4-H Futures and Features August 2017 4-H Council

Chairman— Trenton Richey 1st V-Chairman—Alyson Chisum 2nd V-Chairman—Kellie Mae Davis Secretary-Jacee Sellers Reporter-Hannah Porter Delegates-at-Large— Emily Robertson and Victoria Swift 4-H Lefors Pirates Delegates Braxton Mouser Chaston Mouser Daygon Elrod Taysen Swires North Fork Emily Robertson Connor Hampton Soaring Eagle Delegates President-Trenton Watson Vice President-Gidaya Dobbins Secretary-Austyn Davis Council Delegate-Katie Davis Team Eagle Delegates Holland Poole North Fork Leader Tonya Robertson Soaring Eagles Leader Deborah Davis

Missy Schilling

Team Eagle Leader Jeff Boyd Top of Teaxas Archery Chad Epperson 4-H Lefors Pirates Leaders Dana Davis

Krista Elrod

PARENT—LEADERS ASSOCIATION Chairman—Max Payne 1st Vice-Chairman— Chad Epperson

Secretary– Deborah Davis

Treasurer—Shelly Youree

Co-Treasurer-Sara Rumrill

Mark your calendars to celebrate all of our 4-H accomplishments of 2016-

2017 on Sunday, August 13th. This is the time to come celebrate in the

recognition of the outstanding efforts of our 4-H members and leaders.

The banquet will be held at the First United Methodist Church in Pampa

beginning at 1:30 p.m. Please RSVP to the office so that we know ahead of

time how many people to expect!

4-H Enrollment starts August 15 for the 2017/2018 on 4-H Connect. The enroll-

ment fee will be $20.00 for year 4-H youth from August 15, 2017 through Octo-

ber 31, 2017. Starting November 1, 2017 the enrollment fee will be $25.00 for year 4-H youth. If you are already in the system, you do not need to start a new

profile, just go to your existing family profile and re-enroll. If you have an incom-

ing 3rd grader, please wait until September 1 to enroll. If you enroll a 3rd grader

before that date, the computer will code the membership incorrectly. If you need help re-enrolling, please call the office at 669-8033. If you are new to the system

you will need to create a family profile and add all youth and adults that will

participate in 4-H and 4-H Connect. When enrolling, you will have an option on

payment. By with credit or debit card, the youth will be in the system immediate-

ly (recommended). If you do not have a credit or debit card and need to pay with check or cash, please contact the office for assistance.

Annual 4-H Enrollment

Family Swim Night

Gray County 4-H and Carson County

4-H will be hosting a family night at

Pampa H20 on August 7th from 7:00-

9:00 p.m. You are welcome to bring

any friends that you think may be

interested in joining 4-H! We look

forward to seeing you all there!

Mathew Tice represented Gray County at the State 4-H Dog Show in

Belton. He competed in the Costume Contest where he and his two

dogs, Lady and Snoopy, placed 7th. Mathew placed 9th in Rally and

6th in Obedience with Lady. Mathew competed with Snoopy in Hound

Dog Confirmation and placed 1st and 3rd in Showmanship! Great job

Mathew, we are so proud of you!

The Tri State Fair and Rode will be

September 15-23 in Amarillo. If you would

like Joan to take your entries to the fair,

youth or adults, you must have your items

in the office no later than 5:00 on Tuesday,

September 12.

If any Livestock youth would like to

participate, and need help from Mike

getting signed up please call the office. The

dates of events are below.

Saturday, September 16

9:00 a.m.-Heifer Judging

2:00 p.m.-Lamb Judging

Sunday, September 17

12:00 p.m.-Barrow Judging

Monday, September 18

4:30 p.m.-Goat Judging

Saturday, September 23

8:00 a.m.-Steer Judging

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CLUB NEWS

Air Rifle Meetings will continue when school begins.

Air Rifle

The archery project will continue to meet in September.

Archery

The Food and Nutrition Project will kick off Monday, August 14 at 6:30 p.m. at the Annex

with the annual planning meeting. EVERYONE who is interested in this project should

attend. Please bring your calendars as we will be setting dates. If you can’t attend, please be

sure to call Joan and let her know.

Food and Nutrition

Shotgun project will begin meeting again next Spring.

Shotgun

All clubs will resume meetings beginning September, 2017.

Keep an eye out for meeting dates in the August newsletter!

Please notice that a deadline of August 29 is set to get signed paperwork and money into the Extension office to meet the $15.00 validation expense….. Single Tag for all species and classes of sheep and goats. When ordering, you will be asked for the number of market lambs, market goats, breeding sheep and breeding goats so that we can ship

out the correct number of nose print cards, forms, etc.

Validation Order Deadline August 14 – 30, 2017 $15.00 each Late Validation Orders August 31-Ocotber 25, 2017 $25.00 each Physical Validation October 1-31, 2017 Postmark Deadline and Online Submission Deadline: November 8, 2017 Major Changes for 2017-18 Sheep and Goat Validation Tags : One colored tag for all classes of sheep and goats, including breeding animals. (Breeding Sheep and Goats will be tagged, there is flexibility in which ear the tag can be placed in breeding sheep and goats due to them already having a scrapie tag and flock tag.)

Sheep and Goat Validation

The 4-H Youth Council will meet

September 10 at the Gray County

Annex at 4:30 p.m. New officers

will be elected for the 2017/2017

year.

4-H YOUTH COUNCIL

Council Meetings

The Adult leaders council meeting

will be in August at the Annex. We

will be working on next years

budget.

PARENT/LEADER COUNCIL

Results of the 2017 District 1 4-H Record Book Judging are as follows: Intermediate Companion Ani-

mals: 1st Place, Tony Soria; 2nd Place, Mathew Tice. Intermediate Leadership: 2nd Place, Kellie Davis.

Intermediate Personal Development: 2nd Place, Victoria Swift. Intermediate Photography: 2nd Place,

Emily Robertson. Junior Photography: 1st Place, Katie Davis.

Intermediate Public Speaking: 1st Place, Jacee Sellers. Junior Shooting Sports: 3rd Place Brycen Ep-

person. Senior Swine: 5th Place, Alyson Chisum. Intermediate Veterinary Science: 1st Place, Savan-

nah Sellers.

Congratulations Gray County 4-H Youth!!!

Carson County will be hosting a Senior 4-H Retreat (night) on August 19th. The retreat is open to all senior level 4-H members and incoming 8th Graders. Youth will have the opportunity to focus on leadership and team building. There will be a short session on College Preparedness.

The Gray County Shotgun and Archery projects headed to San Antonio to compete in the 2017 State Games Competition.

All attending youth competed in a number of competitions that carried out over the week. A big thank you to the leaders

for working so hard! All final results will be posted on our website and on our new Facebook page Gray County 4-H

Shooting Sports once available.

Shotgun Participants

Come help celebrate David Brogdin’s 65th Birthday!

Shoot 50 handicapped Clay Targets

Sunday, October 1st

9:00 A.M. Practice

10:00 A.M. Competition Begins

Pampa Trap and Skeet

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You’re off to great places, today

is the day! Your mountain is

waiting, so get on your way!

-Dr. Seuss

Joan Gray-Soria

CEA—Family & Consumer Sciences

Michael Jeffcoat

CEA-Agriculture & Natural Resources

Sara Rumrill

Gray County Extension

Office Manager

Gray County Extension Office

12125 E. Frederic Ave., St. C

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