYLF at Rock Springs this fall. Please save the dates on your calendars for November 17-19. KYLF is open to youth ages 14-18. Adults can also participate in the Kansas Volunteer Forum that is also held at the same time. More information will be out in September s newsletter.

Contests & Shows Santa Fe PAWS Dog Show July 8th Clark, Ford, Gray and Meade County Extension will again offer the Santa Fe Paws Dog Show to participants on July 8 th. This show is a state fair qualifier show, along with our local county fair show held at the fairgrounds. Please consider participating in this opportunity. Entry forms were mailed out last week and were due to the Extension office on June 30 th. Horticulture Judging August 19 Did you know Kansas 4-H also has a state 4-H Horticulture Judging Contest? This contest is the same weekend as the livestock sweepstakes and is also held in Manhattan. The Kansas Garden Guide, available online, is the primary study guide for this contest. Winners from the contest have the opportunity to attend the National Junior Horticulture Association Judging Contest! Kansas 4-H Livestock Sweepstakes August 19-20 The 4-H Livestock Sweepstakes event includes the state 4-H livestock judging contest, meat judging contest, livestock skillathon, and livestock quiz bowl that is held in Manhattan. The members who will represent Kansas at the national 4-H contest for each of these events will be selected during the livestock sweepstakes weekend. Members may participate in as many or as few of the events as they would like. The deadline to enter is August 1 st. Entries must be made by the Extension Office. Please contact Elly if you are interested in participating or learning more. This is a great weekend to increase your knowledge about livestock. Kansas 4-H State Wheat Expo, August 3rd The annual Kansas State 4-H State Wheat Expo will be held in Dodge City at the Ford County Fair Building on August 3rd from 9:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. It is open to all 4-H family members, 4-H leaders and Extension staff. Registration is $6.00 per person. Pre-registration deadline July 24, 2017 online at: http://www.kansas4-h.org/eventsactivities/conferences-events/wheat/index.html During the morning, youth will participate on a tour of their choice. Tours will include: Making tortillas and butter, High Plains Journal/Dodge City Historical Tour/Kansas Grain Inspection, or Servitech/Drone Demonstration/Bakery. Lunch is provided, and then classes are placed. There are always plenty of door prizes and youth should be back to Meade no later than 4:00 PM. Contests during the day include: 1 lb. bin run wheat (Crop Project members only) 1 lb. bin run wheat (anyone adopt a producer ) o The above classes must be submitted no later than July 14 th to the local Extension Office 1 qt. jar of cleaned wheat 3 yeast rolls 3 cookies Wheat Photo Wheat Educational Poster Cloverbud Entry Kaylen Langhofer has participated multiple years and her younger brother Cole attended his first Wheat Expo last year. They enjoy the day and would recommend this day event to any 4-Her! Join us for a day of fun! Did we mention there is even premium money?

Other Opportunities Dog Conference Logo Contest The design contest for the 2017 Dog Conference is open to all 4-H Dog Project members. This year s theme is Dog R Game. All entries should reflect the theme and submitted by August 1 st. Designed need to be submitted in JPG format. Elly can help get any design to the state in a JPG form. So get creative! Discovery Days Task Force If you love Discovery Days, consider applying for the 2018 Discovery Days Task force. Youth selected help plan and put on Discovery Days. Please not that there will be a retreat in December for selected youth that is required to participate. Applications can be found online please call the office if you would like the link. State Youth Council Applications 4-H Members ages 14-18 can apply to be on the Kansas 4-H State Youth Council. Each year, representatives are elected from each area of Kansas (NE, NW, SE, SW). Elected members work to promote, develop and implement Kansas 4-H events across the state. If you are interested in serving on this level, please talk to the Extension Office about the requirements to apply. Have You Raised Your Hand? National 4-H is asking 4-H alumni and others to raise their hand and encourage support for initiatives across the county. 4-H gives kids the opportunity to learn by doing, grow from failure and develop the skills they need to handle what life throws their way. No one knows this better than 4-H alumni, or you, who have experience 4-H programs firsthand. Kansas 4-H needs your help to win 3 rd Place and $5,000 on a national level! It is very simple and only takes about one minute to fill out the form on the National 4-H Council s webpage at http://4-h.org/raise-your-hand/ What s even better is Stanion Whole Electric Co., a partner in Kansas 4-H, will donate $2 for each 4-H Alumni who registers (up to $10,000). We are just over a little $5,000 with Stanion right now go raise your hand! 48 Hours of 4-H Please mark your calendars for the state wide event of 48 Hours of 4-H that will be held October 7-8. This weekend, Kansas 4-H encourages all 4-Her s across the state to step up and participate in a service project in your local community. Projects do not need to large, any little things can count. Even helping with elderly s yards as a fall cleanup can make a huge impact!

KANSAS STATE FAIR Kansas State Fair Shows (Dog, Horse, Livestock) Just a quick reminder on qualification of animal shows at the Kansas State Fair. Dog Youth must qualify in a specific discipline(s) at a state qualifier or open dog show during the current 2016-2017 4-H year. Qualification is a blue or purple ribbon. Most of shows happen during the county fair or at invitational shows in the spring and summer. Dogs will need a current Kansas 4-H Vaccination card at any show! Dog Exhibitors will need to pay the $5 entry fee no later than August 15 th. Horse Youth must participate in their local district qualifier and receive a purple or blue ribbon to participate in that class at the Kansas State Fair. Remember that all horses going to the Kansas State Fair will need a negative Coggins test and 30 day Health Papers. Horse entries must be submitted by August 1 st (Stall Reservation to the State FAIR, and Show entry, Humane Treatment & Code of Conduct to State 4-H Dept.). Livestock This includes all beef, sheep, swine and goats. Youth must have nominated their animals by the state deadlines in the spring (Cattle- May 1 st, Small Animals June 15 th ). Then, after nominations are complete, you must then enter into the show no later than July 15th. There is no prior qualification or ribbon color needed on a local level. Kansas State Fair Summer Reading Program The Kansas State Fair is excited to announce their summer reading program for 2017! The program starts May 15th and runs to August 15th. We want to encourage students to read over the summer and learn more about Kansas Agriculture. Students read 8 qualifying books and then email or mail their completed journal to the Fair. For additional information, contact Anthea Bryant, Education Director for the Kansas State Fair at 620.669.3607. Kansas State Fair Discounted Tickets The Extension Office provides pre-order gate admission and hang tags for Horse Exhibitors. Cost of tickets are $3 for youth, $7 for adults and $4 for senior citizens. Hang tags are only offered to Horse, Dog and Dairy Exhibitors. Please see the included sheet to order tickets. This form is due no later than August 4th. So don t forget!

July 2017 Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. 3 C s Club Meeting 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Crochet Meeting 5:30 PM Independence Day Office Closed Horse Meeting 9:00 AM Day Camp 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Archery Practice 5:00 PM Crochet Meeting 5:30 PM County Fair Pre-Entries Due <---Lyon County 4-H Exchange ---> Auction Eligibility Forms Due 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Archery Practice 5:00 PM King/Queen Fashion Revue Contests Archery & Air Rifle Shoots Horse Safety Mtg 8:00 PM Dog Show 4-H Council Mtg Fair Set-up Swim Party 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Wheat Expo Entry Deadline 4-Leaf Clovers Club Tour Santa Fe Paws Dog Show @ Cimarron Archery Practice 9:00 AM Archery Practice 9:00 AM Horse Show 30 31 Club Meetings Monthly Club Meetings Date Time Location 3 C s 4 Leaf Clover 25th After Weigh-In Fairgrounds Plains Livewires No Meeting Town & Country No Meeting

2017 Kansas State Fair DUE Aug. 4th Gate and Ticket Pre-Order Name: Phone: Admission Tickets Quantity Cost Youth Participant (Age 9-18) $3.00 Adult Ticket (Ages 13-59) $7.00 Senior Citizen Ticket (Age 60+) $4.00 Hangtags Cost Tan Lot Daily Hangtag $10/day Horse Exhibitors ONLY, Tow vehicle must remain hitched at all times to the trailer 14 th 15 th 16 th Yellow Lot Daily Hangtag $10/day Ag Mechanic & Dog Show Exhibitors ONLY 8 th 9 th 10 th 11 th 12 th 13 th 14 th 15 th 16 th 17 th Purple Lot Daily Hangtag $10/day 4-H Dairy Exhibitors ONLY. Grand Drive must purchase directly from their entry form. 11 th 12 th 13 th 14 th 15 th 16 th 17 th Total Cost: $ Date Received & Paid: