North Carolina Cooperative Extension. A Note from your 4-H Agent; Chad Ray

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1 4-H Newsletter MCDOWELL county center Fall 2015 Issue It is time to enroll in 4-H for the 2016 Year! If you wish to continue to receive our newsletter you must enroll Forms can be found on the web at important-4-h-formsand-information/ Contact Us McDowell County 4-H County Administration Building, Room East Court Street Marion, NC Phone: Fax: content/4-hnewsletter Distributed in furtherance of the acts of Congress of May 8 and June 30, North Carolina State University and North Carolina A&T State University commit themselves to positive action to secure equal opportunity regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, religion, sex, age, veteran status or disability. In addition, the two Universities welcome all persons without regard to sexual orientation. North Carolina State University, North Carolina A&T State University, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and local governments cooperating. A Note from your 4-H Agent; Chad Ray Whew. what a busy successful summer we have had! McDowell County 4-Hers have been all over the state and country participating in 4-H events. I want to say thank you, to all the volunteers, donors, and parents for helping make this a successful year. As we transition into fall, I wish everyone a great school year and much success in all you do. Please don t forget to fill out new 4-H enrollment forms, so you do not miss out on any of the exciting things that 4-H has to offer. Sincerely, Chad Ray 4-H Explorers Club REPORT 4-H Explorers had two great summer meetings. In June, we kicked off summer by visiting Dupont State Forest in Brevard. During late spring, the Blue Ghost Fireflies visit Dupont, so we did too. The Blue Ghost Fireflies glow instead of flash like the ones we generally see. It was a real treat to watch. For our August meeting, we visited Lake James State Park for a day at the beach. We canoed, kayaked, and swam. It was fun. 4-H Explorers meet the first Saturday of the month. If you have any questions about the club, please call Molly at

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3 Fall 2015 Issue Highlights from McDowell County 4-H 4-H Presentations West District Activity Day was held in Henderson County in May. 4-Hers presented demonstrations and presentations of projects they had been working hard on. Representing McDowell County were: Molly Anderson Beef Char Grill Adam Miller Beef Char Grill Tesla Anderson Horse Caitlyn Dushel Horse Katelen Browning Horse Myka Hunt Health and Fitness Grace Anderson 4-H Entertains In July, Tesla Caitlyn, and Katelen took their presentation to the state level and competed at NC 4-H Congress in Raleigh. 4-H Youth Voice John Eric Ellis represented McDowell County at the 2015 Youth Voice event, held in conjunction with the NC County Commissioner Association meeting in Greenville, North Carolina. John learned first-hand how our commissioners build budgets and how to serve the people of their community. If anyone is interested in representing McDowell County next year, please contact Chad at Shooting Sports The McDowell 4-H Young Guns shooting team competed at the Western Region Shooting tournament in Polk County in August. Seventeen youth competed for the chance to go to the NC 4-H Shooting Sports Tournament held at Millstone 4-H Camp in September. At the NC 4-H State Shooting Tournament our junior team won 1 st place overall in Match Rifle with Brady Lawing 1st place and Drew Bryan 3 rd place overall. Brady Lawing was also 1 st place individual and 3 rd place overall in sporter rifle. Branson Peek and Brady Lawing tied for 3 rd place junior muzzleloader. James Bryan finished 5 th overall in senior archery. Competing were: Candace Hollifield, Beckah Bryan, James Griffith, Hadyn Thynne, Andrew Riggs, James Bryan, Levi Painter, Micah Sisk, Garrett McPeters, Adam Miller, Drew Bryan, DJ Woody, Branson Peek, Kaleb Kemper, Luke Lawing, Brady Lawing, and Sarah McPeters. A special thanks to Carolina West Shooting Club and the Friends of NRA for sponsoring our group.

4 Fall 2015 Issue 4-H Ride It! Club NEWS The summer show season started off with the West 4-H District Show. The show was held in May at the WNC Ag Center in Fletcher. Youth competed to qualify for state competition in Raleigh. All McDowell youth qualified to move on to state competition. The Ride It club competed in the West District 4-H Horsemanship Clinic in June, and was represented by Charlie Switzer, Katelen Browning, Abby Qurollo, Bekah Qurollo, Grace Bishop, Caitlyn Duschel. The NC State 4-H Horse Show was held in July at the James B. Hunt Horse Complex in Raleigh. Every youth from McDowell won ribbons with many 1 st place awards. Shelby Unks and Katelen Browning qualified at the State Horse Show to then compete at Southern Regionals in Perry, Georgia. We are so proud of everyone for all their hard work this past year. A special thanks to Farm Bureau of McDowell, The McDowell Saddle Club, and Al Shiver. Competing for McDowell were: Ella Gragg Izora Gragg Caitlyn Dushel Maisie Harris Mary Harris Madison Harris Tesla Anderson Katelen Browning Emma Gurley Shelby Unks In August The Ride-It! Club sent a team to the Tennessee Walking Horse Celebration World Championships for the 4 -H FFA horse judging contest. The junior team placed 1 st in Confirmation, 4 th in Performance and 2 nd overall in judging with 133 youth competing. Representing McDowell were: Grace Bishop Abby Qurollo Bekah Qurollo Sarah Qurollo, Ella Gragg Izora Gragg Katelen Browning Caitlyn Dueshel

5 Fall 2015 Issue 4-H Livestock Judging Team The McDowell 4-H Livestock Judging Team had a very successful year. They started out by competing in Judging in January hosted by the NC Hereford Association. Hannah Ellis was second overall and Colton Cox was forth. Next they went to the WNC Spring Fling Contest where Molly Anderson was first in the Intermediate Division with Hannah Ellis second, Colton Cox sixth, and Haylee Laws seventh. Jay English was second in the Junior Division. Then they traveled to Maryland for the Maryland Invitational where once again, Molly Anderson was first overall. In July the team competed in the North Carolina State 4-H Livestock Judging Contest. Teams from all across the state competed in the two day event held on the campus of North Carolina State University. At the awards banquet the McDowell County Junior Team was crowned State Champions and Hannah Ellis was the State Champion Individual winning high point honors in the junior division. The junior team was first place in judging swine, meat goats, oral reasons and first overall. The team consist of Hannah Ellis, Molly Anderson, Colton Cox, Haylee Laws, John Eric Francis, and Jay English. Individual awards: Hannah Ellis was first in swine, meat goats, and oral reasons, sixth in sheep, twelfth in beef cattle, and was first place overall in the junior division. John Eric Francis was eighth in sheep. Molly Anderson was forth in beef cattle, tenth in meat goats, eleventh in swine, twelfth in oral reasons and twelfth overall. Colton Cox was fifth in swine and oral reasons, twelfth in sheep and was fourteenth overall. These youth practiced countless hours in preparation for the contest in an effort to achieve their goal of being State Champions. The team is always looking for new members, if you are interested in learning about livestock and are age 9-19, call the McDowell Cooperative Extension Office at for details.

6 McDowell County Center 60 E. Court Street Marion, North Carolina «Savannah» «Adkins» «72 Dogwood Heights Dr» «MARION», «NC» «28752» MARK YOUR CALENDAR October 7-18 at the Marion Location If any group would like to fund raise at Tractor Supply. Please call Chad October 24 Ride-It! 4-H Club Horse Show Come out to the McDowell Saddle and Bridle Club on Saturday, October 24. Registration begins at 9 am. Show time is 10 am. For more information contact Lisa Mackay at For accommodations for persons with disabilities, contact the McDowell County Center at , no later than 10 business days before the event. Compiled and edited by: Chad Ray Extension Agent 4-H Youth Development Administrative support provided by: Jane McDaniel