Franklin 4-H Newsletter

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1 Franklin 4-H Newsletter December 2015 Franklin Parish Extension Service 6562 Main Street Winnsboro, LA Fax: Dates to Remember - Seniors: Honor cord applications are due December 18th, Don t forget. Winners of the Leaf ID contest: FranklinParishAgCenter December 1 Reg. Leader Board; 5:30 pm 4 Swine validations due 14 Explorer s Club 17 Jr. Ldrs; 6:00 pm 17 Ag Photography Contest 18 Honor cord app due 24-3 Holidays (office closed) January 4 Office reopens 11 Explorer s Club Ag Alley/Expo 18 MLK (office closed) 21 Jr. Leader s mtg; 6:00 pm State Fashion Camp February 3-6 District Livestock Show, Delhi State Livestock Show 23 Area Cookery Contest Reg. Leader Board 5:30 pm Ag Adventures March Jr. Leadership Conference 17 FFF Club; 4:00 at 4-H office 19 Jr. Leader mtg; 6:00 pm Visit our website: Louisiana State University Agricultural Center Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service William B. Richardson, Vice President of Ag; Dean of Ag. 1st place: Jackson Cordill Crowville 2nd place: Dani Parker Fort Necessity 3rd place: Jace McMurry Crowville Other participants: Crowville: Diego Tapia & Kaylee Humphrey; Fort Necessity: Destany Cassels, Sarah Cooper & Dallas Harr; Baskin: Samantha Shelton & Anna Hatten; Homeschool: Landry Smith. January Club meeting dates: Please note some have changed days because of Ag Alley/Ag Expo this month. 5th: Crowville 8:00/Baskin 1:00 6th: FA 2:00 7th: Homeschool 3:00 (Scott Center) 8th: FPHS 9:36 (?) 11th: Fort Necessity 1:00 20th: Gilbert 8:35 (?) 21st FCCS 12:30 4-6/2: Remember that Ag Expo is January 15 & 16, 2015 at the Ike Hamilton in West Monroe. Ag Expo/Ag Alley Photo Contest Remember your entries are due to the 4-H office by Thursday, December 17th by 4:30 pm. You may enter each category if you wish. There are 3. Congrats to George Adam Faulk & Maddie Taylor for being selected for the H & FFA Livestock Educational Trip to Louisville, KY. Great job, have fun and learn lots. The Franklin 4-H office will be closed on December 24, 2015-January 3, We will reopen at 8:00 am on January 4th, I hope everyone has a happy holiday. The LSU Agricultural Center is a campus of the LSU System and provides equal opportunities in programs and employment.

2 Photography entries are going to be due at your January club meeting. Please make sure that you follow the rules. January Contest-Photography I ve changed the amount of pictures due for each division. Contest division will be: 4th-6th grades and 7th-12th grades Beef Poster Contest Entries will be due at your January club meeting. There are 3 divisions: 4th-6th grades, 7th-9th grades, and 10th-12th grades. All 1st place winners in each division will have their entry go to the state competition. Make sure you get a flyer and submit an entry. All the details are on the flyer. Make sure you follow the guidelines. White poster board must be used and it must be 11 x 14. All other sizes & colors will be disqualified. Make sure you use nothing that is copy righted. 4th-6th grades need to submit 2 pictures. 7th-12th grades need to submit 5 pictures. The photography portfolio should showcase the 4-H ers photography skills, consists of 2 or 5 white, 8 1/2 x 11 pages of pictures taken within the past year. Pages should be white and placed in a suitable binder. NO Captions. A cover page with name and parish should appear first. A 1 or 2 page story (typed, double-spaced, with 1 inch margins). Story should be about the 4-H er and their interests in photography as well as telling why you selected the 2 or 5 photos. Portfolios will be judged on choice of subject, composition, depth of field, sharpness, lighting, exposure, and skill. Photos can be black/white, color; from film or digital. Edit, edit, edit show only your best work Honey Bee Essay Contest Topic: Bees and Pollination. How important is it? Essays must be double-spaced, 12-pt times or similar type style. Must be submitted by 1/27/16. Contact 4-H agent if interested in details. layouts/15/wopiframe.aspx?sourcedoc= {64399FAD-E7F1-456D-8F05- F62854B38672}&file-Honey%20Bee% 20Essay%20Contest%202016%20 (2).doc&action=default Additional info follows & forms are located in the Honey Bee Essay folder Copy and paste the above address in your web browser to get more information about the contest. Character Counts: Character Development Pillar of Caring: Do you easily forgive when someone has wronged you? Are you willing to help out a stranger? Caring comes in many ways. Helping to carry a package for an elderly person, being grateful to your parents for making sure you have food on the table and a house over your head and showing kindness to someone in need are all characteristics of the pillar caring. Make sure today that you are a person who is caring. Do you want someone to show you kindness when you are down? Do you want someone to be grateful to you for something you have done for them or given them? Then you need to show the Mark Twain One learns through the heart, not the eyes or the intellect.

3 Participants for the 2015 Cookery Contest. Missing from the picture was Gabriel Freeman. While the judges were busy judging, the Jr. Leaders lead some SET games for the participants. Thanks to: Marvin Scott II, Derrick Austin, Tiona Harris, LauraLi Walters for leading the activities. Commodity Cookery Contest: The cookery contest was held on Nov. 21st, 2015 at FCCS. Here are the results of the contest. Sweet Potato: 1st Bailey Crawford, Baskin; 2nd Derrick Austin, Baskin; Garrett Hunt, Gilbert. Egg: 1st Matthew Kramer, Homeschool; 2nd Kaitlyn Thomas, FPHS; Sarah Miller, Homeschool (other participants were Katie Hall, LauraLi Walters). Quick & Easy Ground Beef: 1st Bailey Crawford, Baskin; 2nd Garrett Hunt, Gilbert; 3rd Derrick Austin, Baskin (other participants were Katie Hall and Matthew Kramer). Pecan: 1st James Cotten, Baskin; 2nd Emma Cotten, Baskin; 3rd Emily Miller, Homeschool. Healthy Heart Ground Beef: 1st LauraLi Walters, FPHS. Rice Any Other: 1st LauraLi Walters, FPHS. Chicken: 1st Derrick Austin, Baskin; 2nd Katie Hall, Crowville; 3rd Kaitlyn Thomas, FPHS (other participants: Gabriel Freeman, Baskin; James Cotten, Baskin; Emma Cotten, Baskin. Rice Main Dish: 1st Kaitlyn Thomas, FPHS; 2nd Garrett Hunt, Gilbert; 3rd Matthew Kramer, Homeschool. Best of Show: Kaitlyn Thomas will here cheesy chicken enchilada rice. Assistance Needed?? If you have a disability which requires special assistance for your participation in any of the meetings or activities, please contact the Franklin Parish Office at Made Available By: Kelly Lafferty Extension Agent(4-H) Franklin Parish klafferty@agcenter.lsu.edu (318)

4 Other winners of the Parish T-shirt contest were: Best Use of Theme: Derrick Austin Best Artwork: Kaitlyn Nielsen Most Creative: Cheyenne Barlow The winner of the Franklin 4-H Parish T-shirt contest is Antoinette McMahon 1st Annual Franklin Parish 4-H Royal Court. In order to be on the court, you needed at least 5,000 votes or $50. Here are the court for th-6th grade: Queen: Emma Cotten, Baskin; Princesses: Montana Wright, FCCS & Destiny Cassels, Fort Necessity/King: Joshua Kemp, Fort Necessity. 7th-12th grade: Queen: Katie Hall. Other participants were: Ivy Flint, Crowville & AJ Bryant, Baskin. Homeschool 4-H Club Officers for President: Patrick Finley Vice-President: Cameron Smith Secretary: Galen Miller Reporter: Matthew Kramer Treasurer: Noah Cardin 4-H Leader: Carolyn Cardin 2015 Franklin 4-H Royal Court Thank you to all of our cookery judges for your time and commitment to the contest. This year we had Wink Alison, Neal West, Casey Beavers, Saundra Raines, Brittney Seay and Karen Cupit. They had a hard time coming up with the Best of Show and several categories were real close. Thanks again. Challenge Camp was A-mazing this year with our theme of Amazing race. Those that attended were: Elijah Ward, Cary Cheek, AJ Ward, Derrick Austin, Paige Chapman, Jeremiah Kerry, Alexis Harrison and Ariana Miller. Challenges were made to create team building and leadership skills. Participants main goal was to navigate through a maze blindfolded. Great job!

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