Freestone County Freestone County Council. Freestone County Extension Office

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1 Freestone County Freestone County Extension Office 440 E. Main Street Fairfield, Texas Phone: (903) Fax: (903) Mark our County Website: Freestone.agrilife.org Erin Hensley CEA-AgNR Teresa Petkoff CEA-FCS Freestone County Council President ~ Morgan Jackson 1st Vice President ~ Cole Beddingfield 2nd Vice President ~ Hannah McCord Council Delegate ~ Cole Beddingfield Secretary ~ Madison McQueen Treasurer ~ Emily Chavers Reporter / Historian ~ Harli Hunt Parliamentarian ~ Nikki Boney Congratulations to the new Council Officers! Help us welcome our new addition to the County, Erin Hensley! Come by or give us a call if you have any questions or suggestions, or you d just like to meet her! County 4-H Council will meet Monday, January 28, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. at the County Courthouse in Fairfield. Secretary be prepared with your minutes from the September 24, 2012 meeting. Council Delegates from all 7 clubs come prepared to give a report of your club s happenings. All officers come with suggestions for 4-H Council Projects. President plan an agenda. Happy New Year! 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 BUTLER BEAVERS 4-H Butler Beaver 4-H Club meets on the 2nd Thursday of each 6 the E.E. Wheat Community Center. Club Manager: Opal Oliver (903) President ~ Xzavier Robinson Vice President ~ Tony Carter Secretary ~ Alexis Carter Treasurer ~ Bobbie Carter Historian ~ Deonte Carr Council Delegate ~ Wortham 4-H Wortham 4-H Club meets on 1st Wednesdays, 6 the Wortham Chamber Building wortham4h@dishmail.net Club Managers: Larah & Todd Ward (903) Reene Bean (903) President ~ Josie Richardson Vice President ~ Kateley Craig Secretary ~ Sam Barker Treasurer ~ Katie Barker Reporter ~ Reagan Jones Council Delegate ~ Nikki Boney Parliamentarian ~ Nikki Boney Eagle Country 4-H Eagle Country 4-H Club meets on 2nd Mondays, Fairfield Elementary Cafetorium Club Manager: Amanda Newman (903) Tony Pingleton (903) Officers President ~ Laney Newman Vice President ~ Kaitlin Newman Secretary ~ Zachary Phillips Treasurer ~ Leah Townsend Historian ~ William Lindsey Council Delegate ~ Harli Hunt CLUB NEWS Freestone 4-H TEAGUE 4-H Teague 4-H Club meets on 2nd Mondays, 6 the Teague Community Center Club Managers: Sarah Corbin (903) Thomas Corbin (903) President ~ Ella Corbin Vice President ~ Kasey McQueen Secretary ~ Madison McQueen Treasurer ~ Jordon McQueen Council Delegate ~ Jacob McQueen DEW 4-H Dew 4-H Club meets on 2nd Tuesdays, 6:30 the Dew ISD Cafeteria Club Managers: Charlotte Winkler (903) Ginny Blackwell (903) President ~ Cullen Phillips Vice President ~ Cole Johnson Secretary ~ Hank Johnson Treasurer ~ Cooper Blackwell Council Delegate ~ Reporter / Historian ~ Evan Johnson Fairfield 4-H Fairfield 4-H Club meets 1st Mondays, 6 Fairfield Civic Center Club Managers: Craig & Audra Jackson Sherry Simpson President ~ Cole Beddingfield Vice President ~ Cody McQueen Secretary ~ Lauran Adcock Treasurer ~ Conner Jackson Reporter ~ Preston Simpson Council Delegate ~ Emily Chavers Parliamentarian ~ Morgan Jackson Clover Kid ~ Blaise Monico Freestone 4-H Club meets 2nd Tuesdays, 6:30 Freestone Community Center Club Manager: Destiny Black (903) Angie McAdams (254) President ~ Kayla Kimball Vice President ~ Erica Walker Secretary ~ Lilah Craig Treasurer ~ Grayson Myers Reporter ~ Carson Black Council Delegate ~ Eva Chandler 2

3 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Have a Blessed Christmas & A Safe and Happy New Year! The Extension office will be closed December 24th thru 26th and December 31st thru January 1st. See ya next year! January 2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat New Year s Day Office Closed 2 Livestock Judging Practice, Extension Office 7 Fairfield 4-H Meeting 6 pm 8 Dew 4-H Meeting 6:30 pm Freestone Community 4-H Meeting 6 pm 9 Wortham 4-H Meeting 6 pm 10 Butler Beaver 4-H Meeting 6 pm 14 Teague 4-H Meeting 6 pm Eagle Country 4-H Meeting 6 pm 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Office Closed Entomology Project Group Meeting 6 1st Baptist Gym in Fairfield 28 4-H Council Meeting 6:30 pm Freestone County Courthouse 4-H Adult Leaders Meeting 6:30 pm Freestone Co. Courthouse District 8 Quiz Bowl March 2, 2013 in Waco District 8 Consumer Decision Making Contest Saturday, March 2, 1013 District 8 County Camp July 12-14, 2013 t Lakeview Camp in Palestine. Freestone County Fair Home & Garden Show Handbook is online at: Reminder: 4-H has implemented an enrollment or participation fee. Students enrolled between September 1 and October 31 of the 4-H year, the fee is $20. If enrollment is November 1st to August 31st, this fee is $25. Checks can be brought by the Extension office or paid to your club manager. Checks need to be made out to 4-H Adult Leaders, there is no fee for adults to enroll as members. You must be an Active 4-H member to participate in any 4-H competition or activity. This includes showing under 4-H at the County Fair. under the Freestone County Fair tab. Start planning now for all those project entries and this can all be included in your 4-H Record Book Freestone County Fair & Rodeo Home & Garden Show 3

4 f We re on Facebook & Twitter! Look for us under Freestone County 4-H Places & like us to get all the up to date information delivered to your facebook accounts. If you are not on facebook you can Google Freestone County 4-H and view our page without having a profile. You can also get updates on FreeCo4h Family & Consumer Projects 4 District 8 4-H Nutrition Quiz Bowl: 1. Saturday, March 2, 2013(afternoon) at McLennan Community College Emergency Services Education Center in Waco. Registration is due Monday, February 18, Participation: Participants must have been actively enrolled in the 4-H Food & Nutrition Project. 3. Teams from Freestone County: Maximum = 3 Junior / Intermediate teams and 3 Senior Teams. Maximum of 3 members on a team H Food & Nutrition Project Members contact your 4-H Leader or Teresa Petkoff County Extension Agent FCS and we will get started. 4-H Clothing & Textile Projects: A heads-up on learning to sew and/or comparison buying in clothing. Boys and girls contact your 4-H Leader or Teresa Petkoff County Extension Agent FCS and we will get organized. Freestone County 4-H Fashion Show & Storyboard Contest is Saturday, March 23, District 8 4-H Fashion Show & Storyboard Contests will be Friday, April 12, 2013 at Tarleton State University in Stephenville. Competition in Junior, Intermediate, and Senior Divisions with 4 categories each. (Freestone County can have 12 entries in Fashion Show, 2 entries in Natural Fiber Division (wool or cotton), and unlimited storyboards. March 25, 2013 all paperwork is due and April 1, 2013 Storyboards will be judged for District.

5 Whitehouse 4-H Rabbit Clinic January 19, 2013 Where: Texas A&M Extension Office Building (Cotton Belt Building-entry on north side) 1517 West Front Street Tyler, Texas When: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m., Presentation at 9:-00 a.m., $5.00 entry fee collected at the door. Guest Speakers: David Havard, Cargill Animal Nutrition Sue Syler-McNair ARBA Breeder Refreshments Provided, chance drawing tickets are $1.00 each. For Questions and to RSVP please call: H Consumer Education Projects Teaches 4-Hers to make wise decisions when comparison shopping. Project activities will focus on the economy, money management, consumer rights and responsibilities, and the environment. Some items we will be comparing in judging classes are: cell phones, digital cameras, watches, movie rentals, and digital media players. Boys and girls contact your 4-H Leader or Teresa Petkoff, County Extension Agent FCS and we will get started. District & 4-H Consumer Decision Making Contest: 1. Saturday, March 2, 2013(Morning) at McLennan Community College Emergency Services Education Center in Waco. Registration is due Monday, February 18, Participants must be actively participating in the 4-H Consumer Education Project. 3. Judging Teams from Freestone County: Maximum = 3 Junior Teams, 3 Intermediate Teams, and 3 Senior Teams. Maximum of 4 members, but not less than 3 members. 5

6 ATTENTION: EQUINE ENTHUSIASTS! If you are interested in this Horsemanship School, please contact the Extension office. We can see what interest we have in the county and evaluate if we would be able to host a Clinic in this county Contest Overview This contest consists of 20 agricultural product identification stations. Contestants select the correct identification of each product fro four possible answers. This is followed by a multiple choice question pertaining to the respective product on display. Questions are general to the industry that produced the product, (i.e. Texas national ranking, economic impact to Texas, general nutritional content, region of production) and specific to the individual product that is on display. This contest is a great tool to allow youth to relate produce and meat products to what they see in their grocery stores, apply their knowledge outside of the livestock industry, and teach their agricultural product knowledge to those who don t realize that their produce, meat, and fibers all relate to agriculture! This contest is also open to youth outside of 4-H and FFA and therefore, used as a agricultural advocacy tool. Upcoming Contests: San Angelo Stock Show February 11, 2013 Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo March 6, 2013 (Entry deadline January 5, 2013) Texas 4-H Roundup June 11, 2013 Website Resources for Contest Prep: Texas Produce Association ( TAMU Extension Texas Horticulture & Crops ( USDA Cuts of Beef ( Pork Cuts 6

7 Project Area Info Project Leader: Mike Strader Typically this group meets every other Saturday unless they are at a shoot. Contact Mike Strader if you are interested in joining this project group. They meet at the Old Teague Firestation. Meetings will be posted monthly on facebook. Project Leader : Jeremy Shipley This group will be meeting January 21st at 6 pm in the gym at First Baptist Church in Fairfield. If you have any questions please contact Mr. Shipley, and bug him. Anyone interested in participating in Livestock Judging contact the Erin Hensley at the Extension Office ( ) or Becky Adcock at They ll meet Wednesday, January 2nd at the Extension office to practice and discuss future meeting times and places. Project Leaders: Dean & Bridgett Gauntt If you are interested in joining this group contact Dean or Bridgett Gauntt! Hunting and Wildlife Coach/Adult Leader Training February 2-3, 2013, College Station, TX Registration via 4-H Connect December 1-30, 2-12, Late Registration December 31, 2012-January 6, 2013 $50/Coach, Adult Leader Candidate, or Assistant Coach/Leader Candidate. No charge for Extension Employees. ($75 late registration) Certification is mandatory for all adults who will lead a 4-H Shooting Sports Hunting & Wildlife project. 4-H Hunting & Wildlife is a 4-H Shooting Sports discipline and much more. During the 4- H Shooting Sports State Games each summer, youth can register to participate in this discipline that offers live firing events as well as interactive events that challenge the knowledge and skills of the contestant. The live firing events are designed to simulate as closely as possible the type of shooting one would do in a hunting field rather than on a shooting range. One design of this training is to prepare an adult leader to coach youth in the Hunting & Wildlife Shooting Sports discipline and certify them to train their youth to safely and responsibly use the four firearms (shotgun, smallbore light rifle, muzzle loading rifle, and bow) in live firing situations. This certification will allow the coach to regularly instruct their local youth and coach them in the Hunting & Wildlife events sponsored by 4-H. This certification will not allow an adult leader to become a coach of a specific shooting discipline within the 4-H Shooting Sports Program that involves further competitive use of a specific firearm (i.e. an adult attending this training cannot return to a county to become a lead coach in any particular discipline rifle, shotgun, archery, or muzzleloading in that county 4-H program.) The training is also designed for any Adult Volunteer Leader wishing to work with their local youth in a hunting or wildlife project or a combination of the two. During the training, participants will become certified as Texas Hunter Education Instructors. This certification does not obligate the recipient to provide courses to the public. However, the certification does allow them to provide basic Hunter Education training and certification to the youth they lead. The agenda will also include information on the Texas Youth Hunter Education Challenge (a competitive event through NRA, sponsored by the Texas Hunter Education Instructor Association), the Texas Youth Hunting Program, and many more related programs, activities and opportunities for youth. The training will be interactive with indoor and outdoor activities including live firing of all firearm types, simulated hunting scenarios, and various other outdoor skills and education. Participants will take home a variety of curricula, resources, and experiences that will allow them to begin or enhance a Hunting & Wildlife project for their local youth. Registration for this event is completed online via 4-H Connect. Any actively enrolled Adult Volunteer Leader, Extension employee, or senior 4-H youth is eligible for this training. Actively enrolled youth who have reached age 14 by September 1 of the current 4-H year may participate in a training as an Assistant Coach/Leader Candidate. Please Note: to be eligible to become a Certified Coach in the Hunting & Wildlife Shooting Sports discipline, you must be minimum 21 years of age or older. Adult Volunteer Leaders under age 21 may be certified as an Assistant Coach. All Assistant Coach Certifications are eligible for upgrade to full Coach Certifications upon reaching age 21. 7

8 Freestone County Extension Office 440 E. Main, Suite 10 Fairfield, Texas We re on the Web Phone: Fax: Holiday Greetings From all of us at the Freestone County Extension Office. Here s hoping you get everything on your list and then some. Have a safe and happy Christmas! We re looking forward to a great New Year. PRSRT STD Freestone County Extension Office 440 East Main St. Box 5 Fairfield, TX US POSTAGE PAID FAIRFIELD TX PERMIT NO Address Service Requested