April 2014 Hood County 4-H Newsletter 4-H Club Meetings Lipan 4-H - Thursday, April 3 rd, at 6:30 pm at the Community Center Young Riders - Monday, April 7 th, at 6:30 pm at Reunion Fairgrounds, in the Exhibit Hall Lake Granbury Community 4-H - Monday, April 14 th, at 7:00 pm at the Annex 1 Meeting Room Shooting Sports - Every Tuesday of each month at 6:00 pm at Reunion Fairgrounds. Regular business meeting on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. Tolar 4-H - Tuesday, April 8 th, at 6:30 pm at the Tolar Fire Hall Cornerstone 4-H - Wednesday, April 9 th, at 4:00 pm at Cornerstone Christian Academy Kids, Dogs & More Project Group Meets every 2nd & 4th Thursdays of the month, at 7:00 pm at Reunion Fairgrounds County Stock Show Checks We have received the County Show Checks. If you have completed your thank you notes and delivered buyer plaques as required, you may pick up your checks. For those of you that were required to complete a W-9 and have not completed this requirement, we will need your W-9 before we can get your checks.
County Roundup Congratulations to those 4-H ers who competed at County Roundup and will be advancing to District. Tara Yerigan, Junior - Share-The Fun-Vocal -1st Place Matt Engle, Intermediate - Open -1st Place Bailee Burenheide, Junior - Open- 1st Place Sarah Spradlin, Senior Health & Fitness -1st Place Davis Nix, Junior - Companion Animal - 1st Place Brett Reeves, Intermediate - Open ANR -1st Place Caitlin Bagby & Cameron Bagby, Intermediate - Open ANR -2nd Place Audrey Pearson, Senior - Open ANR -1st Place Kyle Vahlenkamp, Junior - Sheep & Goats -1st Place Sam Spradlin, Senior - Sheep & Goats -1st Place Brayden Brockman, Intermediate - Beef -1st Place Elli Diehl, Senior - Beef- First Place Stock Show Update Congratulations to all 4-H ers who participated at Major Stock Shows. We had a record year. Our Hood County 4-H ers brought home about $59, 441 in premium money and scholarships. State Fair Lamb & Goat Validation If you are interested in showing sheep or goats you will need to order your validation tags by April 8, 2014. Tags will be Record Books & Awards Applications It is time to start working on your Record Books and Awards Applications. They will be due on June 13, 2014. If you need help call the office and schedule a time with Brianne or Marty and we can help you. Horse Validation If you are thinking about showing a horse at District or State you will need to validate your horse using 4-H Connect before April 15, 2014. The cost is $10 per Horse. If you are interested contact the office and we can get you instructions on how to complete the validation. After April 15th the cost goes up to $20 until May 1st. The District Show is June 16th-17th and the State Show is July 20th-26th.
Ag Ambassador Tour If you are interested in learning more about Ag Production in the area mark your calendar for the evening of June 3rd, and the days of June 5th and 6th. We are working on finalizing the schedule. More details will follow in the May 4-H newsletter. Hood County 4-H Young Riders 5 th Annual Open Horse Show Triple Cross Cowboy Church Arena 3470 Lipan Hwy April 26th, 2014 Information & Pre-Registration 817-783-2188 guyanngaines@sbcglobal.net Special Restaurant Raffle Worth $150 Summer Workshops We have planned several workshops this summer. We will send out more details as we get closer, but we wanted you to have these dates: June 23rd Officer Training June 30th Photography Workshop July 18th Fashion Camp Livestock Raisers Association August 14th Food Challenge Camp August 15th Skillathon Camp The HCLRA meets on the 3 rd Thursday of every month at 7:30 pm at the fairgrounds. We need more 4-H families to get involved with this group. They make the rules for the county show, up-keep the facilities and provide us a place and opportunity to show our projects. Next meeting is April 17, 2014.
Leadership Lab 2014 CHANGES FOR 2014! New Location, an additional day and a trip to Schlitterbahn!! Date: Tuesday-Friday, June 24-27, 2014 Location: T Bar M Resort & Conference Center, New Braunfels, Texas Who can attend: Registered 4-H ers ages 13-19 Registration on 4-H Connect: May 1-31, 2014 Registration Fee: $275 per person (a portion will be covered by Hood County 4-H) The registration fee covers 3 nights of lodging, all meals, program activities, insurance, curriculum, and T -shirts. If you are interested, please let us know!! This is a great, FUN opportunity to meet 4- H ers from other counties, develop leadership and team building skills, and maybe even run for district officer. Call us if you have questions. DISTRICT 8 4-H RIFLE CONTEST District Contest Information Date: Saturday, May 3, 2014 Location: Leon County Gun Club 15295 County Road 224 Oakwood, TX 75855 Time: The Competitive Rifle Match Shooting will begin at 8:00am. (Shooting times will be staggered) The Provisional Light Rifle Match will begin following the completion of the Competitive Rifle Match. A more detailed shoot schedule will be distributed after receiving entries. Registration: Contact your County Extension Agent Question of the Month! Where is the Texas 4-H Center Located? (Be the first to contact the office with the correct answer & receive a 4-H prize.) Last month s question: What must happen before a 4-H member receives their checks from the County Livestock Show? Congratulations to Naomi Ornelles for answering last month s question. Each 4-H ers must write thank you notes to their buyers and bring them to the office in and unsealed, stamped envelope.
Club Friend of 4-H Don t forget each club needs to elect someone as their club Friend of 4-H. Council member will need to bring their clubs names to the May Council Meeting! SCHOLARSHIPS! It s never too late to start thinking about scholarships. We highly recommend that you start by doing a record book, even for Junior age 4-H ers. As you get older, all of that information starts to compile in one place. It makes things much easier on you when I comes time to apply for scholarships. That being said, we know some of you are still a year or more away from Senior year, but we highly encourage high school Juniors & Sophomores to get the information that is being handed out at your school to this year s Seniors. It will allow you (and us, if you want our help) to see what areas you excel in and what areas we could work on over the next year or two. Feel free to ask us any questions. We are very happy and willing to help you apply for scholarships! District 8 4-H Scholarship Application Sponsored by the District 8 Texas Association of Extension 4-H Agents Eligibility: 4-H members who will not receive a 4-H Foundation Scholarship Applicants will be reviewed by a scholarship committee. All decisions are final. Applications must be complete in order to be accepted. Applications are due to our office by April 15, 2014. Howard College Lamb & Goat Camp If you would like to learn more about your sheep or goat project summer camps are a great. The Howard College Camps will take place on June 8th-10th, 2014 for hands lambs and June 15th-17th, 2014 for goats. Registration information can be found at www.howardcollege.edu. Texas AgriLife Extension Service Hood County Office Phone (817) 579-3280 Fax (817) 408-2533 http://hood-tx.tamu.edu Marty Vahlenkamp CEA-Ag/NR m-vahlenkamp@tamu.edu Brianne Langdon CEA-FCS brianne.langdon@ag.tamu.edu Educational programs of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or veteran status. 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 a member of The Texas A&M University System and its statewide Agriculture Program.
April 2014 S M T W T F S 4 District Fashion Show 1 2 3 4 5 5 District Horse Judging 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 11 District Range & Plant ID 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 12 District Roundup 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 18 Good Friday 27 28 29 30 26 District Livestock, Meat & Soil May 2014 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 1 District Leaders 4Life 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3 District Rifle 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 28 Deadline to register for Leadership Lab 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 26 - Memorial Day June 2014 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9-13 State Roundup 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 13 Record Books due 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 13 Awards Applications due 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 16-17 District Horse Show 29 30 20 Awards Interviews 24-27 District Leadership Lab Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Hood County Office Phone (817) 579-3280 Fax (817) 408-2533 Htpp://hood.agrilife.org Marty Vahlenkamp CEA-Ag/NR m-vahlenkamp@tamu.edu Brianne Langdon CEA-FCS brianne.langdon@ag.tamu.edu