V O L U M E 1, I S S U E 6. 4-H Clip Day: Swine, Goat, lambs & Cattle

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1 Polk 4-H Press Polk County Office 602 E. Church St. Suite 127 Livingston, TX S P E C I A L P O I N T S O F I N T E R E S T : Clip Day 4-H Club Meetings 4-H Project Group Meetings Meetings & Workshops 4-H Council/Adult Leaders Meeting Project Assistance 411 Attendance Reminder Spring Break March H Year Polk County AgriLIFE Extension Website (Polk-tx.tamu.edu) Alyssa Puckett CEA 4-H Mark Currie- CEA AG/NR V O L U M E 1, I S S U E 6 March 2011 TRINITY-NECHES LIVESTOCK SHOW MARCH 29 APRIL 1ST 4-H Clip Day: Swine, Goat, lambs & Cattle 4-H Clip Day on Friday, March 25th and Saturday, March 26th at the Fairgrounds. Friday will be Cattle only and a small fee will be assessed. Please Call for Appointments. On Saturday we will be clipping swine, lamb, and goat projects from Do not bring any cattle this day! Clippers will be available to check out as well for you to do your own. Meat Pen Rabbits TNLS Tattooing 4-H Rabbit Project Members that need their rabbits tattooed for Trinity Neches will need to bring rabbits to the AgriLife Extenion room from 6pm-7:30pm on Friday March 25th. TNLS Home Economics: Arts, Crafts, Food & Horticulture New rules in for the Trinity Neches Home Economics Division Please Read!! ** All Grand Champions in Each Division will have the option to Sale at the Friday sale. All exhibitors who placed for their sale in the food division must provide two items that are fresh on the day of the sale. One for the sale and for they buyer. The item will need to be in a decorative container for presentation to the buyer** This is a great opportunity for those who are not exhibiting livestock and looking to participate in the TNLS. For more information call the Extension Office at TNLS Rodeo Sweetheart and Team Named Lets Congratulate the following 4-H members as they will represent the 4-H Rodeo Team at this years TNLS Rodeo. Results are : Steer Riding- Cade Sutherland from Big Sandy 4- H, Rescue Race- Brooke Thomas and Cameron Thomas from Livingston 4-H, Poles and Barrels-Katelyn Vestal from Livingston 4-H, and Straight Away Barrels- Kenzi Leggett from Livingston 4-H will be the 4-H Sweetheart. Lets cheer them on as they practice for the end of March. No Pass No Play for Trinity- Neches Livestock Show 4-H members should keep their grades up in order to be eligible by U.I.L. rules to participate in extracurricular activities. 4-H members must pass the six weeks prior to the Trinity-Neches Livestock Show in order to be considered eligible to show your animal. Agriculture & Natural Resources * Family & Consumer Sciences * 4-H & Youth Development * Community Development 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 A member of The Texas A&M University System and its statewide Agriculture Program

2 P A G E 2 Buyer Contracts Parents and 4-H members may start picking up Buyer s Contracts for your prospective buyers at this year s show. Buyers for each animal should have a completed buyers contract turned in prior to the sale on Friday night of the Livestock Show. TNLS Buyers Dinner Prior to the auction held on Friday night, April 1, 2011 there will be a dinner to honor the buyers for the TNLS. We will need 4-H members to help provide desserts for this dinner. Cookies, Cakes, pies, Ect, will be accepted. Please make sure they are delivered to the Arena by 5 pm. Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo will take place March 1st 20th. Best of luck to : Steven Harbuck, Cara Leslie, Dillon McDaniel, Kaitlyn VanWagner and Madison Vincent. Good Luck to You All!! Our National 4-H HLSR Beef Quiz Bowl Invitational Team Cara Leslie, Sterling Brodie, Alyssa Gilbert & Alex Hicks will participate as our Polk County Beef Quiz Bowl team on March 2, Polk County Needs our Help!!! Come Clean Lake Livingston is an area wide event that focuses on two goals: Cleaning up Lake Livingston and its surrounding lake front areas Bringing to the communities surrounding the lake an awareness of the importance of keeping Lake Livingston clean The main event is a lake-wide clean up on the morning of April 2, Teams of volunteers led by community and organization leaders will clean up designated areas around Lake Livingston, while another team of expert volunteers will be on the lake itself cleaning problem areas by boat and barge. After the morning clean-up session all volunteers will gather at the Onalaska Fire Hall at 2:30 p.m. to be thanked with lunch, a Come Clean Lake Livingston t- shirt, and a brief program. Another important element of this effort is a month-long campaign to educate and create awareness around the health and beauty of our greatest local natural resource: Lake Livingston. This is the direct link to the team sign up. Get your club friends together and participate for a Community Service Project. Texas AgriLIFE Extension Website Polk County As a reminder, you can access 4-H newsletters and upcoming events on the Polk County Extension website.

3 County Roundup Set for March 17 Time to gear up or brush up on those Educational Presentations, Share the Fun Talents, and Quiz Bowl Events. Its here already! That s Right County Round up will be held on Thursday, March 17th from 4-6pm here at the Extension office. For more information on Education Presentations and Share the Fun Events visit the Texas 4-H web site at projects/index_projects_programs.php. You can also search Roundup for more information. Hope to see you all here with great presentations and talents. Up Coming Show s & COMMUNITY EVENTS Stick It To win It Show Series: Saturday March 5, Hunt County Fair Grounds, Greenville Texas. 4 Ring TCCA Sanctioned Heifer Jackpot Show 4-H Recipe Rally 4-H Members may submit videos by March 31st and winner announced May 1st. Submit a video of you demonstrating the preparation of the recipe. Polk-San Jacinto Soil and Water Conservation District: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 The annual Land Judging and Woodland Judging contest. Will be west of Groveton, Texas at the county fairgrounds, adjacent to the intersection of Hwy 287 & Hwy 94. If you want to get up a team please let us know. Come Clean Lake Livingston (Trash Bash): The main event is a lake-wide clean up on the morning of April 2, Teams and volunteers are needed. Call Polk County Chamber (936) Worldwide 4-H Invitational Livestock Judging Contest: Tarleton State Univ., Stephenville, Tx, Saturday, April 9, 2011 Rainwater Conservation Program will be held on April 14, Chamber of Commerce from 8am-3pm. Open to the public Invitational Dairy Judging Contest/Qualifying Texas 4-H Dairy Judging Contest Thursday April 21, 2011 at Tarleton State Univ. Qualifying and Invitational teams must enter on 4-H connect between March 7th thru April 8, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED EITHER COME BY THE EXTENSION OFFICE AND PICK UP A FLYER OR CALL FOR Habitat For Humanity Community Service Project If you want to play in the dirt and plant grass then come and join the Habitat for Humanity on March 5 th. If you are interested please meet Mr. Paul McDaniel here at the Extension Office on March 5 th at 8:30am go to the house for Habitat for Humanity.

4 P A G E 4 POLK COUNTY 4-H CLUB MEETINGS Clover Kids The Livingston 4-H Clover Kids will meet on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 6:30pm in the Meeting Room of First Baptist Church. Any questions, please contact Kathy Pulley at or farmgirl@eastex.net (2nd Tuesday of each month) Big Sandy 4-H Community Club Meeting The Big Sandy 4-H Community Club Meeting will meet Monday, March 14, 2011 at the Big Sandy ISD (Old) Cafeteria. This meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m. (2nd Monday of each month) Corrigan-Camden Community Club Meeting The first meeting will be held on Tuesday March 8, 2011 at 6:00pm in the Corrigan Elementary School Cafeteria (2nd Tuesday of each month) Livingston 4-H Community Club Meeting Livingston 4-H Community Club Meeting will meet Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at the Meeting Room of First Baptist Church starting at 7:00 p.m. (2nd Tuesday of each month) Onalaska Community Club Meeting The Onalaska 4-H Club meeting will meet on Monday, March 14, 2011 at the Pine Forest Baptist Church in the Fellowship Hall beginning at 6:00pm. (2nd Monday of each month) The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed. Richard Brinsley Sheridan 4-H PROJECT MEETINGS Livestock Judging - with Lanai Traywick Tuesday March 1, at the Extension Meeting Room (1st Tuesday of each month) Rabbit Meeting with Jennifer Nelson - March 7, 6pm at the Extension Meeting Room (1st Monday of each month) Swine Meeting with Kurt Wilson - March 9, 6:00pm at the Extension Meeting Room Horse Judging with Kimberly Silcox March 11, at Barney Wiggins Arena Beef Meeting- with Alyssa Puckett March 11, 6pm at Barney Wiggins Arena Lamb Meeting with Kevin Harbuck-March 21, 6pm at Barney Wiggins Arena Goat Meeting with Donna Ellison March 22, 6 pm at Extension Meeting Room Broiler Meeting- with Lawrence & Debra Oliver Council/Leaders Meeting with Alyssa Puckett March 28, 2011 / Council 6pm& Leaders 6:30pm (4th Monday of each month) P O L K 4 - H P R E S S

5 March 4 - H CALENDER AT A GLANCE P A G E 5 1 Livestock 7 Rabbit 8 Corrigan-Camden 4-H 6:30pm Clover Kids 4-H Livingston 4-H 9 Swine 11 Horse Barney Wiggins Arena 11 Beef 7pm Barney Wiggins Arena 14 Big Sandy 4-H 6pm Onalaska 4-H 6pm 21 Lamb 22 Goat 25 Clip Day for Barney Wiggins Arena 26 Clip Day of r Barney Wiggins Arena 28 / Leader Meeting H Year The enrollment forms for the H year are in the office and all members MUST re-enroll for the new year. If you are in the area of the office, please stop in and complete your enrollment form for this year. We need ALL leaders for to come by and fill out an application so if you have not done so please come by the County Extension Office. We look forward to a new, fun, productive year. If you have any friends or family who wish to join, please encourage them Attendance Reminder: 4-H members should keep in mind that you MUST attend at least three 4-H Community Club Meetings at the community club where you signed up at. Also 4-H members must attend at least one project group meeting for each project you signed up to show or compete in a 4-H county, district, or state event If you have any questions regarding the attendance requirements, please contact the 4-H Office.