Ochiltree County Extension Office402 Expo Drive, Perryton, TX 79070806-435-3831 or 806-435-4501sstrawn@ag.tamu.edu

Organizational MeetingsAmbassadors @ 6:30pm on October 3, 2016Parent Association @ 7:00pm on October 3, 2016

TUESDAYOCT.11, 20165:00 P.M.

Program will be given by CalebJones.

Alamo Club

TUESDAYOCT. 4, 20164:00 P.M.

Clover Kids

SUNDAYOCT. 9, 20162:00 P.M.

IProgram: Austin Merrick4-H Pledge: JB HuddlestonAmerican Pledge: Ben BurandtInspiration: Nate ShepherdRecreation: Shepherd MillerDrinks: MaKenna FeltsSnack: Zeke BalzerCommunity Service: Alex Jarrell,Bring can food item for JirehHouse

Young Riders Club

Ochiltree Co 4-H Newsletter October 2016

National 4-H Week Appreciation:National 4-H week is October 3-7 2016. This year to celebrate this week plus promote Ochiltree4-H in the community, members are encouraged to take baked goods to local businesses inappreciation of their support of Ochiltree County 4-H. The baked goods can be cookies, brownies,rice crispy treats, cakes, muffins, or cupcakes. 4-H members will get 3 points for each business theydeliver baked goods to. In order to get the points you must come by the office during National 4-Hweek and sign up for a business and get a flyer that goes with the treats explaining the gift, thendeliver the baked goods to the business. Questions call the Extension office @ 435-3831

One Day 4-H event will be held on October 15, 2016. We will collect school supplies for floodvictims in Louisiana from 10am to 12pm in front of United. If you would like to help at thebooths contact the office. 806-435-3831 Please call by October 12.

It is time we look ahead to the County Stock Show Concession Stand onceagain. We will need a committee of volunteers to help with the success of thefundraiser. It is our largest fundraiser of the year!!! We will hold the firstmeeting on October 26th @ 5pm At the Expo. We need all volunteers to attendthis meeting.

County 4-H Banquet:

The county 4-H banquet will be Monday, October 17, 2016 at 6:00 pm at

the Expo Center. All 4-H members, parents, and volunteers are encouraged

to attend to see the award winners for the 2015-2016 4-H year. This is a

casual banquet but please dress appropriately for pictures.

FoodThe theme this year is Ochiltree County 4-H Family Reunion. Each 4-Hfamily is asked to bring one side dish to accompany a hamburger dinner tofeed at least 8 people. We are asking for volunteers to bake cakes for thebanquet. If you wish to bake a cake please contact the Extension Office 435-3831 by Wednesday, October the 12th.

Set Up and PracticeAll 4-H members are asked to help set up the tables and help decorate start-ing at 2:00 pm on Sunday, October 16th, at the Expo. If you cannot come at2pm please come as soon as possible. Ambassadors will practice their speak-ing parts at this time as well. Please bring white Christmas lights labeledwith your name for decoration.

Slide Show Pictures:Each 4-H member is invited tosubmit up to 10 photos for thebanquet slide show. You mayemail them to-ruth.splan@ag.tamu.eduor bring them by the Extension Officeon a flash drive. Please name eachphoto file with the 4-H event or activity and your name so they canbe saved quickly. Deadline to submit photos is Wednesday, October 12th.

LIVESTOCK RELATED MEETINGS

Sheep & Goat Validation: All 4-H and FFA members showing sheep and goats forall shows including the county show must have them validated and on feed by October 31.This year the validation will take place from 6:00 to 7 pm on Monday, October 24th at theExpo Livestock Barn (pig barn) Bring your sheep and goats to have them tagged. Also youneed to bring your checkbook or cash. The fee is $10 per head. If you have a major conflict with thistime please notify Scott Strawn @ 435-4501, otherwise you are required to have this done at this timeand location.Sheep & Goat Jackpot: The Judy Moore Sheep & Goat Jackpot in Dumas is set for Saturday, Nov.12, 2016. Entries are $25 cash the day of the show. All entries are due at 9 am. The show is at theMoore County Community Building @ 16th and Maddox in Dumas. For more information call806-935-2593. Lamb show is at 10am and Goats will follow.Heifer Validation: All 4-H and FFA members showing beef heifers for all shows including the countyshow must have them validated and on feed by October 31st. Please notify the Extension Office if youhave heifers that need to be validated. The beef validation committee will then schedule the time andplace. Fee is $10 per head. Registered and unregistered heifers may be validated for the county show.Only registered heifers may be validated for major show. More instructions will be given when validationis scheduled.Beef, Swine, and Horse Quiz Bowl: All 4-H members interested in competing on a beef,swine or horse quiz bowl team is invited to an informational meeting on Saturday, October 8, 2016At 9:00am at the Expo Center. We will cover the rules of each contest and discuss how to prepare.We will also schedule future practice meetings and hand out study materials. The meeting will endat 10:00 am. The District contest for the quiz bowls is set for Saturday November 5, 2016 inCanyon.

Tri State Fair Results:Congratulation to the following 4-H members who competed at the Tri State Fair!Goats-Chloe & Isaiah Tanner, Jessica Kear and Zane McCall

Livestock Judgers- Brittyn LeCompte, Raylee Murry & Tyler Johnston

Bantams-Madison Avery, Rowdy & Hannah Barnes, Tyler Cook, Addison Lopez, Alex Jarrell, JackieJuarez, Austin & Kile Merrick, Kailey Thomas, Jaydan Palmer, Alex Jarrell, Dalton L’Espreance, SavanahPshigoda, and Kodey & Levi Newcomb.

Art: Caleb Jones

Senior Village Community ServiceCommunity Service opportunity @ Sr. Village on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 from 4-4:45pm.Will be doing crafts and having snacks and visit with the residents. Please bring a bag of candy forthe residents to hand out for Halloween. Everyone is invited to attend.Call Rhonda Merrick @ 202-0337 for more information.

Photography: A meeting will be held on Thursday, October20, 2016 @ 5:00 pm. Please bring 3 photos of fall foliage toshare with the group. If you are interested or have questionsplease contact Kim Jines @ 806-202-2262

Results from District Contest held in July are as follows:Chloe Tanner: Judges Choice Award, 2 Blue Ribbons, 1 RedKodey Newcomb: 2 Blue Ribbons, 1 Red RibbonLevi Newcomb:2 Blue Ribbons, 1 White Ribbon

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Foods: Food Meetings have been set for the following times October 13 6:30 pm

October 20 6:30 pmOctober 27 6:30 pm

Anyone wishing to participate in the Food Challenge or FoodShow portion of this project area are asked to be present.Information on competitions dates and requirements will begiven at the meeting.

Shooting Sports: Activities for shooting sports are as follows:All events will be at 7:00 pm at the Shooting Rangesouth of the Expo building. Clover Archery Tuesday, October 4th 4-H Archery Tuesday, October 11th Air Rifle Tuesday, October 18th .22 Rifle Tuesday, October 25th

Interest Meeting- There has been some interestexpressed in a Senior age 4-H group being formed. Youmust be in grades 9-12. We will meet on October 25, 2016@ 5:00 pm to explore the possibility. Bring your input andideas!!

Raffle Tickets: We are selling raffletickets to help fund different projects forthe upcoming 4-H year. They are $25each and are for a chance to win a $1000gift card. Only 100 tickets will be sold. Wewill draw for the Gift Card at the 4-HBanquet, October 17th. If you have notpicked up tickets to sell please go by theExtension office and get yours. 3 Pointswill be given for each ticket sold.All tickets or money must be turned inby Thursday, October 13th.All unreturned tickets will be paid forby the member that signed themout!!!

Facebook Photo Challenge:Start looking at our facebook pagefor more information. We will havea monthly photo challenge to wincool 4-H gear.

Sewing Club:We will be sewing on Thursday, October13th and 27th from 4:30 to 6:30 at theExpo. Feel free to bring your own machineif you have one.

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2016-2017 4-H Ambassadors

Scott StrawnCounty Extension Agent -Agriculturesstrawn@ag.tamu.edu

Amy GriffinCounty Extension Agent - Family and Consumer Scienceamy.griffin@ag.tamu.edu

• Ben Burandt• Austin Merrick• Asher Miller

• JB Huddleston• Isaiah Tanner• Ethan Born• Lydia Miller

• Megan Huddleston• Chloe Tanner• Kile Merrick

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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2 3Ambassadors 6:30Parents-7:00

National 4-H Week

4Clover Kids-4:00Clover Archery7:00

National 4-H Week

5

National 4-H Week

6Nerf War 4pm @Leatherman Park

National 4-H Week

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National 4-H Week

8Beef/Swine/HorseQuiz Bowl 9am @Expo

9Young Riders 2:00

10Snack Pack forKids @ 7pm

11Sr Village-4:00Alamo Club 5:004-H Archery 7:00

12Banquet Photosubmissiondeadline

13Foods-6:30Sewing 4:30-6:30Raffle TicketMoney Due

14 15One Day 4-H10-124-H Dance-VFW8 to 10 pm

16Banquet Set up 2pm @ Expo

174-H Banquet 6:00

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Air Rifle 7:00

19 20Foods-6:30Photography 5:00

21 22

23 24Sheep & GoatValidation 6:00

Snack Pack forKids @ 7pm

25Senior 4-H Group5:00 @ Expo

.22 Rifle 7:00

26Concession StandMeeting 5:00 @Expo

27Foods-6:30Sewing 4:30-6:30

28 29

30 31Heifers must be onFeed

Birthdays!!!Madison Avery 10/1Cayden Hargues 10/6Cole Merrick 10/4Mabriella Mariscall10/10

Gavin Jines 10/18Nate Miller10/20Emmali Mariscall10/26Rowdy Barnes 10/30