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!!! Major & County Show Sign-up Validation Dates Poultry Pick-up Judging Informational Meetings MCJLS Swine Prospect Show County Food Show Major Stock Show Judging & Quiz Bowl Contests S.A.L.E. Shoot-Out, Food Challenge & Photography Contest Inside this issue: December Calendar Major & County Show Sign-up Information Validation Dates 3 Poultry Pick-up 3 Prospect Shows 3 Horse Judging/Horse Club 4 Dairy, Livestock & Wildlife Judgers Information S.A.L.E. Junior Shoot-Out 5 S.A.L.E. Food Challenge 5 S.A.L.E. Photography Contest County Council Meeting 5 Virtual 4-H Conference 5 County Food Show 6 Recordbooks & Registration 6 4-H Club Meeting Dates 7 Attached to the back: 2 3 4 5 Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat 2 3 9 2nd Heifer Validation 4-5 pm Club Managers Meeting 4 5 16 17 18 19 December Highlights December 10 - Target Date for County Broiler Pick-up December 13 - District Food Challenge & Food Show December 13 - Hondo FFA Invitational Prospect Show December 27 - Rabbit Validation Major Show Sign-up for Ft. Worth 8am-5pm D Hanis & Hondo 4-H Club Meetings County Council Meeting 6 7 8 20 21 MCJLS Swine Prospect Show Deadline 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 November 2014 Extension Closed 5 PM 7 PM 5 PM At Extension Office Extension Office Closed for Thanksgiving 1 4-H Enrollment goes up to $25 Swine Validation in Medina Valley Hondo 4-H Wild Game Dinner & Raffle 10 11 12 13 14 15 Castroville, Devine, Major Show Sign - Up Natalia & Rio LaCoste 4-H Swine Medina 4-H Club Club Meeting 8 AM- 8 AM- 8 AM- Validation in Meetings Hondo / Devine District Food Challenge & Food Show Registration on 4-H Connect 22 Heifer Validation 10-11am Medina County Jr. Livestock Swine Prospect Show SCAN ME WITH YOUR SMART PHONE (USING QRAFTER APP) TO SEE WHERE I TAKE YOU!! **MCJLS Swine Prospect Show Flyer & Entry Form **Hondo FFA Prospect Show
PAGE 2 December 2014 Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 D Hanis 4-H Club Meeting December 7 Hondo 4-H Clubs Meeting 8 14 15 Devine, Castroville, Natalia & Rio Medina 4-H Club Meeting MCJLS Entries Due 9 La Coste 4-H Club Meeting 10 Target Date for County Broiler Pick-up 11 12 13 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 January 5 - Club Managers Meeting January 13 - S.A.L.E. Broiler Pick-up Extension Office Closed JANUARY HIGHLIGHTS January 29 - County Holiday-Martin Luther King Jr Day January 28-January 31 - Medina County Junior Livestock Show January 29 - H.L.S.R./AUSTIN Broiler - Tentative Pick-up date Hondo FFA Prospect Show District 10 Food Show & Food Challenge in San Marcos Rabbit Validation
P A GE 3 Heifers MAJOR AND COUNTY SHOW SIGN UP Major Show Sign Up for 4-H exhibitors (including Kerrville, San Antonio, San Angelo, Austin, or Houston) will be held at the Extension Office during the following times: November 12th-14th (8am - 5pm ) (until 7:00pm on the 13th) We will be open through the noon hour Ft. Worth exhibitors must enter on Nov. 5th or make other individual arrangements!!! **All exhibitors must have their Social Security Number, Quality Counts Number, and copies of heifer registration papers during sign up. Both parent/guardian and exhibitor must sign entry forms** 4-H exhibitors can enter the Medina County Jr. Livestock Show by picking up an entry form at Major Show sign-up. All entries are $20 per entry/animal. Exhibitors must submit their full payment on or before December 15th to the address below: MCJLS 1506 Avenue M Hondo, TX 78861 LIVESTOCK NEWS VALIDATION DATES & LOCATIONS Saturday, Nov. 1st - Aelvoet Farms, in Hondo at 10am - 11am Sunday, Nov. 9th - Aelvoet Farms, in Hondo at 4pm - 5pm Swine Saturday, Nov. 8th 8am-10am at Medina Valley Ag Shop County show entry forms will be triplet copies and will be available for pick up from your club managers in a couple of weeks. This triplicate form must be used. County show entries and payment not received on or before December 15th will not be accepted and the exhibitor will be ineligible to participate. Saturday, Nov. 15th 8am-10am at Hondo Ag Shop & 8am-10am at Devine Ag Shop Important Dates! Rabbits Saturday, Dec.27th 8am-10am at the Devine Ag Shop & 4pm-6pm at the Extension Office POULTRY PICK-UP MCJLS - December 11, 2014 S.A.L.E. - January 11, 2015 2015 MCJLS RULES Medina County Jr Livestock Show rules can be picked up at the Extension Office or found on our website: http://medina.agrilife.org/files/2011/03/2015-revised-4-14.pdf NEED A PROJECT VISIT? Contact Derrick Drury at the Extension Office at 830-741-6180 SWINE PROSPECT SHOW Sponsored by Medina County Junior Livestock Show DATES & TIMES (See attached flyer/entry form at the back) OTHER PROSPECT SHOWS Santos Memorial Show - 11/8, Hondo Dove Country Classic - 11/14-15, Karnes County Fall Classic - 11/22, Kendall County 11th Annual Dimmit Classic - 12/6-7, Dimmit County HONDO FFA INVITATIONAL PROSPECT SHOW The Hondo FFA Invitational Prospect Show is open to all students through 12th grade. The show will be held on December 13th at the Medina County Fairgrounds. See flyer in this newsletter. For more information call the Hondo FFA at: 830-426-7660
PAGE 4 HORSE CORNER HORSE JUDGING Coach Sadie Ilse will hold an informational meeting Sunday, November 2nd from 5-6 pm at the Extension Office. If you are interested in horse judging plan on attending. New members are welcome. For more information, Sadie can be contacted at: sadieilse@aol.com 4-H HORSE CLUB If you are interested in the 4-H Horse Club, please contact Traci Fitzpatrick at: traci875@yahoo.com Meetings will begin next spring. MAJOR STOCK SHOW JUDGING AND QUIZ BOWL CONTESTS The Major stock shows offer numerous contest opportunities aside from the Livestock Show itself. These include livestock judging, horse judging, consumer judging, horse quiz bowl and others. All of these contests are open to 4-H club members. If you are not familiar with these events please visit the websites of the respective livestock shows for details. To participate in these events you must register through the Extension Office. To enter please contact your judging coach. Your sign up form along with associated fees must be brought in or mailed to the County Extension office and arrive no later than Friday, November 15th. DAIRY JUDGERS There will be an informational meeting following the Hondo Club 4-H meeting on November 5th. Members who are interested in participating in dairy judging events, please plan on attending. Any other Medina County members who can not attend this meeting, please contact Sandy Steubing at 830-931-5327. If you should have any questions regarding dairy judging events, please call Sandy Steubing. LIVESTOCK JUDGERS There will be a meet & greet on November 13th at 7:00 pm at the Extension Office. Coach/CEA Derrick Drury will host an informational meeting over livestock judging and what we plan to do. If you are interested in judging livestock, plan on attending. New members are welcome! For more information call Derrick Drury at the Extension Office 830-741-6180. WILDLIFE JUDGERS Wildlife judging is a new contest opportunity offered in Medina County. We will begin meeting in the spring and will be in full swing and ready for competition for the 2015-2016 4-H year. Watch future newsletters for meetings time and location. For more information, contact Debby Bodenchuk at the Extension Office 830-741-6180.
PAGE 5 SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW S.A.L.E. JUNIOR SHOOT-OUT In 2013, for the first time in history, a trap shoot competition was held in conjunction with a major American stock show - the S.A.L.E. Junior Shoot-Out. This event is an opportunity for qualifying Texas 4-H and FFA members to compete in shotgun shooting sports for scholarships and prizes. The purpose of the S.A.L.E. Junior Shoot-Out is to promote excellence in the shooting sports and academic achievement. For more information and registration information go to: http://www.sarodeo.com/livestock-show/s.a.l.e.-junior-shoot-out S.A.L.E. FOOD CHALLENGE The 4-H Food Challenge at S.A.L.E. will be conducted at the 2015 San Antonio Livestock Expo! The contest is set for Thursday, February 12th. This contest is open to senior age 4-H members 14-19 years old. Cost to enter is $25. The 4-H Food Challenge guidelines will be followed, with the exception that for this contest youth will participate as individuals (not teams). Entry deadline is November 14th on the junior entry form. For information on this contest go to: http://www.sarodeo.com/livestock-show/food-challenge S.A.L.E. PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST The S.A.L.E. YOUTH Photography Contest promotes the interests and talents of youth participants to the visitors of the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo. The Photography Contest is open to all youth aged 8 to 18 years as of August 31, 2014 who attend public, private, or homeschool in the State of Texas. Age Divisions: Junior - 8 (and in 3rd grade) to 10 years as of Aug.31, 2014, Intermediate - 11-13 years as of Aug.31, 2014, and Senior - 14-18 years as of August 31, 2014. Eligibility of Photos: Photos must have been taken by youth in the above age division between the dates of Jan. 1, 2014 and Jan. 1, 2015. A photo may only be submitted one time in only one category in this contest. Photos entered in the 4-H state photography contest must have been entered in this contest. Number of Entries: Contestants may enter two photographs per category for a total of 28 entries per youth. Entry Deadline: All entries must be received by January 24, 2015 to be eligible, to enter and for more information go to: http://www.sarodeo.com/attractions/youth-day COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING The Next meeting of the County Council will be November 19th. Watch your mail for a reminder with the location and time! PARENTS CORRAL VIRTUAL 4-H VOLUNTEER CONFERENCE The Texas 4-H & Youth Development Program is pleased to announce that we will be sponsoring a VIRTUAL 4-H Volunteer Conference, with sessions offered on a quarterly basis throughout the 2014-15 4-H year. Each of the one-hour workshops will be conducted during the day and evening hours using AgriLife Extension's TTVN WebMeeting system. The training dates are: November 19th and 20th - April 21st and 22nd - August 4th and 5th Training topics, times and workshop descriptions, as well as participation instructions (for those new to Centra) are posted on the Volunteer Conference website, which is: http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/volunteer_conference. All sessions will also be recorded for viewing at a later time. If you are interested in participating in a virtual conference contact the Extension Office at 830-741-6180.
PAGE 6 COUNTY FOOD SHOW At St. Paul Lutheran Church things were cooking on Saturday, October 18 th during the Medina County Food Show. Participants in the food show displayed their dishes and shared information regarding nutrition, food safety and preparation with judges. Results of the County Food Show are as follows. Junior Protein Dillon Thigpen 1st place, Junior Fruits and Vegetable Sierrah Crow 1st place, Paden Thigpen 2nd place and Ashlynn Evans and Diego Lopez 3 rd place, Junior Grains Coy Jacobs 1st place. Intermediate Protein Silia Lopez 1st place. First place winners will advance to the District Food Show. The District 10 Food Show will be held Saturday, December 13, 2014 at Texas State University in San Marcos. Those who qualified at the County Food Show need register on 4-H Connect beginning November 10-November 21 at www.texas.4honline.com RECORDBOOKS It s time to start keeping records for your 2014-2015 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. 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. Parts of the report form will be standardized to allow for ease of completion and judging. 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. All 4-H members will begin using the new online forms or a new paper form that will be available for download from the Texas 4-H website. 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/youth_recordbooks REGISTRATION FOR 2014-2015 4-H YEAR HAS BEGUN! REMEMBER both youth 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! If you are new to 4-H, set up a profile and follow the prompts. Beginning Nov. 1 $25 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 Derrick Drury: derrick.drury@ag.tamu.edu Debby Bodenchuk: dgbodenchuk@ag.tamu.edu Office Hours: 8:00am-Noon & 1:00pm-5:00pm
Club Managers 4-H Club Manager(s) Phone # Castroville Leticia Teague Aris Vogt 830-534-5310 210-274-1096 Devine Jr. (3rd 12th) Jason & Stacy Skow Katherine Hines John & Trisha Naegelin 210-487-0722 210-857-2475 210-413-5045 D Hanis Letha Garrison Laurie Henefey 830-931-4147 830-426-6260 Hondo Intermediate (3rd 5th) Amy Leonard Jennifer Thigpen Dottie Heiligman 830-426-5156 830-426-1963 830-741-2471 Hondo Jr. (6th 8th) Buffie Rogge Laurie Lentz Bonnett Lange 830-741-2195 210-213-2088 210-860-3221 Hondo High (9th 12th) Sandy Steubing Paul Aelvoet Chelley Gibson Onnie Saathoff Vicky Steubing 830-741-3844 or 830-931-5327 830-931-4223 830-931-5076 830-741-5246 210-275-3973 LaCoste Melinda DeCock Tracy Chafin 210-884-3065 830-709-5553 Natalia Eric Owens 830-444-6184 Rio Medina Betty M. Carroll Karen Neuman Anne Keeter 210-835-5632 210-844-7039 281-889-0080 TEXAS 4-H AGE AND YEAR PAGE 7 Texas 4-H activities and events are open to enrolled members between the ages of: 9 and 18 on August 31, 2014 or 8 and in 3 rd grade and 18 on August 31, 2014. Age Divisions of 4-H Contestants Senior: youth between ages of 14 and 18 on August 31, 2014 Intermediate: youth between ages of 11 and 13 on August 31, 2014 Junior: youth between ages of 9 (or 8 and in the 3 rd grade) and 10 on August 31, 2014 NEXT...4-H MEETING DATES Mark Your Calendars - Club meetings will be: Castroville - Dec. 8 @ 7:30 - Castroville Elem Cafe D Hanis - Dec. 4 @ 6:00 - D Hanis Cafeteria Devine - Dec. 8 @ 7:00 - Devine Intermediate Cafe Hondo - Dec. 7 @ 2-4:00 - St. Paul Lutheran Church LaCoste - Dec. 9 @ 7:00 - LaCoste Elem Cafeteria Natalia - Dec. 8 @ 7:00 - Natalia FFA Project Center Rio Medina - Dec. 8 @ 7:30 - Mumme s Store JANUARY 2015.4-H MEETING DATES! Castroville - Jan. 12 @ 7:30, Castroville Elem Cafeteria D Hanis - Jan. 7 @ 7:30, D Hanis Cafeteria Devine - Jan. 12 @ 7:00, Devine Intermediate Gym Hondo - Jan. 7 @ 6:30, St. Paul Lutheran Church LaCoste - Jan. 13 @ 7:00, LaCoste Elem Cafeteria Natalia - Jan. 12 @ 7:00, Natalia FFA Project Center Rio Medina - Jan. 12 @ 7:30, Mumme s Store Derrick Drury Sandra Kunkel Debby Bodenchuk Medina County Extension Agent Medina County Extension Agent Medina County Agriculture / NR FCS 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.