May—June 2015

Anderson County Staff:

Holly Black

County Extension Agent

Family & Consumer Science

Truman Lamb

County Extension Agent

Agriculture & Natural Resources

Preston Sturdivant

County Extension Agent

4-H and Youth Development

Jenna Howell

Office Manager

 

101E.OakStreetPalestine,TX75801Phone:903‐723‐3735Fax:903‐723‐2810E‐mail:anderson@ag.tamu.eduNewsletterisnowavailableonAnderson.agrilife.org

May5,2016    

 

Educational programs of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, reli-gion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or veteran status.

The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Coop-erating

 

Congratulations to our 2016-2017 Anderson County 4-H Officers!

President: Jacob Hatfield

Vice President: JB Alexander

2nd Vice President: Bayli Honeycutt

Secretary: Olivia Wendell

Treasurer: Faith Cooper

Reporter: McKenna Bowman

Health & Safety: Cheyenne Staples They look forward to serving the 4-H program, its members,

and our community!

4‐H 

 LIVESTOCK SHOW PICTURES      

If you made the sale with your livestock project, you will get 2 pictures (one for your buyer and one for you). You must take the picture, thank you note, and Buyer’s form

to your buyer and have them sign the form. The Buyers form and a copy of your thank you note are due back to the Extension office by Friday, June 24th. Checks will not be issued until we have the signed buyers form and copy of the thank you note. **Your Club Manager will notify you when the pictures are ready to be picked up.**

Action Pictures of the show can be viewed and purchased at www.mccannphotography.net. Just look for the link on the

homepage for Anderson County Youth Livestock Show.

ARE YOU READY? Forms may be found on our website (Anderson.agrilife.org/publications/) or may be downloaded from the Texas 4-H Website (http://texas4-h tamu.edu/youth_recordbook) there is a Family Guide to the Texas 4-H Recordbook Publication at this site that can be very helpful or you can come by the Exten-sion Office to pick one up. You have put in lots of hard work this year with your 4-H projects, but the job isn’t done until the paperwork is turned in! Even though record keeping isn't the most exciting part of the project, it

is one of the most important. A Recordbook is your way of showing off everything you have done in 4-H.

May 12, 6:00 PM, County Extension Office - Recordbook training-open to all!

Completing your recordbook can give you a sense of personal accomplishment and can:

Help you earn credit for completing the 4-H year.

Give you the opportunity to be recognized on the county level and be eligible to win 4-H awards.

Keeping records and completing a 4-H recordbook can seem like a difficult task but using the Family Guide to the Texas 4-H Recordbook breaks it down into easy steps to help you crank it out. Contact the Extension office if you have questions or need help putting your recordbook together.

You’ve already done the hard work with your projects, so now just put it all on paper and get credit for it! It’s that easy! Recordbooks are due to the Extension office June 14th.

4-H RECORDBOOKS

LEADERSHIP LAB  

June 24, 25 

Stonefort Camp 

Tyler, Texas  

Ages 13‐19 years old 

Registra on will be open on  

4‐HConnect through June 14th.

Cost: $85, up to half recovered after

participation

Things that will be included in the Lab         experience: 

Robo cs 

Drones 

Pinewood Derby 

Technology in Agriculture 

Leadership 

   

Lots of FUN! 

2016‐2017

SteerMajorShow&StateFair

Validation

And

Lamb&GoatValidation

Monday,June20

9:00am

Toby&LindaBarnett’s,635ACR414

Stillneedatag?ContacttheCountyEx‐tensionof ice!Costis$20persteertag

and$20perlamborgoattag.

4-H Project Show

October 2016 ~ During Hot Pepper Festival!

SAVE THE Month!

Shout Out: Faith Cooper, for u lizing  her rabbitry skills in a way that         supports her family and keeps food on the table!  

Food and Nutrition Extravaganza Junior Protein: Amanda Scheppler, 9th place Junior Fruits & Vegetables: Victoria McFall, 5th place Junior Grains: Scott Black, 6th place Junior Dairy: Shiloh Peckham, 2nd place Junior Place Setting: Victoria McFall, 2nd place Amanda Scheppler, 3rd place Intermediate Protein: Elizabeth Scheppler, 5th place Intermediate Fruits & Vegetables: Zane Quick, 2nd place Intermediate Grains: Sarah Reed, 2nd place Intermediate Dairy: Brianna Brooks, 4th place Intermediate Place Setting: Zane Quick, 1st place Brianna Brooks, 2nd place Intermediate Poster Contest: Zane Quick, 2nd place

CONGRATULATIONS to all our 4-Her’s that placed and sold in the Anderson County Youth Livestock Show and also to all those that partici-pated. We had over 60 4-Her’s that participated in the Livestock Show.

4-H Fashion Show Junior Construction: Laeni Couch, 3rd place Junior Fashion Storyboard: Zaylean Gonzalez, 2nd place Junior Fabric/Textile Creation: Victoria McFall, 1st place Duct Tape Design: Ethan Young, 1st place Duct Tape Design: Abby Young, 2nd place Intermediate Refashion: Megan Crawford, 1st place Intermediate Wearable: Megan Crawford, 2nd place Senior Wearable: Haley Young, 1st place

Congratulations to ALL of our District Roundup participants!

District Judging Contest Results District Livestock Judging                                                                             District Horse Judging 

Luke Reed, 9th overall                                                                                                       Kylie Webb, 5th overall 

Addison Bowman, 10th overall                                                                                         

McKenna Bowman, 25th overall 

Important Dates May

12—Recordbook Training, CEO, 6:00 PM

June

6-9—Texas 4-H Roundup, College Station, TX

14—4-H Recordbooks due in CEO by 5:00 PM

20—steer and state fair heifer/sheep/goat validation,

Linda Barnett’s—635 acr414—9 am

24-25—District 5 leadership lab

July

1—Applications for county awards due, Ceo, 5:00 PM

7—Interviews for county awards

17-20—texas 4-h Primetime camp, texas 4-h center

Texas 4-H Round-Up

June 6th to June 11h, 2016

Texas A&M University, College Station

Contests and workshops are available for adults, intermedi-ates, and seniors. For more information regarding Round-Up and registration, go to http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/roundup/.

Please contact the Extension Office if you plan to submit 

a bill! Contact the Extension Office if you need assistance 

wri ng a bill! Find more informa on at texas4‐h.edu/

events/congress! 

SUMMER CAMPS

903‐723‐3735 

Preston Sturdivant 

Good Luck and Best Wishes to all our Seniors!

“In life you make small decisions with your head and the big decisions with your heart.”

Remember this quote upon your journey ahead. Continue to make the right choices and take advantage of oppor-

tunities that arise. Be confident and you will never cease to confront life’s challenges with grace and courage.

Keep moving forward towards your dreams and never stop believing in yourself. Your hard work and dedication

will carry you far.

Anderson County 4-H Clubs

Cayuga 4-H

2nd Sunday, 1:00 p.m.—Terry Douglas Home

Terry Douglas — 903-338-2912

Audry Alexander— 903-499-2662

Dogwood 4-H

Determined month by month

Call to check for place and time

Emily West—903-723-3996

Elkhart 4-H

2nd Sunday, 3:00 p.m.— First Baptist Church, Elkhart

Jeanna Bullard—903-478-2600

Frankston 4-H

2nd Sunday, 3:00 p.m.

Frankston Elementary Cafeteria

Stacie Caviness—903-570-9198

Harmony Broyles Chapel 4-H

3rd Sunday, 4:00 p.m.—Bassett Rd. Baptist Church

Taylor Brown—903-723-9569

Ioni Creek 4-H

1st Monday, 6:30 p.m.—Slocum Union Church

Amy Jones—903-724-3220

Old Cayuga 4-H

2nd Sunday, 3:00 p.m.—Dogwood Junction

Tonya Kale—903-724-2349

Leigh Harding—903-724-2454

Xtreme 4-H Shooting Sports– Project Club

Call to check dates of meetings.

Kenneth Honeycutt—903-391-4078

Amy Honeycutt—903-391-4079