ERATH COUNTY4-H NEWS

ERATH CO. STAFFMegan LoganCounty Extension Agent - 4-H

Donna WhiteCounty Extension Agent - Family & Consumer Science

Whit H. WeemsCounty Extension Agent - Ag & Natural Resources

JoDitt WilliamsOffice Manager

Erath County Office112 W WashingtonSuite 109Stephenville, TX 76401254-965-1460erath-tx@tamu.edu

erath.agrilife.org

4-H is a United Way Funded Organization

AUGUST 2012

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facebook.com/erath4hLIKE it, share it, and leave us a comment. Our facebook page is where we will post the most current news, upcoming events, updates, and contest results, as well as photos of programs, contests and other 4-H events. You are welcome to tag yourself if we post of photo of you.

We have over 700 photos posted already from: Lamb & Goat Camp, State Round-Up, Leadership Lab, Clothing Camp, Firecracker 100 and more. Feel free to post your own photos on our facebook wall as well.

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4-H AWARDS BANQUETSEPTEMBER 15

5:30 PMNEWMAN HALL

171 W WASHINGTONRSVP by September 11th!

The theme for our Awards Banquet this year is Circus. We will be holding a dance following the banquet, so plan on wearing your dancing shoes, and dancing the rest of the night away.

Just as we did last year, we will provide the meat, and we will be asking each club to bring designated food items. Watch next month’s newsletter for these assignments.

Enrollment for 4-H Youth as well as Adult Volunteers for 2012-2013 begins August 15. Members must re-enroll every year so that we have accurate information for you so we know how to contact you, where to send your newsletter, and which school to send your academic eligibility letters to.

Enrollments must be done online through 4-H Connect at Texas.4HOnline.com. All profiles will change to INACTIVE ON AUGUST 15th and you will be required to re-enroll for the 2012-13 4-H year. Profile items have changed for the 2012-13 year so it is important that everyone (youth and adults) update their profile before submitting.

If you are a returning 4-H member, login with the email address where you receive 4-H reminders at. (Select forgot password if necessary.) Please do this first so we don’t have duplicates in the system.

Enrollment for 2012-2013 begins August 15

Project FormsDue by Sept. 7th

In order to make sure all of our 4-Hers are recognized for this year’s achievements, we ask that you complete project form for all projects that you participated in. Deliver or email forms to the County Extension Office by 5 pm on Sept. 7th.

Please call or email the office if you would like blank forms emailed to you.

Contact our office if you have any problems completing your online enrollment and we will be glad to help you.

>>> Remember that a $20 Participation fee is due upon enrollment. After October 31, 2012, fee will increase to $25.

Texas AgriLife Extension Service programs serve people of all ages regardless of socioeconomic level, race, color, sex, religion, disability, or national origin. Individuals with disabilities who require an auxiliary aid, service or accommodation in order to participate in Extension activities are encouraged to contact us to determine how reasonable accommodations may be made.

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Counties will earn $2.85 per ticket sold.For more info visit: texas4hfoundation.org/alliances/rangerbaseball/

West Texas Fair: September 7 - 15, 2012 Entry Deadline: August 8, 2012 TaylorCountyExpoCenter.comState Fair of Texas (Dallas): September 28 - October 21, 2012 Entry Deadline: August 17, 2012 BigTex.comHeart O’ Texas (Waco): Oct. 4 - 13, 2012 Entry Deadline: September 7, 2012 HOTFair.comFt. Worth: January 18 - February 9, 2013 Entry Deadline: TBA fwssr.comSan Antonio: February 7 - 24, 2013 Entry Deadline: TBA SARodeo.comSan Angelo: February 9-24, 2013 Entry Deadline: TBA SanAngeloRodeo.comHouston: February 25 - March 17, 2013 Entry Deadline: TBA hlsr.comStar of Texas (Austin): March 8-23, 2012 Entry Deadline: TBA RodeoAustin.com

COUNTY DAIRY & STEER VALIDATIONSeptember 15

LAMB & GOATMajor Show Tags

Deadline to order tags is, 5 pm on Wed., Aug. 8

Tags are $9 each.Order and pay for tags (by cash or check) at Extension Office.

You must order tags if you plan to exhibit a doe at San Angelo or a market lamb or goat at the following shows:- Ft. Worth- San Antonio- Houston- Star of Texas- San Angelo

Ewe lambs DO NOT need tags, but you will need to bring ewe lambs to Major Show Validation to have it nose printed and have hair pulled.

Validation date TBA.

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FOOD CHALLENGE TEAMS NEEDEDRight now, we need food challenge teams to call the office and register for the county contest. The county contest will be in November with the District Contest already set for Thursday, December 6 in Belton.

For those of you who are new to Food Challenge – a team consists of 3-5 members and Jr/Intermediate age group can form a team and Senior age group can form a team.

Here’s the team we have registered for the county contest as of now:Peace, Love, Cook - Meagan Prescott, Haley Herrera, Caroline Gilley, Presley Wall, and Kylie Roberts

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Kindall Manning, Paige Ferguson, Landry Stroebel, Morgan McKinzie

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Whit Weems will present an overview of the Poultry Project for those interested in participating in the Poultry Project and/or showing Poultry. Open to 4-H and FFA members and their parents.

POULTRY WORKSHOPSATURDAY, AUGUST 11TH

2:00 PMJURY POOL ROOM

ERATH COUNTY ANNEX BLDG.RSVP by August 10th!

CLUB MANAGERS MEETINGTuesday, August 21st

5:30 pmat the Extension Office

RSVP by Thursday, August 16thSupper will be provided

AUGUST COUNCIL MEETINGWednesday, August 22nd

6:00 pmat the Extension Office

RSVP by Monday, August 20th

HUNTER EDUCATION COURSEAugust 18-19

9-5 on Saturday1-5 on SundayHorton Ranch

$30 Registration includes lunch on Saturday, refreshments and study materials.

To register or get more info contact:

Calvin Hudson at 254-967-1813

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ERATH 4-Hers win BIG at STATE Erath County 4-Hers brought home honors from Texas 4-H Round-Up in early June. This year the contest was held at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. This was the first time the event was not held at Texas A&M University.

Round-Up began with the awards assembly recognizing scholarship winners from across Texas – over $2 million was given to Texas 4-Hers. Kelley Royal and Chase Vineyard each won $5,000 from the Davidson Family Foundation while Rebecca Wilson won $1,000 from Clarion Lubricants.

After the first round of contests, Chase Vineyard, Erath 4-H member and the State

4-H Council president, opened the assembly with a speech encouraging 4-H members, families and agents to get excited about the upcoming events.

The first contest was the 4-H Fashion Show. Kelley Royal, celebrated her last 4-H Round-Up contest by winning 1st place in the Buying Formal division of the Fashion Show! Kelley had to interview with the judges answering questions about the price, quality, fabric, and fiber content of the formal she bought for this competition.

Erath 4-H had two teams that competed in the Mohair Judging Contest. Erath Team #1 members were Kenna Faulkenberry, Scotta Faulkenberry, Kylie Manning and Chelsi Vineyard. Erath Team #2 members were Conner McKinzie, Laurie Tolboom and Bayli Williams. This was the first year to judge Mohair for a majority of these team members.

The Erath 4-H Livestock Judging team judged 8 classes and were asked to give 4 sets of reasons; this was the team’s first time competing in the qualifying contest. Team members were Cody Belew, Audrey Turner, Chase Vineyard and Quinton Whitfield. Chase Vineyard was 8th High Individual in the Sheep and Goats division.

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4-H ROUND-UP IN LUBBOCKLaurie Tolboom won 2nd place for her Educational Presentation in the Clothing and Textiles Division on “Horse Show Fashion.” This presentation on how Horse Show fashions have changed over the years included a powerpoint along with clothing examples. It was particularly interesting because Laurie was able to incorporate her own fashion sense into the presentation by showing the clothes she made for competitions and compare her cost with the cost of buying ready-made clothing.

Morgan Cavitt won 3rd for her Educational Presentation – Open Ag and Natural Resources Category. Her presentation was in entitled, “Curiosity Killed the Cow.” Morgan talked about the encounter her family had with rabies after one of her dairy heifers came in contact with a rabid animal. She also discussed the importance of getting show animals vaccinated for rabies and how spending the money on the shot was a lot cheaper that spending the $1,000-10,000 on post rabies exposure treatments.

Conner McKinzie, our youngest qualifying competitor, competed in the Public Speaking Division. Conner’s speech topic was leaving flavored milk as a drink option in schools and that in comparison to sodas, it is a much healthier option. Twenty-two 4-Hers from across the state competed in this year’s contest. The top 5 speakers from each of 2 heats advanced to the finals where the Top 10 were named. Conner was one of the Top 10, successfully completing his first year as a Senior 4-Her.

Wrapping up Erath 4-H participation in 2012 State Round-Up was the Invitational Livestock Judging Team. Two years ago, Invitational Contests were implemented into State Round-Up. These contests gave Intermediate aged (ages 11-13) 4-Hers the opportunity to compete at the State Level as well as provided Senior 4-Hers with other opportunities while attending. The contest consisted of judging classes as well as answering questions. This year’s team consisted of Kindall Manning, Kylie Manning and Will Pettit. Will was 2nd High Individual in the Beef Cattle Division.

View more photos on our Facebook Page at: facebook.com/erath4h

Laurie Tolboom with Naughty Sensation• 7th in Showmanship• 4th in Western Pleasure• 4th in Western Horsemanship• 6th in Hunter Showmanship• 8th in Hunt Seat Equitation

Laurie Tolboom with A Timeless Sensation • 1st in the 2 yr. old Futurity

Grace Gillespie riding Suit Your Fancy• 2nd in Hunter Under Saddle

Grace Gillespie with Lil Hot Diamond• 1st in the Futurity - Yearling Longe Line

Kelsay Singleton with Willionaire• 10th in Showmanship• 1st in Western Pleasure• 3rd in Western Horesemanship• 1st in Western Riding• 2nd in Trail• 3rd in Stakes• 2nd in Hunter Showmanship• 1st in Hunter Under Saddle• 4th in Hunt Seat Equitation

• 2nd in Stock Horse Trail on Gentlees Blue Lady

Heidy Sieperda riding Know Denim “Pokey”• 2nd in Poles• 6th in Barrels

Holly Sieperda on Chica• 5th in Barrels

Hannah Rivera, Kade Jackson, Nathan Starnes and Carson Ballinger also competed at the District 8 4-H Horse Show this year.

District 4-H Horse Show

STATE 4-H HORSE SHOW RESULTS:Kelsay Singleton:- 1st Hunter Under Saddle- 3rd in Showmanship- 3rd in Hunt Seat Equitation- 5th in Western Trail

Laurie Tolboom:- 4th in Western Trail- 3rd in 2yr. old Futurity Pleasure Pattern- 8th in 2 yr. old Futurity Versatility- 2nd in 2 yr. old Western Pleasure Finals- 3rd in 2 yr. old Pleasure Finals

Grace Gillespie:- 4th Yearling Longe Line- 5th Hunter Under Saddle

Laurie Tolboom & Grace Gillespie at State 4-H Horse Show

Erath 4-H made a great showing at the District Horse Show this year, which was held in June in Belton. Here are the results:

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Congratulations goes out to Zane Dickey! He attended the State Dog show with his dog Baby and received 2nd in Pre-Novice obedience and 1st in Pre-Novice Agility! Great job Zane! Keep up the hard work!

KUDOSLook how well all of Erath 4-Hers did at District Recordbook Judging! Placings were as follows:

Juniors:Victoria Saucedo - Sheep - 1stMorgan McKinzie - Public Speaking - 2ndWeston Pettit - Comm. and Expressive Arts – 2ndAllissa Adams - Clothing and Textiles

Intermediates:Eammon Delaney - Entomology - 1stAidan Delaney - Poultry - 2ndLondon Jones - Dairy - 2ndRiley McKinzie - Clothing and TextilesWill Pettit - Beef

Seniors:Conner McKinzie - Public Speaking - 1st Kline Jones - Dairy - 1stKenna Faulkenberry - Pers. Dev../Leadership - 3rdPatrick Delaney - Comm. and Expressive Arts

DISTRICT 8 LEADERSHIP

LABErath 4-H had a great week at District 8 Leadership Lab! We had 14 4-Hers attend.

Congratulations to Luke Fritts, Chelsi Vineyard, Will Pettit who got elected to serve as District 8 Council Officers for the 2012-2013 4-H year!

View more photos on our Facebook Page at facebook.com/erath4h

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Our 4-H FCS Committee did it again – they planned an awesome Clothing Camp for our youth! We had 15 campers

in the morning and 15 campers in the afternoon session and were blessed with lots of volunteers to help our campers make their projects.

The projects for this year included a jewelry bag, drawstring bag, towel tote, teddy bear sleeping bag, painting a canvas bag, and headbands. Our community service project this year was making one

of the teddy bear sleeping bags to give away to a child in the need through the local Rainbow Room.

Clothing Camp - Lots of Fun!

THANK YOU!!!Special thanks to Star Council (Harriet Frazier, Randi Williams, Chelsea Pendergrass, and Maggie), Judy Meador, Carolyn Hays, Doris Threadgill, and Martha Jones who helped us out every day.

And thanks also to some older 4-Hers who helped – Laurie Tolboom, Riley McKinzie, and Makenzie Lewis.

More Photos on FB

Cross Timbers Lamb & Goat CampThe First Annual Cross Timbers Lamb & Goat Camp, held in June was a huge success with 29 goat campers and 13 lamb campers in attendance. They came from about 20 different cities and towns across Texas, from the panhandle to San Antonio. A lot of learning and fun took place, despite the heat.

A BIG THANK YOU goes out to all our speakers, volunteers, and helpers. We could not have done it without you. View more photos on our Facebook Page.

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4-H Clubs – Monthly Meeting Schedule

CLUB

MEETING PLACE DAY TIME CLUB

MGR. PHONE

COMMUNITY CLUBS

Dublin Senior Citizens

Center 2nd

Monday 6:30 pm

Dennis Reed 445-3325

Huckabay Huckabay Baptist

Church

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Letha

Stegall

968-5477

965-5330

Morgan Mill

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1st Monday 4:00 pm Allison

Ballinger 817-229-

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Stephenville Foster’s Home for

Children 1st Monday 6:30 pm David

Wilson 965-9872

County Council

Extension Office – Courthouse

Annex As Needed 5:30 pm

Contact:

Megan

Logan

965-1460

PROJECT CLUBS

Dairy Club Southwest

Regional Dairy

2nd

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Paulette & Barry Cavitt 728-3047

Horse Club Research &

Extension Center 1st Monday 6:30 pm

Peggy

Tolboom 445-3436

Lamb & Goat Club

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Extension Center

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Betty & Brandon Manning

764-4279

Shooting Sports

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Provisions from the American Disability Act will be considered when planning educational programs and activities. Please notify the Erath County Extension Office as far in advance of the program as possible if you plan on at-

tending an Extension Educational program and require specialized services. This will allow ample time to acquire resources to meet your needs. Extension programs serve people of all ages regardless of socioeconomic level, race, color, sex, religion, disability or national origin. The Texas A & M University System, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating

CLUB MANAGER NEEDED