LSU AGCENTER CAMERON PARISH CALENDAR November 3 Grand Lake Elementary South Cameron s 7 Junior Leader Livestock Judging Clinic Burton Hackberry and Johnson Bayou s Grand Lake HS 13 Shooting Sports Practice 1:00 PM 16-18 Challenge Camp December 4-H Night with the Tigers Livestock Showmanship Clinic Burton Shooting Sports Practice 1:00 PM SW Region Ag Career Awareness Day 4-H Day of Service South Cameron s Hackberry and Johnson Bayou s Grand Lake s Arts Day 11 Shooting Sports Practice 1 PM Junior Leader NOVEMBER 2016 Sweet potato and rice orders need to be picked up at the 4-h office Friday November 11 between 1 and 5 pm! Fashion Club Meets Nov. 10! Interested in learning sewing techniques and basic skills? 4th-7th graders, please join us Thursday November 10 at 5:30 at the 4-H Office. State Fashion Board member Gabby Talbot, Junior at Grand Lake, will be on hand to share her knowledge and experience with you! We have a few sewing machines in the office, but please bring your own if you have one! All meeting dates are Nov 10, Jan 26, Feb 23, March 23, and April 27. Thank you to everyone supported our Junior Leaders in their Yankee Candle Fundraiser! Orders should be in sometime this month. Their next fundraiser will be selling World s Finest Chocolate (yum!!). Be sure to see a Junior Leader member about buying some candy bars or chocolate covered almonds!
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THE 4-H FOCUS NOVEMBER 2016 Page 6 CAMERON PARISH JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW SCHEDULE Cameron Parish Maintenance Barn January 17 20, 2017 Tuesday, January 17 th 5:00 p.m. Beef animals can arrive (Exhibitors are not excused from school on Tues.) 5:00-7:00 p.m. Beef and Dairy Premier Exhibitor Contest Wednesday, January 18 th 7:00 a.m. Gates Open (Exhibitors are not excused from school on Thursday) 7:30 a.m. Weigh and mouth Market Steers, Commercial Heifers 8:00 a.m. Dairy Show and Showmanship followed by Market Steers, Commercial Heifers, Beef Breeding, and Showmanship Show Order Beef Breeding Classes (Bulls, Heifers) Mini Beef Gray Brahman Red Brahman Braford Braford Base Brangus Santa Gertrudis AOB Brahman Inf AOB Non Brah Inf Hereford Angus Simmental 9:00 9:30 a.m. Check in Rabbits, weigh in Rabbit Meet Pens 9:30 10:00 a.m. Check in Chickens and weigh Broilers 10:30 a.m. Chicken and Rabbit Show begins Thursday, January 19 th 5:00 p.m. Hogs, Lambs, and Goats may arrive (Exhibitors are not excused from school on Thursday) 5:00 7:00 p.m. Swine, Goat, and Sheep Premier Exhibitor 6:30 7:30 pm Weigh market swine Friday, January 20 th 8:00 a.m. Breeding Swine, Market Swine, Swine Showmanship 10:00 11:00 am Weigh and mouth Market Lambs and Goats 1:00 p.m. Breeding Sheep, Market Lambs, followed by Lamb Showmanship, Breeding Goats Show Order Percentage, Full Blood, Commercial Goats Saturday, January 21 st Market Goats, followed by Goat Showmanship 10:00 a.m. Exhibitors with animals ready for sale 11:00 a.m. Luncheon 12:00 p.m. Presentations, Scholarships, and Buckles 1:00 p.m. Sale
THE 4-H FOCUS NOVEMBER Page 7 LSU AgCenter Cameron Parish 10098 Gulf Highway Grand Lake, LA 70607 Phone: (337) 905-1318 Fax: (337) 905-1320 www.lsuagcenter.com/cameron Cameron 4-H Agents: Brittany Bourg bbourg@agcenter.lsu.edu Bradley Pousson, bpousson@agcenter.lsu.edu Scan this QR code for the website! Scan this QR code for the Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/ pages/cameron-parish-4- H/620338061380699 Livestock Exhibitors: First off we would like to congratulate and wish luck to those that competed and will be competing at the State Fair of Louisiana. After state fair we move on towards the spring livestock shows. Packets are going out as we speak at this round of club meetings. Possession date for Market Hogs will be December 5 th. Mr. Bradley needs to know who will be showing market hogs so they can be tagged and validated. Entry forms are due on Wednesday December 7 th!!! Livestock Exhibitors and Shooting Sports Spotlight! Shooters!! Practice will meet again on Sunday November 13 th at 1:00 p.m. With the time change we will meet an hour earlier. Shell bags are in and if you ordered one you may pick them up at the office or Mr. Bradley will have them at practice. There is still time to sign up and participate so tell your friends!!! If you have a disability which requires special assistance for your participation in any of our 4-H activities, please contact the 4-H Office so that preparations can be made. Any adult interested in volunteering with 4-H contests/ activities give the 4-H Office a call and we will add your name
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