S HAWNEE COUNTY 4-H CHATTERBOX September 2015 September Dates to Remember: Office Closed For Labor Day All non food items going to the State Fair due into the office by 5pm Non Perishable Food items going to the State Fair due to the office by 8:30am sharp Chatterbox Articles Due 4-H Kick Off Party at Lake Shawnee Reynolds Lodge 7th 8th - 10th 11th 23rd Oct. 4th Visit us on the Web: www.shawnee.ksu.edu Candis Meerpohl 4-H Youth Development Agent candism@ksu.edu 785-232-0062 ext.120 Brooke Gray 4-H Program Assistant begray@ksu.edu 785-232-0062 ext.112 Kim Seeley 4-H Office Professional kjseeley@ksu.edu 785-232-0062 ext.111 Like Us on Facebook! Shawnee County 4-H A G E NT REPORT Hello 4-H Families! I hope everyone is enjoying this fun back to school time when youth meet new teachers, make new friends and discover new interests. It is an exciting time for students! Another exciting time is around the corner for 4-H. The Kansas State Fair is Sept. 11 th -20 th in Hutchinson. The pre-entries for Shawnee County have been submitted as well as our State Fair Volunteer list. We will notify all families via e-mail when tickets, parking hang tags and entry cards are received. If we are transporting entries for you please do not bring them to the office until Sept. 8 th -10 th. There is more information about that process in this Chatterbox. Another thing to get on your calendar is 4-H Achievement Night! Achievement Night is for all members to be recognized for their hard work for the 2014-2015 4-H year. Our program will be November 14 th at Washburn Rural High School. It is an evening program and you will receive a formal invite in the mail closer to the event. To encourage youth to submit record books and to attend our program Events Council is sponsoring door prizes this year. The prizes will be a Kindle Fire, a Lego Minecraft Set and a bike! The door prize winners will be determined by a drawing at the conclusion of the program. You have three ways to get your name into the drawing. 1.) Attend Achievement Night, you will get one entry just for coming. (You must be present to win a prize.) 2.) Submit a non-competitive record book. Not only will this get you a Gold Award at Achievement Night but it is good for one more entry into the prize drawing. (You can do several noncompetitive record books but you will only get one entry.) 3.) Submit a competitive record book. These books are judged on the county level and will also get you into the prize drawing. (You can do several competitive record books but you will only get one entry into the drawing.) You can do all three of these things for a total of 3 chances at the door prizes. Each 4-H er will only be allowed to win one prize. So mark your calendar and ask your club leader when record books are due! There is also more information about record books in this chatterbox! ~Candis
4-H Chatterbox Page 2 Getting Exhibits to the State Fair Packing instructions: If you would like extension staff to transport your exhibits to the state fair, please see that they are securely packed. Clothing items should be placed in dry cleaning bags. Geology and Entomology boxes should be packed in the following manner: Cover the top with cardboard, foam core or a carpet sample and secure with heavy string. Avoid putting boxes inside another box if at all possible. Also make sure to have your entry cards completely filled out and secured to your project. You will get the entry cards at the office when you drop off. If you are taking your own exhibit let us know so we can mail entry cards to you. Transportation for animals, large woodwork, large electric, large rockets or any open class exhibits is your responsibility. Because transportation space is tight, we request that if you plan to be at the state fair on entry day you transport your own exhibits if possible. Checkin for all exhibits will be on Friday, September 11th. All small 4-H exhibits can be transported and entered by extension staff on a space available basis. All exhibits except for foods must be into the Extension Office by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 10th. Foods exhibits must be into the Extension Office by 8:30 a.m. sharp on Friday, September 11th. Any late exhibits will be left in Topeka. If the office is transporting your exhibit we do our best to be careful, but we can t be held responsible if something is broken or lost. Kansas State Fair Horse Summary 4-H Horses can enter the Fairgrounds at noon on September 17; 4-H Horses arriving before noon need permission from the 4-H Horse Show Superintendent. Check-in before entering the Fairground: All horses must be checked by the officials of The Kansas Department of Agriculture/Kansas Division of Animal Health (KDAH) before entering the Fairgrounds. Inspection booth located east of the Fairgrounds at the Fairgrounds Water Park. Enter parking lot from Severance Street between 17th Ave. and 23 Ave. Access Severance Street from 17th Avenue. Daily check-in hours will be 6 a.m. until 10 p.m. Exhibitors should plan to arrive during these hours. If arrival is going to be delayed past 10 p.m. check-in hours due to circumstances beyond exhibitor s control, please call the Highway Patrol at 620-669-3627. Once inspected and approved, the officials will officially stamp the health papers which will allow for entry onto the Fairgrounds. The KDAH reserves the right to inspect or test any animals on the Fairgrounds, if necessary. Required Health Papers: Current Health Certificates needed (issued within the past 30 days prior to September 16, 2015). A negative Coggins (Equine Infectious Anemia) test conducted within one year of the show. Negative Coggin must accompany the health papers. Horse Stall assignments given at the Stalling Office located south end of Expo II. Once stall given will be directed to stall. Show check-in table located next to the announcer s stand double check classes and horse identification papers. If showing a two-year old snaffle bit or three-year old have information available (if entered in those classes). Show Day: Check-in with the gate person prior to each class. Exhibitor conflicts must visit with the Horse Events Coordinator or 4-H Horse Superintendents.
4-H Chatterbox Deadlines September 25 - Kansas 4-H Dog Conference and Quiz Bowl Registration Deadline October 1 - Kansas 4-H Youth Leadership Council Online Applications and Signature Pages Due 1 - National 4-H Conference Applications Due 1 - Discovery Days Task Force Application Deadline 15 -Kansas Youth Leadership Forum Registrations Due SAVE THE DATE 4-H Officer Leader Training will be Oct. 31st from 8:30am to Noon Page 3 Location will be Lowman Methodist Church at 4000 SW Drury Ln, Topeka, KS 66604 Registrations will be in the October Chatterbox and cost will be similar to last year's $5/person If you are elected to an office OR just want to learn more about an office make plans to attend! 4-H New Family Meeting Are you new to 4-H or have only been involved for a short time? Are you a club leader who has new families that could use some background information about 4-H? On October 27 th there will be a 4-H Family Orientation at 6:00pm at the Shawnee County Extension office upstairs meeting room. The Extension office is located at 1740 SW Western Ave. in Topeka, there is an entrance to our meeting room on the west side of the building facing Western Ave. There will be a presentation about 4-H and the goals and opportunities of the program. We will also explain our Shawnee County events that we have. This meeting is open to all new families and we will have time to answer their questions about 4-H. If a family is going to attend we would like to have them RSVP either by e-mailing Candis at candism@ksu.edu or by calling Kim at 232-0062 ext.111. We will need RSVPs by Oct. 20 th, there must be enough interest to have the meeting. Feel free to share this information with all the new families and visitors to your club! 4-H Fishing Project Club **NEW** in the 2015-2016 4-H year there will be a Fishing project club. Youth will be taught the safety and skills needed to be successful fishers. The program will be offered by volunteers from Fishing s Future. Youth 8-15 are invited and equipment will be provided. Firm dates have not been set but leaders are going to try for late winter through spring. Please let Candis know at the office if you are interested in being a part of this project club. Space in the club will be first come, first serve. E-mail her at candism@ksu.edu Also, don t forget to enroll in the fishing project when you are selecting new projects in October! Photo Workshop Meeting The photo workshop, that is held in Auburn, planning meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept 29 at 7 p.m. at the EMR 4-H Office. It is important that we have 10-15 people show up for the planning meeting. If we don't get the number of people needed to help then the workshop won't materialize. The workshop has been held for at least 20 years. If we want it to continue then volunteers are needed. At this meeting a date will be set for the workshop and classes will be determined. If the workshop is to be successful, then the flyers need to be out to other counties the first week in December. Please contact Kathleen Ramonda at her email address: ramondak@aol.com or by phone: 785-862- 2010 with any questions you may have.
4-H Chatterbox Page 4 Record Book Workshops If you have questions about the process of completing a 4-H record book please sign up for a workshop. 4-H Volunteer Angela Dailey leads these workshops at a computer lab at Brewster Place Retirement Community. You learn how to do a 4-H record book while filling yours out! Youth and parents attend and get all their questions answered during the workshop. Youth should bring a jump drive so they can save the work they do. Workshop dates are September 3rd at 6pm, 8th at 6 pm and 15th at 6pm. All workshops are limited to six youth. That way all youth can work at a computer. Please RSVP for a spot by calling Kim at the 4-H office 785-232-0062 ext. 111 or by sending her an e-mail at kjseeley@ksu.edu You can find record book forms on the 4-H tab of www.shawnee.ksu.edu Once you are on the 4-H page click on Record Books and Achievement Pins from the menu on the left hand side of the page. Record book forms (competitive and noncompetitive) can be found there as well as pin awards and other award applications. Awards and competitive record books are due from club leaders on October 2nd. Please check with your club leader for your club deadline. They have to have time to review your materials before October 2nd. 2015 Kansas 4-H Dog Conference and Quiz Bowl News The Kansas 4-H Dog Conference and Quiz Bowl will be October 17-18 at Rock Springs 4-H Center.The theme is All About that Dog. Registration will be through the CVent 4-H system with registration due by September 25th. There is a $25.00 cancellation fee once participants have registered on CVent. To register visit: http://www.kansas4-h.org/p.aspx?tabid=317. Cost is $95.00 for full-time participants, $65.00 for Saturday only and $45.00 for Sunday only. T-shirts and hoodies may be ordered on-line for an additional cost. Full registration information is posted on the Kansas 4-H Dog web site page, visit: http://www.kansas4-h.org/p.aspx? tabid=426. Educational sessions will include: Dog Behavior and Body Language, First Aid for Your Dog, Parachute Cord Collar/Lead-Making, Dog Agility Equipment Demonstration, Dog Jeopardy knowledge activity, and Canine Good Citizen (CGC) Program. Keynote speaker will be Gary Lorstcher from Bern, KS, who runs Lorstcher Ag Feeds, a small business making dog food. The program will have a costume and dog talent contest, GPS and Dogs, dog skill-a-thon, quiz bowl, plus s'mores and more. All youth must be chaperoned by parent or 4-H leader. County groups will be housed in the same cottage and all dogs must be on leash or kenneled in your room. Owners must pick up and bag after dogs. For more information, contact Deryl Waldren, Northwest Area Extension Office, P. O. Box 786, Colby, KS 67701; 785-462-6281; dwaldren@ksu.edu. Kansas 4-H Dog Care and Training News 2016 Kansas 4-H Dog Judges Certification is scheduled January 29-31, tentatively in the Meadowlark District Seneca Office (Nemaha County). Full registration details will be posted to the Kansas 4-H web site by November 15th.
4-H Chatterbox Page 5 KYLF Scholarships Thanks to Mid-Kansas Co-op and Land O Lakes Corporation Shawnee County has $1,000 in scholarship money for Kansas Youth Leadership Forum! The deadline to register for KYLF is Oct. 15 th. At that time we will take the number of youth registered from our county and divide the $1,000 scholarships and then bill the balance to the youth. KYLF is Nov. 20 th (evening) through Nov. 22 nd. and is held at Rock Springs 4-H Center. Youth get to hear speakers and take workshops on leadership. They also meet other 4-H youth from across the state. Youth ages 14-18 are invited to attend. The cost before scholarship dollars are applied is $200 per person. I really hope youth take advantage of the scholarships our youth have been offered to go to this leadership weekend! Kansas 4-H Youth Leadership Council Application Process The Youth Council Application information link is available on the KYLF webpage on the State 4-H Website. Any Kansas 4-H member between the ages of 14 and 18 before January 1, 2016 may apply. This year's KYLF delegation will elect representatives from the four extension program areas (NE, NW, SE, SW). Youth Council members work to involve youth with K-State Research and Extension in promoting, developing, implementing and evaluating Kansas Extension 4-H Youth Development programs in order to reflect the needs and interests of the youth in the state. Council members will also plan and conduct the Kansas Youth Leadership Forum, Citizenship in Action, Campference and other events. Please encourage those outstanding young leaders in your local unit to apply. Application and photos are due on an online form on October 1, 2015 before 5 p.m. CST and 2 letters of reference must be postmarked on or before October 1, 2015 or they may be uploaded on the application site by October 1 at 5 p.m. The signature page should be postmarked by October 1, 2015. This year the elections will include the application process detailed above, and from those applications up to 12 young people per area will be invited to interview with a panel at the beginning of KYLF. From those that interview, up to 6 candidates will be selected to be in the election. Horticulture Judging Results On August 22 nd our Shawnee County horticulture judging teams competed at the State Contest in Manhattan. Coached by our Shawnee County Horticulture Agent Jamie Hancock our intermediate team placed 4 th out of 13 teams! The intermediate team members were Ava Jordan, Leah Hudson and Danali Cramer. Ava Jordan had the 6 th best individual score! Shawnee County only had one senior competitor. Amanda Miller had the 14 th highest individual score. Congratulations to all of our judgers, you represented Shawnee County very well!
Shawnee County Page 6 Discovery Days Task Force Do you have youth who love to attend Discovery Days? Encourage these people to apply to be on the Discovery Days Task Force for 2016! Discovery Days Task Force Applications are now available. Applications are due October 1, applicants should expect to be notified by November 1 as to their selection as a Task Force member. This year the Discovery Days Retreat will be held in December 2015. We have not selected a location as of right now as we like to try to find a location that is central for all of our members. Join us this fall in seeing just how much we can give back to our communities! The weekend after National 4-H Week, is the perfect opportunity to setup a service project. Invite your friends, clubs, adult volunteers and 4-H Alums too! Find all the information here and start planning your projects. When: October 10-11, 2015, Who: 4-H Members, 4-H Clubs, Friends, Adult Volunteers, Parents, 4-H Alumni. Its time to make plans, order t-shirts for your club and register your projects online. Go to Kansas 4-H.org. 2016 Kansas 4-H Exchange Programs Outbound Opportunities Kansas 4-H Exchange Programs in collaboration with States 4-H International Exchange Programs and the IFYE Association of the USA, Inc. is offering several exchange outbound opportunities for Kansas youth and 4-H alumni. Applications and completed reference forms for all programs for travel in summer/fall 2016, are due by November 1, 2015, to Mary Kay Munson; munson@ksbroadband.net; 785-238-3631. Interviews for all programs are tentatively scheduled for December 5 in Manhattan, KS., Individual flyers and 2016 application forms will be posted on the Kansas 4-H web site by September 15, 2015. Visit: http://www.kansas4-h.org/p.aspx?tabid=234. We expect the following exchanges to be offered, though only exchanges to Japan and Korea have contracts completed as of this writing. States 4-H International Exchange Programs are only for youth aged 12 18: Japan, 8-weeks. Travel dates are June 8 to August 4, 2016 Japan, 4-weeks. Travel dates are July 6 to August 4, 2016 Korea, 4 weeks. Travel dates are July1 to August 10, 2016 (tentative). Costa Rica, 4 weeks. Travel dates are June 23-July 22, 2016. (tentative) Norway, 4 weeks. Travel dates ae June 29-July 31, 2016. (tentative) Exchanges include a home stay with a host family for most of the month, an in country orientation in a major city and a camp experience, except Japan 4-week exchanges with LEX. Japan has an option for an additional month stay with a Tokyo family while taking daily language and culture training before the home stay elsewhere in Japan. Twelve-yearolds may participate in the Japan Exchange others have a minimum age of age 15. Costs vary by country and estimates will be available by September 15. A Kansas program fee of $200 is due with the application November 1. A deposit of $1,000 is due at the time application is submitted to States 4-H December 15. IFYE Association of the USA, Inc. Exchanges are only for 4-H alumni, aged 19-25: 4-H alumni 19 to 25 may apply for individualized programs of 6 weeks to 6 months in partner countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America. Options will be similar to those described in the IFYE Representative flyer currently on the 4-H web site. We expect IFYE USA scholarships to be available for exchanges of 3 or 6 months, Contact Mary Kay Munson for additional questions.
Shawnee County Page 7 Club News Ambassadors Representing Shawnee County 4-H at the Rebound Physical Therapy Back to School was Megan Essman, Thomas Schulz, and Robert Schulz. We set up a table with the question of Do you have to live on a farm, have lots of land, or own an animal to be in 4-H? As you all know the answer is No anyone can be in 4-H. Many Topeka kids learned that answer as we talked with 300-350 kids at this event. We shared project stickers as reminders about various projects that can be done in 4-H, displayed some projects like Photography, Construction Zone, and Geology/Lapidary that can be done by kids anywhere. We also let them know about the 4-H Sewing Group and the upcoming Fall Kick Off Event we are putting on October 4th at the Reynolds Lodge at Lake Shawnee, from 2-4pm. We also wanted to thank our graduating Seniors this year. Pictured below from left to right are; Chelsey Johnston, Kayla Hernandez; Thomas Schulz and Tony Pruitt. You all have been wonderful to work with and done some amazing things! Best Wishes! Events Council At the Events Council Meeting on Thursday, August 13th, we opened nominations for a new Vice President and elected Leah Hudson of Rossville Rustlers 4-H Club to finish out the 2014-2015 year. Congratulations Leah! We also discussed the upcoming Achievement Night on November 14th and instead of a pie in the face for one of the Events Council Executive members, we decided to do something different this year. We are going to get some door prizes that will be given away at the end of the Achievement Night Program by a drawing of names. Your name goes in the selection box if you have turned in a Competitive Record Book, a Non-Competitive Record Book, and by attending Achievement Night for a total of 3 chances at the door prize drawings. You must be present to win. Look forward to see you all there!-robert Schulz, Events Council Reporter Indian Creek 4-H Club In the Indian Creek August meeting, we had our elections for officers. Here is the list of our officers for the following year. 2015-16 Officers President: Austin Rosencutter V. President: Emma Biggs Secretary: Molly Biggs Treasurer: Danali Cramer Reporter: Brody Elliott Historian: Alfred Mannell Parliamentarian: Reagan Dailey Jr. President: Patrick Biggs; Jr. V. President: Adonis VanLeeuwen Jr. Secretary: Anna Magill ; Jr. Treasurer: Wyatt Elliott Events Council: Gwen VanLeeuwen, Kiley McManaman Song Leaders: David VanLewuwen, Ruthie Elliott, Izabella Gray; Recreation Leaders: Timothy Biggs, Daniel Biggs, Caden Johnson, Claire Brown, Gunner Elliott, Bill-E-Button: Rachel Brown, Cassidy Haag
Shawnee County Page 8 Riverside 4-H Club Riverside has had a wonderful year and is looking forward to the next. We enjoyed creating our hay bales this year and more than half of our club participated in this Fair Event. I think it is safe to say we are Poppied Out. We held our elections at our last meeting and would like to introduce our new club leaders: President Brandon Stahel; Vice President Taylor Russell; Secretary Nathan Quast; Treasurer Emily Brownlee; Reporters Loren Drum and Pedro Quast; Historians Isabel Reed, Karsyn Russell, and Pedro Quast; Song Leaders Alex and Jacob Lehman; Recreation Leaders Ian Schulz, Jacob Lehman, Lakin Stahel, and Carl Russell; Parliamentarians Robert and Ian Schulz, and Events Council Representatives Robert and Ian Schulz along with Isabel & Colin Reed, Brent & Riley Showalter and Gabriel Davis. Our Junior Leaders are President Derek Stahel; Vice President Riley Showalter; Secretary Karsyn Russell; and Treasurer Bret Brownleee. Our Club Volunteers of the Year are Mary Beth Showalter and Jason Schulz; Alumni of the Year is Shirley Schulz; and our Family of the Year is the Showalter Family (Troy, Mary Beth, Brent, Riley, and Shelby). -Robert Schulz, Reporter Deer Trail 4-H Club On August 17th, Deer Trail held its monthly meeting in the Extension Meeting Room. Our roll call question was What do you like best about starting a new school year? Several members said they liked seeing their old friends and making new ones, and a few answered that meeting their teachers was a highlight for them. A couple of members said they looked forward to their first year in the National Honor Society and marching band. Our Treasurer announced that Deer Trail made a profit of $535.23 at the Horse Show concession stand, our annual club fundraiser. We were all pleased to hear that this was a larger profit than last year. Deer Trail held officer elections this month, a special program looked forward to throughout the year. The club was excited to welcome new leaders to the officer table. ~Blythe Landon, Reporter Congratulations to the following 2015-2016 officers: Senior Officers President--Hanna Funk 1st Vice President--Cora Stover 2nd V.P./Parliamentarian--Blythe Landon Secretary--Adam Hall Treasurer--Zac Chandler Reporter--Blythe Landon Historian--Cora Stover Events Council Reps--Cora Stover, Hanna Funk Alternates--Jade Essman, Zac Chandler Junior Officers President--Connor Black Vice President--Daniel Funk Secretary--Jade Essman Treasurer Kaylin Phillips Reporter--Caley Phillips Community Service Blythe Landon--Chair Connor Black Kaylee Dinwiddie Jade Essman Cora Stover Sunshine Committee Kaylin Phillips--Chair Connor Black Caley Phillips Recreation Committee Connor Black--Leader Zac Chandler Adam Hall Sierra Nelson
4-H Calendar *****Please note, dates and times are subject to change EMR: Extension Meeting Room entrance located on the west side of building (upstairs) CR: Conference Room is located in the back of the Extension Office (main level) Both meeting rooms are located at 1740 SW Western Ave September October TBD 4-H in the Library 1 4-H Online Enrollment Opens 2 Horse Clinic, Livestock Pavilion 3 Exchange 7:00pm Shawnee Co. Farm Bureau 7 Office Closed/ Labor Day 9 Livestock Committee, 7:30pm, CR 10 Events Council Exec. Meeting 10 All State Fair Entries transported by the office staff must be in the office by 5:00pm (Except food which has to be in the office by 8:30am on September 11 th ) 11-20 Kansas State Fair, Hutchison KS 15 Extension Council Exec. Board 5:30pm, EMR 17 Ambassador Mtg., 6:30pm, CR 22 Fair Board, 7:00pm, EMR 23 Deadline to submit articles to Chatterbox 24 Horse Club 7:00pm, EMR 25 Kansas Dog Conference & Quiz Bowl Registration deadline 28 Paw Prints, 7:00pm, EMR 1 Exchange 7:00pm, Shawnee Co. Farm Bureau 2 Deadline for all Award Applications- Club Leader Forms, Competitive KAP, Alumni and Volunteer Nominations due to the 4-H Office by 5:00 p.m. (Check with your club leaders for your club record book deadlines) 2-4 Kansas Junior Livestock Show 4 4-H Kick-Off Party 2-4 p.m. 5 Bunny Bunch 7:00pm, EMR 8 Events Council Exec., 6:15pm, EMR Events Council Meeting 7:00pm, EMR 13 Extension Council Exec. Board 5:30pm, EMR 14 Livestock Committee, 7:30pm, CR 15 KYLF Registration Deadline 15 Ambassador Mtg., 6:30pm, CR 17-18 Kansas Dog Conference Rock Springs 22 Horse Club 7:00pm, EMR 23 Deadline to submit articles to Chatterbox 26 Paw Prints, 7:00pm, EMR 27 New Family Orientation, 6:00pm, EMR 27 Fair Board, 7:15pm, EMR 31 Officer Leader Training, 8:30am to Noon, Lowman Methodist Church Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service. K-State Research and Extension is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Kansas State University is committed to making its services, activities and programs accessible to all participants. If you have special requirements due to a physical, vision, or hearing disability, or a dietary restriction please contact Candis Meerpohl, 785-232-0062, ext.120.