Coffey County 4-H

K - S t a t e R e s e a r c h & E x t e n s i o n — C o f f e y C o u n t y

March 2020 4-H Newsletter CONTACT US

Address:

110 S 6th St, Rm 7

PO Box 269

Burlington, KS 66839

Phone- 620-364-5313

coffey.ksu.edu

Staff:

Darl Henson, Agent

dhenson@ksu.edu

Jill Barnhardt, Agent

jbarnhardt@ksu.edu

Lauren Hull, OP/PA

ljohnson15@ksu.edu

Social Media:

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K-State Research and Exten-sion- Coffey County

REGIONAL CLUB DAYS

Regional Club Days are scheduled for Saturday, March 21st at Madison High School. Those that are listed below are eligible to participate. This is a wonderful opportunity to support our area 4-Her’s! PLEASE CONTACT THE EXTENSION OFFICE BY MARCH 6th to tell us if you will be participating or not.

County 4-H Club Day Results Congratulations to all of our 4-Hers on another successful County 4-H Club Day! Eligible to participate at Regional Club Day on Saturday, March 21st include:

Top Model Meeting- Tip Top Top Public Speaking- Audrey Durst Alt Top Public Speaking- Kyanna Lankton Top SR Demo– Sarah Sergeant Alt Top SR Demo– Ashdynn Lehmann Top JR Demo- Morgan Vogts Alt Top JR Demo- Rachael Barnhardt Top Project Talk- Taryn Vogts Alt Top Project Talk- Jasmynn Bathory Top Vocal Solo JR- Caleb Durst Top Vocal Ensemble– Harleigh Baker/Lyla Buck Top Instrument Solo JR- Jesse Durst Top Instrument Solo SR– Isaac Durst Top Reading—DeeAnna Freund Top Skit– Clayton Linsey/ Brayden Hopkins Top Dance Routine- Brynna Wilson More pictures and complete results are posted to our website and Face-book page (Click Here)

Favorite Foods Congratulations to Kyla Lankton and Julia Del Percio on being among the top two winners in their age group in the Favorite Foods Show at County Club Day! Each June, the Southeast Area hosts a Regional Favorite Foods Show along with a few other 4-H Judging contests. Since these individuals were one of the top two at the county level, they are qualified to compete at this contest! The regional contest is Tuesday, June 16th in Emporia. Entr ies will be due later this spring.

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Beef March 28th

Market Beef (steers and market heifers) and 2nd Year Bucket Calf, Breeding Beef ID & Designation– Burlington Vet Clinic 8a-10a

Sheep & Meat Goats

1st Year Bucket Calves

April 22nd

All Market Sheep and Goats tagged and weighed, all breeding animals ID’d and desig-nated— Coffey County Fairgrounds 5p-7p

Swine April 29th

All Market Swine tagged and all breeding swine ID’d and designated— Coffey County Fairgrounds 5p-7p

Coffey County Spring Shows: INFO IS POSTED TO OUR WEBSITE! (Click Here)

All Coffey County 4-H livestock, including bucket calves, will be tagged and weighed at their re-spective species weigh-in date in order to compete at the Coffey County Fair. NO EXCEPTIONS!

No tags will be given out from the office. NO EXCEPTIONS!

County 4-H Beef Weigh-In and Tagging

Mark your calendars!! The spring weigh-in for Coffey County 4-H Beef will be on Saturday, March 28th from 8:00 am until 10:00 am at Burlington Vet Clinic. Tags will be sold for $4.00 each. Remember, this will be the only day that market beef to be shown at the Coffey County Fair will be weighed & tagged. Please try to have animals broke and on a halter. All questions about tagging or livestock projects can be directed to the Extension Office.

We will accept CASH, CHECKS, AND CARDS as payment for tags, so please come prepared with payment for your tags that day.

ALL BREEDING BEEF NEED TO BE DESIGNATED & ID’d BY MARCH 28th!

Market Heifers need to be weighed in & tagged.

2nd year Bucket Calves must be weighed in.

Breeding Heifer’s just need to have an ID tag, does not have to be an EID tag. Breeding animals do not have to be present for weigh--in, but you’ll need to know their tag number to tell the Extension Office!

DEADLINES– MAY 1st!

1. This is the FINAL day that you may add/drop projects. Final enrollment date in order to enter anything in the 4-H portion of the Coffey County Fair. Double check your project enrollments with the office PRIOR to May 1st.

2. Market Beef Nominations Due .

3. 4-H Horse ID Forms Due.

4. Rabbit ID forms DUE .

SUMMER INTERN OPPORTUNITY

Apply by April 1st

The Coffey County Extension Office will be hiring a summer intern again this year. If you are inter-ested contact the office at 620-364-5313. Applications are due April 1st and are posted under the 4-H

section of our website under Scholarships/Applications at

http://www.coffey.k-state.edu/4-h/scholarshipsandapps/.

Interviews will take place mid-April.

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KAP CORNER As we round the corner and head into the home stretch of a new 4-H year, 4-Hers are reminded

that Citizenship and Leadership should be a consideration in your project activities. In fact for you older 4-H members this should be just as an important factor as your project learning activities. Leadership is usually more easily understood with leadership opportunities are more clearly identifiable and often more easily achieved. Citizenship on the other hand is somewhat more obscure and sometimes takes some cre-ative thinking and a little extra effort to identify and maybe even create. In the KAP both these aspects should be related to the particular KAP being completed. A question often asked is “what’s the differ-ence”?

Leadership is actively teaching another person or a group skills or information. It also includes organizing or coordinating an activity, event, or meeting; selecting and preparing materials, and selecting presenters. As a 4-Her gains experience, these leadership activities and sharing that experience and knowledge are expected to extend more and more to others outside the immediate family, to other 4-Hers and organizations.

Citizenship means helping out in your community and serving others without compensation. Citi-zenship may be undertaken alone, as a family or with your Club or group. What makes it somewhat con-fusing at times, is that Citizenship may also be leadership, IF you organized the activity and worked with the community contact to arrange the time, etc as well as participated.

Examples of citizenship include, but are not limited to:

1. Visiting nursing homes to entertain and/or to share your projects with the residents. 2. Caring for a neighbor’s livestock or garden during a vacation, holiday or illness. 3. Collecting, donating and/or sorting canned goods for a local food bank. 4. Cleaning a trail or roadway. 5. Donating materials, money or time to a soup kitchen, hospital, animal shelter, etc. 6. Working with people with disabilities. 7. Working as an assistant fair superintendent.

Club Fair T-Shirt Contest

Club entries for the County Fair T-Shirt Contest are due by March 25th.

1 T-Shirt Design per Club.

Digital Entries Preferred.

Theme: “From Pioneer Days to Modern Ways.

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YQCA is required for ALL livestock this year who show at KJLS or the Kansas State Fair!

http://www.coffey.k-state.edu/4-h/yqca/

Horse Project Meeting—March 22nd

4-H Horse Project Leaders Ethan and Jerry Rice would like to invite all 4-H Project Members to attend the first horse project meeting of the year! Meet at the Saddle Club Arena at 2pm on Sunday, March 22nd!

Shooting Sports Update

For a county to offer the Shooting Sports project and its various shooting disciplines the Kansas State 4-H Department requires a county to have filled the Shooting Sports Project Coordinator position as well a an individual certified as the instructor for a particular discipline before it can be offered in that county. This certification process is critical to protect the individual project instructors as well as the local 4-H Extension program from a liability standpoint.

****This year we DO NOT have volunteers certified to instruct any of the shooting sports projects in any elements except for Western Heritage. Therefore, and until further notice, only the Shooting Sports– Western Heritage project is offered in Coffey County 4-H for the 2020 4-H year. ***

If you are interested in becoming certified as a county coordinator and/or shooting sports instructor, then please contact Darl Henson as soon as possible at 620-364-5313 or dhenson@ksu.edu. There is a training scheduled for late March.

Junior Sheep Producer Day—March 14th

Join us for Kansas Junior Sheep Producer Day on March 14, 2020. Presentations and demonstrations by a featured speaker, as well as K-State faculty will cover topics such as selection, facilities and gen-eral care, health & vaccinations, nutrition, and showmanship. This interactive workshop is designed for all ages and skill levels. All participants will receive a T-shirt and complimentary lunch. Participant with registrations received after February 21st are not guaranteed a T-shirt.

Poultry Pullorum Testing

Due to continuation of the nationwide shortage of the antigen needed to conduct pullorum-typhoid testing in poultry, the Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Animal Health is waiving cer-tain poultry testing requirements for 2020. As a result, Kansas poultry owners do not need to test their exhibition birds for the pullorum disease while the waiver is in effect.

Although we still consider pullorum-typhoid testing important in maintaining pullorum-clean poultry

within Kansas, pullorum disease is rare. Due to this low risk of spread of pullorum disease, and the

fact that the antigen for testing will not be available, KDA is waiving the requirement for pullorum-

typhoid testing until January 1, 2021.

Discover Days—May 27-29th

This event is scheduled for May 27– May 29th at Kansas State University. It is open to all youth 13 to 18 years old. Additional information is available online. Registration is open March 1-April 15 online at www.kansas4-H.org Register early! Classes fill up fast! (CLICK HERE)

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Tractor Safety Course—(Date TBA) possibly May. Please contact the extension office if you are interested.

Pioneer Trail Camp—June 4-7th

4-H CAMP is June 4-7 at Rock Springs, the beautiful State 4-H Center is located near Junction City. This is for youth ages 9-13 as of the first day of camp. 4-Hers will be living with groups of 9 who are their age, with an older 4-Her or adult as their counselor. We will travel together to Rock Springs. Registrations are due in the of-fice by May 7th. Entry forms will be available in late March. The cost will be $205 and includes 9 meals, 3 nights and activi-ties. (Click Here)

WANTED: County Camp Counselors

If you are 15-18 years old and like to work with youth, we want you to be a counselor at Rock Springs 4-H Camp June 3-7! If interested, contact the office for an application form to be completed and returned to the Extension Office by April 29th. An application form will be posted to the “Pioneer Trails Camp” tab of the 4-H web page as soon as it is available. If selected as a counselor, camp counselor training will take place June 3rd. Camp Counselors registrations are paid for by 4-H Council! Go to Camp for FREE!!

Coffey County Fair

July 22-26th

“From Pioneer Days to Modern Ways”

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KSU Animal Science Youth Leadership Academy

Kansas high school youth are invited to apply for participation in a dynamic program designed to educate youth about the livestock industry through an engaging summer experience hosted by K-State Animal Scienc-es and Industry. The goal of this academy will be to further develop young leaders within the livestock indus-try and prepare them for a successful future in this field.

The event held June 24-27, will focus on increasing knowledge of Kansas’ diverse livestock industry, as well as building participant’s leadership skills. Twenty high school students will be selected to participate based upon educational, community, and agricultural involvement, as reflected through an application pro-cess.

The academy will welcome students to the Department of Animal Sciences and Industry at K-State and pro-vide on-campus housing. Students will receive interactive leadership training at Weber Hall and tour K-State Animal Science Facilities. The second portion of the program will allow students the opportunity to tour businesses and organizations within Kansas’ livestock industry. Applications are due April 15th.

WALK KANSAS runs March 15 through May 9, 2020.

This healthy living challenge is provided by K-State Research & Extension each spring. Enlist some friends to complete your team of 4-6, or sign up as an individual and we will assign you to a team. This is a great opportunity for youth as well! Sports practice, recess, and steps on your activity track-ers all count toward Walk Kansas minutes and can help your team reach its goal! Each team will choose one of three challenges to complete during the program:

Challenge 1) Each person reaches the minimum goal for physical activity- 2.5 hours of moderate/vigorous activity per week. Collectively, the team would walk 435 miles- the distance to visit the 8 Wonders of Kansas.

Challenge 2) Take a cross country trip through Kansas! Each person logs 4 hours of activity per week, which would take the team 764 miles.

Challenge 3) Walk a wondering trail from Little Balkans to Nicodemus- 1200 miles—with each per-son logging 6 hours of moderate/vigorous activity per week.

Registration is open February 18- March 20 on walkkansasonline.org or in the Extension Office. Fee is $10/person for adults, SCHOOL AGED youth (18 and younger) can participate for FREE!, with the option to purchase apparel at an additional cost.

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