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November Dates to

Remember:

Veterans Day

Office Closed

11th

Achievement Night 6:30pm

14th

KYLF-Rock Springs 20th-22nd

Clothing Cares, 6:30pm 23rd

Thanksgiving

Office Closed

26th-27th

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Candis Meerpohl

4-H Youth Development Agent

[email protected]

785-232-0062 ext.120

Brooke Gray

4-H Program Assistant

[email protected]

785-232-0062 ext.112

Kim Seeley

4-H Office Professional

[email protected]

785-232-0062 ext.111

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SHAWNEE COUNTY

4 -H CHATTERBOX

November 2015

I am so Thankful to be working with the wonderful families in Shawnee County! I hope your 4-H year got off to a good start!

There were a lot of opportunities to be involved in 4-H in October and I hope you took part in one or two of them.

Don’t forget to update your enrollment on 4-H online. You have to activate your account every year before you are officially in Shawnee County 4-H. You don’t want to miss those e-mails from project leaders!!!

Just a small list of things I’m thankful for today!

~The volunteers who judged OVER 100 record books on Oct. 7th

~The volunteers who worked the 4-H booth at the Mother Earth News Fair.

~The committees that are working hard on Achievement Night, Floats, January Jamboree and Jr./Sr. Lock-In.

~My Extension Office staff who is so wonderful Shawnee County was named the Extension Unit of the year!

~All of the youth who gave back to your community during 48hrs of 4-H.

Our 4-H family is a wonderful giving

community, thanks to you all for

making it a positive place to grow

great kids! ~Candis

Bread in a Bag: Join the Fun

Kansas Day is just around the corner and you know what that means ….. We need your help in making bread in a bag kits. We will be putting together bread in a bag kits for School Enrichment on Wednesday, December 23

rd at 1:00pm in the upstairs

meeting room. This is a great opportunity to spend time with your fellow 4-H friends, work on those measuring skills 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 us. 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 eleven programs offered to the elementary teachers in Shawnee County. Our programs are delivered in the spring semester.

If you plan to help, please call Brooke Gray at 232-0062 x112 or email [email protected]

by December 11th so we’ll know how many helpers to count on.

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4-H Achievement Night – Race to 4-H Achievement

Achievement Night is for all members to be recognized for their hard work for the 2014-2015 4-H year. The program will be November 14

th at Washburn Rural High School

doors open at 6pm and the program will start at 6:30pm. You will receive a formal invite in the mail if you were enrolled in 4-H online for the 2014-2015 year. New members in Oct. 2015 are invited to come as well!

To encourage youth to submit record books and to attend the 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 non-competitive record books but you will still 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. I’m looking forward to seeing all of you on Nov. 14th. There will be snacks and a dance after the program.

Wanted, Cookies and Brownies for Achievement Night!

The Achievement Night Refreshment Committee is asking families to donate two dozen cookies or a pan of brownies to serve at the Achievement Night

dance after the program.

Please bring your goodies with you to the event.

Thank You.

Quilting Club!

Our volunteer Mary Ann Anderson is once again offering a county wide Quilting Project Club! Youth 9 and older are welcome to the club and this year the project with be a log cabin pattern that can be made into a wall hanging, bag or pillow!

Please e-mail Candis to sign up for the club. They will meet six times 1/20, 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17 and 2/24 6:30-7:30pm at the Extension Office. There will be a limit on members for the group. You could have a fair project done by March!

A material list will be sent out prior to the class. If you would like to participate but don’t have a sewing machine e-mail

Candis. We are looking for a couple of machines for youth that do not have them.

Club Council Committees for the 2016 4-H year

The council places high importance on committees and asks elected Council Representatives to participate in at least two committees. Council Representatives are asked to serve as a chair on at least one committee.

Arts & Crafts Workshop/January Jamboree: 2017 Plan, organize, and conduct an arts and crafts workshop.

Clubs assigned to committee: Riverside & Shawnee Riders

Pancake Feed: Plan, organize, and conduct the annual pancake feed.

Clubs assigned to committee: Dover & Silver Lake

County 4-H Day Food: Plan and organize the serving of the food at 4-H Day.

Clubs assigned to committee: Dover & Grove

Fun Fair Activities: Plan, organize, and conduct Fun fair Activities at the Shawnee County Fair.

Clubs assigned to committee: Silver Lake & Shunga Valley

Friends of 4-H: Plan, organize and conduct an event to recognize all friends of 4-H at the Shawnee County Fair.

Clubs assigned to committee: Shunga Valley, Ad Astra & Horse Club

Youth Leadership Activities/ Lock-In: 2017 Plan, organize and conduct a youth leadership activity/ activities.

Clubs assigned to committee: Auburn & Indian Creek

Officer Training: Plan, organize and conduct officer training.

Clubs assigned to committee: Auburn & Exchange

Community Service/ Parade: Plan, organize and conduct at least one community service event in the county and assemble float(s) for one or more parades.

Clubs assigned to committee: Deer Trail & Ad Astra

Finance: Will manage the financial activities of the Events Council

Clubs assigned to committee: Indian Creek

Fair Dance: Plan, organize and conduct the Shawnee County 4-H Fair Dance.

Clubs assigned to committee: Rossville Rustlers & Paw Prints Dog Club

Achievement Event Decorating: Plan, organize and decorate for the Shawnee County Achievement Event.

Clubs assigned to committee: 2016 event— Deer Trail & Riverside

Achievement Event Food and Dance: Plan and organize the food and dance for the Shawnee County Achievement Event.

Clubs assigned to committee: 2016 event— Grove & Bunny Bunch Rabbit Club

Trips & Awards: Plan, organize and conduct recognition events. Select recipients for scholarships awarded through Events Council.

Clubs assigned to committee: Ambassadors

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Clothing Cares with their fun fall hot pads.

Our next meeting will be November 23rd @ the Farm Bureau Bldg starting at 6:30pm. We will be making rice bags and Christmas Hot Pads to donate to the Ronald McDonald House Holiday Cookie Walk.

Come join the fun!

Contact Tamara or Angie McConnell with any questions. 213-2353 or 213-8215 or [email protected]

Motion Commotion

On October 14th employees Bryan Boutz, Louis Funk, and Shaine Reeves from Bartlett & West, Inc. along with 4-H Pro-

gram Assistant Brooke Gray presented the 4-H National Youth Science Experiment, Motion Commotion. This hands on activity discussed the science of motion, Newton’s Three Laws, and how it relates to speed and stopping distance. Sev-enty-two 6-8

th graders from French Middle School, USD 501, participated in the activity.

I would like to thank our volunteers Louis Funk, Shaine Reees and Bryan Boutz for helping facilitate the activity. Bryan Boutz took the lead on gathering all the materials and presenting the activity. Thank you Bryan!

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Clothing Cares Project Club

Re-Enroll in 4-H Today!

Click Here: 4honline.com

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2016 Kansas 4-H Ambassador Training News

The 2016 Kansas 4-H Ambassador Training will be February 19-20 at the Rock Springs 4-H Center. It is open to all county/district 4-H Ambassadors, ambassador advisors and Extension staff. The theme is “Rockin’ and Rollin’ with 4-H Ambassadors.” There will be workshops, speakers, fun and fellowship. Full details will be posted on the Kansas 4-H web site by December 15th. The Kansas 4-H Ambassador Action Team accepts members (teens, volunteers and Extension staff) year-round. For more information, please call Deryl Waldren at 785-462-6281, or e-mail him at [email protected].

The 2016 Youth in Action Awards Are Open for Submissions

National 4-H Council’s Youth in Action Awards recognize outstanding 4-H’ers who epitomize 4-H youth empowerment and leadership. This prestigious award will honor four confident, accomplished 4-H’ers who have gained critical life skills through their 4-H experience and have utilized those skills to overcome a challenge, or challenges, they have faced. Each winner will receive a $5,000 scholarship for higher education, be featured as the 4-H Youth Spokesperson, and receive an all-expenses paid trip to Washington, D.C. to be recognized at National 4-H Council's Legacy Awards and have the chance to win an additional $5,000 and named the national youth spokesperson of 4-H for the year. The winners’ county 4-H program will receive a $5,000 grant to support the growth and impact of programs and activities related to the winner’s pillar area. The call for application submissions is open now through November 30th at www.4-h.org/youthinaction where you can find full guidelines and learn more about Youth in Action. For questions e-mail [email protected].

Kansas 4-H Horse Volunteer of the Year

By Pam Van Horn All across Kansas there are 4-H Horse Volunteers that are making a difference in the lives of 4-H members. Now, is the chance to honor those volunteers for their dedication and commitment to youth by nominating them for the Kansas 4-H Horse Volunteer! The entire nomination process is on the Horse page of the Kansas 4-H website. All materials are due to the State Office on Nov. 30

th and must be received in the county office on November 23

rd. All

applications for the award have to be sent from the County Extension Office. The Winner of the award will be notified by January 1

st. The winner will receive a plaque and $50 cash award to be

donated to a local 4-H club or event.

2015 Annual Achievement Night “Race to 4-H Achievement” this November 14th at Washburn High School!

Mark Your Calendar

2016 January Jamboree, Saturday, January 2nd

2016 Jr/Sr Leadership Lock-in, January 16th

2016 Club Days, February 13th

2016 Summer Camp Dates for the OZ-Some Summer camp are

June 4th thru the 7th.

2016 Shawnee County Fashion Revue: July 15th

2016 Shawnee County Horse Show: July 16th & 17th

2016 Shawnee County Fair: July 21st to the 24th

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Club News

Riverside Club

On October 4th 2015, the 4-H kick-off party was held at Reynolds Lodge in Topeka at

Shawnee Lake. It started at 2:00pm and ended at 4:00pm. Shawnee Co. 4-H Paw-Prints provided an agility course for dogs. People brought their dogs and had a fine time running them through the course. There were games out back and projects, snacks and a DJ in the shelter house. The projects were shown to help tell people what Riverside 4-H does. ~Reporter, Lauren Drum

Deer Trail Club

How are bunnies and quilts similar? Deer Trail members discovered three ways during the program at our monthly meeting on October 19

th. Two of our

members gave project talks that the whole club enjoyed.

Cora Stover spoke about the quilt she entered into the fiber arts category at the fair. The vibrantly colored ragtime quilt was covered with hearts and Cora’s initials. She explained that the hardest part was cutting the strips, lining up the pieces, and measuring the blocks and strips.

Sierra Nelson showed us her rabbit, Brody, a mini-rex with a broken otter color. Brody, though only a year old, has won multiple awards at the fair. Sierra has several other rabbits and will soon be the proud owner of several more. She loves all of her rabbits and plans to show them at future fairs.

So how are bunnies and quilts the same? Cora and Sierra both revealed that they’re soft, and they

each take a lot of hard work, but in the end they’re worth your while. ~Reporter, Blythe Landon

Cora (Left) displays her quilts with her cousin Jade

Sierra and Brody

During the month of October, the Riverside 4-H Club went to Harvester's Food Bank for 48 hours of 4-H. This was our service project for the month. We had 27 members and adults come to fill backpacks full of food for hungry children across the state. We were able to pack 1,785 backpacks! This will ensure that kids across the state will get healthy meals to eat. We worked together and had a fun time doing it.

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Club News

The Silver Lake 4-H Club participated in the Eaglefest on September 19, at the First Baptist Church. Darlene Alexander, Bernice Ruby and Anna Ruby promoted our Silver Lake 4-H club, and four new families were interested in joining our club. The activities that they did at our booth was an egg race, egg toss, decorating cookies, making boxes, and a three legged race. 120 cookies were decorated at the 4-H booth.

The club held their October 4-H meeting across the street from the Alexander's house. At the meeting they had a hay rack ride, a cook out, and voted in the new officers. Their new officers for 2015-2016 are President-

Nathan Ruby, Vice President-Mariah Royer, Secretary-Keith Nagy, Treasurer-Emily Russell, Council reps.- Chris Ortega and members Keith Nagy and Allison Ortega, song leaders Maggie and Martina Royer, Recreation leaders-Sheldon Weber, Ella and Olivia Day. Thank you to the Alexanders for providing the goodies for our cook out and to Gene for the enjoyable ride on the hay rack.

On October 16, the Silver Lake 4-H club had a float in Silver Lake's homecoming parade. There were eight kids on the float. The kids had fun throwing candy to kids. Thank you to Andrea Day for decorating and providing all the decorations for our 4-H Float, to David Nagy for the use of his trailer, and to Shannon Weber and Bernice Ruby for picking the kids up from school.

We couldn't do it without all the families that help make our

club so great!~Reporter, Anna Ruby

Silver Lake 4-H Club

Have you ever wanted to take your dog to 4-H camp at Rock Springs?

Paw Prints Dog Club members got to do just that October 17-18

for the State Dog conference where the theme was All About that

Dog! We got to stay at Rock Springs with our Dogs and take

classes on dog care and training.

Some classes were on Agility and Dog First Aid. There were also

activities like making a Para cord lead and Canine Good Citizen

testing. There was even a costume contest and talent show.

On Sunday many club members participated in a Quiz Bowl

where we competed against other dog lovers in the state to

answer questions about subjects like dog anatomy and showing

dogs. We had fun together at Dog Conference.

Paw Prints Project Club

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.

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

November

2 Bunny Bunch 7:00pm, EMR

5 Exchange 7:00pm, Shawnee Co. Farm Bureau

11 Office Closed/ Veterans Day

12 Executive Events Council, CR

14 Achievement Night 6:30pm, Washburn Rural

High School

19 Ambassador Mtg., 6:30pm, CR

20-22 KYLF Rock Springs Ranch

23 Paw Prints, 7:00pm, EMR

23 Deadline to submit articles to Chatterbox

24 Fair Board, 7:00pm, EMR

26-27 Office Closed/Thanksgiving

December

7 Bunny Bunch 7:00pm

8 Extension Council Exec. Board 5:30pm, EMR

9 Livestock Committee, 7:30pm, CR

10 Events Council Exec., 6:15pm, CR

Events Council Meeting 7:00pm, EMR

17 Ambassador Mtg., 6:30pm, CR

23 Deadline to submit articles to Chatterbox

23 Assembling Bread in a Bag Kits 1:00pm, EMR

24-25 Office Closed/ Christmas

28 Paw Prints, 7:00pm, EMR