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Gregg County 4-H August 2013 Gregg County Extension 405 E. Marshall, Ste 101 Longview, TX 75601 903-237-2630 Gregg.agrilife.org August 1 Harvest Festival Ownership Deadline for Lambs, Goats, & Swine 3 “Back to School Bash” at Longview Mall 5 Harvest Festival Lamb & Goat validation- Longview Fairgrounds - 7:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 5 State 4-H Recordbook Judging 10 Harvest Festival Swine Validation Ear Notch Forms due 20 4-H Officer Training, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. 21 State Lamb and Goat validations due to the Gregg County Extension Office 27 4-H Leader and parent meeting to plan the 4-H Concession Stand at the Harvest Festival & Livestock Show, 6:30 p.m. 29 East Texas Regional Forage Conference September 17 County 4-H FCS Adult Leaders meeting, 6:00 p.m., Extension Auditorium 22 Certified Judges Training 23 Harvest Festival Livestock and Home Economics entries due 24 4-H Adult Leaders Meeting and 4-H Council Meeting October 1 District 5 4-H Gold Star Banquet 8 County 4-H Award Celebration 23-26 Harvest Festival and Livestock Show Educational programs of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, sex, disability, religion, age, or national origin. The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating. LIKE GREGG COUNTY 4-H ON FACEBOOK http://www.facebook.com/GreggCounty4H

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Page 1: Gregg County 4-Hgregg.agrilife.org/files/2011/10/August-2013.pdf · Gregg County 4-H August 2013 Gregg County Extension 405 E. Marshall, Ste 101 Longview, TX 75601 903-237-2630 Gregg.agrilife.org

Gregg County 4-H August 2013

Gregg County Extension

405 E. Marshall, Ste 101 Longview, TX 75601

903-237-2630 Gregg.agrilife.org

August

1 Harvest Festival Ownership Deadline for Lambs, Goats, & Swine

3 “Back to School Bash” at Longview Mall

5 Harvest Festival Lamb & Goat validation-

Longview Fairgrounds - 7:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

5 State 4-H Recordbook Judging

10 Harvest Festival Swine Validation Ear Notch Forms due

20 4-H Officer Training, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

21 State Lamb and Goat validations due to the Gregg County Extension Office

27 4-H Leader and parent meeting to plan the 4-H Concession Stand at the

Harvest Festival & Livestock Show, 6:30 p.m.

29 East Texas Regional Forage Conference

September

17 County 4-H FCS Adult Leaders meeting, 6:00 p.m., Extension Auditorium

22 Certified Judges Training

23 Harvest Festival Livestock and Home Economics entries due

24 4-H Adult Leaders Meeting and 4-H Council Meeting

October

1 District 5 4-H Gold Star Banquet

8 County 4-H Award Celebration

23-26 Harvest Festival and Livestock Show

Educational programs of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, sex, disability, religion, age, or national

origin. The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating.

LIKE GREGG COUNTY 4-H ON FACEBOOK

http://www.facebook.com/GreggCounty4H

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PREPARING FOR THE NEW 4-H YEAR ON 4-H CONNECT

PLEASE DO NOT ENROLL BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1ST!

Beginning September 1, 2013 4-H CONNECT will begin the new enrollment period for the upcoming 4-H year. STARTING September 1, 2013 a person can reactivate their 4-H membership profile or create a new membership profile for the new 4-H year on 4-H Connect. If you enroll between September 1st and October 31st the enrollment fee is $20.00 When enrolling; please make sure all of the information is correct. (email, address, phone, grade, and school) To enroll or re-enroll on 4-H Connect, please go to http://texas4-h.tamu.edu and click on the 4-H Connect symbol on the upper right side If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call the Extension Office.

4-H FCS Leader Training

September 17, 2013 Please make plans to join us for the upcoming County 4-H Adult Leaders FCS Project Training meeting at the Gregg County Extension Office. The training will begin at 6:00 p.m. We will be updating the group on any new changes within the county and state 4-H program. We will provide leaders/managers with resources and skills to help increase enrollment in the county 4-H program and to

help push Gregg County 4-H to the next level. Please RSVP by September 9th. Hope to see you there!!! Who should attend? Any adult interested in helping with or leading a FCS project. FCS projects include: Consumer Education, Foods & Nutrition, Health, and Clothing & Textiles.

Applications are now available for the Texas 4-H Technology Team. For more information and the application go to:

http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/techapplication

Applications must be postmarked no later than September 1, 2013.

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Harvest Festival & Livestock Show October 23-26, 2013

ALL ENTRIES INCLUDING HOME ECONOMICS ENTRIES WILL

BE DUE TO THE EXTENSION OFFICE ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2013. MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW!

Poultry - Exhibitors may sell only one poultry entry, a pen of broilers or a roaster in the Premium Sale. Reminder: Each exhibitor is limited to enter only one (1) pen of broilers in the Broiler Show and (2) entries per exhibitor in the Roaster Show

Swine, Lambs, and Goats- Must be owned and

cared for by the exhibitor by August 1, 2013. *Swine must be ear notched and a swine validation form must be turned into the Gregg County Extension Office by August 10, 2013 noting notches. Hogs must

weigh a minimum of 220 pounds and a maximum of 280 pounds with a 5 pound tolerance. *Lambs & Goats- must be validated on August 5, 2013,

at the Longview Fairgrounds. Any goat with horns more than 1 inch in length will not be allowed to weigh-in at the show and will be ineligible to show. To show, goats must weigh a minimum of 60 pounds. Goats must have their milk teeth in use at the time of validation. Each exhibitor is limited to entering 2 goats and 2 lambs in the Harvest Festival. Keep in mind that all lambs & goats must be castrated by the validation date. Breeding Heifers- All heifers in the respective breed classes of the breeding beef show shall be registered with that breed association in the name of the exhibitor by October 1, 2013. Heifers must be born between September 1, 2011 and April 30, 2013.

Clover Kids - A poster competition with the theme “A Bountiful Harvest” is offered. Free entry. Also this year, the photography divisions will again only include color and black and white. Other categories are Fine Arts, Handcrafts, Poetry, Pumpkin Carving and Salsa Contest. These entry fees are a dollar per entry.

RABBIT RULES

MEAT PEN RABBITS - Meat pens shall consist of three

rabbits, all of the same breed and variety. Broken

meat pens must also be of the same variety. A meat

pen does not have to come from the same litter.

Meat pen rabbits should not be over 12 weeks old.

WEIGH IN: At weigh in each rabbit will be weighed

individually as per ARBA rules. Minimum weight is

three lbs., maximum weight is five lbs

FRYER SHOW - Meat Pens and exhibitors making

the sale are not eligible for the fryer show. Fryers

need to be checked in at weigh in or can be selected

from non-sale meat pens. (Do not remove original

pen number from rabbits ear.) All rules regarding

meat pens apply to a fryer, with the exception of the

points schedule for the judging for a single fryer.

Uniformity of body and weight of 3 rabbits is not an

issue. There will be a break between the meat pen

judging and the fryer judging to give exhibitors time

to pick a fryer. The exhibitor will be ask to leave their

fryer in the pen and remove the 2 remaining rabbits.

Judging will then proceed the same as for meat pens.

Pens containing 3 rabbits will not be judged. In a

disqualified meat pen it does not necessarily mean

that all the rabbits in this pen are disqualified from

fryer judging. It will be up to the exhibitor to choose

the fryer that shows no disqualifications.

HOME ECONOMICS “Open Harvest” Food Creations will be offered as the Home Economics contest this year. All entries should contain some type of Harvest Food (i.e. basically anything we have had in the past—chocolate, apples, pumpkins, pecans, walnuts, etc.) All entries for this division should not require refrigeration. Be sure to bring the recipe for your entry. All entries are sold for the food creations contest!

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State Lamb & Goat Validation

If you plan to show lambs or goats at any of the major stock shows,

your lambs and goats must be validated through the State

Validation program. We need a count of the number of lambs or

goats to be validated so that ear tags can be ordered. Please come

by the Extension Office to order and pay for your tags by August

21, 2013. The cost is $10.00 per tag. Also, validation for breeding

sheep will be $5.00 per head.

Swine Validation for Harvest Festival In order to show swine at the 2013 Harvest Festival Livestock Show, you MUST TURN IN A SWINE VALIDATION FORM BY AUGUST 10, 2013. The swine validation form includes a record of the pigs’ ear notches. Swine validation forms are available at the Gregg County Extension office.

Lamb and Goat Validation for Harvest Festival The validation of lambs and goats for the 2013 Harvest Festival Livestock Show will be held on Monday, August 5, 2013 from 7-11 a.m. at the Longview Fairgrounds. All lambs and goats MUST BE VALIDATED ON AUGUST 5, 2013 FOR THE HARVEST FESTIVAL LIVESTOCK SHOW. Validation will be held from 7:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (only) at the Longview Fairgrounds. The forms are available at the Gregg County Extension Office. These forms are also available from the Harvest Festival and Livestock Show website!

For OFFICIAL rules of the Harvest Festival and a

schedule, please see the Harvest Festival website at:

http://www.harvestfestivallivestockshow.com/

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Application Deadline for Major Livestock Show Calf Scrambles

Applications are available at the Extension Office to apply to scramble at Houston, Star of Texas, San Antonio, or Fort

Worth Shows. Applications are due to the Extension Office by Wednesday, August 14th. Age requirements are as

follows:

Houston– must have reached their 14th but not their 18th birthday as of January 1, 2013

San Antonio– must have reached their 12th but not their 18th birthday as of January 1, 2013

Star of Texas– must have reached their 12th but not their 18th birthday as of January 1, 2013

Fort Worth– 14-17 years old as of January 1, 2013

For all scrambles, youth must not be enrolled beyond their junior year in high school.

State Fair Of Texas Livestock Entry Deadline (Entry Deadline: Monday, August 19, 2013

The State Fair of Texas livestock entry deadline is August 19, 2013. Entry

forms are available at the Gregg County Extension Office. Entry payments and entry forms (including entry authorization signatures) must be submitted to the Gregg

County Extension Office by August 19, 2013.

Please call the Extension Office for more information.

County-Wide 4-H Officer Training

August 20, 2013

Be sure to mark your calendar for Tuesday, August 20th! You will need to attend the Gregg County-wide 4-H club officer training on August 20th in

order to prepare yourself for your responsibilities as a newly elected club officer. The training will be from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Gregg County Extension Auditorium. So make plans now to attend the 4-H Club

Officer Training on August 20th.

Please call the Extension Office by August 13th to RSVP.

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4-H COUNTY RECORDBOOK RESULTS

JUNIOR DIVISION Hunter Gibson - Family Life - 1st place Marisol Granado - Family Life - 2nd place Brailye Fleming - Communication and Expressive Arts - 1st place Ashton Fleming - Horse - 1st place Kayden Perry - Beef - 1st place Jaiden Hamilton - Food & Nutrition - 1st place Delayna Hold - Clothing & Textiles - 1st place

INTERMEDIATE DIVISION Brayden Vancil - Sheep - 1st place Dillon Gibson - Swine - 2nd place Austin Gibson - Swine - 1st place Christian Floyd - Veterinary Science - 1st place Rachel Boshers - Gardening & Horticulture - 1st place

SENIOR DIVISION Gwen Graves - Clothing & Textiles - 1st place Xavier Pippins - Clothing & Textiles - 2nd place Paul Daniel - Communication & Express Arts - 1st place Jazzmon Young - Communication & Express Arts - 2nd place Elizabeth Boshers - Gardening & Horticulture - 1st place Samuel Olson - Shooting Sports - 1st place Daniel Klerekoper - Food & Nutrition - 1st place Cassidy Keenon - Leadership - 1st place Completing 4-H Project Record Forms were: Tysen McClain, Amy Odum, Haley Horton, Bailey Horton, Rymington Raven, Danielle Raven, Mackenzy Moore, Whitni Rayson, Gabbie Graves, and Sasha Graves. Congratulations to all Gregg County 4-H’ers completing Recordbooks and Project Forms! You make us proud!

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4-H DISTRICT RECORDBOOK RESULTS

JUNIOR DIVISION

Kayden Perry - Beef - 2nd place

Delayna Hold - Clothing & Textiles - 1st place

Brailye Fleming - Communication & Expressive Arts - 1st place

Jaiden Hamilton - Food & Nutrition - 4th place

Ashton Fleming - Horse - 4th place

Hunter Gibson - Family Life - 1st place

INTERMEDIATE DIVISION

Brayden Vancil - Sheep - 4th place

Dillon Gibson - Shooting Sports - 3rd place

Austin Gibson - Swine - 4th place

Christian Floyd - Veterinary Science - 1st place

Rachel Boshers - Gardening & Horticulture - 1st place

SENIOR DIVISION

Gwen Graves - Clothing & Textiles - 3rd place

Paul Daniel - Communication & Expressive Arts - 1st place

Daniel Klerekoper - Food & Nutrition - 1st place

Elizabeth Boshers - Gardening & Horticulture - 1st place

Cassidy Keenon - Personal Development - 2nd place

Jazzmon Young - Public Speaking - 1st place

Samuel Olson - Shooting Sports - 3rd place

Congratulations to Paul Daniel, Daniel Klerekoper, Elizabeth Boshers,

and Jazzmon Young for placing 1st and

qualifying to compete at the State Level!!

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Waskom FFA Jackpot Show

August 17, 2013

Marshall City Arena - Heifers, steers, pigs, goats and lambs

Gilmer FFA Labor Day Blow-Out

August 31, 2013

Yamboree Fairgrounds - Pigs and goats

Hopkins County Fall Festival Livestock Show

September 18-21, 2013

Hopkins County Civic Center

For more information go to:

www.hopkinscountyfallfestival.com/Home_Page.php

Red River Valley Fair

September 24-28, 2013

For more information go to www.rrvfair.org

East Texas State Fair, Tyler

September 20-29, 2013

Early entry deadline to the East Texas State Fair is Septem-

ber 1st. Final entry deadline (with a $15 late fee to Tyler)

is September 10, 2013 for beef cattle, dairy, goats, lambs,

swine and rabbits.

For more information go to www.etstatefair.com

Heart of Texas Fair & Rodeo, Waco

October 3-12, 2013

For more info or details go to www.hotfair.com

SHOOTING SPORTS Congratulations to the Gregg County Sharpshooters for a great job at the Buckner Shoot!! Participating were Skylar Fritz, Mike Maglott, David Shockley, Paul Daniel, Andrew Allegrezza, Austin Gibson, Spenser Fritz, Dillon Gibson, Samuel Olson and Joshua Allegrezza. The team of Skyler Fritz, Mike Maglott, David Shockley, and Paul Daniel placed third out of 15 teams. Skyler Fritz place 8 out of 60 overall. Thank you to Mr. Charlie Parker for helping and to the NRA foundation for grants and donations,

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CLUB NEWS

Shamrocks 4-H Club - Joan Klerekoper will be the new Shamrocks 4-H Club Leader. The beginning of the year potluck dinner will be on August 12th at 5:00 p.m. at the Gregg County Extension Auditorium. Hope to see you there! Spring Hill 4-H Club - The monthly meetings will be held on the 3rd Monday of every month at 4:00 p.m. beginning in September at the Gregg County Extension Office. The potluck dinner will be August 2nd at 6:00 p.m. at McWhorter Park. Hope to see everyone there!

Harvest Festival Junior Board

Harvest Festival Junior Board of Directors

Applications are available at the Extension Office for positions on the Junior

Board of Directors for the Harvest Festival & Livestock Show. 4-H’ers who

are freshmen through seniors in High School are eligible to apply. The

Junior Board provides leadership, assists with public relations of the Harvest

Festival, and carries out responsibilities at the show and at the Crawfish Boil fundraiser. Applications

are due to the Extension Office Thursday, September 5, 2013.

Attention: Past Harvest Festival Junior Board Members

Past Harvest Festival Junior Board members who would like to apply to continue serving as a Junior

Board Member must also submit a Junior Board application to the Gregg County Extension Office by

Thursday, September 5, 2013. Applications are available at the Extension Office. In order to be

considered for renewal as a member of the Junior Board, you must turn in a Junior Board application

by September 5, 2013.

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2013 East Texas Regional Forage Conference The East Texas Regional Forage Conference will be held in Longview at “The Reserve” which is located on Hwy 259 on Thursday, August 29th. The Conference will feature some guest speakers Dr. Don Ball and Dr. Garry Lacefield, co-authors of “Southern Forages”, as well as Dr. Vanessa Olson, Extension Forage Specialist and Dr. Jason Banta, Extension Beef Cattle Specialist, both from the Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Center in Overton. Topics will cover Change, Challenges & Opportunities Ahead of Us, Forage Establishment, Soils Fertility, Making This Work in East Texas and Utilization of Winter Forages In A Beef Operation. There will be 3 credit hours toward any TDA pesticide license and a meal will be served at the noon hour. There is a registration fee of $15.00 per participant (includes lunch) and is due to the Gregg County Extension Office by August 22nd.

FAIRS, FESTIVAL, AND EVENTS

CERTIFIED JUDGE’S TRAINING

Opportunity for Adults: Have you ever wanted to be a judge at a county fair for the "Home Economics" sections? Or at the local festivals and fairs? Now is your chance to become a Certified Judge for these types of events.

Join us on August 22nd in Henderson to be trained in judging baked goods, food preservation, and more. Hope some of you will consider it!

See the brochure/registration form located on the Gregg County - Texas A&M AgriLife Extension webpage located at:

http:// gregg.agrilife.org

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Appreciation to 4-H Club Managers

Special thanks is due to all of our 4-H Leaders who served as 4-H Club Mangers and Assistant

Club Managers this past year. Many thanks to Leola Hughes, Essie O’Quinn, Tammie Olson,

Joyce Daniel, Wayne and Linda Snoddy, Miyoshi Hamilton, Kim McGregor, Desiree Watts and Shane and Daniel

Perry!!!

HAVE A GREAT SCHOOL YEAR!!!!!!!

Sincerely

Hugh Soape Dee Lee Smith Charlotte Hold

County Extension Agent County Extension Agent County Program Assistant

AG/NR Family & Consumer Sciences 4-H & Youth Development

Gregg County Gregg County Gregg County

Texas 4-H Day Rangers Ballpark—Arlington Texas

Saturday, September 28th, 7:05 p.m.

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SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

1 Ownership

deadline for

Lambs, Goats,

& Swine for the

Harvest Festival

& Livestock

Show

2 Spring Hill 4-H

Club potluck

dinner at

McWhorter Park

at 6:00 p.m.

4-H FCS

Coalition

Meeting 1:30

3

4 5

Lamb and Goat

Validation -

Longview Fair

Grounds

7:00 a.m. - 11:00

a.m.

State

Recordbook

Judging,

6 7 8 9 10 Harvest Festival

Swine Validation

Ear Notch Forms

Due to the Gregg

County

Extension Office

11 12 Shamrocks 4-H

Club potluck

dinner at 5:00

p.m. at the Gregg

County

Extension

Auditorium

13 Deadline to

RSVP for the

4-H Club Officer

Training

14 15 16 17

18 19 20 4-H Officer

Training - 2:00

p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

at the Gregg

County

Extension Office

21 State Lamb and

Goat validation

fees due to the

Gregg County

Extension Office

22

Certified Judges’

Training

23 24

25 26 27 4-H Leader &

Parent

Concession

Stand planning

meeting at the

Extension Office

6:30 p.m.

28 29 East Texas

Regional Forage

Conference

30 31