This summer is in full swing! Please take a few minutes are read this month's newsletter to get information about the County Fair!

Kingman County Fair

Fair Entries

Thank you to everyone who submitted Fair Entries! I know it is early, but the Fair Board has used those numbers already!  If you need to take off any entries, you can do so until June 14. You can log back into your FairEntry.com account and make those changes. If you would rather, just email Melissa and she can make those changes for you. 

Fashion Revue Scripts

All scripts for the public Fashion Revue are due to Melissa by 5:00 pm on Friday, June 28.  Please email those to mthimesch@ksu.edu.  The form to submit your scripts can be found here. Seniors will also need to submit a cost per wear form, which can be found here.  

Extension Cords in Livestock Barns

This year, please plan to use 12-gauge extension cords for livestock in the barns. Hopefully this will help with the power usage during the fair.  

Photography and Art Prep Workshop

Do you have questions on how to prepare your photography or art exhibits for the fair? We will be holding a come and go workshop from 3:00 to 6:00 on Friday, July 12 at the Extension Office. Members can bring items during that time and we can help them get ready for the fair. If members need to purchase photo boards those will also be available for $2 each. 

Find the 4-H Section of the Kingman County Fair Book HERE!

Sugar Content in Food Exhibit Items

As members prepare items in the Food Department, please remember for items to be self-stable, we need to account for the sugar content in items with frosting and fillings. Here is a worksheet that will help you determine the safety of your items. Please remember, that the sugar content in frostings and fillings needs to be higher than 65%. 

Fair Superintendents Needed

Would you like to help out at the Fair this year? We need some Fair Department Superintendents. This job would include working with the judge to make sure all entries are judged, making sure all entry cards are marked and returned to the fair office, making sure all entries have ribbons attached to them, and making the department entries nice and neat for the fairgoers to enjoy. We need Superintendents for the following areas Pets, Home Environment, 4-H and Open Class Woodworking, Open Class Quilts, and Open Class Recycled. If you are interested, please let Melissa know.

Public Fashion Revue

This year the Public Fashion Revue will be held at the Kingman Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. The date for this event will be July 14^th at 2:00 pm.

Upcoming Activities

Summer Engagement Grant Library Sessions

This summer Kingman County has two Interns who are funded through a grant with KSRE and the Kansas Department of Education. Janelle Belt and Gracie McDorman are our interns and we are so happy they are in the office. They have many fun activities planned for this summer. 

Norwich Public Library will be Mondays in June from 9-11 am.

Zenda Public Library will be Tuesdays in June and July at 10 am

Kingman Public Library will be Wednesdays in June and July at 1:30 pm

Cunningham Public Library will be Thursdays in June and July at 10 am

Please check with the libraries for any holiday changes. 

Please join us if you can!

Club Corner

Hawk club’s May meeting and announcements

The Hawk Club met on May 13, 2024 at 7pm at the Livingston’s Community Building. The poultry project meeting was held at 6:30pm before the 4H meeting. Colin Dye led the Pledge of Allegiance and 4-H pledge. Members answered the roll call question “What are your summer plans?” Luke Ziegler led the birthday song and “Five Little Ducks”song. Lane Smith led the recreation game “Tag”. Shirley Boos, the leader, announced that Wild Horse 4-H Camp will be held on June 11-13th at Silver Maple Campgrounds. She announced that the Babysitting Clinic will be on May 31st and the deadline to register is May 24th. She also announced that Tractor Safety Training will be held in Harper on Thursday, May 23rd and the 4H Day Camp will be on Friday, May 31^st at the Pratt Area 4-H Center (Pratt County Fair Grounds). The deadline to register for this event is May 17th. Shirley encouraged everyone to read the 4H Newsletter as it has a lot of information and important deadlines. Vaishu Kamesh presented her tap dance for the song “Sing”. Chloe Judd did a project talk on her Photography project. Tina Ziegler demonstrated “How to make an Origami Basket”. The Cookie Jar committee and Banner Committee met after the meeting. The next meeting will be on June 10th, 2024 at 7pm.

Vaishu Kamesh, Reporter

Whispering Willow holds May Meeting

The May meeting of the Whispering Willow 4-H Club was different than our normal meetings. We were to meet on May 6^th, the night the weather forecasters predicted a very bad storm. To keep everyone safe, our club leaders decided to hold a video meeting. Leader Jessica Gehring recorded a video to tell members about all of the important information coming up. She then gave us a question to answer by email to get checked on the roll call list. 

We are glad that no damage happened with the storms that night and we are also glad we can use technology to still hold our 4-H Club Meeting.

Joe Thimesch, Reporter

This year I would like to share club highlights each month in the 4-H newsletter. If club reporters would like to email me a short paragraph about what your club is doing each month, I will include that here! Please email that to me at mthimesch@ksu.edu by the 20^th of each month. 

Record Book Round Up!

Section Seven: Project Financial Journal

This section is where you will record all project related finances, both income and expense. The focus in this section is on accuracy and being thorough, not on total profit or loss. All project areas will incur some type of expense and most will provide an opportunity for income. On the Animal Project Report there are sections to document inventory of animals, expenses, income, and animal performance related to the 4-H project. Please be as detailed and specific as possible.

State Events

2024 4-H Wheat Expo

The 2024 Kansas 4-H Wheat Expo will be held Monday, August 12th at Pottorf Hall in Manhattan, KS. The day includes contest and exhibit opportunities for Crops ID, Photography, Foods, Wheat, Project Displays, and Clover Buds. Participants will also have the opportunity learn more about Kansas wheat through tours of industry partners. Additional information is forthcoming.

Dates to remember

June 10-11 Camp Counselor Training

June 11-13 Wildhorse 4-H Camp

June 14 Deadline to delete any Fair Entries

June 19 Extension Office Closed

June 28 Fashion Revue Scripts due to the Extension Office

July 4 Extension Office Closed

July 9 Fashion Revue Judging 1:00 Expo Center

July 12 Photography and Art Prep Workshop

July 14 Public Fashion Revue

July 20 Fair Horse Show

July 21 Fair Dog Show

July 22 Superintendent Meeting, Fair Set Up, and Livestock Meeting

July 24-27 Kingman County Fair

July 28 Fair Clean Up

If you have questions regarding the information in this newsletter, please contact me at:

Kingman County K-State Research and Extension Office

Melissa Thimesch

125 N Spruce

Kingman, KS 67068

620-532-5131

mthimesch@ksu.edu

K-State Research and Extension is committed to providing equal opportunity for participation in all programs, services, and activities. Program information may be available in languages other than English. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities, including alternative means for communication (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, and American Sign Language) may be requested by contacting the event contact Melissa Thimesch two weeks prior to the start of the event at 620-532-5131 or mthimesch@ksu.edu. Requests received after this date will be honored when it is feasible to do so. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information will be provided free of charge to limited English-proficient individuals upon request.

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