ATASCOSA 4-H NEWSLETTER Texas A&M AgriLife Extension July 2016 Inside this issue: Local Club Information 2 July 9-10, 2016 HEIFER- STEER Lone Star Classic Lavaca Co. Expo, Hallettsville, Texas Contact: Daniel Boatright 830-203-0627 July 9, 2016 Burleson Co. 4-H Goat Club Showcase Burleson Co. Fairgrounds, Caldwell Contact: Mary Cass, 501 Pin Oak Dr., Caldwell, TX; 979-324-3837 July 29-30, 2016 - HEIFER- STEER-PIG-LAMB-GOAT I m In It 2 Win It Series A, B, C, & D ( Steers, Pigs, Lambs, & Goats A & B Only ) Needville Fairgrounds, Needville Contact: Reggie Rodriguez, Cat Spring, TX; 979-732-4175 Sept. 1-4, 2016 Fayette County Fair. Heifer Show, Open Meat Goat Show, Junior Prospect Lamb Show, $20 per head, per show. Postmark Deadline: Aug 19th. For more information call: Heifers: Fayette County Extension Office 979-968-5831 Goats: Levi Garlick 979-247-4595 Lambs: Shannon Hemmett 979-639-1776 August 13 & 14:: Battle of the Cattle Raising the Bar for Prospect Shows Rewarding Excellence in our Youth Fredericksburg Steer Show Gillespie County Fairgrounds - 2000 S State Hwy 16, Fredericksburg, TX, Every exhibitor must be a member. For more info visit http://www.battleofthecattle.com or call Shane Meier at 830.998.2086. Quality Counts 2 Ambassador & Council Officer Info Officer/Mgr. Workshop 3 Banquet Info 3 Wildlife & Fisheries 4 Dog Project 4 Sharpshooters Gallery 4 TEEA Scholarship Recipient Travis Bonner District 12 Horse Show 6 Picture Perfect 7 8 Salute to Excellence Recipient Mr. Grimshaw Recordbook Results 9 Livestock Project Info 9 TX 4-H Photo Book 9 Poultry, Lamb & Goat Projects 3 5 8 10 State Fair Info 10 Commercial Heifer Show 10 Fundraising 11 Contact Us 11 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. We will seek to provide reasonable accommodation for all persons with disabilities for this meeting. We request that you contact the Atascosa County Extension Service twelve days (12) prior to the event at (830) 224-0366 or as soon as possible to advise us of the auxiliary aid or service that you require.
Atascosa Club of Equine Enthusiasts 4th Monday of the Month, 7pm First United Methodist Church, Pleasanton Karen Harris - (830) 570-9222 karen@lazy2ranch.us Black Hill 4-H 2nd Sunday of the Month, 6:00pm Black Hill Comm. Building., Black Hill, TX Kim Lutz - (830) 570-3320 kimlutz97@gmail.com La Parita 4-H 2nd Tuesday of the month 6:30 pm 95 South CR 321, Jourdanton (Meyer Shooting Range) Tasha Meyer 612-799-2134 meyermomma42@gmail.com Leming/Verdi 4-H 2nd Monday of the Month 6:30pm Verdi Community Center, Verdi, TX Jennifer Cagle - (210) 865-4802 jennifer_cagle@yahoo.com Members must be enrolled with one of our area clubs and meet the 50% attendance requirement prior to any 4-H sponsored contests. Participation in any equestrian events, livestock competitions, shooting sports event, and county, district or state contests is only permitted while meeting eligibility criteria under Texas Education Code 33.081 No Pass No Play. Atascosa 4-H Club Info 4 H is a learn by doing youth education program for children 9 to 19. It promotes positive values, social responsibility, and lifelong learning. An af iliated program, Clover Kids, is available in some areas for children 5 to 7 (K to 2). Through 4 H and the opportunities it provides, 4 H members have the ability to participate in many events and activities, as well as apply for scholarships, travel the country, and meet new friends. Enrollment betexas.4honline.com Quality Counts verification will be required for all youth exhibiting livestock (market and/or breeding) at major livestock shows in Texas (including the Ft. Worth Livestock Show, San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Star of Texas Fair in Austin, San Angelo Livestock Show, Sandhills Stock Show in Odessa, State Fair of Texas in Dallas, and Heart O Texas Fair in Waco). The verification process will require 4-H exhibitors to pass an online test that measures their knowledge on quality assurance and character education content items. Lytle 4-H 2nd Monday of the Month, 6:30pm Lytle Primary School Cafeteria Rosemary Bonner - (830) 709-4938 rjpbonner@aol.com Nan Boyd 210-912-5841 boydranch3@aol.com Leeanna Mask 210-859-9499 Mesquite 4-H 2nd Monday of the Month, 7pm Pleasanton Elementary, Pleasanton, TX Sue Ann Smith - (830) 570-4399 jspjsmith@att.net Debbie Ward - (830) 281-4159 Johanna Hagen - (830) 281-2119 jhagen@pisd.us Poteet 4-H 1st Tuesday of the Month, 7pm Poteet High School Cafeteria, Stephanie Scharmann - (210) 365-9632 poteet4h@gmail.com All 4-Hers must take this test but only twice in their 4-H career. 4-Hers that were intermediates last year and will be in the senior division this year, must retake the test. Quality Counts test and more information available at 2 http://agrilife.org/qualitycounts/verification/
Ambassador & County Council Meetings Thursday, August 25 Ambassador Meeting 6:00 pm Extension Office Cafeteria County Council Meeting 7:00 pm On August 8, 2016 4 H Interpreta on will be presented to Commissioner s Court. Make plans to meet on the steps of the County Courthouse (southside) at 8:30pm. Please dress in official Officer/Ambassador The annual awards banquet will be held on Friday, August 5, 2016 at 6:30p.m. and will be held at the Pleasanton Junior High Cafeteria. We are delighted to announce that the speaker this year is Katie Talley (Bonner), former Lytle 4-H Member. Tickets are $7.00 for parents, non-4-hers and guests. The price for 4-H members is $5.00. Due to the limited seating, we cannot guarantee ticket availability at the door. Please purchase your tickets at the Extension Office or by mailing in a check by July 29th. We are asking that volunteers bring their favorite deserts to share. There will also be a silent auction to raise funds for the County Merit Scholarship. Anyone wishing to donate goods or services may bring their items to the Extension office prior to the event. Thursday July the 21 st will be our annual officer and manager workshop! We will have fun activities planned for the officers, so come excited for a new year! When: 5:30 p.m Where: County Extension Office 25 East Fifth Street Leming, Texas 78050 Mark your Calendars! The Historical Commission, which is also based in Leming, will be hosting a Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser on Thursday July the 21 st from 5 p.m-8 p.m! You can eat in or grab it to-go for only $6/plate! The Atascosa County 4-H Ambassadors will have a table with baked goods at the Spaghetti Dinner. All of the proceeds and donations from the baked goods sold will go to Relay for Life! Everybody come hungry for some delicious spaghetti and some yummy baked goods for dessert! Attention County Council Officers We will be hosting our annual Officer Training Workshop Planning Meeting, on July the 11 th. We look forward to seeing our 2015-2016 Council Officers to help plan for the incoming officers. The meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m, at the Atascosa County Extension Office in Leming. Come excited and prepared 3 with new ideas for our future officer teams!
Dog Project Info The Dog Project will not meet for practice in July and August. However, we have some members attending the State 4-H Dog Show on July 8th...Good Luck to Chloe Jackson and Rayven Wilson!!! Anyone interested in joining the group can contact Michelle Pfeil at 830-569-0034 for more information. Wildlife and Fisheries The next project meeting will be held on Thursday, July 14th at 9:30a.m. The group will meet at the Poteet Dairy Queen to travel together to Tank Hollow Fisheries. For more information regarding this project, please call County Agent Dale Rankin at 830-569-0034. Sharpshooters Ty and Chance Hehman have been racking up those awards with their shotgun project. Both Ty and Chance Hehman participated in the District 12 shoot in Laredo last month. Ty received HOA, 1st place trap, and 1st place skeet. Chance received 3rd place Whizbang, and 2nd place Trap. At the Webb County Summer Shoot on June 11, 2016, Ty Hehman received 2nd place on both Intermediate Skeet and Trap and Chance Hehman received 1st place in Junior Skeet and 2nd place in Sporting Clays and Junior Trap. 4
Congrats, Travis Bonner!!! Travis was chosen as a recipient of the 2016 Texas Extension Education Association 4-H Scholarship. The award was presented to Travis, Lytle 4-H member at the June meeting of the Leming-Countywide Extension Education Club of Atascosa County. Pictured are: Top: EE club members Marilyn Katscmorak, Joan Shearrer, Dru Benavides, County Extension Agent, Travis Bonner, Debbie Gillespie, District 12 TEEA Director, Cathy LaPorte, Jeanette Jung, (Sitting) Jennifer Hofferichter and Kay Clarkson. Members not pictured are Betty Balzen, Mary Ann Barta, Edith Chessir, Sharon LaGrange, Georgia Marek, Sherry Orsak, Bottom left: Travis receives certificate from District 12 TEEA Director, Atascosa s very own, Mrs. Debbie Gillespie. Bottom right: Travis Bonner at Awards ceremony at Texas State 4-H Roundup in College Station. 5
Congrats to all our Participants at the 2016 District 12 4-H Horse Show!!! The District 12 Horse Show is a fond memory now but the Atascosa club members represented! Sahara Ellis was the Speed Division Champion and Charity Harris took home the Judged Western Division Champion, Halter Division Champion, Qualifying Champion and was Supreme Champion. Places in the classes were: Halter Geldings 5 and over 3 Joleann Besancon 4 Kendal Crouch 6 Kelsey Gonzales 7 Bailey Burkholder 8 Megan Pullin Showmanship at halter 2 Charity Harris 3 Joleann Besancon 4 Kelsey Gonzales 5 Megan Pullin 6 Kendal Crouch Hunter Showmanship 3 Kelsey Gonzales Stock Horse Showmanship 1 Bailey Burkholder Pole Bending 1 Sahara Ellis Stakes Race 2 Sahara Ellis Hunter Under Saddle 2 Kelsey Gonzales Hunt Seat Equitation 2 Kelsey Gonzales Western Pleasure 2 Kelsey Gonzales 3 Joleann Besancon 4 Kendal Crouch Stock Horse Pleasure 3 Bailey Burkholder Barrel Racing 1 Sahara Ellis Western Horsemanship 2 Kendal Crouch 3 Joleann Besancon 4 Kelsey Gonzales Stock Horse Horsemanship 3 Bailey Burkholder Stock Horse Reining 3 Bailey Burkholder Western Trail 2 Kendal Crouch 3 Jolean Besancon Stock Horse Trail 3 Bailey Burkholder Working Cow Horse 3 Bailey Burkholder 6
State 4-H Roundup was held June 6 9, 2016 at College Station. Participating were Travis Bonner, Collin Cass, Ethan Ayala, Autumn Hagen, Hannah Ward and Dale Rankin, County Extension Agent, Emily Chessher, Caitlin Korus, Trey Hagen and Blair Rankin, front Kenley Everett, Kendall Hagen and Stayton Hagen. Lacee Franke, Extension Office Intern is pictured here with Derek Scharmann and Christian Cumpian, Atascosa 4-H Council Delegates, ready to cast their votes for the new years District 12 4-H Council Officers at Election Convention. District 12 Election Convention was held in Kingsville on June 24, 2016. 7 District 12 4-H Leadership Lab attendees l to r Katriena Ables, Kendall Hagen, Mason Vick, Ethan Ayala, Autumn Hagen and Derek Scharmann. District 12 4 H Leadership Lab was June 21-24, 2016 at Texas A&M University Kingsville in Kingsville, TX.
Atascosa County s own Mr. Boyd Grimshaw was recognized as a 2016 Salute to Excellence Award Honoree at State Roundup! State Round up Consumer Decision Making Team 2016! Blair Rankin, Hannah Ward, Caitlin Korus and Autumn Hagen. Our Livestock Judging Team was 5th at the State Roundup 2016! Pictured are Dale Rankin, County Agent, Travis Bonner, Collin Cass, Ethan Ayala, Emily Chessher and Joe Taylor, Retired County Agent. 8
County Recordbook Results 2015-2016 (Category- Name, Club, Place) Juniors Beef- Ely Rankin, Mesquite, 1st Companion Animals- Mary Jo Paschall, La Parita, 1st / Analisa Duck, La Parita, 2nd Goat- Kendal Crouch, ACCEE, 1st Health- Holden Hagen, Mesquite, 1st Photography- Marti Ducote, La Parita, 1st Poultry- Jessica Hill, La Parita, 1st / McKenzie Lutz, Blackhill, 1st Rabbit- Chloe Nieschwitz, Mesquite, 1st Shooting Sports- Montana Aguilar, Lytle,, 1st / Josh Hill, La Parita, 2nd Wildlife & Fisheries - Koal Schaub, La Parita, 1st Clothing & Textiles- Morgan Winter, Poteet,, 1st Intermediates Beef - Derek Scharmann, Poteet, 1st / Caitlyn Nieschwitz, Mesquite, 2nd / Mason Vick, Mesquite, 3rd / Madi Vick, Mesquite, 4th Clothing & Textiles- Lydia Jackson, La Parita, 1st Consumer Education- Kenley Everett, Mesquite, 1st / Trey Hagen, Mesquite, 2nd Entomology- Stayton Hagen, Mesquite, 1st Horse - Charity Harris, ACEE, 1st Poultry- Madison Lutz, Blackhill, 1st Photography- Taylor Fojtik, Poteet, 1st Seniors Beef - Travis Bonner, Lytle, 1st / Ethan Ayala, Mesquite, 2nd Companion Animal - Chloe Jackson, La Parita, 1st Consumer Education - Hannah Ward, Mesquite, 1st / Autumn Hagen, Mesquite, 2nd Family Life - Kendall Hagen, Mesquite, 1st Swine - Ruby Jo Peoples, ACEE, 1st 9 Have a Hankering to Show? Intro to Livestock Showing Workshops will be held in August for those interested in showing but not sure how to proceed. Dale Rankin will be holding these workshops in the Extension Office. August 9 Intro to Sheep and Goats 6:00 pm August 23 Intro to Swine 6:00 pm He will discuss acquiring your animal, training, feeding and showing. Bring your ques ons! This full color book features the photographic work from Texas 4-H members who entered the 2016 Texas 4-H Photography Contest. Laid in category format, the book features the Best of Show for each category, followed by all the category entries. The book is spiral bound and makes and excellent teaching resource for the 4-H Photography project, or just for displaying on a table. Books are $40.00 each and can purchased at the following link: http:// www.agrilifebookstore.org/2016-texas-4- H-Photography-Contest-p/4h-007.htm
Goat and Lamb Validations will be coming soon. Keep your eyes open for more information in the Newsletter or on Facebook for dates and costs. Atascosa County Livestock Show Commercial Heifer Show The 2017 Atascosa County Livestock Show will offer a Commercial Heifer Show. These heifers will show as a pen of 2. Heifers will need to be validated and owned by the exhibitor. The 2016 Revised Constitution & Complete set of rules are available on the A.C.L.S. website at: http://www.countyshows.org/s/index.aspx?id=acls The State Fair is coming! If you are planning to enter the fair, entries are due to the Extension Office on August 15, 2016. For more information and schedules, visit: http://bigtex.com/livestock/exhibitorinfo/ 2017 Austin, Houston, & San Antonio Stock Show Turkey and Broiler Orders Turkey orders for the 2017 Stockshows are due Friday, July 1st to the Extension Office. Turkey Poults are $3.50 per bird ($87.50 per 25 poults). Broiler orders for the 2017 Stockshows are due Friday, Aug. 26th to the Extension Office. Broilers are $1.25 per bird ($31.25 per 25 birds). New for 2017: Each exhibitor MAY order an individual set of birds (up to 75) OR siblings within the same household may order and share a set of birds (up to 75). In other words, a family with multiple exhibitors can order an individual set of birds for each exhibitor in the family, OR if they wish, they can order one set of birds for the entire family. In either case, the maximum number of birds in a set that an exhibitor can select from for the show is 75 birds. This rule is the same for turkeys and broilers for all shows. Please note: families with multiple exhibitors are NOT required to place a single order for the entire family. Family orders are an option. i. For turkey orders: A minimum of 5 and a maximum of 75 poults may be ordered per exhibitor or family unit. ii. For broiler orders: A minimum order per exhibitor or family unit is 25 chicks, with a maximum of 75 chicks, in increments of 25. Therefore, each exhibitor or family may order 25, 50 or 75 chicks. Major Turkey Order Form Deadline July 1, 2016 Name of children: Parent s name: Telephone #: 4-H Club: Total # of Poults ordered @ $3.50 each = $ Individual or Family (circle one) Major Broiler Order Form Deadline August 26, 2016 Name of children: Parent s name: Telephone #: 4-H Club: Total # of Poults ordered @ $1.25 each = $ 10 Individual or Family (circle one)
Fundraiser Young Farmers Rodeo Atascosa 4 H has been offered the opportunity to raise some money by running the concession at the Rodeo on August 18 20, 2016. Several members of the council have already volunteered but we need more help! Last year over $1,500.00 was raised, which really helps our budget. Please call or email Michelle at the Extension office if you would like to help. The Eli s Fund Memorial Fundraiser was a huge success across the state of Texas. Over $34,000 was raised toward the effort!!! We are very happy to report Atascosa 4 H donated a total of $2834.55 and with that, tied for 3rd place statewide. Atascosa 4 H will share the $1000 prize, sponsored by the Texas 4 H Foundation, with our friends in Hidalgo County!!! Way to go!!! The winner of our local contest, sponsored by Michelle Pfeil, 4 H Program Assistant, will receive a $25 gift certificate to the 4 H Mall. Coming in at 1st Place with a whopping $1860 is... La Parita, 4 H!!! Congratulations!!!! Thanks to all the individuals and clubs that raised funds for this Texas 4 H community service project through personal donations, sausage wrap sales, bake sales, ice cream booth sales, raffles, and other great efforts. We look forward to the next fundraising effort! STAFF Dale Rankin, CEA Ag/NR dw-rankin@tamu.edu Monica Zepeda Secretary mzepeda@ag.tamu.edu Contact Us Dru Benavides, CEA F.C.S. dru.benavides@ag.tamu.edu Michelle Pfeil 4-H Assistant michelle.pfeil@ag.tamu.edu 11 ATASCOSA 4-H Physical: 25 E. Fifth St. Mailing: PO Box 379 Leming, TX 78050 Phone: 830-569-0034 Fax: 830-569-8997 E-mail: atascosa-tx@tamu.edu
TEXAS A&M AGRI-LIFE EXTENSION ATASCOSA 4-H 25 E. Fifth Street P.O. Box 379 Leming, TX 78050 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 50 4-H NEWSLETTER July 2016 12