Reminder. . . we are trying to get 4-H clubs to form teams for Walk
Across Texas. We will have our Kick-Off Party on April 8th 5:30-7 pm at Wood
Creek. Hope to see you there! We will hand out the pertinent information at
the party as well as hand out pedometers. Please let us know if you have put a
team together!
March 2009 Archives
JUNE 29 - JULY 1, 2009
Texas Cattle Feeders Association, in conjunction with Texas AgriLife Extension Service and West Texas A&M University, will host the 2009 Junior Fed Beef Career & Leadership Program. The program is open to any incoming High School Juniors or Seniors who have an interest in pursuing a career in feedyard management and the fed beef industry.
The tour is designed to educate the participants on feedyard operations and career opportunities in the fed beef industry. Students will participate in problem solving and leadership activities. Activities will include tours of commercial cattle feeding operations and of a beef processing facility. There also will be opportunities to learn beef carcass anatomy and fabrication and to participate in a consumer beef taste panel. Students will also spend a day learning day to day operations of a feedyard and can participate in a job shadow program as a local feedyard following the conclusion of the program.
Interested students should obtain an application from TCFA, their County Extension Agent, Ag Science Teacher or School Counselor. All completed applications must be supported by two recommendation forms. Applications should be returned to the TCFA office no later than
May 1. Fifteen to twenty students will be chosen by the selection committee to participate in the program.
2009JFBCampBrochure.pdf
2009JFBCampAppl
Texas Cattle Feeders Association, in conjunction with Texas AgriLife Extension Service and West Texas A&M University, will host the 2009 Junior Fed Beef Career & Leadership Program. The program is open to any incoming High School Juniors or Seniors who have an interest in pursuing a career in feedyard management and the fed beef industry.
The tour is designed to educate the participants on feedyard operations and career opportunities in the fed beef industry. Students will participate in problem solving and leadership activities. Activities will include tours of commercial cattle feeding operations and of a beef processing facility. There also will be opportunities to learn beef carcass anatomy and fabrication and to participate in a consumer beef taste panel. Students will also spend a day learning day to day operations of a feedyard and can participate in a job shadow program as a local feedyard following the conclusion of the program.
Interested students should obtain an application from TCFA, their County Extension Agent, Ag Science Teacher or School Counselor. All completed applications must be supported by two recommendation forms. Applications should be returned to the TCFA office no later than
May 1. Fifteen to twenty students will be chosen by the selection committee to participate in the program.
2009JFBCampBrochure.pdf
2009JFBCampAppl
Every hunter (including out-of-state hunters) born on or after September 2, 1971 must successfully complete a Hunter Education Training Course. Minimum age of certification is 9 years of age.
Where: Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center Education Building
These are two-day trainings. On Friday, the course will be from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.; on Saturday, the training will be from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Dates: Friday & Saturday, August 21 & 22, 2009
Friday & Saturday, September 18 & 19, 2009
Friday & Saturday, October 16 & 17, 2009
For more information, contact Barbara at 903-676-2277.
Where: Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center Education Building
These are two-day trainings. On Friday, the course will be from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.; on Saturday, the training will be from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Dates: Friday & Saturday, August 21 & 22, 2009
Friday & Saturday, September 18 & 19, 2009
Friday & Saturday, October 16 & 17, 2009
For more information, contact Barbara at 903-676-2277.
Needville Youth Fair Livestock Judging Contest
April 25, 2009
Registration: 7:00 AM
Needville Youth Fair Complex - Highway 36 - Needville, Texas
Quality Animals ~ Excellent Contest ~ Lots of Prizes!!!
Officials by Texas A&M University
Pre-registration ONLY REQUIRED FOR LOCAL PARTICIPANTS of Needville ISD and Damon ISD by April 11th.
All others register and pay on day of contest.
Rules and more information online at www.judgingcard.com ( http://www.judgingcard.com/ )
April 25, 2009
Registration: 7:00 AM
Needville Youth Fair Complex - Highway 36 - Needville, Texas
Quality Animals ~ Excellent Contest ~ Lots of Prizes!!!
Officials by Texas A&M University
Pre-registration ONLY REQUIRED FOR LOCAL PARTICIPANTS of Needville ISD and Damon ISD by April 11th.
All others register and pay on day of contest.
Rules and more information online at www.judgingcard.com ( http://www.judgingcard.com/ )
They are here. . . information, rules, forms. . . all you need to know about the 2009 Harvest Festival in Gregg County. Information can be found at:
http://gregg-tx.tamu.edu/pubcat.cfm?COUNTY=Gregg&CatID=299 .
NEW THIS YEAR: Rabbit Fryer Show - read all about it!
DUE BY APRIL 1st: Harvest Festival Scholarship Applications. These forms may be found at gregg-tx.tamu.edu under "Publications", then click "Scholarships".
The annual Crawfish Boil will be Saturday, April 18th at the Maude Cobb Center in Longview. The proceeds from this fundraiser will benefit 4-H and FFA members through Harvest Festival Scholarships.
http://gregg-tx.tamu.edu/pubcat.cfm?COUNTY=Gregg&CatID=299 .
NEW THIS YEAR: Rabbit Fryer Show - read all about it!
DUE BY APRIL 1st: Harvest Festival Scholarship Applications. These forms may be found at gregg-tx.tamu.edu under "Publications", then click "Scholarships".
The annual Crawfish Boil will be Saturday, April 18th at the Maude Cobb Center in Longview. The proceeds from this fundraiser will benefit 4-H and FFA members through Harvest Festival Scholarships.
Looking for summer camps for your 4-H'ers?, , , be checking the 4-H Conference Center at
http://texas4h-ctr.tamu.edu/.
http://texas4h-ctr.tamu.edu/.
Dates: May 27-May 30, 2009
Location: Texas Rose Horse Park - 14078 State Hwy. 110 N, Tyler, TX 75704
Location: Texas Rose Horse Park - 14078 State Hwy. 110 N, Tyler, TX 75704
We had a very good meeting with Ms. Ellen Ahmann yesterday about our
upcoming fund-raiser. This is an incredible opportunity for our 4-H program
here in Smith County. This fund-raiser has the potential to net a large amount
of money and will hopefully make it possible to send more kids to camps such as
YES Camp and Leadership Lab. It will help fund your kids to go to round up and
other events and activities. If it brings in enough money, this could mean that
many of these activities would be paid for out of the council funds instead of
your pockets. Our particular time slot is May 27-May 30. The biggest day that we
need volunteers for will be that Saturday but we will need volunteers to sell
drinks and snacks on all 4 days and will need some older kids to work the crafts
corner on the weekend. We will be having a silent auction and need to get
donations for the auction. I would like each 4-H family to come up with one
item to sell in the Silent Auction. Because many of the people at this show
will be from out of town, items should be something that if they are bought by
somebody from out of the Tyler area, they could still be used and enjoyed. If
your 4-Her has something nice they have done for a 4-H project, such as really
neat wood working project they did, a framed photograph they took, etc. these
would be neat items to auction. We want to make sure that we offer good quality
items at our silent auction. As you get things donated please let me know who
donated the item so that we do not ask that person more than once to
contribute. I will be coming up with a work schedule sign up sheet soon. I am
aware that this is Graduation Weekend and understand if all of you cannot make
it to this event but please, as many as we can come up need to sign up for this.
Please remember that this fund-raiser will be an incredible benefit to all of
the kids in the program and will open numerous event opportunities for
them.
We will be gathering donations for the Silent Auction starting now so lets
get busy!
Thank you for all that you do!!
Sarah Hindman
What better way to bring lessons to life than with a hands-on quilting project. The Quilt Challenge is an opportunity to 4-H members work on their math skills as they learn to quilt. This is a reminder that quilt challenge fabric is available and quilts need to be completed prior to State Roundup. All quilts from the quilt challenge are donated to cause determined by each of the quilt makers.
There are a lot of wonderful quilting resources out there. One in particular is the Quilt Quest from the University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension. http://4h.unl.edu//programs/curriculum/preview/QuiltQuestInbetween.html
If you don't feel qualified to teach quilting, contact one of over 100 quilting guilds across the state for assistance. The following links have locations and contacts for each guild.
http://www.quiltguilds.com/texas.htm
http://www.texasassociationofquiltguilds.org/
See the following link for additional information:
http://fcs.tamu.edu/clothing/4h/quiltchallenge/2009-state-quilt-challenge.pdf
There are a lot of wonderful quilting resources out there. One in particular is the Quilt Quest from the University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension. http://4h.unl.edu//programs/curriculum/preview/QuiltQuestInbetween.html
If you don't feel qualified to teach quilting, contact one of over 100 quilting guilds across the state for assistance. The following links have locations and contacts for each guild.
http://www.quiltguilds.com/texas.htm
http://www.texasassociationofquiltguilds.org/
See the following link for additional information:
http://fcs.tamu.edu/clothing/4h/quiltchallenge/2009-state-quilt-challenge.pdf
DISTRICT 5 4-H FOOD SHOW RESULTS:
Kale Bruton placed 3rd in Junior Main Dish - Creamy-Crunchy Peach Tarts
Rachal Gilbert placed 1st in Intermediate Main Dish - Mexican Chili-Cheese Burgers
Joanna Leath placed 3rd in Senior Fruits & Vegetables - Layered Vegetable Torte
Also participating were: Virginia Leath, Ashlie Thompson, Allie Thompson, and Adie Robinson.
Kale Bruton placed 3rd in Junior Main Dish - Creamy-Crunchy Peach Tarts
Rachal Gilbert placed 1st in Intermediate Main Dish - Mexican Chili-Cheese Burgers
Joanna Leath placed 3rd in Senior Fruits & Vegetables - Layered Vegetable Torte
Also participating were: Virginia Leath, Ashlie Thompson, Allie Thompson, and Adie Robinson.
Yummm - Congratulations to you all for making it to District!
ILLUSTRATED TALKS/METHOD DEMONSTRATIONS
Juniors:
Kale Bruton - 1st Place in Companion Animals
Intermediates:
Stoker Williams - 1st Place in Health
Abbey Giles - 1st Place in Natural Resources
Michael Giles - 1st Place in Open Category
Morgan McCoy - 1st Place in Public Speaking
Seniors:
Katie Williams - 1st Place in Consumer Life Skills
Apryl Hansen - 1st Place in Health
Garrett Williams - 1st Place in Open Category
Joanna Leath - 1st Place in Public Speaking
SHARE-THE-FUN
Juniors:
Westley Rudd - 1st Place in Musical
JoLea Smith - 2nd Place in Musical
Intermediates:
Rachal Gilbert - 1st Place in Musical
Emily Williams - 2nd Place in Musical
Juniors:
Kale Bruton - 1st Place in Companion Animals
Intermediates:
Stoker Williams - 1st Place in Health
Abbey Giles - 1st Place in Natural Resources
Michael Giles - 1st Place in Open Category
Morgan McCoy - 1st Place in Public Speaking
Seniors:
Katie Williams - 1st Place in Consumer Life Skills
Apryl Hansen - 1st Place in Health
Garrett Williams - 1st Place in Open Category
Joanna Leath - 1st Place in Public Speaking
SHARE-THE-FUN
Juniors:
Westley Rudd - 1st Place in Musical
JoLea Smith - 2nd Place in Musical
Intermediates:
Rachal Gilbert - 1st Place in Musical
Emily Williams - 2nd Place in Musical
A big "CONGRATULATIONS" to you all on a super job!!!
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Check out the attached photo of our 4-H'ers who had fun at our County 4-H Fashion Show!
Juniors:
JoLea Smith - 1st Place in Construction/Casual
Brett Smith - 1st Place in Construction/ Dressy
Katye Spivey - 1st Place in Buying/Casual
Intermediates:
Virginia Leath - 1st Place in Construction/Dressy
Taylor Rodden - 2nd Place in Construction/ Dressy
Seniors:
Joanna Leath - 1st Place Tie in Construction/Dressy
Samantha Richardson - 1st Place Tie in Construction/Dressy
Katie Williams - 1st Place in Buying/Casual
Samantha Richardson - 1st Place in Fashion Design/Apparel
Mary Shogry - 2nd Place in Fashion Design/Apparel
Check out the attached photo of our 4-H'ers who had fun at our County 4-H Fashion Show!
Juniors:
JoLea Smith - 1st Place in Construction/Casual
Brett Smith - 1st Place in Construction/ Dressy
Katye Spivey - 1st Place in Buying/Casual
Intermediates:
Virginia Leath - 1st Place in Construction/Dressy
Taylor Rodden - 2nd Place in Construction/ Dressy
Seniors:
Joanna Leath - 1st Place Tie in Construction/Dressy
Samantha Richardson - 1st Place Tie in Construction/Dressy
Katie Williams - 1st Place in Buying/Casual
Samantha Richardson - 1st Place in Fashion Design/Apparel
Mary Shogry - 2nd Place in Fashion Design/Apparel
Congratulations to you all for a great job!
KERR
4-H
ONLINE REGISTRATION AVAILABLE
For more information, check the following link:
KERR COUNTY SKEET & TRAP.pdf
