4-H Futures and Features May 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

Gray County 4-H members shined at this year's Big Fun in D1 Spring Roundup

Fashion Show! Congratulations to Clara Robison who participated in the Junior

Casual Construction and placed 2nd in Cotton Natural fibers; Dylan Robison

who placed 3rd in Junior Specialty Construction and 1st in Cotton Natural

Fibers; Nicky Price who placed 2nd in Junior Casual Buying; Jacee who placed

1st in Intermediate Dressy Buying; and Samantha who placed 1st in Intermediate

Specialty Construction . Also, our Intermediate team Intermediate team that

placed 1st in the District Big Fun in D1 Roundup Duds to Dazzle contest on

Thursday. They competed in the Jewelry/Accessory category. The Educational

Presentation participants who competed in the District 4-H Big Fun in D1 Spring

Roundup Educational Presentation competition. Hannah Porter placed first in the

Open Category. Savannah and Jacee Sellers placed 1st in Open FCS! We are so

proud of you!Geranium Sales

Geraniums will be here Thursday, May 4th! We all need to be

prepared to volunteer an hour or more of our time to help sell

them in the United parking lot. North Fork, Clover kids and

Soaring Eagles will sell on Thursday and Lefors, Air Rifle and

Shotgun will work on Friday. Please call the office if the day

assigned will not accommodate your schedule.

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CLUB NEWS

Soaring Eagles 4-H Club

Soaring Eagles will meet at their regular time on

Friday, May 5 in the cafeteria of the school.

North Fork 4-H Club

Meeting will be May 9th at 6:30 at Annex. The Sellers are in charge of refreshments.

Clover Kids 4-H Club

Clover Kids will meet on Monday, May 1 at 5:30 for their last

meeting. Please remember to bring what you signed up for at

the previous meeting!

Lefor’s 4-H Club

Lefor’s Club will meet Wednesday, May 24 after school in the

cafeteria.

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Air Rifle Meetings continue to meet Mondays at 6:30 p.m.

Air Rifle

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

Archery contest will be held on May 15. The District 1 Competition will be held at our

facility on May 20. It is going to be a great month!

Archery

Dog project will meet at the Bull Barn on Sunday, May 7th @ 6:30, this is the deadline to

register for the State Dog Show. On Sunday. May 21 at 5:00 we will meet again with

everyone in the project. On Sunday, May 28 at 5:00 we want all STATE DOG SHOW

PARTICPANTS ONLY to attend in order to prepare for the state contest.

Dog

Vet Science will meet Thursday, May 18 at the new Gray County Vet Clinic. If

you have any questions, please Contact Sarah Tucker at 806-681-7980.

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

Office Closures:

We will be closed Tuesday, May 9 for District Meeting in Amarillo

We will be closed, Monday, May 29 in observance of Memorial Day

The 4-H Youth Council is at 4:30 on

May 7 at the Annex.

4-H YOUTH COUNCIL

Council Meetings

The Adult leaders council meeting

is TBA.

PARENT/LEADER COUNCIL

Three Gray County 4-H Team Eagle shooters were recently presented with National Rifle

Association qualification awards earned over the last several months. All qualifications are under

the auspices of the American Rifleman Air Rifle, 10 meter, 3-position course of fire. The American

Rifleman Qualification program is a progressive course of fire requiring shooters to meet nationally

defined scoring criteria in each of the prone, kneeling, and standing positions.

Hunter Smith NRA Sharpshooter date of final qualifying shots: 27MAR2017

Hunter Smith NRA Sharpshooter, Bar 1 date of final qualifying shots: 17APR2017

Emma Doucette NRA Marksman 1st Class date of final qualifying shots: 30JAN2017

Emma Doucette NRA Sharpshooter date of final qualifying shots: 20MAR2017

Emma Doucette NRA Sharpshooter, Bar 1 date of final qualifying shots: 27MAR2017

Emma Doucette NRA Sharpshooter, Bar 2 date of final qualifying shots: 03APR2017

Emma Doucette NRA Sharpshooter, Bar 3 date of final qualifying shots: 10APR2017

Emma Doucette NRA Sharpshooter, Bar 4 date of final qualifying shots: 17APR2017

Jaxtyn Goen NRA Marksman 1st Class date of final qualifying shots: 20MAR2017

Jaxtyn Goen NRA Sharpshooter date of final qualifying shots: 10APR2017

When: June 12-13, 2017 - 12:00 p.m. Check-in on June 12.

Where: Mesa Vista Ranch, Cottonwood Lake. The Ranch entrance is north of Pampa or south of Perryton

on Hwy 70. Entrance to the Ranch will be at the double gates just south of the river bridge on west

side of Hwy 70.

What: Basic fishing instruction, fishing tournament

Age: Must be in 3rd grade September 1, 2016. Clover kids (8 years of age and under) must be ac-

companied by older 4-H sibling and parents.

Fee: Registration and the $35.00 per participant fee for youth and adults must be made via 4-H

Connect on the D-1 website: http://d14-h.tamu.edu/ Registration will open May 8 and close on

June 2. The fee includes dinner, breakfast, snacks, program supplies, limited medical insurance

and fishing access. Registration will be limited to the first 100 youth registered. Agents

please register on 4-H Connect – fees will be waived.

Tournament Rules:

Age Divisions:

(a) 9-10 years old (b) 11-12 years old

(c) 13-14 years old (d) 15-18 years old

☞1 pole per angler

☞Awards will be based on the total length of the 5 largest fish caught.

☞Ties will be broken by the number of fish caught.

☞Registration required by June 2, 2017.

☞All fish must be caught on a rod and reel, no saining or dip netting.

☞This is a catch and release tournament.

☞No fishing allowed until tournament starts.

☞Final tournament rules will be announced before the tournament starts.

☞First Time Camper Award (Third Grader) goes to largest fish caught by youth who attends Fishin N Fun for the

first time.

Chaperones

Counties must provide their own chaperones (gender appropriate) for each child. All adult volunteers must be a

Screened 4-H Volunteer and must have completed the Child Protection training on 4-H Connect by regis-

tration deadline.

Additional Information: Bring your own fishing poles and tackle. Bring all available life jackets. Each county will compete for the Traveling Trophy Team Championship. Winner will be calculated by team total inches. Team will consist of participants from each county. All required forms must be turned in to JR at camp check in. The forms may also be found on the District 1 website: http://d14-h.tamu.edu/events/field-stream-project/

A designated area for swimming, wading, etc. will be established. No one shall be swimming in any area except

the area designated as swimming area.

Brycen Epperson, Connor Hampton and Hallie Hampton competed at the Texas 4-H

Extravaganza in Brownwood, Texas and they all did wonderful. Connor placed first in the

Intermediate 3-D Archery and first in Intermediate Hunting Medley. Brycen placed first in

Junior 3-D Archery and second in Junior Hunting Medley. Hallie did great as well competing

in the Jr. Compound basic Archery! Unfortunately, we were unable to get a photo of Hudson

Gavin, but he did wonderfully has well and placed 11th in the aforementioned shoot! Being

able to travel and compete in these contests have been wonderful for all of the youth enrolled

in our archery project. Keep it up! We are proud of you all!

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