Bell County 4-H News October 2009 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Enrollment Forms 2 One Day 4-H 2 Community Service 2 County Council 3 MAB Meeting 3 Club Reports 3 Public Speaking 4 National 4-H Conference Family Handbook 4 Clothing Project 5 Dog Project 5 LaQuinta Discount 5 Roaster Orders 6 Broiler Workshop 6 Rabbit Extravaganza 6 Lamb & Goat 7 Validation Broiler Orders 7 Major Livestock Sign-Up Swine Validation 7 Recordbooks 8 Graduating Seniors 8 Junior Leadership 8 Retreat 4-H Family Handbook 8 Photography 9 Consumer Project 10 4-H Bucks 10 Calendar 11 4 7 October 6: County Food Show, 5-7pm-Harker Heights Activity Center October 7: Broiler Workshop, 6:30pm, CEO October 4-10: National 4-H Week October 10: One Day 4-H October 13: Dog Project, 6-8pm, CEO October 14: 4-H MAB Meeting, 6:30pm, CEO October 15: 4-H Clothing Project, 6pm, CEO October 16: Fundraising Tickets due to CEO October 19: Gold Star Banquet, Waco November 2: Broiler Order Due November 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30: Youth Leadership Mtg, 6-8pm, CEO November 3-4 : Major Show Sign-up, 5-8pm, CEO November 5: Scholarship Training, 6-8pm, CEO November 9: Consumer Meeting, 5pm, CEO November 12: 4-H Recordbook Training, 6-8pm, CEO C ALENDAR OF EVENTS October November National 4-H Week is October 4-10!!!! Celebrate 4-H this week! National 4-H Week is a great week to celebrate 4-H! Celebrate in your 4-H club as well in October! Bell County 4-H Events and activities set for National 4-H Week: Monday, Oct.5: Wear 4-H T-Shirt or green to support 4-H! 4-H Ambassadors meet with Commissioner s Court to give proclamation of National 4-H Week in Bell County. Tuesday, October 6: Put a poster up in your school or in the community about 4-H! Wednesday, Oct. 7: Tell a friend or someone new about 4-H! October 20 & 26: Lamb & Goat Validation, 5-8pm, Bell County Expo October 20: Turkey Pick-up (Call for time) October 22: District Food Show Orientation-6-8pm- CEO October 24: Hunter s Spectacular, 6pm, Expo October 27: County Council Mtg, 6:30pm CEO October 30: 4-H enrollment cards due in office to participate in Bell County Youth Fair October 31: District 8 4-H Food Show-Belton November 13: Deadline for National 4-H Conference November 17: County Council, 6:30pm, CEO November 18: Roaster Pick-up, 3:30-5:30pm, CEO November 21: Rabbit Extravaganza, Coryell County Activity Center November 23, 24 & 30: Swine Validation, 4-7pm, Expo Thursday, Oct. 8: 4-H Project day! Work on one or more 4-H projects! Friday, Oct. 9: Take cookies or other baked goods to the schools or firehouses to say thanks! Remember to tell them that it is National 4-H Week. Saturday, Oct. 10: One Day 4-H- Statewide Community Service day for 4-H. Celebrate 4-H with family and friends at the movie in the Park. Read about the One Day 4-H Activity & Movie in the Park on the next page!
Page 2 Enrollment Forms Bell County 4-H News October 2009 All Enrollment forms must be completed by October 31 st or you will NOT be able to participate in the Bell County Youth Fair! Do not forget to bring your enrollment form by the office or to your club manager by the 30 th! Remember October 31 st is a Saturday! On the enrollment forms, make sure they are completely signed and you have at least one project on your form. If they are not complete, you will have to go back and sign them and complete them. One Day 4-H is a great way to help in your community!!!! October 10 th is the One Day 4-H and we are encouraging all 4-H families to help collect items for the Helping Hands Ministry. Items can be dropped off at the Extension Office until October 9 th, 2009. Will be collecting the following items for the Helping Hands Ministry : boxes of jello, boxes of cornbread mix, and cake mixes. On October 10, 2009, from 1pm-3pm we will deliver items and help at the Helping Hands Ministry stock their shelves and clean their pantry. The Helping Hands Ministry is locted on 2210 Holland Rd Belton Texas. This is a huge state wide event! They are giving prizes and awards to the county who does One Day 4-H, so make sure and come and help!!! More One Day 4-H Activities! The Tigertown 4-H Club will also be hosting a trash pickup for the One Day 4-H activities. If you would like to help, please arrive at 8am on October 10 th at the Old TxDot Building on Hwy 436. They should be done in time to come and help with the Helping Hands! Please come and help make a difference in our community! Movie in the Park At 7pm on Saturday, October 10 th, we will be having a movie in the park. The movie will take place at the Heritage Park and all 4-H families and potential 4-H families are invited. Please bring blankets and chairs. We will be watching Monsters vs. Aliens. It will be a lot of fun!!! (Please note: Please park in the available parking lots and NOT on the streets) A lot of the clubs already collect coke tabs for the Ronald McDonald House. The county will be having a contest on how many coke tabs the clubs can collect during the 4-H year! The winning club will win a pizza party for your club and 50 club bucks to your club s total as well as each member will receive 5 4-H bucks. Each month at the county council meetings, you will bring your coke tabs to the meeting and the total count. We will give an update at the club meeting and in the newsletter to let you know what club is leading and how many they have collected. This month the 4-His Glory 4-H Club is in the lead with the most coke tabs! Make sure and bring your coke tabs to the next meeting!
Page 3 Bell County 4-H News October 2009 The County Council meeting will be held on: October 27, 2009 at 6:30pm in the County Extension Office Meeting Room. The Presidents and Council Delegates duty/responsibility is to attend and get to know others in the county as well as help plan and hear what is going on in the county and bring back that information to their club. All 4-H members are welcome to attend the 4-H County Council Meetings. County Council has planned some really fun and exciting activities for the year! Be prepared to have some fun!!! Below are the monthly themes: October- Halloween Masquerade - Dress up in your Halloween Costumes!!!- Contest for best costume will be given! November- Camo out - everyone wears camo to the meeting January- Winter Wonderland February- Are you a Superhero? - wear your superhero outfits. Contest prizes for dressing up March- Green Out the County Council - Wear as much green as you can. Contest prizes for dressing up April- Travel through Generations - Everyone wears different decades- Contest prizes for dressing up May- Send off to Summer - wear your beach and summery clothes The MAB meeting is also known as the Membership Advisory Board and is much like the county council for the adults. All parents and adults are invited to attend but the meeting is highly encouraged for all club managers and assistant club managers. The adults will have their county council meeting on October 14, 2009, 6pm, at the Extension Office Board Room. This will be our first meeting and we are asking the club managers and assistant club managers to wear their 4-H shirts (beam me up 4-H shirts) to the meeting. All adults/parents are asked to wear a 4-H shirt. Please come and learn about MAB and how we make a difference in the 4-H program! Club Reports We want to say a big thanks to the reporters who have done newsletter reports for the clubs!! Clubs who submitted reports: Trimmier 4-H and Bell County Horse Club. All newsletter reports can be read on the Bell County 4-H Website under Clubs Forms and Reports.
Page 4 Bell County 4-H News October 2009 This fall, we will be holding a youth leadership program through the Toastmasters and Bell County 4-H. This program will teach leadership and public speaking skills. The kids will learn how to give different types of speeches, how to speak effectively, and how to run a meeting as well as learn to serve in many different leadership roles. For those who have been in the 4-H program for a longer time will remember this same program that was done about 7 years ago as a mini toastmaster program. This program is a very special program and not offered in many counties at all and we are very lucky to have it come to Bell County 4-H. If you are interested in this program please call the Extension Office and RSVP with Pat only. She will need your name, phone number, and email. The age limit will be for those ages 11-18. There will be ONLY 15 members allowed in each program and it will cost $10 a person. If we fill up quickly, we will put you on a waiting list for the next one or if someone backs out. Come and learn some very valuable life skills you will use the rest of your life. Oh this program looks amazing on a resume!!! Sign up quickly! Dates for the Youth Leadership Program are: November 2 nd - 6pm: Extension Office Board Room November 9th- 6pm: Extension Office Board Room (this meeting is combined with Consumer) November 16th- 6pm: Extension Office Board Room November 23rd- 6pm: Extension Office Board Room November 30th- 6pm: Extension Office Board Room December 7th- 6pm: Extension Office Board Room December 14 th - 6pm: Extension Office Board Room National 4-H Conference Information and application process is provided for the 2010 National 4-H Conference scheduled to take place at the National 4-H Center in Chevy Chase, MD, March 20-25, 2010. Texas is striving to send a delegation of at least 10 youth and 2 adults. 4-H members between the ages of 15 and 18 should apply before the deadline of November 15, 2009. Applicants may register in the County Extension Office beginning September 15, 2009. he 4-H family handbook is now available on the Bell County 4-H Website. You may also pick up a copy in the Extension Office.
Page 5 Bell County 4-H News October 2009 We have a lot in store for the new clothing and textiles project this year!!! Some items include tours to the fashion department at Baylor, a clothing training/extravaganza in Dallas, great community service projects, and more back to the basics sewing classes! Some dates to remember: October 6 th - Harker Heights Activity Center, 5pm-6:30pm- Will be making Handkerchief Aprons for 4-H members. This will be during the food show as an extra activity. October 15 th - 4-H Clothing Project 101, Bell County Extension Office Meeting Room, 6pm- This clothing project 101 will be a look into all the opportunities available in the 4-H clothing project. It will be fun and exciting to learn about what fun things you can do in the clothing project besides just sewing! We will look at fashion design, buying, basic sewing opportunities, advance sewing opportunities, and public speaking opportunities, as well as stage design opportunities. Please see below about the T-Shirt design contest to be held on the 15 th. Do you like to design?! Well, we have the project for you! The clothing project members are having a T-Shirt Design Contest on October 15 th. Please bring a T-Shirt Design you think would be good for the clothing project. The T-Shirt must have 4-H or the clover somewhere on it and must say something about the clothing and textiles. Example: Bell County 4-H Fashion Team. Remember to bring your T-Shirt Designs to the meeting on October 15 th. Dog Project Opportunities Do you want to learn more about the dog project in 4-H? Do you want to teach your dog how to obey and even learn agility? This is the training for you! Date: Tuesday, October 13th Time: 6-8pm Where: Bell County Extension Office Meeting Room RSVP: You MUST RSVP to attend by October 9th. Please call the Extension Office and let Pat or Tennille know you are attending. We will be training the leaders how to teach the dog project. We have a guest speaker, Michelle Mihalek, who is a 4-H County Extension Agent coming from Montgomery County in Conroe and she will be teaching the training! This training will be for Adults Only!! Come and learn how to teach the dog project! (No dogs needed for this training!)
Page 6 Bell County 4-H News October 2009 ROASTER ORDERS DUE Payment and orders for Roasters for the 2010 BCYF are due no later than October 1, 2009. Exhibitors must order and pay for 25 birds. The maximum order allowed per exhibitor is 25 birds and cost is $33 per order of 25 birds. Please note that these birds will arrive November 18, 2009 and need to be picked up between 3:30-5:30 p.m. at the County Extension Office. Don t miss our workshop for 4-H members who would like to learn more about showing and raising broilers. This clinic will be beneficial for beginners, but is open to any 4-H or FFA members and anyone in attendance should be able to pick up a few tips to help them be more successful. There is a schedule of topics listed below. The clinic will be held October 7, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at the Bell County Extension Office. Attendees should pre-register by calling 254-933-5305 no later than 5:00 p.m. October 2 nd so that we can make necessary program arrangements. 6:30 General Overview of the 4-H Broiler Project 6:45 Environment, Health, and Nutrition 7:00 Selection Criteria and Culling Process 7:30 Success in 60 days or less 8:00 Closing Comments and Questions The 2009 Rabbit Extravaganza will be held at the Coryell County Activity Center on Saturday, November 21, 2009. All entries must be submitted through the County Extension Office no later than October 19, 2009. This event includes a rabbit show, but also provides a judging contest; rabbit skill-athon, rabbit photo contest, best dressed rabbit and many more activities available to young people who do not actually show rabbits. It would be a great learning experience for someone who is interested in learning more about the 4-H Rabbit Project. For more information and registration forms please see http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/projects/rabbits.html or the Bell County 4-H website.
Page 7 Bell County 4-H News October 2009 LAMB AND GOAT VALIDATION 4-H members who plan to show market lambs or market goats in 2010 must validate these animals. Lamb and goat validation for Bell County exhibitors will be held October 20th and 26th at the Bell County Expo Center. Exhibitors who plan to show at San Angelo in 2009 must have a Texas Bred Lamb. The Star of Texas Fair no longer requires Texas Bred Lambs. October 20 Academy 4-H/FFA; Bartlett 4-H/FFA; Belton FFA; CTCS 4-H; Oenaville 4-H; Temple FFA; Tigertown 4-H; Troy FFA/4-H & Stampede Creek 4-H October 26 Bell County Horse; Ellison FFA; 4His Glory 4-H; Harker Heights FFA; Holland 4- H/FFA; Killeen 4-H/FFA; Maxdale 4-H; Rogers 4-H/FFA; Salado 4-H/FFA & Trimmier 4-H. Broiler Orders Payment and orders for Broilers for the 2010 BCYF are due no later than November 2, 2009. Exhibitors must order and pay for 25 or 50 birds and 50 is the maximum allowable order per exhibitor. Cost of the birds is $33 per order of 25 birds. Please note that these birds will arrive on December 21,2009 and need to be picked up between 3:30-5:30 p.m. at the Extension Office. Major Livestock Show Sign-UP The 2010 Major Show (Ft. Worth; San Antonio; San Angelo; Star of Texas; Houston) season is not far off and sign-up dates have been set. This year there will be only 2 days for sign-up; Tuesday, November 3 and Wednesday, November 4, 2009, both nights sign-up time will be from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. These are the only two nights or times we will accept entries. Forms may be picked up in early November from the Extension Office, but can only be turned in on one of the nights listed above. Swine Validation All pigs for the Bell County Youth Fair and major livestock shows must be validated on one of the nights below. We need all parents to be there to sign forms and to draw a map where animals are being kept. If a parent cannot be there,a parental waiver form must be signed before validation. NOV. 23th ACADEMY 4H/FFA, BARTLETT 4H/FFA, HOLLAND 4H/FFA, 4-HIS GLORY, SALADO 4H/FFA, CTCS 4H, STAMPEDE CREEK NOV. 24th BELTON FFA, TIGERTOWN 4H, TEMPLE FFA, TROY FFA, OENAVILLE 4H. NOV. 30th ROGERS 4H/FFA, KILLEEN 4H/ FFA, MAXDALE 4H, TRIMMIER 4H, ELLISON FFA, HARKER HEIGHTS FFA, SHOEMAKER FFA
Page 8 Bell County 4-H News October 2009 RECORDBOOKS Have you ever thought about doing a recordbook? A recordbook is good for those who want to keep records of their 4-H career, win awards for resumes, or help you with filling out your scholarship applications. All seniors who complete a recordbook say that it helped them with filling out their scholarship applications a lot. We have even helped create a format that ties directly to the 4-H Foundation Scholarship Form. How easy is that!!! Recordbooks are getting easier to fill out and complete these days! If you would like to learn about how to complete a recordbook, the Bell County 4-H will be hosting 2 workshops this year to help you do a recordbook. The first workshop will help with how to start a recordbook and how to record effective information for recordbooks and will be in November and the second workshop will be in April and will be the second part which is how to fill out the forms and do tables and what to actually do to fill out the recordbook. If you are interested, please attend the first recordbook training on: November 12, 2009 at 6-8pm in the CEO Graduating Seniors It is that time again for graduating seniors to start applying for college and filling out scholarships! Seniors need to apply for their colleges/universities NOW!!! Acceptance for some schools will come as early as November. It is better on a scholarship to have been accepted already to a school. So apply NOW for school!!! Scholarships are also starting to come open and ready for applications. Make sure and watch the newsletter and the Bell County 4-H Website for those scholarship application deadlines. It is always being updated with new scholarships and deadlines. If you are interested in learning about scholarships available through 4-H or how to apply for a scholarship, you can attend the scholarship training, which will be held at the County Extension Office Board Room on November 5 th at 6pm. This training will be invaluable to learn about what scholarship donors look for in scholarships, how to write an effective essay, or how to fill out effective information on your scholarship application. Junior Leadership Retreat WHEN: Friday November 6 through Sunday November 8 WHO: 4-H members ages 9-14 (and Adult Chaperones) WHAT: State level leadership development program WHERE: Texas 4-H Conference Center, Brownwood COST: $120 for youth, $80 for Adult Chaperones (includes two nights lodging, four meals, two evening snacks and program fees) Join the fun and bring a costume! Junior Leadership Retreat features Texas 4-H Council members conducting hands-on educational workshops with younger 4-H members. This year, the program will focus on two new 4-H project opportunities Food Challenge and Outdoor Challenge. Science, Engineering and Technology, Team Building and Recreation round out the five educational workshops. Make sure to register through the Extension Office and an adult must serve as a chaperone.
Page 9 Bell County 4-H News October 2009 Photography Congratulations to those going to District Photography Contest! The Display of the photos will be October 9-17, 2009, at the Heart O Texas Fair, Waco, Texas in the Creative Arts/Exhibit Building. Age Division Class Division First Name Last Name Junior Color People McKinley Kasberg Junior Color Animals Christian Coffman Junior Color Still Life Christian Coffman Junior Color Natural Landscape Christian Coffman Junior Color Plant/Flora Christian Coffman Junior Color Architectural Elements Christian Coffman Junior Black & White People Jared Wilson Junior Black & White Animals Christian Coffman Junior Black & White Still Life Kristen Heisch Junior Black & White Natural Landscape Kristen Heisch Junior Black & White Plant/Flora Christian Coffman Junior Black & White Architectural Elements Christian Coffman Junior All Media Special Effects/Creative Christian Coffman Intermediate Color People Emma Coffman Intermediate Color Animals Brandon Hoelscher Intermediate Color Still Life Paige Wilson Intermediate Color Natural Landscape Jacob Cearley Intermediate Color Plant/Flora Emma Coffman Intermediate Color Architectural Elements Brady Alexander Intermediate Black & White People Emma Coffman Intermediate Black & White Animals Kyle Heisch Intermediate Black & White Still Life Emma Coffman Intermediate Black & White Natural Landscape Paige Wilson Intermediate Black & White Plant/Flora Emma Coffman Intermediate Black & White Architectural Elements Jacob Cearley Intermediate All Media Special Effects/Creative Emma Coffman Senior Color People Jared Burtchell Senior Color Animals Jared Burtchell Senior Color Still Life Jared Burtchell Senior Color Natural Landscape Amber Beggs Senior Color Plant/Flora Jared Burtchell Senior Color Architectural Elements Jared Burtchell Senior Black & White People Jared Burtchell Senior Black & White Animals Jared Burtchell Senior Black & White Still Life Danielle Fasolino Senior Black & White Natural Landscape Tyler Coufal Senior Black & White Plant/Flora Jared Burtchell Senior Black & White Architectural Elements Tyler Coufal Senior All Media Special Effects/Creative Jared Burtchell
Page 10 Bell County 4-H News October 2009 Consumer Project Consumer Decision Making is a great way to learn how to shop better!!! What is better than learning how to shop! The Consumer project s first meeting will be held November 9, 2009 at 5pm at the Extension Office Meeting Room! Make sure and come and learn all about the project and what it has to offer. We will be setting dates and times of other meetings. It will be a lot of fun! 4-H Bucks The new 4-H Bucks catalog is now on the Bell County 4-H Website! Make sure and look over it to set your goals for this year! All 4-H bucks will need to be redeemed at the end of May! No rollover bucks after this year! BELL COUNTY 4-H FOCUS Bell County Extension 1605 N. Main, Room 102 Belton, TX 76513 Phone: 254.933.5305 FAX: 254.933.5312 http://bell-co.tamu.edu Randall Rakowitz County Extension Agent Natural Resources Micah Holcombe County Extension Agent 4-H and Youth Development 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
October 2009 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 County Food Show, 5-7pm, Harker Heights Activity Center Broiler Workshop, 6:30pm, CEO National 4-H Week One Day 4-H 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Dog Project, 6-8pm, CEO MAB Meeting, 6pm, CEO 4-H Clothing Project, 6pm, CEO Fundraising Tickets due to CEO 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Gold Star Banquet, Waco Lamb & Goat Validation, 5-8pm, Bell County Expo District Food Show Orientation, 6-8pm, CEO Hunter s Spectacular, 6pm, Expo Turkey Pick-up (Call for time) 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Lamb & Goat Validation, 5-8pm, Bell County Expo County Council Meeting, 6:30pm, CEO Enrollment forms must be turned in District 8 4-H Food Show, Belton
November 2009 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Youth Leadership Meeting, 6-8pm, CEO Broiler Orders Due Major Livestock Sign-up, 5-8pm, CEO Scholarship Training, 6pm, CEO 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Youth Leadership Meeting, 6-8pm, CEO Recordbook Training, 6-8pm, CEO Deadline for National 4-H Conference Consumer Project, 5pm, CEO 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Youth Leadership Meeting, 6-8pm, CEO Roaster Pick-up, 3:30-5:30pm, CEO Rabbit Extravaganza, Coryell County Activity Center 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Youth Leadership Meeting, 6-8pm, CEO Swine Validation, 4-7pm, Expo 29 30 Youth Leadership Meeting, 6-8pm, CEO Swine Validation, 6pm, CEO