Dates to Remember

January 3 Livestock Vet Clinic 5 Barn Cleanup Day, 9:00-11:00 8 Jr Leadership Club Meeting,

5:30 p.m. 11 Honor Cord, Award Of Excel-

lence and Key Award Applica-tions Due to 4-H Office

18 State Livestock Premier Exhibi-tor applications due

18-19 Avoyelles Parish Livestock Show 18-20 State Fashion Camp-Camp Grant Walker February 31-2 District Livestock Show 5 Jr Leadership Club Mtg, 5:30

p.m. 9-16 LSU Livestock Show 22-24 Challenge Camp-Camp Grant Walker March 1 Scholarship Apps due 2 State Rabbit Show 13-15 JLC 15 Photography Contest Entries

Due 15 Club Reporter Scrapbook Due 19-24 Northern Regional Shooting Match 29-31 COOP Leadership Camp 30 Achievement Day

Avoyelles Parish

CLOVER PARLE January 2019

HONEY BEE ESSAY CONTEST 2019 Honey Bee Essay theme: Honey Varietals, State to State.”

Write on the designated subject only. All factual statements must be ref-

erenced with bibliographical-style endnotes. A brief biographical sketch

of the essayist, including date of birth, gender, complete mailing address,

and telephone number, must accompany the essay. Length – the essay

proper: 750 to 1000 words. The word count does not include the end-

notes, the bibliography or references, nor the essayist's biographical sketch – which

should be on a separate page. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS ONLY. Prepare your

essays double-spaced, 12-pt. Times or similar type style, following standard manuscript

format. Submit as a Microsoft Word compatible document. Date due in Avoyelles 4-H

Office: January 28. Please email essay to Mrs. Sheena at sgrote@agcenter.lsu.edu

OUTSTANDING DECEMBER CLUB MEETINGS Congratulations to the following clubs for reaching outstanding club meeting performance

for the month of December by reaching a club score of 90% or higher!!

APCS Senior Club Lafarge Elementary Plaucheville Elementary

LASAS Marksville Elementary Riverside Elementary

Homeschool St. Anthony

St. Joseph St. Mary

GROUP TRANSFORMATION Have you ever played on a team before, such as in baseball or

cheerleading? On these teams, it's important that you work togeth-

er and get along with other players or members. This is called

teamwork. Teamwork involves working together with other

people to get to an end goal. The most important teamwork skill is

the ability to communicate effectively. This includes speaking

knowledgeably, tactfully and candidly as well as listening actively

with an open mind. The most effective teamwork happens when

individual contributors harmonize their efforts and work toward a

common goal. Good teams don’t typically happen by accident; hard work, commit-

ment and some amount of struggle are usually involved in creating successful

teams.

COMMODITY AMBASSADOR ILLUSTRATED TALK Mark your calendars for March 18th at 1:00 pm for the Central Region Commodity Ambassador Talk Contest! It will be held at the

Evac Shelter. Illustrated talks must be pre-registered. For an entry sheet, please contact the 4-H office. Deadline to enter is January

25. Contact the 4-H office if interested.

The 4-H Commodity Ambassador Program is designed for education and enhancement of 4-H members in the various areas of

agricultural commodities. Each ambassador program area will emphasize a specific Louisiana agricultural commodity. Commodity

program areas consist of egg, chicken, turkey, seafood sugar and soybean.

Contestants may only enter one illustrated talk. Illustrated talks are presented by only one person. Not a team.

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REAP THE AWARDS OF COMPLETING 4-H PORTFOLIOS Don’t forget to be working on your project book/portfolio. They will be due to the 4-H

office April 5. You can download a copy of the Portfolio on the www.lsuagcenter.com

website. We encourage all youth to begin working in your portfolios in order to have

them completed by the parish due date. Completing a portfolio on the parish level will

allow you to compete on the state level where you can reap the awards of all your hard

work by receiving trips and even monetary prizes.

PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST– ENTRIES DUE MARCH 8 Start taking photos now, to enter the photography contest. Open to all 4-H members. Cate-

gories are: Open to all 4-H members. Each member may only enter one photo per category.

Categories are:

A. People - any age.

B. Animals - can be of pets, farm animals, zoo animals, fish, etc.

C. Outdoor Shots - buildings, landscapes, flowers, plants, gardens, water, butter-

flies, and other insects.

D. Action Shots-playing sports, fishing, etc.

E. Night Shots-pictures of outdoor scenes at night

F. Black and White-pictures may consist of any subject

G. Agriculture-includes agriculture equipment, livestock, aspects of farming ,

crops.

H. Avoyelles Parish-pictures of sights, events and other things that are unique to

Avoyelles Parish.

I. Promoting 4-H– anything to showcase or promote the 4-H program.

Mount picture on an 8 ½ x 11 sheet of black, construction paper (one picture per sheet). Put

category on upper right hand corner and name, grade, and school on back of paper. They

can be color or black and white. Only one picture per category.

2019 BEEF POSTER CONTEST THEME:TEAM BEEF (Fitness & Nutrition Focus) Posters must be on “22 x 28” poster board only. Place your NAME, ADDRESS,

AGE, GRADE IN SCHOOL AND PARISH/CHAPTER on back, upper r ight

corner of poser.

Digital entries must be designed using one of the following programs: Microsoft Pub-

lisher, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Canva. Digital designs should be for-

matted for “22 x 28” poster size prints. All digital entries must be saved in high-

resolution 300 DPI in ALL of the following: original design file, .png file format,

and .pdf file format. Digital designs should be saved to a blank jump drive, placed in a

3 ½ x 6 blank envelope labeled with NAME, ADDRESS, AGE, GRADE IN

SCHOOL, AND PARISH/CHAPTER on the front.

Posters and digital designs should generate positive images and promotion of beef (not live

cattle production) using the indicated theme. Posters should promote beef without projecting

any negative messages towards other agricultural commodities (chicken, pork, etc.).

DO NOT use copyrighted materials

NO TEMPLATES may be used in the digital division. All design work must be original and

from scratch, just as a poster would be designed.

Pictures, clip-art and materials (i.e. cartoon characters, advertisements, logos, etc.) that are

copyrighted may not be used on the poster. The poster will be disqualified if copyrighted

materials are used.

Please have entries submitted to 4-H Office by March 15.

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CHALLENGE CAMP 4-H Challenge Camp is a regional event that is geared toward

teen-agers learning the concepts of working together as a team

with emphasis on communication skills. The event is held in

Pollock, Louisiana at the Grant Walker 4-H Educational

Center. Challenge Camp is open to all 7th & 8th graders. Camp

will be held February 22-24. Application can be found below.

Applications, along with a check payable to the “Avoyelles 4-

H Foundation” are due January 15, 2019. The cost of camp is

$85.00. This includes all meals and transportation to and from

camp. Money is non-refundable after January 20.

Challenge Camp Application Return by January 15, 2019

To: Challenge Camp, 8592 Hwy 1, Suite 1, LA 71350

Camper’s Name__________________________________________________Boy_______Girl ________

Address ______________________________________________________________________________

P.O. Box/Street City State ZIP

PhoneNumber___________________________________Age_________Grade___________

School_________________________________

T Shirt Size S M L XL XXL (adult sizes)

FEE: $85-Checks made payable to Avoyelles 4-H Foundation

DAIRY POSTER CONTEST-DUE MARCH 30 Show your creativity and draw a billboard that encourages or promotes the consumption of milk and milk

products and their importance for health. Posters are due at Achievement Day. They will

be judged at the parish level and then will be sent onto the state poster contest. Rules for

the contest are as follows:

1. Billboard design must be made on 22” x 28” poster board ONLY. 2. DO NOT ATTACH anything to the poster that is more than 1/2” thick. 3. Do not use the commercial brand names of products on the poster. Do not

uses jingles, slogans, signs or pictures that are trademark or copyright protected on

the poster.

4. BE SURE to pr int name, address, grade and on back of the poster in the up-per right hand corner.

CLUB REPORTER’S SCRAPBOOK Open to all Avoyelles Parish 4-H Clubs. Each club may enter one scrapbook that is created by the club

reporter. The club scrapbook will be comprised of reporters articles and community service and/or other

activities performed by the club that year. DUE MARCH 15 to the 4-H Office.

ACHIEVEMENT DAY-SAVE THE DATE

Achievement Day is a mixture of fun sessions, skill-a-thons and competitive contests that will focus on 4-

H topics. The day ends with presentation of awards. 4-H members from all over Avoyelles Parish will be

there. Don’t miss out on the fun! Achievement Day will be held on March 30. More details will be posted

in the February newsletter.

Avoyelles Parish

8592 Hwy 1, Suite 1

Mansura, Louisiana 71350

Phone: 318-964-2245

Fax: 318-964-2259

Office Hours:

M-F 8:00-4:30

Avoyelles Parish 4-H

www.lsuagcenter.com/

avoyelles

Sheena Grote Cecil sgrote@agcenter.lsu.edu

Arielle Pierce apierce@agcenter.lsu.edu

UPCOMING LIVESTOCK SHOWS

January 18-19– Avoyelles Parish Livestock Show, Marksville,

January 31– February 2– Central District Livestock Show, Alexandria

February 9-16-State Livestock Show, Gonzales

March 2-State Rabbit Show, Alexandria

The LSU AgCenter and LSU provide equal opportunities in programs and employment.

If you have a disability that requires special accommodation for your participation in an activity, please contact us at 318-964-2245.

POULTRY AND RABBIT SHOWMANSHIP There will be a showmanship competition for rabbit and

poultry exhibitors to participate in at the parish show. Will

sign up to participate when you check in your animals at

the show. There are many online resources that can assist

you in learning how to show your rabbit and/or poultry.

STATE RABBIT SHOW The State Rabbit show to be held March 2 in Alexandria.

Entry forms and more details will be sent in a letter to

exhibitors who indicated they were interested on their par-

ish entry form. Entry fees will be $2 for exhibition rabbits

and $10 for meat pens. Entry deadline is February 7.

PREMIER EXHIBITOR CONTEST The Premier Exhibitor Contest is open to exhibitors in grades 4-12. Premier Exhibitor Programs are available for all species. An

exhibitor may compete in one or more Premier Exhibitor Programs provided they exhibit a qualified animal at the parish livestock

show. Contest will be held at the barn in Marksville during the livestock show.

Premier Beef Exhibitor Resources:

4-H Beef Project Books, Pub. 2836 (LSU AgCenter)-Beef Production in Louisiana – A Handbook , Current LSU AgCenter Live-

stock Show Catalog

Premier Swine Exhibitor Resources:

4-H Swine Project Books, Current LSU AgCenter Livestock Show Catalog, Swine Premier Exhibitor Study Guide found on LSU

AgCenter website, Pork Quality Assurance (version 1.2) Manual, Youth PQA Plus Manual, Pork Industry Handbook, Pork Fact

Book, Swine Care Handbook* * The above resources can be downloaded from the Internet for free from the following Web ad-

dress www.pork.org.

Premier Poultry Exhibitor Resources:

Small Poultry Flocks, LCES Pub. #2250, Incubating Eggs of Domestic Birds, LCES Pub. #2285, 4-H Poultry Project Books, LCES

Pub. #’s 1412, 2232, 2522, 2390, 2672 and 2673, American Standard of Perfection, American Poultry Association, Current LSU

AgCenter Show Catalog

Premier Dairy Exhibitor Resources:

4-H Dairy Project Books, Current LSU AgCenter Livestock Show Catalog, Pedigree Questions and Answers*, Build Your

Knowledge of Sire Summaries*, World of Dairy Cattle Nutrition*, Working with Dairy Cattle* *The above resources can be

downloaded from the Internet for free from the following Web address www.holsteinfoundation.org, once you are at the site, click

on workbooks.

Premier Sheep Exhibitor Resources;

All current 4-H Sheep Project Books, Current year LSU AgCenter Livestock Show Catalog , Sheep Premier Exhibitor Study Guide

document (Livestock Show Office website), Sheep Premier Exhibitor Feed & Nutrition document (Livestock Show Office website)

Premier Goat Exhibitor Resources:

All current 4-H Goat Project Books (Both meat and dairy goat project books) , Current year LSU AgCenter Livestock Show Cata-

log, Goat website: www.goatworld.com, Feeds , Equipment I.D , Body Parts I.D., Digestive Tract I.D., Breed I.D., Quality As-

surance and Ethics Certification