December 2018 Dates to Remember: Events Council Dec. 13th A Word From Your Agent... Dear 4-H families, Office Closed/ Christmas Dec. 24th- 25th Office Closed/New Years Jan. 1st Wheat Kit Day Jan 3rd January Jamboree Jan. 5th Jr./Sr. Lock In Jan. 19th County Club Days Feb. 16th Visit us on the Web: www.shawnee.ksu.edu Candis Meerpohl 4-H Youth Development Agent candism@ksu.edu 785-232-0062 ext.120 Kim Seeley 4-H Program Assistant kjseeley@ksu.edu 785-232-0062 ext.112 Fran McAdoo 4-H Office Assistant fmcadoo@ksu.edu 785-232-0062 ext.111 Thank you so much for coming to 4-H Achievement Night! From the decorations to the program to the food it was a great night. We had over 100 youth attend. Way to go Shawnee County! In November Shawnee County had 8 youth attend the Kansas Youth Leadership Forum at Rock Springs 4-H Center. They had a great time learning about leadership and meeting new 4-H friends from across the state. If you have never attended a State 4-H Event you should go to at least one. KYLF, Discovery Days and CIA are great ways to experience 4-H on the state level. We have lots of fun County 4-H opportunities coming in January. I have a personal goal to have all 12 clubs represented this year at Jr. Sr. Lock-In! Events Council has secured a speaker to provide the main part of our Leadership program. Check out the article about Lock-In in this chatterbox. Then invite some friends to attend with you on January 19 th! I hope everyone has a Happy Holiday season! If your club carols or does community service this time of year please send pictures to the office. We can post them on our Facebook page! Sincerely, Candis 1
Bunny Bunch, Dec. 3rd Exchange, Dec. 6th Events Council Meeting, Dec. 11th Livestock Committee Meeting, Dec. 12th Mark Your Calendar! Livestock Meeting, Jan. 9th Jr. Sr. Lock-In Jan. 19th County Club Days, Feb. 16th Clothing Cares, Dec. 27th Office Closed/Christmas, Dec. 22nd-25th Office Closed/New Years, Jan. 1st January Jamboree, Jan. 5th Updates from the Livestock Committee The Livestock Committee has been busy planning lots of opportunities for the 4-H youth in Livestock projects. Again, this year we will be having a Judging Clinic, Spring Livestock Show and Quality Assurance trainings. New this year the livestock committee is organizing a field trip to K-State college of Ag and Vet School. That way youth can learn more about Livestock industry and possible future career options. Mark the following dates on you 2019 Calendar and as more details are available, Livestock Committee will put those out. Happy Holidays for the Livestock Committee! Livestock Judging Clinic at Domer Arena, Feb. 9 th Beef Weigh In, Feb. 10 th 2-3pm YQCA training and KSU Field Trip March 16 th, Times TBD YQCA Training at Extension Office, April 8 th 5:30pm Small Animal Weigh In, April 28 th 1-4pm Shawnee County Spring Show May 4 th and 5 th at Jackson County Fairgrounds YQCA Training at Extension Office, June 4 th at 5:30pm 2
January Jamboree Events Council invites youth to our annual January Jamboree Craft Event. January Jamboree is an event where youth can come and make various crafts for a small fee ranging in price from free to $3. Examples of past crafts are birdfeeders, kaleidoscopes, greeting cards and painted tiles just to name a few! This is a great event to invite your friends to and they can learn about 4-H while making crafts. All youth are welcome! January Jamboree is January 5th, 1pm to 3pm at Countryside United Methodist Church, 3221 SW Burlingame Rd. (South entrance). Concessions will also be available at the event. There is a flyer to share with your friends and neighbors on our county website (shawnee.k-state.edu), and on pg. 9 of the Chatterbox. All clubs are asked to provide one craft for the January Jamboree event. Please fill out and return the form below to the 4-H office by December 19th. You can email your clubs information to fmcadoo@ksu.edu. Set-up will begin at 12:30 on the 5th. January Jamboree Activity Sign-up- Name of Club: Contact: Activity / Craft: Cost ($): * can be free to $3 (only to cover cost of materials) # of tables needed: Electrical needs? Yes No Please turn information into the 4-H Office no later than December 19, 2018! Join the Fun Kansas Day is just around the corner and you know what that means.. we need your help making bread in a bag kits. We will be putting together bread in a bag kits for School Enrichment Thursday, January 3rd at 1:00pm in the upstairs meeting room. We are looking for about 12 volunteers. This is a great opportunity to spend time with your fellow 4-H friends, and add community service to your record book. So come and join the fun! The School Enrichment program is an opportunity to reach school age children that may not have had any other 4-H experience. This is not a fundraiser for the Extension Office. The schools pay a nominal fee per student to cover the cost of the supplies. The bread in a bag Wheat Science program is one of the most popular programs offered to the elementary teachers in Shawnee County. Please call Kim Seeley at 232-0062 x112 or email kjseeley@ksu.edu by December 14th so we will know how many helpers to count on. 3
Leadership Is A Verb 2019 Jr. Sr. Lock-In Start your year off right by learning how to turn your leadership lessons into actions! Invite your friends to hear a dynamic speaker, swim and play leadership games on January 19 th! We will have snacks and pizza, registration is $8 a youth. This year Jr. Lock-In participants will be in 4 th -7 th grade. Sr. Lock-In participants will be in 8 th -12 th grade. Our speaker Brandon Lee White will do two different talks, so he can really address the concerns youth are having in middle school and high school. Friends you invite will have to complete a registration and health form. You can get the health forms from the 4-H office. Meet youth from across Shawnee County and learn about leadership in one super late-night event! This event will start at 7 p.m. at the SW YMCA on Saturday, January 19th. Junior 4-Hers (grades 4 th -7 th grade) can be picked up at 10:45 p.m, or they can stay till 11:45 watching a movie. Senior 4-Hers (grades 8 th -12 th ) stay until 12:00 midnight. Jr/Sr Lock-in is a great way to be able to beat the cold weather, learn something new, and have a fun time with friends! See you there! This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed Achievement Night Prize Winners!! Congratulations! On another successful year.. 4
Fair Theme Contest Attention Clubs!! The Shawnee County Fair Board needs your help picking a fair theme for the 2019 Shawnee County Fair! They would like to give each club the opportunity to submit up to two ideas for next year s fair theme. Individual youth may also enter one theme. Themes submitted will be voted on by the board members, the winning club will be featured in the 2019 Shawnee County Fair book. Themes must be submitted by January 18th 2019 by 5pm, and only two theme ideas per club. The winning club or individual will receive a $25 reward. Please submit your theme to the Shawnee County Fair Board by emailing them to shawneecofairboard@gmail.com. The winning theme will be announced January 23rd and the cover competition will begin. Watch your Chatterbox for the due date for the fair book cover competition. 4-H Sport Fishing Project Club **Date Correction from Nov. Chatterbox, correct dates are 1 st Thursday and 3 rd Tuesday** Again, for the 2018-2019 4-H year there will be a Sport Fishing project club! Youth will be taught the safety and skills needed to be successful fishers by 4-H volunteers Brett Fox and Dan VanHoozier. Both also deliver the Fishing s Future program and Heroes on the Water program. Youth 8 and older are invited to attend and equipment will be provided. The group will meet the 1 st Thursday of the month and the 3 rd Tuesday of the month from February to May from 6-7:30pm. The group will meet in the Extension Meeting room until the weather is nice enough to go out and fish! If you want to be a part of the group, please e-mail Fran at fmcadoo@ksu.edu to reserve your spot. Also, don t forget to enroll in the sport fishing project or wildlife when you are selecting your 4-H projects! will be limited. Also, don t forget to enroll in the fishing project when you are selecting new projects! 5
Clothing Cares Do you love to sew but don t know what to make? Have you wanted to learn to sew but don t know where to start? If sew..then Clothing Cares is for you! Please come join us for our monthly projects that are designed to be completed by a beginner in a couple hours. We are learning lots of new techniques in our fun projects. In October we made pincushion/thread catchers. In November we are going to make a lined zipper bag. In December, we are going to make a snap bin. All you need to bring is your machine, basic supplies, a few dollars for a kit provided by the organizers, yourself and a responsible adult. Don t have a sewing machine, let us know and we can match you up with a machine to get you started. Enroll in the clothing project and look for the emails with the details. Or contact Angie McConnell at 785-213-2353 or angie.mc@cox.net. Hope to see you there! Kansas 4-H Dog Judges Certification and Training News By Deryl Waldren The Kansas 4-H Dog Judges Certification and Training will be January 25-27, 2019, in Wichita, Kansas at the Sedgwick County Extension Center. Beginning the training on Friday evening has allowed participants in one weekend to learn about the four dog phases of showmanship, obedience, agility and rally obedience of the Dog Care and Training Project. Those attending to become judges or to re-certify as judges experience judging classes to practice the skills necessary to effectively judge local 4-H dog shows. This is also a good opportunity for local project leaders and older 4-H members to observe the training to learn new knowledge and to better understand how they will be judged at invitational and the Kansas State Fair 4-H Dog Show. Details for registration will be available in late November, so please share the dates with potential judges and project leaders in your Extension Unit. For more information, contact Deryl Waldren, dwaldren@ksu.edu; or call 785-462-6281. 6
Citizenship In Action What: Would you like to have more influence in laws and rules that affect your life? Then you ll want to go to Kansas 4-H Citizenship in Action! This two day event is sponsored by the State 4-H Youth Leadership Council. The purpose of the event is for Kansas youth to learn how the state legislative process works and how their voice and participation in decision-making can make a difference in their local communities. The legislative visit will not only familiarize youth with the capitol building, but will also show them how they can affect the legislative process. When: February 17-18, 2019 Where: Topeka, KS Who: Youth 13-18 years old by January 1 of the current year Registration Fee: $175 Registration Deadline: February 1, 2019 2019 Kansas 4-H Scholarships The application for the Kansas 4-H Scholarship is now available in the Extension office or on our Shawnee county 4-H website. High School Seniors and 4-H alumni in college can submit an application. This one scholarship application makes a youth eligible for over 30 4-H Scholarships. The application must include transcripts and recommendation letters so don't try and do it the day it is due to the office. The due date for the Kansas 4-H scholarship is 5pm January 22nd to the Shawnee County Extension Office. 2019 4-H Horse Panorama By Pam Van Horn When: January 25-27, 2019 Where: Rock Springs 4-H Center Who: 4-H Members ages 7-18 and adult volunteers. Horse Panorama is a compilation of various contests related to the Horse Project. Contests include: quiz bowl, hippology, public speaking presentations, photography and educational posters. There will also be educational activities for 4-Hers of all ages. 7
Indian Creek The Indian Creek 4-H club had a busy month this November. The club attended achievement night and was the committee to decorate for the event. We had many earn pins along with our Purple Seal Award, with Emma Biggs and Taylor Russell earning their Key Awards. The club also made Gingerbread houses for the TPAC s Gingerbread Homes for the Holidays competition, had their 12 and under placing 1st and their 12-17-year-old category placing 2nd and 1st. Auburn This month was the Auburn 4-H Club s annual family potluck dinner. Everyone brought food to share for the meeting and ate as the business was conducted. Also this month, the Auburn and Silver Lake clubs partnered to make cookies for the veterans at the National Guard Museum in thanks for letting us use their facility for Officer Leader Training last month. Together, we were able to donate 25 dozen homemade cookies. They were very grateful for all the cookies donated, and the veterans plan to use them all year for get-togethers and other special events at the museum. The thank you sign was made by the Louderbacks and signed by the youth. Phyllis Lee Willard, 93, recently passed away. Phyllis was a former leader of the Auburn 4-H Club and loved to sew and quilt. Her family set up a memorial fund in her name to benefit the Auburn 4-H club. We would like to thank her family for their kind donation and we look forward to honoring her legacy in 4-H. Silver Lake 8
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December 3 Bunny Bunch, 7:00pm, EMR 6 Exchange 7:00pm, Farm Bureau 11 Extension Council Board, 5:30pm, EMR 13 Events Council Meeting 7:00pm, EMR 21 Chatterbox Articles Due 24-25 Office Closed/ Christmas 27 Clothing Cares, Time TBD, Farm Bureau January 1 Office Closed/ New Years Day 7 Bunny Bunch, 7:00 pm, EMR 3 Sport Fishing, 6:00 pm, EMR 5 January Jamboree, 1:00pm, Countryside United Methodist Church 10 Area KAPS due, 5:00 pm 10 S.T.A.L.K-Jr. Leaders Meeting, 6:30pm, EMR January 17 Shooting Sports, 7:00 pm, EMR 17 Clothing Cares, Time TBD, Farm Bureau 19 Youth Leadership Lock-in SW YMCA 21 Office Closed/Martin Luther King Jr. Day 22 Fair Board, 7:00 pm, EMR 25-27 Horse Quiz Panarama, Rock Springs 25 Chatterbox Articles Due 26 State Scholarship Due, 5:00pm 28 Paw Prints Dog Club, 7:00 pm, EMR 30 County 4-H Day Registration Due, 5:00 pm February 9-10 Livestock/Horse Clinic, Domer Livestock Pavilion 16 County Club Days, Shawnee Heights Middle School 9 Livestock Committtee, 7:00pm. 15 Sport Fishing, 6:00 pm, EMR 16 4-H Quilting, 5:00-8:00p, EMR All dates and activities are subject to change. 12