FLOYD COUNTY 4-H NEWS

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1 FLOYD COUNTY 4-H NEWS MARCH, 2009 Courouse Ag. Bldg., Floydada, TX (806) February 26, 2009 CALENDAR OF EVENTS (MARCH) CEO - Means County Extension Office 02- County Fashion Show Intent to Participate Due 03-4-H Livestock Judging Practice, CEO, 4:15 PM 05- Record Book Work Day, CEO, Noon 09- Lockney 4-H Meeting, Community Center, 6 PM 10- Photography Project Meeting, CEO, 6 PM Houston Livestock Show 16-4-H Fashion Show Narration Form Due, NOON Points deducted if LATE! Spring Break 17- Cloing Project Tour to Plainview or Lubbock??? 23- County Photography Contest Entries Due, NOON 24-4-H Fashion Show, First Meodist Church Floydada 26- Floydada 4-H Meeting, Massie Activity Center, 6 PM (APRIL) 01- Sign up to run for a club office 01- Turn in Roundup Registration, NOON 01- GALA Server s Meeting - Unity Center, 5:30 PM, No April Fools 04- Floyd County Friends Benefit GALA, Unity Center 09- District Fashion Show, Brownfield High School 13- Lockney 4-H Meeting, Community Center, 6 PM 18- District Livestock Judging Contest, TTU 18- District Rifle Contest, Levelland 20- Floydada 4-H Meeting, Massie Activity Center, 6 PM 21- County Roundup - Massie Activity Center, 5:30 PM 25- District Archery Contest SIGN UP FOR CAMPS!!! (MAY) 02- District Roundup, Levelland 11- Lockney 4-H Meeting, Community Center, 6 PM * GALA SERVERS NEEDED Please sign up if you are willing to serve at e Floyd County Friends Benefit GALA set for Saturday, April 4. All you need is a black pair of slacks, white shirt, comfortable shoes and about 2½ hours. We need lots of help from 4-H ers and parents, so please give us a call st ASAP. We will have a server s meeting on April 1 at e Unity Center at 5:30 PM. *FASHION SHOW DATE CHANGE* The County 4-H Fashion will take place Tuesday, March 24 at e First United Meodist Church in Floydada at 5:30 PM. Please let me know by March 2 if you plan to participate and turn in your narration form by NOON on March 16. Please do not be late wi e NARRATION FORM. Points will be deducted. PHOTO ENTRIES DUE All photo entries for e County Photography Contest are due by NOON on Monday, March 23. Winners will be forwarded on to e District Competition. RECORD BOOK WORKDAY A Record Book work day has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 5 during e lunch hour at e County Extension Office. Bring a sack lunch. COUNTY 4-H ROUNDUP County 4-H Roundup is set for Tuesday, April 21 at e Massie Activity Center beginning at 5:30 PM. Please turn in your County Roundup Registration on Wednesday, April 1, so we will know who all plans to participate. Everyone is asked to bring sandwiches, chips or dessert. We will provide bottled water. If you need to perform first or last because of conflicts, please let us know so we can accommodate you. STATE ROUNDUP ROOM RESERVATIONS Once again, we have e option to stay in motel rooms at State 4-H Roundup, June We need to know who all is going to be trying to make it to State Roundup and e number of rooms we would need. Please get wi your groups and let us know ASAP. CLOTHING PROJECT TOUR If you will be in town during spring break and would be interested in a cloing project tour to Plainview or Lubbock, please let me know. I would need some Mom s to help drive. The 17, 18 or 19 are possibilities. Please let me know.

2 MEMORIALS Did you know at memorials for loved ones can be made to e Floyd County 4-H Scholarship fund? Memorials help fund our Gold Star scholarships. ** 2009 STATE 4-H HORSE SHOW FUTURITY NOMINATIONS The 2009 State 4-H Futurity nominations are due April 1, Attention...Once again for 2009 if you even remotely ink you might want to participate in ANY horse event at e 2009 State 4-H Horse Show you MUST complete 2009 Horse Nomination Forms - NO EXCEPTIONS. If not you will not be able to participate in any event at e 2009 District or State 4-H Horse Show. Just simply call e County Extension Office and request your Futurity Forms or go to e web site at: * SIX PILLARS OF CHARACTER RESPECT Respect is showing oers at ey are valued for who ey are, for eir character, not what ey look like or what ey have. It means treating oers e way you want to be treated, never insulting or making fun of oers who are different in looks, ability, race or religion. A respectful person is polite, does not use bad language and never hits or uses violence. Respect means to: Value all persons Live by e Golden Rule Be courteous and polite to all Be tolerant and accepting of oers Respect oer s dignity, privacy and freedom some examples of who you should show respect to and how for 5 extra points toward your jacket, patch or senior scholarship. * 4-H LIVESTOCK JUDGING PRACTICE The first organized Floyd County 4-H Livestock Judging rd practice will be held on Tuesday, March 3, 4:15 PM at e County Extension Office. All interested 4-H ers should make plans to attend. We will also be discussing what day and time will work best to set up weekly practices. All practices will be in preparation for e Sou Plains District 4-H Livestock Judging Contest which will be held on Saturday, April 18 at Texas Tech. We will also be attending several practice contests prior to e 18 at Clarendon and Sou Plains. However I do not have ese contest dates at is time but will let each of you know as soon as I receive em. We look forward to anoer successful judging season. Call e Extension Office if you have any additional questions DISTRICT 2 4-H EVENTS CALENDAR Date Event Location April 3 Horse Judging WTAMU Canyon April 4 Dairy Judging Plainview April 9 Fashion Show Brownfield High School April 11 (tentative) Range/Soil Judging Lubbock April 16 Photography District Office - Lubbock April 18 Livestock Judging TTU - Lubbock April 18 Rifle Contest Levelland April 21 Meats & Wool Judging TTU Meats Lab - Lubbock April 25 Archery Brownfield May 2 Roundup/Grass ID/ Ento ID/Beef & Horse Quiz Bowl Levelland June 2-4 Leadership Lab Levelland June 15 & 16 TBA Horse Show Trap & Skeet Shoot Lubbock TBA TBA Electric Camp TBA July 8 Recordbook Judging Lubbock 2009 DISTRICT 4-H ROUNDUP The 2009 District 4-H Roundup will be held on Saturday, May 2, The District 2 4-H Roundup will be held in e Levelland ISD Middle School Watch for more details as time draws closer. 4-H NEWSLETTER ONLINE If you had raer read e 4-H Newsletter online go to: floyd@ag.tamu.edu. 4-H Jacket Achievement Point Sheets will also be online for you to print off.

3 ARCHERY & RIFLE PRACTICES Spring practices for archery and rifle have been set. The coaches have given us e following schedule: Monday s - Senior Rifle participants 5:00 PM Tuesday s - Archery 5:00, Tuesday s - Junior & Intermediate Rifle participants 6:30 Thursday s - Senior Rifle participants 5:00 PM Thursday s - Junior & Intermediate Rifle participants 6:30 Practices will be held during e week of spring break but are strictly optional. There will be NO practices held April 1-3. It is important to attend as many practices as possible. Scores and attendance will be used to determine e teams for district competition. If you cannot attend please contact Don Chesshir or Jerry Chappell for rifle and eier Shad Schlueter or Patty Davenport for archery. * FORT WORTH STOCK SHOW RESULTS The 2009 major livestock show season kicked off at e 113 edition of e Souwestern Exposition and Livestock Show in Fort Wor on January 26 - February 7, Floyd County 4-H exhibitors were 23 strong over e ree week event. To start off e Junior Division Gilt and Heifer shows were held e weekend of January Floyd County 4-H had six Junior Breeding Gilt exhibitors participate wi e following st results: Keenan Nixon, 1 Chester, 4 Duroc; Kirby Nixon, 4 Chester; Heston Graves 9 Berkshire. Also exhibiting gilts were Braden Graves, Madolyn McCormick and McCrae McCormick. Three 4-H exhibitors competed in e Heifer Division. SyAnn Foster exhibited e Reserve Breed Champion Simmental heifer along wi Reserve Breed Champion st Chianina. Segayle Foster received a 1 place Chianina rd heifer as well as a 3 place Simmental. Tylee Williams nd received a 2 place Angus. The second weekend of e show January 30 - February 1 e Junior Market Lamb and Goat Shows were held. Four 4-H ers competed here. In e Junior Market Lamb show Dillon Chesshir, Kortney Williams, Kolby Williams and Taylor Orr all exhibited. Junior Market Goat exhibitors were Kortney Williams and Kelby Williams. The final week of e show, February 2-6, e Junior Market Barrow and Steer Shows were held. Eight Floyd County 4-H junior barrow show exhibitors competed. Madolyn McCormick received an 8 place heavy weight Crossbred barrow. Oer 4-H barrow participants were: McCrae McCormick, Kirby Nixon, Keenan Nixon, Kelsey Nutt, Corbin Nutt, Kaylie Nutt and Montana Williams A total of ten Floyd County 4-h ers exhibited in e Junior Market Steer Show. Kelsey Nutt received 4 place wi her heavy weight Hereford, Mason Lipham also took home a 4 place win wi his heavy weight Crossbred steer. Kaylie Nutt received 12 place wi her heavy weight Shororn steer. Oer steer exhibitors were: Haden Lipham, Corbin Nutt, Tabia Faulkenberry, Destry Faulkenberry, Chris Emert, SyAnn Foster and Reagan Hughes. Hats off to all 23 Floyd County 4-H exhibitors on an outstanding showing at e 2009 For Wor Junior Livestock Show. SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES Start making plans NOW to attend a fun summer 4-H camp: - County Camp - To Be Announced - Junior Leadership Camp - June 2-4 Levelland (ages 10-13) - Senior Electric Camp - TBA - Prime Time I - July Ages Texas 4-H Center, Brownwood - Prime Time II - July Ages 9-11, Texas 4-H Center Brownwood - SpecTra - July 27- July 31 - Ages 14-18, Texas 4-H Center Brownwood Registration fee for Prime Time is $205 for e 3 night and 4 day event. Adults registration fee is $100. Registration fee for SpecTra is $295 for e 5 night and 6 day event. Registration will be conducted rough 4-H Connect and will be open on February 18. Registration is on a first come first serve basis. A well rounded staff of college students under e direction of You Development Professionals coordinate camp activities. Activities include: swimming, canoeing, archery, riflery, crafts, sportfishing, climbing and repelling and much more! Special evening activities for e whole camp will encourage team work and cooperation! The Floyd County Parent/Leader Association pays ½ of your way to attend!!!!

4 GLAM CAMP 4-H CLOTHING PROJECT WORKSHOP If you weren t able to attend GLAM CAMP, we missed you! We had a fun day wi Leigh Smi teaching about hair care and nail care. Cynia Cisneros taught us about face care. Patty Davenport did a color analysis on everyone. Jill Bramlet taught modeling and Kay Broerton talked about e importance of exercise. We had a luncheon and learned about table etiquette. We also had a reception for our afternoon snack. We made ba salts and decorated flip flops. Those who were in attendance were: Selena and Valerie Espinoza, Faie and Eden Hambright, Aimee and Taylor Chavarria, Rita Martinez, Michaela Jackson, Braxton Turner, Amy Scott, Macee Broerton, Jianna Davenport, Kortney Campbell and Tabia Faulkenberry. ** COW PATTIE BINGO We need a leader from each club who would be willing to coordinate COW PATTIE BINGO. Cow Pattie Bingo rd will take place during Old Settlers on Saturday, May 23. J. D. Ragland, CEA-AG Floyd County Melissa Long, CEA-FCS Floyd County Secretary: Donna Keaton The information given herein is for educational purposes only. Reference to commercial products or trade names is made wi e understanding at no discrimination is intended and no endorsement by e Texas AgriLife Extension Service. SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW RESULTS During February Major Stock Shows continue down e road. Fifteen Floyd Count 4-H ers exhibited livestock at e 2009 San Antonio Livestock Show held February The Junior Heifer, Goat and Gilt shows were all held during e week of February Three Floyd County 4-H members exhibited Junior Heifers. Segayle Foster exhibited e Breed Champion Simmental heifer while SyAnn Foster received e Breed Champion Chianina Heifer. Bo wins were attached wi a $6,000 scholarship. Additionally, Tylee st Williams received two 1 place wins wi her Angus Heifers. Also showing at week were two 4-H Junior Goat entries. Bo Kortney and Kolby Williams showed eir goats on Friday, February 13. The final show of e first week was e Junior Breeding Gilt Show where six Floyd County 4-H ers competed and received high honors. Braden Graves rd took home a 3 place Berk while Heston Graves had an 8 place Duroc and 8 place Hamp. Furer gilt results were Keenan Nixon who received a 5 place Chester, 7 place Duroc and 9 place York. Also, Kirby Nixon han a 5 place Chester. Oer gilt exhibitors were McCrae McCormick wi his 5 place York gilt. Also exhibiting gilts was Madolyn McCormick. The final week consisted of e Junior Market Lamb, Barrow and Steer Shows. Two Floyd County 4-H ers exhibited Lambs. Dillon Chesshir and Taylor Orr bo exhibited eir Medium Wools. In e Junior Barrow Show Montana Williams received a 4 place Duroc. Also exhibiting was Kaylie Nutt. Kaylie was e only single steer exhibitor as her shororn steer received 5 place. Congratulations to all fifteen Floyd County 4-H exhibitors on an outstanding job at is year s San Antonio Stock Show. Be watching for future show results as 4-H ers will be participating in e upcoming Houston Livestock Show.

5 To find out where e leprechaun hid his gold, cross out all e Y s in e box below. Then write e letters at are left on e lines below e box. Good luck!!! Complete and turn in at e March meeting for 5 points toward your jacket, patch or senior scholarship. (You must attend e meeting to receive credit). Come by e office and make copies for all e 4-H ers in your family if you need to.

6 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday March County Fashion Show Intent to Participate due 3 Livestock Judging Practice, CEO, 4: Record Book Work Day, CEO, Noon 6 7 Lockney 4-H, 8 9Community Bldg 6 PM 15 Livestock 16 Fashion Show narration forms due, CEO Noon Spring 22 23County Photography Contest Entries Due, CEO, Noon 10 Photography Project Meeting, CEO, 6PM 17 Cloing Tour? Break Houston Fashion Show, Meodist Church, Floydada 11 Houston 18 Spring Livestock 12 Livestock 19 Break Show Floydada 4-H Meeting, MAC, 6 PM 13 Show 20 Spring Break Houston 14 Houston Livestock Show

7 4-H ROUNDUP REGISTRATION Name Birdate Age Division: Junior Intermediate Senior TEAM INDIVIDUAL SHARE THE FUN: Vocal Musical or Band Choreographed Routine Celebrate 4-H Poetry/Prose Title of Presentation: Oer Team Members: EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATION: Category TEAM INDIVIDUAL Title of Presentation Oer Team Members: ENTOMOLOGY IDENTIFICATION: TEAM INDIVIDUAL Oer Team Members:

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