Chambers County Spring Edition 2014 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Here s What Happened 2-3 YPS Schedule 4 April 2014 Calendar 5 May 2014 Calendar 6 June 2014 Calendar 7 Easter Craft 8 4-H Fun Fact 8 Contact Information: Lindy Pitre 4-H Coordinator County Extension Agent Family and Consumer Sciences Tyler Fitzgerald County Extension Agent Agriculture/Natural Resources Phone: 409-374-2123 Fax: 409-374-2125 Email: chambers@ag.tamu.edu P.O. Box 669 295 Whites Memorial Park Drive Anahuac, TX 77514 chambers.agrilife.org April 3 April 3 April 15 April 21 Dates to Note Chambers County 4-H Share the Fun Deadline for YPS Exhibit Hall Entries End of Flower Power Fundraiser Flower Power Money Due to Extension April 30 May 3 Chambers County Youth Project Show May 2 3 June 9 13 June 16 18 June 25 26 Big Time in D9 District 4-H Texas State 4-H D9 Leadership Lab D9 Horse Show Barbers Hill 4-H Club 3rd Monday 7 p.m. Cove Community Building Marsh Maniacs 1st Thursday 5:30 p.m. Shooting Range Mid-Chambers 4-H Club 3rd Tuesday 6 p.m. White s Park Club Meetings: West Chambers 4-H Club 2nd Wednesday 2 p.m. Cedar Bayou Community Building Winnie 4-H Club 2nd Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Rice Festival Hospitality Room Chambers County Horse Club 2nd Tuesday 7 p.m. Texas Rice Festival Arena This newsletter is online at chambers.agrilife.org 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. Departments of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating.
Here s What s Happened! Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Mid-Chambers 4-H Club Mid-Chambers 4-H Club sent one senior and two junior Livestock Judging Teams to Houston. There were a total of 472 junior and 1144 senior participants. The Mid- Chambers team did very well and we are very proud of them. Pictured below is the Mid- Chambers 4-H Livestock Judging Team. Front row (left to right): Corby Storey, Hadlee Richard, Reagan Richard, Hudson Richard, Jack Hampton. Second row: Kaitlyn Bennett, Brylie Dillard, Katrina Swope, Ashley Bennett, Maci Bennett, Brianna Humphrey. Below, Brianna Humphrey (far right) placed 18th in the poultry show. Below, Kaitlyn Bennett placed 1st in her class with her Brahman heifer. Below, Maci Bennett placed 2nd in her class in the ARB show. Barbers Hill 4-H Club Barbers Hill 4-H Club members had a lot of fun at Houston. They participated in many of the livestock shows (including cattle, and poultry) and did very well with their animals. They also participated in Livestock Judging and had a great time! Below, Jessi Parham shows her heifer. Jessi also received a Hard Luck Sponsorship in the Houston Calf Scramble! Here she is with her Mom and sponsor! Below, Ashley Bennett placed 6th in her class in the ARB show. Mid-Chambers also had several members do well at the Livestock Show. Page 2 Chambers County
Here s What s Happened! Below is Tyler Lockhart who participated in the Livestock Judging Competition on the Barbers Hill 4-H team. San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo Barbers Hill 4-H Club Winnie 4-H Club Winnie 4-H also sent a team to Houston for Livestock Judging. Check out Tyler giving them a pep talk before they begin judging. Many Chambers County 4-H members had a great time at the San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo. Below, Isaac Parham strikes a pose for the camera! And here the team is smiling for a photo! Spring Edition 2014 Page 3
Youth Project Show Schedule of Events Saturday, April 26, 2014 8 9 a.m. Horse Show Registration Moved to Winnie Arena 9 a.m. Horse Show Judging Begins Monday, April 28, 2014 TEACHERS ONLY Exhibit Hall Check In Tuesday, April 29, 2014 1 7 p.m. Exhibit Hall Entry Check In Wednesday, April 30, 2014 All swine, lamb, goat, steer, F-1 heifer and scramble projects must be weighed in at specific times. 10 a.m. Exhibit Hall Judging 12 9 p.m. Breeding Beef, Dairy Cattle Check In 12 6 p.m. Swine, Goat, Lamb Weigh In 12 6 p.m. F-1, Scramble Calf Weigh In 4 6 p.m. Steer Weigh In 7 p.m. F-1 Heifer Judging & Showmanship Thursday, May 1, 2014 9 a.m. 7 p.m. Exhibit Hall Open 9 a.m. Breeding Beef Judging 9 a.m.. Kindergarten Rodeo After Breeding Beef Breeding Beef Showmanship After Showmanship Dairy Judging After Dairy Breeding Beef Release 5 p.m. Greased Pig Scrambles 6 p.m. Pig Show Friday, May 2, 2014 7 8 a.m. All Poultry Check In 7 8 a.m. Ag Mechanics Check In 8 a.m. Turkey Judging After Turkeys Broiler Judging 8 a.m. Open Poultry Judging 8 9 a.m. All Rabbits Check In 9 a.m. Commercial Rabbit Judging After Comm. Rabbit Breeding Rabbit Judging 9 a.m. 7 p.m. Exhibit Hall Open 10 a.m. Ag Mechanics Judging Noon Lamb Judging After Lamb Goat Judging 6 p.m. Chambers County Steer Judging After CC Steer Commercial Steer Judging After Comm. Steer Commercial Showmanship Judging After Showmanship Scramble Calf Judging Saturday, May 3, 2014 9 a.m. 5 p.m. Exhibit Hall Open Noon Ag Mechanics Release Noon Pet Show Registration 12:30 p.m. Pet Show Judging 1:30 p.m. Scramble Participants at Wash Rack 2 p.m. Calf and Small Animal Scrambles 1 5 p.m. Exhibit Hall Check Out 3:30 p.m. Auction Participation Meeting 3 5 p.m. Buyers Luncheon 5 p.m. Livestock Auction Sunday, May 4, 2014 9 12 p.m. Exhibit Hall Check Out 9 10 a.m. Release Rabbits and Poultry 10 12 p.m. Release Animals Packers 10 12 p.m. Release Animals Buyers 1 p.m. All Livestock Off Grounds Page 4 Chambers County
April 2014 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Beaumont/ YMBL Jr. Market Steer Show 2 Beaumont/ YMBL Breeding Beef Check In YMBL Rabbit, Broiler, Roaster, Turkey Auction 3 YPS Exhibit Hall entry paperwork due 4-H Share the Fun 5:30 @ AES YMBL Open Jr. Cattle Checkin 4 D9 paperwork due to Extension Office Beaumont/YMBL Cattle, Ag Mech Show YPS Queens contest entries due 5 D9 4-H horse judging contest Beaumont/ YMBL Livestock Judging Contest 6 7 YPS greased pig, ag mech, breeding animal, dairy, poultry, rabbit, scramble application due 8 9 10 D9 Photography entries and payment due 11 12 13 D9 judging competition entries and payment due 14 YPS Scholarship entries due 15 Last day to sell Flower Power items 16 State Fair of Texas in Dallas lamb/goat validation tag orders due 17 18 Flower Power fundraiser monies due to Extension Office 19 YPS Queens Contest 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 YPS Horse Show D9 judging contest 27 28 29 Exhibit Hall entries brought in to YPS 30 YPS Exhibit Hall judging YPS Animal Check In Spring Edition 2014 Page 5
May 2014 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 YPS 2 YPS Big Time in D9 District 3 YPS Auction Big Time in D9 District 4 YPS check out 5 6 7 State entries and fees due 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25D9 Leadership Lab entries and payment due 26 27 28 29 30 31 Page 6 Chambers County
June 2014 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 D9 Horse Show entries due 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Texas 4-H 10 Texas 4-H 11 Texas 4-H 12 Texas 4-H 13 Texas 4-H 14 15 16 D9 Leadership Lab 17 D9 Leadership Lab 18 D9 Leadership Lab 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 District Horse Show 26 District Horse Show 27 28 29 30 Spring Edition 2014 Page 7
295 Whites Memorial Park Drive P.O. Box 669 Anahuac, TX 77514 Easter Craft Check us out online! www.chambers.agrilife.org 4-H Websites District 9 4-H Website: http://d94-h.tamu.edu Texas 4-H Website: http://texas4-h.tamu.edu Supplies: Paper plate Cotton balls Glue Scissors Black construction paper Googly eyes Black marker 4-H Connect Website: https://www.4honline.com Did you know? 1. Trace a sheep s head, four rectangles and a small circle onto the black construction paper with your marker. 2. Use scissors to cut out the shapes. 3. Decorate the sheep s face with a nose and mouth and googly eyes. 4. Glue cotton balls onto the paper plate. 5. Glue sheep head, legs and tail onto the sheep. 4-H Trivia The 4-H Motto To Make the Best Better was adopted in 1920. At that time the boys and girls branches of the club were still separate. The girls was the first to adopt the new motto. The boysfollowed suit a year later. If your 4-H Club has a story that they would like to include in the next Chambers County 4-H Newsletter, please email the information and any pictures that you have to Lindy at lspitre@ag.tamu.edu.