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What’s
Inside? 4-H Summer Opportunities
4-H Market Livestock
Weigh-in
Project Workshops
Leadership Opportunities
Ellis County Fair Updates
May 2017
Ellis County 4-H Happenings Hey 4-H Families!
Summer is almost upon us.
There are several exciting workshop opportunities and the Ellis County Fair in the weeks ahead. Check out the details and come join us for these fun summer program opportunities. (Several of them have you register directly through the local Recreation Commissions.)
The Ellis Co. Fairbook is now posted on-line at www.ellis.ksu.edu Check it out! It’s your guide to exhibit categories for each of the project areas. You will receive a printed copy of the fairbook in the near future. Thank the Fairboard for providing these handy references to us!
As always, if you have questions about upcoming events, don’t hesitate to give a call.
Come join the fun & learning!
Yours in 4-H,
Susan Schlichting Susan Schlichting County Extension Agent – 4-H Youth Development
Meetings Coming Your Way 4-H PDC – May 1, 5:30 p.m. – Ext. Office Conference Room
Ag Livestock – May 3, following weigh-in
ET4H – May 17, 5:30 p.m. - RSVP by Monday, May 15
Fair Superintendent Meeting – May 18, 5:45 p.m. Fairgrounds – RSVP by Monday, May 15
4-H Photo Day Camp Planning – May 18, 3:30 p.m. – Ext. Office
4-H On-line Enrollment Hopefully by now, you have gone on and completed
your family profile and enrolled your members
on-line. Remember, you can make changes to your
enrollments until May 1.
Ways to Contact Us We make a drop box available in the front
of the Extension Office for your convenience.
You can reach the 4-H Office Voice Mail at (785) 628-9430 ext. 14
Extension Office fax # is (785) 621-2002
www.ellis.ksu.edu
IMPORTANT DEADLINES TO NOTE May 1 – Last Day to Make Changes to Your 4-H Enrollment for 2017 May 1 – 4-H Horse ID Papers Due in Ext. Office May 1 – 4-H Camp Applications Due May 1 –Registered Breeding Livestock in name of 4-H’er May 3 – Bucket Calf & Commercial Breeding Heifer forms due in Ext. Office May 10 – Register for 4-H Rocket Classes with HRC / ERC May 10 – Sign up for KSU Livestock Tour May 15 – Register for 4-H Campference May 15 – Register for NW 4-H High Adventure May 15 – Sign up for the Meat Poultry Project with Ext. Office May 15 – RSVP for Fair Superintendent Mtg. May 15 – Sign up for ET4H May 21 – Register for State Geology Field Trip May 25 – Photo Adventure Day Camp Registrations Due to HRC May 30 – Final Camp Payment Due June 15 – All Other Market Livestock Nominations Due
Remember, Deadlines are Deadlines in Ellis Co. 4-H. Please pay attention to and respect those deadlines so that your child doesn’t miss out on an opportunity! We do offer many ways for you to contact our office. See below.
Congrats to. . .
Graduating Seniors! Heather Befort Tanner Hunsicker Ethan Jensen
Walker Kummer Laura Montgomery Breanna Park Lane Pfannenstiel
Derek Pfeifer Conrad Vajnar Brandi Zimmerman
Camp Scholarship Recipients Kylie Dreiling Nicole Dreiling Ross Eckroat Kaydawn Haag Megan Howe Devlyn Jochum
Keeli Kimzey Callie Lane Colton Lane Lexie Macumber Luke Montgomery Logan Olmstead
Chloe Purinton Isaac Purinton Quentin Rupp Taegan Shannon Cyrus Vajnar Lizzy Vajnar
Camp Counselors Selected for Heart of KS Camp this Summer Kelli Buxton Lakin Eckroat
Ethan Jensen Jaylinn Pfeifer
Jacob Schmeidler
State 4-H KAP Honors Jacob Schmeidler was selected as the State Runner Up in the SpaceTech project. He will represent Kansas 4-H at the National 4-H Congress in Atlanta, GA in November.
Kansas Animal Science Leadership Academy Jacob Schmeidler was selected as one of 20 teens across Kansas to spend a week at K-State learning about the livestock industry in Kansas. Way to go!
Service Project Opportunities Looking for a way to give back to 4-H or the community? We have several service opportunities that will need some help and leadership.
1) 4-H Dog Agility obstacles will need to be constructed. They will need help with sewing, building wood projects, painting, putting pvc pipes together. If you can help with any of these needs, contact [email protected]
2) Big Creek Clean Up – Kelli Buxton is coordinating a time to help clean up an area of East Frontier Park along Big Creek on Saturday, May 6 from 1 – 3 p.m. This is postponed from this week. If you can help out, let Kelli know at [email protected]
3) Rodeo Grounds Work Day – Has been postponed due to the weather! For questions, contact Norleen @ [email protected]
4-H Quilt Project Workshops Continue The next 4-H Quilt project meeting is set for May 11 and 25, 5:30 – 7 at the Extension Office Back Meeting Room. Message Tatum Kimzey to get added to the “Ellis County 4-H Quilters” Facebook group and to learn more about what to bring to this session.
Knitting Project Meetings In the Fiber Arts project and want to learn to knit? Rae Smith is holding knitting classes at the Extension Office back mtg. room. Come join the fun! No pre-registration required.
May 15, 17 5:30—7:00, June 8, 19, 29 – 5:30 – 7:00
Kansas 4-H Geology Field Trip 2017 June 9-11, 2017 Headquartered in Tecumseh, Kansas. Registration is on-line. Registration deadline
is May 21.
To learn more and to register visit kansas4-H.org
Livestock ID Procedures
Large and Small animal ID procedures for 2017 are posted to the Ellis Co. website. Please take time to review them.
Small Livestock Weigh-in Date Set for May 3, 6 – 8 p.m. If you’re planning to show Feeder Calves, Meat Goats, Sheep or Swine at this year’s Ellis County Fair, make plans now to get your official 4-H tags and tag your project animals before the weigh-in at the Fairgrounds. Swine will continue to have to option to weigh or have their tags visually inspected. The Ellis Co. Spring Livestock Show has been set as an alternate weigh-in date on Sunday, May 7. Please call our office to let us know if you plan to use the alternate date.
Bucket Calf and Commercial Breeding Heifer Photo ID
Don’t forget to purchase your official 4-H EID tag and snap a photo of the project animal with the tag in its ear now. These are submitted to the Extension Office by 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 3. Bucket Calf Photo ID Form Commercial Breeding Heifer Photo ID Form
Livestock Deadlines for Kansas State Fair and Kansas Jr. Livestock Show Participation
May 1—All Market Steer/Heifer nominations for the KSF and KJLS are due in Manhattan. June 15 – All Commercial Heifer, Sheep, Swine & Meat Goat nominations for KSF and KJLS are due in Manhattan.
Ellis County Spring Livestock Show
A committee is working hard to make this year’s Spring Livestock show a great success. The date for this year’s show is Sunday, May 7. Registration and Spring Show Circuit Rules are posted on the Ellis Co. 4-H website.
Show Up and Show! Clinic The 4-H Ag Livestock committee invites you to join us for a fun Saturday morning, May 20 from 8 – 11, learning how to show a wide variety of animals. The “Show Up and Show!” clinic will teach you about how to show and give you a chance to try it yourself. The committee will provide the animals. (See the flier on the next page for more info.)
Cost is FREE, but we’d like to have you sign up by Monday, May 15 so we can have the needed supplies on hand.
Ellis County 4-H - KSU Ag Tour The 4-H Ag Livestock committee invites 4-H members and parents interested in learning more about what’s happening at KSU Vet School and other animal facilities on campus in Manhattan to join us for a special tour on Monday, May 22. If you are interested in participating, give the Ext. Office a call by May 10 to sign up. More details will be available very soon.
4-H HORSE ID PAPERS DUE MAY 1 Horse ID papers are available at the Extension Office or on line at kansas4-h.org. You have to have these papers completed and on file with our office by May 1 in order to show at 4-H sanctioned horse shows. Now’s the time to get the photos taken and the forms filed with the Extension Office.
June 22 - District Horse Show Entries Due July 6 - District Horse Show - Oakley
Cat Proof of Vaccination for County Fair Cats & kittens (over 2 months of age) shown at the Ellis Co. Fair must be current on rabies and distemper vaccinations. Be prepared to provide proof of vaccination at show check in.
IT’S CHICK TIME! Each year our local Orscheln’s donates meat chicks for 4-H’ers to feed and return to the Ellis Co. Fair for exhibit. Each 4-H member in the Poultry project can sign up and will receive 5 chicks. They are then to care for the chicks and bring the 3 best birds to the Ellis Co. Fair for entry. Please contact the Ext. Office by Monday, May 15 to sign up. Chicks will be distributed the last week in May. Thanks, Orscheln’s!!
ELLIS COUNTY FAIR 2017 is set for July 15 - 22, 2017. The Theme is “Rides, Ropes and Blue Ribbon Hopes”.
Check the Ellis Co. 4-H website for a final 4-H events schedule for the 2016 Ellis Co. Fair.
Ellis County Fair Volunteers Needed We have posted an on-line form that you can complete to let us know how you’d like to help. Older 4-H’ers and interested adults are encouraged to join our “team” in getting things ready for this year’s Fair. Here’s the link to the on-line form. Once again, all clubs will be asked to recruit volunteers to help with a variety of jobs at the Fair, as well.
Seeking 4H Foodstand Manager!! We Need YOUR Help! After advertising several times, we have yet to identify a foodstand manager for this summer. Please help us to put the word out to folks who have the skills needed to organize and guide this important project. The details of this position are posted on our website. We ask that interested person fill out the application and submit it to the Ext. Office by May 12. We have a great facility and a great need. Help us to make this a success in 2017!
ET4H - Teen Leaders Meeting ET 4-H (Ellis Co. Teens) will meet on Wednesday, May 17, 5:30 p.m. at the Extension Office. Come join us as we celebrate the end of the school year with a cookout gathering. Sign up with the Extension Office by Monday, May 15. Check out our Facebook page ET4H to keep up on the latest.
Summer 4-H Camp Opportunities Summer is just around the corner. Registrations are beginning to open for a variety of 4-H Camps. Be sure to fill out a Camp Scholarship application to help with the cost of going to any of these camps!
4-H Camp Here WE Come!
4-H Camp will be held June 7-10 at Rock Springs 4-H Center! Get ready to have fun exploring streams, riding horses, canoeing, swimming, and much more! Start asking your clubs now for
financial support to attend. Registrations will be due May 1.
Campference Too old to go to 4-H Camp, but you love camp? Campference is for YOU! It’s held at Rock Springs, June 27 – 30. Campference is a cross between Camp and a Leadership Conference for 12 – 14 year old 4-H members. Registration will open soon on the www.kansas4-H.org website. Register quickly, as spaces fill quickly. There’s been a long waiting list the last 3 years! Don’t miss out!
2017 Northwest High Adventure Trip – Canoeing the Mighty Niobrara river in Nebraska and visiting the State 4-H Camp July 5 - 8. Hurry up and reserve your spot as registration is due May 15th. Space is limited to the first 30 who register.
Photo Adventure Day Camp
Each summer we offer a photography day camp for 4H’ers and other youth in the community who would like to be able
to take better photos. Ellis Co. teens teach workshops on some fun and funky photo techniques. There are also camp
crafts and games during the day. If you’d like to get signed up, watch for the new Hays Rec Class catalog coming your
way in mid-April and get signed up through their process. It’s a great fun and creative day that concludes with
participants taking a photo home that’s ready to enter in the Ellis County Fair!
The planning committee is meeting on May 18, 3:30, come join us if you’d like to be a part of this high energy event.
3-2-1 Blast Off
Another great opportunity offered by 4-H through the local Rec Commissions are the rocketry classes. These are offered
for youth 3rd – 5th grades who enjoy all things space. The camps include a variety of hands on activities focused around a
space theme. Throughout the event, they also work on building a model rocket and a chance to launch is offered as part
of the program. Sign up through the local Rec Commissions and come join us for some out of this world fun!!
Host Families Needed for 4-H International Youth Here’s a chance to learn about another country without ever leaving home! They are looking for families to host youth from Japan, girls from Austria, Estonia, Germany, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. We will also have in-bounds from Greece and Taiwan. Youth range in age from 12—26 years and typically stay with a family for 3 weeks during the summer or fall. If you’d like to learn more about hosting, give the Extension Office a call or visit the KS 4-H International programs website.
4-H Club Fundraiser Opportunity The Big Creek Riders are seeking a club to host concessions for their horse shows, June 17 – 18 and August 5 – 6, 8 – 5 each day. There are about 40 contestants and their families who will participate in these shows at the Ellis Co. Fairgrounds. If your club is interested in this opportunity, call Doug Mermis at (785) 650-3936.
Remember, DEADLINES are DEADLINES in Ellis Co. 4-H. Please pay attention to
and respect those deadlines so that your child doesn’t miss out on an opportunity!
K-State, County Extension Councils, Extension Districts, and U.S. Department of Agriculture Cooperating
All educational programs and materials available without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, or disability.
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, contact Ellis Co. Extension, 785-628-9430 or Michelle White-Godinet, Assistant Director of Affirmative Action,
Kansas State University, (TDD) 785-532-4807.