Medina County 4-H Newsletter 1506 Avenue. M Hondo, TX 78861 Ph 830-741-6180 Fx 830-741-6182 E-mail: medina-tx@tamu.edu Web-site: http;//medina.agrilife.org IMPORTANT!!! THANK YOU S PROJECT RECORD FORM PHOTO CONTESTS CLOTHING & TEXTILE CONTESTS SPRING ROUNDUP COUNTY ROUNDUP SHARE THE FUN COUNTY COUNCIL Inside this issue: March Calendar 2 National Livestock 3 Judging Contest Fall Roundup Results 3 Thank You Letters 4 Project Record Form 4 Health Requirements For Majors Shooting Sports 5 Clothing & Textile Contests Livestock Judging 6 Spring Roundup 6 County Council Meeting 6 County Roundup & Fashion Show Recordbooks 8 Membership Enrollment 8 Club Managers & Meeting Dates 5 6 7 9 18 Group 1 Barrows County Council Meeting February 2018 Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Hondo & Rio Medina Club Meetings Meat Judging @ 25 Livestock Judging @ Castroville, Devine, Natalia & LaCoste Club Meetings 19 26 20 Wildlife Judging 27 21 Ft. Worth Steer & Barrow Show Swine Skillathon @ Lamb & Goats 28 MARCH HIGHLIGHTS 1 2 3 Consumer Judging Workshop 4 5 6 7 8 9 Spring Wildlife D Hanis Club Roundup Info Dairy Judging Judging @ District Meeting Night Food Challenge @ Jr Breeding Swine 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Beef Skillathon @ Group 1 Barrows Horse Judging @ County Holiday Club Managers Meeting School Tours @ Group 2 Barrows School Tours School Tours @ Feb 27-Mar 18 - Houston Stock Show Mar 6 - Practice Mar 4 - Meat Judging at HLSR Mar 5 - Horse Judging at HLSR Mar 8 - County Round Up Mar 8-Mar 20 - Reg for Dist 10 Spring Round Up Mar 10 - at HLSR Mar 10-24 - Austin Livestock Show Mar 12 - Livestock Judging at HLSR Jr Shootout Jr Breeding Heifers 10 22 23 24 Group 2 Barrows @ Youth Day @ Consumer Decision Making @ District Wildlife @ San Angelo Mar 17 - Dairy Judging at HLSR Mar 20 - Practice Mar 22 - Livestock Judging at Austin Mar 24 - Texas A&M Clinics Mar 27 - Practice
PAGE 2 March 2018 Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat 1 2 3 TAMU Wildlife & Livestock Judging 4 Meat Judging @ H.L.S.R. 5 6 7 8 9 10 D Hanis Club County Meeting Round Up & Fashion Show LaCoste, Castroville & Devine Club Meeting Horse Judging @ H.L.S.R. Wildlife Judging Houston Lambs & Goats Spring Round Up Reg Begins Houston Steer Show @ H.L.S.R. March 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Hondo & Rio County Medina Clubs Austin Lamb & Smallbore Rifle Goats Meeting Houston Steer Show Contest Daylight Savings Houston Wave 1 Barrows Livestock Judging @ H.L.S.R. Houston Wave 2 Barrows SPRING BREAK 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Livestock Judging Austin Barrows Austin Steer Show @ Austin End of Reg for Spring Round Up 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 4th Grade Ag Day County Holiday Office Closed Dairy Judging @ H.L.S.R. Austin Barrows Coming in April April 1 - District Photography Results on D10 Website April 2 - County Council Officer Application Deadline April 2 - Club Managers Meeting April 3 - Region II Wildlife Contest April 19 - District Wool Judging April 19-21 - District Spring Roundup April 20 - District Fashion & Textile Show, Fashion Storyboard April 21 - District Smallbore Rifle Contest April 21 - District Meat Judging, Angelo St. University April 21 - District Livestock Judging, Fredericksburg April 24 - County Council - Officer Elections (Tentative)
PAGE 3 National Livestock Judging Contest The Medina County Livestock Judgers competed January 5th at the Western National Roundup in Denver, Colorado. The team did an outstanding job with each team member being recognized at least once at the awards ceremony. The team of Wyatt Wilhelms, Wyatt Clostio, Laurell Pfeifer and Walker Hemphill earned 4th place overall, 1st in Sheep, 2nd in Reasons and 4th in Swine. Wyatt Wilhelms also earned 1st in Reasons, 4th in Cattle and 4th Overall. Wyatt Clostio earned 4th in Swine. Laurell Pfeiffer earned 8th in Sheep and Walker Hemphill earned 1st in Sheep and 6th in Reasons. Congratulations to all the team members and coaches! District 10 Fall Roundup Results The District 10 Fall Roundup was held December 8-9, 2017 in Kerrville. Medina County was well represented with multiple teams and individuals participating in contests. Julia Guzman earned 1 st place with her Intermediate age Educational Presentation on How to Survive a Hurricane. Her brother Johnny Guzman and team mate Trip Robbins earned 1 st place in the junior age group with their Educational Presentation with the same name. At the Food Show Jolee Berger, Kyla Steubing, Tanner Stuebing, Hudson Thigpen, Diego Lopez, Ashlee Riff, Emma Mueller, Alison Grothues and Abby Mueller wow ed judges with their dishes. Intermediate-Emma Mueller earned 5 th place with her Dairy entry while sister Abby Mueller earned 4 th place in the senior protein category. Alison Grothues earned 3 rd place in the senior fruits and vegetable category. Medina County sent four Food Challenge Teams to the District Contest. The junior Slicers and Dicers team of Claire Boehme, Kayla Guinther, Johnny Guzman, Trip Robbins and Connor Prukop earned 1 st place in the junior fruits and vegetables category. The senior Slicers and Dicers team of Aimee Dickinson, Alison Grothues and Silia Lopez earned 1 st place in the senior Nutritious Snacks category and will advance to the State Food Challenge held at the Texas 4-H Roundup in June. Our Intermediate Cereal Killers team was Kylie Knowles, Logan DeCock, Sarah Adams, Riley Chafin and Emma Mueller and the Intermediate Dicers and Slicers team was Julia Guzman, Kaleigh Thayer, Madalyn Winecoff, Mason Winecoff and Brady Prukop. Congratulations to all individuals, team members, coaches and parents. You all make Medina County Proud!
PAGE 4 SINCEREST THANKS We would like to say THANK YOU! to all of the wonderful volunteers who helped at the Medina County Junior Livestock Show. You helped to make the event a success! THANK YOU LETTERS Now that the County Livestock Show for 2018 is over, it s time to write the Thank You letters to ALL of your buyers. In addition, be sure to complete the 4-H Project Record form, see below. Your club manager will need to receive your record form and Thank you notes before your auction check can be released to you. Good Luck to all that will be competing in the major livestock shows!! LIVESTOCK PROJECT RECORD FORM It s time to start finishing up your project record forms these get confused with the Texas 4-H Recordbook, but are very different. The Livestock Project Record Form is filled out by 4-H livestock exhibitors in regards to their livestock project. The Project Record Form teaches the skill of record keeping, along with showing progress, growth and accomplishments in your livestock project. The record form needs to be given to your club manager along with your thank you notes to buyers as soon as possible after the Medina County Jr Livestock Show. The 4-H Livestock Project Record Form is located on the Medina County Extension website (medina.agrilife.org) under publications, livestock, 4-H Livestock Project Record Form. The Texas 4-H Recordbook is totally optional and can be on any project usually your main 4-H project. Competition for the Texas 4-H Recordbook takes place in June and July. More information on the Texas 4-H Recordbook is explained on page 7. If you have questions on either record form or recordbook please call Debby Bodenchuk at the Extension office. NO PASS - NO SHOW RULE The No Pass, No Show rule is in effect for all Major Livestock Shows. Academically ineligible exhibitors will not be allowed to show their animal. The animal may not be shown by anyone else.
PAGE 5 ANIMAL HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR MAJOR STOCK SHOW IMPORTANT: If you are entered in a major stock show, make sure you meet all the Animal Health Requirements for that species, prior to the show. Be sure to visit these websites to obtain the Animal Health Requirements for your specific show: San Antonio Livestock Show http://www.sarodeo.com Kerrville Stock Show http://www.hcdjls.org/ Houston Stock Show and Rodeo http://www.rodeohouston.com/ Ft. Worth Stock Show http://www.fwssr.com/ Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo (Austin) http://www.rodeoaustin.com/ San Angelo Stock Show http://www.sanangelorodeo.com/ HORSE CORNER HORSE JUDGING For anyone interested in Horse Judging, please contact Russell Simpson at 405-473-2151. 4-H HORSE CLUB If you are interested in the 4-H Horse Club, please contact Melissa Brown at: 830-317-0343 or mon.texan@hotmail.com SHOOTING SPORTS MEETING There will be a Shooting Sports Meeting for all those interested in Shotgun & Hondo Smallbore Rifle Projects. Date: February 28th Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: St. Paul Lutheran Church-Legacy Building (South Building) 1303 Ave M, Hondo For more information contact Sandy Steubing at: 830-931-5327/If you are interested in smallbore rifle in Castroville contact is Beth Zinsmeyer 210-391-5188 and Rio Medina contact is Brandy Anderson 210-557-4983. STATE PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST The Texas 4-H and Youth Development Photography contest will be displayed during the 2018 Texas 4-H Roundup and is open to all senior age 4-H members. The 2017-2018 theme is Backyard. This creative category will feature photos what one would see when stepping out your back door. Along with the theme category there are 14 other categories in which to enter. Each county may have only one entry per category (15 entries per county). A fee of $10 per photograph must be paid for each entry. All photos must have been taken by the 4-H member between January 1, 2017 and the time of entry. State entries will be taken between April 1-15th, 2018. For more contest rules and description of categories go to: http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/17-18_texas4h_photo_rules.pdf
PAGE 6 CLOTHING AND TEXTILE CONTESTS Do you like fashion and being creative? The 4-H Clothing and Textiles project is perfect for you. In the 4-H Clothing and Textiles Project you can learn to sew, how to be a good consumer when purchasing clothes, and the art of designing clothes and accessories, and careers in the fashion industry. Here are some of the different projects you can participate in. Fashion Show The Fashion Show is designed for 4-H members to showcase their skills in buying and construction. Fashion Storyboard The 4-H Fashion Storyboard is an industry-inspired method of displaying original designs. The storyboard tells the story of the designer s idea. Natural Fiber Contest The Natural Fiber contest is part of the Fashion Show. Members choose to buy or construct an outfit made from either cotton or wool/mohair/alpaca. Duds to Dazzle During Duds to Dazzle, teams of 3 to 5 receive textiles and each team has 60 minutes to create a new product using items from the supply closet. Trashion Show In the Trashion Show, intermediate and senior 4-H members use their design skills to create and exhibit a recycled/reused garment created from items that would otherwise be thrown in the trash. Teams of 3 to 5 members submit a video application in the spring to be judged. Alpaca Wool Challenge 4-H participants of any age can request skeen of yarn provided by Alpaca producers to create a knitted, crocheted, or woven clothing or textile item. Quilt Challenge and Community Service Project This contest has two options for how to participate. Students can create a blanket or quilt of any kind that will be donated to an individual in need or a charity. These items are not judged. Or student can create quilts to be judged. After judging, quilts will be donated to an organization of the quilters choice, Project Linus or Quilts of Valor. For more information on any of these go to http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/projects/clothing-textiles/ or call the Extension office. The County Fashion Show and Fashion Storyboard contest will be March 8 during the County Roundup. The District Fashion Show and Fashion Storyboard contest will be April 20th during the District Roundup. READY TO GET ROLLING ON LIVESTOCK JUDGING On February 5 th there was a livestock judging information meeting. The meeting was to get the ball rolling and start scheduling practices so participants can start competing in upcoming contests. If you missed this meeting and are interested in Livestock judging please call Kit Clostio at 979.299.5277 for more information. SPRING ROUNDUP INFORMATION NIGHT Mark your calendars...the Spring Roundup Information Night will be Thursday, February 8th from 6:00 pm-7:00 pm at the Extension office. If you want to learn more about 4-H Spring contests please attend. Please let us know if you will attend by calling the Extension office at 830-741-6180. COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING & UPCOMING ELECTIONS The next meeting of the Medina County Council will be Monday, February 26th, 7:00 pm at the Extension office. Please plan on attending. Also, start thinking about running for an office in the County Council. If you have been a president, vice president or council delegate some time in your 4-H career you can run for an office. There are some age criteria for some offices so pick up an application to see these. Applications will be available in the Extension office and deadline to apply will be April 2nd. Officer elections will be held at the last meeting in April.
PAGE 7 SHARE THE FUN Do you have a talent to share with your fellow 4-H members? Singing? Dancing? Acting? Playing an instrument? Then sign up for Share-The-Fun to be held on March 8, 2018, at County Roundup. Guidelines have been released and you can plan on seven categories this year: Celebrate 4-H, Choreographed Routines, Musical/Instrumental, Solo/Band Performance, Vocal, Poetry/Prose and Dramedy. An Entry can be an individual or a team up to 9 4-H members. Entry deadline for County Roundup is March 1st. For more information go to: http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/share-the-fun-information-letter.pdf COUNTY ROUNDUP & FASHION SHOW This year County Roundup and County Fashion will be combined and will be Thursday, March 8th. County Roundup is the time to practice your skills and prepare for District competition. You can give an Educational Presentation, Practice Public Speaking, compete in Beef and Horse Quiz Bowls or show off your talents in Share the Fun singing, dancing, playing an instrument, etc. Check out all the ways you can show your skills by going to: http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018_txru_guide.pdf In conjunction with the County Roundup activities we will also be holding our Fashion Show and take entries for Fashion Storyboard. Start your engines or sewing machines or check out the buying division and plan on participating this year. Information for these contests can be found at: https://texas4-h.tamu.edu/projects/clothing-textiles/ For more information regarding these events contact Debby Bodenchuk at the Extension Office 830-741-6180. 4-H OUTDOOR CHALLENGE Are you up for a challenge? Do you love the great outdoors? The 9th annual Texas 4-H Outdoor Challenge to be held at the Seguin Outdoor Learning Center June 22-24. Grab a friend and learn, practice, and train to compete in a series of ten outdoor events that will challenge you physically and mentally. This year s events are: shotgun, off-road biking, archery, fishing, climbing, kayaking, rifle, biologist skills, gear judging and outdoor safety. Registration on 4-H Connect will be May 1-30th and is limited to the first 50 teams. Are you the ultimate Texas Outdoor Challenge team? Join in and find out! For more info & rule changes go to: http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/projects/outdoor-education-living-skills/ or contact Debby at the Extension office 4-H HEALTHY LIFESTYLES INVITATIONAL The classes and resources for the 2018 4-H Healthy Lifestyles Invitational Contest are now available at: http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/projects/food-nutrition/ Previous contest classes are also posted on the website. The contest is held during Texas 4-H Roundup and is open to intermediate and senior 4-H members. Youth may compete as teams or individuals.
Page 8 RECORDBOOKS It s time to start keeping records for your 2018-2019 Projects. Keeping records is a great way to hold on to your memories about your incredible adventures in 4-H. Record keeping is also a great way to develop skills in time management, communication, setting goals and deadlines, money management and project evaluations. In an effort to update the current recordbook system a committee has developed an online program with a data entry system that easily allows for updates, editing and printing. 1. There will be three (3) levels of recordbooks based on 4-H age (junior, intermediate, and senior). Information requested for each level will progressively add on to each other. The junior & intermediate books are significantly simplified from past recordbooks. The senior level book is similar to the past record book with some minor edits. 2. Parts of the report form will be standardized to allow for ease of completion and judging. 3. Much of the data from previous recordbooks that a member may have saved on their home computer may be cut and pasted into the new form 4. Recordbooks will still be printed and turned in (in hardcopy form) to be judged by the deadline set by your local County Extension Office. This system is available for use at: http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/recordbooks/ Watch future newsletters for Recordbook workshops held in Medina County. We Still Have Plenty of Projects to Participate In.REGISTER FOR 2017-2018 4-H YEAR 4-H members and volunteers must register each year to be a member of Medina County 4-H. Don t miss out on all the fun projects and workshops provided to 4-H members, receive our monthly newsletter, and join the millions of youth worldwide who Make The Best Better. Enrollment will be on 4-H Connect at: https://texas.4honline.com Here are some tips in using 4-H CONNECT: If you already have a profile DO NOT create another one! Participation Fee is $25 If you are new to 4-H, set up a profile and follow the prompts. Make sure to fill out the Health Form on page 3. If you lost your email and password call your county office they can tell you your e-mail address and reset your password! To be an official 4-H member in Texas 4-H you must have an Active profile in 4-H Connect! An active membership will not be granted until participation fee is paid. You cannot register for an event until your profile is ACTIVE. If you have any questions or cannot access 4-H Connect please call the Extension Office at 830-741-6180. How to Contact Us Sandra Kunkel: s-kunkel@tamu.edu Debby Bodenchuk: dgbodenchuk@ag.tamu.edu Office Hours: 8:00am-Noon & 1:00pm-5:00pm
Page 9 Club Managers 4-H Club Manager(s) Phone # Castroville Aris Vogt Leticia Teague Beth Zinsmeyer 210-274-1046 830-426-8876 210-391-5188 Devine (3rd-12th) Katherine Hines Jason Skow Stacy Skow Carly Parson 210-857-2475 210-487-0722 210-237-3162 210-413-3885 D Hanis Laurie Henefey 830-426-6260 TEXAS 4-H AGE AND YEAR Youth may participate in 4-H from September 1st of grade 3 through August 31st following completion of grade 12 with these restrictions: Texas 4-H will have new membership eligibility based on SCHOOL GRADE and not age. The new eligibility rules and guideline are: Minimum age - 8 (in addition to being in the 3rd grade) Maximum age - 18 (as of August 31, 2017) 4-H Member Categories Senior: Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 Intermediate: Grades 6, 7, and 8 Junior: Grades 3, 4, and 5 Hondo Intermediate (3rd-5th) Nicole Steubing Crystal Riff 830-423-4589 210-854-4312 Hondo Jr. (6th-8th) Hondo High (9th-12th) LaCoste Natalia Rio Medina Christie Kaden Dottie Heiligman Sandy Steubing Buffie Rogge Laurie Lentz Chelley Gibson Vicky Steubing Onnie Saathoff Melinda DeCock Tracy Chafin Monica Garza Rick Chapa Robert Haywood Michael Zinsmeyer Rikki Zinsmeyer 210-912-0704 210-364-4300 830-931-5327 830-741-2195 210-213-2088 830-931-5076 210-275-3973 830-741-5246 210-884-4977 830-709-5553 210-386-3795 210-355-2082 830-538-4393 830-931-5390 830-931-3368 4-H MEETING DATES Mark Your Calendars - Club meetings are: Castroville - Mar. 5 @ 7:30- Castroville Elem Cafe D Hanis - Mar. 7 @ 7:30 D Hanis Community Ctr Devine - Mar. 5 @ 7:00 Devine Inter Cafeteria Hondo - Mar. 11 @ 5:00 St. Paul Lutheran Church LaCoste - Mar. 5 @ 6:30 - LaCoste Elem Cafeteria Natalia - TBA Rio Medina - Mar. 11 @ 5:00 - Mumme s Store Sandra Kunkel Debby Bodenchuk Medina County Extension Agent FCS Medina County 4-H Program Asst. 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. The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating.