4-H Futures and Features June 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 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

Congratulations to 2017 graduate Holland Poole!

We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.

Mark your calendars to celebrate all of our 4-H accomplishments of 2016-2017

on Sunday, August 13th. Please make plans to attend now! If you have not

already turned in a Project Record, please do so as soon as possible so that you

may receive your year pin. If you want an Award Medal, now is the time to work

on your Recordbook. You can stop by the Extension office and pick up a copy of

the Points book or download it directly from our website www.gray.agrilife.org.

In order to earn your participation gift from the Parent-Leaders Association, the

Points book must be turned in. All Project Forms, Recordbooks, and Points Books

are due in the County Extension Office on or before Wednesday, July 5 at 5:00

p.m. If you need assistance or don’t know where to find these documents, please

call the office!

District 1 Photography Workshop

The annual D-1 Photography workshop is set for Tuesday, July 11th in

Amarillo. The tentative plan is to have 3 sessions including, lighting,

action photography and cameras 101.We would like to go to the Splash

pad at Medical Center Park to get some action shots. After lunch, we

want to visit Lonestar Scales and Tails to get some photos of some

awesome critters! If you are interested pleased call the office to find out

when 4-H Connect opens for registration.

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CLUB NEWS

A Recordbook Training is scheduled for Thursday, June 8 at 6:30 p.m. Bring your 4-H records

and let’s get started organizing your Recordbook!

Recordbooks are due in the County Extension Office by July 5th at 5:00 p.m.

Please be sure to contact Joan for the appropriate paperwork!

RECORDBOOK TRAINING

All clubs will resume meetings beginning September, 2017.

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

We would like to have feedback on which days will

work for those who need steers validated. The

following options are available: The dates that are

available are the evenings of June 19-June 22 after

5:00 p.m. Please contact Mike at 669-8033 to let

him know which day works for you.

Steer Validation

Gray County Vet Clinic

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Air Rifle Meetings will continue when school begins.

Air Rifle

The archery project will continue to meet every Monday at 6:00 p.m.

Archery

Dog going to the State Dog Show will meet at the Bull Barn on to prepare for State Dog

Show on the following Dates: June 7 @ 4:00 p.m., June 14 @ 4:00 p.m. and June 25 @

4:00 p.m.

Dog

Project Budget requests are due to the Extension office no later than June 21. Each

project group may request funds to support their activities for the 2017-2018 year.

These funds will be disbursed during the budget meeting on June 22nd. Depending

on the amount of money raised during the 2016-2017 year, 4-H will determine the

amount the project groups will be budgeted.

Shotgun project will meet every Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. at the Pampa Trap and Skeet center.

Contact Tim Richey at 806-440-5113 or Rodney Robertson if you have any questions.

Shotgun

We want to say a big

THANK YOU to everyone

who came out and helped

sell geraniums this year!

Your hard work and

support is greatly

appreciated!

The 4-H Youth Council will meet on

Sunday, July 2nd @ 4:30 p.m. We

will be finalizing plans for the

Achievement Luncheon and it is

very important for all council

members to attend.

4-H YOUTH COUNCIL

Council Meetings

The Adult leaders council meeting

is scheduled for Thursday, June

22nd @ 6:00 p.m. at the Annex.

We will be working on next years

budget.

PARENT/LEADER COUNCIL

Gray County Archery Project Hosts 2 New Events!

The first Gray County Archery Shoot was a hit!

Winners were:

3rd Grade Compound unaided 1st. Brooklyn Blain 2nd. Halle Hampton

3rd Grade Compound Aided 1st. Jackson Edwards

Junior Compound Unaided 1st. Rebekka Ruzvidzo 2nd. Austyn Davis

Junior Compound Aided 1st Brycen Epperson 2nd. CJ Taylor

Intermediate Compound Aided Flight 5. 1st. Conner Hampton 2nd. Gavin

Hudson

Flight 6 1st Jett Schumacher 2nd. Mathew Tice Flight 7 1st. Emma Chisum

2nd. Isaiah Chisum

Senior Aided 1st Reese Aikin

Overall Junior Brycen Epperson

Overall Intermediate Conner Hampton

The first annual D-1 Archery Shoot was also held in

Pampa this year. Our County did great!

Results are:

3rd Grade compound aided - Jackson 1st place

Junior compound aided - Brycen 1st place

Junior compound unaided - Rebekka 1st place

Intermediate compound aided - Gavin 1st place, Jett 3rd place

Intermediate barebow - Julie 1st place

Great job also by Cj, Austyn, Mathew, & Reece!

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Time you enjoy wasting, was not

wasted.

-John Lennon

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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