4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

NEWSLETTER

21 Central District

"TO MAKE THE BEST BETTER"

4-H Council Meetings

Edwards County: Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 7:00 pm at the Lewis Grade School Cafeteria.

Stafford County: Saturday, February 22, 2025 after Club Day.

Shooting Sports BB Gun & Air Rifle

2025 Practice starts start Tuesday, January 7th at 5:30 pm at the Edwards County Fairbuilding. If you have any questions, reach out to Trisha. She will continue to send out text reminders.

SAVE THE DATES FOR 4-H:

January

• Thursday - Jan 16th - Regional Record Book Judging in Scott City
• Friday - Jan 17th - SFCO YEC Last Day to sign-up
• Thursday - Jan 30th - EDCO 4-H Council Meeting at the Lewis Elementary School

February

• Wednesday - Feb 5th - Registration Due for Swine Producer Day
• Friday - Feb 7th - SFCO YEC Executive Summary Due
• Saturday - Feb 8th - SFCO Beef Weigh-In & Tagging from 8 to 11am at Siebert Farms
• Wednesday - Feb 12th - SFCO YEC Competition at the Stafford County Annex Building
• Saturday - Feb 15th - EDCO Club Day starting at 9am at the Lewis Elementary School
• Sunday to Monday - Feb 16th & 17th - Citizenship in Action in Topeka
• Saturday - Feb 22nd - SFCO Club Day starting at 9am at the St John HS
• Saturday - Feb 22nd - SFCO 4-H Council Meeting starting at Noon at the St John HS
• Wednesday - Feb 26th - Registration due for Goat Producer Day

March

• Saturday - Mar 1st - JR. Swine Producer Day in Manhattan
• Friday - Mar 7th - Cattlemen's Day
• Friday - Mar 14th - Regional Club Days in Great Bend
• Monday to Friday - Mar 17th to 21st - Project Fest during Spring Break TBA
• Saturday - Mar 22nd - Jr. Goat Producer Day in Manhattan
• Saturday - Mar 22nd - Super Saturday in Colby

FAIR T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST - ENTRIES DUE BY FRIDAY, JANUARY 31ST

Please send all entries to Jewell at jewellg@ksu.edu. The shirts will be voted on during your county's designated 4-H club days.

The Stafford County Fair will take place from July 15 to July 19, 2025. This year's theme is "Blue Jeans & Country Dreams!"

The Edwards County Fair is scheduled for July 7 to July 12, 2025. We will send out another communication regarding the theme, as it has not yet been selected and will be announced later this month.

Citizenship In Action Registration is now open! Space will be limited so please register ASAP!

Would you like to have more influence in laws and rules that affect your life? Then you’ll want to go to Kansas 4-H Citizenship in Action! This two day event is sponsored by the State 4-H Youth Leadership Council. The purpose of the event is for Kansas youth to learn how the state legislative process works and how their voice and participation in decision-making can make a difference in their local communities. The legislative visit will not only familiarize youth with the capitol building, but will also show them how they can affect the legislative process.

When: February 16-17, 2025

Where: Topeka KS - Hotel Topeka at City Center (formerly Capitol Plaza)

Who: Youth 13-18 years old by January 1 of the current year

Registration Deadline: January 24, 2025 Register HERE

**New Opportunity** Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge

The goal is to expose Kansas middle school and high school students to entrepreneurship. This local competition is made possible by the generous support of Network Kansas. This competition is open to youth grades 7th-12th. Teams can consist of 1 to 4 students.

Stafford County Dates

January 17th Last Date to Sign Up

February 7th Executive Summary (Request Funding) Due Date

February 12th YEC Competition at the Stafford County Annex Building

April 17th YEC State in Manhattan

Pin Application Options:

For pin applications it states you must attend one 4-H club or county/district event. You may now attend the YEC event as a fulfillment to your pin application.

**Reminder**: By participating in the local 4-H Club Day, you may qualify for the Regional 4-H Club Days. Additionally, participating in the local YEC competition could qualify you for the State YEC Competition (note that there is no YEC regional competition available).

**FOR EDWARDS COUNTY:** A similar local competition will be held, and we will share more details as soon as we receive them from Edwards County Economic Development. Please anticipate a similar schedule and plan for the competition to take place in February.

Make sure to read the pin applications thoroughly and contact Jewell Glover at 620.549.3502 or email jewellg@ksu.edu for more information.

4-H CLUB DAY DATES & INFORMATION

Stafford County 4-H Club Day is February 22nd at the St John High School.

Edwards County 4-H Club Day is in February 15th at the Lewis Elementary School.

Regional Club 4-H Club Day is in March 14th in Great Bend.

We encourage 4-H members to consider what they would like to participate in at 4-H Club Days. There are Speaking, Music, and Talent events, along with Parliamentary procedures. You may also compete in groups for example a skit. See Revised (December 2025) District 4-H Club Day Guidelines

County 4-H Club Day Entry Form or visit the website

District 4-H Club Entries DUE Friday, January 31st. We will send out communications about sign up genius online version for entries. If you prefer a paper form, they are available in the office, on here, or on our website. Please turn the paper entries to Jewell or email to jewellg@ksu.edu.

**Attention:** If you are unable to participate in the local 4-H event, we have added another competition: the Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge (see details above). Please note that this new competition takes place before local 4-H club days. We highly encourage all 4-H members to participate in both competitions.

4-H Membership ACHIEVEMENT PINS: We have updated our website with the new applications.

Save the Date for K-State Junior Producer Days

Swine  Saturday, March 1, 2025

Goat  Saturday, March 22, 2025

Plan ahead! Every year, K-State has Junior Producer Days in Manhattan. Beef and Sheep days are held in the even years, and Swine and Meat Goat days are held in the odd years. For more information click HERE!

Click HERE to register!

**Attention: Change to Record Books**

We would like to inform you about some important changes to the record book forms. To help streamline the process, we strongly recommend using the **Setting 4-H Project Goals** form. Completing this form will fulfill section one of the project report form.

Additionally, we are providing the **Project Report Evaluation Score Sheet** as a resource. This score sheet will be used to evaluate 4-H Record Books at the local level. If a 4-H member qualifies for regional or state record book judging, a new evaluation score sheet will be issued, and updates to the local evaluation book will be required.

Most importantly, the **Kansas 4-H Project Recognition Check Sheet** is now mandatory for all record books. This is a new requirement for the current 4-H year. We have created an internal 21 Central District - 4-H Record Book Instructions as a helpful resource checklist. You may use this as well to help guide you in completing a record book.

See our website for more information about record books.

As always, don't hesitate to call the office at 620.549.3502 or 620.659.2149.

UPCOMING 4-H EVENTS: See what's happening this year. Please take note that there are county-specific deadlines.

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