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June

Inside this issue:

Agent’s Corner

2 4-H Event Calendar

3

4-H News

4

4-H News

5

4-H News

6

4-H Congratulations

7

4-H Congratulations 8

4-H News in Agriculture

9

TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE EXTENSION June 2015

Volume 25, Issue 9

.June.

Hidalgo County 410 N. 13

th Ave

Edinburg, Texas 68541 Ph: 956-383-1026 Fax :956-383-1635 http://hidalgo.agrilife.org

Want to write about your 4-H experience? Submit your article to the 4-H Spotlight!

Email joey.gutierrez@ag.tamu.edu

This newsletter can be viewed online @ http://hidalgo.agrilife.org

Activities:

June 2: Ambassador Applications

Due

June 4: Fall Heifer Validation

(Edinburg Ag Farm 10am-

12pm, tentative to change)

June 6: District 12 Archery Match

(Benavides)

June 9: Record Books Due

June 9-11: Texas 4-H State Round-Up

(College Station)

June 16th: Steer Validation (McAllen

AG Farm 8am-11am)

June 19: District 12 4-H Horse Show

(Robstown)

June 23-26: District 12 Leadership LAB

(Uvalde)

Coming Up Activities:

Activities:

July 2 @ 6pm: Club Manager Workshop

July 14-16: Learn to Sew Workshop

(Extension Office)

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4-H NEWS

Hello 4-H Families and 4-H’ers, Hey folks! I hope everyone is having a great start to your summer break. We have been busy here at the Extension

planning and preparing for the upcoming month’s events. Just as a reminder to those who would like to apply for Hidalgo

County Ambassadors, applications are due tomorrow, June 2nd. Also, on Wednesday, June 3rd, we are holding a mini

Livestock Judging session here at the office for the team representing Hidalgo County at State Round-Up next week and for

anyone else who would like to learn more about judging livestock. Guest speakers sharing their tips and expertise with us

are Mr. Benton England from the England Cattle Co., Mr. Jesse Cervantes from RGV Show Pigs, and Mr. Mario Guillen

from Rio Grande Valley Show Supply. On Thursday, June 4th from 10am to 12 pm, heifer validation will be going on at the

McAllen Ag. Farm. This is for shows happening in the Fall of 2015. Also, June 4th is the deadline to register for Leadership

Lab. There has been a change to the age limitation for this year’s Leadership Lab. Any 4-H member who has been (or will

be) promoted to the 7th grade will be allowed to go. Hope to see y’all there! Remember, Record Books are due Tuesday,

June 9th at the Ext. Office no later than 5:00 pm, no exceptions will be made. And GOOD LUCK to all of those going to State

Round-Up!!! Looking forward to seeing y’all there!

Sincerely,

Brad Cowan, County Extension Agent

AG/Natural Resources

Andrea Valdez, County Extension Agent

Family & Consumer Sciences

Joey Gutierrez, County Extension Agent

4-H Youth Development

Joanne Ureste, County Extension Agent

Family Resources

Ashley Gregory, County Extension

Agent, Horticulture

Kimberly Guillen, Community Relations

Program Specialist

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR

NEW HIDALGO COUNTY COUNCIL!

Note: County Council Workshop TBA soon!

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4-H NEWS

4-H NEWS

4-H NEWS

4-H NEWS

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4-H NEWS

4-H News

U.S. Department of Agriculture’s/ Farm Service Agency (FSA)

Youth Loans

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA)

makes operating loans of up to $5,000 to eligible individual youth, ages ten

(10) through twenty (20) to finance income producing, agriculture-related

projects. Project must be of modest size, educational and initiated,

developed and carried out by youth participating in 4-H clubs, FFA or a

similar organization.

For more information and applications, contact Vidal Saenz, Extension

Agent CEP (Farm Advisor) at (956)383-1026.

To view the fact sheet, just follow the link: http://hidalgo.agrilife.org/4-h-youth-development/4-h-newsletters/

Steer Validation information

Get ready for next year’s

projects: visit Vidal Saenz for

Youth Loans!!!

When:

June 16th

, 2015

Where:

McAllen Ag. Farm

What time:

8am – 11am

Club Manager Training

Thursday, July 2nd, 6:00 pm

@ Ext. Office

Topics include:

Club Chartering

4-H Connect

Club structure

Financial Management

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NEW! District 12 4-H Leadership Scholarship @ Southwest Texas Junior College

Submission Deadline: June 15, 2015

Southwest Texas Junior College, headquartered in Uvalde, has partnered with District 12 4-H to offer 2

scholarships to eligible 4-H members in District 12. Here are the scholarship eligibility criteria:

Scholarship Criteria

1) Must have been a 4-H member as of June 1, 2014, and currently be an active 4-H member as of June 15, 2015.

2) Must be a graduating Senior (May/June 2015). 3) Must have an overall GPA of at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale. 4) Any college major is acceptable. 5) Must complete this application by June 15, 2015.

6) Only to be used at Southwest Texas Junior College

Application Information Needed

1) Name, Address, County and other contact information 2) 4-H Member ID# (from 4-H Connect) 3) 1-page narrative on 4-H Leadership Activities & Experiences 4) Recent high school transcript ( you will need a pdf or jpg copy to upload) 5) Official GPA on a 4.0 scale

How to apply?

1) Visit the District 12 4-H website and click on FUTURE COLLEGE GRAD link (http://agrilife.org/d124h/college/leadership-scholarship/)

2) Submit the application information including upload by June 15, 2015

To learn more about Southwest Texas Junior College, visit their website at http://www.swtjc.edu/

4-H NEWS

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4-H NEWS

RECORD BOOKS DUE:

JUNE 9TH

, 2015

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4-H NEWS

!! ATTENTION !!

The AGE LIMITATION for

Attending Leadership Lab THIS JUNE has changed!

The current limitation on attendance is that youth must be 12 years of age by the registration deadline

(June 4, 2015). In consideration of upcoming changes in how 4-H members (statewide) enroll in the future

(e.g. all eligibility and age divisions will be based on grade level), it has been decided to allow any 4-H

member that will be (or has been) promoted to the 7th grade as of the end of this school year to attend

Leadership Lab this year. The registration deadline, however, has not changed.

When:

June 4th

, 2015

Where:

McAllen Ag. Farm

What time:

10am – 12 pm

Livestock Judging Mini Session

Wednesday

June 3rd, 2015

2:00 pm @ Hidalgo Co.

Extension Office Training Room

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CONGRATULATIONS

Sitting left to right Audrey

Aguilar,Trey Garza,and Sara Trevino

Standing Angel Moreno,Cameron

Aguilar ,Dana Moreno and Claudia

Martinez

2015-2016

County Council

(from left to right)

Tyler Denny - Parliamentarian

Bianca Garcia – 2nd V. Pres.

Vanessa Martinez – 1st V. Pres.

Daena Ciomperlik – District Delegate

Claudia Martinez – President

Claire Lee – District Delegate

Charles Lee – Treasurer

Michael Bullion - Secretary

Brianna Bullion - Reporter

Congradualations Harvest

Christian Academy!!

Deeann Perez- Treasurer

Abby Hernandez- V President

Roly Lozano- President

Karley Wills- Seccretary

Amanda Zavala- Reporter

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Thanks Queen City!!!

4-H NEWS

CONGRATULATIONS

Members of the 4 Wids 4-

H Club donated food,

clothes, and cooking

material to a family who

lost everything in a house

fire. This material was

donated on November 9th

2014

President – Claudia Martinez 1st Vice President – Vanessa Martinez 2nd Vice President – Audrey Aguilar

Secretary – Michael Garcia Treasurer – George Cavazos Reporter – Matthew Saldana

Parliamentarian – Jaydan Perez Health and Safety officer – Sarah Trevino

County council delegates- James Flores and

Karen Cantu

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4-H NEWS IN AGRICULTURE

Educational programs of the 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.

Individuals with a disability needing an accommodation should contact 956-383-1026 at least two weeks in advance to program date