Marais des Cygnes 4-H Newsletter May 2019

4-H Newsletter May 2019

Monthly Meetings

Cloverbuds

Cloverbuds will meet on May 9th at the Paola Office from 5:30-6:30pm. Cloverbuds must be 5-6 years old by Jan. 1, 2019

Jr. Leaders

Miami County Jr Leader Meeting will be May 13th at 7pm at the Paola Office.

Linn County Jr Leader Meeting will be May 19th at 4pm at the Linn County 4-H Building

4-H Council

Miami County 4-H Council will be May 13th at 8pm at the Paola Office

Linn County 4-H Council will be May 22nd at 7pm at the Linn County 4-H Building.

4-H Enrollment

May 1st will be the add/drop project deadline and new member enrollment deadline . Reminder you must be 7 before January 1, 2019 to enroll as a 4-H Member. If you are 5-6 years old before January 1, 2019 you can enroll as a Cloverbud.

Enroll online at https://ks.4honline.com/

Goat, Sheep and Swine Tagging Dates

Important!! Miami County Livestock exhibitors look at the changes regarding tagging your animals under the Miami County Fair section.

Linn County Market Goat, Sheep, and Swine must be tagged by May 11th. Weigh-in and tagging will be May 10th 5-8pm or May 11th 7-8am at Linn County Fairgrounds.

LQA/PQA is now YQCA

Youth for the Quality Care of Animals (YQCA) will be required for all youth showing Beef, Goats, Sheep and Swine at the county fair in BOTH Linn and Miami Counties. This Program will be offered in a face-to-face class, as well as an on-line option. If completed online email a copy of your certificate to the office.

You can find more information about dates and how to register at http://yqca.org/.

All certifications must be completed by June 15th.

This is now required to show in KSF and/or KJLS. This applies to market animal exhibitors, commercial breeding animals, and registered purebred breeding animals.

Chopped, Clover Edition

Save the Date Tuesday, June 11th. Registration Flyer

More information

Horse ID Certificates

You must turn in your Horse ID Certificates to your local office by May 1st. Certificates are available online at https://www.maraisdescygnes.k-state.edu/4-h/project-information/index.html

East Central District Horse Show

The 2019 East Central District Horse Show will be held July 9th in Lawrence, Kansas. The District Horse Show is a qualifier for the Kansas State Fair Horse Show. Exhibitors must receive a purple or blue at districts to qualify for the KSF 4-H Horse Show. Entry information will be sent via email to all horse project members.

Miami County Fair

New information regarding breeding animals

All breeding animals are to be tagged at weigh-in dates, with the exception of registered breeding animals. For more information

Goat Show moved

The goat show has been moved to Tuesday night following the sheep show.

Horse Show Change

The 4-H/FFA Horse show has been moved to Sunday, July 14th at 9am

Linn County

Save the Date- Favorite Foods Show will be Sunday June 2nd at 2pm at the 4-H Building.

Linn County Fashion Revue and Performing Arts Show will be July 27th at First Baptist Church Mound City. There will be a Committee meeting at 4-H Council on May 22nd anyone is welcome to attend.

Important Dates

Touch-A-Truck: May 4, 2019

Location change to Paola Middle School Driveway

Discovery Days: May 29-31, 2019

Fantastic 4-H Camp: June 17-20,2019

Day Camp: July 2nd

Miami County Fair: July 20-27, 2019

Linn County Fair: August 3-10, 2019

State Events

Campference

June 23-26, 2019

4-H Academy

June 23-26, 2109

48 Hours of 4-H

Octo-ber 12-13, 2019

Miami County 4-H Foundation

Great effort in the 2019 Club Challenge from Barn Harvesters, Busy Beavers and the Linn County 4-H Council! Check out how your Club is doing!

See all the new 2019 Clover Run sponsors and check-out what's new for runners ....

A special Thank You to the Paola Walmart and to the Ottawa Walmart Distribution Center for the $1,000 grant they each provided to support youth attending Rock Springs camp and other local camps and clinics. Say Thanks if you know anyone working there or are shopping in store...

Flyer

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