K-State Research and Extension Finney County

June - July 2017

4-H Youth Clover Connection

Finney Co. Fair Edition

THANK YOU!! FINNEY COUNTY

PARENTS, 4-H VOLUNTEERS,

FINNEY COUNTY 4-H

CLUBS AND MEMBERS, FOR YOUR

CONTINUED SUPPORT!

4-H Highlights

Fair Entry Process

Finney County Fair News

Concession Stand Schedule

Photography News

Poultry Testing Date

Livestock Information

Horse Information

Club Corner

Calendar

Finney County Fair Entry Process

1) Go to the following FairEntry website: https://finney-county.fairentry.com. You should see the “2017 Finney County Fair” text and logo on the main page.

2) Log-in using your 4-HOnline username and password. There will be a separate log-in screen for users who already have a 4-HOnline profile. (Contact the Finney County Extension Office if you forgot your password or need help logging in).

3) Once successfully logged in, follow the steps on the screen to make your entries in each department.

4) If entering in both 4-H & Open Class, you can make all entries once you log-in.

Helpful Hints:

“4-H Static” includes the following project areas: Cloverbuds, De-mos/Talks, Educational Displays, Energy Management, Forestry, Geology, Entomology, Home Environment, Photography, Shooting Sports, Space Tech, Visual Arts & Crafts, and Wood-working.

Friday, June 30th is the deadline for livestock stall reservations & en-tries. (4-H & Open Class). Livestock Insurance and stall fees will be col-lected. Friday, July 7th is the deadline for entries for the following 4-H pro-jects: photography consultation judging, food & nutrition consultation judging, clothing construction & fashion revue, horse/horse waiver, rabbits, poultry, arts & crafts consultation, demonstrations & illustrated talks. Requests for display space for BOTH 4-H & Open Class.

A family help guide was sent out to families. Please contact Tayla if you need help with your entries.

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Finney County Fair News

Finney County Fair Window Painting 4-H Clubs will have the opportunity to earn up to $50 for painting local

business windows prior to the Finney County Fair. Flyers have been sent out

to clubs and window paint can be picked up at the Extension Office.

Finney County Fair Books Hard copies of the 2017 fair book is available for purchase at the Extension Office. They will cost $5/

book again this year. The fair book will also be available online at the Finney County Extension

webpage under the Finney County Fair tab.

4-H Club Fundraiser for Finney County Fair

Each 4-H Club is invited to bring a basket to the Finney County Fair. We will have a silent auction of

these club baskets and all proceeds for the basket will go to the respective clubs. This will be a great

way to promote our 4-H Clubs and raise some money for each club. These baskets will need to be on

the fairgrounds by 5PM on Tuesday, July 25th. The winners of the silent auction will be announced

at the 4-H Awards Ceremony on Sunday, July 30th. Clubs, when purchasing your baskets, please do

not exceed $50. Bids will begin at $50.

Finney County Fair 4-H T-Shirts

Western Motor will once again be sponsoring 4-H Shirts for all Finney County 4-H members,

Cloverbuds, and community club leaders. For those of you who wish to purchase a fair shirt, we

need to know quantities and sizes by Friday, June 30th.

Sizes Available:

Youth Small - Large $8.25/shirt Adult Small - X-Large $8.25/shirt Adult 2X $9.75 Adult 3X $11..25 Adult 4X $12.75

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Finney County Fair 4-H Concession Stand

We have secured a manager for the 4-H Concession Stand at the Finney County Fair this year.

David and Rebecca Kilgore will once again be managing the 4-H Concession Stand. The concession

stand needs the help of our 4-H Clubs! Tayla has completed a work schedule and needs each club to

discuss who will work each shift. The schedule is as follows:

Time Wednesday, July 26 PER CLUB 10 am - 1pm Happy Hustlers 2 People

Finney Flyers

1 pm - 3 pm Beacon Boosters 2 People

Tigers & Wildcats

3 pm - 6 pm Kourageous Kids 2 People

Sherlock Strivers

6 pm - 9 pm Wide Awake 3 People

Time Monday, July 24 PER CLUB 10 am - 4pm All Clubs work to serve meals to judges. 2 People/Club

Time Tuesday, July 25 PER CLUB 10 am - 4pm All Clubs work to serve meals to judges. 2 People/Club

Time Thursday, July 27 PER CLUB 10 am - 2 pm Wide Awake 3 youth, 2 adults

Beacon Boosters

2 pm - 4 pm Kourageous Kids 2 people

Happy Hustlers

4 pm - 6:30 pm Finney Flyers 3 youth, 2 adults

Tigers & Wildcats

6 pm - 9pm Sherlock Strivers 3 youth, 2 adults

9 pm - 11 pm Adults (1 adult from each club) 1 adult - each club

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Concession Stand Schedule Continued...

Time Friday, July 28 PER CLUB 10 am - 2 pm Kourageous Kids 5 youth, 4 adults

Tigers & Wildcats

2 pm - 4 pm Sherlock Strivers 2 people

Beacon Boosters

4 pm - 7 pm Wide Awake 3 youth, 2 adults

7 pm - 10 pm Happy Hustlers 3 youth, 2 adults

Finney Flyers

9 pm - 11 pm Adults ( 1 adult from each Club) 1 adult - each club

Time Saturday, July 29 PER CLUB 10 am - 2 pm Sherlock Strivers 5 youth, 4 adults

2 pm - 4 pm Wide Awake 2 people

Tigers & Wildcats

4 pm - 7 pm Happy Hustlers 3 youth, 2 adults

Finney Flyers

7 pm - 10 pm Beacon Boosters 3 youth, 2 adults

Kourageous Kids

9 pm - 11 pm Adults (1 adults from each Club) 1 adult - each club

Fresh Produce Requested for the Concession Stand

Rebecca has also asked that families donate fresh grown produce. If there are any members who have gardens as a project and have extra lettuce, tomatoes, watermelon, fruits, etc. they can bring them for their shift to furnish menu items or toppings. That would be another way to showcase what all our 4-Hers can do!

Photo Mats Available! Photography members! We have plenty of photo mats ready to be purchased at the Extension

Office. Please make sure to come in and get all that you will need in order to complete your photo

entries for the Finney County Fair. They will be $1.20/mat or 5 for $6.00.

Photography Project Meeting - June 29th

A Photography Project Meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, June 29 at 7 p.m. in the Large Side of 4-H Building.

Topic: How to pick competitive photos

Bring cameras, memory card with photos you are considering for entry into the 2017 Fair.

Also discussed will be how to present photos/self to judges and how judging will work this year.

Please RSVP to Pansy at pbeef@wbsnet.org by Tuesday June 27.

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Photography News

Poultry Testing

If you have poultry that you plan on bringing to the Finney County Fair, they will need to be bled

and tested for a variety of poultry diseases. We have scheduled this for Tuesday, June 27th

beginning at 7AM and lasting until about 9AM. Please try to make it between those times. We will

do the tests on the fairground by the Extension Office

1. Chickens or other game birds under 16 weeks of age do not need tested.

2. Turkeys less than 12 weeks of age do not need tested

3. Ducks or other water fowl are not required to be tested either, but can be tested if requested.

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Livestock Information

Youth Livestock Business Meeting - July 10th

All livestock youth participating in the Premium Auction will be required to contact buyers and

businesses inviting them to the Finney County Fair Premium Auction. This is extremely important to

complete BEFORE the fair. The buyer reservation cards must be turned in to Tuesday, July 25th. You

may turn these in when you check in your livestock, but NOT after this date.

You will receive your packets of your assigned contacts at the youth livestock meeting that will be

held on Monday, July 10th. We will have a meal provided for livestock families and livestock/fair

superintendents beginning at 5:30PM with the meeting beginning promptly at 6PM. This meeting is

mandatory for all livestock exhibitors.

Kansas State Fair/Kansas Junior Livestock Show Entries

Entry Forms for Kansas State Fair and Kansas Junior Livestock Show are due as follows:

The nominations do NOT count as an entry for KSF/KJLS!!

Kansas State Fair: September 8 - 17, 2017

Entries are due by July 15, 2017

Kansas Junior Livestock Show: September 29 - October 1, 2017

Entries are due by August 15, 2017

Finney County Fair Livestock Updates

Because of the heat, youth will be allowed to bring in tack and all livestock beginning at 8am on

Tuesday, July 25th. All animals must be on the fairgrounds by weigh-in. Times are listed on the fair

schedule.

Sheep and Goat vet checks will be done as animals are weighed. Sheep and Goats will be allowed to

be in livestock buildings prior to being checked by a veterinarian.

SOUTHWEST DISTRICT HORSE SHOW

Save the date for the Southwest District Horse Show. It will be held on Thursday, June 29th in

Dodge City.

SOUTHWEST SPECTACULAR HORSE SHOW

Save the date for the Southwest Spectacular Horse Show. It will be held on Saturday, July 8th at the

Finney County Fairgrounds. Flyer is available on the Finney County Extension webpage.

HORSE LEVEL TESTING

The Kansas 4-H Horse Standard of Excellence consists of four achievement levels (I, II, III, IV), each of

which contains three sections: knowledge, leadership, and horsemanship skill attainment. Once

participants successfully pass the required sections, they will receive certification of achievements

and be granted the right to advance to the next level.

Intermediate (ages 10 to 13) youth who wish to participate at the District and/or State horse show

must have successfully met the requirements of all three sections of Achievement Level I prior to the

entry deadlines for their District show. Showmanship and Halter class participants must pass the first

two sections of Achievement Level I, plus the Groundwork portion of the skill test prior to their

District qualifying 4-H Horse Show entry deadline.

Senior (ages 14 to 18) youth who wish to participate in the District and/or State horse show must

complete all three sections of Achievement Level II prior to the entry deadline for their District show.

Showmanship and Halter class participants must pass the first two sections of Achievement Level II,

plus the Groundwork portion of the Level I skill test prior to their District qualifying 4-H Horse Show

entry deadline. Senior youth who wish to participate in the 2-year-old snaffle bit futurity and the 3-

year-old futurity projects must be Achievement Level II certified prior to the May 1 nomination

deadline.

Contact the Extension Office to schedule a time to complete your test.

FINNEY COUNTY FAIR HORSE SHOW

The Finney County Fair Horse Show will be held on Saturday, July 22nd.

This show will NOT include seed events. Speed events will be held

separately on Thursday, July 27th. See Finney County Fair Schedule for

full details.

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Horse Information

ADULT SUPERINTENDENTS:

If you are interested in becoming a superintendent in one or more project areas, we

would love to have your leadership for this year’s Finney County Fair. 4-H and Open Class

superintendent opportunities are available in the following areas:

Adult Superintends are greatly needed in Open Class Foods, Open Clothing & Textiles

(Not Quilting), & Open Class Arts & Crafts

JUNIOR SUPERINTENDENTS STILL NEEDED!

We are currently looking for Junior Superintendents for this year's Finney County Fair! We would like

to have 4-Hers present at check-in times, during judging, and to help clean up during the Finney

County Fair. For livestock projects, you would help pass out ribbons, hand out or collect cards during

the show. We would advise you to become a superintendent in an area that you will not be

exhibiting; this is especially true for livestock projects.

If you are interested, please contact Tayla at the Finney County Extension Office. The phone number

at the office is 620-272-3670, I will respond to texts at 719-571-0514, or email tlcannella@ksu.edu.

Project Areas Available:

Beef, Cloverbuds, Demonstrations/Ill. Talks, Duct Tape, Educational Displays, Energy

Management, Entomology, Fashion Revue/Clothing, Fiber Arts, Crops, Flowers, Foods, Food

Preservation, Gardening, Goats, Horses, Models/Blocks/Legos, Pets, Photography, Poultry,

Rabbits, Sheep, Space Technology, Swine, Visual Arts & Crafts, and Woodworking.

SUPERINTENDENT’S PRE-FAIR MEETING

Thank you to all of those who have or will be serving as a superintendent for a project

area at the Finney County Fair. We have scheduled a superintendent meeting for all

project areas (excluding livestock superintendents) on Monday, July 10, 2017. There will

be a meal served at 6PM for all superintendents and the meeting will

begin at 7PM. Please be sure to attend this very important meeting. We

decided to have it earlier to give everyone more time to prepare for the

county fair. Please also note that we will have fair set-up for the

Exhibition Building and Grandstand Meeting Room on Saturday, July

22nd beginning at 8AM.

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Superintendents Needed!!

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June

1-2 Discovery Days

Wildcat Sewing Camp

6 HOK Counselors to Rock Springs

7-10 Heart of Kansas Camp @ Rock Springs

8-9 Lakeside Camp @ Scott Lake

15 Nominations due for KSF/KJLS

24 Summer Reading Petting Zoo

29 SW District Horse Show

27-30 4-H Campference

29 Photography Project Meeting

30 Livestock Entries/Stall Reservations/

Insurance DUE

July

4 Independence Day—Office Closed

7 4-H Entries Due (see pg. 1)

8 Southwest Spectacular Horse Show

15 KSF Livestock Entries Due

18 Clothing Construction, Fashion Revue

Fiber Arts Judging

20 Home Environment Tours

21 Demonstrations & Ill. Talks Contest

22 Horse Show & Pet Show

24-30 Finney County Fair

August

2 Carcass Show

15 Ribbon Premium Checks Available for Pick-up

Calendar of Events

The Kourageous Kids club meeting took place on May 7, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. at the Grandstand Meeting Room. 16 out of 16 members attended along with 3 leaders and no guests. Our pledges were led by Alex Scott and roll call was taken by Zephaniah Prince. Our current balance is $1,543.65. We discussed the Beef Empire Days parade which will be on June 10, 2017. A spring livestock show will take place on May 30 - June 2nd in Manhattan, Kansas. Our parliamentarian shared with us 3 ways to make a motion; 1. Add something that hasn’t been in the meeting. 2. Eliminate something old or unnecessary. 3. Change something in the meeting. For recreation we played Simon Says. Our next meeting will take place on June 11, 2017 at the 4-H building. Hope to see you there!!!

Remember to send your monthly club reports to tlcannella@ksu.edu. They will be featured in the next newsletter.

Club Corner Kourageous Kids

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Please contact:

Tayla Cannella

County Extension Agent,

4-H Youth Development

620-272-3670

719-571-0514

tlcannella@ksu.edu

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