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January 2025 4-H Newsletter

*** Inclement Weather Policy ***
If schools are cancelled due to weather, 4-H events and activities are cancelled as well. We will make the call before noon that day if county-wide or district-wide meetings are cancelled. 4-H Families will be notified about cancellations via email through our 4H Online system and a post on Facebook if we need to cancel meetings or activities at the
county level.
Dates to Remember
Mark Your Calendars!

Jan 02: LNCO Cloverbuds Meeting

Jan 09: MICO Cloverbuds Meeting

Jan 13: MICO Leadership Team Meeting

Jan 13: MICO 4-H Council Meeting

Jan 13: District Scholarship Deadline

Jan 15: Re-Enrollment Deadline

Jan 19: LNCO Leadership Team Meeting

Jan 22: LNCO 4-H Council Meeting

Jan 29: Club Leader Training Via Zoom


4-H Council Dates


Linn County 4-H Council's next meeting is January 22, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.


Miami County 4-H Council's next meeting is January 13, 2024 at 8:00 p.m.

Events in January



Marais des Cygnes District

Cloverbuds


LNCO Cloverbud Meeting is January 2 from 5:30-6:30p.m. at the Linn Co. 4-H Building. .


MICO Cloverbud Meeting is January 9 from 5:30-6:30p.m. at the Paola Office.


Topic for this month meeting is Foods.


Entomology Project Meeting


Date: Saturday, January 11th

Location: Allen County Extension Office

Starting Time: 1:00 p.m


I hope all of you had a very blessed and Merry Christmas!


We are going to focus on labels to go on the insects and identification at the January project meeting.


From 1:00 to 2:00 p.m I want to work with any of the 4-Hers that are changing from Option A to Option B.


Then from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. we will work on ID and labels for everyone. If you have not gotten the labels template from me please bring a zip drive for me to transfer the template to. Please bring insects you need help identifying.


If you are going to give a talk for 4-H Club Day, please bring it and practice at the meeting - it can be on any project. 



Remember, if the weather in our area is bad, check your emails to see if the meeting is called off. Please do not travel in bad weather for a project meeting. 

Questions? Call Vicky @ (620)804-9170.


District Scholarships!

District 4-H scholarship are now available for all 4-H Members who are high school seniors. Information was emailed to all seniors and can be found on the District website as well.


To learn more information and fill out the scholarship application, click here.


Applications are due

January 13, 2025 by 4:30pm!

Rabbit Club Meeting

 

The Rabbit Club meets the 2nd Wed.

bi-monthly. Our next meeting is

January 8, 2025

 

We will meet at the fairground at 7pm in building #3 or next to the show arena on the bleachers

 

Bunnies are welcome at any meeting.

For questions please call or text

KaCasy (KC) Smotherman at (913)7318403,

Ashley Barnes at (913)6050422 or

Kandas Gainer at (913)7090618


Enrollment is Open! Don't wait until it's too late, Enroll TODAY!

 

For steps to joining 4-H, selecting projects, or How to Guides for 4HOnline can be found on our website under Joining 4-H.

 

4-H Online is where you will do your enrollment.

 

Contact your local extension office with any questions regarding the enrollment process.

Get excited for another great year of 4-H!!

 

*** 4-H Members who are re-enrolling need to be signed up by

January 15 to show at your county fair. ***

 

New 4-H Members have until May 1 to enroll.

Keep in mind that some projects require an earlier enrollment to participate

 

MdC 4-H Policy & Procedures 2024-2025


4-H Enrollment Fees

 

Kansas 4-H has a $15 fee for all 4-H members to participate in 4-H. Adult Volunteers and Cloverbuds do not have a fee. ***Your enrollment fee should be paid at enrollment***. You can pay it either by credit card or check. If you pay by credit card and your credit card does not go through you will then have to send a check to the Kansas 4-H for the amount due.

 

You cannot pay at your local extension office, you are required to send your payment directly to the State 4-H Office.

 

Make your check payable to:

Kansas 4-H Youth Development

 

Please include each of your 4-Hers names on check in the memo line. So that payment will be applied to right family and kids

 

Mail your check to:

Kansas 4-H Youth Development

1612 Claflin Rd 201 Umberger Hall

Manhattan, KS 66506

 

NOTE: If you chose to pay by check at enrollment you must pay by check. 

You can not go back and pay by credit card after you mark pay by

check and have finished your child's enrollment.

 

*****IMPORTANT*****

If you do not pay, you will not be able to pre-enter in the FairEntry System. Please check your 4HOnline account periodically and make sure that you do not have a Payment Due.

2024- 2025 Kansas

4-H Program Fee Waivers

 

The 4-H Program Fee is $15 per member. Waivers are intended for those who need financial assistance. To receive a waiver, you must tell why you are requesting the waiver and it cannot be because you have always received a waiver.

 

Waivers are sponsored by generous donors to the Kansas 4-H Foundation.

 

Cloverbuds and Adult Volunteers do not have a program fee.

Kansas 4-H/FFA Dual Enrollment

 

4-H Youth Development and Agriculture Education/FFA promote teaching youth life skills. Both programs exist to maximize the participants’ knowledge of agriculture and its value to our communities while educating the young people to become productive citizens. Eligible youth may participate in both 4-H and FFA but shall avoid duplication. Therefore, the following principles are required to be used in delivering the 4-H and FFA programs in Kansas as we strive to educate youth.

 

·   When young people are members of both 4-H and FFA, they shall plan and manage separate projects, and/or supervised agriculture experiences (SAE) programs.

·   FFA and 4-H members may enroll in the same area of experience in 4-H and FFA, however; participants cannot identify, nominate, manage, keep records on, or exhibit the same plants, animals, etc. in both organizations. Members must designate exhibits as either FFA or 4-H at weigh-in, registration or similar deadline.

·   Members may participate in judging contests and related events in FFA and 4-H but cannot represent both organizations at a contest, show or event at the same time.


4-H Volunteers MUST ENROLL


All Adult 4-H Volunteers must enroll in 4-H Online to renew their volunteer status. Please enroll by January 15th


To enroll as an adult volunteer for the first time, sign in to your family account and add member. Club leaders and project leaders are required to enroll each year to maintain their screened volunteer status.



If you enroll as an adult volunteer and have not completed the screening process, you will be required to complete the volunteer screening process.

Volunteers Needed!


Volunteers are needed for SE Regional Record Book Screening on January 19 at Fredonia. This is a great opportunity for parents to learn more about record keeping, especially if your 4-H member would like to try for State Project Awards. Rides will be available.


Please contact Karla Hightower before January 9th if you are interested. She can be reached by email -> khightow@ksu.edu or phone at 913-294-4306.

Miami County Dog Training


All sessions start at 6:30pm in Building #3

or the little arena at the Miami County Fairgrounds unless otherwise specified.


Obedience

January 13; February 3 & 16

Linn County Dog Training

 

Jan 27th - 7pm Information meeting 

 

Obedience 

6:30-7:30pm – Beginner, Pre-Novice     

7:30-8:30pm -- Novice, Graduate Novice 



February 3, 10, 17, 24


March 3, 10?, 17, 24, 31


Note: You must attend at least 75%

of each of the discipline classes to

participate in the Fair Dog Show.

Save the Date for Upcoming Events

Presentation Day

The Presentation Day event will be February 22 from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. It is being held at Prairie View Middle School. We could use help setting up from 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM


Presentation Day guidelines and rules.


Group Registration *** Individual Registration

KS 4-H & Vanier Scholarships

The Kansas 4-H Scholarship process has been modified. These changes take effect for the 2024-25 scholarship application process.


The new scholarship process has combined the State 4-H Scholarships and the Vanier Family Scholarship Program (VFSP) applications together.


More information about the changes can be found on the Kansas 4-H Scholarship page.


All applications and letters of support must be submitted by March 1, 2025.

Youth Quality Care of Animals Training (YQCA)


Both the Linn County & Miami County Fairs require that all exhibitors in market and breeding livestock (Beef, Sheep, Meat Goats, and Swine) complete their YQCA Training each year. You can do it online or attend one of the following

in-person trainings:

 

Paola Trainings: March 18 at 10:00am and 2:00pm; April 16 at 6:30pm or May 28 at 6:30 pm.

All at the Paola Office.


Mound City Trainings: March 26 at 6:00pm & May 28 at 6:00pm at the Linn County 4-H Building.

June 10 at 2pm at the Mound City Office

You will need to sign up at the YQCA website to attend any of the above classes.
All YQCA trainings must be completed by June 15 to show at either fair.
To receive your certificate for KJLS or KSF, you must complete the pre- and post- test.

Opportunities

Marais des Cygnes District Livestock Judging 2025

 

We have three new livestock judging coaches who will be working with our District members who would like to learn more about livestock judging. They are planning a practice on January 6th at 6pm at Elliott Insurance Group Office in Paola.

 

The judging coaches are Chance Hager (Chance@elliottinsurancegroup.com), Kevin Hightower (dhtcattle@gmail.com), and Quinton Ford (Fordfarm15@gmail.com).

2025 4-H Camp Registration

 

Ready, set, register! All 4-H camp sessions are now available for registration online.

 

This includes mini camp, half week, full week, Leaders in Training (LIT), Counselors in Training (CIT) sessions, Specialty and Family camps. Family camps allow parents to attend with their campers.

 

Our finalized transportation schedule for next summer is available.

 

Miami County 4-H Foundation is awarding camperships to each MdC 4-H Member who attends camp this year. Use the promo code: SunFun75 for the 3-night or less camps or SunFun100 for the 5-night camps. This will give you $75 off the 3-night or less camps and $100 off the 5-Night camps.

Other Project Information


Horse Project Information


Horse ID Papers

 

Dear 4-H Horse Project Families:

 

The Kansas 4-H Horse ID Certificate (P1039) has been updated for the 2025 4-H program year. 

 

Beginning with the 2025 4-H program year, please use the new form and destroy previously used 4-H Horse ID Certificates.

 

As a reminder, to properly identify your horse, complete the 4-H Horse ID Certificate, have your Extension Agent sign it and copy it. A COPY of the Horse ID Certificate is kept on file in the Extension Office and the 4-H Horse member maintains the ORIGINAL certificate. The original certificate is presented by the 4-H member to show staff for check-in at the local 4-H horse shows.

 

Additionally, the 4-H Horse Show Rule book (S133) is being revised. When it is complete K-State will send a message through 4-H online with the new rule book information and other info needed to show this season. This will not affect any deadlines within the 4-H Horse project. Supplemental educational materials will also be released throughout the year to assist 4-H members, leaders and Extension staff with the 4-H Horse program.

 

Horse ID papers for the new 4-H year have been updated.

 

*** NOTE: OLD FORMS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED! ***

 

You will need to use the new form and follow the directions on that new form when you turn in your Horse Id's. You will need to start a new form this year for each horse you plan to use at events, county and state fair.



Shooting Sports Intro Letter

 

Shooting Sport Schedule 2024-2025

 

~ Notice ~

Before attending the Shooting Sports trainings, you must enroll in the Shooting Sports projects that you are planning to participate in. You will do this on 4H Online.

 

You must be 4-H Age of 8-18 to participate.

 

See the Schedule & Intro Letter for dates & times and requirements.

Shooting Sports Project Requirements & Changes

You must attend safety training to participate.

 

NEW THIS YEAR!

Archery Project requires that you attend 3 of the 6 practices and attend the safety training to compete in Fair Competitions.

Air Rifle and BB Project require that you attend 8 of the 18 practices and attend the safety training to compete in Fair Competitions.

 

Age Requirements (4-H Age as of January 1)

BB Project - 8-15

Archery Projects - 8-18

Air Riffle Project - 12-18

Shotgun Project - 12-18

Small Bore Project - 12-18

(If offered, depending on instructor availability)

 

You can join the Shooting Sports Project Club when enrolling in 4HOnline. It can be an additional club to your primary (Community) Club or as your main club.

 

Check out the MdC District website for more information.

You will find it under shooting sports on the 4-H Project Information Page.

 

We are asking that 1 parent from each family attend the practices to help their 4-H Member. Thank You for your willingness to help your child!

 

For questions please contact Shannon Moser at 913-371-2197 or

email her at mdc4hshootingsports@gmail.com

Congratulations!

Happy New Year!

We hope you had a good Holiday.

Let's work together to make this 4-H year

your best ever!

OTHER NEWS

State Events


Horse Panorama

  • February 22-23, 2025


Animal Science Event Dates & Deadlines


Citizenship in Action

  • February 16-17, 2025


Citizenship Washington Focus

  • June 18-28, 2025

Road Trip across the USA stopping to see Philadelphia, Gettysburg, the Liberty Bell, and more! Learn about U.S. Government with tours, mock legislatures, and tour monuments.

K-State Research and Extension is committed to providing equal opportunity for participation in all programs, services and activities. Accommodations for persons with disabilities may be requested by contacting the event contact Karla Hightower two weeks prior to the start of the event at 913-294-4306 or khightow@ksu.edu.  Requests received after this date will be honored when it is feasible to do so. 
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