Calcasieu Parish Extension Office 7101 Gulf Hwy Lake Charles, LA Fax:

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1 November2015 Project Workshop Day Calcasieu Parish Extension Office 7101 Gulf Hwy Lake Charles, LA Fax: Matthew McClellan Ext. Agent, 4-H Want to dig deeper into 4-H? Do you want to learn about how and what to do to participate in parish contests? Do you want to have a fun time? If so, Project workshop day is for you! Elementary students will work through their project books, complete several projects and learn about parish contests and how to prepare for them. Middle and high school members can select 1 of 3 tracks either Outdoor skills, Sewing, or Clothing projects. Project workshop day will be held at Gayle Hall on Campus at McNeese State University on Saturday November 14, Workshops will begin at 9:00 am and end at noon. For more information and to register for Project Workshop Day, see the below flyer. We are still accepting registrations! Jennifer Cantrell Ext. Agent, 4-H jdrescher@agcenter.lsu.edu Carrie Jones Ext. Agent, 4-H cajones@agcenter.lsu.edu Find forms and event information on: If you need an accommodation for a disability covered by the ADA, please notify the Calcasieu Parish office of the Cooperative Extension Service two weeks prior to the event for which you need accommodation. The LSU AgCenter is a statewide campus of the LSU System and provides equal opportunities in programs and employment.

2 The Calcasieu Parish 4-H Program is selling 25# sacks of sweet potatoes for the holidays. Sweet potatoes can be ordered from the office and cost $20.00/25# sack. Sweet potatoes will be delivered to the office and can be picked up on November 17 after noon. For more information, please contact the 4-H office. We are also selling 3 lb boxes of shelled pecans for $ Please order pecans from the office and delivery will be on November 17. To order pecans, please call the 4-H Office at To order sweet potatoes or pecans; call the office, visit the link below, or scan the QR code below. Order deadline is November 6, Project Clubs Horse Project Club Interested in Horses? Then this is the club for you. All interested 4-H members can participate in this club. You do not have to have a horse to participate, only a strong interest in horses. Some of the activities the club has planned are hands-on riding techniques used for a variety of riding. Club meetings will also focus on horsemanship. For more information about the Horse Club, contact Ms. Jennifer at the 4-H office. Junior Leader Club If you are 13 or older (or will be 13 by January 1, 2016), you are eligible to join the Calcasieu Parish Junior Leader Club. This club will take your 4-H membership to the next level; you will be engaged in parish, state, and even national activities. You can participate in 4-H University, which is a week-long competition on campus at LSU. There are so many opportunities in 4-H and the Jr. Leader Club will make all those opportunities available to you. This year, our Junior Leader Club is taking service to another level by giving back to Calcasieu Parish. Our club will be volunteering and learning about many of the wonderful charity organizations located close to home...this year we are Coming Home to Calcasieu. Come out and join us on Tuesday November 10 at 6:00 pm at the 4-H office. Dues for the Jr. Leader club are $20.00 and enrollment forms can be picked up at the 4-H office or we can e- mail them to you or your club sponsor. If you have any questions regarding the Jr. Leader Club, please contact Ms. Jennifer or Mr. Matthew at the 4-H Office. Outdoor Adventure Club WE RE BAAAAAACK!!!! After a year hiatus, the Calcasieu Parish Outdoor Adventure Club is making a comeback! This club is all about the great outdoors, camping, learning about nature, sleeping in tents, unplugging from technology, and learning about the AWESOME state parks that we have here in Louisiana! We are planning to have 4 camping experiences this year. The Outdoor Adventure Club is open to any 4-H member in grades 4-8. There are opportunities for Junior Leaders and adults to assist with this club as well. Adults will be required to pass the Louisiana 4-H Overnight Chaperone Training, as well as the Louisiana 4-H Defensive Driving module. Both certifications are completed on-line at no cost to the volunteer. The first campout will be on November 7 at the 4-H Office in Lake Charles. If you are interested in joining the Outdoor Adventure Club, please contact the office for an enrollment pack and to register for the first campout. Club dues will be $25.00 and club membership is capped at 30. The 4-H Office has limited camping equipment for participants to borrow, but bringing your own sleeping bags, tents, etc. is encouraged. If you have any questions regarding the Outdoor Adventure Club, please contact Mr. Matthew at the 4-H office.

3 Livestock News Livestock Exhibitors! Get Ready For The Spring Shows: Animals to be shown at the parish, district, or LSU shows must be in your possession and under your care before the following dates: Steers Steer possession date has passed Exhibition Poultry November 1, 2015 Commercial Heifers and Beef Breeding Nov. 7, 2015 Dairy Commercial Heifers, and Dairy Breeding - Nov. 7, 2015 Market Lambs, Commercial Ewes, and Breeding Sheep Nov. 7, 2015 Market Goats, Commercial Does, and Breeding Goats Nov. 7, 2015 Market Hogs, Commercial Gilts, and Breeding Gilts Dec. 3, 2015 Meat Pen Rabbits Own does by Oct. 15, 2015 Breeding Rabbits Dec. 1, 2015 Just a reminder: If you want to show a rabbit at the Calcasieu Parish Junior Livestock Show, IT MUST BE VALIDATED! Validation for breeding rabbits will be done at any of the validation sites and possession date is Dec. 1. To get on the livestock list serv; please go to the following website or scan the code: Validation of Animals for 2016 Livestock Shows Animals may be validated at exhibitor residence (same as last year) if you want. Validation kits will be available for pick up at the 4-H Office. Contact the office for details. If you d like us to validate your animals for the shows; Commercial heifer, market lambs, commercial ewes, market goats, commercial does, breeding rabbits and beef breeding animals will be validated at the following locations: All Livestock EXCEPT Swine: Nov. 5, 2015 Burton Coliseum 3:00 pm 6:00 pm Swine : Dec. 3, 2015 Burton Coliseum 4:00 pm 6:00 pm Rabbit Meat Pen Jan. 7, H Office 4:00 pm 6:00 pm All rabbits must be validated at the 4-H office (breeding rabbits by December 1). All registered animals must validate by bringing a copy of registration papers showing exhibitor ownership of the animal or proof of application for registration papers by the possession date. Hardship Statement The district and/or state show manager must be notified by the given deadline if an unforeseen emergency or act of God has prevented an exhibitor from attending validation. After contacting the district and/or state show manager, hardship forms must be immediately filed along with supporting material. The deadline for making notifications and filing hardships is November 9, 2015, 4:30pm for Dairy, Beef, Sheep and Goats species and December 7, 2015, 4:30pm for Swine. These hardships will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis by the parish agent, district show manager and state show manager. Only cases where it is determined that the situation was unavoidable will the exhibitor be allowed to validate. This decision will be final and not subject to appeal. Livestock Premier Exhibitor Changes This year there will be some changes to the premier exhibitor program at the parish show. All species will have a contest this year, all species will be graded on the same scale, all species will gain points for attendance at the livestock showmanship clinics, and all species will have a skill-athon portion for the contest. We hope that these changes increase the educational benefit of the premier exhibitor contest. Study guides will be made available at the 4-H Office by November 16. A scoring rubric for the contest is below. Showmanship clinic (10%) Skill-a-thon (60%) 6 different stations Showmanship Class (20%) Confirmation Class (10%) Showmanship clinic attendance will count at the 4-H clinic on November 11 at the Burton Coliseum, at the Iowa FFA Aggie Day contest (Contact Bill Thompson at Iowa High School for information), or the Bell City FFA Aggie Day (Contact Ms. Hope Berry for information). If you have any questions about these changes, please contact Mr. Matthew or Ms. Jennifer at the 4-H office. Livestock Possession Rule Guidelines If a 4-H or FFA livestock project cannot be housed at the exhibitor s home or family property, the exhibitor must file for a hardship request for special housing. The request must be made and approved prior to possession date. If this request is not made before possession date then the exhibitor will not be allowed to show at the parish, district, and state livestock shows. There will be no exceptions to this rule, so please get your request approved before you purchase show animals this year. Please contact the 4-H Office if you need to complete this request form and we will mail a copy to you. Forms are also available on our website. Please do not wait until the last minute to get approval, because you will not be able to show. It is the 4-H or FFA member s responsibility to notify the 4-H office of the housing hardship and complete the request prior to possession date for each species.

4 Congratulations!!! Clovers To: Our Newest 4-H Clubs: Emmanuel Christian Academy Oak Park Elementary Hamilton Christian Academy Victory Baptist Welcome to Calcasieu 4-H!!!!!! Our newest shooting sports coaches: Livestock Contest Day/Showmanship Clinic November 11, 2015 Our annual livestock contest day and showmanship clinic will be again be on Veteran s Day at the Burton Complex in Lake Charles. Contests this day will include Livestock Judging, Meat Judging, and Poultry Judging. Rules for these contests can be found on our website or by asking your club leader! Registration for the contests will begin at 8:00 am and the contest will begin at 9:00 am. For those senior members interested, this is your first opportunity to qualify for 4-H University! Also on November 11, the 4-H office will be sponsoring a livestock showmanship clinic. This is an opportunity for livestock exhibitors (or anyone wanting to learn more about animals) to learn grooming, showing, and feeding techniques that will give them an edge in the showring. Animals are welcome during the clinic. The clinic will begin at 1:00 pm at the Burton Complex. REGISTER for the contest day and showmanship clinic on-line by going to: Paula Babineaux (shotgun) Bryan Babineaux (shotgun) Our new 4-H Agent: Ms. Carrie Jones Welcome back to Calcasieu 4-H Ms. Carrie!!! Winter Contest Day - December 5, 2015 Burton Complex Lake Charles This year we are changing our contest days a bit...don t worry, we feel like these changes will be for the better! Our second contest day this year will include clothing contests, Beef Cookery, Sugar Cookery, Rice Cookery, Seafood Cookery, Egg, Beef, Rice, Chicken, Turkey, and Seafood Ambassador Contests, consumer decision making, consumer foods judging, demonstration contests (General, home economics, agriculture, horse, foods), personal development contests, and public speaking contests. There is A LOT going on this day! These contests would be an excellent way to start off the new year in 4-H. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.; contests begin at 9:00 a.m. Awards will be presented in the afternoon. First and second place winners in all divisions of all contests will receive an award of $10 and $5 respectively to be presented at the end-of-the-year recognition program. In addition, the first place winners in each food category will compete for "sweepstakes" winner of that category. The "sweepstakes" winner in each category will represent Calcasieu Parish at the area contest held in the spring. All dishes entered in cookery contests must be prepared at home and brought to the contest ready for serving. Each dish must be chilled on ice and brought to the contest in an ice chest. No hot dishes will be allowed. Bring only the dish and ice chest to the contest. You can find all contest rules on our website. Register for the winter contest day by scanning the QR code of going to:

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6 FIGHT BAC (FOODBOURNE BACTERIA) Did you know that trillions of bacteria and tiny organisms, called flora, live in your intestines? It may sound scary, but some of these flora, known as beneficial bacteria, greatly help the body by digesting food and preventing illness. That s right, not all bacteria are bad! The other type of flora that is not good for the body is known as opportunistic bacteria, which can build up when we eat too much junk food and lead to different types of diseases. In order to fight the bad bacteria in the gut, it is very important to have enough of the foods that contain good bacteria to keep our bodies in balance. Foods that fight the bad bacteria include prebiotics and probiotics, which you may have heard of before. Sources of probiotics include foods like yogurt, parmesan cheese, swiss cheese, soy beverages, and sourdough bread. Prebiotics, which help the probiotics, include bananas, apples, onions, garlic, leeks, asparagus, artichokes, beans, soybeans and whole-wheat foods. These work best together. For example, yogurt topped with a sliced banana is an excellent afterschool treat that contains both prebiotics and probiotics. Aim to include these types of foods each day to help keep your gut and immune system healthy. Shatonia McCarty, MS, RD, LDN Area Nutrition Agent

7 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Livestock Validation all species including breeding rabbits NO SWINE 6 Deadline to order pecans and sweet potatoes 7 Outdoor Adventure Club campout at 4-H office 4:00 pm 8 Outdoor Adventure Club campout pick up by 10:00 am 9 10 Jr. Leader Club meeting 4-H office 6:00 pm 11 Livestock Contest Day/ Showmanship Clinic Project Workshop Day Gayle Hall 9:00 am Sweet Potatoes and pecans available for pickup at 4-H office 18 Challenge Camp 19 Challenge Camp 20 Challenge Camp Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 Breeding Rabbit Possession Date 2 3 Swine Validation 4 5 Winter Contest Day at Burton Jr. Leader Meeting 6:00 pm at the 4-H Office Livestock Entries Due (except rabbit and poultry)