Gregg County Extension 405 E. Marshall, Ste 101 Longview, TX 75601 903-237-2630 Gregg-tx.tamu.edu

Gregg County 4-H

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August 2012

Harvest Festival Ownership Deadline for Lambs, Goats, & Swine Harvest Festival Lamb & Goat validationLongview Fairgrounds - 7:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 4-H Adult Volunteer Leader Training State 4-H Recordbook Judging Harvest Festival Swine Validation Ear Notch Forms due 4-H Ambassador Training 4-H Officer Training

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4-H Adult Leaders and Parents Meeting and 4-H Council Meeting

If you are receiving this in the mail and would like to receive it by email please email to: [email protected] or call the Extension office at 903.236.8428.

PREPARING FOR THE NEW 4-H YEAR ON 4-H CONNECT Beginning August 15, 2012 4-HCONNECT will begin the new enrollment period for the upcoming 4-H year. Even though the new 4-H year does not begin until September 1, 2012 the system will allow enrollment by counties and 4-H families to begin as clubs start meeting in August. STARTING AUGUST 15, 2012 a person can reactivate their 4-H membership profile or create a new membership profile for the new 4-H year on 4-H Connect. If you enroll before between August 15th and

October 31st the enrollment fee is $20.00

When enrolling; please make sure all of the information is correct. (email, address, phone, grade, and school) To enroll or re-enroll on 4-H Connect, please go to http://texas4-h.tamu.edu and click on the 4-H Connect symbol on the lower left side of the page. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call the Extension Office.

4-H Leader Training—August 9, 2012 Please make plans to join us for the upcoming 4-H Adult Leader Training on Thursday, August the 9th at the Gregg County Extension Office. The training will begin at 6:00 PM and end at approximately 9:00 PM. We will be updating the group on any new changes within the county and state 4-H program. We will provide leaders/managers with resources and skills to help increase enrollment in the county 4-H program and to help push Gregg County 4-H to the next level. Please RSVP by August 3rd as a meal will be provided. Hope to see you there!!!

Applications are now available for the Texas 4-H Technology Team. For more information and the application go to: http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/project_leadership/ technology Applications must be postmarked no later than September 1, 2012.

4-H Officer Training—August 21, 2012 Be sure to mark your calendar for Tuesday, August 21st! You will need to attend our County-wide 4-H club officer training on August 21st in order to prepare yourself for your responsibilities as a newly elected club officer. The training will be from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Gregg County Extension Auditorium. So make plans now to attend the 4-H Club Officer Training on August 21st.

4-H AMBASSADOR TRAINING Gregg County 4-H Teen Leadership Workshop

The Gregg County 4-H Ambassador Training Workshop will be held Thursday, August 16, 2012. This training workshop is open to all 4-H’ers who are at least 12 years old as of August 31, 2012 and up to Juniors in High School. You must have been a 4-H member for at least two full years to be eligible. The workshop will be an all day event beginning at 9:00 a.m. and ending at 8:30 p.m. It will be an intense training focusing on leadership, public speaking, communication, teamwork, and promotion of 4-H. It will also be a lot of fun!! 4-H’ers who attend this workshop will be named official “4-H Ambassadors” for Gregg County. 4-H Ambassadors have the duty of promoting 4-H to the public. Serving as a 4-H Ambassador is a major achievement in 4-H leadership and quite an outstanding honor. So be sure to take advantage of this tremendous leadership opportunity and sign up for the 4-H Ambassador Training Workshop by 8/2/2012. The cost will be $5.00 per person.

Harvest Festival & Livestock Show October 24-27, 2012 ALL ENTRIES INCLUDING HOME ECONOMICS ENTRIES WILL BE DUE TO THE EXTENSION OFFICE ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2012. MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW! Poultry - Exhibitors may sell only one poultry

entry, a pen of broilers or a roaster in the Premium Sale. Reminder: Each

exhibitor is limited to enter only one (1) pen of broilers in the Broiler Show and (2) entries per exhibitor in the Roaster Show Swine, Lambs, and Goats- Must be owned and cared for by the exhibitor by August 1, 2012. *Swine must be ear notched and a swine validation form must be turned into the Gregg County Extension Office by August 10, 2011 noting notches. Hogs must weigh a minimum of 220 pounds and a maximum of 280 pounds with a 5 pound tolerance. *Lambs & Goats- must be validated on August 6, 2012, at the Longview Fairgrounds. Any goat with horns more than 1 inch in length will not be allowed to weigh-in at the show and will be ineligible to show. To show, goats must weigh a minimum of 60 pounds. Goats must have their milk teeth in use at the time of validation. Each exhibitor is

limited to entering 2 goats and 2 lambs in the Harvest Festival. Keep in that all lambs & goats must be castrated by the validation date.

Breeding Heifers- All heifers in the respective breed classes of the breeding beef show shall be registered with that breed association in the name of the exhibitor by October 1, 2012. Heifers must be born between September 1, 2010 and April 30, 2012.

RABBIT RULES

Meat Pen Rabbits - Age limit on rabbits is now 10

weeks (ARBA rules). A Fryer Rabbit Show will again be offered this year. It is not mandatory to enter the Fryer Rabbit Show but exhibitor must enter a meat pen to be Sale eligible to enter the Fryer Show. Exhibitors can enter as many meat pens as they want. In the fryer division, only one rabbit may be entered. Only one rabbit entry, meat pen or fryer, may be sold at the auction. Meat pens and exhibitors making the sale are not eligible for the Fryer Show. Fryers will be selected from the exhibitors’ meat pens. As always, meat pen rabbits must be owned and cared for by the exhibitor at least 30 days prior to judging. Meat pens will consist of 3 fryers of either sex, 3 to 5 lbs. For a complete copy of the Rabbit Show Rules go to: http://gregg-co.tamu.edu/publications/revisedrabbit.show.rules.pdf Home Economics

“Chocolate Creations” will again be offered as a contest this year. All entries should contain some type of chocolate (i.e. chocolate chips, pudding, Hershey’s syrup or cocoa powder, etc.) Chocolate must be in the recipe ingredients. All entries for this division should not require refrigeration.

Be sure to bring the recipe for your entry. The entry fee is $5.00. Clover Kids - A poster competition with the theme “A Bountiful Harvest” is offered. Free entry. Also this year, the photography divisions will again only

include color and black and white. Other categories are Fine Arts, Handcrafts, Poetry, Pumpkin Carving and Salsa Contest. These entry fees are a dollar per entry.

Harvest Festival Junior Board Harvest Festival Junior Board of Directors Applications are available at the Extension Office for positions on the Junior Board of Directors for the Harvest Festival & Livestock Show. 4-H’ers who are freshmen through seniors in High School are eligible to apply. The Junior Board provides leadership, assists with public relations of the Harvest Festival, and carries out responsibilities at the show and at the Crawfish Boil fundraiser. Applications are due to the Extension Office Thursday, August 23, 2012.

Attention: Past Harvest Festival Junior Board Members Past Harvest Festival Junior Board members who would like to apply to continue serving as a Junior Board Member must also submit a Junior Board application to the Gregg County Extension Office by Thursday, August 23, 2012. Applications are available at the Extension Office. In order to be considered for renewal as a member of the Junior Board, you must turn in a Junior Board application by August 23, 2012.

State Fair Of Texas Livestock Entry Deadline (Entry Deadline: Monday, August 20, 2012 The State Fair of Texas livestock entry deadline is August 20, 2012. Entry forms are available at the Gregg County Extension Office. Entry payments and entry forms (including entry authorization signatures) must be submitted to the Gregg County Extension Office by August 20, 2012. Please call the Extension Office for more information.

Application Deadline for Major Livestock Show Calf Scrambles Applications are available at the Extension Office to apply to scramble at Houston, Star of Texas, San Antonio, or Fort Worth Shows. Applications are due to the Extension Office by Wednesday, August 15th. Age requirements are as follows: Houston– must have reached their 14th but not their 18th birthday as of January 1, 2012 San Antonio– must have reached their 12th but not their 18th birthday as of January 1, 2012 Star of Texas– must have reached their 12th but not their 18th birthday as of January 1, 2012 Fort Worth– 14-17 years old as of January 1, 2012 For all scrambles, youth must not be enrolled beyond their junior year in high school.

4-H DISTRICT RECORDBOOK RESULTS JUNIOR DIVISION Janee Polk - Clothing & Textiles - 2nd place Hunter Gibson - Family Life - 1st place Jaden Hamilton - Food & nutrition - 6th place Harrison Norris - Gardening & Horticulture - 2nd place Kristin Klerekoper - Horse - 3rd place Burkeleigh Boyd - Public Speaking - 1st place Kayden Perry - Sheep - 2nd Place Christian Floyd - Veterinary Science - 1st place INTERMEDIATE DIVISION Natasha Watts - Clothing & Textile - 2nd place Jazzmon Young - communication & Expressive Arts - Open - 1st place James Watts - Food & Nutrition - 3rd place Elizabeth Boshers - Gardening & Horticulture - 1st Place Jordan Briggs - Horse - 2nd place Hailey Briggs - Sheep - 3rd place Austin Gibson - Swine - 1st place SENIOR DIVISION Mason Knapps - Clothing & textiles - 4th place Paul Daniel - Communication & Expressive Arts - Open - 1st place Daniel Klerekoper - Entomology - 2nd place Sarah Klerekoper - Food & nutrition - 2nd place Vincent Luna - Personal Development/Leadership - Open - 2nd place Hannah Watts - Public Speaking - 2nd place Congratulations to all who completed 4-H Recordbook.

Congratulations to Paul Daniel for placing 1st and qualifying to compete at the State Level

DISTRICT 5 4-H HORSE SHOW RESULTS Congratulations to Gregg County 4-H’er Seth Adams for his outstanding performance at the District 5 4-H Horse Show held in Athens, Texas. Seth Adams placed 4th in Showmanship at Halter, 7th in Western Pleasure, 7th in Western Horsemanship, and 3rd in Registered Mares 5 years & older. Congratulations to Seth and Good Luck at the State 4-H Horse Show!!

SHOOTING SPORTS Congratulations to the Gregg County Sharpshooters for a great job at the Buckner Shoot!! Participating were Skylar Fritz, Paul Daniel, David Shockley, Spencer Fritz, and Andrew Allegrezza. Thank you to Mr. Charlie Parker for helping and to the NRA for grants and donations.

Waskom FFA Jackpot Show August 18, 2012 Marshall City Arena - Heifers, steers, pigs, goats and lambs

Red River Valley Fair September 25-29, 2012 For more information go to www.rrvfair.org

Gilmer FFA Labor Day Blow-Out September 1, 2012 Yamboree Fairgrounds - Pigs and goats

East Texas State Fair, Tyler September 21-30, 2012 Early entry deadline to the East Texas State Fair is September 1st. Final entry deadline (with a $15 late fee to Tyler) is September 10, 2012 for beef cattle, dairy, goats, lambs, swine and rabbits. For more information go to www.etstatefair.com

Hopkins County Fall Festival Livestock Show September 12-15, 2012 Hopkins County Civic Center For more information go to: www.hopkinscountyfallfestival.com/Home_Page.php

Heart of Texas Fair & Rodeo, Waco October 4-13, 2012 For more info or details go to www.hotfair.com

JUNIOR MASTER GARDENER The next 2 Junior Master Gardener meetings will be on August 9th and August 23rd at Rotary Park. If you are interested in joining please email Michelle Norris at: [email protected]

Appreciation to 4-H Club Managers Special thanks is due to all of our 4-H Leaders who served as 4-H Club Mangers and Assistant Club Managers this past year. Many thanks to Leola Hughes, Essie O’Quinn, Tammie Olson, Joyce Daniel, Nancy Moseley, Wayne and Linda Snoddy, Miyoshi Hamilton, Monty and Cindy Turnbow, Desiree Watts, Kim McGregor, and Shane and Daniel Perry!!!

HAVE A GREAT SCHOOL YEAR, 4-H’ers!!! Sincerely

Alex Shook County Extension Agent 4-H and Youth Development Gregg County

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