Baca County 4-H Newsletter Baca County Extension Office 700 Colorado Street Springfield, CO 81073 719-523-6971 coopext_baca@mail.colostate.edu http://baca.extension.colostate.edu/ September 2017 Leader Meeting Monday September 25 5:30 p.m. Calendar September 7 State Fair Projects Available at Office 11 Council Meeting 12 Record books due 25 Leader Meeting October 1-7 National 4-H Week 6 Cloverbud Activity 8 Annual Achievement Banquet 23 Leader Meeting November 3-5 Dare To Be You 4-H Camp 13 Council Meeting 27 Leader Meeting All Livestock Record Books and Division Winning General Project Record Books due September 12th! This includes record books for ALL members who exhibited beef, swine, sheep, goat, rabbit, poultry, horse, dog and any member who was named Outstanding General Project Record Book in their division at the County Fair. Please Remember that turning in a complete Livestock record book is a requirement for project completion. Turning in these record books is also a requirement to be considered for Outstanding Record Book Awards that will be presented at the 2017 Baca County Achievement Banquet. Record books should be up to date and complete when turned into the office. Livestock record book turn in is mandatory, but resubmitting general project record books is optional as they have already been judged for completeness. Turning them in is simply for consideration for outstanding record book. Below is a list of members who were named outstanding record book in their division and are in the running for overall outstanding general record book if turned in by September 12 th. If these record books are currently at State Fair, they will be considered when they return. Please contact the Extension Office with questions. Outstanding General Project Record Books: Clothing Construction Bryann Forrest, Artistic Clothing Brooke McDonald, Quilting Shelby Wallace, Crochet Bryann Forrest, Knitting Marley Jones, Misc. Fiber Micah Crane, Cake Decorating Bryann Forrest, Foods and Nutrition Jamie Hume, Food Preservation Keiley Stegman, Home Environment Zoey Byrne, Scrapbooking Alison Wilson, Child Development-Emmalie Byrne, Ceramics-Shelby Wallace, Leathercraft-Zach Thompson, Photography Patience Crane, Filmmaking Alea Wittler, Model Rocketry Parker Wooton, Small Engines Tyller Brummet, Robotics-Caden Byrne, Veterinary Science Katie McCall, Entomology Mylo Lovejoy, Gardening-Marley Jones, Horseless Horse-Emma Wittler, Shooting Sports-Jacob Wright. 4-H Council Meeting & 2017 Officer Elections Monday September 11 7:15 P.M. Minnick Building Activity by Vilas *Selection of 4-H Family of the Year and Honorary 4-H member will also take place at this time. State Fair Projects can be picked up at the Extension Office starting on September 7th. Office hours are 8:30 am-4:30 pm, closed for lunch from 11:30 am- 12:30 pm. Please call the office if you need to pick projects up outside of those hours. 2017 Baca County 4-H Achievement Banquet/End of Year Celebration Sunday, October 8th, 2017, 3:00 p.m. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!
Baca County 4-H Newsletter Baca County Extension Office 700 Colorado Street Springfield, CO 81073 719-523-6971 coopext_baca@mail.colostate.edu http://baca.extension.colostate.edu/ 4-H COUNCIL OFFICER ELECTIONS As a 4-H member would you like to get more involved? Would you enjoy planning the years activities, learning new leadership skills, and getting to know your fellow 4-Hers? Now is the time! It s time to elect new 4-H Council Officers and club representatives! Contact the office for an application to become a Baca County 4-H Council Officer and for a copy of the Baca County 4-H Council Bylaws so you can get a better idea of roles, responsibilities, and the happenings of Council. If you are interested in applying, applications are to be turned into the extension office by Friday, September 8 th. Elections will take place at the Council Meeting on the 11th, so any nominations received after that date will not be considered. Members must be present for elections in order to be elected unless prior arrangements are made with the Extension Office. Installation of the new officers will take place the 2017 Baca County 4-H Achievement Banquet on October 8, 2017. If you are interested in becoming a Council representative for your club, please contact your club leader for more info. Council meets the 2nd Monday of each month at 7:15 p.m. If you have any questions contact the Extension Office. NOMINATIONS FOR 4-H FAMILY OF THE YEAR AND HONORARY 4-H MEMBERS These awards are presented by the Baca County 4-H Council to help recognize our biggest supporters and most active families. Nominations received by clubs or individuals will be accepted. To make a nomination, please prepare a statement detailing why the nominee should receive the respective award. Nominations are to be turned into the Extension Office or brought to the Council Meeting on September 11 th, 2017. Voting will take place at that Council Meeting. The awards will be presented at the 2017 Baca County 4-H Achievement Celebration on October 8, 2017. Dare to Be You 4-H Camp Join us for a fun filled weekend of making new friends and learning to be the best 4-H er you can be! Dare to Be You 4-H Camp is November 3rd through 5th at the Colorado State Fairgrounds in Pueblo. The camp is open to 4-H members ages 11 to 13 (as of December 31st, 2017). The cost is $50 per camper, which includes lodging, registration, meals and workshop supplies. There will also be a $5-10 travel cost added to the cost of the camp depending on the number of Baca County attendees to help cover travel costs. Registration is being done through 4-H Online through September 30th. For more information contact the Extension Office. Catch-a-Calf Contest Applications are currently being accepted for the 2018 National Western Stock Show Catch-a-Calf Program. The program is open to any 4-H member that is 12 and older by December 31st, 2017. Youth that sign up for the program will compete at a 2018 NWSS rodeo performance to catch a calf. Those that are successful will receive a calf in May 2018. They are responsible for all care and must purchase their own feed and equipment. The deadline to apply is December 1st, 2017. More information and an application can be found online at http://www.nationalwestern.com/livestock-shows/catch-a-calf-contest/. Colorado State University, U.S. Department of Agriculture and Colorado counties cooperating. Extension programs are available to all without discrimination. The information given herein is supplied with the understanding that no discrimination is intended and no endorsement by Colorado State University is implied.
Colorado State Fair results GENERAL PROJECTS Jorey Billings: Model Rocketry-Qualifier, Woodworking-Qualifier, Shalee Billings: Artistic Clothing-7th, Chelsea Brisendine: Archery Qualifier, Trace Brisendine: Archery Stand Alone Qualifier, Tyller Brumett: Small Enginest 1st, Champion, Reserve Grand Champion, Caden Byrne: Robotics-1st, Champion, Emmalie Byrne: Child Development-3rd, Zoey Byrne: Home Environment-1st, Champion, Grand Champion, Jason Campbell:.22 Rifle-Qualifier, Tyson Campbell:.22 Rifle-8th, David Crane: Photography-6th, Micah Crane: Fiber Arts 3rd, Patience Crane: Photography 8th, Colton Crawford: Leathercraft-2nd, Reserve Champion, Jaycee DeLaRosa: Leathercraft 6th, Bryann Forrest: Crochet 5th, Clothing Construction 10th, Home Environment-3rd, Kylie Franklin: DYD-5th, Vet Science 9th, Jackie Grigat:.22 Rifle-Qualifier, Eliana Gutierrez: DYD-Qualifier, Emiliano Gutierrez: Model Rocketry-5th, Enrique Gutierrez: Model Rocketry-6th, Brayden Hancock: Archery Stand Alone-4th, Heather Hancock: Crochet-Qualifier, Alissa Hebberd: Quilting-4th, Archery-Qualifier, Wyatt Hebert: Ceramics-2nd, Reserve Champion, Foods and Nutrition-Qualifier, Leathercraft-Qualifier, Emily Hume: Cake Decorating-6th, Jamie Hume: Foods and Nutrition 6th and 7th, Marley Jones: Foods and Nutrition-8th, Gardening- Qualifier, Kadence Kunselman: Visual Arts 10th, Mylo Lovejoy: Entomology 5th, Cody Malone:.22 Rifle Stand Alone Qualifier, Evan Mayo: Leathercraft-2nd, Reserve Champion, Katie McCall: Vet Sciece-4th, Brooke McDonald: Cr eative Sewing 7th, Kegan McEndree: Shotgun-Qualifier, Reece Mundell: Cake Decorating- Qualifier, Kayla Penick: Scrapbooking 4th, Kieley Stegman: Food Preservation-Qualifier, Photography-Qualifier, Landen Stegman: Model Rocketry-Qualifier, Mariah Stegman: Food Preservation-2nd, Reserve Champion, Aubrey Summers: Cake Decorating 1st, Champion,.22 Rifle Stand Alone Qualifier, Leathercraft-Qualifier, Colin Swanson: Archery-8th, Athena Terrones: Ceramics 2nd, Reserve Champion, Clothing Construction 1st, Champion, DYD-6th, Foods and Nutrition 7th, Home Environment-3rd, Leathercraft-5th, Zach Thompson: Leathercraft 4th, Shelby Wallace: Cake Decorating-4th, Ceramics 4th, Clothing Construction-Qualifier, Foods and Nutrition- 9th, Quilting 4th, Alison Wilson: Quilting 2nd, Reserve Champion, Scrapbooking-8th, Alea Wittler: 4-H Filmmaking-2nd, Reserve Champion, Emma Wittler: Horseless Horse 1st, Champion, Grand Champion, Hannah Wittler: Cak e Decorating-2nd, Reserve Champion, Parker Wooton: Model Rocketry 2nd, Reserve Champion, Kameron Wray: Leathercraft-3rd, Jacob Wright: Leathercraft-4th, Archery Stand Alone-10th. Colorado State Shoot Contestants Junior Traditional Compound Bow Team: STATE CHAMPIONS! Justin Wright, Bay Ellis, Heather Hancock, Haylee Hancock, Colin Swanson, Diego Santoyo Senior Traditional Compound Bow Team: STATE CHAMPIONS! Jacob Wright, Joshua Jordan, Benisa Ellis, Gene Babb, Uriel Roman Junior Limited Compound Bow Qualifiers : Brayden Hancock, Chelsea Brisendine, and Trace Brisendine Senior Limited Compound Bow Qualifiers: Levi Hancock and Alissa Hebberd.22 Rifle Junior Team: 10th! Jason Campbell, David Crane, Malcom Lovejoy, Aubrey Summers, Rayne Thomas.22 Rifle Senior: Tyson Campbell-Qualifier Colorado State Fair Market Livestock Competitors Swine - Micah Crane-9th, Patience Crane Lamb - Dylan Renquist-7th, Jensen Renquist-10th, and Tate Renquist Colorado State Fair CONTEST Competitors Robotics Challenge Team: 3rd: Maddox Gourley, Jamie Hume, Emily Hume, Kadence Kunselman Creative Cooks Team: 2nd, Reserve Champion: Shelby Wallace, Wyatt Herbert Performing Arts: Shelby Wallace-Qualifier Fashion Revue: Athena Terrones-Qualifier
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