Erath 4-H News May 2011

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1 Erath 4-H News May W. College St. - #109, Stephenville, TX Phone: Fax: tx.tamu.edu Megan Logan Megan Logan, County Extension Agent, 4-H & Youth Development Donna White, CEA, Family & Consumer Sciences 4-H is a United Way Funded Organization Upcoming Events: May 2 th Stephenville 4-H Club Meeting May 12 Kids & Kows & More May 18 th County Council Meeting June 5-7 Howard Goat Camp June 8 Food Camp June Howard Lamb Camp June State Round-Up June District Horse Show June Leadership Lab July Clothing Camp Deadlines: May 5 District TAEA 4-H scholarship applications due May 13 Deadline to RSVP for Council Meeting May 15 Daisy Manufacturing Scholarships Due May 24 District Horse Show Entries Due June 6 County Recordbooks Due May 31 Leadership Lab Registration Deadline June 1 Food Camp Payment Due July 5 Clothing Camp Payment Due The 2011 District Horse Show will be held June 20-21, 2011 at the Bell County Expo Center in Belton. All horses on the grounds during this time period will be required to furnish proof of a negative test for EIA (Coggins Test) dated within the preceding twelve-month period. Entry applications and fees need to be submitted in 4-H Connect by May 24, Must have validated horses in order to register for the show. *Registration will now be on 4-H Connect; call or come by the office for help getting registered. Council will meet on Monday May 18 th at 5:30 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to elect new officers and District Delegates for the year. Bring pictures to work on the scrapbook. We will also start making plans for our annual 4-H Banquet. Please RSVP by May 13 th as food will be provided. County Recordbooks will be due June 6 th by 5:00 p.m. The earlier you get them in, the sooner we will be able to make corrections prior to District judging. Provisions from the American Disability Act will be considered when planning educational programs and activities. Please notify the Erath County Extension Office as far in advance of the program as possible if you plan on attending an Extension Educational program and require specialized services. This will allow ample time to acquire resources to meet your needs. Extension programs serve people of all ages regardless of socioeconomic level, race, color, sex, religion, disability or national origin. The Texas A & M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating

2 Page 2 4-H Newsletter May, 2011 The month of May is the time of year for all Erath County 4-H Clubs to elect new club officers for the H year. Please fax or the list of new officers to the Extension office. Also, club managers, please call the Extension office and verify that club officers have turned in the minutes and sign-in sheets for each club meeting that has been held this year. Thank you!!! Stephenville 4-H Club The following 4-H members still have COUNTY livestock show checks to pick upmake sure you bring your thank-you notes; checks will not be issued without thankyou notes: Rachel Deleon Jettie Funderburgh Lyndi Graham &Gage Graham Chelsea Hicks (No notes needed) Morgan Prescott (No notes needed) Hannah Rivera (No notes needed) Jayci Williams & Randi Williams Madison Wyly The next meeting of the Stephenville 4-H Club will be held on May 2, 6:30 pm at the city park Gazebo or Pavilion in Stephenville! Hamburgers will be provided for all 4-Hers and parents that attend. Stephenville Club will be electing their officers for the year at this meeting, so be sure to attend! All are welcome! Please contact Scotta Faulkenberry, Haylee Fritts or David Wilson to sign up to bring food. Don t forget to bring a lawn chair! Austin Stock Show Results Market Barrows Class 23 Crossbred Barrows 1 st Chelsi Vineyard Breeding Heifers Class 10 Santa Gertrudis 1 st & Reserve Champion Santa Gertrudis Senior Heifer Jordan Hess

3 4-H Newsletter May, 2011 Page 3 Consumer Decision Making Results This is a great opportunity for 4-H members ages 13 and older to learn leadership skills through fun competition. District 8 Leadership Lab is from 1:00 pm on Wednesday, June 22 rd through 11:00 am on Friday, June 24 th. Registration begins May 1 st and ends May 31 st. The cost will be $200 per participant. This includes all meals and snacks beginning with supper on Wednesday and ending with breakfast on Friday, insurance, and facility use at the Texas 4-H Conference Center. Participants will need to bring their own pillows, sheets, towels, wash cloths, and personal items. A light blanket is recommended. For recreation: swimsuit, sturdy shoes for active games, old tennis shoes or water shoes for lake. A light jacket or sweater is also recommended, as the classrooms and dorms may be cool. You are encouraged to leave you cell phone at home. One of the major events of Lab will be the election of officers, for the District 8 4-H Council. Council Officer applications are due to the District Office by May 31, 2011 (postmarked). You must have attended Lab once before to be eligible to run. To register, 4-H members must go to the State 4-H Website: then click on the 4-H Connect link. Don t forget Mother s Day! May 8 th Remember those who have fought for your freedom on Memorial Day May 30 th (County Offices close in observance.) We d like to run another article bragging on our CDM youth and adults and how they fared at the District CDM contest in Waco on March 5. We inadvertently left off some of the team members last month. The Junior team of Riley McKinzie, Weston Pettit, Victoria Saucedo, and Nathan Starnes placed 2 nd high out of 9 teams. Morgan McKinzie competed as an individual. Riley McKinzie placed 2 nd high as an individual; Morgan McKinzie placed 5 th high as an individual. The Intermediates had two teams. Patrick Delaney, Conner McKinzie, Will Singleton and Will Pettit placed 1 st out of 12 teams and the team of Payton Whitfiled, Karsen Styron, Madison Brown and London Jones placed 4 th out of 15 teams. In the Intermediate age division, Conner McKinzie and Will Pettit ranked 2 nd and 3 rd place respectively as individuals. The Senior age group consisted of one senior team: Kline Jones, Kelley Royal, Jake Singleton, and Laurie Tolboom. The team placed 4 th out of 15 teams! Also participating as individuals in the senior category were Zane and Courtney Whitehead. None of these honors could be bestowed without the countless hours of hard work from our volunteer leaders, DeAnna Powell and Jeff and Melanie Royal. We also appreciate all the parents for getting the youth to practices and to the contest. They were shining stars for Erath County!

4 Page 4 4-H Newsletter May, H District Fashion Show Erath County 4-Hers did an awesome job representing you at the District Fashion Show Friday, April 15 at TSU. Here are the results: Junior Buying Dressy: 1 st place Riley McKinzie Junior Buying Sportswear: 1 st place Morgan McKinzie Junior Construction Dressy: 4 th place Hadlee Godfrey Junior Construction Casual: participant Madelyn McKenzie Junior Construction Sportswear: 1 st place Allissa Adams Junior Storyboard Accessory: 2 nd place Morgan McKinzie Junior Storyboard Wearable: participant Madelyn McKenzie and Riley McKinzie Junior Storyboard Jewelry: 2 nd place Victoria Saucedo Intermediate Buying Casual: 3 rd place Anneke VanderHorst Intermediate Buying Dressy: 1 st place - London Jones Intermediate Buying Specialty: 2 nd place Kendyl Croft Intermediate Storyboard Accessory: 1 st place Anneke VanderHorst Intermediate Storyboard Accessory: 2 nd place Kendyl Croft Intermediate Storyboard Wearable: participant Karsen Styron Senior Buying Casual: 1 st place Haylee Fritts Senior Buying Dressy: 2 nd place Suzanna Tolboom Senior Buying Formal: 1 st place Kelley Royal We also want to thank all parents and leaders for helping with the projects. Also, to judges and volunteers from our county to the event: Peggy Tolboom, Kelli McKinzie, TSU students Kelsey Frederickson, Angela Schmidt, Shelley Fangman and Courtney Porter. Special thanks also to Dr. Karol Blaylock for judging and providing the welcome for the event from Tarleton State University. We are very excited to have Haylee Fritts and Kelley Royal represent us at the State 4-H Round-Up in College Station in June! Clothing Camp Update Clothing Camp is officially full! We will send a supply list to all those who have registered so you will know what to bring. Clothing Camp is July Deadline for Clothing Camp payment is Tuesday, July 5. Since we have to purchase all supplies ahead of time, it is important we have funds ahead of time. The cost is $30.00 per participant which includes most project supplies and snacks for three days! Our community service projects include making craft items for our Extension Education club members to take to their state convention. In addition, we will ask participants to bring disposable diapers to benefit recipients of the Come Eat Soup Kitchen. If you have questions, please call our office.

5 4-H Newsletter May, 2011 Page 5 Mardi Gras at County Fashion Show The committee of 4-Hers did an awesome job decorating for a Mardi Gras theme at the 4-H Fashion Show held Saturday, March 26 at the TSU Ag Auditorum sponsored by TSU Ag and Consumer Sciences Department. Dr. Karol Blaylock helped sponsor and judge the event. Senior 4-Hers Suzanna Tolboom, Haylee Fritts, and Kelley Royal narrated the Fashion Show which included the Buying, Construction, and Storyboard Divisions. Judges for the event in addition to Dr. Blaylock were Judy Meador, Angela Schmidt, Madeline and Shelley Fangman. Madeline and Shelley have competed numerous times at the State 4-H Fashion Show so we were especially fortunate to have 4-H alumni give judge's critiques. Thanks to the parents of 4-Hers for bringing all the refreshments for the morning event! The results of the show are as follows: Junior: Buying - Dressy - 1st place - Riley McKinzie 2nd place - Victoria Saucedo Buying Sportswear 1st place - Morgan McKinzie Construction Dressy 1st place - Hadlee Godfrey Construcgtion Casual 1st place - Madelyn McKenzie Construction Sportswear 1st place Allissa Adams Storyboard Accessories 1st place - Morgan McKinzie Storyboard Wearable 1st place - Madelyn McKenzie 2nd place - Riley McKinzie Storyboard Jewelry 1st place - Victoria Saucedo Intermediate Buying Casual 1st place - Anneke VanderHorst Buying Dressy 1st place - London Jones Buying Specialty 1st place - Kendyl Croft Storyboard Wearable 1st place - Karsen Styron Storyboard - Accessory 1st place - Anneke VanderHorst 2nd place - Kendyl Croft Senior Buying Dressy 1st place - Suzanna Tolboom Buying Casual 1st place - Haylee Fritts Buying Formal 1st place - Kelley Royal Butterflies, Bees & Beetles. Oh My! Erath 4-H had their first participant in the District Entomology Contest, Eammon Delaney. Eammon proudly represented Erath county and proved himself to be quite the contender by receiving 34 out of 35 possible points! Congratulations to Eammon for his accomplishment and great job representing Erath County! If you have a child who likes insects or collecting them this may be the thing for them! For more information on joining 4-H or information on the project please call the Erath County Office at (254)

6 Page 6 4-H Newsletter May, 2011 Food Camp Update We only have 6 spots left to fill Food Camp! Our maximum capacity is 40 participants! Food Camp is Wednesday, June 8. We will meet at the Research and Extension Center (Corner of Hwy 281 and Lingleville Highway) at 8:30 to load up for our day of tours! Our committee has planned a fun-filled day for us starting with a tour of the Tassione Farms in Morgan Mill with lunch on the grounds. Then, we will travel to Veldhuizen Cheese Shop in Dublin. After the tour and sampling, we will wind up the day at the Research and Extension Center with The Home Place demonstration on kitchen appliances and the Come Eat Soup Kitchen. Here are the day s specifics: Time: 8:30-3:00 Photography We had 15 beautiful photographs turned into our office for the photography contest. All first place recipients have been submitted to the State contest and will be available for viewing at State Round-Up. Animal Wildlife - 1 st Lindsay Minix & 2 nd Kate Lanting Details Macro - 1 st Kate Lanting & 2 nd Lindsay Minix Domestic Animal - 1 st Kelley Royal Elements of Design - 1 st Matt Minix & 2 nd Kelley Royal Plant Flora - 1 st Kate Lanting & 2 nd Jake Singleton & 3 rd Kelley Royal Nature Landscape - 1 st Kelley Royal & 2 nd Jake Singleton Night - 1 st Jake Singleton People - 1 st Lindsay Minix & 2 nd Kate Lanting Congratulations to all! We look forward to seeing how you all do at State Round-Up this summer! Location: Meet at the Research and Extension Center (1229 N US Hwy 281) in Stephenville Cost: $15.00 (includes transportation, lunch, snacks, tours) Community Service Project: Bring the fruit cups in disposable containers and/or personal hygiene items such as toothpaste, toothbrushes, small shampoo and soaps. This will benefit Come Eat Soup Kitchen clients. Deadline for payment of Food Camp: We must have your payment in our office for Food Camp no later than June 1. We ll probably have a waiting list and since we are investing in transportation, it is only fair to everyone we have committed campers!

7 4-H Newsletter May, 2011 Page 7 Erath 4-Hers Shine Brightly at District Round-Up Erath 4-Hers did an amazing job at District Round-Up on Saturday, April 16, 2011 at TSU. We had participants entered in the following categories: Educational Presentation, Public Speaking, Share- The-Fun Musical and Horse Quiz Bowl. In the Educational Presentation competition our kids covered the topics of family life and health. Giving a presentation in the Junior Family Life category were Kindall Manning and Riley McKinzie with a presentation over Bullying. They received 1 st out of 4 presentations! Kenna Faulkenberry and Chelsi Vineyard gave a presentation over the Hazards of Second Hand Smoke, receiving 2 nd place! Morgan McKinzie participated in the Public Speaking competition giving a speech over Going Green! Morgan competed in the Junior age division and received 1 st place! Share-The-Fun is one of the most popular competitions at District Round-Up, Patrick Delaney participated in the Musical category of this competition. Patrick played three different piano pieces in front of a live audience and walked away with 2 nd! In Junior Horse Quiz Bowl, Erath had two teams, one from the Cowboy Capital Horse Club and one from the Morgan Mill Club. Receiving 2 nd at District was the team from the Horse Club, members were: Allisa Adams, Kalee Risse and Hannah Rivera. Receiving 4 th was the Morgan Mill team whose members were: Carson Ballinger, Sawyer Breeding, Jacee Halliday and Nathan Starnes. Special thanks to the Tarleton Students who served as judges for our county, Kelsey Fredrickson and Shelley Fangman! We want to congratulate all who participated! We could not be more proud of all of our competitors! Please wish Kenna and Chelsi good luck, as they will be representing us this summer at State Round-Up in College Station this June! Dairy Judging Team Advances to Nationals! This was the first year that there has been an Invitational Dairy Judging contest at the State level. This contest was an opportunity for the 4-Hers who did not qualify for the State contest to still judge at the State level for practice. The Invitational team consisted of London Jones, Alyson Philips, and Anneke VanderHorst. Each of the contestants also had two questions classes to answer following the completion of judging.the team received 3 rd Overall out of 13 teams. London Jones received 8 th High Individual and Anneke VanderHorst received 9 th High Individual. We are very proud of these 4-Hers! Erath s Qualifying Team consisted of Morgan Cavitt, Mitchell Gilpin, Kline Jones and Kryssi Pina. Morgan Cavitt received 1 st High Individual out of 58 contestants, Mitchell Gilpin received 4 th High Individual and Kline Jones received 8 th High Individual. The team then went on to receive 1 st, qualifying them to go on to the Nationals! Throughout the next couple of months, the Dairy Judging team will be hosting fundraisers to help offset the expenses of their trip to the National Contest. Please watch the newspaper for ways you can help support the teams trip to Nationals. Please wish them luck as they represent Erath County at the National level!

8 Page 8 4-H Newsletter May, H CLUBS - MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE CLUB MEETING PLACE DAY TIME CLUB MGR. PHONE COMMUNITY CLUBS Dublin Senior Citizens Center 2 nd Monday 6:30 pm Dennis Reed Huckabay Huckabay Baptist Church 1 st Thursday 5:00 pm Letha Stegall Morgan Mill Morgan Mill Community Center 1 st Monday 6:00 pm Allison Ballinger Stephenville Foster s Home for Children 1 st Monday 6:30 pm David Wilson County Council Extension Office Courthouse Annex As Needed 5:30 pm Contact: Megan Logan PROJECT CLUBS Dairy Club Chamberlain Library 2 nd Monday 7:00 pm Paulette & Barry Cavitt Horse Club Research & Extension Center 1 st Monday 6:30 pm Peggy Tolboom Lamb & Goat Club Research & Extension Center 2 nd Monday 6:30 pm Betty & Brandon Manning Shooting Sports Research & Extension Center 1 st Tuesday 6:00 pm Roy Green The May County Council meeting will be held at the Extension Office at 5:30 pm on 4/18. Club Presidents and Council Delegates: One of the duties of your office is to attend all County Council meetings. Please RSVP to by 5pm on Monday, May 16 th.