Liberty County. 4-H Clover Chronicle

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1 Liberty County 4-H Clover Chronicle Volume 5, Issue 11 July 2011 Texas AgriLife Extension Service Liberty County 2103 Cos Street, Liberty, TX (936) or (281) , Ext. 221 liberty-tx.tamu.edu H Awards Banquet Saturday, September 17th, 2011 Liberty City Hall 1829 Sam Houston, Liberty Now Accepting Talent Show Registrations! Dinner Tickets on sale now for $11.00 each! Those not eating will not require a ticket. ALL POINT LOGS ARE DUE TO EXTENSION OFFICE BY 5:00 P.M. JULY 29TH, This year, all the 4-H members who turn in an Awards Point Log will be recognized at the Liberty County 4-H Banquet. Alexis Cordova CEA-FCS Liberty County Ron Holcomb CEA-AG/NR Liberty County 4-H Lock-In Friday, July 22 All kids 9 or in the 3rd grade and up to 18 are welcome! More Details Inside Award Point Logs Due July 29th by 5:00 pm Last Minute Point- Getters Inside! Liberty County 4-H Enrollment click Join 4-H/Event Enroll on 4-H Connect by October 31, 2011 and receive $5 off Annual Membership Fee of $25. Registration opens August 1st! See insert! H Awards Banquet September 17th Liberty City Hall Dinner at 6:00 pm, Talent Show & Banquet at 6:30 pm See Details Inside! We are relocating our office from 2103 Cos Street to 501 Palmer Street, in Liberty. You can find us under the water tower, on Navigation as you are going to Liberty Forge. Moving Date & New Phone Number Coming soon! To review the Awards Criteria & download a Point Log Visit the NEW Liberty County 4-H Website Educational programs of the Texas AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, sex, disability, religion, age, or national origin. The Texas A&M University, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating.

2 Emma Robinson, of the Eastgate 4- H Club, took a cow-calf pair and a Star Five heifer to the National Junior Santa Gertrudis Heifer Show at the end of June in Athens, TX. She placed 3rd with her cow-calf pair and won her class with her Five Star heifer. Congratulations! Lone Star Riders place 1st in 4-H Precision Drill & 3rd in 4-H Theme Member Spotlight Picture: Lone Star Riders winning at USEDC in Lindale, TX. Rebel Riders placed 1st in Fun Drill, 2nd in Drama Drill, 2nd in 4-H Theme, and 3rd in National Drill. Stole the Show! Moving forward into the Major Show Season, Quality Counts Verification will be a part of the process for entry in all major shows. This means youth exhibitors will need to demonstrate their knowledge of the Six Pillars of Character and the Eight Core Concepts presented in the Quality Counts Curriculum. To do this, they will need to pass an online test on the website and acquire a Quality Counts Verification number. ( ) August 16 & 17, 2011 \Winnie Stowell Park, Winnie, TX Things you need to know about Verification: * State Fair of Texas will implement Quality Counts Verification on a voluntary basis. * All Major Livestock Shows in Texas will require Quality Counts Verification at the time of entry - This means youth will need to be verified prior to entry in the fall of * A Verification number is obtained by answering 80% of the questions correctly on an online test. Kade Goodwin, with Trinity Valley 4-H Club, came home from State Show in Dallas with the Division Reserve Champion Chiania Title. Kade also secured the Reserve Champion Title of the Goin Showin Series Show last weekend! Joshua and Jacob Young, with Lonestar 4-H Club in Cleveland, showed at the National Dexter Cattle Show and they did great! They won 1st with a heifer, 1st with a cow, 1st with their steer and Reserve Grand Champion with their steer. Lastly, they won 3rd with their bull. WOW! Note* If you would like for your picture included in the Member Spotlight just send a picture with a brief article of what you have accomplished. liberty@ag.tamu.edu Deadline: August 5 $100 after August 5 $75.00 for Youth Ages 8-18 $25 for Adults For more information, registration form and schedule, please visit Or Contact the Liberty County Extension Office at , ext , ext 221 Topics: Selection, Nutrition & Feeds, Breeding, Showmanship Clinic & Contest, Fitting Quality Assurance in the Beef Industry, Health Management, Beef- Skill-a-thon Contest Buckle for Champion Junior & Senior Showmanship Awards for Skill-a-thon Bring your own animals and they will stall overnight You may attend even if you have no animal.

3 District Leader College August 13, 2011 New Waverly Elementary School Entry Fee: $15.00 Leader College is for any 4-H Adult Leader wanting to learn more about the various 4-H projects, leadership, and to get State Updates! Best of all you get to network with other county leaders. 4-H Age Clover: 5 to Entry Age Junior: Entry Age - 10 Intermediate: Senior: Entry age is 8 attending the third grade. Age is determined as of August 31 of current 4-H year. We Need Pics Please send in any photos that you want included in the 4-H Banquet Slide Show. We need to receive the pictures by September 1st. Send pictures via to libety@ag.tamu.edu or bring to Extension Office. Beef Cattle Short Course Open to Youth! Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course has been reduced to $50 for youth. Deadline for registration will be July 26th. After July 26th the registration fee will be $75. Each youth must be attending with parent or adult supervisor. The participants will be expected to cover their own expenses for travel to program, lodging and extra food costs. For Registration Form and Schedule, visit the site below. BCSC/family.html State Fair of Texas Dallas, Texas September 30 - October 23 Entry Deadline for Market and Breeding Animals is August 19th 2012 Major Show Lamb, Goat, Breeding Sheep & San Angelo Texas Stars Does Show Tag Orders Due by August 26th. See Insert Good Luck to Caleb Hill & Jacob Hill at the Texas 4-H Shooting Sports State Games at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio, Texas with their Shot Gun Events! Good Luck to the Liberty County 4-H Mounted Drill Team at the 2011 State 4-H Horse Show in Abilene, TX on July 25th - 28th, while they attempt to retain the State Championship again this year!

4 Last Minute Point-Getters: Bring 10 children s books to Extension Office and receive 1 pt. Bring new or gently used board games and receive 1 pt. Bring 2 reams of paper (white or color) and receive 1 pt. Liberty County 4-H Food Drive Please bring non-perishable food items to the 4-H Lock-In on Friday, July 22nd. Items will be donated to Church of Christ s Food Bank in Liberty, where Lock-In is held. Please take a moment to fill out a short 10 question survey and let us know What do you think our community needs by 2020 to build healthy, successful families? Thank you from the Family & Consumer Sciences Advisory Board Project 2020 Initiative! TAMU STEER, HEIFER & PIG FUTURITY + LAMB BOOSTER FUTURITY July 29-31, 2011 TJLA Sanctioned Showmanship Shows - Steer, Heifer, Pig and Lamb Judges and Entry Forms posted online at: Contact Info: Lamb Booster Futurity- Katie Fritz, (830) , k2012fritz@tamu.edu Shawn Ramsey, sramsey@tamu.edu TAMU Steer and Heifer Futurity - Jake Franke, jfranke@tamu.edu Katy Knox, katyknox1@yahoo.com or (979) TAMU Pig Futurity - Alyzabeth Looney, (940) Alyssa Looney, (940) Cash prizes guaranteed! All champions will receive belt buckles. Other prizes also available. Early entries will be accepted. County Record Books... Thanks to all who participated in the County Recordbook Project! This year we had a total of 11 books turned in, but hopefully everyone will get a head start next year and turn one in! The following 4-H members submitted a complete Recordbook: Junior Division -Audrey Brown, Food & Nutrition; Rylan Puckett, Swine; Cody Dear, Beef, Intermediate - Maddy Taplin, Swine, placed 6th at District; Jodee Crane, Rabbit; Lauren Mohn, Horse; Christina Tinkle, Horse; Senior - Emalee Diehl, Horse; Brianne Puckett, Leadership; Jessica Revils, Rabbit; Catherine Till, Rabbit, placed 1st at County.

5 Be a Leader 4 Life Attention Club Leaders/Managers: Please turn in all monthly club reports for H Year! Dates to Remember: July 22 4-H Youth Lock-In July 29 Award Logs Due August 13 Leader College August Meet with new club officers, set programs for monthly club meetings, pro mote 4-H in community. September 1 Turn in Club Info. Sheet ** October 1st Club Charter, Annual Financial Report, Asset List, & ByLaws Due to County Extension Office! - History of 4-H in Texas The following brief history of 4-H in Texas provides a background of the origins of the 4-H Youth Development Program in Texas and specific events and changes that have shaped 4-H since its inception, with the first Boys Corn Club in Jack County in The 4-H Story: A History of 4-H Club Work, by Franklin M. Reck, and 4-H: An American Idea, , by Thomas Wessel and Marilyn Wessel, document the origin of the 4-H Youth Development Program throughout the United States. These works cite the rapid changes taking place in rural America at the turn of the twentieth century. These changes led educators to seek ways to link learning to the needs of rural families. Young people were leaving farms to pursue jobs in towns and cities. Adult farmers were reluctant to try new techniques of crop production. Agricultural leaders began seeking ways to teach agricultural producers improved methods of crop production. Attention Adult Project Leaders As you are thinking of clinics and practices for a particular project, please let us know so we can help! If you need resources or information on area clinics, please contact us! The first county agricultural agent in Texas was appointed in 1906, eight years before the organization of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service. In 1908, county agent T. M. Tom Marks organized the first boys corn club in Jack County. Marks found that he was more successful teaching new production technology to the boys than to the adults. Within a matter of years, pig clubs, beef calf clubs (Coleman County, 1910), and girls tomato clubs (Milam County, 1912) were also initiated. The stage was set for the rapid expansion of educational programs directed at rural youth. The Texas 4-H Museum is located at 237 W. Belknap in Jacksboro (Jack County), the birthplace of 4-H in Texas.

6 July: Volume 5, Issue 11 July District Recordbook Judging 8-10 State 4-H Dog Show H Shooting Sports State Games, San Antonio 22 Lock-In at Church of Christ State 4-H Horse Show 29 Awards Point Logs are due to Extension Office by 5:00 p.m. (original point logs must be post marked by 7/29/2011) 29 District 9 4-H Leader College Registration Due October: 2-8 National 4-H Week 7-15 Heart of Texas - Waco 8 One Day 4-H Trinity Valley Exposition, Liberty 24 VLAT & Liberty County 4-H Council Meeting District Junior Leadership Lab, Huntsville August: 1 4-H Enrollment Begins for ! *Visit 4-H Connect: (Reduced Annual Membership Fee - $20) 6 Health EXPO (Back to School Shots) 12 Council meeting and Radio 12 Star Award Applications Due 13 Leadership College - New Waverly Elementary 13 District 4-H Council Meeting & District 4-H Adult Leaders Advisory Task Force (VLAT) Meeting Southeast Texas Beef Camp, Winnie 18 Star Award Interviews 19 Entry Deadline State Fair of Texas 26 Talent show registration Deadline Major Show Lamb, Goat, Breeding Sheep & San Angelo Texas Stars Doe Show Entry Deadline to order Tags. September: 5 Labor Day - Office Closed 15 Calf Scramble Request Forms Due Liberty County 4-H Awards Banquet 26 VLAT & Liberty County 4-H Council Meeting 28-10/2 Texas Rice Festival 30-10/23 State Fair of Texas Liberty County 4-H Youth Council hosts: 2011 Summer Lock-In Friday, July 22nd. Registration is from 3:30-4;00 p.m. and the fun will continue until 11:00 p.m. All 4-H members, guests & friends are welcome to attend. Cost is $5.00 per person at door. Lots of fun activities and games planned. Snacks, Drinks & Dinner provided! All 4-H Club Officers for next 4-H year, , need to plan on attending since there will be a club officer training session included. The Lock-In will be held in Liberty at the Church of Christ located at 3201 N. Main, where Hwy 146 meets the bypass. RSVP by July 20th by calling the Extension Office, so plenty of food & goodies can be available. Individuals with disabilities who require an auxiliary aid, service or accommodation in order to participate are encouraged to contact the Liberty County Office of Texas AgriLife Extension Service at , Ext.221 or , Ext.221 five business days in advance of the event to advise us of the auxiliary aid or service that you will require.