zadavis@ag.tamu.edu

254-897-2809

Somervell County 4-H

Newsletter

SEPTEMBER 2016

CLUB MEETINGS:

GLEN ROSE 4-H: SEPT 13

NEW LOCATION!!! COMMUNITY CENTER (107 SHEPPARD ST)

6:30PM

GLEN ROSE 4-H SHOOTING SPORTS:

SEPT 27 HOLIDAY INN

6:00PM

SEE YOU THERE!!!

4-H Open House

Hot Dog Dinner

September 1st

6:30-7:30 pm

Wheeler Branch

Reservoir Pavilion

It’s almost time to get started on a

new 4-H year. 4-H Connect will be

open for enrollment! If you would

like to participate in one of the many

projects like Shooting Sports, Food or

Photography, or would like to show

an animal, be sure to sign up now!

Enrollment is NOW OPEN!

https://4honline.com

Call 254-897-2809

or see attached information

for help with enrollment.

EVENTS AND UPDATES

zadavis@ag.tamu.edu

254-897-2809

2017 LAMB/GOAT

MAJOR SHOW

VALIDATION

October 17th

GRISD Ag Barn

4-6pm

October 18th

NCTA

5-6pm

4-H Equipment Rental

The Glen Rose 4-H Club has

scales, clippers, a stock box,

and a bumper-pull trailer for

use, for a reasonable fee.

Call the extension office at

254-897-2809

for more information!

Clippers……..$10/ 2 days

Stock Box…..$20/ day

Trailer……....$25/ day

Text Message Reminders

We will be sending out text message

reminders again this year.

To sign up to receive

reminders:

Text the message

@glenrose4h to

81010.

Heart O’ Texas –

Waco

Livestock Entries Due!

If you are planning to

exhibit, please have your

entry forms to the office with payment

made to

Glen Rose 4-H Club

by September 8th.

Go to www.hotfair.com or see attached

forms for more information.

EVENTS AND UPDATES

We promise not to overwhelm you with text messages. We will

use them for meeting reminders and any important reminders,

such as livestock validation dates/deadlines, major project or

contest entry deadlines, project kick-off events, etc..

Shooting Sports

If you have questions about your project practice, please call your coach!

Be sure to sign up for Text Reminders!

For more information Contact Glen Rose 4-H Shooting Sports

Club Manager: Sonja Mausser @ (254) 396-6806

PRACTICES

Archery Practice Sept 18

Intro to Archery @ 2 pm

Old Dollar General Building

*Practices start Oct. 9

every Sunday 2 PM

Rifle Practice Sept 18

Uncle George’s

1st and 3rd Sundays @ 4:30

Shotgun Practice Sept 18

New Shooters

Uncle George’s @ 4pm

Sept 25

Returning Shooters

Lone Star @ 2pm

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 4-H

KICK-OFF

OPEN

HOUSE

Wheeler

Branch

6:30PM

2 3

4

5 6 7

8

H.O.T.

ENTRIES

DUE

9

10

ARCHERY

FUND-

RAISER

Dinosaur

State Park

8:00am

11

12 13

4-H CLUB

MEETING

Citizen’s

Center

6:00pm

14

15 16 17

GR 4-H

JACKPOT

SHOW

Oakdale

Park

8:00am

18 Intro Archery

2pm -Old Dollar

General Bldg

Shotgun– 4pm

New Shooters

Uncle George’s

Rifle- 4:30pm

Uncle George’s

19

20

21 22

23 24

25

Shotgun– 2pm

Returning Shooters

Lone Star

26

27

4-H SS

MEETING

Holiday Inn

6:30pm

28

29 30

SEPTEMBER 2016 Dates to Save

Oct 4 Rifle Practice

Oct 9 Archery Practice

Oct 10 Office Closed

Oct 11 4-H Mtg

Oct 16 Archery Practice

Shotgun Practice

Rifle Practice

Oct 17 Goat/Sheep

Validation

Oct 18 Goat/Sheep

Validation

Oct 23 Archery Practice

Shotgun Practice

Oct 25 4-H SS Mtg

Oct 30 Archery Practice

As always...

Call us if you need anything or have any questions.

We are here to help you!

Extra-Curricular Activities & 4-H Eligibility

As an educational agency, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service supports

the Texas Education code and academic responsibility of student 4-H members.

The Extension sponsored 4-H youth programs must comply with provisions of

the Texas Educational Code in order for the 4-H program to maintain status of

an extracurricular organization.

When 4-H members participate in competitive events or when a member is par-

ticipating in any 4- H event that will require him/her to be absent from school,

the Extension Agent must submit a written request to the appropriate school

official prior to the activity. The school will determine if the students are eligi-

ble for participation and notify the agent. If parents have any questions they

should contact the school administration.

TEXAS BOBWHITE

QUAIL BRIGADE

Turning lumps of coal into diamonds

By Winston Lagergren,

Somervell County 4-H Officer

Can a six ounce bird convert teenagers from a lump of coal into a diamond? Well, Bob White Quail has been doing just that for 24 years via the Texas Bob White Quail Brigade, a leadership and team development camp with the objective of turning out Ambassadors of Conservation. Long days starting at 5 a.m., the heat of the rolling plains of Texas, marching, classroom work, de-bating skills (“Quail Politics”), writing and speaking skills, presentations, anatomy, habitat studies, taxidermy, plant ID, radio telemetry, “ropes and cans”, the “human knot” and the “board walk”……they’re some of the “pressure and heat” needed to convert a lump of coal into a motivated conser-vation diamond. A modern day Aldo Leopold, as it were. Cadets fresh out of the Texas Brigades feel exhausted, happy, and relieved on their trip home from the 10 day camp packed into five days. I went to the Bobwhite Brigade in Coleman County, and I can say for myself and any other person who has experienced the Brigades, you will become educated, confident and most of all, motivated to evangelize proper wildlife management. Texas Bob White Quail Brigade was born in 1993, an idea of Dr. Dale Rollins, extension wildlife specialist with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. It is an award- winning program that has been duplicated within Texas. The other Texas Brigades include: Buckskin, Waterfowl, Bass, Cos-tal and Ranch. It is used as a model in other states. "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” If cadets want to return to the Brigades as an assistant covey leader (herd leader, or school lead-er), they must complete ten projects before November 1st, and complete a book of accomplish-ments. 100 per cent of the cadets say they want to come back. However, only 10 percent return after competing, post camp, doing projects, research and educational presentations. The itinerary for the Brigades seems impossible to follow and be on time. A myriad of projects/studies as well as KP duty and “roost inspection”, has EVERY cadet and volunteer working from 5:30 a.ml to as late as 2:00 a.m. the next day. The Brigades pushes teenagers to expand their lim-its, and makes them work harder and dig deeper, to find that spark that will ignite their ability to go on. I feel this program pushed and stretched me to an entirely new level that can be applied to any challenge I might face in the future.

More information on the Texas Brigades can be found at http://www.texasbrigades.org/